Example Sentences

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It was carefully arranged out of the eyes of peacock feathers, exactly as if a stiff peacock fan had been erected endwise on his head.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

The school children sat on forms placed endwise down the centre aisle.

From Greene Ferne Farm by Jefferies, Richard

Here and there stone slabs stuck up, planted endwise in the earth like gravestones in a cemetery.

From With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk

Some I broke and put in endwise, and I was careful to give all as irregular a setting as possible, till the top was reached.

From The Idyl of Twin Fires by Eaton, Walter Prichard

I could not for the life of me remember the word of command for getting my company endwise so that it would get through the gate.

From Boys' and Girls' Biography of Abraham Lincoln by Shaw, James H.