fifteen-degree

• “Even Jonah had been having second thoughts about the boys being too young and also being a surgeon about his hands after a day skiing in fifteen-degree temperatures.”

  Simon & Schuster: As Husbands Go

• “It took him a moment to see that the ship was listing; the floor was at perhaps a fifteen-degree angle.”

  Simon & Schuster: The Edge of the Sword

• “I ran barefoot down the stairs out of the building and into the fifteen-degree night wearing only my torn silver dress.”

  Simon & Schuster: Darkness Before Dawn

• “It resembled a long, stiff board that was inclined backward at about a fifteen-degree angle.”

  Simon & Schuster: Objective: Bajor

• “Well, this P.E. has only a fifteen-degree axial tilt; the probes set the magnetic poles very near the ecliptic north and south, maybe fifteen degrees away from tilt.”

  Chronicles of Pern, First Fall

• “George M took a fifteen-degree roll, then settled back down.”

  The Sum of all Fears

• “Chicago's depth was changing quickly, as they dove at a fifteen-degree angle.”

  Red Storm Rising

• “We have two sonar eyes for looking around and ahead, one sweeping the ship, another searching out a fifteen-degree path on either side of the bow.”

  Ice Station Zebra

• ““Do you realize we’ve been standing here making out in the snow and the fifteen-degree weather for five minutes?””

  Simon & Schuster: The Ex Games

• “He’s dressed in a heavy, decrepit coat dotted with stains, ripped jeans, and mismatched flip-flops despite the fifteen-degree weather on the streets above that reveal sore-laden feet and black toenails.”

  Simon & Schuster: Chicken Soup for the Soul: Tough Times, Tough People

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