| 单词 | vacantly |
| 例句 | His hands lay limply on the blanket, and his eyes stared at me vacantly. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z “And you’ll like Jacksonville so much,” she gushed while I stared at her vacantly. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Another brushed Mr. Norton's white hair away from his forehead and stroked it, smiling vacantly. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z She stared vacantly at the wall opposite her, rocking herself gently, grunting regular, rhythmic little grunts, like a bored passenger on a long bus journey. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The thing looked around vacantly with its one eye, as if it had lost her. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z She sat beside me, staring vacantly at the sign through the windshield. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z In the mirror I could see Mr. Norton staring out vacantly upon the empty fields, his mouth stern, his white forehead livid where it had scraped the screen. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Lourdes prefers to confront reality—the brownstones converted to tenements in a matter of months, the garbage in the streets, the jaundice-eyed men staring vacantly from the stoops. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The wife kept the kids in front of the TV all day while she vacantly dozed across the couch. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z I saw him put his palms under his head on the pillow and lie there, staring vacantly up at the ceiling. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z A dozen families were moving out of town, leaving more empty houses to stare vacantly when I rode past them on my bike. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Her tiny white hands dangled over the back of the front seat and her eyes looked out vacantly. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Each time a sparrow passed by he would grin vacantly and strike up his song. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “And I wish someone would dig an escape route out of here for me too,” she said, staring vacantly out the window. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z My heart hammers in my chest and I stare as vacantly as possible ahead of me, focusing on the rhythm of my feet. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z We winced and turned into mummies, staring vacantly, insulating ourselves against further insults. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Hill said softly, calmly, vacantly, “I’m fine, General, just fine.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Bigger rose and looked vacantly round the cell. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Dad grinned vacantly, and walked so that his pants cuffs swished like Oxford bags. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z I listen vacantly because, like most of the other people in my orientation group, I hadn’t opted for the health insurance—the employee contribution seemed too high. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she hiccupped and I looked vacantly back into the room. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Simon sits there, nodding, while Nick stares vacantly into space. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z Straining for a new disguise of servant and simpleton, I sucked on my fist and stared about vacantly. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Existence is something that happens to him between vacantly hammering exhaust pipes and supping pints, and is met with slack-jawed bewilderment. Coronation Street: Tyrone and Fiz, the Bonnie and Clyde of the M6 2013-02-16T05:59:01Z That exhaustive, full-body sorrow, what Saul Bellow called “the rock depth of heavy trouble,” simply doesn’t come across in shots of mournful faces or sad-looking actors staring vacantly into the middle distance. ‘No Future’ Review: On a Downward Spiral 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z For a moment of truly indeterminate length, I stared vacantly at wood cutout of a peace sign hanging askew from the church’s balcony. The Case for New Age Music as American Folk Art 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z For a moment, her body sways with exhaustion, and her dark brown eyes stare vacantly at the expectant faces that fill the black box. A Performance Artist Testing the Limits of Her Own Endurance 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z The 20 watercolors of Linda Thomas’ “Floating Babies” spin variations on a different kind of existential solitude as each infant sleeps, squirms, wails or vacantly stares in its own little world. ‘Sea Change’ and allusions to climate change among artworks at local galleries in January 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z Looking disoriented and confused, Mr. Cumming stares vacantly around him — at the shining mint-green walls, the industrial-looking bath and sink — as he is stripped of bloodstained clothing that is carefully placed in evidence bags. Theater Review: Alan Cumming in ‘Macbeth’ at Lincoln Center Festival 2012-07-08T20:59:33Z When Gabriel is found, in 1986, vacantly walking in Manhattan, a brain tumor has erased his memories. | 'The Music Never Stopped': ?The Music Never Stopped,? by Jim Kohlberg 2011-03-18T06:03:01Z Quinn gazes vacantly at the ceiling, living off tinned food while listening to conspiracy channels. Homeland recap: season six, episode two – The Man in the Basement 2017-01-22T05:00:00Z There will be some scrapes and bruises along the way, but we’d rather see a few of those than to see children timid and fearful or sitting like lumps staring vacantly at screens. Motherlode: In Praise of Roughhousing 2011-06-14T16:30:34Z It is a portrait within a portrait within a portrait: the gazing child; the man and the woman staring vacantly in opposite directions; the lottery table exerting its magnetic pull on passers-by. Ida Kar: Bohemian Photographer, 1908-1974 ? review 2011-03-13T00:05:32Z Basically, Claire pulls the 18th century equivalent of a #yesallwomen campaign, and celebrates her victory by standing on a buttress and smiling vacantly at some wee bonny children. Outlander Recap: Claire and Jamie's Road to Star-Crossed Love 2014-08-16T04:00:00Z In December last year I sat down at this same laptop, stared vacantly at the same page I'm looking at now, and tried to imagine a theatre show. Let's launch a festival of the impossible 2011-02-04T14:52:39Z A Belfast pub, a man drinking pints, and a barman staring vacantly at a television screen: the opening scene of Owen McCafferty's new play is deceptively downbeat. Quietly – review 2012-11-28T16:18:14Z As we clawed our way up to the top of the pile of rubble, Omar Ait Mahdi looked out vacantly across the valley. Morocco earthquake: "We need help from whomever will give it' 2023-09-11T04:00:00Z At his weekly press conference, he froze and stared vacantly for about 20 seconds before his GOP colleagues standing behind him grabbed his elbows and asked if he wanted to go back to his office. Sen. McConnell says he plans to serve his full term as leader despite questions about his health 2023-07-28T04:00:00Z A thin, worn-looking woman sat alone at a cafe table, staring vacantly. Fentanyl Test Strips Highlight Rift in Nation’s Struggle to Combat Drug Deaths 2022-10-01T04:00:00Z He’s more like a two-faced friend who remains superficially friendly, who smiles broadly if not vacantly in your direction, so long as doing so doesn’t conflict with his interests. Newsom blasts DeSantis’ immigration stunt but fails California’s Latinos 2022-09-23T04:00:00Z Roth is still a great and mesmerizing actor, even when he’s drifting, vacantly, through a hellscape. Review | Tim Roth mesmerizes and meanders in the mostly toothless movie ‘Sundown’ 2022-01-31T05:00:00Z Her eyes are blue and empty, staring vacantly into the distance. Billie Eilish on surviving teen fame and trauma, and how she finally stopped reading the comments 2021-07-23T04:00:00Z Inside, a mother was watching nervously over her son, a Black man with a severe thought disorder, who was staring vacantly at the walls. Crisis counselors are being hailed as police alternatives. It’s too heavy a burden, some say. 2021-06-16T04:00:00Z Babbitt gazed vacantly to one side, her torso and face covered in blood. The four-hour insurrection: How a Trump mob halted American democracy 2021-01-07T05:00:00Z Dressed in jeans, the 35-year-old gazed vacantly to one side, her torso and face covered in blood. Trump supporters storm U.S. Capitol, with one woman killed and tear gas fired 2021-01-06T05:00:00Z Usually friendly neighbors stared vacantly at one another as they reached for their morning papers. Opinion | Don’t let poll numbers fool you. Trump could still win reelection. 2020-07-21T04:00:00Z “Play you for some ABC gum,” Tiger says to the sportswriter, who, extremely thankful that his only losses to this point have been four golf balls, vacantly accepts. Tiger at age 14 - Golf Digest 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z Belushi or Lynch would appear occasionally, staring vacantly into the lens during cutaways or sprinkling insight into what it all meant. 'An Einstein among Neanderthals': the tragic prince of LA counterculture 2019-12-27T05:00:00Z When asked why she looked so different in the wedding photos, she stared vacantly into space, finally saying, “There is nothing wrong with me.” Sold to China as a bride, she came home on brink of death 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z Stang was now staring vacantly in the direction of the SUV’s glove compartment. The confession 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z Her eyes stared vacantly and she wet the bed. Behind the Scenes of a Radical New Cancer Cure 2019-11-09T05:00:00Z “Some sat brooding moodily over their sorrows, their chins resting on their hands, their eyes staring vacantly … their bodies rocking to and fro with a restless motion that was never stilled.” It was the nation’s largest auction of enslaved people. Now, a search for descendants of the ‘weeping time.’ 2019-10-12T04:00:00Z He is staring vacantly at the camera, eyes flickering, then closing. A mother, a son, and a fight to survive opioids in Australia 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z And when she sat a few feet away, in oil-painting beauty, at an event, and stared vacantly back into my eyes for a moment like I was the help. Scream queens: inside the world of fangirls 2019-08-18T04:00:00Z “Pythagore!” the old deaf librarian yelled at me, as I gazed vacantly down at an Arabic translation of the Greek mathematician’s work. In Search of Ancient Morocco 2019-05-15T04:00:00Z He gently wiped spittle from her mouth as she stared vacantly from an elevated chair. A Family Lives in Limbo After an Amusement Park Accident 2018-08-17T04:00:00Z She vacantly scanned them, and the next batch, and the next, losing herself in a thought that had grown to consume her. How does it feel to be white, rural and in the minority? 