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  • A certain dull wariness came into the orderly's face as the two men circled each other slowly, looking for an opening.

    Sick Cycle Carousel 2010

  • An orderly's job was to assist the nurses and doctors with treatments and to help with the twenty-four-hour watch in Unit A.

    Tell Them, Please Tell Them 2005

  • An orderly's job was to assist the nurses and doctors with treatments and to help with the twenty-four-hour watch in Unit A.

    Tell Them, Please Tell Them 2005

  • A young doctor came in after I was finished with the forms, and true to the orderly's prediction, he had to cut the shuriken out of me.

    Dead Beat Butcher, Jim 2005

  • Judging by the knife protruding at a slant from the orderly's chest, I was fairly sure the man was dead.

    Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine 2004

  • Judging by the knife protruding at a slant from the orderly's chest, I was fairly sure the man was dead.

    Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine 2004

  • This was what it dutifully reported to the monitor at the orderly's post for the next hour.

    The Life of the World to Come Baker, Kage 2004

  • "There was a rumor going around Ward C this afternoon that an unidentified man in orderly's clothes was on the main floor."

    Shutter Island Lehane, Dennis 2003

  • As Alexas continued to rub his limbs and shake him, just in case, I looked over the orderly's shoulder; I could see a few bruises but no other marks.

    A Body In The Bath House Davis, Lindsey 2001

  • A flick of the head in the orderly's direction was sufficient to explain.

    Dirge Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2000

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