Example Sentences

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We'd have our road about half completed when we'd bust up in business; indeed, the minute Pennington suspected we were paralleling his line, he'd choke off our wind.

From The Valley of the Giants by Kyne, Peter B. (Peter Bernard)

At noon we were paralleling another mighty range, the little known Altai Mountains, and at one o'clock we passed the Zaisan Nor, the great lake which forms the headwaters for the Irtysh River.

From The Image and the Likeness by Campbell, John Scott

We were paralleling the highest ridge of the escarpment, and so alternated between the crossing of cañons and the travelling along broad ridges between them.

From African Camp Fires by White, Stewart Edward

And shortly they were paralleling its dimming radiance.

From What Will People Say? A novel by Hughes, Rupert

They were paralleling our outward course; indeed, seemed to be diverging from our ambush and making more to the west.

From Desert Dust by Shepherd, J. Clinton