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  • s  curving outward

  • Hand-stitched from either burlap or canvas, the dolls have smooth, rounded heads and protuberant eyes; they look like early aviators.
  • She is tall and skinny and her arms and legs extend out from her narrow torso with its slightly protuberant belly almost like the appendages of a spider who got shortchanged on legs.
  • The creature had a great sullen slit of a mouth, vast protuberant eyes, shaggy curls of rolled metal.
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  • Motels have lost their glow
    Years ago I taught with a fidgety man who rolled his protuberant eyes when I mentioned a nice motel I’d stayed in at Lake Tahoe during a conference. He said he’d sleep in his VW Bug before a motel. Didn’t I know that “motels” is an acronym for “many opportunities to ensure little sleep?”
    July 26, 2013 - Craig Daily Press

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