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Her right hand held her sword upraised, but she didn't move, and then she released from the powerful grip of her left arm my struggling brother and sister.

Vittorio, The Vampire Rice, Anne, 1941- 1999

He rushed straight for Eldran's wife and daughter, sword upraised!

Conan The Hunter Moore, Sean A. 1994

Arturis froze; a fog or a mist enveloped him for the least of moments, and when it cleared there was a heroic stone statue upon the top step, stone sword upraised and a look of purest fury upon its face.

Fortress Of Frost And Fire Lackey, Mercedes 1993

Arturis froze; a fog or a mist enveloped him for the least of moments, and when it cleared there was a heroic stone statue upon the top step, stone sword upraised and a look of purest fury upon its face.

Fortress Of Frost And Fire Lackey, Mercedes 1993

He looked up and saw an elven warrior, sword upraised, standing several feet away from him.

Riverwind the Plainsman Thompson, Paul B. 1990

Eyes closed, sword upraised, he engaged his mastery and summoned.

Shadowfane Wurts, Janny 1988

She approaches him with sword upraised to slay him; he looks up at her; their eyes meet; she lets the sword fall, and bids him begone and trouble her no more.

Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde"; an essay on the Wagnerian drama George Ainslie Hight

McDougal, of Newark, Ohio, commanding a company in the 3d Ohio, who, with sword upraised, and cheering on his noble boys, received a fatal shot, actually stepped some eight or ten paces before falling.

Incidents of the War: Humorous, Pathetic, and Descriptive Alf Burnett

Then, with sword upraised, he advanced cautiously toward the sleeping snake.

Hunters Out of Space Joseph Everidge Kelleam 1944

It was but an instant, and with sword upraised, he rushed upon Gradasso who, noways disconcerted at the onset of this second foe, shouted his defiance, and thrust at him with his sword, but, having miscalculated the distance, scarcely reached him, and failed to pierce his mail.

Legends of Charlemagne Thomas Bulfinch 1831