| 单词 | wanly |
| 例句 | “I shouldn’t be here today,” she says, looking up wanly. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Before being led away in irons to the state penitentiary, Burkhart turned and smiled wanly at Mollie. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Members of the skeleton night crew pass us in the hall and wave wanly; most have that gray night-shift look. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “You will return the same favor for us?” said Luxa wanly. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z And I wiggle my toes back and smile wanly at her, I will, I will, I hope I will. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He smiled at Yossarian wanly, looking frail and exceptionally young and bashful in the bulky dungeon of his earphones, hat, throat mike, flak suit and parachute. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z He reached out wanly for the vial of eagles’ blood and crushed it in his hand. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z She smiled wanly and continued down the aisle between the looms. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Leo did his best Hazel imitation: ‘Popcorn! Our fatal weakness/’ She smiled wanly. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z She sipped her tea and smiled wanly at Penelope. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Mami smiles wanly, trying to show she has nothing to hide. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z Biff yawned wanly, patting his open mouth with his fingertips until his jaw had relaxed. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z As the tan and white fur grew closer, Ignatius’ eyes dilated, crossed, and closed, and he lay wanly back among his four pillows, hoping that he had some Kleenex in his room. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The riders passed over to the islet, and glittering eyes watched them wanly from the shadows of the banks. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z "I will be," she promised, "but . . . please . . . make it as soon as you can. I'm afraid . . ." "So am I," Ser Dontos said, smiling wanly. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Small, one wanly concludes, is not always beautiful. Ding Dong the Wicked – review 2012-10-05T14:52:51Z The result is a thin, wanly structured film that, after an OK start, stumbles about, filling time until its foregone conclusion. 'Big Gay Love' struggles with big themes 2014-06-07T04:00:00Z She stands in the frame smiling wanly and swinging her arms while he impatiently reels off the kind of pedantic nonsense that is meant to signify superior intellect. ‘Magic in the Moonlight’: Another Woody Allen Odd Couple 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z The decision desk’s call made me think that somewhere — under all its appalling propaganda and conspiracy peddling — a beating heart of news is still pumping away, however wanly, at Fox. Perspective | After Hannity’s travesty, Fox News redeems itself (just a tad) with a bold election night decision 2018-11-07T05:00:00Z When she photographed German prisoners of war, they smiled wanly or kept trudging. Over There: Daughters of Liberty 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z Plodding chronological development, wanly lyrical arias, foursquare choruses and drinking songs are deployed as if by rote. Music Review: ?Heart of a Soldier? at San Francisco Opera - Review 2011-09-11T17:17:57Z Exhausted from superhero adventures and apocalyptic dramas, consumers stay away in droves, skipping the new offerings and wanly patronizing the very few holdover films that have earned cheery word-of-mouth. August Burnout: The Butler Stands While Three New Films Fall 2013-08-25T18:30:45Z “Just walk me down,” she said, smilingly wanly. Mariah Carey’s Rather Perfect Farewell to 2016 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z Set off by a chancel at one end, where a constellation of votive candles burn wanly and in vain, this linear stage is a limited space. Critic’s Notebook: Something Wicked This Way Runs 2013-07-08T21:17:36Z Ms. Goldberg finds plenty of wanly funny inflections in Katie’s febrile anxiousness, but the performance is mostly a compendium of jittery mannerisms. Theater Review: In ‘Unavoidable Disappearance of Tom Durnin,’ a Reprobate Returns 2013-06-28T02:00:01Z Drugged, gentle, wanly smiling, Lowell introduced me to his fellow patients: "You see, I'm a freshman here." My hero Robert Lowell by Jonathan Raban 2010-07-02T23:05:00Z The good doctor works at the company that hatched Cross’s enabling, deadly medication, though, she wanly protests, “I was there for science!” The Bourne Legacy: Spy vs. Drones — Which Is Which? 2012-08-09T12:00:19Z There’s even a moment, shortly before the climactic murder that ends the first act, when a few desiccated leaves flutter wanly to the stage. Review: In ‘Thérèse Raquin,’ Keira Knightley as a Baleful Adulteress 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z But authenticity is everything, and whole stretches of the score are wanly derivative. Music Review: Love Beats Science in a Spoof by Menotti 2011-08-14T22:00:12Z Along this same disordered timeline, the show wanly offers a story about Gianni and Donatella’s struggle to keep the House of Versace in the black. Review | FX’s ‘Assassination of Gianni Versace’ reaches for beauty but can’t find meaning 2018-01-16T05:00:00Z The would-be witty banter exchanged by the catty characters sounds wanly juvenile. Review: ‘The Wild Party,’ With Sutton Foster as a Louche Jazz Baby 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z “Così” was long regarded as a wanly charming diversion, and even today productions like the Metropolitan Opera’s emphasize its picturesqueness over its painfulness. Christopher Alden?s ?Cos? Fan Tutte? at New York City Opera 2011-09-18T01:15:08Z That would to miss the point of this wanly diverting exercise, in which film noir dialogue is bleached to flat shades of gray. Review: ‘Every Angel Is Brutal’ Adds Kitsch to a ’70s Show 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z If Ms. Abbate and Mr. Parker had given a richer discussion of the recent and current state of opera and come to the same gloomy, wanly elegiac conclusion, you could agree or disagree with them. Books of The Times: ‘A History of Opera,’ by Carolyn Abbate and Roger Parker 2012-12-27T22:03:04Z Though wont to compare himself to the sun, he looked more like a wanly glowing moon, awaiting imminent eclipse. 