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- noun Plural form of
bowstring .
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Examples
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Her shrivelled forearm, exposed by the loose sleeve, possessed no more of muscle than several taut bowstrings stretched across meagre bone under yellow, parchment-like skin.
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They played their instruments feverishly, bowstrings fluttering like the wings of the insects they represented.
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She also bought an oiled horn of extra bowstrings for herself and a warmer winter cloak for Kelland.
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But Gandolo remained vigilant, stomping through street and square, alert eyes glaring beneath taut brows like bent bowstrings.
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Brys listened for the bowstrings, straining his ears, and when he heard three of them snap in quick succession, he kicked his bay gelding to go.
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They played their instruments feverishly, bowstrings fluttering like the wings of the insects they represented.
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Whatever we think, we are courtiers in an oriental Sultanate, and there is a corps of janissaries, with bowstrings at the ready, at the palace door.
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The sound of more bowstrings sent Tally to the ground, but the arrows whipped off into the distance where Shay had retreated.
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They played their instruments feverishly, bowstrings fluttering like the wings of the insects they represented.
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Tally was already in motion, streaking toward the noise, realizing with a sick feeling that the lifting fans were loud enough to drown out the snap of bowstrings.
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