Use "strapping" in a sentence

1. Ken still grieved for his wife, but the years made the tears taste less bitter and fall less frequently, and with his strapping son rapidly becoming his closest friend, he began to feel in his bones an old, familiar stirring

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2. became steadily worse, but he was blessed with a strapping

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3. Five minutes later two strapping warriors marched into the study and reported to Kai

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4. bitter and fall less frequently, and with his strapping son rapidly

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5. This cheese-apple was still a strapping young rush in the vigor of it’s youth, no more than thirty decades old, it would have been barely a sapling over planks and tent then

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6. She was, if anything, more beautiful than ever, but today she had a strapping country boy named Jorma in tow, though they sat on separate stand-cushions

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7. The strapping of the kedas was actually done by Valla and Althay as everyone else stood around marveling at the difference in this dell and what trees would grow and why this was the year to do it

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8. strapping their load to Annabelle when he saw the Bailli

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9. She was what Dara wanted and needed, a big strapping, active woman, out to here in front, thick black hair, hearty voice and full of a good deep belly laugh she'd slap you on the back about

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10. Like I was just some flat-chested girl who couldn’t possibly be interesting to such a strapping youth

11. He slipped the enchanted weapon into his belt loop after strapping on his bow case

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12. He caught back up with her just as Leland finished strapping her into her gear

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13. Strapping himself in again, he allowed the cat to roam free

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14. He made them put the crates of precious metals in the rear of the ship, strapping them down with strong bands of woven plastic and bolts through the provided eyelets into the floor-holes

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15. Strapping on his sword, Thomas

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16. strapping belts for the descent

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17. “No, they would be strapping themselves to the wings

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18. He started out strapping home made mini-bombs to the household pets of Irish Catholics, then worked his way up to farm animals

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19. He rejected his young wife for many months, and went into rehabilitation, and sometimes she felt there had been another woman, or more involved, she confided in tears, but she could not even discuss the subject with him, and their marriage was in jeopardy for quite a while, actually until she had the next child, a strapping son that changed everything for them both

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20. Titus quickly dressed and after strapping on his armour and the multitude of weapons that he carried, he turned and gave Athene a playful smack on her still exposed rump in an attempt to establish some form of contact with her, even if it turned out to be a negative response

21. Mark was one of those strapping young men who had broad shoulders and a muscular frame which were simply inherited characteristics from his family

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22. If a girl finds a strapping young man to her fancy and she wants to make a baby, she does so

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23. Xavier nodded accepting the envelope and strapping the duffel bag back over his shoulder

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24. the utility belts, the four started strapping on whatever weapons they could, and grabbed the rest

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25. and strapping it to his back, Santiago looked over to Jenkins and knocked him on the shoulder

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26. Strapping herself into her chair, she shut off the autonav and gave the engines

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27. Matthew could not help being amused about it knowing that the Kenny’s were all strapping big building workers and would stand to a man to defend each other

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28. Her last task inside her house was strapping her iPod to her waist and choosing the music that she had been listening to since her father's death

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29. The last thing she did before facing Brossard was strapping the cheap Halloween voice changer she had used three years ago to her mouth

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30. As track season raced by, Sammy took ―Bloody‖ to show him a baseball and see if the strapping kid could hack a ball, glove and bat

31. She was still strapping herself in when the sentry ship hailed her

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32. saddling up his trusty mount (a ’97 Ford pickup), strapping on his six

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33. The three female Marines carried an exhausted Captain Curra to his quarters where he fell asleep before they finished strapping him in

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34. Procedures involving the strapping of animals and using

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35. strapping of animals so they can’t move or block an action or

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36. She was in her quarters, strapping on her dual-pistols and her knuckle-dusters equipped with a serrated, stainless-steel blade at the end, when Tomz pushed open the door and said, “Hey boss, shits not going down in our favor out there!”

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37. Strapping on a parachute, she stood awaiting her turn to leap out of the plane

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38. Reno's head snapped up, and he walked to the bedroom almost mechanically, strapping on all of the weapons that had been taken from him the day he'd been hurt as if there was nothing at all unusual about doing it

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39. Now that the war was officially on, Ingrid had decided to openly wear her GLOCK 17L pistol, which she had inherited from Nancy, taking it out of her backpack and strapping it to her leg

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40. Slinging first across her chest a pouch containing baby supplies, then strapping to her front torso a baby carrier, she had grabbed eight-month old Eli from the large play crib sitting behind the work desk of her official office and walked out

41. My strapping 58 year-old father emerged with a big smile on his normally stoic face and alarm bells rang in my head

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42. � Before strapping on the pack, she put on her directional parachute, which had been dyed black by Warrant Culvert the day before

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43. Strapping first the so-called data storage unit to her left wrist, Farah then pulled away the linen sheet covering Nancy�s body and approached the medical scanner to inches of Nancy�s swollen, mutilated breasts, hoping all along that Braun would not be too insistent on inspecting her equipment

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44. Eventually, he found it very near the aft cargo ramp, and after strapping himself into the harness and checking that it was securely fastened to the fuselage, he wrapped the shoulder straps of two of the missiles around his left arm

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45. strapping on the gun belt

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46. Once the platform was raised out of the way, Ingrid sat in her large pilot seat and connected her air, power and radio umbilical cables before strapping herself in

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47. He walked to where the ledge met the cliff, strapping his ax across his back, and started to climb

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48. here she was assessing this man, while he was strapping her onto this cold, hard, table

