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Meanings of shoot athwart in English

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Usage of shoot athwart in English
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He gave a bark, poor gallant little dog, for help, but just then we saw a dark square snout shoot athwart the stream.
Sport and Work on the Nepaul Frontier / Twelve Years Sporting Re...
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Was she a being like myself, or one of those visions which, like living meteors, shoot athwart the sky of our imagination, dazzling the eye?
Raphael; Or, Pages of the Book of Life at Twenty
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She was already out of her berth and shooting athwart the river.
Falk: A Reminiscence
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They succeeded in shooting athwart the current, rapid as it was, just below the men.
Thrilling Adventures by Land and Sea
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A saving scheme had shot athwart my brain.
Mark Twain's Burlesque Autobiography
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Her son looked up, and a ray of hope shot athwart his pale and anxious face.
Prince Eugene and His Times
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The only light that shot athwart the waters was from the high watch-towers, and it was lurid.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 75, January, 1864 / A Magaz...
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Her glances, shot athwart, frequently exclaimed-'Ohla!'
The Adventures of Hugh Trevor
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Suddenly a Ray, not of the sun, shot athwart the loggia and touched her with a deep gold radiance.
The Secret Power
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The lightning, ever shooting athwart the sky, made him blink as if dazzled, but he looked upon it without emotion.
With Edged Tools
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Intellectually, he was a meteor that shot athwart the literary firmament, leaving a train of fire behind to mark his course.
The Complete Works of Brann, the Iconoclast — Volume 12
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'But hold,' I said, 'all is not lost.' A saving scheme had shot athwart my brain.
Sketches New and Old
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Yes, and when Andy looked, he could see the sudden wicked gleam of the zigzag lightning as it shot athwart the black masses.
The Airplane Boys among the Clouds; Or, Young Aviators in a Wrec...
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The description given of this star is similar to that of a large burning meteor, such as we frequently see shooting athwart the heavens.
The Revelation Explained / An Exposition, Text by Text, of the A...
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A gleam of intelligence, and I thought of pleasure, shot athwart the countenance of Captain Robbins, as I helped him over the Tigris's side.
Afloat and Ashore: A Sea Tale