14
said
13
retained(verb, adjective, reserved, guarded, received)
10
grasped(verb, adjective, guarded, gripped, commanded)
9
controlled(noun, verb, adjective, desire, troubled)
9
kept(noun, verb, adjective, anxious, limited)
8
gripped(noun, verb, adjective, desire, troubled)
6
defended(adjective, guarded, grasped, clutched)
6
maintained(verb, adjective, reserved, used, received)
6
possessed(verb, adjective, desire, troubled, absorbed)
6
withheld(verb, adjective, reserved, confined, received)
5
confined(verb, adjective, restrained, limited, restricted)
5
occupied(adjective, absorbed, inattentive, captivated, engrossed)
5
owned(verb, adjective, possessed)
5
reserved(verb, adjective, occupied, confined, received)
4
believed(verb, adjective, thought, expected, guarded)
4
adhered(verb, adjective, guarded, gripped, grasped)
4
assumed(verb, adjective, thought, expected, supposed)
4
caged(verb, adjective, restrained, inside, captive)
4
detained(adjective, restrained, limited, restricted, inside)
4
had(verb, gripped, possessed)
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