How To Use Swivel In A Sentence
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` ` De devil, goot Edie, '' answered Dousterswivel, ` ` why does you speak so loud as a baarenhauter, or what you call a factionary ---
The Antiquary
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“De devil, goot Edie,” answered Dousterswivel, “why does you speak so loud as a baarenhauter, or what you call a factionary — I mean a sentinel?”
The Antiquary
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Both are equipped with studs for sling swivels.
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Manchester, " I replied quietly as 500 pairs of curious eyes swivelled round to a pasty-faced outsider. "Manchester!
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Those with their backs to the action get swivel chairs and video monitors in the wall so they don't miss out.
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When you come to the world of weblogs for the first time you will probably find to your horror that they are written by foul-mouthed illiterates, self-obsessed juveniles (of all ages), assorted bigots and swivel-eyed fruitcakes.
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The chair has four legs, pedestal or swivel base with castors.
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It is adjustable and can be swiveled, which is a good thing when one is trying to get a microphone angled and placed just right.
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The swivel armchair is douBly comfortaBle to sit in.
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Behind it, when he was in session, George would swing to and fro in his green leather swivel armchair smoking a cigar.
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However, tilting downlights or installing a series of lights on a frame which swivel at will (called a gimble) offer more flexibility.
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I was a bit scared because there was this complete polarisation in the room, and everyone in the band's eyes swivelled towards me and they were like, "You've got to deal with this, love.
The worst gig we ever played: musicians on their on-stage lows
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It's simple to rig, by tying the main line to the top eye, clipping a sinker to the swivel link and tie the leader to the swivel at the end of the boom arm.
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It had been equipped with front and rear sling swivels.
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Along the guardrail, a hundred ballistaes lay ready to load and fire, each set on a pivot and swivel.
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Whether up on their toes, skittering swiftly in small steps, or smoothly swiveling, this is liquid loveliness.
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All he had to do was swivel round, take a couple of steps to the try line and claim another try.
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River raised their hopes soon after kick-off, going ahead in the sixth minute when Mariano Pavone controlled the ball on the edge of the box, swivelled and shot low into the corner past the dive of Juan Carlos Olave.
Argentina's River Plate relegated to second division for first time
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Frings cuts inside from the right and fires the ball at Bierhoff, who swivels and shoots.
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Jason swiveled in his chair and typed a command at the keyboard below the flashing screen.
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I stomped noisily into my bedroom and sat on my swiveling chair.
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He loves to serve aces, to swivel into position to play that majestic forehand of his.
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You can swivel the kneepad to do obleiks, it works the entire abdominal muscle, reduces unnecessary stresses… blahblahblah.
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The office was empty, swivel chairs motionless behind open reception windows.
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Within seconds of him entering, and barrels of all three turrets swiveled around to face him.
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Flipping the blanket aside, he swiveled around and stood up, mother-naked.
A CALL TO DARKNESS
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There are three basic types of fixed dispenser the swivel, the lift pump and the gravity feed.
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Paul twisted, swivelled, danced and turned his way through some desperate tackles before pirouetting over the line in a mesmerising display of balance and control.
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He swivelled in his chair to face us.
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He is still consumed by the mystery of his disappearing swivelly orthopaedic chair.
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The fixed sling swivels have detents so the swivel can't touch and possibly mar the stock wood.
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Then, I spoke up in reply to his comment, and he swivelled around and gave me a hell of a strange look.
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I tell him the one where I was meant to swivel my eyes in figures of eight made my eyes hurt.
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A point to remember is that small swivels turn much easier than large ones, so if you are using a fifteen pound leader use one or two small swivels, say size 10 which have a breaking strain of about 40 pounds.
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Six of the turrets swiveled up to face it, and a person with sharp eyes or a ship with sharp sensors would notice tiny red lights winking on and off around the turrets.
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Complete with a suction-cup transducer, gel-cell battery, charger and soft-sided case with tackle storage. Tilt-and-swivel quick-disconnect bracket.
