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  • His was an imposing visage; a tall man of pantherish build, his body encased in thick scales and plates of iron, overlapping to form a skin of metal that covered him from crown to shin.

    Mini-interview: C.L. Werner | 2009

  • This one is black, and unlike the jellybean has a kind of feline, even pantherish ready-to-spring aura, yet is friendly enough, maybe even a tad goofy in that it doesn't seem to take itself all that seriously.

    Must the entity comprising car and driver try to avoid having a split personality? Ann Althouse 2005

  • The stranger was as tall as either of the freebooters, and more powerfully built than either, yet for all his size he moved with pantherish suppleness in his high, flaring-topped boots.

    The Conquering Sword Of Conan Howard, Robert E. 2005

  • Conan stalked into the corridor with a pantherish tread, poised to strike right or left.

    The Conquering Sword Of Conan Howard, Robert E. 2005

  • The stranger was as tall as either of the freebooters, and more powerfully built than either, yet for all his size he moved with pantherish suppleness in his high, flaring-topped boots.

    The Conquering Sword of Conan Howard, Robert E. 2005

  • This one is black, and has a kind of feline, even pantherish ready-to-spring aura, yet is friendly enough, maybe even a tad goofy in that it doesn't seem to take itself all that seriously.

    Must the entity comprising car and driver try to avoid having a split personality? Ann Althouse 2005

  • Conan stalked into the corridor with a pantherish tread, poised to strike right or left.

    The Conquering Sword of Conan Howard, Robert E. 2005

  • He tensed his muscles and sank into a pantherish crouch, breathing easily between his teeth.

    The Coming of Conan The Cimmerian Howard, Robert E. 2003

  • "There is life beyond death, I know, and I know this, too, Conan of Cimmeria" " she rose lithely to her knees and caught him in a pantherish embrace " 'my love is stronger than any death!

    The Coming of Conan The Cimmerian Howard, Robert E. 2003

  • The instant the Cimmerian's back was turned, Thalis, with a pantherish quickness almost incredible, clapped her hand over Natala's mouth, stifling the cry she tried to give.

    The Coming of Conan The Cimmerian Howard, Robert E. 2003

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