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  • He was a very reserved man, and his natural inhibition was large in quantity and steel-like in quality.

    SOUTH OF THE SLOT 2010

  • Behind every steel-like contraction of a muscle, lay another steel-like contraction, and another, and another, apparently without end.

    The Battle of the Fangs 2010

  • He was a very reserved man, and his natural inhibition was large in quantity and steel-like in quality.

    SOUTH OF THE SLOT 2010

  • Being my first dip into this universe, any additional WH40K world-building the story may have had -- beyond the Thunder Wolves being driven by duty and honor and riding battle-augmented beasts with steel-like fur that acts as armor (How cool is that?) -- was lost on me.

    AUDIO REVIEW: Thunder From Fenris by Nick Kyme 2010

  • His grey eyes seemed metallic and steel-like as they flashed upon the crowd.

    The Clinging Death 2010

  • She held out her arms for him to place the wrap about her -- her valiant little arms that were so wise and steel-like in battling with the breakers, and that yet were such just mere-woman's arms, round and warm and white, delicious as a woman's arms should be, with the canny muscles, masking under soft-roundness of contour and fine smooth skin, capable of being flexed at will by the will of her.

    THE KANAKA SURF 2010

  • But he made no sound and, except for the steel-like hardening of the muscles of his shoulder beneath her hand, gave no other sign of the pain she knew he had to feel.

    Shameless KAREN ROBARDS 2010

  • But he made no sound and, except for the steel-like hardening of the muscles of his shoulder beneath her hand, gave no other sign of the pain she knew he had to feel.

    Shameless KAREN ROBARDS 2010

  • Their wealth might have faded and their steel-like bodies grown softer, but their legacy is intact.

    Nigel Benn and Chris Eubank united by pain's abiding memory Kevin Mitchell 2010

  • While in prison he underwent experiments that gave him steel-like skin and superhuman strength.

    And The Greatest Black Superhero Is….. : SF Universe - SF Universe is your Science Fiction central. From SciFi television to movies to books and more. All the latest news, reviews and insights from SciFi experts. 2008

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