Dune

[Sinus]

I recently re-read Dune and I decided to read the series back-to-back-
I'm about 3/4 through Children of Dune.

Have you noticed the phrase "swallow in a dry throat"
repeated an outrageous amount of times?

It's that phrase, worded just that way. I've counted it 4 times so far in Children of Dune, and just as many times in the other books, if not more!

I find it bizarre,
especially since I've never encountered the phrase anywhere else.