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Examples
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My first instinct is to breast-stroke toward it, which I do.
James M. Clash: Weightless Training Over Moscow James M. Clash 2011
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Ferran swam using a vigorous and awkward breast-stroke and she realized that the sound of him in the water would surely wake those sleeping in the rooms above.
The Empty Family Colm Tóibín 2011
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Ferran swam using a vigorous and awkward breast-stroke and she realized that the sound of him in the water would surely wake those sleeping in the rooms above.
The Empty Family Colm Tóibín 2011
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Using a sidestroke kick or a breast-stroke, provided you have not dropped the victim, swim him or her back to the boat or to the shore.
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She would go on a while longer, parting the water gently in her rhythmic breast-stroke, the moonlight playing on her wet hair with each forward surge, a sleek and quiet otter.
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‘I forget, was it the breast-stroke he was doing — or the crawl?’
Mistress For A Weekend Napier, Susan 2006
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Then I did a few breast-stroke lengths with my legs crossed to keep me from using them.
Let me just take this call... ailbhe 2006
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‘I forget, was it the breast-stroke he was doing — or the crawl?’
Mistress for a Weekend Napier, Susan 2006
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The lessons start with simple movements practised before your mirror — holding out your hand for a coin, the breast-stroke in swimming, etc.
Babbit 2004
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The baby woke up, too; the frog-kick for breast-stroke is a lot harder when someone is kicking your bladder repeatedly.
What Katy Did ailbhe 2004
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