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  • Increase the swing of the pendulum, increase, increase, come up and bear against that point of furthest balance— increase—increase— "Heave!"  (source)
    pendulum = something heavy that swings back and forth
  • The familiar pendulum swing was to happen once more, and then stop.  (source)
    pendulum = change to the opposite direction
  • The measured movement of the pendulum disturbed them not at all.  (source)
    pendulum = a weight hanging from a fixed location so that the weight swings freely back and forth under the influence of gravity -- such as is seen in some mechanical clocks
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  • His tie is a pendulum, long dead in its clock.†  (source)
  • Physics has had great success at describing certain kinds of behavior: planets in orbit, spacecraft going to the moon, pendulums and springs and rolling balls, that sort of thing.†  (source)
  • He pulled his belt from the loops of his pants and held it with the buckle end penduluming back and forth by the floor.†  (source)
  • The pendulum had long stopped, and the weight hung still like a solid rock between the tall pillars.†  (source)
  • The hard part for them back then was inventing a clock that would work on a boat (pendulums don't work on boats).†  (source)
  • He swayed his index finger back and forth like a pendulum when he said this.†  (source)
  • And I am sure that, as all pendulums reverse their swing, so eventually will the swollen cities rupture like dehiscent wombs and disperse their children back to the countryside.†  (source)
  • And it was true, the brass pendulum swinging back and forth did look like a tongue, licking the lips of an invisible mouth.†  (source)
  • Coming through the door into the kitchen, he saw the pots and pans swinging like pendulums from their hooks.†  (source)
  • Inserting it into the keyhole, the Count wound the clock to its limit, set the time, and gave the pendulum a nudge, thinking: Let the old man keep time for a few hours more.†  (source)
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