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He swivelled round in his chair then, his face hard as stone, and put his hands up in front of her.
The Priest
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At the execution command "Face", the soldier swivels on his right heel and left toes, through a 90-degree (right) angle to his right.
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Or if your pride and joy 80 inch needs new swivel hubs, these are readily available.
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I lean forwards in my swivel studio chair.
Times, Sunday Times
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I immediately tried to swivel the turret, but it was no use.
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A senior ally of the prime minister thinks his supporters are 'swivel-eyed loons'.
Times, Sunday Times
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One woman used her shoulder and trunk muscles to feed herself via a gadget with a spoon attached to a ball-bearing swivel.
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The gun on the turret could be swivelled once in a minute.
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Suddenly he swivelled round and began doing Groucho Marx impressions.
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It is not just swivel-eyed market zealots who realise the importance of trade.
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Even when he's finally settled - on his workstation swivel chair - he seems slightly remote, though he is charming and solicitous.
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And then The Boy and The Sonia came around for din-dins and to be scratched to death by the cat… and to bring us some rather fancy, swivelly office chairs that their work was throwing out (even though they're perfectly fine).
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If there isn't a kite shop nearby, try a fishing tackle shop for suitable snaps and swivels.
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Those with their backs to the action get swivel chairs and video monitors in the wall so they don't miss out.
Times, Sunday Times
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Leese and I sat at the bottom of the vertical tunnel he had cut, our heads swiveling on nervous lookout.
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I tell him the one where I was meant to swivel my eyes in figures of eight made my eyes hurt.
Times, Sunday Times
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He finally swiveled his head around to look at me.
Haven
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There are still a lot of non-locking swivels on the market.
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These accessories include bipods, swivel and slings, gun cases, cleaning products, rangefinders, spotting scopes, knives, game calls, flashlights, gloves, hats, etc.
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Unlike "switchblade" type flash drives, there is no swivel or release switch to break or get stuck in the closed position.
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An eighteen inch snood dropped off from the swivel so that the two baits would fish almost in line with one another.
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Her painted cheeks swivelled through an angle of ninety degrees.
A BOOK OF LANDS AND PEOPLES
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He clutched for the soap, then swivelled around, arching his back.
DESPERADOES
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Trail fifty or sixty yards of line behind the boat with no sinker, swivel or anything on the line.
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He looked even more swivel-eyed and unshaven than usual.
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She swivelled the telescope .
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Advanced technology means the giant vanes of the turbines swivel to search for wind but cut out in stormy conditions.
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In my opinion the best way to attach the float to the line is with a swivel attached to a short length of power gum.
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He kind of swiveled his body to the right, nodding toward the cabinet, Ed Sullivan style — back to the guests, around the room one face at a time, and when his eyes fell again on the Rev. Beuhler — and it came to him, just like that.
Ezekiel Rising
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She leaned forward in her swivel chair, and stared straight into me with unalarmed eyes.
Therapists
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It weighed in at about 10 lb fully loaded, sporting the Kahles scope and fitted with swivels, but not wearing a sling.
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Her eyes don't swivel, but you almost wish they would.
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She swivelled her chair round and stared out across the back lawn.
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The shoulder and elbow joints are built around precision variable resistors and as each joint swivels so the variable resistor turns.
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In fairness, the more mainstream swivel-eyed loons haven't touched this one, apart from Ashley Mote MEP noting that the EGF website talks of the EU constitution, thus a "clear admission" of what the Lisbon Treaty really is (because obviously it is more likely that the governments of 27 countries would collectively lie to their people than that a poorly-written website might be inaccurate).
April Books 1) The Emperor's Babe, by Bernardine Evaristo
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Meanwhile, rows of new swiveling, scuttling ergonomic chairs line the walls.
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Does anyone think he is beginning to sound a bit like a swivel-eyed old-school Tory zealot?
