He dropped into one of the massive chairs and slumped back, legs outthrust across the flags.

On the couch Sollace lay taut, legs outthrust, head thrown back, her regal bulk fascinating the attention of those who stood tending her.

And now he lay back in the chair, with his head rolled against its back and his long legs outthrust into the shadow underneath the radio console.

The impacts checked his fall but turned him slightly, and then he struck the steep slope at a hopeless angle, cartwheeling, hands outthrust to protect his head.