semicircle

• Facing her in a semicircle were the nine councilors with whose help she administered the colony; she looked from one to the next, returning their sober attention with a carefully composed countenance. —  Analog December, 1974
• Within the semicircle were a number of Arabs of high and low degree, a few of them well-dressed and armed to the teeth, others dirty and shabby; but all intent on business. —  The Three Commanders
• At one end of this semicircle are the barracks of the Soudanese soldiers, and at the other is the official palace of the governor. —  The Congo and Coasts of Africa
• They were placed so as to form a horseshoe before her desk, and at the further extremity of this semicircle was a chair evidently for himself. —  Colonel Starbottle's Client
• When walking he dragged his right leg along in a semicircle, and was able to accomplish very short distances only. —  The Electric Bath

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