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  • He fell floorward and hit with an impressive hollow thunk.

    Tek Kill Shatner, William 1996

  • He was falling floorward as swiftly as his companions.

    The Dig Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1995

  • The power arm hummed in response to a command and the sickle plunged its passenger floorward, until it hung a short distance above the highly reflective surface.

    A Call to Arms Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1991

  • The feather was tumbling floorward, a bare shoulder-height from landing.

    Another Fine Myth Asprin, Robert 1978

  • The story came out jerkily and the narrator kept his eyes consistently floorward during the recital.

    Wild Wings A Romance of Youth Margaret Rebecca Piper

  • He squeezed himself through, peered carefully about to see a slim spacesuit start to crumple floorward in

    The Beast of Space F.E. Hardart

  • His eyes turned, his body slackened, the point of his rapier flagged floorward.

    The Yeoman Adventurer George W. Gough

  • Other cushions, equally purse-proud and brazen, supported the more important portions of the lady's frame, and a deep floorward curve in the line of the Chesterfield conveyed the impression that, however tenderly Mrs. Delarayne might wish to be embraced by her furniture and its wedges of down, she was at all events a creature of substantial proportions and construction.

    Too Old for Dolls A Novel 1926

  • He had unbuckled his belt, and now, loosened by the movement, his overalls seemed bent on sinking floorward in an ecstasy of abashment at the intrusion, whereupon with convulsive grip he hugged them to their duty, one hand and foot still elevated as though in the grand hailing-sign of some secret order.

    The Spoilers Rex Ellingwood Beach 1913

  • Roddy rolled his white eyeballs toward the ceiling and bent his black face floorward.

    The Winning Clue James Hay 1908

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