He at least wanted water enough beneath him that the shock of launching the sixty-ton missile would not slam his keel against the bottom.

His long legs locked and his weight dropped to take the shock, the thing's whole momentum slamming into the one-inch circle of the pole's end.

Those stubbornly high fuel prices show how external shocks can slam the brakes on the pace of this recovery.

The shock had slammed great waves into it, kicking spume a hundred feet in the air.

Ned and Lissea shrieked triumphantly though the shock slammed them bruisingly forward.

The shock of cold water slammed against Liandra.

Although the sudden shock and stench slammed open her senses, Rayna remained staring for a long moment until finally she turned away.

The shock of it slammed into his shoulder.

At that moment, a violent shock slammed Retief hard against the restraining harness.

Some women even become temporarily psychotic, once the shock of the birth slams through that shell of denial.