verb

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verb frequency
was139
is73
had51
be50
see46
said40
were36
did33
do29
went26
came25
are25
have23
thought17
saw17
found16
made16
look15
''s15
say14
make14
cried13
began13
take12
told12
turned12
took11
know11
fell11
been11
knew10
heard10
has10
caught9
think9
stop8
run8
ran8
looked8
go8
gave8
felt8
done8
brought8
walked8
does7
give7
cry7
set7
got7
hear7
let6
burn6
find6
grew6
left6
tore6
published6
scream6
seen6
stretched6
chanced5
comes5
come5
mind5
burns5
being5
feel5
save5
playing5
s5
suck5
sent5
shot5
put5
going4
meet4
lived4
laughed4
knit4
headed4
carry4
flared4
required4
burnt4
bear4
am4
''m4
read4
cries4
sat4
taught4
screamed4
walk4
touched4
threw4
tell4
try4
stopped4
seem4
snip4
smashed4
seemed4
stood4
fill3
filled3
get3
laid3
lie3
lay3
led3
like3
lit3
declare3
died3
bore3
crackled3
coming3
call3
burned3
bring3
bought3
believe3
begun3
''ve3
''re3
lost3
live3
trying3
makes3
spoken3
overflow3
whipped3
wait3
wagged3
turn3
tumbling3
teach3
talked3
struck3
stand3
stands3
sped3
screams3
passed3
played3
pursued3
rise3
snatched3
rose3
sees3
shoot3
showed3
hid2
help2
held2
hastened2
growled2
happened2
flood2
grow2
grieve2
goes2
gained2
forbids2
flying2
hold2
hide2
laughs2
hurry2
inquired2
inspired2
jumbled2
jump2
jumped2
keep2
kept2
kick2
knows2
flew2
learn2
learned2
leave2
lies2
flies2
deny2
feels2
combed2
likes2
''d2
according2
attracted2
beat2
believed2
bound2
brindled2
brings2
broke2
called2
carried2
change2
claim2
continued2
falls2
covered2
crackle2
danced2
dashed2
deceived2
dig2
drop2
dug2
eat2
enjoys2
entered2
fail2
failed2
fall2
light2
cease2
lives2
takes2
sit2
sleep2
smell2
smiled2
snap2
solve2
speak2
spread2
standing2
staring2
started2
stretch2
struggling2
supply2
tearing2
share2
trekked2
trembling2
tried2
tries2
tumbled2
understand2
urged2
viewed2
walking2
walks2
washed2
watched2
wet2
looks2
shows2
wept2
settled2
pray2
seizes2
loved2
mean2
met2
needed2
needs2
note2
offered2
opened2
overheard2
passing2
placed2
plunged2
pointing2
lose2
prayed2
runs2
seems2
printed2
scooped2
scold2
sang2
rushing2
seek2
running2
pulled2
rumbled2
produced2
reduced2
repeated2
face1
fainted1
fallen1
falling1
fancied1
fills1
fed1
feed1
feeds1
feeling1
feigning1
fellow--1
fight1
feared1
flaring1
finds1
flaming1
flashed1
flings1
floated1
gain1
followed1
forget1
forgetting1
forgone1
freed1
freezing1
fret1
fretted1
eyes1
froze1
e''en1
exploring1
exploded1
dozed1
gather1
drag1
drank1
drawing1
drawn1
dream1
dreamed1
dressed1
drink1
drinking1
dripping1
drive1
dropped1
dump1
dwell1
dwelt1
earn1
eats1
end1
endure1
enjoy1
enjoyed1
enthralled1
envelop1
envy1
ere1
experience1
explode1
gasped1
hung1
gathered1
leading1
includes1
increased1
inflate1
intrigued1
involved1
joined1
keeping1
kicked1
killed1
kited1
knocked1
lack1
landed1
laughing1
lectured1
gazed1
lifts,--1
liked1
lingered1
listen1
listened1
littered1
loaded1
longed1
looking1
lunged1
lurched1
lying1
maintained1
marched1
incensed1
hurt1
hurried1
doubted1
getting1
gone1
grandmamma1
gratify1
grazed1
grieved1
grimed1
growing1
grown1
grows1
grumbled1
guarded1
hailed1
hang1
hard--1
having1
hears1
helped1
hides1
hissing1
hoarded1
hooked1
hooted1
hooting1
hope1
hopes1
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hug1
humming1
dousing1
crying1
doth1
beginning1
beguiled1
