The ranger actually had his hands on his hips, as if posing for a catalogue photo.
Even historical fiction has dealt with the "what if" posed by uchronias.
As if posing for a picture, or assessing the strangely beautiful moonscape of the Hayman, they stood in silhouette.
The main players line up along the bottom of the sheet, as if posing for a photograph.
It begins with the solo cello in a pensive mode, as if posing imponderable questions to the confounded orchestra.
Some of the businessmen had the temerity to lay their hands upon Mandela's shoulders, as if posing with a lion they had shot.
Businessmen ride up and down escalators or sit around conference tables, as if posing or playing roles, an impression reinforced by titles like "Three Suits," "Economist" and "Press Type Law Firm".
Instead, about 25 Danville residents, most of them African American, had assembled before a video camera, in rows, as if posing for a school picture.
And finally, wearing the coats, holding the suitcases, they stand ready to go, as if posing for a photograph which will surface years later, its subjects' fates unknown.
On court number 3, we find four old men standing frozen in postures of readiness, as if posing for a daguerreotype.
