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  • Our small convoy ground to a halt and I half-jumped, half-tumbled out of the Land Rover and into cover amongst the trees.

    An Ordinary Soldier Doug Beattie MC With Philip Gomm 2008

  • Her courage came back as she skirted the edge of the marketplace, keeping to shadows and sheltering within half-tumbled walls, and the terror of the night seemed to become just one more shadow.

    Werehunter Lackey, Mercedes 1999

  • She paused in an alcove created by the half-tumbled gatehouse wall, and she strained to listen.

    In the Presence of the Enemy George, Elizabeth 1996

  • He climbed up onto the stones, carefully balancing himself by holding on to a scrub oak that grew beside the half-tumbled wall, and looked back to the north.

    The Order War Modesitt, L. E. 1995

  • He climbed up onto the stones, carefully balancing himself by holding on to a scrub oak that grew beside the half-tumbled wall, and looked back to the north.

    The Order War Modesitt, L. E. 1995

  • Gairloch and I half-tumbled, half-thundered downhill toward the wizard on his white horse.

    The Magic of Recluce Modesitt, L. E. 1991

  • Pausing on the stone entry ramp, he gazed along the breached wall, half-tumbled now into reedy swamp.

    Conan The Warlord Carpenter, Leonard 1988

  • Pausing on the stone entry ramp, he gazed along the breached wall, half-tumbled now into reedy swamp.

    Conan The Warlord Carpenter, Leonard 1988

  • Peter Marlowe held on to his wife and just managed to prevent her being smashed into a bulkhead as Bartlett and Casey half-tumbled, half-stumbled past and fell in a heap at the railing, Bartlett protecting her as best he could, her high heels dangerous.

    Noble House Clavell, James 1981

  • Peter Marlowe held on to his wife and just managed to prevent her being smashed into a bulkhead as Bartlett and Casey half-tumbled, half-stumbled past and fell in a heap at the railing, Bartlett protecting her as best he could, her high heels dangerous.

    Noble House Clavell, James 1981

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