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  • "On the contrary -" Brissenden paused and ran an insolent eye over Martin's objective poverty, passing from the well-worn tie and the saw-edged collar to the shiny sleeves of the coat and on to the slight fray of one cuff, winding up and dwelling upon Martin's sunken cheeks.

    Chapter 31 2010

  • "Oh, this looks nice," she said brightly, hefting a saw-edged short sword.

    A Corridor in the Asylum 2010

  • I pluck those saw-edged stars off that new hanging arsenal one by one, and send them slicing into oncoming furred throats, chests, and femoral arteries.

    Dancing with Werewolves Carole Nelson Douglas 2009

  • I pluck those saw-edged stars off that new hanging arsenal one by one, and send them slicing into oncoming furred throats, chests, and femoral arteries.

    Dancing with Werewolves Carole Nelson Douglas 2009

  • I pluck those saw-edged stars off that new hanging arsenal one by one, and send them slicing into oncoming furred throats, chests, and femoral arteries.

    Dancing with Werewolves Carole Nelson Douglas 2009

  • The Earth Warden—the young girl of Chinese ancestry, I guessed, who was standing nearest to me—fastened me down with more whipping roots, saw-edged grasses, vines…anything that would hold.

    Thin Air Rachel Caine 2007

  • She slowly pulled the tape that sealed the bandage around her wrist and unraveled the gauze until the wound was visible: gaping and saw-edged, angry.

    The Tenth Circle Picoult, Jodi, 1966- 2006

  • She slowly pulled the tape that sealed the bandage around her wrist and unraveled the gauze until the wound was visible: gaping and saw-edged, angry.

    The Tenth Circle Jodi Picoult 2006

  • Whenever he would bite one in half with clashing saw-edged teeth, Walker would stir himself long enough to hurl another slur, a fresh accusation.

    Lost And Found Foster, Alan Dean 2004

  • One of the trailers — the caltrops — has trilobed, saw-edged leaves (harsh on both sides), yellow flowers of unpleasant odour, and fruit which, perhaps, formed the model of the war weapon of the time of the Crusaders.

    Tropic Days 2003

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