| 单词 | unshapely |
| 例句 | In it, Mariam saw her own face first, the archless, unshapely eyebrows, the flat hair, the eyes, mirthless green and set so closely together that one might mistake her for being cross-eyed. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z As a child, Salinas spent countless hours in his father’s sooty workshop, watching him transform unshapely metal into useful objects. Horacio Salinas’s Charming Carnival of Creatures 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z In Kennedy’s words, “even unshapely, ill-phrased romances provide important insights into the national imaginary,” and he deliberately excludes Hawthorne, Melville and Whitman from his consideration. To understand the rise of a certain orange-haired politician, look back to Edgar Allan Poe 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z Like his father, Salinas transforms unshapely castoffs, but, in his hands, they become sophisticated, finely tuned, witty images. Horacio Salinas’s Charming Carnival of Creatures 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z She is plain, unshapely and unpleasant in ways that are only occasionally endearing. Television Review: Lena Dunham?s ?Girls? Begins on HBO 2012-04-12T18:49:02Z He is a barbarian, a yahoo, a gorilla — the original gorilla — and an unshapely man. Opinion | ‘I believe I am treated worse,’ Trump says. As if. 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z It spoke of “tangled shrubbery and mounds of earth, bare and unshapely,” mounds that indicate “several hundred persons who lay down the burden of life and left behind no record of their existence.” 1,600 stories buried in forgotten Tacoma pauper cemetery 2016-09-03T04:00:00Z How such a rude, unshapely flag-stone could have such a history, and have been an object of veneration and interest for so many centuries, is what strikes with wonder those who see it. Beauties and Antiquities of Ireland 2012-04-23T02:00:32.180Z There is the coarse, bulldog cast of face; there are the heavy eye-brows, the unshapely nose, the hideous moustache, the receding forehead, and all the other beauties and graces of the "bloat King's" countenance. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z They were a mixed set, some rather small, young, and furtive looking, some unshapely and coarse, with unpleasant eyes, the eyelids slack. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z As William looked upon this unshapely mass, some dreamy recollection floated through his mind of having visited the spot before, when the stones had seemed alive, and making mouths at him. The Making of William Edwards or The Story of the Bridge of Beauty 2011-12-07T03:00:17.867Z He thrust out a far from unshapely calf, in tweed knickers. Mavis of Green Hill 2011-10-12T02:00:41.317Z She went quickly to where Mrs Marriott was now sitting with her hands in her lap, on an unshapely roll of blankets. The Claw 2011-08-31T02:01:30.563Z In one place the roof would be supported by Gothic columns, farther on by unshapely props and buttresses. George Alfred Henty The Story of an Active Life 2011-07-31T02:00:08.463Z Such men as Carlyle and Browning were sometimes irritatingly discordant and unshapely in style—occasionally giving the idea, as a first impression, that their words were shovelled together irrespective of sound or sense. The Lure of the Pen A book for Would-Be Authors 2011-07-26T02:00:15.573Z To the savage mind it is clothed with a deep veil of mystery, and is the abode of all manner of demons and unshapely monsters. The Mountains of Oregon 2011-07-17T02:00:38.297Z Then, to the ruin of the simile, the artillery-schools, the aviation-fields, and the base hospitals made excrescences on the handle, so that an apter symbol would be a large and unshapely string of beads. Our Army at the Front 2011-06-26T02:00:07.933Z From their square-shaped skulls, black, shaggy hair hung down in wild disorder; and their unshapely yellow faces, glistened as if they had been anointed with tallow. Ekkehard. Vol. I (of II) A Tale of the Tenth Century 2011-04-14T02:00:55.273Z There was an earlier as well as a later creation, the unshapely brood of chaos as well as the more perfect creations of the gods of light. The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia 2011-04-14T02:00:46.297Z An unshapely cloud now stealthily approached the moon, and had soon covered her up entirely. Ekkehard. Vol. II (of II). A Tale of the Tenth Century 2011-04-14T02:00:45.217Z Save in a great drought, the water comes to within a yard of the bottom of this cliff, and the intermediate space is filled with rough unshapely pieces of rock fallen from above. The Shepherd's Calendar Volume I (of II) 2011-03-05T03:00:28.153Z The next moment they would rise and float upon the surface, black unshapely masses of tinder. The South-West By a Yankee. In Two Volumes. Volume 1 2011-02-02T03:00:22.253Z Hale shrugged his unshapely shoulders and sat down with a painful effort, placing his crutch beside him. The Pagan's Cup 2011-01-06T03:00:42.697Z Save unshapely pieces for bread pudding, Brown Betty, or stuffings. The Century Cook Book 2011-01-04T03:01:10.367Z Thus the “Nemesis,” belonging probably to 1503, is a marvellously wrought piece of quite unflinching realism in the rendering of a common type of mature, muscular, unshapely German womanhood. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" 2010-12-26T03:00:17.840Z As he approached, he swung an unshapely club of green wood, pausing every few paces to test its weight and balance on a bush or knob of dirt. Into the Primitive Exochorda.