hollow-backed
- a word derived from hollow back.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
She was a slinking, hollow-backed, quick-fanged creature, still rib-thin from the sickness that had come of eating a poison-bait; a beast shunned by her own kind—a coward, a murderess even of her own whelps.
From Nomads of the North A Story of Romance and Adventure under the Open Stars by Curwood, James Oliver
The portable theatres are invariably wooden and are carried "knocked down" in large wagons drawn by hollow-backed, thick-legged Flemish horses.
From Vanished towers and chimes of Flanders by Edwards, George Wharton
Hae, there's a ripp to thy auld baggie: handful, belly Tho' thou's howe-backit now, an' knaggie, hollow-backed, knobby I've seen the day, Thou could hae gane like ony staggie colt Out-owre the lay.
From Robert Burns How To Know Him by Neilson, William Allan
The next morning, when I looked out, I saw the hollow-backed bay between the Varnum spruces, and Ethan Frome, throwing back his worn bearskin, made room for me in the sleigh at his side.
From Ethan Frome by Wharton, Edith
A child's book costing three dollars will in a short time become loose, hollow-backed, and the plate illustrations will fall out.
From Literature for Children by Lowe, Orton