3 celebrities portray Shakespeare’s uncommon men 2014-02-03T06:51:22Z Cohen is no innocent here, not by a stretch and regardless of how many Democratic committee members wanly attempted to paint his agreement to testify as a "redemption story." The Michael Cohen Show: Where GOP politicians angle to become Trump's new co-stars 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z Samuelsson appeared to be having a ball at the opening, eagerly chatting up local foodies, but Colicchio smiled wanly and looked somewhat lost. | Eating in Barbados 2011-12-08T17:44:29Z "Yay, how great is that?" he says wanly. Mark Haskell Smith bares all to live nudist life for 'Naked at Lunch' 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z In the Observer, Benjamin Markovits found it "puzzling" and "odd" but praised it wanly as "a somewhat magical escape act ... he invents new predicaments, chapter by chapter, and resolves them". Book reviews roundup: The Childhood of Jesus, Daphne du Maurier and her Sisters and Who Owns the Future? 2013-03-08T16:00:02Z "I'm a Spice Girl – girl power," she says and wanly adds, "but my confidence got taken away from me. So this is all about me gaining it back." "Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test": Where "Battle of the Network Stars" meets a redemption tour 2023-01-04T05:00:00Z As she camps out nightly on the living-room floor, Maggie wanly remarks "I have na been in a bed since I was in maternity with Marina." Men Should Weep - review 2010-10-26T23:25:00Z And Nicola Walker as Rachel completes a trinity of dejected women by wanly recognising she can't compete with her sister's appetite. Season's Greetings - review 2010-12-09T00:54:00Z Mary Zimmerman’s wanly Neo-Classical production doesn’t help locate the depths of an opera about intense emotions and the possibilities and limits of illusion. Music Review: Ren?e Fleming Returns to Rossini?s Tale of a Sorceress and Her Crusader 2011-02-20T22:58:51Z I’ve spent much of my life smiling wanly at the responses when I mention where I grew up: “Is that like Bedford Falls?” On Location: A New England Village 2013-08-15T20:53:29Z Over his shoulder, a wanly sunny English day was visible through a window propped open with two hardcover books. Explaining the Popularity of Letters of Note 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z Mr. Skarsgard’s outsize turn gives the movie energy even if it does the wanly paired Mr. McGregor and Ms. Harris no favors. Review: A Professor Drawn to the Mob in ‘Our Kind of Traitor’ 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z “Zafar in Captivity” shows the emperor, a former patron of painters and Urdu poets — and a poet himself — reclining on pillows, gazing wanly into the camera. Art Review: ?Princes and Painters in Mughal Delhi? at Asia Society 2012-03-08T22:18:28Z I also said that reading Patton was “like sitting next to your cranky old aunt at a wedding. You smile wanly and excuse yourself to refresh your drink.” “Princeton Mom” gets schooled at her alma mater 2014-04-22T12:00:00Z And that Jim Jefferies — a struggling comedian who wanly boasts of his three television appearances — is doing well, compared with the two friends with whom he shares a slovenly Southern California bungalow. Critic’s Notebook: Hapless Men in Tow, ‘Legit’ Returns on FXX 2014-02-25T22:09:14Z This is more than a failure of political insight: the emotional stakes in this production are so wanly drawn that audience members were still laughing at the superstitious Puritans in the third act. The Crucible – review 2013-06-28T00:38:00Z On Saturday, as musicians toted home mementos of their years there, some wanly noted that Bedrock closing meant the end of a chapter of their lives. The local music community mourns as yet another pillar, Bedrock.LA, closes its doors 2022-12-20T05:00:00Z Instead the readings remained wanly confined to a narrow range, with low and high separated by only six degrees. Florets spotted by Tidal Basin: A sign of spring on a gray day 2021-03-16T04:00:00Z All that spending: I’m struck by how infrequently and wanly Democratic candidates have mentioned fiscal responsibility, deficits or debt. Opinion | Bernie Sanders Has Already Won the Democratic Primary 2020-03-07T05:00:00Z He goes on television less than he used to, and zips wordlessly through the Capitol, trailed by a phalanx of aides and a scrum of journalists, smiling wanly as they pepper him with questions. Adam Schiff, a Trump Punching Bag, Takes His Case to a Bigger Ring 2019-11-03T04:00:00Z This is what was lost on commentators who kept hoping wanly that this State of the Union or that tragedy would be the moment he finally became “presidential.” Opinion | The Real Donald Trump Is a Character on TV 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z At the mention of Turning Point, a smartly dressed young man at the booth for the Intercollegiate Studies Institute, ready to discuss the conservative books and journals that the group promotes, smiled wanly. How Young Conservative Activists Party at CPAC 2019-03-04T05:00:00Z Delta is wanly protesting that it wasn’t trying to make a political statement but to keep out of politics altogether. Opinion | Publicly slighting millions of NRA members isn’t good for business – or America 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z We’ve become wanly accustomed to the nomenclature of mass shootings, but regardless of how common the terms surrounding these shootings are, we continue to grapple with the need for their existence. Perspective | ‘Active shooter’ used to refer to