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- verb   Present participle of 
protend . 
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Examples
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One still rode high on top, protending to steer by kicking the metal flanks.
Covergent Series Niven, Larry 1979
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Batouch appeared, languidly smoking a cigarette, and with a large flower tied to a twig protending from behind his ear.
The Garden of Allah Robert Smythe Hichens 1907
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Idiots, with blear eyes and protending under-lips, gibbered and whined.
The Garden of Allah Robert Smythe Hichens 1907
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Prone, as a quadruped, prone with hands and feet protending;
 
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