He craned his body to look down as though seeking a way to the lake; he straightened and stared for a long time toward the snow tops of the more distant altitudes.
He craned his neck and saw; it was a great chunk of bear meat--he could see bits of the hide still on it!
Back of it rose cliffs so sheer that Gloria craned her neck to look up at them.
Keeping his body as much in the shadow as possible, Desmond craned his head forward and peeped into the cabin.
At that moment a stillness fell upon the crowd; every voice was hushed; every head was craned towards the open windows of the inn's assembly room.
It is not yet driven through, but if your Excellency thinks it sufficient--" The subahdar craned forward to examine it.
Though women sniffed at her, the men on the veranda of the Hotel Metropole craned their necks to watch her out of sight.
I had an office next to his for a while and he used to come in and talk to me a good deal.
The train was filled with our shipmates from the boat and we all craned our necks from the windows to look at the wonderful sight of the air covey that fluttered above us.
In his excitement, the little man would get down to his work, his wrists and elbows playing, his knees pressed in, his neck craned forward, and his hat pressed to the very back of his head.
As the story unfolded bit by bit, the fellows cranedforward eagerly, being loud in their applause when I told how Mecsey and Popkoff followed me into the dark waters.
Two lines of soldiers with loaded rifles guarded the route to the market-place, and kept back the crowds of people who stood on tiptoe and craned their necks in eager anxiety to catch a last view of those about to die.
Anxiously she craned her neck to see better, but it was no use, and she finally turned away again, for she must go on.
There, she craned her neck as she shifted her position several steps over, and found a slightly elevated place to stand, peering over the tops of the gently undulating field of grain at the others.
The tall scout craned his long neck, the better to see.
He cranedhis neck several times, just as though he wanted to make sure of something.
As the marks swung out to pass the jutting cliff the lead-dog followed their course; Nick, on the right of them, moved wide, and craned to obtain a first view of the hut.
But, as he strained his eyes in the direction and craned forward, he became aware of a shadow on the snow where the lamp threw its dull rays.
I craned round the after side of the top-mast, and looked.
The Second Mate standing upon the spar, holding the lantern; his body swaying with each roll of the ship, and his head craned forward as he peered along the yard.
At ten minutes after the hour the buzz and chatter stopped abruptly and every face was turned, every neckcraned toward the door.
She turned, craned her neck, forgetting her partner.
He craned his head forward, his eyes glared through his spectacles, his cheeks puffed out and his mustache bristled.
A sigh of relief went up from the waiting crowd, and they swayed in unison from side to side as they stood on tiptoe and craned their necks to see farther in through those broad windows.
They craned forward, eager for the first glimpse of the house, and caught sight of a beam of light athwart the darkness of the night.
This flourish of rhetoric added an extra inch to the length of Jim Sweet's craned neck.
Whisky-Jack craned his head, and watched the effect of this magic on his Comrades.
Whisky-Jack swooped down to a small Poplar, and craned his neck in amazement at the sight he beheld.
Käte craned her neck forward; she was in the veranda now, but the two had not noticed her yet.
The peasant craned his neck forward the better to see.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "craned" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