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German Stefan Zoll livened up proceedings for the last half-hour with a few fancy turns and swivels but his remarkable failure to pass did little to aid Pickering's quest for a goal.
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Her eyes swivel and look through me.
Times, Sunday Times
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For surfcasting and when using either spinning tackle (with Fireline) or conventional gear (with Berkley Big Game Braid), I palomar-knot the braid to a small barrel swivel, then clinch-knot a short, heavy fluoro leader to the other end of the swivel.
Splice of Choice
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An eight-paddle blower dispenses the material through a 300° swivel chute that can also place fodder along a feed barrier by directing on to the sloping 'toboggan' slide.
FWi - All News
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Trim the cucumber and shave it lengthways into a bowl with a swivel peeler.
Times, Sunday Times
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Patented swivel axle keeps all three wheels on the ground even on sharp turns.
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His quest for salvation could only be aided by her loving, floury hands, and her suburban lifestyle and conservatory existence would welcome a hip - swivelling injection of true rock and roll.
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This also means swiveling around the sliding carriage that holds the file, and duplicating the angles you used earlier.
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The G10 is a stripped-down version of the G2, which doesn't include the AVCHD Lite settings, swiveling LCD, or very high dot-count in the electronic viewfinder.
Panasonic broadens Micro Four-thirds camera line
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Michelle Obama hoops it up for health with hula hoop, pushes good eating and no whining Hula hooping it up for health, first lady swivelsWASHINGTON - First lady Michelle Obama hooped it up for health - hula hooped, that is - managing to get in an impressive 142 swivels before her hula hoop hit the ground.
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The Company's machinery and equipment include drawworks, mud pumps and power swivels, which are the major mechanical components of rigs used todrill oil and gas wells.
National Oilwell Hits New Highs -- Seeking Alpha
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The easiest way to shape thin chocolate curls is to shave them directly from a block of chocolate, using a swivel vegetable peeler or sharp knife.
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Rudders behind the propellers work in concert with the swivelling nozzles to steer the hovercraft.
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A leather chair swiveled around, startling me so badly that I took a step back and nearly tripped over my own feet.
Haven
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He is still consumed by the mystery of his disappearing swivelly orthopaedic chair.
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A recent addition is an upright solar panel that Trevor swivels manually to keep it pointed at the sun.
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The Voice is famous for its judges sitting with their backs to contestants in revolving chairs, which they swivel round in when one impresses them.
The Sun
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Lacey swivelled around on her computer chair and grabbed a pillow from the bed beside her.
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Snap hooks at each end of the sling attach to the sling swivels, allowing the rifle to be securely carried like a backpack.
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He flipped off the vid and swivelled around to face the front of the craft, gazing on the wonders of the nebula through which they were passing.
Episode 9:1 Thoughts, Speculations, Alternatives « Unknowing
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Through the double doors, round the filing racks, and back to his swivel seat in front of the green-on-green VDU screen in Information Processing.
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And in the far distance, a giant apatosaur stood above the trees, the tiny head swiveling on the long neck.
Jurassic Park
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The knowledge that he doesn't actually indulge in any stimulants at all makes his swivel-eyed enthusiasm all the more enjoyable.
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After we had cleared the city, he set the controls and swiveled his chair around to face me.
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The sleek, three-pronged turbines swivel to face the oncoming tide, generating up to 35 kilowatts of electricity each.
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In assembly, where practically every operation is manual, engines shuttle down the line on carriages that swivel to allow workers easy access from any angle.
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He greeted the audience by showing off his podium's swivel chair with a grin.
Times, Sunday Times
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And the young striker was coolness personified as he swivelled and drilled into the bottom corner from 15 yards.
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Each model is equipped with swivel studs, swivels and a padded sling.
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He swiveled around, looking past green-shuttered doorways, past night-pooled balconies with pots of ferns and roses and geraniums hanging from their black iron scrollwork, the flowers perfuming the humid air, and toward the restless flickers of neon on Bourbon.
