Suddenly the note of a drawn bowstring is heard outside, something flashes past, there is a silence. From Wordnik.com. [The Wood Carver's Wife] Reference
Wi 'hls ain bowstring they band him sae. From Wordnik.com. [Hobie Noble] Reference
But I just wish one was a "bowstring" and round a girl's neck. From Wordnik.com. [Set in Silver] Reference
Undoubtedly not more insane than the rest of us, but her self-control snapped like a bowstring which is overstrained. From Wordnik.com. [The Dangerous Age] Reference
She spoke; -- the twanging bowstring sounded loud!. From Wordnik.com. [The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II] Reference
The bowstring touch'd her breast, so strong she drew. From Wordnik.com. [The Aeneid English] Reference
They have fled out of this world as the shaft from the bowstring. From Wordnik.com. [A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance] Reference
So he made a snare of his bowstring and set it in the trail overnight. From Wordnik.com. [How to Tell Stories to Children, And Some Stories to Tell] Reference
Those who assisted him in his reforms, he rewarded with the bowstring. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol 3 No 3, March 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
And Tavwots ran again; this time he cut the bowstring and set the sun free. From Wordnik.com. [How to Tell Stories to Children, And Some Stories to Tell] Reference
The King lost his temper and threatened Ulf with an arrow on his bowstring. From Wordnik.com. [Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima] Reference
O monarch, it is, indeed difficult to hide the marks of the bowstring on my arms. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7] Reference
Then he made a noose of a bowstring, setting it where the footprints were commonly seen. From Wordnik.com. [Myths and Legends of the Great Plains] Reference
The Finn, to show his marksmanship, aimed at Einar's bowstring and cut it with his arrow. From Wordnik.com. [Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima] Reference
The bow was his (sacrificial) stake and the bowstring was the cord for tying the victims. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
The hawser was as taut as a bowstring, and the current so strong she pulled upon her anchor. From Wordnik.com. [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7] Reference
But how could such a pleasant-looking fellow bring himself to strangle a man with a bowstring?. From Wordnik.com. [The Saracen: Land of the Infidel] Reference
Just then Thorbrand Thorleik's son, sprang up on the roof, and cuts asunder Gunnar's bowstring. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Burnt Njal: the great Icelandic tribune, jurist, and counsellor] Reference
Usually a bowstring was twisted about a fire stick, and the stick was turned rapidly in a groove. From Wordnik.com. [Stories the Iroquois Tell Their Children] Reference
It was Injun's turn to shoot first, and he pulled back his bowstring and braced himself to let go. From Wordnik.com. [Injun and Whitey to the Rescue] Reference
Then Tavwots saw what he had to do, and he drew his sharp hunting-knife and ran to cut the bowstring. From Wordnik.com. [How to Tell Stories to Children, And Some Stories to Tell] Reference
Presently one gets a favorable opportunity, his bowstring twangs, and his opponent falls to the ground. From Wordnik.com. [Negritos of Zambales] Reference
Then, on pulling the trigger, the bowstring was lifted out of the notch, and sent the nail off sailing. From Wordnik.com. [The Scientific American Boy The Camp at Willow Clump Island] Reference
"Because you are his man," said Daoud, and he thumbed the notched wheel that held the bowstring in place. From Wordnik.com. [The Saracen: Land of the Infidel] Reference
Frightened Hong Kong residents are like "birds startled by the mere twang of a bowstring," the paper said. From Wordnik.com. [The Sky Is Falling] Reference
He kicked out sharply, straightening his right leg, and the bowstring snapped into place behind the catch. From Wordnik.com. [The Saracen: The Holy War] Reference
Then he made a rush with his head bent down and his arm stretched out, and cut the bowstring with his knife. From Wordnik.com. [Myths and Legends of the Great Plains] Reference
If they join any of the natives in open rebellion, they are strangled with a bowstring, or hanged on an iron hook. From Wordnik.com. [Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs] Reference
The arrow parted with a keen musical twang of the bowstring, and Photogen darting after it, vanished with a shout. From Wordnik.com. [Harper's Young People, December 23, 1879 An Illustrated Weekly] Reference
Arjuna at that time could not mark any interval between his fixing the arrows on the bowstring and letting them off. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Adi Parva] Reference
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