sportsmen. Now you cringe when you hear it. 2017-06-16T04:00:00Z A third act that veers into more conventional thriller territory falls short as well, wanly concluding this unsatisfying experiment. Horror-comedy 'Another Evil' never finds its genre 2017-05-04T04:00:00Z DiPaola stepped into an elevator, smiled wanly, and gave them the finger as the doors closed. Spectators Enjoy the Trump Tower Circus 2016-12-16T05:00:00Z FKK groups were initially banned by the Nazis, but the practice soon returned and was wanly tolerated throughout the Third Reich. The Naked Truth About German Nudists 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z I said, and Left Shark smiled, wanly, without any teeth, and was like, “You might be really old, Old Shark, but you know what’s up.” Old Shark Comments on Old Age, Newfound Fame 2016-08-12T04:00:00Z It’s not the only respect in which Grandage and Logan pay wanly sympathetic tribute to the women suffering on the sidelines. No work of 'Genius,' this literary drama is strictly by-the-book 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z “Back in the Middle Ages, I was known as the maverick,” McCain said, smiling wanly. In tough re-election bid, McCain can’t afford to be anti-Trump 2016-06-04T04:00:00Z “Back in the Middle Ages, I was known as the maverick,” Mr. McCain said, smiling wanly. Once a Donald Trump Target, John McCain Now Finds Their Political Fates Intertwined 2016-06-04T04:00:00Z Maher has been unabashed in his support of the upstart Sanders, even as the candidate's appearance on "Real Time" stayed somewhat wanly on message. Bill Maher keeps on doing it his way 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z But when Mr Singh enters the ward, her face lights up, and she smiles wanly. A messiah for India's abandoned sick - BBC News 2016-02-13T05:00:00Z Cruz opened the debate with one of his world famous imitations, he wanly insulted the other candidates and then declared: “The Donald Trump portion” of the evening was over. The most memorable, head-scratching, WTF moments from the 7th GOP debate 2016-01-29T05:00:00Z Bush—suddenly in the role of the misled, desperate old pol—smiled wanly and tried to speak, but Rubio turned to face the camera. Marco Rubio’s Political Dexterity 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z Asked by Lauer if he expected “a barrage of lawsuits” from past sexual partners alleging he infected them, he said wanly, “I’m sure that’s next.” Charlie Sheen says he is HIV-positive; has been blackmailed 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z Asked by Lauer if he expected "a barrage of lawsuits" from past sexual partners alleging he infected them, he said wanly, "I'm sure that's next." Former 'Two and a Half Men' star Charlie Sheen says he is HIV-positive, partying days are over 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z The Wall Street professionals who prognosticate about the broader stock market are also wanly optimistic. As Greece Calms, Investors Find Other Concerns 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z Cesar looked up when I reached his table, smiled wanly, and extended a hand. Whipping Boy 2014-11-10T05:00:00Z But these days most explicitly "international" events tend to be competitions relegated to the realm of sport, like the Olympics or World Cup, or wanly anticompetitive venues for glad-handing, like the modern expo. We need to bring back the World's Fair 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z Mr Gulen waved his hand wanly, and a man rushed forward from the chairs arranged on one side of the room. Fethullah Gulen: Powerful but secretive Turkish cleric 2014-01-27T06:00:18Z “The area has just forgotten about us here,” Joe Morris, who ran the place, wanly put it. The Jockey 2013-08-14T13:07:46Z Valeria always sat a little apart in the shadow, and if anyone spoke to her she replied softly and smiled wanly. The Devourers 2012-03-16T02:00:23.493Z "Oh, it's been an age!" she said, smiling wanly and shaking her head slowly as she looked up into his face. Bruce of the Circle A 2012-03-06T03:00:27.120Z Under the groves of ash and oak a pale primrose still lingered, glimmering wanly beside the hidden water. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z She smiled, but so wanly that it was in his idea infinitely sadder than tears. Grit Lawless 2011-12-01T03:00:18.137Z In the gaps of the hurrying clouds the moon and a few stars shone wanly, and in their dim, ineffective light, the water of the lagoon tossed brokenly like a pan of boiling lead. White Fire 2011-11-21T03:00:15.067Z The Acting Chief smiled wanly, and immediately regretted having done so. The Wireless Officer 2011-10-24T02:00:17.560Z Then I smiled wanly and told him to put it back. What If My Son Is a Bully? A Mother Ponders a Daunting Question 2011-10-20T12:05:34Z A Norwegian finance official added wanly that the international community hoped Israel would not "destroy the investment that we are financing." : Mideast Monitor: Why Gloom Follows Bush Speech 2002-07-09T14:05:00Z And when at last the first pale glimmer of light showed wanly in the sky he began to think that sleep had overcome his companions. Grit Lawless 2011-12-01T03:00:18.137Z Nai smiled wanly at him as he put his arms under her and took part of the weight, and then her face crumpled with pain. White Fire 2011-11-21T03:00:15.067Z And my mother!