2018-07-30T04:00:00Z Other houses look half-finished, with exposed window frames staring vacantly across weedy fields. Once zealously controlled by a religious sect, a small town tries to rehab its image — with beer 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z The sides of her mouth are cast down in an almost clown-like demeanour and she is gazing vacantly at a distant point, several light years away. Duterte Harry's drugs war: how one family was destroyed 2018-06-10T04:00:00Z Describing one of his most iconic pictures, a hooded marine vacantly staring into the distance in December 1950, Duncan became emotional even decades later. War photographer David Douglas Duncan dies aged 102 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z When he isn't in motion, he stares vacantly, communicating his shock and trauma, his character merely a violent automaton. Jackie Chan still has his moves as he gets his 'Taken' moment in 'The Foreigner' — and yet ... 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z There was Woods as we’ve never seen him, his sad eyes drooping as he stares vacantly into the camera at the Palm Beach county jail. Column: For Tiger Woods, a picture says it all 2017-05-30T04:00:00Z She passes a giant beer advertisement attached to the gate that depicts two beautiful women in crop-top T-shirts gazing vacantly into the distance as an all-action cowboy rides a bucking bull. Bloodless bullfighting in Texas frontier country: 'I call it the ballet of life' 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z Instead, according to Monique, he just stared vacantly at his phone. One solution to two big social problems - BBC News 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z On bed after bed, about 100 skeletal babies and toddlers stare vacantly into space. The small African region with more refugees than all of Europe 2016-11-26T05:00:00Z Now we have the photo of the Syrian boy in an ambulance, iridescent red, powdered with the dust of gone buildings, staring vacantly at a world where, for him, there are no adults. Aleppo is a symbol of American weakness 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z When asked about various photographs on the walls next to him — pictures of his wedding or the day in 1989 when he was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame — Wood stares vacantly. Willie Wood Made the Most Memorable Play of Super Bowl I. He Has No Recollection. 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z "The thing I'll miss most is her calling me mama," she says, staring vacantly into the distance. Tears and destruction amid Turkey PKK crackdown - BBC News 2016-01-26T05:00:00Z One of the girls, the one with perfectly straight bangs, is staring at her, or maybe she’s just looking vacantly at the subway map on the wall behind her. “Honey Bunny” 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z They were commiserating in low tones, with Choi, 51, dragging on a cigarette and staring vacantly at the pavement. The story of West Baltimore can be told through life at one intersection 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z At times she stares vacantly into the distance, at others she mutters under her breath, barely audible. Turkey mine disaster: Raw anger in Soma a year on - BBC News 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z Around Christmas, a neighbor stopped by and spied her through the study window: she was staring vacantly at her computer’s mouse. An Artist with Amnesia 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z Coach Mike Bellotti was sitting in the passenger side, front row, staring vacantly out the window. As Ole Miss-Auburn shows, college football is also about cruel lows 2014-11-02T04:00:00Z I pause the video, and cue up a song: Run Boy Run by Woodkid, one of the advertising tunes of the moment, percussive and urgent and vacantly portentous. The rise of GoPro: why wearable cameras make us film everything 2014-10-04T04:00:00Z Instead, I’m left staring vacantly at the four squares of the Nokia apocalypse that join up to form the Microsoft logo. Nokia saw the future, but couldn't build it 2014-09-22T04:00:00Z But the long-run routine of publishing a model smiling vacantly at the camera with her breasts on show has been disrupted. The Sun's Page 3 topless pictures appear to be on their way out... 2014-09-08T04:00:00Z Everyone’s looking at the camera except my father, who is gazing vacantly the other way, his mouth hanging open. When Will I Die? How I Decided Whether to Test for Early-Onset Alzheimer's 2014-08-19T04:00:00Z His 46-year-old wife, the victim's mother, is wearing a bright pink chiffon sari and staring vacantly at a noisy media scrum building up at the door. How life has changed for Delhi rape victim's family 2013-12-16T00:05:51Z Mrs. Mac Carthy made her way through the crowd into her son's chamber, where she found him sitting up in the bed, and looking vacantly around like one risen from the grave. Fairy Legends and Traditions of The South of Ireland 2012-05-22T15:16:54.237Z The servant looked at me vacantly, and began to sweep. Annouchka A Tale 2012-04-13T02:00:19.120Z Tom stared vacantly at the speaker, not very sure whether he understood the speech, or that it had any special application to him. Barrington Volume I (of II) 2012-04-09T02:00:31.357Z "Of course, if Madame--if Madame knows nothing of the monk," he said, looking vacantly about the dirty room, "it is clear that--it seems clear that there has been a mistake." The Red Cockade 2012-03-30T02:00:19.603Z He opened his eyes and looked vacantly before him; but, apparently, he was too far gone in weakness, or in too much fear, to cry. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z The carriers lay half-asleep in the warm sand, blotches of white and blue and ebony, and the man with the rifle appeared vacantly unconcerned. Long Odds 2012-03-02T03:00:08.670Z He had risen, and now stood, staring vacantly at me. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z The other said nothing; his head had fallen, and his eyes were staring vacantly at a box of sand across the saloon. Vignettes of Manhattan; Outlines in Local Color 2012-02-20T03:00:20.550Z The knight became more and more absorbed in thought; he gazed fixedly and vacantly on the darkness, scarcely noticing the objects that environed him. Tales From the 'Phantasus', etc. of Ludwig Tieck 2012-02-13T03:00:19.620Z Mr. Hunter stood in deep thought, looking at him, but vacantly. A Life's Secret A Novel 2012-02-13T03:00:17.060Z They looked at the clustering seamen vacantly and without curiosity. Long Odds 2012-03-02T03:00:08.670Z "And welcome, always welcome to us here in Cambridge Hall," murmured the old man, staring vacantly about him. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z He stood still, with a whirl of confused emotions that left him half-dazed rioting within him, while he glanced vacantly round the room. Thrice Armed 2012-02-03T03:00:24.970Z The sister kept on simpering vacantly, while her eyes roved from print to print on the walls of the dining-room where the lecture was delivered, and the baby stared at me with portentous solemnity. Our House And London out of Our Windows 2012-02-03T03:00:24.190Z There was a rather wide margin round the tabulated figures, and as he vacantly pulled out one of the wet pages he noticed a little close pencil writing upon a part of it. For Jacinta 2012-01-27T03:00:20.840Z He was still standing beside him vacantly when one of the Headman's messengers laid a hand on his shoulder. Long Odds 2012-03-02T03:00:08.670Z The Countess stared at me vacantly, and then I saw the horror growing in her eyes, and I knew that at last she believed me. The Courtship of Morrice Buckler A Romance 2012-01-26T03:00:17.027Z The man's face was vacantly expressionless, but Barbison, who glanced at him sharply, fancied that he had said enough on the subject. Thrice Armed 2012-02-03T03:00:24.970Z Hetty was vacantly watching the slow whirl of an eddy when a great trunk that plunged into it held her eye. Delilah of the Snows 2012-01-23T03:00:09.087Z While Austin watched them vacantly a hand fell upon his shoulder, and propelled him into a room beneath the bridge. For Jacinta 2012-01-27T03:00:20.840Z The black troops who had with reversed rifles swung into hollow square stood listening vacantly round the bank of raw steaming soil where Father Tiebout recited words of ponderous import in the sonorous Latin tongue. Long Odds 2012-03-02T03:00:08.670Z Olive answered not a word, but lay silently weeping and pressing the baby against her breast, with her large brown eyes fixed vacantly upon the fretted woodwork of the panelled ceiling. Strange Stories 2012-01-16T03:00:05.067Z Cartaret was sitting before an empty easel, his hands clasped in his lap, his eyes looking vacantly through the posts of the easel. The Azure Rose A Novel 2011-12-31T03:00:18.657Z Apart from that, he was scarcely sensible of anything clearly, for he was overwhelmed by a horrible confusion, and he looked down at Leger vacantly until a little shiver seemed to run through the girl. Delilah of the Snows 2012-01-23T03:00:09.087Z The astonished St. George lay on his back, staring up vacantly at the flies. The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies 2011-12-28T03:00:34.587Z He sat still, vacantly watching the blue smoke wreaths curl up between the palms. Long Odds 2012-03-02T03:00:08.670Z After vacantly smoking for a while, Gerald went off to bed. Harding of Allenwood 2011-12-21T03:00:21.617Z Some muttered prayers to themselves and stared vacantly at the ceiling. Broader sectarian rift feared in northern Yemen 2011-12-20T17:24:01Z He went out, and Coulthurst sat still at his table gazing vacantly in front of him with his lips unusually firmly set. Delilah