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  • Martinelli shrugged his shoulders meekly and patiently, but his eyes, gleaming like a basilisk's, gave his shoulders the lie.

    Chapter 11 2010

  • I had bound my wounds from the basilisk's claw, but my side ached.

    Father Swarat Matt Dennison 2010

  • Swiftly I grasped my sword in both hands, lifted it, and drove it into the basilisk's skull, right between its lethal eyes.

    Father Swarat Matt Dennison 2010

  • Still feeling the effects of the basilisk's gaze and the spider's poison, I assumed a defensive posture, concentrating on keeping that wicked hook away from me.

    Father Swarat Matt Dennison 2010

  • She reached for her bracelet and wrapped it around her left wrist, just next to the scars she got from the basilisk's bite early in the month.

    Arcana Magi Zero - v.3: It's So Wonderful, It's So Beautiful 2009

  • Lashed to the wheel, still as basilisk's bride, the captain steered them deeper into the roiling seas of Old Broadway.

    Archive 2006-04-02 Miss Snark 2006

  • It was all he had left, his only chance-he rammed it onto his head and threw himself flat onto the floor as the basilisk's tail swung over him again.

    Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Rowling, J. K. 1999

  • Slowly, he gathered together his wand and the Sorting Hat, and, with a huge tug, retrieved the glittering sword from the roof of the basilisk's mouth.

    Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Rowling, J. K. 1999

  • The basilisk's head was falling, its body coiling around, hitting pillars as it twisted to face him.

    Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Rowling, J. K. 1999

  • I had bound my wounds from the basilisk's claw, but my side ached.

    The Dragons of Chaos Weis, Margaret 1997

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