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Then, while waiting for an answer to his summons, he backed his horse into the middle of the road which bulged out semicircularly in front of the long building, and observed it carefully.

From In the Day of Adversity by Bloundelle-Burton, John

He whirled and came back open-mouthed, and the little boy and big basket had to whisk semicircularly not to be run down, for de minimis non curat Medicina—even when not in a rage.

From The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages by Reade, Charles

Men and women alike cut their hair level with the shoulders at the sides of the head, but trim it semicircularly behind.

From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

The conspirators were grouped semicircularly at one side of the tower's paved interior.

From The Road to Paris by Stephens, Robert Neilson

He whirled and came back open-mouthed, and the little boy and big basket had to whisk semicircularly not to be run down, for de minimis non curat Medicina-even when not in a rage.

From The Cloister and the Hearth by Reade, Charles