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EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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She held a torch in her upraised hand.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A dark, thin figure leaped out, stick upraised , aiming at Claudel's head.
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A new spider had woven from her shoulder to her upraised arm, a film-set touch that was too apposite.
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It was a photo of a robed woman with a sharp star for a halo and a torch in her upraised hand.
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Many old Ally Pally hands nevertheless prefer the woman with upraised hands who formed the spectacular fountain in the old Palm Court.
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Shielding his eyes against the dust and heat with an upraised arm, he limped back to the corner and peered round.
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There was a shadow on the shower curtain, a human-shape holding something in an upraised arm.
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Willie leaned his head back on his upraised hands.
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Young Andrew's belly shows between upraised jumper and trousers.