of the Snows 2012-01-23T03:00:09.087Z The man vanished, and I sat still vacantly noticing how the prairie reeled behind me until the door slid open and he returned with a tin vessel and a group of curious passengers behind him. The Mistress of Bonaventure 2011-11-28T03:00:22.190Z He took out a stiff blue envelope with an English postmark, and gazed at it heavy eyed and vacantly before he broke the cover. Long Odds 2012-03-02T03:00:08.670Z Sitting still for a time, she vacantly looked about. Harding of Allenwood 2011-12-21T03:00:21.617Z When her eyes grew weary with reading, or when she ran into one of those passages which brought the black cloud, Susannah gazed vacantly out of the window. Out of the Air 2011-11-21T03:00:14.460Z A stout, shabby-looking man, whose approach Colonel Tempest had not noticed, was sitting on one of the benches under a gnarled yew, staring vacantly in front of him. Diana Tempest, Volume II (of 3) 2011-11-12T03:00:31.283Z In a few minutes one of the rustics awoke, and, glancing vacantly about him, scratching his carroty head, seized the empty pot. The Bath Road History, Fashion, & Frivolity on an Old Highway 2011-11-06T02:00:11.073Z In 1972, an undercover exposé by local television channel WABC-TV showed residents sitting and staring vacantly; rocking, often naked, in overcrowded, barren rooms; or abandoned on bathroom floors. Autism's fight for facts: A voice for science 2011-11-02T18:20:32.833Z They shamble along with a grotesque caricature of a dare-devil swagger, and laugh loud and vacantly to show how much they are at ease with themselves and the world. Leaves in the Wind 2011-10-28T02:00:25.937Z Receiving no encouragement from that direction he gazed vacantly into space. The Wireless Officer 2011-10-24T02:00:17.560Z The latter stared vacantly, if not sleepily, back at him, and made no sign. Diana Tempest, Volume II (of 3) 2011-11-12T03:00:31.283Z The man looked up and down the room vacantly once or twice and then began to turn the papers over. Chronicles of Martin Hewitt 2011-10-24T02:00:16.617Z "Why, I know not myself," said she, slowly, and with her eyes fixed vacantly on the darkening landscape. Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures 2011-10-20T02:00:22.743Z While he was going, looking vacantly at the passers-by, he saw an old friend of his father, and hastened to join his closed fists and to salute him very low, as politeness orders. Strange Stories from the Lodge of Leisures 2011-10-17T02:00:17.420Z He stopped abruptly and stood staring vacantly in front of him, while Brooke heard him noisily draw in his breath. A Damaged Reputation 2011-10-17T02:00:16.117Z He gazed at her vacantly, contradictory feelings struggling in his breast. For Sceptre and Crown, Vol. II (of II) A Romance of the Present Time 2011-10-13T02:00:49.420Z For a time she forgot Gomez, and listened vacantly to the patter of feet in the hot streets while she sat quietly in a corner of the shaded room, lost in alluring dreams. The Coast of Adventure 2011-10-03T02:00:25.810Z Dowdiness filled the veranda rocking chairs; unlovely hands were folded; faded eyes gazed vacantly at the white road, at the oranges; enviously at the flashing wheels and fluttering lingerie from the great Hotel Verbena. Quick Action 2011-09-26T02:00:28.347Z The victim, looking as though every ounce of strength had been drained from him, peered vacantly at the Phantom while the latter removed the second link from the dead woman’s hand. The Gray Phantom's Return 2011-09-22T02:00:27.150Z Then she turned away, and left him sitting somewhat limply in his chair and staring vacantly at the sea. A Damaged Reputation 2011-10-17T02:00:16.117Z Caroline shook her head without replying, for Letty had opened her eyes and was gazing vacantly at the ceiling. The Builders 2011-09-19T02:00:09.067Z His lips were parched, his languid eyes rolled vacantly. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 21 2011-09-09T02:01:06.280Z Without a word, Mrs. Bindle took the precious bundle of lace, out of which two filmy eyes gazed vacantly. Mrs. Bindle Some Incidents from the Domestic Life of the Bindles 2011-09-08T02:00:22.323Z Culligore tilted his head to one side and squinted vacantly into space. The Gray Phantom's Return 2011-09-22T02:00:27.150Z He went out, and Brooke, who let his head, which ached a good deal, sink back upon the soft upholstery, wondered vacantly what Mrs. Devine would think when she saw him there. A Damaged Reputation 2011-10-17T02:00:16.117Z Then he stared vacantly at his own outstretched index finger as if at some mysterious, misplaced object. Haruki Murakami: “Town of Cats.” 2011-08-29T04:00:00Z Her eyes opened slowly, vacantly, as though she was awakening from a deep sleep. The Argus Pheasant 2011-08-27T02:00:20.160Z The features were fixed, stern, and white; the jaw was fallen; and the sightless eyes, still open, gazed vacantly forward toward the front of the bed. In a Glass Darkly, v. 1/3 2011-08-25T02:00:34.247Z Without another word she turned and ran from the room, leaving Hallett gazing vacantly before him, as if suffering from some shock. The Story of Antony Grace 2011-07-27T02:00:35.717Z Brooke went with the man, vacantly, and in another few minutes found himself lying in dry blankets on a couch of springy twigs. A Damaged Reputation 2011-10-17T02:00:16.117Z The old man smiled vacantly and held out the bit of machinery he was working on. The Camp Fire Girls at Onoway House or, The Magic Garden 2011-07-26T02:00:18.027Z The frown deepened on Muller's troubled brow as he stared vacantly across the crushed coral-shell highway. The Argus Pheasant 2011-08-27T02:00:20.160Z For a moment Dane stood stupidly still, almost too dazed to realize what had come about, vacantly wondering how Maxwell had forced a passage without firing a shot. The League of the Leopard 2011-07-23T02:00:12.490Z For fully a minute he stood gazing vacantly at the box and the bell. Humorous Readings and Recitations In prose and verse 2011-07-20T02:00:16.323Z He sat looking straight in front of him vacantly. A Damaged Reputation 2011-10-17T02:00:16.117Z "Is it all over?" she asked, gazing vacantly around "Where is my servant?" On the Cross A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau 2011-07-17T02:00:33.887Z Wake up, old man!” cried Chumbley; and his fellow-prisoner leaped up, looking vacantly before him for a moment or two, and then growing angry as he realised where they were. One Maid's Mischief 2011-07-15T02:00:22.283Z Indeed, he could scarcely keep his eyes open, and he wondered vacantly that Maxwell, who seemed proof against the climate, should show no sign of fatigue. The League of the Leopard 2011-07-23T02:00:12.490Z Leland noticed it vacantly, scarcely seeing the silver stems; for, susceptible as he was to all of Nature's moods, he was, at the time, bracing himself for the long struggle before him. By Right of Purchase 2011-07-14T02:00:10.167Z He rose with a little sardonic smile and went into the hotel, leaving Brooke sitting on the verandah and staring at the dusky forest vacantly, for his thoughts were not exactly pleasant just then. A Damaged Reputation 2011-10-17T02:00:16.117Z He had a habit of lowering his head and staring vacantly into space, and all these things earned for him the unhandsome nickname by which he is now known. Fore! 2011-07-11T02:00:06.097Z He submitted, vacantly staring and unresistingly, to being placed in the position proper for the apparatus. Nevermore 2011-07-08T02:00:23.973Z But I must go now, Luke Ross,” he said, half vacantly. Eli's Children The Chronicles of an Unhappy Family 2011-07-08T02:00:20.557Z And then one day there came but one, who looked vacantly round on the empty space and seemed to remember that others than himself must once have been there, but to remember no more. The Coward A Novel of Society and the Field in 1863 2011-07-08T02:00:16.223Z The position was not exactly a pleasant one, but he could think of no excuse for going away, and listened vacantly. A Damaged Reputation 2011-10-17T02:00:16.117Z And then, as he sat there throughout the day, gazing out vacantly upon the flying trees and hedges, the scales seemed to drop from his eyes. Fordham's Feud 2011-07-05T02:00:31.267Z He looked at me vacantly, then climbed slowly down, examined the sheaf and the tie, and then took a look all round the country. Tales from the Veld 2011-07-05T02:00:29.217Z “You dislike her to that extent?” said Mr Vallance, vacantly, his mind full of the woeful plight into which his son was plunged. Golden Face A Tale of the Wild West 2011-07-05T02:00:27.453Z I stared for some time at the ceiling vacantly, and was summoning my thoughts sluggishly; then I tried to move, but unendurable pain in my head prevented me. Hania 2011-07-04T02:00:18.053Z And he stared vacantly at a deep gash on Ethelberta's chest, and watched the great gouts that were dripping from her knees and forming crimson pools around her hoofs. All Men are Ghosts 2011-06-28T02:00:12.497Z His hairs were white and scattered, and his eye gazed vacantly upon the passers by. Olive Leaves Or, Sketches of Character 2011-06-25T02:00:21.120Z At last he opened his eyes and stared vacantly around the room. If Any Man Sin 2011-06-12T02:00:05.887Z For some time Rupert Vallance stared vacantly at the hateful paper in dead silence. Golden Face A Tale of the Wild West 2011-07-05T02:00:27.453Z "This is a splendid photo of your father, and this, yes this must be—" Zoe, sketching busily away at a little landscape she is copying, answers "Yes," vacantly. Zoe; Or, Some Day A Novel 2011-06-11T02:00:13.290Z She turned, and perceiving Dodo leaning vacantly, said: "Excuse me!" The Salamander 2011-06-10T02:00:22.890Z I took up the papers Lady Broadhem offered me, and turned them vacantly over. Piccadilly A Fragment of Contemporary Biography 2011-06-02T02:00:21.050Z He sinks into a chair on a dais and stares vacantly at the table in front of him while answering reporters' questions with a slightly accented monotone. Mavericks' Nowitzki speaks softly but carries a big game 2011-05-31T00:00:00Z He was muttering on vacantly, as people do who are very weak. Old Kensington 2011-05-29T02:00:09.797Z The girl, standing by Sir Barry, folds her white hands behind her back, and the honest, truthful brown eyes look vacantly into the distance. Zoe; Or, Some Day A Novel 2011-06-11T02:00:13.290Z Again, he looked at her vacantly, and still the only words he uttered were, "Never mind." Rachel Gray 2011-05-20T02:00:39.547Z He could not grasp the idea as yet of a whole life being made a preparation for death, and looked vacantly in the clergyman's face, utterly confounded at the thought. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, August, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:11.200Z Struggling to his feet, faint, dazed, and unable for the moment to realise that it was not his own life's blood, Raymond gazed vacantly upon the body of his foeman. The Winning of the Golden Spurs 2011-05-17T02:00:18.050Z And the resounding Bugle seemed to execute roulades and runs and trills of contempt at the unhappy Easy Chair, which was gazing vacantly at Egypt, Greece, and Italy, as the Bugle had directed. From the Easy Chair, series 3 2011-05-14T02:00:12.237Z Vigneau dropped into his seat and stared vacantly at the point where Pierre had vanished, then at the sword standing upright in the ground. The Last of the Vikings 2011-05-09T02:00:04.200Z The young man stood by the window and gazed down into the placid mere, fixing his eyes vacantly on a fleet of stately swans that sailed on its glassy breast, and remained silent. Captain Kyd (Vol 1 of 2) or, The Wizard of the Sea 2011-05-06T02:00:10.447Z His small, bearded, unmilitary head rested on the white collar, which stuck out far above the silver hussar-collar, and his blue, lonely-looking eyes gazed vacantly in front of him. Royal Highness 2011-05-05T02:00:22.363Z “He was staring vacantly towards the demonstration,” Constable Brown told the inquest. Inquest Faults London Officer in 2009 Death During Protests 2011-05-04T05:05:38Z She looked at her grandchild almost vacantly for a moment, and then grew paler than before. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 2 2011-04-26T02:00:28.200Z For an instant they gazed vacantly and wildly, then a flood of crimson swept from chin to brow, and she struggled to free herself from his encircling arm. The Girl from Alsace A Romance of the Great War, Originally Published under the Title of Little Comrade 2011-04-23T02:00:05.477Z For almost a minute he sat staring vacantly in front of him, and then straightened himself with a little abrupt movement. The Dust of Conflict 2011-04-14T02:01:04.343Z Most likely he had been sitting with the wine-jug before him, for his eyes were staring vacantly, and the salutation-speech died on his lips. Ekkehard. Vol. I (of II) A Tale of the Tenth Century 2011-04-14T02:00:55.273Z "Oh! nothing," said Friedrich, and he waved his whip vacantly over the horses as if it were the season for flies. In the Year '13 A Tale of Mecklenburg Life 2011-04-14T02:00:53.733Z He had had a warning which he could not neglect; and as he rather vacantly watched the girl at the piano it was borne in upon him that she had probably saved his life. The Secret of the Reef 2011-04-12T02:00:26.980Z In the first flush of the August dawn, Stewart opened his eyes and gazed vacantly about the room of the little inn to which he had been assigned. The Girl from Alsace A Romance of the Great War, Originally Published under the Title of Little Comrade 2011-04-23T02:00:05.477Z Appleby went with him vacantly, for now the strain had slackened he felt limp and his thoughts were in a whirl. The Dust of Conflict 2011-04-14T02:01:04.343Z He went on quickly, looking vacantly ahead, 'I was there when he fired.... Non-combatants and Others 2011-04-11T02:00:11.563Z Every few minutes she stopped to listen for footsteps that did not come, or to gaze vacantly into the fire. She's All the World to Me 2011-04-09T02:00:16.923Z When I had hold of it," he wandered on, vacantly, "something said—out of the very darkness down where he and my wife were settling my fate—something said: 'Don't be afraid—it is nothing. The Hills of Refuge A Novel 2011-04-09T02:00:10.530Z Mumbling and stammering, he looked vacantly into Mona's face, until the truth of his impotence forced itself upon her, and she saw that from him no help for Dan could come. The Deemster 2011-04-08T02:00:08.197Z Appleby, who asked no more questions, lay still in his chair vacantly watching the strip of road that was growing dimmer now. The Dust of Conflict 2011-04-14T02:01:04.343Z He sat slouching forward, staring vacantly before him, as stupid as any lout in the Isle. The MS. in a Red Box 2011-04-07T02:00:20.313Z "Yes," he said, looking vacantly over the sea. She's All the World to Me 2011-04-09T02:00:16.923Z After a short and somewhat anxious pause Alfred asked her to dance; she looked up suddenly but vacantly, as if scarcely comprehending what he had said, but still spoke not. Dilemmas of Pride, (Vol 1 of 3) 2011-04-06T02:00:04.340Z One little frame house I remember particularly; the door was off the hinges and leaned against the jambs, the windows had but a few panes left which glared vacantly. Wake-Robin 2011-04-01T02:00:36.187Z At last he fancied that Harper was trying to stir him with his foot, and blinked at him vacantly, until Harper kicked him harder. The Dust of Conflict 2011-04-14T02:01:04.343Z Luttrell stared vacantly at him, his lips parted, and his whole expression that of one who was stunned and overcome. Luttrell Of Arran Complete 2011-04-01T02:00:31.290Z He answered nothing, but stared vacantly before him. She's All the World to Me 2011-04-09T02:00:16.923Z Albano took his sister's hand, but he listened vacantly to her intelligence from home. Titan: A Romance v. 1 (of 2) 2011-03-25T02:00:11.007Z At the side of almost every door is an altar, where a plaster image, arrayed in blue and tinsel, amid a cloud of votos and paper flowers, stares vacantly at the passer-by. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 3 2011-03-21T02:00:11.920Z But your aunt said—” He looked at her vacantly with his hand to his head. The Haute Noblesse A Novel 2011-03-10T03:00:50.577Z She made no answer, but sat staring vacantly over the sea. Luttrell Of Arran Complete 2011-04-01T02:00:31.290Z So I just smiled vacantly and shook my head. The Man Without a Memory 2011-03-09T03:00:45.963Z At length, as he vacantly stared about, he caught a glimpse of Mrs Brown, whom, to save repetition, we may as well call his teetotum wife, hanging about his neighbour’s neck. Tales from Blackwood Volume 4 2011-03-04T03:00:58.347Z His staring eyes gazed vacantly forward with no recognition of the meaning of her words, and he walked deliriously on, every step sending the blood forward, draining the vital currents to exhaustion. The Storm Centre 2011-03-01T03:00:39.427Z She swept out of the room, leaving her brother gazing vacantly before him. The Haute Noblesse A Novel 2011-03-10T03:00:50.577Z Nolly is gazing vacantly through another, trying feebly to discern the landscape beyond. Mrs. Geoffrey 2011-02-27T03:00:29.460Z The house-surgeon and an assistant were beside his bed as he opened his eyes and stared vacantly about, trying to recall what had taken place. Mad A Story of Dust and Ashes 2011-02-25T03:01:05.303Z She was standing at the round gable window, vacantly looking down into our neighbour's back-yard. Betty Grier 2011-02-24T03:01:04.507Z For some moments Billy stared vacantly at the paper. Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. A story of the Great War 2011-02-24T03:01:02.917Z Leslie looked up at George Vine vacantly for a moment, and then light seemed to come to his clouded brain, and his lips moved. The Haute Noblesse A Novel 2011-03-10T03:00:50.577Z I sat, trying to talk to Lyle, and smiling vacantly at the polite recognitions of some of the guests. Jasper Lyle 2011-02-19T03:01:11.070Z He looked vacantly before him, but gave no sign of hearing or marking what was said to him. Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume II. 2011-02-18T03:00:19.343Z The man looked at him vacantly, then nodded. The Streets of Ascalon Episodes in the Unfinished Career of Richard Quarren, Esqre. 2011-02-12T03:00:30.987Z His eyes, still dazzled by the quick transition from the brilliant light within to the intense darkness without, stared vacantly into the night, while his right hand groped furtively for the expected orange coloured envelope. Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. A story of the Great War 2011-02-24T03:01:02.917Z With arms hanging limply to her sides, her half-closed eyes fixed vacantly in front of her, she looked as if death had laid his hand upon her. Who? 2011-02-09T03:00:47.380Z “The world seems filled with grief,” said she, and then looked vacantly from her father’s face to Marion’s, and back again, with an air of sad inquiry. Jasper Lyle 2011-02-19T03:01:11.070Z After a while, he opened his eyes and looked vacantly around him through the dim light. In the Van; or, The Builders 2011-02-09T03:00:42.387Z He stepped to the wall and swung the little Ganesha panel, peering vacantly into the dark passage. The Three Sapphires 2011-02-07T03:00:24.770Z Just two glassy, protruding orbs shining vacantly in the peaceful moonlight. A Maid of the Kentucky Hills 2011-02-04T03:00:15.877Z The men spoke to me, and I know that I looked vacantly into their faces and did not answer. The Blind Mother and The Last Confession 2011-02-03T03:00:11.867Z Lord Tony drew himself up, and staring vacantly into the fire told his friend the events of the past four days. Lord Tony's Wife An Adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel 2011-01-31T03:00:13.650Z Waldemar stood at a window pressing his forehead against the panes, and gazing vacantly out into the yard. Vineta The Phantom City 2011-01-21T03:00:10.377Z Mrs. Tabor sat for an instant as if frozen, staring vacantly in front of her. The Professor's Mystery 2011-01-18T03:00:11.317Z “It seems to me it’s business first with him, too,” remarked Mr. Bindane, looking vacantly before him. Burning Sands 2011-01-17T03:00:53.930Z In this long room they would vacantly roam about, and talk vacant talk to each other. Pierre; or The Ambiguities 2011-01-17T03:00:45.163Z "O yes—thanky—of course—very much obliged—and that sort of thing," Sir Francis said, looking vacantly about the hall. A History of Pendennis, Volume 1 His fortunes and misfortunes, his friends and his greatest enemy 2011-01-13T03:01:13.027Z He stared wildly and vacantly at his brother, but did not comprehend his words. Vineta The Phantom City 2011-01-21T03:00:10.377Z "There! listen," said he, staring vacantly; "did you not hear?" The Pobratim A Slav Novel 2011-01-11T03:00:27.460Z Mr. Bindane stared vacantly around, and waving a flapper-like hand to a passing waiter, ordered the ginger-ale as though he were totally indifferent as to whether he ever got it or not. Burning Sands 2011-01-17T03:00:53.930Z "Ah?