Etched in Bone
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Her eyes don't swivel, but you almost wish they would.
Times, Sunday Times
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"This is a song I wrote when I was eight" says the swivel-eyed frontman before howling something decidedly avant-garde, his face and legs vibrating like he's being tasered.
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Swivelling it around, Graeme let Jon look at the screen as the lines began to cycle out.
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The wire, which I obtain from Harris Angling, is twisted with a twiddling stick after passing the wire twice through the eye of the swivel or snap link.
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This swivels the headlamp beam on cornering so throwing light into dark bends.
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A useful tip is to insert another swivel about two feet up from the lure or hook to help prevent any tangles to the leader.
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The old rheumy eyes swivel audibly away from the mushroom cloud of dust now settling near the fireplace.
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He swiveled aside to let a stream of half-naked boys and girls playing some spontaneously generated variant of tag scamper past.
Beowulf's Children
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The easiest way to shape thin chocolate curls is to shave them directly from a block of chocolate, using a swivel vegetable peeler or sharp knife.
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Imagine a gang of funsters piling into your office for a spin on the old swivel chair.
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Portable and lightweight with a spring-loaded clip and swivel head which turns in two directions, the Dorcy Clip Light has a multitude of uses.
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Doug prefers expensive Trojan silver fish, segmented to twist and swivel realistically.
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Devlin swiveled around to see a short, portly man.
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These are the trochanter, which acts as a swivel joint for the leg, and the coxa, which anchors the leg to the body.
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Workers choose from three swivel chairs and are told how to use them as part of safety training.
The Sun
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I'm not sure if the line manager had noticed the extra wires but as he was sitting at the desk and swivelling his chair, his legs must have got tangled in the wires.
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Her painted cheeks swivelled through an angle of ninety degrees.
A BOOK OF LANDS AND PEOPLES
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Her painted cheeks swivelled through an angle of ninety degrees.
A BOOK OF LANDS AND PEOPLES
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She swivelled round to look out of the window.
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`Look," I said, swivelling in my chair to face Wolfe, `how long are we going to keep our houseguest?
MURDER IN E MINOR
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Lighter vessels ranged upward from the cutter, a single-masted schooner with as little as one cannon on the open deck, or nothing but swivel guns mounted on her railings.
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If impressed, they push red button and swivel round to see the act.
The Sun
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Swivel chairs were also available in bentwood, reed, and wood with leather upholstery.
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Baugh was the catalyst, swivel-pulling the quickies, slashing and cutting like a blade and cleverly upper-cutting over the slip cordon and wicket-keeper.
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The easiest way to make a strong splice is to use a barrel swivel and two Palomar knots.
Knot-Tying Tip: Join Braided Line to a Monofilmant Leader Using a Uni-Knot Splice
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He took the tarpaulin from the breech and the tampion from the muzzle, cast off the lashings which secured it, and saw that the swivel moved freely in the socket and the trunnions freely in the crotch.
Mr. Midshipman Easy
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Most of the dances include stamps, hops, squats, slides, and hip swivels, reflecting the occasion for which it is intended.
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The team swivel and dive in perfect unison.
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In my opinion the best way to attach the float to the line is with a swivel attached to a short length of power gum.
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In Wisconsin some of my muskie fisherman friends use a snap swivel which they attach to the wire with a crimp.
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Inside, only two swivel chairs remain of the original equipment.
Christianity Today
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DJ Premier was a hulking figure who worked with a cap swiveled back to front on his head, and we were in awe as he scratched and mixed “BEP Empire,” taking bits from “Joints & Jam” and mixing it all into a new song.
Fallin’ Up
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Just before contact close-range weapons were deployed, and some of these have been found on the wrecks: swivel guns firing scatter-shot; flame-throwers mounted on poles; and fire-pots.
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The Los Angeles Times takes a look at fun alternatives to jogging: Swiveling to the beat is all part of the fun at Hoopnotica — a company that make the hula hoop the central part of its fitness strategy.
