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  • They were half-walking, half-running down Pennsylvania, Suraiya's heels going clack-clack-clack, when Suraiya said, The Day's Inn in Arlington off 66 at Glebe, do you know it?

    For the Sake of the Boy Ramola D 2011

  • I turned away, taking long, half-running steps toward my car.

    The Bird House Kelly Simmons 2011

  • He ploughed forward at a tremendous rate, and the correspondent, half-running, swung in behind with the evident intention of taking the pace.

    CHAPTER 16 2010

  • I turned away, taking long, half-running steps toward my car.

    The Bird House Kelly Simmons 2011

  • Zoom in and Click! as a mother hangs, half-running, half screaming; hangs impossibly balanced and still in the air.

    Stop-Motion Imagery Susan Gibb 2011

  • I begin my journey, half-walking, half-running, standing still whenever the hint of a shadow threatens with its darkness.

    FOOD ON THE TABLE • by Anitha Murthy 2009

  • He walked quickly, half-running, holding his hands over his ears, but he could not shut out the crackling of the wood or the dying prayers and cries of the prisoners

    WHEN THE HEAVENS FALL GILBERT MORRIS 2010

  • Good-by! and calls for his carriage, half-running toward it and ordering the driver to whip the horses.

    “Some day, all the fools will be dead....” 2008

  • He took off, half-running down the road, his boots sending up puffs of dust that gleamed ochre in the strange light.

    City of Glass Cassandra Clare 2009

  • She heard Sebastian call out to her, but she was already half-running, half-sliding down the low hill.

    City of Glass Cassandra Clare 2009

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