| 单词 | straggly |
| 例句 | The orchid shed is full of straggly blossoms. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z Some of them had the beginnings of beards, straggly tufts of hair that stood in isolated clumps on their chins, jawbones, and upper lips. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z As he watched Baby walk off down the street he kept pulling the straggly bangs of his hair. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Almost as soon as we left the summit, the wind dropped, and within 500 feet the world was quite calm, eerily so, and the dense fog was nothing more than straggly, drifting shreds. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Her hair was messy, straggly over the bandage on her cheek. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z She didn’t say anything about my hair, either, which is super long now, and really straggly. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z A long, straggly line of townspeople was crunching through the snow, some of them swiping listlessly at the ground with sticks. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z It was piling in heaps on sidewalks, on roofs, gathering in patches on the bark of straggly trees. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z The Ancient’s straggly eyebrows climbed halfway up his forehead. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z There’s a straggly line of people, adults and children, along the roadside among the draggled weeds. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z At least Zephyr’s sun-blaze of long straggly surfer hair is nowhere in sight. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z For variety she found straggly mhuvuyu, blackjack weeds, and cooked their leaves as a kind of spinach. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The squat, bandy-legged man with long, straggly, ginger hair jumped and dropped an ancient suitcase, which burst open, releasing what looked like the entire contents of a junk shop window. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Zola scrambles over the fence and up the hill and peers in through the straggly wire fencing. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z "The ground does look thirsty," I agree, looking out at the landscape, full of straggly plants and trees with withered leaves. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z The next day, Sam and I are exploring down by Tía Mimí’s orchid shed, where the orchids have grown straggly since Porfirio left. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z Lyddie pulled at her own straggly brown plaits, grateful when attention shifted and the room was once again filled with chattering. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z The oak was too bulbous, the elm too straggly, and in their strangeness they seemed in league. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The one who was tugging at the little boy’s leg was thin and palely blond, and her hair was arranged in a straggly pile on the top of her head. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z The forest troll has a pale-green skin and some specimens have hair, which is green or brown, thin and straggly. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Joseph joined the chase and tried to intercept the straggly dog as he leapt up onto the sideboard, scattering piles of old candles and oyster shells. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Nothing grew there except a straggly, neglected cover of grass. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z His white hair was straggly, pointing every which way. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Her hair was all straggly from swimming, and without any makeup or lipstick she looked washed out, tired. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z She had been queen of the cabin and the straggly fields and sugar bush up there on the hill. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z I quickly carried the scraps bowl out into the yard, walking past the privy, all the way back to the stable wall where straggly holly bushes grew. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Wet with dew, straggly branches slapped and scratched at my legs and hid uneven ground so that several times I tripped, tumbling and sliding downward. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z He’s attractive, despite Mr. Geraghty’s unconvincing attempts to hide behind his straggly beard and glasses, but he’s socially awkward, panicky, inadvertently rude. Movie Review | 'Easier With Practice': On the Phone, Alienated and Indulging 2010-02-25T23:33:00Z The question posed by a straggly bearded bro on the Hard Summer shuttle bus was one of many heading into the South El Monte festival’s first day over the weekend. Hard Summer fest: A$AP Mob, Flosstradamus, Skrillex with Diplo 2014-08-03T04:00:00Z Every tree on this island weeps with thick, Albus Dumbledore beards of Spanish moss that are as straggly as they are abundant. Less than a mile from Hilton Head, this S.C. island couldn’t be more different 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z A peacock alights on the stage: he has a couple of straggly feathers attached to his black outfit, and when he takes off, he does so like a child pretending to be a plane. One Thousand and One Nights; The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle; South Pacific; Me, Myself and Miss Gibbs ? review 2011-08-27T23:06:19Z At an adjacent table, beneath a couple of straggly purple balloons, another group gathers around piles of leaflets, asking passersby if they have heard about the 5 May referendum. Will anyone vote for AV in the electoral reform referendum? 