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He sensed and heard men close about him, saw a dim masked figure in the starlight before him; then his sword crunched home, and he was fleeting away down the alley before the slower-thinking and slower-acting attackers could intercept him.

The Bloody Crown of Conan Howard, Robert E. 2003

He sensed and heard men close about him, saw a dim masked figure in the starlight before him; then his sword crunched home, and he was fleeting away down the alley before the slower-thinking and slower-acting attackers The Bloody Crown of Conan could intercept him.

The Bloody Crown Of Conan Howard, Robert E. 2003

He sensed and heard men close about him, saw a dim masked figure in the starlight before him; then his sword crunched home, and he was fleeting away down the alley before the slower-thinking and slower-acting attackers could intercept him.

The Conan Chronicles Howard, Robert E. 1989

He sensed and heard men close about him, saw a dim masked figure in the starlight before him; then his sword crunched home, and he was fleeting away down the alley before the slower-thinking and slower-acting attackers could intercept him.

The Hour Of The Dragon Howard, Robert E. 1977

Of course, we ditched the Oregonian long ago, and we've stopped a few other ameneties to make life a bit less "crunched".

Two thirds of a day with an iPhone (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009

So Drew and Betty, they took all that, kind of crunched some numbers, and they decided that those criteria will ultimately tell you what the smartest cities in America are.

CNN Transcript Oct 10, 2009 2009

The first piece kind of crunched between my teeth.

Archive 2008-01-01 2008

"So, anyway, something or other happened to put it in motion, the bureaucracy just kind of crunched, and the Siberian agents came and murdered my brother?"

Mother Of Storms Barnes, John, 1957- 1994

But, however much she carried coals to Newcastle, or tobacco pouches to those who did not smoke, or homoeopathic globules to such as crunched up the whole bottleful for the sake of the sugar, as soon as her back was turned, no one ever smiled now with anything but real pleasure at sight of her calm and truly sweet smile, and the scent of soap on her pale hands.

Tatterdemalion John Galsworthy 1900

It uttered a low squall, but the next moment its head was "crunched" between the muscular jaws of the puma.

The Forest Exiles The Perils of a Peruvian Family in the Wilds of the Amazon Mayne Reid 1850