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Examples
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She had now caught the bosom-breathing of the ocean, and was herself a-breath with the rhythm of it as she smoothly mounted and slipped down each broad-backed wave.
Chapter 39 2010
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Short, sturdy and broad-backed, they survive harsh Siberian winters with the help of a furry hide, thick layers of fat and the ability to paw through a meter 3 feet of snow to forage.
Russian Scientist Working To Recreate Ice Age Ecosystem AP 2010
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Claire finally stopped narrating the tour and fell back a step to let this broad-backed woman in a pink wool crepe suit lead her through her own house.
Healer Carol Wiley Cassella 2010
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To uphold the broad-backed economy we treasure, we all have to keep working all the time.
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He pulled back hard on the reins and brought the two broad-backed horses to a halt at the bottom of the steps that led to our front door.
Before Midnight Cameron Dokey 2007
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Roger Bortch sat in the broad-backed easy chair directly to my left, legs spread wide, master of his off-white domain.
Miss Misery Andy Greenwald 2006
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Him, an old Galt with a walking staff as much to lean on as to swipe at dogs if the occasion arose, and this broad-backed, stone-armed young man in the rough canvas of a laborer.
A Shadow in Summer 2006
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Roger Bortch sat in the broad-backed easy chair directly to my left, legs spread wide, master of his off-white domain.
Miss Misery Andy Greenwald 2006
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Then he and two others, their faces strained with anticipation, used broad-backed Xarota as a stepping-stone to clamber inside.
Death in Winter Michael Jan Friedman 2005
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Then he and two others, their faces strained with anticipation, used broad-backed Xarota as a stepping-stone to clamber inside.
Death in Winter Michael Jan Friedman 2005
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