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Sailsofoblivion Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary
Words and Time Period
Hello, just wondering, is the phrase "walked in circles" a little out of place if I'm going for an old fashioned tone in my writing?
After walking in circles for hours, the weariness of age beset him, and he collapsed.
I'm not sure what else to say in terms of meaning as I want to make it clear that the character stayed in roughly the same area.
After walking in circles for hours, the weariness of age beset him, and he collapsed.
I'm not sure what else to say in terms of meaning as I want to make it clear that the character stayed in roughly the same area.
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I think that walked in circles is good here. Not sure it's old-fashioned.
- I think that walked in circles is good here.
- Not sure it's old-fashioned.
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I think that walked in circles is good here. Not sure it's old-fashioned.
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sailsofoblivionAfter walking in circles for hours, the weariness of age beset him, and he collapsed."beset" is old-fashioned.
"Walking in circles" is not old-fashioned.
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AlpheccaStars sailsofoblivionAfter walking in circles for hours, the weariness of age beset him, and he collapsed."beset" is old-fashioned."Walking in circles" is not old-fashioned.Do you think it looks out of place beside beset? If so, would "meandering in circles" solve this problem? In my mind at least, it's old fashioned... Maybe even "paced aimlessly"?
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"ambled in circles". I'd never even heard of that word before, so thanks AlpheccaStars! A bigger vocabulary is worth striving to obtain!
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