He ran to me, his shoes clamoring on the floor ungracefully, as if these few strides towards me would forever determine the rest of his life. |
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Just as she reached the stairs to enter the house, an ugly gelding cantered to a stop and the rotund rider ungracefully dismounted. |
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I clambered into the straw tick ungracefully and flopped down, clothes and all. |
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He ungracefully plonked himself into the nearest chair which squealed loudly in protest. |
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Dragging myself ungracefully to my feet, I froze again, listening for any noise, waiting for anyone to come and check what the commotion was about. |
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Out of the window, I could see Jonah jogging ungracefully towards our block, all elbows and knees in a tragically unhip white vest, and I realised I'd had a lucky escape. |
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I strapped them to my boots, lurched forwards ungracefully and lost my balance. |
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Getting in is a challenge, ungracefully accomplished by stepping over the side, directly onto the base of the seat. |
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When she tumbled ungracefully a few inches from a fellow skier, I exhaled deeply. |
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It was a far cry from the Rominger who had slid so ungracefully down the banking on his first moments on the piste, unable to keep himself upright through sheer lack of momentum. |
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In the last novel, Nora and Dora Chance, grow old most ungracefully, and there's clearly personal feeling in Angela's enjoyment of their indecorous old age. |
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