—Thy hand Too is cold, and discoloured with death's pallid brand; And thine eye, which had beamed with thy love as thou smiled, Is fixed on the welkin both wanly and wild. Verses of Feeling and Fancy 2011-09-11T02:00:10.237Z Nevertheless, as the sobbing continued, she roused herself and went softly into the room, and bent over the child’s bed, across which the moonlight fell wanly, bathing the little rounded limbs in its white light. The Bigamist 2011-08-31T02:01:34.797Z Rather wanly she comes and gets into her spin chair. Sea and Sardinia 2011-08-28T02:00:30.857Z Her glance met her prisoner's and she smiled wanly. The Argus Pheasant 2011-08-27T02:00:20.160Z She peered wanly over her bloated stomach and swollen feet at the intravenous drip that was inserted in her vein. The High Price of Looking Like a Woman 2011-08-21T01:30:20Z The officer smiled wanly: "Oh, major, it's just a formality with you, sir; a mere nominal sum of $500 will be all right." The Sins of the Father A Romance of the South 2011-07-10T02:00:23.033Z “Do you think so?” rejoined Ruth, smiling rather wanly at the flyaway sister. The Corner House Girls Among the Gypsies How They Met, What Happened, and How It Ended 2011-06-14T02:00:19.837Z The gentle lady held out her hand to Mrs. Dennison, smiling wanly, but too feeble for any other expression of gratitude. Wives and Widows; or The Broken Life 2011-06-12T02:00:07.963Z She smiled, a little wanly, while her eyes moved over the roughly garbed cluster of men. The Shooting of Dan McGrew, A Novel Based on the Famous Poem of Robert Service 2011-05-28T02:00:24.557Z Then she smiled wanly and sat silent, for a while, collecting her thoughts. Nan Sherwood's Summer Holidays 2011-05-22T02:00:14.900Z "But you are not sick," said Poppy, smiling less wanly. Poppy The Story of a South African Girl 2011-05-20T02:00:25.147Z The daylight now came wanly up the gap made in the forest by the brawling river, and the men stood irresolute before the quarry and peered up anxiously at the roof of the pit. The Snow-Burner 2011-05-17T02:00:21.527Z But day returns, Light and the garish life, and we are brave, For Truth sinks wanly down into her grave. Colors of Life Poems and Songs and Sonnets 2011-05-09T02:00:03.610Z She smiled wanly, and a little color crept back into her face. The Girl from Alsace A Romance of the Great War, Originally Published under the Title of Little Comrade 2011-04-23T02:00:05.477Z He stared wanly at the bright little beacon and shook his head, terror wiping out the vestiges of a smile. I Conquered 2011-04-15T02:00:19.800Z "You can't fool me with that prim look of yours, Miss Mary," the wounded man said, smiling wanly from his pillow, as Mary bent over him. The Hills of Refuge A Novel 2011-04-09T02:00:10.530Z The moon broke wanly into light and a pale star of hope gazed serenely down. The Plowshare and the Sword A Tale of Old Quebec 2011-02-24T03:01:05.143Z "Fear nothing," I heard him say under his breath softly, and I thought the unhappy lady smiled wanly with her great gaunt eyes. Mrs. Fitz 2011-02-14T03:00:38.317Z Miss Sally smiled wanly, and closing her eyes, laid her head on Philippa's knee. Some Experiences of an Irish R.M. 2011-01-16T03:00:24.113Z Oh, yes," she smiled wanly, "I couldn't afford to be engaged! The Sick-a-Bed Lady And Also Hickory Dock, The Very Tired Girl, The Happy-Day, Something That Happened in October, The Amateur Lover, Heart of The City, The Pink Sash, Woman's Only Business 2011-01-04T03:01:00.723Z On Thursday afternoon, Mr. Khodorkovsky smiled wanly from behind a glass enclosure as the judge, Viktor Danilkin, handed down the sentence, according to a video feed from the proceedings in Moscow. Russian Judge Extends Term for Tycoon by 6 Years 2010-12-30T19:10:13Z Mr. Allnutt, who has brought up about fifty "young people" per annum for fifteen years, smiles wanly, and bows to the storm. The Lighter Side of School Life 2010-12-24T03:00:31.150Z The outlines of the vehicle were ruled black against the starlight which rested wanly on her figure and on the sturdy, grey horse. The Pioneers 2010-12-20T17:12:11.787Z We smiled wanly; what I chiefly felt was respect for any hungry man who could jest in presence of such a meal. Some Experiences of an Irish R.M. 2011-01-16T03:00:24.113Z Maybe they would wanly hand a baseball to Squirrel. New Study: Young Children Surprisingly Perceptive 2010-09-16T14:35:00Z Mr. Geithner, smiling wanly, said he had never worked for Goldman nor did he own stock. Geithner Struggles to Escape a Goldman Past He Never Had 2010-08-19T19:38:00Z When he passed a posse of journalists he looked at them wanly, raised an eyebrow and smiled a sad sort of smile. Crowd warms to Tiger Woods' first steps under the Masters spotlight 2010-04-05T19:50:00Z She had been listening with lowered lids and as he paused, she raised them and smiled wanly, yet without any sign of yielding to his supplications. The Law of Hemlock Mountain When pressed to expound this dark saying, Flurry smiled wanly and snipped a second line in the hair of the puppy that was pinned between his legs. Some Experiences of an Irish R.M. 2011-01-16T03:00:24.113Z Night of the Next Day Scene: The terrace of Act I, but lit wanly now by the moon, whose sheen is cast like a pall over the city and kindles the Bay to quivering silver. Porzia He drew a cautious breath and smiled wanly into the face above him. The Trail of Conflict She paused, startled by the sudden shower, and at that moment the down-going autumnal sun glanced wanly through the glades and lighted her gossamer-gold hair with kindred gleams. Sinister Street, vol. 1 She smiled wanly; yet the smile of one about to set forth in a cool, reasonable way a case that needed exposition, and that necessarily must carry conviction. An Engagement of Convenience A Novel "I see it didn't work," she smiled, wanly. The Cottage of Delight A Novel Her hand goes up to her brow and her gaze wanly flutters. Porzia The melancholy half light coming wanly through the oriel window by which he stood, fell full upon the face of Rupert Thetford, white and cold, and set as marble. Norine's Revenge; Sir Noel's Heir She smiled wanly in the direction of the clerk. Earth Alert! We all turned, and Van Hope, sitting near by, smiled wanly in the gloom. Kastle Krags A Story of Mystery "There was no one to leave her with, sir, and I was ordered out with the trunk," Wilkins said, smiling wanly. In And Out Mrs. Morton smiled wanly, and Patricia felt that in that moment she had got to know the woman beneath the boarding-house keeper. Patricia Brent, Spinster O words that wanly fail For godlike Love's divine expressing, And all the rhythm of his sweet confessing, Whose full-voiced cry should be Harmonious ecstasy. The Day of His Youth Above, the stars hang wanly white; Here, through the dark, A drizzled gold, the fireflies Rain mimic stars in spark on spark.