—These usually require no pruning, but if the plants are getting too large or unshapely, they should be cut back immediately after flowering. Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens The river is perpetually overhung, involved, tangled, in that indefinite and unshapely cloud. London Impressions Etchings and Pictures in Photogravure This unshapely block produced a great effect upon Mess Lethierry's imagination. Toilers of the Sea He rushed down to the brook, and found it actually true; his ears had resumed their former shape; his long, unshapely nose had vanished. Tales of the Caravan, Inn, and Palace Their natural form, so the stories say, is that of huge, unshapely giants, like clouds, with hair and beard of the color of the red lightning. Bible Myths and their Parallels in other Religions Being a Comparison of the Old and New Testament Myths and Miracles with those of the Heathen Nations of Antiquity Considering also their Origin and Meaning The monk appeared larger and more unshapely the nearer he approached. Henry of Ofterdingen: A Romance. Godegisele wore the costume of the Frankish women of high condition—a long decollet� robe with open and flowing sleeves, and held by a scarf around her now unshapely waist. The Poniard's Hilt Or Karadeucq and Ronan. A Tale of Bagauders and Vagres The old man has at last accomplished his destiny, and filled the corner of a sketch, where something of an unshapely nature was wanting. Modern Painters, Volume IV (of V) The Secretary says that this system of officers is unshapely and disproportioned, there being great disparity between the head and the subordinate parts, and he recommends a great reduction in the three highest grades. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 8, January, 1851 The Pessimist withdrew the stick which held the staple and threw open the unshapely door. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 26, July 1880. The Doctor sat beside her and took her red unshapely hands unadorned except by the thin gold wedding ring that she had worn in toil for over thirty years. In the Heart of a Fool Her heavy, unshapely form was squeezed into a marvelous costume of gold brocade. Carmen Ariza Her clothes were scarcely whole, yet put on with an evident attempt at tidiness; her bonnet was not a bonnet, but the unshapely and discoloured remains of what had once had the distinction. The House in Town The ivy, while climbing, preserves its pointed leaf, but when it has reached the top of its support it spreads out into a bushy head and produces only rounded and unshapely leaves. Our Young Folks at Home and Abroad It would seem that the giddy old thing hobbled home from synagogue conversing with Yossel Mandelstein, the hunchback, and sometimes even offered the unshapely septuagenarian her snuffbox as he passed the door of her cottage. Ghetto Comedies Her naked feet, spread to the floor, showed white but unshapely. The Combined Maze “It’s a great affair, isn’t it?” she panted, settling her round, unshapely form out over the seat. Carmen Ariza Suddenly our jagger, ever on the look-out, called loudly, and pointed to a singular and unshapely object, which rose and sank.... The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, April, 1880 Some such—shall we call it an idea?—seemed to enter the unshapely skull of the hammer-head,—suggested no doubt by the bold attitude which Snowball had assumed. The Ocean Waifs A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea If you wish to have corns and unshapely feet, wear tight shoes; they never fail to produce those results. How To Behave: A Pocket Manual Of Republican Etiquette, And Guide To Correct Personal Habits Embracing An Exposition Of The Principles Of Good Manners; Useful Hints On The Care Of The Person, Eating, Drinking, Exercise, Habits, Dress, Self-Culture, And Behavior At Home; The Etiquette Of Salutations, Introductions, Receptions, Visits, Dinners, Evening Parties, Conversation, Letters, Presents, Weddings, Funerals, The Street, The Church, Places Of Amusement, Traveling, Etc., With Illustrative Anecdotes, a Chapter on Love and Courtship, and Rules of Order for Debating Societies These unshapely vessels in the fine season trade from Madras and Ceylon, and many of them to the Gulf of Manar, as the water is shoal between Ceylon and the southern part of the continent. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. This is a valuable ornamental species, as it is green from early spring till the last thing in fall; specimens must be selected for such use, as often the trees are unshapely. Northern Nut Growers Association Incorporated 39th Annual Report at Norris, Tenn. September 13-15 1948 The garments hang loose about the unshapely body; a crumpled straw hat covers the mad-looking face; the shoulders are raised; the fists are clenched; the eyes are glassy. The Goose Man Uttering this malediction, he scrambled out of the grave, and suddenly stood before the astonished maiden, who shuddered as she beheld the unshapely outline of a form which she instantly recognised. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 His arms unshapely, vast and dread, A league in length, he raised and spread. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse Not again to refer to the case of parasites, what can be more unshapely than a hippopotamus, or more generally repulsive than a crocodile? Darwin, and After Darwin (Vol. 1 and 3, of 3) An Exposition of the Darwinian Theory and a Discussion of Post-Darwinian Questions Now he went over to Loki, his little, unshapely form trembling with rage—Brock, the most spiteful of all the Dwarfs. The Children of Odin The Book of Northern Myths "Particularly behind," said Charles; "it is quite unshapely." Loss and Gain The Story of a Convert His whole person was so curiously enveloped in a loose travelling cloak that nothing but a dark unshapely mass, having some resemblance to the human form, could be distinguished. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 The vine that finds no support for its upward growth, grovels on the earth and covers it with rank, unshapely leaves. Helen and Arthur or, Miss Thusa's Spinning Wheel The body belonging to this prepossessing face was swollen and unshapely, and its owner moved with a limp and a muttered curse towards the place assigned him. Prisoners of Hope A Tale of Colonial Virginia It is of course understood that heavily liquored soaps are, as a rule, unsuitable for the drying treatment, as the bars become unshapely, and lose water rapidly. The Handbook of Soap Manufacture It proceeded as far as Arno Vale, when it was seen suddenly to collapse, while still at a considerable altitude, and then to fall quickly in an unshapely mass. Up in the Clouds Balloon Voyages With a little pruning in the proper season, these unshapely bushes might become things of beauty, and not only look better, but will do better, if given a severe trimming in the spring. Your Plants Plain and Practical Directions for the Treatment of Tender and Hardy Plants in the House and in the Garden Fibs, my dear—or shall we say, artistic mouldings of the unshapely clay of truth—are the ... how shall I put it?... Jill the Reckless He is a sort of musical Cyclops, a strong, ugly creature bulging with knotty and unshapely muscles, an ogre of composition. Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers But we were yet rough and unshapely; not fit for heaven. Making the Most of Life Then, with a sudden stirring of his unshapely body, he glanced swiftly in the direction of Kars. The Triumph of John Kars A Story of the Yukon It is only seeming, Minn. She has more misery over an ill-fitting dress, an unshapely shoe, or an awkward glove, than you and I have in an age. The Brother Clerks A Tale of New-Orleans I am not without superstition, and for an instant I quailed under that look, as the thought struck me, that the black, unshapely brute before me might actually be the spirit indicated by his name. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 435 Volume 17, New Series, May 1, 1852 A black, unshapely mass was moving swiftly down towards the quay. Wandering Heath Besides these unshapely vehicles, there are phaetons, droschkis, chariots, and similar light conveyances; but no covered carriages. The Story of Ida Pfeiffer and Her Travels in Many Lands It commences as an ordinary lupus of the toes or dorsum of the foot, from which the tuberculous infection spreads to the lymph vessels, and the limb as a whole becomes enormously swollen and unshapely. Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. Rude, unshapely features, thick nose, coarse, protruding mouth, and a shambling, awkward figure, were redeemed only by eyes of uncommon splendor and depth, aflame with the unmistakable light of the soul. The Great German Composers But she did not dare to go outside the gate; suppose anybody had recognized her, unshapely as she was, and showing her disgrace by her expanded waist! The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume 3 So, also, you and I might see before us nothing but an unshapely block of marble, while the sculptor would see the angel in the stone! Crayon and Character: Truth Made Clear Through Eye and Ear Or, Ten-Minute Talks with Colored Chalks Yet this strange, unshapely creature has a distinct brain in a soft kind of skull, mandibles like a parrot, and plenty of sense. Brothers of Pity and Other Tales of Beasts and Men He recollected her well,—a tall, lean woman, with unshapely garments, and a strident voice. Polly of the Hospital Staff Starting, he beheld a figure of a low and unshapely stature, clothed in a light dress, fantastically wrought. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 His shoulders were bent, his hair white with age, his withered features almost as coarse and as unshapely as the poor clothes he wore. Cecilia de Noël And then we notice, too, that many of the leaves on the bush are deformed and unshapely. Crayon and Character: Truth Made Clear Through Eye and Ear Or, Ten-Minute Talks with Colored Chalks Here it is not the crystal that is wanted, but the unshapely boulder. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 69, July, 1863 A clumsy lethargic monster, unshapely as his name, and the last species of his kind, one would think, to be so bravely waited upon, as he is. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I She trips over the mountains when she is young: when she is young and slender she comes and dances before us: and when she is old and unshapely she hobbles away from the hills. Selections from the Writings of Lord Dunsay Sack-cloth disfigured my unshapely limbs and my skin from long neglect had become black as an Ethiopian's. A Short History of Monks and Monasteries Abhor being fat, unshapely, and be unhappy over it, but never tell others how you feel. Supreme Personality They could see the unshapely foot day by day with their own eyes—and so could their neighbors. Laugh and Live In place of the ironstone which they had observed on the preceding day, the country was now partially covered with large and unshapely masses of granite. Lander's Travels The Travels of Richard Lander into the Interior of Africa It is without doubt the most hideous and unshapely object the mind can conceive, being all made of one piece and without any regard to the shape of the foot. As Seen By Me This bit of a board I brought is too unshapely. New Irish Comedies The crisis-born leader, heralded by such a flourish of rhetorical trumpets, was a giant in size; but with his huge figure, unshapely and ill-clad, all promise of greatness seemed to pause. The Grafters And then the gloom doth vex the sight With crude, unshapely forms Which hold throughout the yelling night A fellowship with storms! The Poems of Henry Kendall With Biographical Note by Bertram Stevens She looked middle-aged and unshapely, when he wanted youth and an exquisite loveliness. Dust If they are unshapely, unhappy changes in her fortune will displace ardent hopes. Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or what's in a dream: a scientific and practical exposition At the corner before him, a cabman, motionless under his unshapely covered hat and glistening rubber cape, sat perched aloft on his seat, apparently asleep. The Market-Place The long vertical upper-lip and irregular teeth made, in repose, an unshapely mouth; its smile, though, sweetened the whole countenance. The Damnation of Theron Ware If thy matters are unseemly, they are fitter for a defeated knight—if they are unshapely, why, the liker to the rest of a world, which is all unshaped. Woodstock; or, the Cavalier This edge needs constant trimming, else it becomes unshapely; and this trimming tends to widen the walk. Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) He saw her pour the powder from her hand on its broad, unshapely pan. The Strong Arm Nonius and Clatenna had no children, but doted on her sister's son, a lad of not much over twenty, lean as his aunt, but small boned and not unshapely. Andivius Hedulio Adventures of a Roman Nobleman in the Days of the Empire A man entered the courtyard carrying an unshapely burden. Look Back on Happiness Through indolent and careless living she had grown gross and coarse, too unshapely and unseemly for her age. The Mountebank They were, he thought, like everything connected with her person, shapely and beautiful, just as everything connected with his own person was unshapely and ugly. Poor White But the chief cause was that he was a very small and unshapely person and was therefore held in contempt, incurring ridicule rather than danger. Dio's Rome, Volume 4 An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form The features are a trifle too elongated, and their delicacy is marred by a nose a bit broad and unshapely and a mouth with thin lips primly set. Aunt Jane's Nieces in Society At night, with my sailor friend, I threaded some of the narrower streets, which were like corridors in an unshapely Titan palace. Memories of Hawthorne If you mean," said Jill severely, "that you told some disgraceful fibs …" "Fibs, my dear,—or shall we say, artistic mouldings of the unshapely clay of truth—are the … how shall I put it?… The Little Warrior The tailless body changes into an unshapely tube, and, by the atrophy of some parts and the modification of others, gradually assumes the appearance we have already described. The Evolution of Man — Volume 2 The unshapely stumps of ancient pines dotted the ground, and Aristides remembered that under the solitary redwood, which of all its brothers remained still standing, one of those early pioneers lay buried. The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales With Condensed Novels, Spanish and American Legends, and Earlier Papers One could see unshapely bulges where women did the housekeeping within. The Eye of Zeitoon This bird, if not the plainest dressed, is the most unshapely in the woods. Birds and Poets : with Other Papers Four men, with their loads, were permitted to cross in the small, unshapely, and cranky canoes. How I Found Livingstone; travels, adventures, and discoveres in Central Africa, including an account of four months' residence with Dr. Livingstone, by Henry M. Stanley Then, as she stretched forward to ring the bell, he thought that he never in his life had seen anything so unshapely as that huge wen at the back of her head. He Knew He Was Right Earwaker had a slight, unshapely body and an ill-fitting head; he walked with excessive strides and swung his thin arm nervously. Born in Exile His head, huge and unshapely as a buffalo's, was half hidden in the thick and tangled growth of his unkempt hair. A Journey to the Interior of the Earth The torn shirt, the ragged trousers, and the old, unshapely boots that he had never given a thought to before, now seemed to burn into his flesh. The Man from Glengarry; a tale of the Ottawa The very well, perhaps even extraordinarily, talented boy had transformed into an unshapely, mentally deformed creature, who possessed nothing real except for his helplessness. My Life and My Efforts Then the shadows of Payne's Ridge cast on the slope slowly sank away, leaving the unshapely stumps, the dusty fissures, and clinging outcrop of Deadwood Slope to stand out in black and silver. Mrs. Skagg's Husbands and Other Stories By a slight shoreward lift of crinoline, as against the seaward protrusion of poke bonnet, a grotesque balance was given to the unshapely shape of her. And Even Now There he sat silent, impassive, staring open-eyed at the red ball of the setting sun, looking more like some unshapely statue than a man. Finished Almost stripped of its pleasant native turf, it bristled with the dense unshapely woods that grew up. The Danish History, Books I-IX |
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