—take that then," said Pierre, vacantly putting something into the porter's hand. Pierre; or The Ambiguities 2011-01-17T03:00:45.163Z He moved his head and looked at her vacantly. The Rider of Golden Bar 2011-01-04T03:01:06.347Z The lover made no effort to detain her; he stood vacantly gazing out of a window. Vineta The Phantom City 2011-01-21T03:00:10.377Z "You say it without a single qualification——" Selma Cross stared at her vacantly for a few seconds, then laughed softly. She Buildeth Her House 2011-01-04T03:01:05.167Z At length he raised his weary head, and stared vacantly at the Lady Rety. The Village Notary 2011-01-03T03:00:57.863Z "Go and see—go and see"—said Pierre, vacantly. Pierre; or The Ambiguities 2011-01-17T03:00:45.163Z The old woman looked at her vacantly: "It's windy," she said. Dr. Adriaan 2010-12-29T03:00:33.467Z Nicholas remained perfectly still for some moments, looking vacantly upward, and then went on his way, like one who had just awakened from a strange dream. The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers. Series 2 2010-12-28T03:00:18.560Z The shop attendants, wearing surgical masks, leaned on the glass-topped counters and stared vacantly at racks of on-sale clothes; an employee at Kenzo told me the shop was averaging two customers a day. China: When Too Little Information Raised Global Risk 2010-12-11T21:21:00Z Yet there would be a parallel for scarcely believing English eyes at full-time, when Hamburg's players slumped to their haunches and stared vacantly into the distance. David Hytner: Fulham back on the road to Hamburg 2010-04-29T23:13:00Z He stares vacantly along regimented rows of corrugated iron shacks encircled by a tall, concrete fence. Life in South African 'Tin Can Town' 2010-04-01T20:50:00Z She sat distraught, staring at the three letters vacantly, without putting out her hand. Dr. Adriaan 2010-12-29T03:00:33.467Z The child stares vacantly at the other patients in the Charikar hospital ward, her muscles wasted with malnutrition, her angular bones protruding like twigs beneath her papery skin. 2010-01-05T16:48:00Z The car, of course, was waiting, the chauffeur sitting in it gazing vacantly down the road, with the patient stare of the true flunkey. The Idyl of Twin Fires Uncle Kutowski and the Candidate drew closer together, convulsed by every gradation of fury, while the painter stared vacantly on the ground, lost in lugubrious thought. The Undying Past He was white as ashes, trembling as if stricken with the palsy; and when spoken to stared vacantly at the vicar. The Parson O' Dumford At that moment, to his great joy, the injured man moaned slightly, and, to Huish’s great relief, at last opened his eyes, and gazed vacantly round. A Double Knot All this he took in almost before he saw the pale, black-clad criminal standing vacantly in the midst of the disorder. Manslaughter He settled himself in his green-cushioned armchair, supported his face with his wrinkled, muscular hands, and stared vacantly at the open register. Regina or the Sins of the Fathers Mrs. Mac Carthy made her way through the crowd into her son's chamber, where she found him sitting up in the bed, and looking vacantly around, like one risen from the grave. Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry His son looked at him vacantly, helplessly as a child. The Wish A Novel "I shall never invent anything more," thought Bro, the words of the letter writing themselves vacantly on his brain. Rodman the Keeper Southern Sketches On the way, his genial face full of a stupid, expansive smile, and his near-sighted eyes twinkling vacantly, he told me of the men I should meet. The Seven-Branched Candlestick The Schooldays of Young American Jew And as he raised her once more, she slowly opened her great eyes and looked round her vacantly. Regina or the Sins of the Fathers A page-boy entering at this particular moment was hurriedly summoned by the indignant ladies, and Mr. Zinsheimer, gazing vacantly into space, felt a slight touch on the arm. A Star for a Night A Story of Stage Life The Queen of Syria stood vacantly beside the Archduke of Carinthia, who put his arm round her heavy waist to dance. Majesty A Novel They flew away first to the garden, when Mr. Robin stood a moment, as was his custom, looking vacantly around. Little Robins Learning to Fly The dull eyes would open and gaze vacantly around the room. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 2, July, 1893 He opened the first he came to, and stared vacantly at the unfolded sheet. Regina or the Sins of the Fathers He heard Doris cry, and, hardly heeding her he looked about vacantly. Making Money He did not ask either Frances or her foster-mother what had happened in his absence, but stared vacantly, sighed often, and returned confused answers. In Paradise A Novel. Vol. II He held out his hand, but Walter did not take it; he continued staring vacantly before him and did not move a finger. L'Arrabiata and Other Tales Phatik opened his eyes, flushed with fever, and looked up to the ceiling and said vacantly: "Uncle, have the holidays come yet?" Stories from Tagore When the old man paused and stared up vacantly, Gud spoke to him and asked: "What are you writing?" The Book of Gud Linton stared at him almost vacantly; his own thoughts, and not the old man's words, had possession of his mind. Roland Cashel Volume II (of II) Leslie leaned against the wall by the door, and stared vacantly through the window at faint specks on the horizon of the sunlit sea—Brixham trawlers on the fishing-grounds twenty miles away. A Traitor's Wooing The old woman stood there, staring before her vacantly, as if in a waking dream. On the Heights A Novel She turned half way around, seized the balustrade and stared at me vacantly. A Top-Floor Idyl He lifted his head slowly, as if it were a great weight, his lips moved with an effort, and looking vacantly at his poor love-seeking child, he said, "Never, never!" Fragments of an Autobiography Felix stared vacantly at the quivering body of the bird, and saw a red pool of blood tinging the floor. Klytia A Story of Heidelberg Castle Finally he stopped and shifting his cigar savagely from one side of his mouth to the other, stared vacantly into space. Thirty He stood very still, looking vacantly before him as though not realising what it meant. Helena Brett's Career Tommy stared vacantly at his peculiar companion, and wondered silently if he had gone mad. Harper's Round Table, August 6, 1895 I contented myself with hoping it would soon have done staring vacantly. Fragments of an Autobiography She took it, staring at it mechanically and vacantly; then suddenly she shivered, and the yellow paper which she had read slipped from her hand and fluttered to the floor. The Blind Man's Eyes And, as he touched it, it raised its head and looked vacantly at him, and its eyes were mobile and alive. Man and Maid ‘Have you hurt yourself?’ added Barbara, as the child only stared at them vacantly. The Youngest Girl in the School His eyes rested on Ewing, at first vacantly, his mind still busied with the matter of his writing. Ewing\\'s Lady Michael followed her with his eyes until she had entered the carriage, and continued looking vacantly in the same direction, even after the hall-door was closed. Trevethlan: Volume 1 A Cornish Story. At first this was all he felt; but as he sat, pale and quiet, staring vacantly at the snow-flakes which struck and melted on the window beside him, his thoughts grew more clear. The Blind Man's Eyes The children looked vacantly from one to the other, wondering why they had come. The Eagle's Nest The eye stares vacantly into a glaring light held close before it, and the widely dilated pupil shows no sign of reaction. On Snake-Poison: its Action and its Antidote If his eyes stared vacantly at intervals, if he clipped syllables from his words, and seemed to attack his speech with extreme caution, those might be only the results of his emotion. Ewing\\'s Lady Katrine folded the letter, replaced it in its envelope, and sat on the side of her bunk staring vacantly into space. An Unknown Lover Harriet stood an instant vacantly staring after him; then she went to the door and fastened it with a catch. The Blind Man's Eyes Gazing vacantly at his rescuers, he continues to twirl his gruesome weapons, with much the same regularity of movement as though he were practising with Indian clubs prior to taking his morning bath. Haviland's Chum The other looks at him vacantly, and seems to comprehend. Renshaw Fanning's Quest A Tale of the High Veldt For a few moments a strange sense of mingled exultation and horror oppressed the baronet, and he stood staring vacantly in the faces of his servants. The Sapphire Cross I remember now; I promised you a good thrashing for—for—” He stopped short, and looked vacantly at his nephew for some seconds. Sir Hilton's Sin "Tell him he shall marry Frau Bella when I die," she suddenly began again, her great eyes gazing vacantly before her. Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine He had been sitting idly, vacantly, perfectly quietly staring into space. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War He turned his gaze vacantly from Chandra Dass to the black curtains at the rear, and then back to his companion. The Door into Infinity He stopped and looked vacantly about him, as though not clearly remembering where he was. One Of Them Trimmer gazed vacantly at the speaker, passed his tongue over his parched lips, and said feebly— “Do I—do I look as if I had been drinking, Mark?” Sir Hilton's Sin Frau Ceres lay upon the sofa in the balcony room among the flowers and birds, staring vacantly at them, scarcely speaking, and eating and drinking almost nothing. Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine With gloomy face he sat in his saddle, staring vacantly at the ground and at the clouds. The Golden Age in Transylvania The haughty air with which the abbé said these words impressed the banker so much that he laid down his cigar and stared vacantly at his visitor. Black Diamonds He ate nothing, and at the Crèmerie des Quatre Évêques he would sit with dull eyes and bowed head, staring fixedly and vacantly at the saucer where, in a muddy juice, floated his stewed prunes. Anatole France The Revolt of the Angels “Where?” he said vacantly, as he turned his eyes back upon the trainer, who was wiping the drops again from his steaming face. Sir Hilton's Sin “Rather!” assented Gerard, still vacantly, all his attention being directed towards obtaining as good a view of the gate as was possible through the sunflowers. The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley Any one go with me?” looking around somewhat vacantly. Forging the Blades A Tale of the Zulu Rebellion It was an old man, in a filthy suit of black, who stood smoking a coarse cigar and looking vacantly down into the creek. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 95, September 1865 In the center of the open ground stood a rambling, one-storied building of gray stone, weather-beaten and unkempt, its unprotected windows staring vacantly like the dull lifeless eyes of a corpse. Warrior of the Dawn How she stared at me wildly and vacantly! Waldfried A Novel He yawned a prodigious yawn for so small a countenance, and gazed vacantly in his grandmother's face. The Mountain Girl He continued to stare at the sky, unconsciously and vacantly waiting. Fair and Warmer Beside this beldame, a long thin youth, a very reed straw by comparison, puffed at a cherry cigarette-holder, vacantly but fixedly eyed the ship and seemed to await her instructions. The Bonadventure A Random Journal of an Atlantic Holiday And he squatted in the center of the floor, staring vacantly at the bare wall. Voyage To Eternity She stared vacantly into the flames; then she cried: 'My eyes burn like fire! Waldfried A Novel "Yes, yes," muttered Bella, half vacantly; for he had only given to his words the meaning of a mere pretext. Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day Tensor echoed vacantly, gazing at the place indicated. Fair and Warmer Mrs. Randall muttered something unintelligible, and her eyes wandered past the two children, and fixed themselves vacantly on the opposite wall. The Children of the Top Floor "Nothing, nothing," replied Kalman, but in a tone which left his fair bride to surmise the worst; and then, sinking into an arm-chair, he gazed vacantly before him. Hungarian Sketches in Peace and War Constable's Miscellany of Foreign Literature, vol. 1 And the eyes—the eyes were wild, staring vacantly, almost glazed as in death. The Graveyard of Space Some one entered without knocking, and Lizzī slowly turned from the fire at which she had been gazing vacantly. Belford's Magazine, Vol 2, December 1888 Except that his lip trembled with a convulsive shiver, not a feature moved—the cheeks were livid and flattened—the dull grey eyes had lost all the light of intelligence, and stared vacantly before him. St. Patrick's Eve But he could not accomplish it; he still gazed on the first side, and soon his eyes stared vacantly from the paper on the air. Specimens of German Romance Vol. I. The Patricians Hanzli looked at him gravely, then grinned, then again stared vacantly, without the slightest recognition. Hungarian Sketches in Peace and War Constable's Miscellany of Foreign Literature, vol. 1 I spotted one man leaning on his shovel, and looking vacantly into the darkness. On the right of the British line As Josephine's eye vacantly wandered over their features, she was startled by the entrance of one whose wan and haggard features strikingly reminded her of her husband. Josephine Makers of History He turned pale, and his lips became livid; his eyes stared vacantly. Tales from the German Comprising specimens from the most celebrated authors The man stared vacantly, closed his eyes for a moment and then opened them and mumbled something. Forget Me Nearly Empty, it stretched vacantly away in both directions from them. The Tunnel Under The World She often sat for hours in the woods staring vacantly around, and thinking, thinking. Leonore Stubbs The man made no answer, staring at him vacantly. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 1 She stared vacantly at her bleeding arm and then at my automatic. The Old Die Rich With her cheek resting on her white hand, she gazed tearlessly, but vacantly, towards the forest where he had so lately vanished as a dream. Hansford: A Tale of Bacon's Rebellion But there was another low voice which he did not understand, and his eyes opened wide, looking up vacantly at Miss North. McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 4, August 1908 The eyes would be glued to the floor, or fixed vacantly on some object. Leonore Stubbs There he sat silent and anxious, looking vacantly first at the ceiling, then at the pen which stood exactly perpendicular between his clumsy fingers. Little Wolf A Tale of the Western Frontier Because," says Captain Bob Shorty, looking vacantly at the sergeant, "it is a bed of down. The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers. Series 3 Arthur's only response was a long drawn sigh, and he gazed into distance vacantly. Checkers A Hard-luck Story His face was very pale, and he was gazing vacantly at the walls in the rear of the building. McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 4, August 1908 Billy had removed his pipe and was staring vacantly into space. My Lady of the Chimney Corner The four looked at her in dismay, when she brought the news; the fifth stared vacantly and stupidly, as usual. The Pond He patted the boy’s head, and entered the sheepfold, while Salome stood leaning against the fence, looking vacantly down at the bleating flock. Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part He simply drifted, doing a few needful duties mechanically; sometimes eating the food which Mandy prepared for him, but oftener going without altogether; sitting, brooding, hours at a time, gazing vacantly into space. Checkers A Hard-luck Story It may be that weariness has overcome the power of his illusion, for he stares vacantly about. In the Brooding Wild With drooping eyelids its sole occupant was vacantly smiling at the failure of his little finger to push the ash from a cold cigar. John March, Southerner He looked up at the ceiling, vacantly. or a long time there was no sound in the room. The Inhabited She threw herself on the sand-bank, and, resting her chin on her folded arms, gazed vacantly across the yellow strand at the glassy, leaden sea that stared back mockingly at her. Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part Snarley had opened his eyes, and was looking vacantly and sleepily round him. Mad Shepherds and Other Human Studies He looked vacantly at the policeman asking questions. Orientations Pedro stood for awhile motionless, vacantly staring at the place in the cane-thicket, still marked by the swaying leaves, where she had disappeared. Stories by American Authors, Volume 10 The men around the stove stared vacantly at each other. The Monster and Other Stories When he entered the room, she had left the piano, and wheeled a sofa in front of the grate, where she sat gazing, vacantly into the fiery fretwork of glowing coals. Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part A few moments, dazed and confounded, Hatton stood there gazing vacantly after her. Laramie; or, The Queen of Bedlam. She put her hand to her forehead, looking vacantly before her. Orientations Staring vacantly before them, the five men sat in the police wagon, which, followed by a crowd of people, chattering, cursing, and clenching their fists, carried them through the streets. The German Classics, v. 20 Masterpieces of German Literature The two Chinese blinked at him vacantly; either they did not understand English or pretended not to. The Mark of the Knife He made no sound—simply gazed vacantly, with the timidity of some animal, at the door of the small kitchen aglow with the light from the grill. The Real Latin Quarter For a considerable time I sat there in horror, stared vacantly into the air, and thought, "This is the end--the end!" The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Masterpieces of German Literature Vol. 19 "Oh," he replied, looking up vacantly, "do what you think proper," and turned again to Mrs. Mackintosh, who proceeded placidly with her theme. His Lordship's Leopard A Truthful Narration of Some Impossible Facts Sir Isaac stared at him for a moment with eyes vacantly thoughtful. The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman "Oh, you want me to make a speech," and Plunger looked rather vacantly at the crowd. The Rover Boys in the Land of Luck Stirring Adventures in the Oil Fields Fenton's lower jaw dropped, and he stared at the investigator vacantly. Ashton-Kirk, Criminologist For hours after he had finished his lunch, he sat with his back to the warming rays of the afternoon sun, and gazed vacantly across the wide stretches of sand-dunes. Captain Pott's Minister He looked at me vacantly a little while, and then a grin spread from ear to ear. Alaska Days with John Muir He looked vacantly out of the window, trying to see the unforeseen with his mental sight. The Story of a New York House “My son, my son!” the woman answered as she looked vacantly at him. In the Heart of a Fool Instead, she looked vacantly at the Storm Centre’s cartridge belt and pistols on the seat in front of her. The Missourian With an effort he straightened and glared vacantly across the table. Captain Pott's Minister Sometimes the good man’s eyes looked keenly at the farmer, and sometimes they scanned vacantly the ceiling, where a wandering fly seemed, like Mr. Bumpkin, in search of consolation or redress. The Humourous Story of Farmer Bumpkin's Lawsuit "You—" said the Poke; then closed his mouth and stood staring vacantly for a whole minute. 