bob up
Example Sentences
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Our knees move in unison, bobbing up and down as we descend.
From Literature
In the 30 years before the mid 1990s, net migration, the number arriving minus the number leaving, bobbed up and down but was broadly balanced.
From BBC
He beamed as his head bobbed up and down.
From Los Angeles Times
I reassured her this was not the case and rapidly tried to build a bond as we bobbed up and down a few metres apart.
From BBC
A standout moment on Tamara's nine-week expedition in Antarctica's Weddell Sea was when two seals bobbed up to the surface to take a deeper breath after falling asleep alongside the ship.
From BBC
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