Annesley's heart seemed to drop out of its place, to go "crossways," as her old Irish nurse used to say a million years ago. From Wordnik.com. [The Second Latchkey] Reference
This often put her crossways with people that she loved. From Wordnik.com. [Jeanne's Song] Reference
For things are running crossways, and Maggie and I are out. From Wordnik.com. [Pipe and Pouch The Smoker's Own Book of Poetry] Reference
The covering consisted of short boards, matched, and screwed on crossways. From Wordnik.com. [Hatchie, the Guardian Slave; or, The Heiress of Bellevue] Reference
It ended up crossways in the track, but not in any danger of toppling over. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 19, 2006] Reference
The sail, furled beneath its lowered spar, lay crossways over the gunwales. From Wordnik.com. [Lord of the Isles] Reference
"I think he's going to be reluctant to get crossways with the U.S. very far.". From Wordnik.com. [PUTIN TRIPS UP] Reference
I make off furtively, and stealthily transplant them from the three crossways. From Wordnik.com. [Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books] Reference
I held it crossways to protect myself while I tried to find Amanda's position. From Wordnik.com. [Touch of Evil] Reference
The best beds had heavy cords, wove crossways and lengthways, instead of slats. From Wordnik.com. [Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 4] Reference
Max had forgotten that the King was touchy about talking crossways about Negroes. From Wordnik.com. [King Rat]
Here Tetta had a new idea: they should try one of them lying crossways at the foot. From Wordnik.com. [Growing Pains] Reference
But heaven forbid that you insult them, or get involved crossways with their business. From Wordnik.com. [Undercover With Hells Angels] Reference
Dish them up on platter, each row crossways to prevent under ones from becoming sodden. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Crisco] Reference
In the rear seat of the limousine Warren lay crossways in one corner, quiet and at rest. From Wordnik.com. [Ruined City]
We passed some very pretty peasant girls, dressed in bodices laced crossways with ribbon. From Wordnik.com. [Travels through the South of France and the Interior of Provinces of Provence and Languedoc in the Years 1807 and 1808] Reference
I was sitting crossways in his path so I pulled up on the bank and got stuck in the pebbles. From Wordnik.com. [Steel Victory]
You're no horse, but things will go crossways to you all your loife if you don't do different. From Wordnik.com. [The Widow O'Callaghan's Boys] Reference
The pubic arch, A, spans crossways, the middle of this part of the urethra, G, opposite the bulb H. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Anatomy] Reference
Benjie had taught us not to cut it crossways, but from end to end, as it tasted better when cut wrong. From Wordnik.com. [Yr Ynys Unyg The Lonely Island] Reference
"You look out or my name will get stuck crossways in your throat and choke you," growled the ranchman. From Wordnik.com. [Six Little Bunkers at Cowboy Jack's] Reference
I put four spars side by side, and laid short bits of plank on them, crossways, to make my raft strong. From Wordnik.com. [The Elson Readers, Book 5] Reference
On this side and that the horsemen bar the familiar crossways, and encircle every outlet with sentinels. From Wordnik.com. [The Aeneid of Virgil] Reference
Some of them are strange unknown ways, like those of the planets; others are highways, crossways, and byways. From Wordnik.com. [Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel] Reference
This shows the paper label (crossways) used as a "seal" across the doors to secure the counting room at night. From Wordnik.com. [Next challenge for New York: Run better elections than New Hampshire] Reference
Pouch, in allusion to the licensed begging of lepers at our crossways in olden times with a bell and a clapper. From Wordnik.com. [Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure] Reference
They went by the street of the Tanners, the square of Muthumbal, the green market and the crossways of Cynasyn. From Wordnik.com. [Salammbo] Reference
In my mind's eye there is an almond lying crossways below the head and the heart lines on the roadmap of my life. From Wordnik.com. [Almond] Reference
SILECCHIA: Not off that angle -- staring you straight crossways, straight up, with the metal shot around the end of it. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 4, 2001] Reference
Dey wove 'em crossways in and out of dem holes from one side to another 'til dey had 'em ready to lay de mattress mat on. From Wordnik.com. [Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 1] Reference
A light harness was strapped to his thorax and was surmounted by an oddlooking double-barreled instrument slung crossways. From Wordnik.com. [Flinx In Flux]
A light harness was strapped to his thorax and was surmounted by an oddlooking double‑barreled instrument slung crossways. From Wordnik.com. [Flinx In Flux]
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