The spot he was approaching was a little eminence, which commanded a deep valley or coombe, that went winding and zigzagging for miles, and here he looked in vain for the outpost.
Every transport in the party struck out at full speed, while the zigzagging was increased in comparison.
Warning flashed to all the convoy party and a wild series of zigzagging ensued while the cruiser chased pell-mell in the direction of the sighted craft.
They had been descending the mountain gradually above timber-line, zigzagging back and forth across the face in such a way as would enable them to use their snow-shoes to the best advantage.
Zigzagging across the face of this mountain wound a narrow trail gradually ascending.
The big lifting cranes stood out just as sharply, and although the zigzagging tractors looked like painted toys, red and blue and yellow, I would have sworn under oath that not one of them cast a shadow.
It follows a zigzagging pattern, so it can pass right by you.
The British ships were now fighting a retiring action, our destroyers doing splendid work, zigzagging over the sea and losing no opportunity of vigorously attacking the enemy, thus covering the retirement.
Thereupon the E23 set out to intercept her, passed through the screen of enemy destroyers that were zigzagging round the Westphalen, and torpedoed her on the starboard side.
Wayland joined her at the door, and stood beside her watching the Supervisor, as he came zigzagging down the steep hill to the east, with all his horses trailing behind him roped together head-to-tail.
From this point the traveling was good, and they descended rapidly, zigzagging from side to side of a long, sweeping ridge.
I could not help being attracted, however, by the movements of this ship, which came slowly zigzagging in my direction.
He came zigzagging up Channel at twenty-five knots, shooting off from his course at all sorts of unexpected angles.
General Inouye pulled up his horse as he spoke, and looked back upon the long line of troops zigzagging up the face of the mountain.
But half a mile farther on he spied a narrow watercourse zigzagging almost at right angles to the track.
Taking his course unerringly, the chief led them in single file along a narrow giddy footpath zigzagging up the face of the cliff.
Here, opposite the Flume House, they climbed a zigzagging path up a hill backed by two massive mountains, and then went through a belt of woodland to inspect the Pool.
But at last we were in the shadow of the great battle, down in the earth, in one sector of a long line of a serpentine trench, zigzagging from the sea to the Alps.
For some minutes he continued running, zigzagging a bit around the trees, hoping to get far enough away so they could not find him.
Of course, Hooper could have been circling and zigzagging during those hours--oh, but not that much, surely.
The horses were walking now, scrambling for a foothold and zigzagging from side to side as they took the steep ascent.
As his uncle approached him, zigzagging and groping for support uncertainly, Peter became again aware of the stale smell of alcohol.
A deer stood outlined on a shelf of rock a few hundred feet above and to the south of her; a bear ambled across an open space, zigzagging his way down.
The fact that their front legs are shorter than the hind legs makes going straight down a steep incline difficult, so, unless pursued, they ordinarily follow the switchback principle, zigzagging along until they reach the bottom.
She was zigzagging slightly and going 15 knots, with two destroyers zigzaggingahead as a screen.
On raising his periscope again he "observed destroyers zigzagging at high speed in all directions.
Except for practice dives at dawn and evening, the boats stayed on the surface all the time, zigzagging up and down their patrol lines at 17 knots.
E 16" approached the screen, the units of which were zigzagging round the ship; she had to cut things fine, as the units were numerous, and the intervals between them small.
As far back as 1912 our submarines were practising attacks on destroyers zigzagging at high speed, and were diving in any waters, and generally reproducing war conditions as far as possible.
E 38" dived at full speed to attack, but could not get within range of the leading squadron, which was composed of battle-cruisers and destroyers, and which was zigzagging at high speed.
Up the spire, behind the lacings of stone, zigzagging in and out of the carved tracings, squirms the fire.
Clear zigzagging water, which smells of tulips and narcissus.
The zigzaggingcry of hoarse throats, it floats against the hard winds, and binds the head of the serpent to its tail, the long snail-slow serpent of marching men.
You still putting your faith in those wirelesses your uncle was going to have zigzagging round?
My uncle'll have wirelesses zigzagging all over this ocean by half past six.
I have noticed that the Master very rarely fails to come back to his original proposition, though he, like myself, is fond of zigzagging in order to reach it.
Zigzagging from side to side with amazing rapidity he would hover with dangling legs over the head of the female, who, circling placidly in the water, appeared to take no notice of his attentions.
It then comes zigzagging or scaling down on down-curved wings and settles lightly near its would-be companions.
From Martigny one follows a zigzagging road over the Col de la Forclaz and then passes Argentière over the Col des Montets to Chamonix.
She had changed her course as a matter of precaution, zigzaggingin order to baffle any U-boats that might be lurking in the vicinity.
Then, with all lights screened, came a pair of lean destroyers, zigzagging their way through the mine-field.
After spending three hours in Nyandi, we say farewell to the monks, descend the steep path zigzagging among rubbish and boulders, and continue our journey to the north-north-east along the right bank of the river.
As he was tucking the blankets around my feet old Nick Tubbs came zigzaggingup the road from the tavern.
As I neared the schoolmaster's the same drunken man that I had seen before went zigzagging up the road.
A moment later he reappeared, zigzagging his way up the slope and only visible through the trees when he crossed a patch of snow.
It would have been easy enough if I had been zigzagging according to Hoyle.
She was throwing out a cloud of smoke and zigzagging in a panicky sort of way in an endeavour to avoid the shells which were exploding nearer and nearer at every shot.
He was zigzagging constantly, and just after charges had been dropped on him he twice broached surface.
Although it was quite fortuitous on our part, the course we steered during the thirty hours we put in returning to base was the most complex and baffling lot of zigzagging I ever had anything to do with.
It seemed an age to Lucy, waiting there, until she did see horses zigzagging the ridges below.
Wildfire showed his keenness by zigzaggingup the slope.
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