behalf1
behave1
behold1
bellowed1
bend1
bent1
beware1
bit1
biting1
blazing1
bled1
blew1
blinding1
block1
blocked1
blow1
blown1
blushing1
boasts1
boded1
borrowed1
breathing1
broken1
built1
burning1
butted1
buzzing1
cackled1
begins1
begged1
cast1
becoming1
milked1
abuse1
accent1
adorns1
aghast1
amend1
appalled1
appear1
appears1
applied1
applies1
appoint1
appreciate1
argued1
arise1
ask1
assure1
astray1
ate1
attempt1
attempting1
bail1
barefooted1
barter1
battling1
bearing1
bears1
became1
becomes1
care1
cause1
donned1
crown1
cured1
cut1
cuts1
damaged1
dashing1
dated1
deal1
dear1
decided1
declared1
departed1
departing1
depend1
descended1
describe1
deserve1
designed1
destroy1
deuced1
develop1
devised1
devour1
dips1
direct1
discloses1
disobeyed1
dispelled1
distressing1
disturb1
crushes1
creeps1
caused1
create1
changed1
chasing1
cheeks1
cheered1
chew1
choked1
chugging1
churned1
clapped1
clean1
cleanse1
close1
closed1
clung1
collided1
coloured1
commit1
compiled1
completed1
complied1
concentrate1
conform1
contest1
continue1
contrived1
convey1
cower1
crashed1
crawling1
mention--1
snoring1
miss1
stamp1
stay1
stole1
stopping1
strayed1
streamed1
stretch''d1
stretching1
strew''d1
strewed1
strode1
stuck1
study1
stumbled1
subdued1
subscribe1
succeed1
sulked1
supplied1
supplying1
supposes1
suspect1
swallows1
swarm1
swearing1
sweating1
swept1
swerved1
swooned1
talk1
start1
springing1
taste1
spreads1
slept1
slid1
smarting1
smiling1
smote1
snapped1
snipped1
snooping1
soaked1
solved1
sorrowed1
sorrows1
sought1
spared1
sparked1
speeded1
speeding1
spent1
spied1
spins1
split1
spluttered1
spoil1
spoils1
spoke1
sponge1
spouted1
sprang1
sprawling1
talking1
tear1
slack1
wash1
waved1
wears1
weighs1
wending1
wheezing1
whistles1
whitening1
whooped1
withdraw1
withdrawn1
won1
won''t1
wonder1
wondered1
wore1
work1
working1
worry1
worsted1
wound1
wrapped1
wrecked1
wriggles1
writing1
wrought1
yawned1
yearling1
yelling1
yield1
watching1
want1
tease1
wakes1
teased1
tells1
tend1
tending1
thinks1
threatening1
thundered1
tied1
torture1
tossed1
tower1
trace1
trickled1
trickles1
trudged1
trudging1
turn''d1
turning1
twisted1
understood1
unheeding1
upset1
use1
used1
using1
values1
ventured1
vowed1
waken1
slanting1
skidded1
missed1
plunging1
popped1
possessing1
potter1
pounded1
pours1
pouted1
prattle1
prattled1
precipitating1
prefers1
preparing1
prevent1
proceeded1
promised1
protect1
protest1
proved1
prowling1
puffing1
pull1
punctured1
punish1
push1
putting1
quit1
rain1
rais''d1
raise1
raised1
point1
plied1
ravished1
please1
muss1
muttered1
nears1
need1
nettled1
noticed1
o''grady--1
obey1
obeyed1
obtain1
obtained1
occupied1
offended1
oft1
open1
outshine1
overdo1
overhear1
ow1
owned1
packed1
partaking1
pass1
peeps1
perambulating1
perched1
pet1
pierced1
pitch1
raising1
re1
sketching1
rubs1
rushes1
sailed1
says1
scorn1
scorns1
screwed1
search1
searched1
searching1
seated1
seats1
seiz''d1
seize1
seized1
selected1
served1
settle1
shared1
shied1
shook1
shooting1
shoots1
shout1
shouted1
show1
shrieks1
sighed1
sighing1
sits1
rule1
rubbed1
reach1
roused1
reached1
reading1
reflected1
reform1
refuse1
relieve1
rely1
remains1
remark1
remember1
removes1
rending1
reproved1
requires1
resigned1
resisted1
returns1
reviled1
revolve1
riding1
ripened1
rippling1
rocking1
rolled1
rolls1
romp1
romping1
rooted1
rotate1
absorbed1