Hooping.org | Blog | Hooping: The Fun Alternative to Jogging
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For this gallant lieutenant, slanting toward the bows of the flying bilander, which he had no hope of fore-reaching, trained his long swivel-gun upon her, and let go — or rather tried to let go — at her.
Mary Anerley
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The holster is mounted to the cartridge belt by a military-style wire hanger and has a swivel feature to ease the hang of the holster while mounted.
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On top of that, Perry got endorsed by swivel-eyed flat tax fan Steve Forbes, who famously blew a stack of cash running in 1996 and 2000 for the Republican nomination.3.08pm: Oh dear – it seems cruel cyber-squatters have been buying and abusing slight variations on the spelling of Michele Bachmann's name.
US politics live blog: Obama's new housing plan, Republican presidential candidates in a tangle
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The manager reaches across the desk, picks up the sheet and swivels around in his chair to face him.
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The Voice is famous for its judges sitting with their backs to contestants in revolving chairs, which they swivel round in when one impresses them.
The Sun
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With no little panache, he swivelled outside the penalty area to prang a dipping shot beyond the goalkeeper, his first goal for Scotland and the first he has managed with his right foot since turning professional.
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It's impossible to go past this stinging riposte from Jack Conway in his debate last night, in response to some swivel-eyed right-wing point about the US constitution from Rand Paul:
Midterm elections live blog - Monday 18 October
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When he talks, his body twists back and forth, creaking the swivel chair.
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Made from moulded fibreglass attached to a metal swivelling base, it was upholstered with foam fibrefill.
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The double overhand knot is tied through the eye of the hook and of the swivel, then secured with either a single or double crimp.
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I sat on the uncomfortable office chair, while he headed for the other, a luxurious black leather all-singing, all-dancing swivel recliner.
KICK BACK
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He swivelled in his chair to face us.
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Music swirls, eyes swivel - and no wonder.
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Whole boxes of swivels going green and horrid, bulk spools of line that are there from one season to the next… how the tackle manufacturers must love us!
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Set on a swiveling ten-wheeled base allowing natural movement and positioning, the Gladis lounge chair radiates an ethereal quality enhanced by its hand-stitched details, thus providing a ripple effect, reminiscent of the fluid forms found in nature.
New Furniture and Lighting by Ayala Serfaty for Aqua Creations
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I swivelled my chair around and looked at the screen of my own computer, which showed me, a blue screen with a few icons shoved to the side.
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He swiveled around in his chair, looked over the rims of his glasses and gave me a toothy grin.
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He deliberately pivoted in his swivel chair, as if thinking.
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The young man swings his legs down from the desk, swiveling around in his chair to stare at his older brother.
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The ball cannoned off Hayden's midriff and he had the presence of mind to swivel and take a superb reflexive juggling catch.
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It was mesmerising, for as he strode, Holding's head, held high, swivelled slightly from side to side.
Never in my life had I faced a bowler as swift as Michael Holding | Mike Selvey
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She swivelled round to look out of the window.
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A lump of clay is then placed at the centre of the motorised swivel and moulded into the desired shape.
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I always take some wire crimps and crimping pliers and a few swivels.
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Any fabric with dots created by swivel weave or lappet weave or by flocking.
HOME COMFORTS
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We call it keeping your head on a swivel.
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This turned out to be a very corporate looking boardroom crammed full with swivel chairs - a far cry from the acres and acres of the lush green grounds surrounding the manor.
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As soon as Wolfe got settled at his desk Monday morning following his plant-room playtime, I swivelled to face him.
MURDER IN E MINOR
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With the BBC Trust looking for a new chairman, the appointment of moderate Chris Patten 66 would annoy swivel-eyed fellow-Tories more than choosing Vladimir Putin, whose no-nonsense media views they share.
