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Example sentences for "faced about"

  • He went out on the extreme edge, faced about, and taking a line at right angles to it, stepped two hundred and fifty paces.

  • Mr. Vincent saluted, faced about, and gravely marched away, holding his plumed head very high, and looking straight before him.

  • She saw Ames, "as head of the school," greeted with ringing applause by the whole battalion as he faced about to rejoin them.

  • He faced about, leaning against the rock, with the flat of both bands pressed tight against it for the sake of its company; and almost at once he saw a little bright red light glowing in the distance.

  • He faced about; and now there were two red lights where there had been only one.

  • His wife in his arms, he faced about, holdin' the slim, brown figure against his heart.

  • As he, in turn, faced about, he began to kick out furiously, now with one foot, now with the other.

  • He lifted the scout hat, faced about, and marched home.

  • At Manasseh's announcement he faced about, and, with a gasp, clutched at the back of his chair.

  • At the stocks he faced about, and they halted on the instant, as though he had spoken a word of command.

  • He faced about in a puzzled fashion, stared, and touched his hat--or rather lifted his hand a little way and dropped it again.

  • He faced about with a stiff bow, and a glance up at the tall clock.

  • The officer, who had been facing the fire in an evident attempt to dry and warm himself, faced about sharply: "Retreat!


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
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