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 No tears rose in the wife’s eyes, as she stood looking vacantly down the street at the corner where her husband had turned. In the Heart of a Fool But the father of Mar�a de la Luz stared, stared vacantly at the trinket. The Missourian Flannigan looks vacantly at his own door mat, for a minute, then says he— "Come in my man, I'll see if any such articles have come here, for us." The Humors of Falconbridge A Collection of Humorous and Every Day Scenes Occasionally, they gabble a phrase without understanding its meaning, and as they speak, gaze vacantly into the auditorium. Letters from my Windmill "He has judged him," answered the girl, looking vacantly into the fire, and then passed her hand over her eyes and pressed her brow. The Broom-Squire No telling when we may get together again, if the girl––” He became suddenly silent, and sat some time looking vacantly out through the window. Carmen Ariza “Eh?” said Micky vacantly; the words opened the door of memory, and he sat up with a start. The Phantom Lover So confounded was I by the suddenness of the illumination, that for a moment I stood speechless and motionless, gazing vacantly into the tempter’s face. Tales from Blackwood, Volume 7 Tandy sat gazing vacantly at Duncan, with livid lips and contorted features. A Captain in the Ranks A Romance of Affairs Her eyes, deeper and shadowed in dark rings, stared vacantly at the white canvas before her. Claire The Blind Love of a Blind Hero, By a Blind Author Rosendo did not reply at once, but sat staring vacantly at the ground. Carmen Ariza He had met Pete Warboys twice, but the fellow looked innocency itself, staring hard and vacantly at him, who longed to charge him with the theft, but felt that he could not without better evidence. The Vast Abyss The Story of Tom Blount, his Uncles and his Cousin Sam He looked vacantly at the Judge while the latter ordered that part of his words stricken out which told what the man was doing. The Shepherd of the North He quickened his pace, and coming up under the oaks found the two fellows sitting on the ground rubbing their heads, staring vacantly round with eyes before which all the moonshiny world was swimming. Angelot A Story of the First Empire She was for the most part very inactive, totally mute, staring vacantly, often not even blinking, so that for a time the conjunctiv� were dry. Benign Stupors A Study of a New Manic-Depressive Reaction Type To all this the man, looking vacantly out across the city walls to where the sea birds dipped on the rippling waves, was apparently oblivious. Carmen Ariza She gazed vacantly at the opposite wall, a knee between her hands, and swaying slightly to and fro. Mlle. Fouchette A Novel of French Life Only once, coming suddenly into the room, I found him settled deep down in his chair, heavy, inert, his cigar gone out, staring vacantly out of the window. The Harbor "Viola Tree?" the other girl, gazing vacantly into the stalls, replied. Changing Winds A Novel On admission she looked dazed, stared vacantly and had a tendency to draw the sheet over her. Benign Stupors A Study of a New Manic-Depressive Reaction Type He turned fiercely and vacantly upon his wife and demanded why everything was suffered to go to ruin when Nettie was away. The Doctor's Family She tried to pass the man, who stared at her vacantly. Melomaniacs He giggled a little, thinking of Jason crouched on the bench, glaring vacantly, utterly unconscious of Lonnie passing across the grass so close beside him. Zero Data I stood, I suppose, for some three minutes, with my back against the wall staring vacantly at the bacchanal vision, before any of the revellers appeared to notice my presence. Masterpieces of Mystery Riddle Stories He stopped often to look vacantly at the stars. The Heart of Thunder Mountain For a long time he disregarded it: but sat disconsolate, staring vacantly at the floor, fallen into some hopeless muse. The Cruise of the Shining Light But he poured a little of the precious fluid down the throat of the Indian, who recovered, but stared about vacantly. The Treasure Trail A Romance of the Land of Gold and Sunshine He looked up vacantly before him, not seeming to understand what had taken place. The Fiery Totem A Tale of Adventure in the Canadian North-West What--she pondered gloomily, chin in hand, eyes vacantly reviewing a countryside of notable charms adrowse in the lethargic peace of a mid-summer morning--what the dickens was Good Form, anyway? Nobody So he lay back again, and looked up vacantly into the cold, blue sky. The Heart of Thunder Mountain The fool of Twist Tickle paused in the road to stare vacantly northward. The Cruise of the Shining Light As the girl turned back toward him his eyes wandered down to it and he began to shake his head slowly, vacantly, hopelessly. Once to Every Man The large gray eyes were far away and distant, 319 fixed vacantly upon the dust cloud where the sheep gathered in the east. Hidden Water She sat out a long hour, hands listless in her lap, staring vacantly out at that well-hated vista of grimy back yards, drearily reviewing the history of the last five days. Nobody “Run along, dear,” she added patronizingly, as the boy stood with his small hands on his hips, staring vacantly after his father. The Twins of Suffering Creek The three dormer windows in the home next door gazed vacantly down at him, their windows covered with cobwebs and dust. The Film of Fear He stands and holds the rail, with his eyes fixed vacantly on the clerk, who bends over his desk under the seat of justice, writing. Dr. Sevier My mind wandered constantly from the page back to home, forward to Heidelberg, and, after a while, I laid down the volume to gaze vacantly through the window. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 350, December 1844 But even as she moved around the room of the long table her eyes stared vacantly into space. The Mind Master Scipio desisted, and sat staring vacantly at the long ears of Minky’s mule. The Twins of Suffering Creek Then the smoke eddied undisturbed while the three stared vacantly into space, trying to think. The End of Time She was sitting in a low wicker chair, her hands folded in her lap and her eyes fixed vacantly on the western hills. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 26, October, 1880 Ay, poor Harry!" said Brown somewhat vacantly: "I wish that blow had fallen on me! Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 350, December 1844 He was quite stark and dead, his wide-open eyes staring vacantly into space. The Gaunt Gray Wolf A Tale of Adventure With Ungava Bob A sheet of notepaper was in his shaking hand, and his pale eyes were staring vacantly at it. The Twins of Suffering Creek Staring vacantly before her Millicent saw the shoulders of the mighty peaks looming far above her through a haze of driving snow, which did not reach the lower slopes, where even the wind was still. Thurston of Orchard Valley When I reached her bedside, she was raving, and her beautiful eyes gazed vacantly on the nearest and dearest of her friends; even the mother that bore her hung over her unrecognized. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII. No. 5. May 1848 Even Uncle Ulick, whom a steady good humour had steered clear of many a brawl—so that a single meeting on Aghrim racecourse made up the tale of his exploits—stared vacantly at his kinsman. The Wild Geese Slowly Shad, awakening from deep and exhausting slumber, opened his cavernous eyes and stared vacantly at Bob. The Gaunt Gray Wolf A Tale of Adventure With Ungava Bob He traversed the Trongate and Argyle Street for hours, and strode down to the Broomielaw, and stared vacantly at the bustle going on on the river. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume VI De Launay stared at them vacantly as he stood in the door. Louisiana Lou A Western Story Their shoulders sagged, and they sat gazing vacantly across the street, as though life were a deadly bore. Treasure Valley The old woman took the paper and looked vacantly upon it, while her thoughts dwelt upon the many comfortable things that one dollar would buy for the approaching winter. The Elm Tree Tales But the mother glanced at him again, almost vacantly. The Rainbow For a space she vacantly watched the workmen tearing down the speakers’ stand. Counsel for the Defense As she stood gazing vacantly outward, her hands clasped in perplexity, something moving arrested her attention. Dorothy's House Party Cyrus Thurston stared vacantly at the breakfast he was forgetting to eat. Astounding Stories of Super-Science February 1930 Martin stared vacantly at Mrs. Burke, dropped his glass, and muttered incoherently. Hepsey Burke The black eyes opened, rested on him vacantly, sank shut again. The Rainbow Dr. Bernstein was puffing at a big black cigar; the banker stared vacantly into space. The Third Degree A Narrative of Metropolitan Life Afterwards she leaned back in her chair and stared vacantly at one or another of the young folks gathered around that big table. Dorothy's House Party "Outside, outside," replied the Jew, pushing the boy before him towards the door, and looking vacantly over his head. The Speaker, No. 5: Volume II, Issue 1 December, 1906. Jinnie stirred, lifted her heavy lids, and surveyed the room vacantly. Rose O'Paradise He did not open his lips to her, but sat with his head resting upon his hand, looking vacantly at his brothers-in-law. An Obscure Apostle A Dramatic Story Legrand still lay on his back, staring vacantly, and the sailors were grouped about, a despondent company, in that dark and stuffy hole. Hurricane Island She realised dimly that she ought to protest against being addressed in this manner by her younger daughter and stared vacantly at Cleopatra. Too Old for Dolls A Novel These boats seemed to be almost entirely rowed and managed by women, always with the inevitable baby at their backs, sometimes sleeping, sometimes gazing vacantly about, but always quiet and contented. Due West or Round the World in Ten Months Giddy, confused, and out of breath, and frightened, Toby looked about him vacantly, and sunk down in a swoon. A Budget of Christmas Tales by Charles Dickens and Others A minute later he raised his head and looked at them almost vacantly. The Brothers Karamazov "I don't suppose whisky will do you any good," said I. He laughed feebly and vacantly. Hurricane Island It was very preposterous, that even though his mood was so prosaic and paternal a one, he was absurdly, vacantly sensible of feeling some uneasiness at the brightness of her upturned face. Theo A Sprightly Love Story Clupp, the fellow addressed, bashful at finding himself the object of attention, swayed backward and forward with his pikestaff for a pivot, laughing vacantly. The Lady of Loyalty House A Novel Thus encouraged, he assiduously persevered, and presently one of them opened his eyes, and, staring vacantly about him, huskily murmured: “O God, have pity, and give me water—water!” Dick Leslie's Luck A Story of Shipwreck and Adventure It was as the lad said; the unfortunate non-swimmer’s eyelids were quivering slightly, and at the end of a minute he opened them widely and stared vacantly at the sunny sky. Fix Bay'nets The Regiment in the Hills Murray gazed at his officer vacantly, trying hard to