Michael White's diary
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Although he had time to shoot under Marshall, Luna swivelled and as the keeper bore down on him executed a dive of glorious artistic merit.
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A bank of overhead lights swivelled to supplement the beams of the footlights, while the stereo system poured out a constant stream of foot-tapping music.
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When he doesn't have time for a full workout, Mr. Kelly will do a quick round of push ups using push-up handles, which swivel to make the exercise more challenging, until he can't do any more.
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I was fishing with a nightcrawler on a single hook with a two foot leader and a swivel connecting to my main line.
When It's In Past The Barb
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With some swivel-eyedness they really believe they are the keepers of the torch whereas we are the party of Heath, and Mrs T and her Single European Act, and that one day they will supplant us as the centre-right party.
Stuart Wheeler must be expelled
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This allows you physically to swivel the screen to either landscape or portrait configuration.
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The auditions are the most entertaining aspect of the series, as we wait to see if the coaches will swivel round in their chairs.
The Sun
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But fair play to the Tories: on Europe, a huge share of the public and those the liberal-left scorns as swivel-eyed freaks are in accord.
Europhobia's no swivel-eyed Tory monopoly | John Harris
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I attached the framed photo in one corner by drilling two 1/4-inch holes into the easel (drilling just one will allow it to swivel within the frame) and screwing it to the bottom of the shadow box.
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Leese and I sat at the bottom of the vertical tunnel he had cut, our heads swiveling on nervous lookout.
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Garda Mattie Creasy, sitting with his jacket off and his sleeves rolled up, blinked as he swivelled away from the bank of monitors in front of him, the light behind Cassidy in the doorway being that much brighter than in the security room.
The Priest
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She returned to the swivel chair behind her desk.
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There are three basic types of fixed dispenser the swivel, the lift pump and the gravity feed.
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David swivels and gyrates to the point where I'm practically drooling with heavy duty lust.
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I prefer to use 2-ft of 100 lb mono, then tie in another swivel and crimp on 18-inches of 60 lb wire to the hook.
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Glenn BeckBeck, the former swivel-eyed darling of Fox, is being "transitioned off" his slot there after advertisers and even viewers started staying away in droves.
This week: Oliver Letwin, Glenn Beck, Charlie Sheen
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She swivelled her chair round and stared out across the back lawn.
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I lean forwards in my swivel studio chair.
Times, Sunday Times
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Thanks to the swivel screen, you can either open it up and use it like a traditional laptop, swivel it up to 180 degrees for sharing or fold it back on itself, creating a touchscreen slate.
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His entire body swivels around and he advances menacingly like a stray dog snarling over a piece of meat.
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She returned to the swivel chair behind her desk.
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And then the veck with her, who had a hat on his gulliver and had his litso like turned away from me, swivelled round to viddy the bolshy big clock they had on the wall in this mesto, and then I viddied who he was and then he viddied who I was.
Where's the show?
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She swivelled her chair round and stared out across the back lawn.
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William Wilberforce's obsession with ending the slave trade was viewed as swivel-eyed by the establishment of his day.
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I still had a hold on the lunge line so I swiveled around and was able to stop him before he got completely away.
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They face each other on white swivel chairs.
Times, Sunday Times
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Grants Power steering, automatic transmissions, hand-controlled accelerator and brake and swivel seats are often required.
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A misfield from Morgan gives Ajmal a single, and Shafiq compounds Broad's radge by swivel-pulling the next ball superbly for four.
The Guardian World News
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The swivels, rear end, and transfer case needed hypoids and we used up all we had filling those chambers.
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In the run-up to the general election, politicians in all three parties convinced themselves that even to talk about renegotiating our membership was extreme, swivel-eyed, blah blah.
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I have never used a spit, instead, I use a couple of meat hooks and a fishing swivel.
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All he had to do was swivel round, take a couple of steps to the try line and claim another try.
Times, Sunday Times
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Workers choose from three swivel chairs and are told how to use them as part of safety training.
The Sun