2011-04-08T23:09:12Z But its structure is too straggly to suit a piece of such stylistic limitation, and the charm borders on faux-naïf cuteness. Review: Mark Morris Dance Performs ‘Whelm’ and ‘Words’ at BAM 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z At Caleb's rundown house, tucked into a grove of straggly trees alongside the railroad tracks, beer bottles glittered on the uneven yard. How I became an adventurous woman 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z Mimi and Flora sat side by side, twin maiden prow of our straggly land vessel, their faces proudly forward, mist-spritzing themselves as they rode. Magazine Preview: You Blow My Mind. Hey, Mickey! 2011-06-09T14:04:26Z A straggly, hand-puppet beast – a one-time mighty cucumber-lifter – sits dolefully in a rocking chair in his cosy cardboard box, indulging in a death scene as protracted as a Victorian melodrama. Ulster Bank Dublin theatre festival? review 2010-10-16T23:06:00Z If he is recalled today, it is in association with that perennial 99p introductory offer on the back of the Sunday supplement, and that line-drawing of the couple with the straggly Woodstock hair. The joy of Alex Comfort 2012-12-28T22:55:14Z Say the words “fiber art,” and you may picture something straggly from the 1970s. A&E highlights: Arts in Bellevue, Randy Newman at the zoo 2013-07-19T16:29:11Z Berninger, a tall, thin guy with straggly blond hair and a beard, told the crowd to move closer, “because I sing like a mouse.” How ‘All Songs Considered’s’ Bob Boilen went from Tiny Desk to tastemaker 2016-04-08T04:00:00Z Some theatergoers may dislike the straggly format, or object to what is admittedly a mode of self-indulgence: “Keep.” consistently revels in Kitson’s performance of eccentricity. Review | Comedian Daniel Kitson rants about the joy — and tyranny — of stuff 2019-11-24T05:00:00Z It's easy to assume Bennett is meek and appeasing, not least because of the lovely straggly voice that sounds as if he's forever sucking toffees. Alan Bennett: 'I've often wanted to be bolder' 2010-11-23T08:00:00Z It is an unkempt, straggly town, with no sense of style or even comfort. The celebrity war hero of 1919: The search for Sergeant York and his famous WWI diary 2018-10-07T04:00:00Z Flip this folded dough over so the seam is on the bottom, smooshing in any straggly bits, and sprinkling flour over any naked chunks of butter or otherwise sticky spots. Baklava sticky buns are nutty, flaky and soaked in honey butter 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z A soft, golden light filtered through twisted trees draped with a straggly yellow-green lichen called “old man’s beard,” giving the glens a magical air. Going all in on adventure in Patagonia 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z Frequent gripes were that the hill was not high enough to see over trees in nearby Hyde Park, rendering obsolete the "viewing" platform, and that the plants and grass were straggly and patchy. Marble Arch Mound: Attraction to stay permanently free 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z Left to its own devices, Robbins explained, hazelnut grows into a straggly, shrubby tree. ‘There’s good fire and bad fire.’ An Indigenous practice may be key to preventing wildfires 2020-12-17T05:00:00Z Edwards later described him as wearing a white shirt and shorts with “kind of straggly lookin’ hair.” Man suffered apparent panic attack, mental-health crisis before he was shot, killed by Pierce County deputy in 2018 2020-07-26T04:00:00Z In recent years, he has hidden these behind a straggly white mustache and goatee and has grown his flaxen hair down to his shoulders. He Was a Science Star. Then He Promoted a Questionable Cure for Covid-19. 2020-05-12T04:00:00Z Not for him the exotic cultivars or the baroque pyrotechnics of the Dutch golden age: Freud preferred weeds and straggly potted plants – ones he encountered and lived with. Forget Lucian Freud's nudes – he was a magnificent painter of plants 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z The bearded lay missionary with long, straggly hair stopped playing his flute for a moment and then shrugging off the thought, resumed. Why this man could become Zimbabwe's first Catholic saint 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z When mine came home from a fortnight’s holiday with a straggly beard, I refused to look at him until he’d shaved. Glad to be grey: Is it time to embrace the real me? 2019-03-31T04:00:00Z And the last, which was found on both pterosaurs’ wing membranes, looked straggly like down feathers on a chicken. Feathers and fur fly over pterosaur