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"Good gracious alive!" exclaimed the quail, leaping from his back to his feet, and standing a fathom tall before the gasping, half-sinking girl.
From John March, Southerner by George W. Cable
A little before four she heard a step, and running to the door caught poor Mary as she staggered in, half-sinking with her burdens.
From The Angel of the Tenement by George Madden Martin
Even if she had not been half-sinking already, the Chinese ship had neither the speed nor handiness to ram the swiftest ship in the enemy's line.
From Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima by John Richard Hale
