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  • verb Present participle of protend.

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Examples

  • One still rode high on top, protending to steer by kicking the metal flanks.

    Covergent Series Niven, Larry 1979

  • 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

  • Idiots, with blear eyes and protending under-lips, gibbered and whined.

    The Garden of Allah Robert Smythe Hichens 1907

  • Prone, as a quadruped, prone with hands and feet protending;

    From "The Bothie of Tober-Na-Vuolich" 1895

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