fossil finding 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z The straggly wild plants are sprouting through the newest first world war memorial in Belgium, one that offers a different way of remembering the conflict. Thousands of Ypres sculptures to commemorate world war one dead 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z Knausgaard, who became almost as famous for his straggly and somewhat unhinged intensity in interviews when his books first made headlines, seems a sleeker, more measured presence now. Karl Ove Knausgaard: ‘I don’t know why more people don't read Mein Kampf’ 2018-09-16T04:00:00Z Dark hair fell in straggly wisps around a thin and dirty face that was dominated by burning, sunken eyes. Extract: Lethal White by Robert Galbraith (the pseudonym of JK Rowling) 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z Farhoud, who has a beard and straggly gray hair, was dressed in a muted beige Hawaiian shirt and cargo shorts when we visited on a recent afternoon. Ottessa Moshfegh’s Otherworldly Fiction 2018-07-02T04:00:00Z A few minutes later, when another man with long, straggly hair was led out of the arena, the president asked, gleefully, “Is that a man or a woman? I couldn’t tell. Needs a haircut.” Trump airs his grievances and demands more credit — for just about everything 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z That would be a miscast Orlando Bloom as a shady military vet, who despite his straggly hair and tattoos, transmits all the potentially lethal edge of a GQ cover boy. Despite a starry cast and director Michael Apted, the political thriller "Unlocked" fails to provide much tension 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z Earle looks like an ageing Hells Angel – long straggly grey beard, waistcoat, T-shirt, jeans, tattoos. Steve Earle: 'My wife left me for a younger, skinnier, less talented singer' 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z Perry, now 57, is in civvies – T-shirt and zip-up jacket and jeans and straggly hair. Grayson Perry: ‘As an artist I find Brexit exciting. No doubt it will be a disaster’ 2017-04-23T04:00:00Z He’s wearing black shorts, and sporting straggly hair and a goatee that humorously moves when the nutcracker’s mouth is opened. Nutcracker collecting a lifelong hobby for Pottsville boy 2016-12-31T05:00:00Z He was wearing a black porkpie hat, his straggly graying hair extending down toward the collar of a shirt covered by a charcoal sweater with light-gray patches on the elbows. Neil Young has a fire in his belly in new 'Peace Trail' album 2016-12-05T05:00:00Z Some of the homeless sported straggly beards, torn and stained jackets and, for one man, a large tattoo on his bald head, evident when bowed. Homeless have VIP seats for pope's Mass in St. Peter's 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z The dyed jet-black hair the leaders had while in office — the customary sign of vigor for the cadre — has often turned gray and straggly in prison. Chinese TV Serves Up Lavish Living, With a Side of Shame 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z After the lid of your prison is removed by robotic arms, you spot a straggly group of monsters that are easy to dispatch. ‘Doom’ review: A thrilling, remorseless adventure 2016-05-31T04:00:00Z The back was long, straggly, and running free. The 100 greatest descriptions of Donald Trump’s hair ever written 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z But I soon realized the incredible healing power of thinking about Foofur, a straggly blue stuffed dog my grandmother bought me when I was 8, rather than the latest poll numbers. How Long Do I Have To Be In Downward Dog Before I Can Check Twitter? A Campaign Reporter’s Workout Diary 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z In his younger days, with straggly hair down to his shoulders, Chamberlain very much looked the part of a touring musician with a soft spot for recreational drugs. 25 Songs That Tell Us Where Music Is Going 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z Sutton Park to the north of Birmingham city centre is again noticeable - and a straggly cluster of rides in the south-west of the frame, in Wyre Forest, on the Worcestershire/Shropshire border. What are the UK's top areas for running and cycling? - BBC News 2016-03-07T05:00:00Z In "The Revenant", the swaggering star of "The Wolf of Wall Street" and the smooth charmer of "The Great Gatsby" are barely recognizable under a greasy mane, straggly beard and frostbitten face. From heartthrob to Hollywood heavyweight, Leo DiCaprio is Oscar-bound 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z She looked like a tiny plucked blue chicken, her only remaining plumage some straggly wing and tail feathers and a frayed skull cap of the ones she couldn’t reach with her beak to mutilate. What Does a Parrot Know About PTSD? 