His hands stopped working before they reached Chiun's throat.
But he knew, too, that nine times out of ten a maniac will try to reach his victim's throat with his teeth.
The fangs would reach her throat before the creature died.
They were still big enough to reach a man's throat while barely getting their front feet off the ground.
It was gone within moments, without ever reaching his throat.
He could not quite reach the man's throat without closing too much, but his broadsword bit deep into an arm.
He let the Mongol's other hand reach his throat, for it wasn't going to stay there.
Holmes had fired just in time, and the hound's teeth had not reached our friend's throat.
His shot struck her chest with brutal force at the same instant Fisher reached her throat.
Teeth tore at Hal's collar, trying to reach his throat.