...The clang of the door of opportunity thus knelled in the ears of thecolored house servant whirled the whole face of Negro advancement as onsome great pivot... 
W. E. B. Du Bois 「Darkwater」
...For scissors, she has her mandibles; for compasses, producing now an oval and anon a circle, she has her eye and the pivot of her body...
J. Henri Fabre 「Bramble-bees and Others」
...She made greatexertions to disengage the sting: but could succeed by no other meansthan turning on the extremity of the belly, as on a pivot...
Francis Huber Anonymous 「New observations on the natural history of bees」
...It had been hit on the side of the head, just behind the eye; and, as it received the shot, it raised its fore feet from the ground, spun around as on a pivot, and then fell heavily on its side...
Mayne Reid 「The Giraffe Hunters」
...They fling themselves upon their sides, and using their hunch and shoulder as a pivot, spin round and round for hours at a time...
Mayne Reid 「The Hunters' Feast」
...We found in excavations at the foundation of the church walls fragmentsof glass, several copper nails, a much-corroded iron hook, a copperbell pivot, and fragments of Spanish pottery...
Jesse Walter Fewkes 「Archeological Expedition to Arizona in 1895」
...The bezel was movable, and turned upon a pivot...
Gaston Camille Charles Maspero 「Manual Of Egyptian Archaeology And Guide To The Study Of Antiquities In Egypt」
...It consisted of a strong plank, at the end of which was a chair,the centre working upon a pivot, and, after the person to be punishedhad been duly secured, she was ducked into the water...
Atticus 「Our Churches and Chapels」
..."He found the pivot needed oiling,"explained the widow...
Victor Rousseau 「Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1930」
...The trussed-up pair started at once to pivot around on the floor...
Nat Schachner 「Slaves of Mercury」
...Hilary heard Grim's warning cry, tried to pivot back again...
Nat Schachner 「Slaves of Mercury」
...Clearly men were flattered by the notionthat their earth was the most important body in nature, that it stoodstill at the centre of the universe, and was the pivot upon which allthings revolved...
Cecil G. Dolmage 「Astronomy of To-day」
...The carriage is the hand, and, to throw far, a runis taken and the body is jerked forward; the arm is also moved asrapidly as possible on the shoulder as pivot...
Oliver Lodge 「Pioneers of Science」
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