— One Day & Another A Lyrical Eclogue She went on wanly smiling reassurance at him, as one who should say, "I am not to be considered," till he schooled his voice to answer. Helena Brett's Career The young fellow struggled to a sitting posture and smiled wanly. A Daughter of the Union They smiled wanly, and the smile of Larry Teller showed his teeth. Young Wallingford She smiled, rather wanly he thought, and shook her head. In the Whirl of the Rising "It worked," Cleveland smiled wanly as he recovered sufficiently to speak, then leaped to his feet. Triplanetary She smiled wanly as she added, "You've been so absorbed in your own disapproval, you know." Fidelity A Novel She smiled a trifle wanly and turning, left the room. Jimmy Kirkland and the Plot for a Pennant The man smiled wanly, reeled In his saddle, and clutching fruitlessly at the horn, slipped limply down into Douglass's supporting arms. The Song of the Wolf At the cooling touch of water, little Geraldine quieted her whimpering and began to smile wanly. The Rosie World Notwithstanding his distraction of mind the newcomer smiled somewhat wanly at the impetuosity of the other. A Prince of Good Fellows It was autumn: and a night, Full of whispers and of mist, With a gray moon, wanly whist, Hanging like a phantom light O'er the hills. The Garden of Dreams Margot lifted her head, shook back her hair, and smiled wanly. A Daughter of the Forest The Chief had smiled wanly as the young salesman shook hands and plunged into his sales talk. The Amazing Mrs. Mimms The girl smiled forgivingly, though a little wanly. Trusia A Princess of Krovitch Buried are the stars, Wandering ’neath the waters to the western realms; They grow dim at dawn, and the dark night Creepeth wanly away. Old English Poems Translated into the Original Meter Together with Short Selections from Old English Prose Dan sat in a dazed vision of horror to come, until Helen straightened up as if shaking off a mantle of fear, and smiled heroically, if a bit wanly. Astounding Stories, July, 1931 “Nay, madam my cousin,” said the girl, smiling wanly. Peggy Owen and Liberty She shrugged her shoulders in the way he adored, and smiled wanly. The Wilderness Trail "I'm pretty good," and Dolly smiled wanly at her little visitor. Two Little Women Your adventures of the last twenty-four hours," remarked the professor, smiling wanly, "have led you to expect too much. Seven Keys to Baldpate He smiled wanly to find me still alive. Astounding Stories, July, 1931 And he could only look wanly and hopelessly after the figure of Professor Sykes, carried by barbarous figures to the same ordeal. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, December 1930 “Are you waiting for me to go?” she asked, smiling wanly, but even then he did not respond. Shadow Mountain And seen from one angle, high up, unsupported, floating in the very air and eerily unsubstantial, was a temple lit by bale-fires that shone wanly at its base. Westward with the Prince of Wales Diogenes half opened his eyes, as she laid him in the bed and smiled wanly. Our Next-Door Neighbors Jaska read his thoughts, and smiled wanly to herself, and Sarka wondered how, suffering as he knew she must be suffering, she could find the courage to smile. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930 We reached the hotel between ten and eleven o'clock in the morning with our lost lady still smiling wanly but rapidly recovering the use of her limbs. A Mountain Boyhood He smiled wanly as he spoke, and held out his hand. Hidden Water After being assured by O’Hara that they were her friends she smiled wanly. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, March 1930 Stephen smiled wanly at the bad taste of the decoration, till one line of fire leaped from the text at him, "Thou Shalt Not Kill." In a Little Town She smiled wanly as he pressed her hand, and her pale lips trembled, but no words came. The Crevice The girl, who sat nervously staring at him, smiled wanly, and shook her head. The Hoofer The muffled lights shone wanly through the night, and laid bare the desolate scene. Polly of Lady Gay Cottage Then he dragged out his filthy bedding and rolled himself up in it, scorning the shelter of the tent, which stood wanly in the white, misty night. Louisiana Lou A Western Story She paused by his chair and smiled wanly. Treasure Valley “Isn’t it a little incongruous,” said Doctor Sherman, smiling wanly at her, “for the instrument that struck the blow to complain, in the presence of the victim, of his suffering?” Counsel for the Defense Glancing about I beheld a beshawled head that rose above the littered pavement, and, as I stared, the head nodded and smiling wanly, accosted me again. Great Britain at War "But I have now," smiled the lad wanly. Paul and the Printing Press Then she smiled wanly, hoping to reassure her daughter. Nobody's Girl (En Famille) Jim smiled wanly, then looked blankly away and lay very still. Winning the Wilderness Mrs. Duveen shook her head, smiling wanly, the thin hand pressed to her breast. The Orchard of Tears “Please don’t go till after breakfast,” she smiled, wanly, “I may need you.” Cavanaugh: Forest Ranger A Romance of the Mountain West “If the work of a forester were all like this it wouldn’t be so bad,” he remarked, wanly. The Forester's Daughter A Romance of the Bear-Tooth Range "Forgive me," she says, smiling wanly, "but I was miles away." When the Birds Begin to Sing "Well, what do you think of us?" asked the Major, smiling rather wanly. The Riflemen of the Ohio A Story of the Early Days along "The Beautiful River" He carelessly extended the folded missive, and summoning all his self-possession, looked his friend in the eyes and smiled wanly. The Long Trick Now they passed a sheet of water, gleaming wanly among thin willows; then they plunged into the deep gloom of a poplar bluff; and later, lurching down a steep declivity, swept through a shallow creek. Prescott of Saskatchewan He advised me to gang to Ventnor in the Isle o' Wight," she added wanly; "as if I could gang to the Isle of Wight. The House with the Green Shutters Under the pines it was very dark, but outside of their shadow the river gleamed wanly. The Woman from Outside [on Swan River] She was still very pale, and her eyelids were swollen and red with recent weeping, but she smiled wanly as she offered me her hand. The First Mate The Story of a Strange Cruise Her sisters, who had been sadly following her, unseen, came forwards much alarmed and begged her to desist; but, smiling wanly, she went on and gave Floss and Keeper their last supper from her hands. Emily Brontë Still Harlan did not speak; and his guns were in their holsters when Morgan walked close to him, grinning wanly. 