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z When I first visited, in February, boxes of files formed a mountain on the floor, law journals were piled on cheap shelving, and a straggly potted palm wilted in a corner. A Chinatown Bank Accused of Fraud 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z No sooner do I type that sentence than they give the ball away again, allowing Juan Mata to unleash a straggly old shot on goal from distance. Manchester United 1-0 Tottenham: Premier League – as it happened 2015-08-08T04:00:00Z He ambles about in Wallace’s guise of granny glasses, straggly hippie hair wrapped in a bandanna, and anti-fashion apparel that marks him as resistant to his cresting fame, as does his unpretentious Midwestern speech. Review: “Tour” a worthy look at artist as reluctant subject 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z One photograph circulating on Twitter showed red earth and a few straggly blades of green, while some suggested spray painting it green. Kenyans have sky-high hopes for Obama's visit to his father's homeland 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z He protected a straggly bush on his corner, and when the city wanted him to install concrete sidewalks, he fought to preserve the bluestone slabs instead. A Brooklyn Storefront Hid an Artist’s Decades of Work 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z With construction under way as orderly as Haiti allows, I corralled the dozen or so children under a straggly tree and distributed the books. Guest: A lesson from Haiti’s forgotten children 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z No sooner do I type that sentence than they give the ball away again, allowing Juan Mata to unleash a straggly old shot on goal from distance. Manchester United 1-0 Tottenham: Premier League – as it happened 2015-08-08T04:00:00Z "They are filthy, with straggly beards and long black nails. "They have lots of pills with them that they all keep taking. The advance of IS - and UKIP 2014-10-11T04:00:00Z Despite his laid-back appearance, which features a straggly ponytail and mutton chops, Klug’s money was neatly bundled in stacks of $,1000 or $2,000, sorted by denomination; all bills faced the same way. A Pot Merchant Visits the Tax Man, Carrying Cash and a Gun 2014-02-20T22:13:40Z The hobo convention was a riot of straggly hair, hobo poetry and free Mulligan stew. Hobo culture: Riding the rails 2013-08-15T15:00:17Z And most intriguingly, he showed me how to turn the stomach inside out to reveal a tiny knobbly appendage that resembled the head of an ancient monk, complete with wizened face and long, straggly beard. The hairy crabs of eastern China 2012-12-15T00:33:43Z Pioneer’s rising fortunes can be seen on a 10,000-acre field known as the Giddings Estate, a forsaken stretch inhabited by straggly coyotes, rabbits, rattlesnakes and cows that forage for grass between the sagebrush. The Energy Rush: Inching Toward Energy Independence in America 2012-03-22T19:42:46Z The other was short; about my size, I would say; rather thin, with a small, black, straggly mustache and swarthy skin. Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942 2012-01-04T03:00:28.750Z His long black hair hung straggly about his ears. The River Motor Boat Boys on the St. Lawrence The Lost Channel 2012-01-02T03:00:21.167Z A fez cap covered the bald head on top, and a thin straggly white beard fringed the lower part of his face. Girl Scouts in the Rockies 2011-11-16T03:00:25.047Z When the sun had come up on the morning of the ninth day, the straggly, mostly immature plants were intermittently laced with the telltale purple tint of phosphorus deficiency. Complaints department 2011-10-12T17:20:51.840Z I did not know the straggly writing upon the envelope, nor at first the signature at the foot of the brief note—Annunciata Valetta. The Claw 2011-08-31T02:01:30.563Z The straggly flower heads of the Hawk Weed, or Rattlesnake Weed, that looks like little Dandelions, will be found in the dry pine woods at this time of the year. Woodcraft or, How a Patrol Leader Made Good 2011-08-24T02:00:22.913Z Tinch, a tall, lean man with a bald head, looked at her stupidly, and ran a thin finger through his straggly locks and thought. The Sea Bride 2011-07-30T02:00:14.537Z It was a tall gaunt old colored man with a straggly grey beard. A House Party with the Tucker Twins 2011-07-10T02:00:20.543Z The woodchopper wore an old felt hat; from underneath its brim flowed several straggly locks of black hair. Ruth Fielding In the Saddle College Girls in the Land of Gold 2011-06-14T02:00:22.083Z Carson came instead, making a few strides of the little straggly, sea-shelled path. Poppy The Story of a South African Girl 2011-05-20T02:00:25.147Z The moustache is darker against it; less bristling than before, more straggly. Turns about Town 2011-05-13T02:00:09.213Z Beside him munching on a few straggly weeds, a cantankerous mule took little notice of his surroundings. Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume I, Alabama Narratives 2011-05-04T02:00:16.830Z A tall, thin 17-year-old with the straggly beginnings of a beard, he yearns for the high school he used to attend, a few miles away in the Afghan refugee camp known as Shamshatoo. How Afghan Insurgents Recruit High-School Students 2011-04-24T16:00:00Z What would he want to meet you for?” asked the girl, shaking back her straggly hair. Ruth Fielding In the Saddle College Girls in the Land of Gold 2011-06-14T02:00:22.083Z "Facing the bay—a funny little bungalow-cottage, with an old-fashioned garden and a straggly path through sea-pinks right down to nearly the edge of the waves." Poppy The Story of a South African Girl 2011-05-20T02:00:25.147Z As a rule they were straggly and unkempt, with tumble-down wooden houses and barns, and showed no pride in neatness, apart from a well-kept school-house or other solitary public building. I Walked in Arden 2011-04-10T02:00:06.137Z Birmingham, and looked up at me showing a mouth of straggly teeth in a warm smile. Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume I, Alabama Narratives 2011-05-04T02:00:16.830Z A pathetic little figure is my hero, With a sparse and wizened beard, and straggly hair, Upon which is perched a sort of a sombrero Such as operatic brigands love to wear. Familiar Faces 2011-01-26T03:00:30.173Z Their side curls are often hardly curled at all, but escape, straggly, as if life is too much fun to spend time disciplining hair. Kabbalah country 2011-01-15T12:02:20Z Opening up a pretentious high end coffee cart in the East End of London, growing a straggly beard and talking in a sniffy voice about the quality of your roast is over. Barney Ronay: the time was right for Flintoff's farewell 2010-09-17T23:06:00Z The straggly pale hair about the ears was rumpled. The Guarded Heights His eyes were heavy and his long locks appeared straggly enough for a man of far more extended reputation as a singer of melodious verse. The Inventions of the Idiot And it all comes back to me so—even the old washerwoman's cottage I can see so plainly, and the dear straggly little garden! Carrots: Just a Little Boy And straightway he began following the tracks through the straggly undergrowth until he reached the road. The Auto Boys' Vacation Calophaca.—The solitary representative of this genus is rather inclined to become straggly if growing at all freely. Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens She is old and ugly; she's blind in one eye and stutters and limps and has straggly gray hair and——" "For Heaven's sake, stop! Happy House In the distance were the craggy hills, where great boulders cropped out and the forest was thin and straggly. The Corner House Girls in a Play How they rehearsed, how they acted, and what the play brought in In a long straggly line, the refugees started out with the native police keeping order and Goodman marching at their head. Narakan Rifles, About Face! A minute or so later Phil, followed closely by 191Jones, reached a more open space, though overgrown with straggly weeds and grass. The Auto Boys' Vacation There was a screen of straggly brush, with emptiness beyond. The Invaders The first few lines would be so very neat and carefully written, and the last ones would be straggly, and of different heights and wandering all across the pages. Ruby at School "Do you know," said Dorothy, looking through the straggly fields and woods ahead, "I believe we've been going in the wrong direction again." The Royal Book of Oz In which the Scarecrow goes to search for his family tree and discovers that he is the Long Lost Emperor of the Silver Island He had a straggly, patchy beard that reminded me of Zeb. Little Brother I peered through the window, but at first I saw only a collection of gaping yokels, poor bent men with faces framed in straggly whiskers. The O'Ruddy A Romance The main column of soldiers far below poured up to the village and went down the straggly street in a tide of dark figures. The Invaders We separated as usual, going two and two to the different quarters of a big sleepy straggly village. Things as They Are Mission Work in Southern India Then they were joined by their host, a tall, rawboned, sallow, sandy-haired man with a long, thin face on which grew a straggly beard, which had never known shears or razor. Chit-Chat; Nirvana; The Searchlight The enemy are hidden in the edge of a large and straggly wood that only two days before was the scene of a roaring bush fire. From the St. Lawrence to the Yser with the 1st Canadian brigade From under their dirty headkerchiefs or straggly unkempt hair, the men who knew no other life but the sea, no happiness or danger unconnected with it, never took their eyes from their captain. Mr. Wicker's Window They headed for the upper end of the island, where there was a small grove of straggly cedar trees. Dave Porter and the Runaways Last Days at Oak Hall The straggly white hair had given way to soft, healthy waves of chestnut hue. Astounding Stories of Super-Science February 1930 Under it were one little monthly rose, which still had blossoms, and some straggly small chrysanthemums. Tatterdemalion Just outside the door, forming a sort of framework to the scene beyond, was some tall, dry grass, thin and straggly enough to let the light through. The Rhodesian Trailing and climbing plants, especially roses, will need careful attention, and keeping within bounds: straggly or weakly shoots must be at once cut away. Little Folks (July 1884) A Magazine for the Young And the wild man sat back on the bench and closed his eyes, and stroked his straggly beard. Dave Porter and the Runaways Last Days at Oak Hall There's one thing I do think Ella might do—persuade him to shave off some of those straggly whiskers. The Talking Horse And Other Tales "Oh, no, I don't, young man!" interrupted the stranger, running his skinny hands through his straggly, white hair. The Boy Ranchers in Death Valley or Diamond X and the Poison Mystery She was a thin, bent old lady with straggly gray hair and a very sharp penetrating voice. Across the Mesa He joined the Turk and the wire-stringers at a prairie hamlet—straggly rows of unpainted frame shanties, the stores with tin-corniced false fronts that pretended to be two stories high. The Trail of the Hawk A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life Of these Thomas produces the best nuts, but the tree is somewhat straggly in growth. