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1 And here the poles are nowise regularly set like harp-strings, but lie crosswise at all angles like a cobweb.
2 She was lying crosswise on the mussed coverlet, wearing a slip and one suede moccasin.
3 Cursing myself for a fool, I slid my body around until I was lying crosswise under the bed.
4 The mast comes crashing down behind them with a rip and shriek of wood, lying crosswise across Marius's deck.
5 Supper over, the boy went to bed, lying crosswise at his mother's feet, with a coverlet made of old carpet-ends, blue and red, sewed together.
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