'Drag' Harlan Tom wanted to demand payment, but he knew that would ruin his chances forever, so he held a tight leash on his feelings and smiled wanly. Polly's Business Venture Elsie, smiling wanly, slipped like a little wraith across and into a chair beside her mother, and felt that dear hand clasping hers. Little Lost Sister Hagar smiled wanly and rubbed her eyes vigorously with the back of her free hand, meanwhile looking sidelong at Ruth. The Range Boss The moon shone wanly on the girl's face and wet hair. Explorers of the Dawn She smiled wanly and pictured herself spending the balance of her days in a hotel. Stubble When I reached the little house on the point I saw the lamp still burning wanly in the window. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 to 1922 They walked up the sands together in the heart of the autumn sunset, with the northwest wind whistling in their ears and the great star of the lighthouse gleaming wanly out against the golden sky. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1902 to 1903 One of the sergeants grinned wanly at Barry Watson as his men moved forward with the preciseness of the famed Rockettes of another era. Adaptation Professor Lamb, of the botany department, smiled wanly. Stanford Stories Tales of a Young University The glare reflected wanly on the ground where he lay. The Snowshoe Trail By the time she had turned from the sink again, a shadow of her hopefulness came wanly back. Country Neighbors He smiled wanly and asked for his mail, which consisted only of a pile of back-number copies of a newspaper. Land of the Burnt Thigh "It is better now," answered the girl, smiling wanly at the sympathetic face bending over her. The Lilac Lady “Josie,” said he, smiling wanly, “you couldn’t kill me—now—not with an ax!” Aladdin & Co. A Romance of Yankee Magic That is——" "Don't bother about explaining," she smiled wanly, "I understand. The Thing from the Lake Fay nodded, smiled wanly and sat down with a sigh on a compact overstuffed swivel chair. The Creature from Cleveland Depths They could walk over fiery ploughshares and only wanly smile——” Ruth went off into a gale of laughter at this. Ruth Fielding Down East Or, The Hermit of Beach Plum Point A pallid haze breathes wanly on the surface of the impassive sky. The Dragon Painter The woodsmen sat jammed so closely about him that he could see only the frosty stars glimmering wanly in the moonlight. The Rainy Day Railroad War She smiled at his blunt question a little wanly. The Highgrader "Now wait," he said clearly and harshly, and the whole party faced him—Sadau wanly, the girl questioningly, the rest angrily. The Devil's Asteroid "I hope they'll be keeping a good room for us at the hotel up there," said Albert wanly. The Last of the Chiefs A Story of the Great Sioux War "Since it is the very last item of my property that was left to me, perhaps it can matter but little that I am deprived of it," said the stranger, smiling wanly. Dave Darrin on Mediterranean Service or, With Dan Dalzell on European Duty Geraint kissed his wife, smiling wanly the while. King Arthur's Knights The Tales Re-told for Boys & Girls As she opened her eyes, smiling wanly, Jack with a hurt cry threw himself at her side, took her in his arms, her head resting against his shoulder. Prince or Chauffeur? A Story of Newport Rachel smiled wanly at him and kissed his hands. Erik Dorn That young man grinned down a little wanly at Jack Roberts. Oh, You Tex! A lamp of pottery, burning wanly on a stone shelf jutting from the wall, showed the door, low, metal-bound, of tough black oak. Nicanor - Teller of Tales A Story of Roman Britain Autumns, clear-eyed and sweet-breathed, faded wanly in the smoke of their forest fires. Blazed Trail Stories and Stories of the Wild Life Only a few windows shone wanly in the upper flats and garrets. Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure Once Tess smiled wanly when reading of how the Saviour had borne all the woes of the world—that any one believing could be saved. Tess of the Storm Country And the sick girl smiled wanly, inscrutably, the smile of one who knows what he will not say. Standish of Standish A story of the Pilgrims Only the flame from the perfumed lamps flickered wanly in the draught. Nicanor - Teller of Tales A Story of Roman Britain The skipper took it and eyed him wanly, having found an empty stomach very conducive to accurate thinking. A Master Of Craft He smiled, rather wanly and hopelessly, but he permitted the girl to assist him to rise and to lead him to the breakfast room. Mary Louise and the Liberty Girls Ah, well," smiled the other wanly, "if that subtle bane, we were speaking of but just now, is so soon beginning to work, in vain my appeal to you. The Confidence-Man And Priscilla wanly smiled in the poor pinched face, adjusted the cushions and the foot-rest, and without so much as a drop of cold water for herself, wearily climbed the hill. Standish of Standish A story of the Pilgrims Henry smiled wanly, and began to think that the five pounds would be well earned. The Skipper's Wooing, and The Brown Man's Servant Aura met the Very Young Man's eyes and smiled a little wanly. The Girl in the Golden Atom The young captain smiled wanly and added, "Don't think that your