He never remembered having seen the softy, but he had always heard him described as a humpbacked man. From Wordnik.com. [Aurora Floyd. A Novel] Reference
After that the car in the people began to name "humpbacked". From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to New arrival: Mercedes-Benz E260L CGI and E 300L] Reference
I say plainly that she is humpbacked, and I prove it. From Wordnik.com. [The Imaginary Mistress] Reference
"Massachusetts; and he is humpbacked, but as bright as can be.". From Wordnik.com. [The Wonder Island Boys: Treasures of the Island] Reference
There were three humpbacked brothers who looked very much alike. From Wordnik.com. [Filipino Popular Tales] Reference
Soft, humpbacked, blue-gray? there was nothing unusual about it. From Wordnik.com. [Catspaw]
She indicated a small humpbacked trunk covered with moth-eaten horsehair. From Wordnik.com. [Ralestone Luck] Reference
He was long-legged and humpbacked and part of one of his ears had been bitten off. From Wordnik.com. [AGoodManIsHardToFindAndOtherStories]
Distorted, humpbacked and barrel-chested, it scuttled on reed-thin legs to Goat's side. From Wordnik.com. [Rebels of the Red Planet] Reference
Bottlenose glided rapidly ahead and out of sight beyond a low line of humpbacked downs. From Wordnik.com. [Genellan- Planetfall]
The large humpbacked beasts were much harder to control than she imagined they would be. From Wordnik.com. [The Mammoth Hunters]
Over the old humpbacked bridge which spanned the tumbling waterfalls of the river Marag. From Wordnik.com. [Death of a Gossip]
That was Kolosov's boat, a humpbacked PLARB of the type known to the West as a Delta IV. From Wordnik.com. [Countdown]
Some of them were humpbacked, like Evan, the one who had carried the message to the tower. From Wordnik.com. [Rebels of the Red Planet] Reference
Off to the northwest could be seen the humpbacked tubes of Treasury, Cluria's sister city. From Wordnik.com. [The Man Who Used the Universe]
I stared at the humpbacked railroad embankment, trying to put together a logical progression. From Wordnik.com. [Till the Butchers Cut Him Down]
Presently they raised the herd: iziru, humpbacked and spiketailed, the size of Terran cattle. From Wordnik.com. [Trader To The Stars]
The coastal town offers pristine beaches and seas teeming with dolphins and humpbacked whales. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
At the very best the ensemble resembled a humpbacked cow sitting on her haunches among blankets. From Wordnik.com. [O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1920] Reference
Thus, the sperm whale and the humpbacked whale, each has a hump; but there the similitude ceases. From Wordnik.com. [Moby Dick; or the Whale] Reference
A shape loomed up in front of him, monstrous, humpbacked, a Volkswagen, he saw when he got closer. From Wordnik.com. [Lucifer's Hammer]
SANCHEZ: All right, imagine you're walking down a beach and you see a humpbacked whale lying there. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 29, 2009] Reference
The opening was shrouded in shadow, and all Jonny saw was a vague, humpbacked shape in the darkness. From Wordnik.com. [The Robin And The Kestrel]
The old stone fence that had stood on each side of the gate was now little more than a humpbacked mound. From Wordnik.com. [Way Station]
He looked up at the humpbacked hills like he was thinking maybe he had enough left to go catch Croaker after all. From Wordnik.com. [The Silver Spike]
He headed around one end of the nearest grass fire, which the breeze was pushing toward the sleepy, humpbacked hills. From Wordnik.com. [The Silver Spike]
It is natural also to be one-eyed, humpbacked, lame, deformed, and sickly; but we prefer persons well made and healthy. From Wordnik.com. [A Philosophical Dictionary] Reference
Often she climbed to the top of the valley and walked in the fields of wildflowers mottling the grassy, humpbacked ridges. From Wordnik.com. [Genellan- Planetfall]
His humpbacked sister who shared it with him came out to greet them from behind the partition dividing the kitchen from the passage. From Wordnik.com. [Virgin Soil] Reference
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