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Examples
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He hurled Bella across the cabin with a back-sweep of the arm and turned upon the Indian.
CHAPTER 29 2010
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I screamed and sobbed at him, too quick for my mother this time, and dancing away around the fire from the back-sweep of her hand.
Chapter 12 2010
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Before she could establish herself, a vicious back-sweep of his horns dislodged her.
"Wee Tim'rous Beasties" Studies of Animal life and Character Douglas English
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He hurled Bella across the cabin with a back-sweep of the arm and turned upon the Indian.
A Daughter of the Snows Jack London 1896
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I screamed and sobbed at him, too quick for my mother this time, and dancing away around the fire from the back-sweep of her hand.
The Jacket (Star-Rover) Jack London 1896
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It was obvious that he took great care with his hair, which was the deepest black she could have imagined and which he’d coaxed into a faultless back-sweep.
Lipstick in Afghanistan Roberta Gately 2010
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