Example Sentences

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He was able to move only by the curious sticky adhesion of his magnetic-soled slippers to the steel floor-plates beneath him.

From Operation: Outer Space by Leinster, Murray

The faint quiver of the floor-plates sent a thrill through him, and he drew in a great breath of relief when beam and angle commenced to tremble.

From For Jacinta by Bindloss, Harold

There was the constant purr of many motors, the gentle pulsation of floor-plates beneath his feet.

From The Copper-Clad World by Vincent, Harl

On the floor-plates, without even the meager comfort of the dried Martian weeds that had been given to the women, sat or lay the men.

From In the Orbit of Saturn by Starzl, Roman Frederick

Rawson was stretched on the floor-plates, whose touch was cool to his tortured body.

From Two Thousand Miles Below by Diffin, Charles Willard