Men in the front wave were going down like tenpins. From Wordnik.com. [A Yankee in the Trenches] Reference
It is like employing Jove to turn a spit or to set up tenpins. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 79, May, 1864] Reference
A kid from the S.O. challenged President Obama to a game of tenpins. From Wordnik.com. [Sam Greenfield: Where Were You When...?] Reference
Kerk walked into them without slowing and they bounced away like tenpins. From Wordnik.com. [Deathworld] Reference
He had learned to play at cards and to roll tenpins with the village boys. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 50, December, 1861] Reference
Clemens most of the time played tenpins in an alley that had gone to ruin. From Wordnik.com. [Mark Twain: A Biography] Reference
The little scholars, armed to the teeth, no longer sat up straight as tenpins. From Wordnik.com. [Judith of the Plains] Reference
But the two men battled like fiends incarnate; they toppled them like tenpins. From Wordnik.com. ["Master Control" by Harl Vincent, part 5] Reference
Then the end titles rolled, "Filmed in Hollywood, U.S.A.," and the "What if's" fell like tenpins. From Wordnik.com. [White Jazz]
This alley was laid on a long board table, and the game played with tenpins and small wooden balls. From Wordnik.com. [School, Church, and Home Games] Reference
Easton, Pa., a Holly scroll saw and a set of tenpins for a wall or other tent large enough for four persons. From Wordnik.com. [Golden Days for Boys and Girls Volume VIII, No 25: May 21, 1887] Reference
They were lined up on the beach like three tenpins — except not so heavy in the bottom, Andromeda thought resentfully. From Wordnik.com. [Counting Up, Counting Down]
Astro was standing in the middle of the floor, swinging his great hamlike fists methodically, mowing down the guards like tenpins. From Wordnik.com. [The Revolt on Venus] Reference
They went down like tenpins till our guns were empty. From Wordnik.com. [Trailin'!] Reference
They went down like tenpins, fell over each other in heaps. From Wordnik.com. [The Jacket (Star-Rover)] Reference
Malaysian swimmers sent records tumbling like tenpins in the. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Business News] Reference
The right-handed bowler has been competing in tenpins for eight years. From Wordnik.com. [The Herald-Mail Online] Reference
Mr. Shaw has been chloroformed, the servants knocked about like tenpins, and. From Wordnik.com. [Boy Scouts in the Canal Zone The Plot Against Uncle Sam] Reference
Down went the Galu and Kro-lu warriors like tenpins before that deadly fusillade. From Wordnik.com. [The People That Time Forgot] Reference
Public confidence is suspended, and the smaller fry of merchants are knocked over like tenpins. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of a Bad Boy] Reference
The Cap’n yells for help, and Grace scatters them like tenpins. From Wordnik.com. [Outsiders Annual #1 | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News] Reference
Lizard soldiers went down like tenpins. From Wordnik.com. [Prayers To Broken Stones]
A dozen people lay like tenpins around him. From Wordnik.com. [Chickenhawk]
For tenpins they'll do finely!. From Wordnik.com. [The Jingle Book] Reference
Down they rolled like tenpins. From Wordnik.com. [The Underdogs, a Story of the Mexican Revolution] Reference
Seeking some tenpins good and strong. From Wordnik.com. [The Jingle Book] Reference
Like tenpins they rolled down the stairs. From Wordnik.com. [Return of Tarzan] Reference
He tipped them over like tenpins and ran on. From Wordnik.com. [Ten From Infinity] Reference
Gettysburg, resembles a grim game at tenpins. From Wordnik.com. [The Lincoln Story Book] Reference
School -- playing tenpins with skulls for balls!. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 74, December, 1863] Reference
They went down like tenpins. ". From Wordnik.com. [Army Boys on German Soil Our Doughboys Quelling the Mobs] Reference
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