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 41st Annual Meeting Pleasant Valley, New York, August 28, 29 and 30, 1950 But to Una its few straggly streets were a whole cosmos. The Job An American Novel Sometimes they were hoboes on whom straggly women shut farm-house doors. The Innocents A Story for Lovers Fitful little plants grew straggly in the shadows of the mossy trunks, forming a dense underbrush that made walking difficult. Survival Tactics Instantly a straggly man with a celluloid collar left the group by the door, whisked over to the Greek professor, and fawned upon him. The Trail of the Hawk A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life In his place sat a smaller man, with a straggly black beard and a white face, who was addressed as "Nicholas." The Book of All-Power "Well, it may be just as well for ye that ye don't," said Oakum Otie, twisting his straggly beard into a spill and blinking nervously. Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 Across the way foot-passengers were still passing in a straggly stream. Cobb's Bill-of-Fare He ran lean fingers through brown, straggly hair, looking from the Strip, reaching to the horizon, to the people waiting to shape it according to their needs. Land of the Burnt Thigh The big trees on the levee and about the flanking towers began to whisper and complain and creak, and the rising wind sent long wisps of straggly cloud racing across the sky. Waring's Peril "His writing is very straggly," she said clearly. Moor Fires The stitches were pretty straggly when her mother came to examine them that evening, but they had been faithfully and painstakingly set with much pricking of awkward little fingers. Chicken Little Jane The once straggly locks were parted in the middle, and swathed round a little head which held itself jauntily aloft; her eyes danced, her lips curved. The Love Affairs of Pixie They had scarcely any clothing; their skins were dark, their hair was long and straggly, and the men had spears or clubs in their hands. A Voyage round the World A book for boys In place of the straggly brown locks she used to possess she now had the most beautiful masses of shining hair, falling to the floor in waves and ringlets. The Enchanted Island Mutilated telegraph-poles and broken straggly wires, evil-smelling pools of water, scattered bricks, torn roadways, and walls blackened and scarred by bomb and shell, completed a scene of mournfulness and desolation. Pushed and the Return Push "Shall we climb up that straggly path along the face of the wall, and see what the old things look like?" asked Bob, as the guide made motions upward. The Saddle Boys in the Grand Canyon or The Hermit of the Cave A low cap covered a head of shaggy reddish hair, while his thick straggly beard was of the same hue. Fred Markham in Russia The Boy Travellers in the Land of the Czar Fancy calling that wiry stuff grass in England, and admiring those straggly creepers and shrubs. The Moving Finger A Trotting Christmas Eve at Warwingie Lost! The Loss of the "Vanity" Dick Stanesby's Hutkeeper The Yanyilla Steeplechase A Digger's Christmas Here the hills are generously covered with a straggly growth of tall, ungraceful trees, among which, almost hidden from view, are the widely scattered bungalows of the white population. In Africa Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country Presently he saw a number of straggly things dangling downward from the rocks and soil overhead. The Boy Land Boomer Dick Arbuckle's Adventures in Oklahoma Then, pulling his funny little knit cap far down over his straggly hair, he came forth, to stand in meditation upon the largest portion of the shattered tree. The White Desert At first it appeared only like a succession of disjointed, broken stones, lying in straggly fashion along the footwall of the drift where it widened into the stope, or upward slant on the vein. The Cross-Cut His face, with its mild blue eyes, straggly fair moustache, expressed anxiety and pride, timidity and happiness, apprehension and confidence. The Dark Forest They looked up quickly, to see a ragged gypsy man, with a straggly black moustache, scowling at them. Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue and Their Shetland Pony The man addressed as Hickey turned to his two companions, one of whom was a tall, lanky chap, with straggly black hair, and bristly, unshaven chin. The Border Boys Across the Frontier "He always wore his hair long and straggly before." Dave Porter at Star Ranch Or, The Cowboy's Secret He has cascades of grey hair above a pinkly beaming face, a rather straggly blond mustache, and eyes that seem frequently to be taking up infinity in a serious way. Gilbert Keith Chesterton In spite of his straggly beard and unkempt appearance, there was a vague suggestion of the soldier about him. The Land of Promise A young man, all of seventeen, with straggly sideburns and a shock of pink hair sticking straight up in the air, shuffled into the room, wearing cutoffs and an unbuttoned guayabera. Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town By the year 1950 the tree had such a straggly appearance, although still healthy and growing but being too shaded by large trees on the boulevard, that Mr. Hope caused it to be cut down. Growing Nuts in the North A Personal Story of the Author's Experience of 33 Years with Nut Culture in Minnesota and Wisconsin Thus they came to the wharves, flanked by ancient warehouses in a straggly row along the water line. The Tin Soldier Arkinsaw's straggly beard waved in the air as he stuck his head out of a window. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 31, No. 1, May 1908 Out across the flat ground between the camp and the railway-station, coming steadily toward the camp, was a very straggly line of white figures. "Over There" with the Australians She took me to an orphan asylum in a straggly little southern town where everything from river banks to complexions was mud color. The House of the Misty Star A Romance of Youth and Hope and Love in Old Japan She has skin the color of a new saddle, and the oddest straggly straw-colored hair. Letters of a Woman Homesteader It differs from the white oak, however, in possessing a more straggly habit and in the fact that the bark on the under side of its branches shags in loose, large scales. Studies of Trees The straggly writing reminded her of the ugly snakes: it told her that he was drunk more or less when the letter was written; she looked from the letter to the snakes. Captivity It was an hour's ride to Coaldale, a sprawling, straggly village with only four or five houses in sight from the station. The Diamond Master Finally, the hand ceased to follow the lines, and became straggly. The Honorable Peter Stirling and What People Thought of Him He was very young, and on his chin was the straggly beard of his years. Kings, Queens and Pawns An American Woman at the Front There were some pools of water standing in a coulee, at whose head grew a clump of wild plum trees and other straggly growth. The Way of a Man Some of the lines were very dragging and straggly; the old feet shuffled and faltered in a way which showed that their march was nearly over. Queed We spied a few straggly trees and made for them, for we were just at timber line. Buffalo Roost We have—that is, most of us have—a lot of old straggly geraniums in our gardens. The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming. He was an old man, with a straggly beard, about 70 years of age, and from him I learned much about life in general, in addition to his tutoring in Chinese. Across China on Foot Her ears were wrinkled even when she raised them, and her straggly tail which looked like tufts of cotton she held out rigid and motionless. Romance of the Rabbit The maid-of-all-work, straggly and down at the heels, answered his fumbling at the lock and opened the door to him. Every Soul Hath Its Song His straggly, gray whiskers were badly stained with tobacco from his constant companion—an old, corncob pipe. Buffalo Roost Bring your plants with their own earth, your straggly geraniums, pots, and each a trowel. The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming. He clutched, scratched his hands bloody on the straggly thorns of greasewood, caught in the dark at a more friendly sage and gripped it next the roots. Casey Ryan Then comes a town deep in black mud—a straggly, inch-thick plank town, with dull red grain elevators. Letters of Travel (1892-1913) I glanced slightly at Miss Hurribattle, and thought it strange that a lady of her present disorderly and straggly appearance could have ever felt so much interest in fashionable proprieties. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 66, April, 1863 As soon as the young plants appear, remove the glass and place them near the light, where gentle ventilation can be given them to prevent long and straggly growth. Gardening for the Million A long straggly line of boys and girls, each one with a seat of some kind, wound its way up to The Chief's hospitable door, where he stood waiting, laughing aloud at the sight. The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming. Ben turned, then made his way up the long, straggly row of unpainted shacks that marked the village street. The Sky Line of Spruce This other was a woman of possibly thirty years, with sallow cheeks, bright burning eyes, and straggly hair. The Nine-Tenths Now was seen but an old crone, straggly hair, wrinkled face, bent back. The Tarn of Eternity "What does the buttercup say, mummy?" he cried, his hand full of