All 3 Uses
pendulum
in
The Martian Chronicles
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- Into a pit went Mr. Steffens, where, bound and tied, he was left to face the advancing razor steel of a great pendulum which now whirled down, down, closer and closer to his outraged body.†
Chpt 17
- The pendulum made a final stroke.†
Chpt 17 *
- The Pit, the Pendulum, and the ape, the chimney, the Murders in the Rue Morgue.†
Chpt 17
Definitions:
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(1)
(pendulum) something that swings or shifts back and forth between two positions -- often seen in a swinging weight or in changing opinions
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)