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Usage examples of ducked.

Grey turned his head in that direction, but the boy ducked his head immediately and moved on, almost tripping over the cat, which was wending in and out of his legs.

She ducked her head to keep them from sight and hoped her sniffle was lost as the horses whinnied and snorted.

Nat ducked his head a bit, uncomfortable with the showing he had made from that point on.

He ducked his head quickly, avoiding the pair of eyes that had been able to keep him rooted before.

There he ducked deeper into the darkness and slowly made his way toward the dais, to get a better look.

They dodged behind the procession and ducked around gawkers, keeping the last wagon, flanked by two mounted guards, in sight.

Nicholas moved to the side of the street and ran along to make up some of the distance, then ducked back into the road, almost knocking over a woman carrying a tray of fruit, who had been watching the wagons.

Amos pulled Nicholas and Harry back between two sheds, and Ghuda ducked in behind them.

He kicked hard with his right foot, then ducked to his left, having learned his lesson.

Calis rose up calmly and loosed an answering shot, then ducked back behind the cabin as a scream from the shore verified he had hit his target.

In one smooth, mighty movement, he heaved the mriswith back, ducked under the arm, and, as he came back up, wrenched it around one full turn.

He ducked under the doorframe, folding his wings to fit through, and then once inside, straightened to nearly his full height behind her, still stooping a bit to fit under the ceiling.

When a sword swung at him, Richard ducked under it, shouldering the man over the edge into the river before dashing on through the opening it created.

The two of them ducked behind the plastered wall of a closed-up shop and, squatting down, gasped to catch their breath.

Another blade came at him and he ducked under it, coming up sword first.