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He bent his head until flaring nostrils brushed impatient knees, and between the fine-pointed ears could be seen a mighty and incredible curve of neck.
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Today at lunch when I was at the Harris Teeter I bought a pack of fine-pointed Pilot Precise Zing pens.
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Of course, you saw the glaze — composed of various vitreous materials — laid over every article; and of course you witnessed the close imprisonment of each piece in saggers upon the separate system rigidly enforced by means of fine-pointed earthenware stilts placed between the articles to prevent the slightest communication or contact.
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Today at lunch when I was at the Harris Teeter I bought a pack of fine-pointed Pilot Precise Zing pens.
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"Most sorcerers or sorceresses would not wish their likeness to be taken," said the young woman, pausing to study Anna intently before dipping the fine-pointed stylus in the ink again.
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Savidlin reached to the side and pulled a barbed, fine-pointed arrow from his quiver.
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Everything in this part of the world seemed constructed on a grander, rougher scale, as if nature had set aside her fine-pointed tools and little brushes and had gone to work with the heavy machinery.
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For the study of the gross anatomy of plants the following articles will be found of great assistance: 1. a sharp knife, and for more delicate tissues, a razor; 2. a pair of small, fine-pointed scissors;
Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses
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The Doctor had practised his subtile mental analysis till his instruments were so fine-pointed and keen-edged that he scarce ever allowed a flower of sacred emotion to spring in his soul without picking it to pieces to see if its genera and species were correct.
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Fasten with a strong thread a fine-pointed nail, or a sail-needle, to the end of this sort of spindle.
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