half-turning
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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That tension is sustained through the third and fourth sections, which utilize the upright, swinging, half-turning steps that characterize an earlier work, “Fase.”
From New York Times ● Jun. 14, 2011
Then came the memory of his errand, the thought of the woman and the boy in the wigwam of birch bark, hungry and needing him; and he stopped, half-turning to go back.
From Hoof and Claw by Roberts, Charles George Douglas, Sir
Oh," he stammered, half-turning from her, "I was sure.
From Hidden Creek by Burt, Katharine Newlin
My eye, ain't it cold!" he said, half-turning round, "seems to nip one's legs up regular.
From Captain Bayley's Heir: A Tale of the Gold Fields of California by Paget, H. M. (Henry Marriott)
Three several times did he check his horse, and, half-turning him round towards Castle Cor, pause, and seem to deliberate between the suggestions of mingled hope and doubt.
From Captain Kyd (Vol 1 of 2) or, The Wizard of the Sea by Ingraham, Jonathon Holt
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