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The bustle and hurry of getting off was over at last, and the steamer was furrowing her way through the spacious bay of San Francisco towards the Golden Gate.

From The Squatter and the Don by Loyal, C.

She was positive of having heard a voice, and as she still further scanned the immediate surroundings I saw that perplexity was furrowing marks upon her face.

From Life in a Thousand Worlds by Harris, W. S. (William Shuler)

His companion was furrowing his brow over some knotty problem in his duties.

From The Half-Hearted by Buchan, John

While Drake was furrowing the strange expanses of the South Sea, it was French privateers that chiefly troubled the Spanish Main and menaced the ports of Cuba.

From The History of Cuba, vol. 1 by Johnson, Willis Fletcher

Yet they seemed to have found a target in the middle of that circle the destroyer was furrowing through the sea.

From Navy Boys Behind the Big Guns Sinking the German U-Boats by Owen, R. Emmett (Robert Emmett)