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paced

/peɪst/ adjective B2
  1. Having a (particular) pace
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He had risen and paced the room as he spoke.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 6 · C1
There was a brief silence; the abbé rose and paced up and down pensively, and then resumed his seat.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 304 · C1
As Danglars approached the disappointed lover, he cast on him a look of deep meaning, while Fernand, as he slowly paced behind the happy pair, who seemed, in their own unmixed content, to have entirely forgotten that such a being as himself existed, was pale and abstracted; occasionally, however, a deep flush would overspread his countenance, and a nervous contraction distort his features, while, with an agitated and restless gaze, he would glance in the direction of Marseilles, like one who either anticipated or foresaw some great and important event.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 23 · C1
He paced restlessly about our sitting-room in a fever of suppressed energy, biting his nails, tapping the furniture, and chafing against inaction.
Sherlock Holmes: The Bruce-Partington Plans, p. 1 · B2

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