The work required colleagues, assistants, "shadowers," and reciprocal arrangements with bureaus in other cities. ❋ James Hay (1908)
Every year the chosen winner meets with cries of 'What?!' from at least half the shadowers, and the consequent arguments about why it should/shouldn't have won inspire even more lively analysis of the merits of all the books. ❋ Roger Sutton (2008)
When they had gone far enough to be clear and had checked their back trail for any shadowers, Pike waved the group together and dismounted. ❋ D. C. Fontana (1990)
The BISMARCK now turned to the west and the British shadowers followed, Admiral Tovey's squadron still pursuing. ❋ MacLean, Alistair, 1922- (1985)
One or two of the troopers muttered at the sight, and there were anxious glances at our shadowers, who had lined up on either side of the gateway. ❋ Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- (1969)
On the other hand, it would be difficult to achieve decisive results or shake off fast shadowers in the bright moonlight nights of the South Atlantic. ❋ Pope, Dudley (1956)
Superior enemy naval forces which have been clearly observed from on board Spee make it appear to the Commanding Officer quite out of the question to shake off shadowers and thus achieve a successful break-through to Germany. ❋ Pope, Dudley (1956)
"He certainly is expert in eluding shadowers," admitted Dean. ❋ William Andrew Johnston (N/A)
But I managed to give my shadowers quite a wrong impression and I passed from the house, where I keep a few stock disguises, under their very noses. ❋ Unknown (N/A)
Then, taking advantage of the wet grass that effectually deadened the sound of their footsteps, they had turned the tables on their shadowers. ❋ Edward S. [Illustrator] Hodgson (1917)
"Shadowing the shadowers?" queried Kennedy, keenly watching the play of his features under the arc-light of the street. ❋ Unknown (1908)
Save for one or two pedestrians the street was utterly deserted, and the first of the shadowers quickened his pace. ❋ Edgar Wallace (1903)
It is still here, the magic and mystery: it lingers in the heart of a people to whom their neighbors of another world are frequent visitors in the spirit and over-shadowers of reverie and imagination. ❋ George William Russell (1901)
On this occasion they were on an entirely wrong scent, and the very day when I first noticed my shadowers, a high official, who seemed to regard the whole thing as ❋ Donald Mackenzie Wallace (1880)
I knew I was being shadowed, and the shadowers could not help perceiving that I knew it. ❋ Donald Mackenzie Wallace (1880)
Since the syllabic rate of normal speech is about 4 syllables per second, this suggests that shadowers are processing the stimulus in syllabus-length bits ” probably the smallest bits that can be identified in the speech stream, given that “only at the level of the syllable do we begin to find stretches of wave form whose acoustic properties are at all reliably related to their linguistic values” ❋ Robbins, Philip (2009)
For some little time I did not see how I could keep my promise without compromising myself or others, but at last -- after having had my shadowers carefully shadowed in order to learn accurately their habits, and having taken certain elaborate precautions, with which I need not trouble the reader, as he is not likely ever to require them -- I paid a visit secretly to Dimitri Ivan'itch in his small room, almost destitute of furniture, handed him the big parcel of pamphlets, warned him not to visit me again, and bade him farewell. ❋ Donald Mackenzie Wallace (1880)
