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Examples
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He locked the other doors and dropped the keys into a drain as he crossed to the arrivals area, his shoulders hunched slightly, the walk a kind of short-stepped shuffling gait which made him appear older.
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From a hurried walk he broke into a short-stepped, high-kneed prance which was like the action of an English cob, while from across the street dashed Sohmes, the abnormally fat butcher, clasping both hands over his swaying abdomen to lessen the jar.
The Lady Doc Caroline Lockhart 1916
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They all started, the old grandmother outracing them, with a quick, short-stepped toddle like a child.
The Last Gift 1903
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If I hadn’t been paying attention, I wouldn’t have noticed how she short-stepped and caught her toe on a milk crate on the floor beneath the soda dispenser.
Shift Jennifer Bradbury 2008
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If I hadn’t been paying attention, I wouldn’t have noticed how she short-stepped and caught her toe on a milk crate on the floor beneath the soda dispenser.
Shift Jennifer Bradbury 2008
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