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Example sentences for "bent double"

  • Bent double, the two scurried across the waste of cracked clay and loose stones, and in less than half the time they had taken for their first journey, reached the point where it debouched upon the open beach.

  • He crept away, bent double, and was gone for so long that Roy began to get uneasy.

  • Under the huge burden he disappeared, bent double, and made progress only with shortened steps.

  • And they made their way through one of the vineyards, bent double, creeping along beneath the cover afforded by the vines, with eye and ear alert.

  • The woman, bent double, was pulling, turning round occasionally to strike the donkey with a stick.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
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