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Examples

  • There is a low, triangle-shaped crawlway ahead of me.

    Caves of the Deep South 2009

  • Now Pucky realized that Ranault was lying in the narrow crawlway and that he was aware of the danger that faced him.

    Good Night, Mrs. Calabash 2010

  • He found a small crawlway that he could creep into.

    Good Night, Mrs. Calabash 2010

  • I recited it like a mantra to help me stay calm, and within moments the crawlway opened into a large cave, with ceilings eight feet high.

    Elixir Hilary Duff 2010

  • Luminara was not alone in taking a couple of surprised steps backward as a veritable deluge of noisy, jabbering, furry bipeds spewed from the concealed crawlway.

    The Cat is a Metaphor 2010

  • Eyes opened up ahead of him, and in that light and the pale glow of light that filtered through from the crawlway, he could see the watch-wher, but not her eggs.

    Dragon's Kin McCaffrey, Anne 2003

  • In a few moments the big miner had marked out a crawlway with a few taps of his pickaxe.

    Dragon's Kin McCaffrey, Anne 2003

  • Practically doubled over, she sprinted down the crawlway, and then it opened up wider.

    Stone and Anvil Peter David 2003

  • "We could carve out a crawlway," Cristov suggested.

    Dragon's Kin McCaffrey, Anne 2003

  • Justino stumbled out of the crawlway and sat down to rest on an abandoned anthill, while a flock of brown jays screeched at his intrusion.

    A Sweet Scent of Death Guillermo Arriaga 2002

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