Example Sentences

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Rubashov guessed that, like himself, No. 420 was moving pendulumlike between the two walls of his cell.

From Time Magazine Archive

Stretched out, in a little grass-hollow, the dog followed blinkingly with his soft brown eyes the pendulumlike progress of his friend.

From Bruce by Terhune, Albert Payson

If now the tube of the telescope be slightly swung from side to side the small star will appear to describe a pendulumlike movement with respect to the large one.

From Pleasures of the telescope An Illustrated Guide for Amateur Astronomers and a Popular Description of the Chief Wonders of the Heavens for General Readers by Serviss, Garrett Putman