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49. After strapping her in, he came and sat next to her, the same way a dentist would, when he was about to inspect your teeth

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50. Annie had been in heaven, surrounded by strapping workmen, quite a few of whom were tall enough to meet her requirements

51. As he helped Falcon finish strapping her ankle to the splint with the ace bandage, he spoke up in a tone which brooked no argument

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52. When Edgar caught up Nightfall was stepping into the harness and strapping himself in

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53. He’s a shapeshifter too, a strapping six-foot man who can transform into a flying horse

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54. He walks forward towards the bulkhead of the ship where the crew is putting the finishing touches on strapping down the cargo

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55. At first, traipsing along-side the strapping young man as he went about his work as a locksmith was merely an act of self preservation

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56. ” She said, strapping on her own supplies, feeling embarrassed that she hadn’t prepared before

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57. comfortable with a supportive strapping

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58. He went inside his house and quickly consumed a slice of roast pork and a biscuit before strapping on his pistol belt and departing for Doctor Herman's office

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59. Holy hell, no one told me I had to sleep with anyone! Not that she had a bad selection to choose from, mind you, many of the men who stood before her were fine strapping specimens of masculinity

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60. Now he’s a strapping six foot lad in charge of saving people’s lives

61. He picked up the precious cargo and stacked the containers together, strapping them securely to the shell

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62. I told him, “I went to see Arial and she took the strapping off, put my arm in a sling

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63. A cold compress and good strapping, that’s what you need, Bear

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64. A bloody good strapping

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65. A nap, the regular late afternoon massage with Anna"s help usually after the injection of the drug, a little more writing, a little more conversation with Tahira amid increasing pain and tears and despair and talk of giving up the whole blasted affair, some more drink, an attempt, not always successful of having dinner and then the strapping down for the night

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66. As a precaution I took all the drugs and kept them under lock and key and the strapping down was to forestall something more desperate as in the later stages of her treatment, Tahira often expressed a heartbreaking desperation, a wish to die

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67. “It is now just as hot here,” he said, strapping the coat to his Kyboe

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68. “And you think this strapping lad has been kidnapped by a poor old woman?

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69. Holon was already strapping a splint to her leg aided by the other two women

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70. INTERVAL: The strapping fire tenders drilled with a nodding song,

71. Ten minutes later a strapping boy was born, and thirty five minutes later a little girl came out just as healthy

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72. I won’t lie, it didn’t hurt even a little when he pressed the syringe through my skin, maybe because of the measures he took with choosing syringe and strapping my arm or because of the distraction of sugar he shoved in my mouth

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73. He was a husky, strapping ex-athlete and burned up a great deal

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74. But, hardly had the oedema gone down to some extent, than the two savants thought fit to put back the limb in the apparatus, strapping it tighter to hasten matters

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75. If she had a man, things would be different Someone who, for preference, was a big strapping lad but short on brains

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76. Jack is a strapping, handsome man, an attorney with a strong sense of ethics

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77. As for her husband, he was a strapping fellow of forty, or five and forty, who had more than once, in time of danger, given ample proof of his presence of mind and courage

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78. —Two, he said, strapping and stowing his pocketbook away

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79. I was a strapping young gossoon at that time, I tell you

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80. But the slap and the blessing stood him friend, says Mr Vincent, for to make up he taught him a trick worth two of the other so that maid, wife, abbess and widow to this day affirm that they would rather any time of the month whisper in his ear in the dark of a cowhouse or get a lick on the nape from his long holy tongue than lie with the finest strapping young ravisher in the four fields of all Ireland

81. They were clean-cut, strapping, and handsome, seemingly straight off a recruitment poster

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82. The first to arrive was Megg Robbins, the strapping daughter of a corn dealer, with muscles enlarged by years of lifting sacks of grain

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83. Strapping village girls allowed themselves to be seduced by slick city boys

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84. With her were two youngsters, a beautiful girl of about seventeen and a strapping boy a couple of years older

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85. The meager products of her kitchen could not begin to satisfy the appetites of two dozen tall, strapping boys and a handful of coaches and coxswains

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86. I called back later to ask my mom if Hailey was strapping poultry together in bird clumps and just chucking them in the air like inefficient boomerangs, but Mom dismissed the idea and thought it was more likely that Hailey and my dad were clipping messages to the carrier pigeons my dad was training* and then letting them go

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87. As did the hands strapping on his guitar, dragging through the barre chords of “E

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88. “You are such a strapping specimen, no one will ever believe that some round-shouldered old man with a snail on his shield could put you down

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89. “O me! A naked Man! A naked Savage! O me!” she cried, hiding her Head in her Petticoat (whereas her maid Sally could do nothing but stare in amazement at the great strapping Black Man, and not for a Moment did she take her Eyes away from his prodigious Masculine Member)

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90. “An’ this here is Puck Goodfellow,” he said, pointing to a fearsome, strapping Fellow almost six Foot tall, with a Scar on his Face nearly as long as the Sword he wore at his Waist

91. He was checking his gun, strapping on his shoulder holster

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92. The huntsmen got the fox, but stayed there a long time without strapping it to the saddle

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93. I even saw one poor young man—a handsome, strapping fellow—branded on both cheeks for impertinence!”

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94. “But why would our Princess even take notice of that new Duke’s strapping muscles and blue eyes?” said Abi archly

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95. Looking past her she saw a pretty white mare and a strapping bay gelding with a homely bent-nosed face and its back piled high with baggage tethered nearby

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