John Smith is still moving crabwise towards modernity. From LearnThat.org.
Adverb : patrons edging crabwise along the crowded row of theater seats. From Dictionary.com.
Hotspur's crabwise motion would produce that effect. From Wordnik.com. [Hornblower And The Hotspur]
Metre-high players scuttle crabwise across the pitch. From Wordnik.com. [RoboCup: the future of football?] Reference
He scuttled crabwise between the two and opened the door. From Wordnik.com. [Night Arrant]
Paulie was scuttling along beside her, walking half-crabwise. From Wordnik.com. [Asimov's Science Fiction]
Why didn't she put her back to the wall and edge along crabwise?. From Wordnik.com. [The Cruise of a Deathtime]
As I shuffled crabwise I swept my eyes over the dim area behind him. From Wordnik.com. [Perseus Spur]
I broke into a lurching, crabwise run, pounding the sidewalk with my red crutch. From Wordnik.com. [Duma Key]
My progress is crabwise, and I fear only IX. chapters will be ready for the mail. From Wordnik.com. [Vailima Letters] Reference
He was well up into the cleft, moving crabwise, unwilling to turn his back on the Throg. From Wordnik.com. [Storm Over Warlock] Reference
He got up and, crabwise, scuttled quickly down the street, checked Binghamton's cooling body. From Wordnik.com. [The Ninja]
With a sharp pull and a crabwise motion, it was possible to open the door and pass through it. From Wordnik.com. [Lips that Touch Liquor: The Gin Buck] Reference
Peters stood up, grabbing a handhold on one bulkhead as the Huey drifted crabwise toward the pier. From Wordnik.com. [Carrie]
Skif kept his head down, though, and still moved cautiously, traveling crabwise below the level of the windows. From Wordnik.com. [Take A Thief]
A half-fallen branch barred his way and he stepped crabwise towards the trunk of the tree to avoid the obstacle. From Wordnik.com. [Cargo of Eagles]
A trail of moisture marked the path by which he must have scooted crabwise across the floor, en route to the corner. From Wordnik.com. [Analog Science Fiction and Fact]
Soon he saw the ground-car coming in, scuttling crabwise, nose into the wind but actually moving backward and sidewise. From Wordnik.com. [Galactic Patrol]
He had stopped his crabwise retreat from the two, standing now at the end of the table with Toggor's cage between them. From Wordnik.com. [Flight in Yiktor]
Like vampires, hungry for blood, the men howled and staggered aside crabwise to let pass the log held by their comrades. From Wordnik.com. [The Bane of The Black Sword]
While Gabrielle was employed in translation, the old lady ignored the mutual compliments, and sidled crabwise over to me. From Wordnik.com. [Drums of Autumn]
To his astonishment the stranger's mobile lips twisted in a snarl and he edged crabwise toward the bushes bordering the glen. From Wordnik.com. [Ralestone Luck] Reference
The boat swung heavily, canted so far that the outrigger dipped below the surface, righted itself and went crabwise on the tack. From Wordnik.com. [Three Worlds To Conquer]
He ducked his head beneath his tunic, turning his face against the wall, and crept, crabwise and even more slowly, up the stairs. From Wordnik.com. [Tran Siberian] Reference
I wouldn't say that that evening was born a lifelong passion for theatre – it's been a slow, crabwise journey to get there – but it did do something. From Wordnik.com. [Do you remember the first time?] Reference
I tried sidling through crabwise, but the epaulet on my non-AFS uniform caught on one of the hooks, and when I tried to back out, I got even more entangled. From Wordnik.com. [To Say Nothing of the Dog]
She crept crabwise up the bank, and put on her stockings and slippers. From Wordnik.com. [Gigolo] Reference
"It was as much your fault as his, young woman!" snarled the biped, getting crabwise out of my reach. From Wordnik.com. [The Eye of Zeitoon] Reference
The hands like the buy cialis online looked the crabwise for other - clamped form, and the marksman said less, more. From Wordnik.com. [Top Information about Home Management] Reference
Out of a sense of journalistic obli gation, I launch a crabwise line of questioning about his ever-present bicycling habit. From Wordnik.com. [Harper's Magazine] Reference
Gore, knowing that Bradley was coming crabwise to the subject of abortion, said, "I've always supported Roe v. Wade. From Wordnik.com. [Al And Bill Ko Themselves] Reference
Those birds move crabwise. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-11-01] Reference
I retreated crabwise from the light. From Wordnik.com. [The Zero Stone]
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