job is unimportant!" On the Trail of the Space Pirates The poor fellow smiled wanly at my clumsy compliment, and with a bow turned away to follow my suggestion; while I went to work to get the prisoners disarmed and secured below. The Log of a Privateersman He raised his head slightly, and glanced down at the bandaged limb, then he smiled a trifle wanly. A Mating in the Wilds And the boy, wanly, but happily smiling, fell into a deep but healthy sleep. The Boy With the U. S. Fisheries She smiled wanly at him, while the Major got down quickly and offered her his hand. Ruth Fielding at the War Front or, The Hunt for the Lost Soldier Cleveland smiled wanly as he recovered sufficiently to speak, then leaped to his feet. Triplanetary The two men from Ophir greeted her with a certain embarrassment, and seemed relieved when she smiled wanly at them. Rebels of the Red Planet And he smiled a trifle wanly as he slipped off the table. Left End Edwards The sunset colors had faded utterly but a dim after-glow remained, and overhead a young moon shone wanly through black wisps of scudding cloud. The Boy With the U. S. Fisheries Molly smiled a little wanly at first but soon the good air and gay talk got in their perfect work, and before she knew it she was laughing outright at some of Pierce's sallies. Molly Brown's Orchard Home Later, by a few moments, when Deforrest Young opened the door and stole in, she smiled wanly at him. The Secret of the Storm Country He paused and smiled wanly, then his eyes became fixed again, and he hurried on with his tale. Rimrock Jones The entrance was reached by a single stone step, above which hung an electric light just beginning to glow wanly in the early twilight. Left End Edwards She smiled wanly at him from among the pillows out of the gloom. The Child of Pleasure Later, when Walter Stone, Mrs. Stone, and Louise visited the hospital, Collie had smiled wanly and said but little, thanking them for their visit with a word. Overland Red A Romance of the Moonstone Cañon Trail The gloom of the day had passed, and she smiled, though wanly. The Outdoor Girls in a Winter Camp Glorious Days on Skates and Ice Boats "We're talking reason, now," said Mary, smiling wanly, "I was excited a minute ago." Rimrock Jones "It is as you said," she muttered, smiling wanly, "the rats are leaving us." The Long Night Drew smiled wanly and held out a trembling hand. Joyce of the North Woods The morning dawned wanly on a white world; distant peaks and ridges were blotted out in the grey, snow filled air. The Short Cut Thereupon, with her first glimpse of Barbara's wanly mute and suffering face, she had pieced the details together; she had told herself, with sorrow and understanding in her heart, that she must no longer interfere. Then I'll Come Back to You He expressed these reasonable resignations to Althea, who smiled a little wanly over them. Franklin Kane She smiled wanly, shook her head, and confessed that she did not want to be protected against him. From the Housetops The Secretary shook hands with him, smiling wanly. News from the Duchy The man by the door sent forth a pitiful appeal for mercy and acceptance in so sweet and rare a smile that for very shame Priscilla stood up and smiled back wanly and apologetically. The Place Beyond the Winds And then, wanly grateful: "You are not the sort of man who lies convincingly, Steve." Then I'll Come Back to You Marion, who was not without a sense of humour, smiled rather wanly. Our Elizabeth A Humour Novel It was hard indeed for Carol to see anything to laugh at just that moment, but she smiled, rather wanly, at the doctor when he went away. Sunny Slopes He looked at the shaking of his fingers as he poured for Hollister and smiled wanly. The Hidden Places Lem fell away with an oath, and Scraggy, smiling wanly, petted the vicious brute. From the Valley of the Missing As Doc held a paper cup of water for him to sip, Tom smiled wanly. Tom Swift and The Visitor from Planet X These suspicions checked the brightness and little glory of her life, and settled wanly and hazily on her soul, like damp breath on a mirror. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 427 Volume 17, New Series, March 6, 1852 He smiled at her wanly, and told her how beautiful she was. The Riddle of the Frozen Flame "You'd better take out the piano again," said Mrs. Brown wanly. More William Mr. Macrae smiled wanly: ‘I mean to force myself to read Emma, by Miss Austen, till the desired effect is produced.’ The Disentanglers Dawn was rising wanly from the east to another day on the Salient. On the King's Service Inward Glimpses of Men at Arms She looked up and smiled wanly through her tears. The Husbands of Edith By noon the sun shone on Cod Lead wanly between ragged clouds. The Skipper and the Skipped Being the Shore Log of Cap'n Aaron Sproul Gradually he turned them upon his nurse, as if feeling her presence, and after a moment of observation he sighed and then smiled wanly. Aunt Jane's Nieces in the Red Cross She smiled at him wanly, and thanked him. The Odds And Other Stories "Did you mean it?" she murmured, smiling wanly. Sundown Slim And peace came wanly to his wrinkled face. Kenny The young duke smiled wanly, and submitted so far as to take a piece of dry toast on his plate and crumble it into bits. The Lost Lady of Lone He leaned back with a sigh and, thrusting his hands deep into his pockets, smiled wanly at his vis-à-vis. The Luck of the Mounted A Tale of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police They entered the forest, still following the trail among the trampled bushes, riding slowly over rough ground, and watching wanly to right and left. The Texan Star The Story of a Great Fight for Liberty On reaching the farm he found that Rodier and the farmer were engaged in a friendly conversation, by the light of a carriage lamp which flickered wanly in the mist. Round the World in Seven Days One fine brown hand pushed back a misty veil before the face, which shone wanly in the half-light. The Hawk of Egypt He smiled wanly, murmured "Valencia," and