Straight as an arrow, bulking large upon a little gray mare, he moved not the fraction of an inch with the question. |
Folding will be easier and the fold is straight as an arrow. |
The caliber was 16-gauge and the barrel was rifled with lands and grooves that ran straight as an arrow from breech to muzzle. |
But by spring, he would be slender again, his back straight as an arrow. |
It went up as straight as an arrow, unswayed by any breath of air, to a great height. |
Those words went straight as an arrow to my adolescent heart, and had a major influence on the decisions that shaped my life, and that brought me, by a very indirect route, to this ceremony today. |