straggly grasses, his cheek gilded with pollen. Main Street Because a weak, straggly plant may produce one fine blossom. The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming. Her hair was rather straggly and she had on a pair of Uncle Henry's old slippers. The Emerald City of Oz Gale saw the lean, swarthy faces, the black, straggly hair, the ragged, soiled garments which had once been white. Desert Gold Old Marrow-Bone even had a bit of sparse and straggly white beard that seemed identical with the whiskers of the old man. Before Adam A miserable looking fellow—most of them are—all brown and dusty with a straggly beard. Treasure and Trouble Therewith A Tale of California Sunflowers get brown and straggly looking before the season is past its prime. The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming. If the plants are allowed to grow for a year or two without trimming, they lose their lower leaves and become open and straggly. Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) Across the room you could see his close, hatchet nose and straggly beard. Mary Olivier: a Life And in front of them, springing from a pot on the loggia, the straggly stem and rosy bunches of an oleander. Eleanor It is a rather robust-growing species, with large, bright, orange-yellow flowers, varying from three to five inches in diameter, the narrow and very straggly ray florets contrasting nicely with the rather prominent disk. Scientific American Supplement, No. 433, April 19, 1884 Dutchy, you know, in the back o' his neck—he's straggly now. Miss Theodosia's Heartstrings His hair was getting grey at the temples and straggly on top. My Man Jeeves Then I would stop to think how thin and straggly that mighty stream would be if all the "Made in U. S. A." parts of it were withdrawn. Over the Top It was addressed to me in thick, straggly writing, and was so covered with thumb-marks that a Bertillon expert would have gone straight off his nut at the sight of it. Not George Washington — an Autobiographical Novel But the eyes showed bright from under the matted hair and from out of the straggly beard. The Motor Girls on Waters Blue Or the Strange Cruise of the Tartar As the cortege—I suppose you might call it that—went by where I stood with my friends, I saw that upon the sides of the coffins names were lettered in big, straggly black letters. Paths of Glory Impressions of War Written at and Near the Front Stunted straggly line that meets the Outside face to face—and fights for what itself can never be. Plays They had short squat legs like tree trunks; short squat little bodies with arms to match, and heads that were too large for their bodies with eyes that were buried beneath long straggly shaggy fur. The Forest Monster of Oz The grass on the lawn was long and unkempt, the flower beds weedy and straggly, and the flowers themselves growing wild and untrained. At Love's Cost This had been crossed out, and beneath it, in a straggly hand, the name Miss Wilbur had been written. The Coming of Bill Sitting at a handsomely polished mahogany writing-table near the centre of the apartment was a short, stoutly built man, with straggly beard and fierce, stern eyes. My Lady of the North His hair was grey - rather long and straggly - his eyes hazel, looking through spectacles wildly. The Grey Lady Above these straggly wisps was perched jauntily a big sombrero of regulation plainsman type. The Girl Aviators on Golden Wings Second, there came a visit from a brother poet—a man about forty years of age, shabby and pitiful, with watery, light blue eyes and a feeble straggly moustache, and a manner of agonized diffidence. Love's Pilgrimage Up on the wharf we went and round the corner into a straggly kind of road with old-fashioned houses on both sides of it. Cape Cod Stories For one thing," he replied after a pause, pulling his straggly beard, "your poor dear mother was a lady, and if she had lived she would have wanted you to marry a gentleman. The Red Planet Stepping softly, without the least sound, Dale entered this straggly bit of woods, which appeared to have narrow byways and nooks. The Man of the Forest There was some feeling of loneliness in the hearts of those left behind as they turned back toward the camp under the straggly willows. The Girl Aviators on Golden Wings The eyebrows were straggly; the eyes themselves of a pale, watery blue; the mouth a thin line when her colorless lips were closed; and her chin was as square and determined as Uncle Henry's own. Nan Sherwood at Pine Camp or, the Old Lumberman's Secret "He should pay folks off properly," a thin workingman, with frowning brows and a straggly beard, was saying. War and Peace She loved them all—boys with their first straggly beards on their chins; older men, looking worn and tired; French and Belgian; smiling and sad. The Amazing Interlude The man's face was smooth except for a few straggly hairs on his chin and upper lip. Tarzan the Untamed He was as straggly and wild-looking as a horse left to roam free in the sage. Riders of the Purple Sage His straggly, wiry moustache brushed her forehead in a good-night kiss. 'Twixt Land and Sea |
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