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  • She had now caught the bosom-breathing of the ocean, and was herself a-breath with the rhythm of it as she smoothly mounted and slipped down each broad-backed wave.

    Chapter 39 2010

  • Short, sturdy and broad-backed, they survive harsh Siberian winters with the help of a furry hide, thick layers of fat and the ability to paw through a meter 3 feet of snow to forage.

    Russian Scientist Working To Recreate Ice Age Ecosystem AP 2010

  • Claire finally stopped narrating the tour and fell back a step to let this broad-backed woman in a pink wool crepe suit lead her through her own house.

    Healer Carol Wiley Cassella 2010

  • To uphold the broad-backed economy we treasure, we all have to keep working all the time.

    Did Democracy Kill the Sabbath? 2009

  • He pulled back hard on the reins and brought the two broad-backed horses to a halt at the bottom of the steps that led to our front door.

    Before Midnight Cameron Dokey 2007

  • Roger Bortch sat in the broad-backed easy chair directly to my left, legs spread wide, master of his off-white domain.

    Miss Misery Andy Greenwald 2006

  • Him, an old Galt with a walking staff as much to lean on as to swipe at dogs if the occasion arose, and this broad-backed, stone-armed young man in the rough canvas of a laborer.

    A Shadow in Summer 2006

  • Roger Bortch sat in the broad-backed easy chair directly to my left, legs spread wide, master of his off-white domain.

    Miss Misery Andy Greenwald 2006

  • Then he and two others, their faces strained with anticipation, used broad-backed Xarota as a stepping-stone to clamber inside.

    Death in Winter Michael Jan Friedman 2005

  • Then he and two others, their faces strained with anticipation, used broad-backed Xarota as a stepping-stone to clamber inside.

    Death in Winter Michael Jan Friedman 2005

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