reply, but, as he afterwards said to Roberts, if it had been to save his life he could not have uttered a word. Hunting the Skipper The Cruise of the "Seafowl" Sloop He was leaning negligently against the wheel, with one arm thrown carelessly over it, and his eyes were vacantly fixed upon the cloudy heavens above him, with his thoughts evidently far away. The Voyage of the Aurora Roberts has come back from his dressing-room and is staring vacantly at Campbell. Evening Dress Farce Sometimes it pawed idly as though hunting grass roots or the like, and then again it would stand and look vacantly down the mountainside. The Young Alaskans in the Rockies She twisted her white fingers in her hair, and gazed vacantly down on the carpet, and gradually the rich crimson blood sank out of her face. Macaria The black, who was moving off sharply, stopped short, dropped his lower jaw to his breast, and stared vacantly at the speaker. Hunting the Skipper The Cruise of the "Seafowl" Sloop Presently he revives, and looks vacantly round like a man just waking out of sleep. Children of Borneo He stood in the middle of the room, with trembling legs and haggard eyes, seemingly stupefied and incapable of coherent thought, vacantly watching his father. Fantômas He salutes Brother Hedge and his fair intended, in an unsteady voice, while his eyes wander vacantly around the apartment, and he leans against a chair for support. City Crimes or Life in New York and Boston You continued to hold the controls, but you stared vacantly and tensed quite a bit. A Fine Fix He looked vacantly upon it; his mind at first quite absent from his eyes. The Panchronicon He was standing, lost in amazement, staring vacantly around. The Red True Story Book Men stared at him vacantly, stunned by the tidings, then Adeimantus’s frightened wrath broke loose. A Victor of Salamis For a little while she was silent—vacantly contemplating the bare floor. The Mother Smith felt hopelessly in his pocket, and then looked at her vacantly. The Toilers of the Field Musing over these things, the young fellow leaned on the rotting fence, staring vacantly at the collie dog, who, in turn stared gravely at him. A Young Man in a Hurry and Other Short Stories He turned his hopeless face upon the new-comers, staring vacantly at them, muttering indistinctly words which his lips refused to articulate. The Red True Story Book Tristan stares vacantly ahead, vaguely pondering the servant's last words, of which the echo has lingered teasingly in his ear. The Wagnerian Romances Motionless, staring vacantly, it stood there for an instant—then was concealed completely by the rolling vapor. The Raid on the Termites Every Sunday he went to church with the old people, and sat there silently, staring vacantly before him. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen In the meanwhile Grant, who watched them until the last glimpse of their light dresses was lost in the crowd, stood beside the second emigrant train vacantly glancing at the aliens who thronged about it. The Cattle-Baron's Daughter When they tried to rouse him he stared at them vacantly. Montezuma's Castle and Other Weird Tales The white-faced rigid creature which was Freddie stood in the doorway, staring vacantly, and fell slowly forward on its face upon the floor. The Old Tobacco Shop A True Account of What Befell a Little Boy in Search of Adventure The boy thought it was a rum go, and stood staring vacantly while Hardwicke galloped off on his terrible errand. Lippincott's Magazine, December 1878 Neilson, smoking a cigar, leaned back in his chair and looked vacantly at the ring of smoke which floated in the still air. The Trembling of a Leaf Little Stories of the South Sea Islands He now raised his head, and drinking off the fourth and last strong tumblerful of spirit, smiled vacantly in the other's face, and collapsed upon the table. Ringfield A Novel Shortly after having swallowed the beverage he fell into a heavy stupor: he sat with his eyes vacantly fixed on the ground, his mouth convulsively closed, and his nostrils dilated. Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests I sat near the window gazing vacantly at the scene below. An Anarchist Woman They vanished—all glimmering of reason vanished, and he sat again staring vacantly around, without thought, without mind. The Sand-Hills of Jutland Stefanone's sharp eyes fixed themselves vacantly, for he did not wish to betray his surprise at not hearing the name he had expected. Casa Braccio, Volumes 1 and 2 Fate stood by that news-stall, with the blear-eyed, frousy woman that tended it looking vacantly on; Fate, veiled, too, and not even monosyllabic in his behalf. Margarita's Soul The Romantic Recollections of a Man of Fifty The situation was certainly a serious one, and the young oarsman was decidedly sober in mind as he sat there, staring vacantly at the hurrying throng. The Young Oarsmen of Lakeview Some whistle vacantly and mechanically all day, or sing in endless succession the few gloomy songs they know. A Spoil of Office A Story of the Modern West Only Grimswitch continued to smile vacantly at the little old man up front, drumming his fingers on the glass table top. The Success Machine Would not Mr. Ducksmith merely turn his rabbit-eyes, set in their bloodhound sockets, vacantly on him, and assume that the detonations were part of the tour’s programme? The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol Hugh himself sat at an organ, his fingers wandering aimlessly over the keys, his eyes gazing vacantly out at the window. A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time He rose and looked out of the window, gazing vacantly. The Gold Thread A Story for the Young He sat through the greater part of the day in an easy-chair on the verandah, taking no interest in anything; just gazing vacantly in front of him for hours at a time. Grey Town An Australian Story He was merely sitting there staring vacantly out of the window at the paling light. The Prairie Mother After dinner, when he lounged on the veranda, the headache and lassitude returned, and he listened to Jake’s talk vacantly and soon went to bed. Brandon of the Engineers A mirror hung on the wall in front of him, and he stood and looked vacantly into it. A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time Miss More lifted her eyes, coolly scanned the other woman from the tip of her russet shoes to the crown of her sailor hat, then gazed vacantly over her head, before addressing Robbie again. Beatrice Leigh at College A Story for Girls It was the remark of a stricken mind that speaks vacantly of anything. The House with the Green Shutters When she had read it she stared rather vacantly into the corner of her room for a few seconds, and then tossed the bit of paper into the basket under her writing-table. Fair Margaret A Portrait She did not answer and turning her head, vacantly watched the shore slide past. Brandon of the Engineers Paul stood with great, wide eyes, that had never tear to soften them, gazing vacantly into the weeping eyes before him. A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time Slaughter, with his arms dropped to his sides, stared vacantly at them. Colonial Born A tale of the Queensland bush He said something to her, and she laughed loudly and vacantly. The House with the Green Shutters Gray, resting his elbows on his knees, sat gazing vacantly out of the narrow window. Barbarians The girl listened vacantly, as she grappled with questions that had grown more troublesome of late. Brandon of the Engineers He glanced vacantly about the simple room, rose to his feet, and sat down again. A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time I—I—Why did you come?” he asked vacantly. Witness to the Deed If he went forward to the big clock to look for his hammer, it was sure to be gone—the two bright nails staring at him vacantly. The House with the Green Shutters His expression became vacantly good humoured; but his brain was working like lightning. Barbarians Jenny was leaning her forehead against the window sash, and looking vacantly out on the bay. Capt'n Davy's Honeymoon The young woman in the dock still gazed about her vacantly. A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time "What?" said Philip vacantly.—"The brandy," said Jem. The Manxman A Novel - 1895 His friends there were all sitting under the trees before the hotel, resting rather vacantly after a hard romp. The Adventures of Bobby Orde Shut up in his room with some sheets of blank paper before him, the curate sat for hours together, staring vacantly at the wall before him, and occasionally giving vent to a loud, strange laugh. The Idler Magazine, Volume III., July 1893 An Illustrated Monthly The child looked at him vacantly; he no longer understood the French language. Jack 1877 The young woman had gazed vacantly about her with an air of indifference. A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time His hat was on, his cloak was over his arm, he was resting his elbow on the sash of the window and looking vacantly into the churchyard. The Manxman A Novel - 1895 It was a silly image; it stared so vacantly. Stubble The woman said nothing, but stared vacantly at her guests. The Candidate A Political Romance His wife, a silly-looking mortal, stared vacantly for a moment and then said: "I can't see what use he would have for the toe, if you did have it taken off." Twenty Years of Hus'ling “Killed us,” I repeated, vacantly; “are there many of you?” The Idler Magazine, Volume III, March 1893 An Illustrated Monthly She replied vacantly that he had been gone since morning on some fishing business to Peel. The Manxman A Novel - 1895 He was stupefied by the thought of Aunt Marian as a boarder, and sat staring vacantly before him, wondering what new monster the night would next produce. The House of Souls Some stared at us vacantly; others lowered their eyelids and rubbed their hands together softly, with a terrible subservience. Trapped in 'Black Russia' Letters June-November 1915 A few moments later I opened the door, and looking towards the stair-way, discovered "the kid," leaning over the bannister, gazing vacantly in the direction of our room. Twenty Years of Hus'ling A long shiver passed over her, and she sighed heavily once or twice as she looked vacantly at the letter on the floor. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864 |
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