shied

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All at once Sage King shied, and Lucy looked down to see a man lying on the ground.

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  • I shied, but he hooked something out of my hair and pulled it back to the desktop. —  Kat Richardson - Greywalker 1 - Greywalker (v2.0)
  • Once it shied, and she heard a roar of pounding hoofs around about, and had horrible moments when she thought that pursuers had surrounded her. —  101 - The Green Eagle
  • The horse shied, and Panzer was thrown across its neck. —  101 - The Green Eagle
  • At his touch the mare shied, almost jerking the reins from his hands Blue Bonnet snatched the bridle and turned on Alec Will you leave my horse alone, please?" —  Blue Bonnet in Boston or, Boarding-School Days at Miss North's
  • The horse, suddenly spying the old man, shied, and in a trice the buggy was upset, and the young dude went sprawling on the ground Bert grasped the situation, and sprang to the rescue. —  Five Hundred Dollars or, Jacob Marlowe's Secret
 

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