Example Sentences

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Szczepanski had been craning out of the gunner’s nest, managing traffic.

From Washington Times • Sep. 20, 2015

Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton attended earlier this month, arriving just before curtain to the surprise of audience members who had been craning their necks to glimpse Jake Gyllenhaal.

From New York Times • Mar. 27, 2015

They had been craning their necks, looking for slow crawling freighters headed into port.

From A Yankee Flier with the R.A.F. by Montgomery, Rutherford George

"Me, too," seconded Tim, who had been craning his neck.

From The Pathless Trail by Friel, Arthur O. (Arthur Olney)

By this time a crowd had assembled, the good folk who had been craning their necks at the windows having swarmed out, now that the danger was past.

From Humphrey Bold A Story of the Times of Benbow by Strang, Herbert