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Examples

  • The river was more than a bow-shot across, the current moderate.

    Fire The Sky W. Michael Gear 2011

  • High overhead the winter branches were interlaced, roofing the world a bow-shot above.

    Fire The Sky W. Michael Gear 2011

  • I looked around, guessing that perhaps two or three hundred stood aimlessly, staring in horror at the roaring wall of fire that shot flames half a bow-shot up into the clear blue sky.

    Fire The Sky W. Michael Gear 2011

  • They stood, as if waiting, in a clear space overlooking the river and perhaps a bow-shot north of our camp.

    Fire The Sky W. Michael Gear 2011

  • I caught sight of another of the burning brands as it arced through the air a bow-shot to the south.

    Fire The Sky W. Michael Gear 2011

  • They paralleled our course just out of bow-shot, calling, “Who are you?”

    Fire The Sky W. Michael Gear 2011

  • High overhead the winter branches were interlaced, roofing the world a bow-shot above.

    Fire The Sky W. Michael Gear 2011

  • I have a friend who makes every recovery of a bow-shot whitetail a family event.

    On the Right Track 2009

  • I glanced off to my left, knowing that Blood Thorn and Pearl Hand had a similar vantage point a bow-shot away.

    Fire The Sky W. Michael Gear 2011

  • Four of them, equidistant, perhaps a bow-shot from the palisade.

    Fire The Sky W. Michael Gear 2011

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