fainted in her arms. A Daughter of the Dons A Story of New Mexico Today She did not stop again until they came close to the canvas-walled cabin and saw the light shining wanly through and the shadows of the men inside. The Desert Valley Smith was pale and weak from his wound, but he smiled wanly. The Texan Star The Story of a Great Fight for Liberty He smiled wanly, and his nose seemed even sharper in his pale face, and his yellow hair leaner about his shoulders. Henry Brocken His Travels and Adventures in the Rich, Strange, Scarce-Imaginable Regions of Romance Well?" and she smiled wanly, looking at me with fear and a twinkle of amusement, and intrigued interest, all at one and the same time, on her face— "I couldn't stand seeing you suffer, Hildreth. Tramping on Life An Autobiographical Narrative The straight open road lay behind him, glimmering wanly: the organ seemed to have ceased: the figure on the bridge had left the parapet, and appeared to be moving away towards the church. Victorian Short Stories: Stories of Courtship The lame man smiled wanly and said it was "incredible how humorous Schmalz could be." The Man with the Clubfoot They went in Indian file, five dusky figures in the shadow, a faint moonlight touching them but wanly, and all silent. The Forest Runners A Story of the Great War Trail in Early Kentucky At midnight on Christmas eve, as the still crowd of girls walked wanly out of the great store into the brilliant New York street, some one said, "How are you, Kitty?" Making Both Ends Meet The income and outlay of New York working girls She opened her eyes and smiled wanly, and looked at the front slip of the long proofs. Jaffery After he had relieved himself, he looked up wanly and recognized Hart, who was searching him for a hidden six-shooter. Gunsight Pass How Oil Came to the Cattle Country and Brought a New West My brother smiled wanly, but his face assumed the look of grave anxiety with which he had heard my tale. The Man with the Clubfoot Behind his sunburn,—deeper than his tan, something sinister and uncanny lurked wanly like the pallor of a soul. The White Linen Nurse He grinned wanly at the boys who watched him, and sent one fervent request up to Johnny. The Thunder Bird Doria sighed again—and a wanly indulgent smile played about her lips. Jaffery He smiled wanly, dropped his bowler hat on the floor, and eventually sat down. Septimus "You were going to say," smiled Tom, wanly, "since the loss wouldn't have happened if I hadn't kicked the gamblers out of camp." The Young Engineers on the Gulf Or, The Dread Mystery of the Million Dollar Breakwater At four o'clock, dawn the wonder,—the miracle,—the long despaired of,—quickened wanly across the East. The White Linen Nurse She turned to me after a time and smiled wanly. The Way of a Man She smiled wanly and asked him to sit down with her. Truxton King A Story of Graustark But the creature only passed his fingers through his upstanding hair and smiled wanly. Septimus She smiled at me wanly, with a piece of string between her teeth, and I felt I simply must do something to cheer her up. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, January 10, 1917 A little bit wanly this time she smiled her pluck up into the Senior Surgeon's questioning face. The White Linen Nurse Above her tropic glare the satellite stars shone wanly and far away. Through stained glass He smiled wanly at her, and at Wade, and then his gaze lifted to Belllounds. The Mysterious Rider Darkness came early that evening, and by six the lights on the Adventurer and Follow Me showed wanly across the surly, shadowy sea. The Adventure Club Afloat Stella sat before a meal spread in the dining-room and wanly watched it. The Lamp in the Desert Dank and white with its vaporous vigil the listless lake kindled wanly to the new day's breeze. The White Linen Nurse I gape wanly round the lofty citadel where I am pretending to earn the Monday afternoon envelope. Shandygaff They smiled up wanly, like pale stars, out of the long grass that had a tinge of gold. The Mysterious Rider "You are welcome to anything you can find," she said, smiling wanly. The Tidal Wave and Other Stories She smiled at him wanly, but not as if she heard his words. The Rocks of Valpre Soon after that they came across the first sign of life, a farm with a creaking windmill busily at work, and a light showing wanly in an upper window of the house. Left Tackle Thayer To his anxious queries the doctor shook a dubious head, but the indomitable O'Leary smiled wanly. Kindred of the Dust Then Nona smiled wanly, and set her hand on that of the old king, and kept it there while she spoke. A Prince of Cornwall A Story of Glastonbury and the West in the Days of Ina of Wessex He," and he smiled wanly, "deserves great credit for his work. Out of the Ashes At sight of his face as he watched her, she too smiled wanly—the first time he had seen a real smile on her mouth. The Air Trust Sisily had smiled wanly at these “memory pictures” and said she would always be able to remember the address of her mother’s old friend by their means. The Moon Rock The room was wanly illumined by the full moon, and in that weird, bluish light he thought he discerned a small, white hand clasping the rail at the foot of the bed. Toaster's Handbook Jokes, Stories, and Quotations Instantly the startled look vanished; a smile lit up the pale face, wanly. Ashton-Kirk, Investigator Last and tiniest of all were infinitely fragile pink and white blossoms, on very flat plants, smiling wanly up from the desolate earth. Tales of lonely trails He laughs as he sees Time shambling by While he stands at his ease, Until Time smiles wanly back At his laughing eye. Poems New and Old Drooping branches echo their stricken love while a tree in the background, its branches stretching wanly against the sky, suggests their plaintive yearning. The Loves of Krishna in Indian Painting and Poetry She smiled wanly at that, for though, as we know, it was true, she misunderstood him. Tommy and Grizel The delighted amazement reached even her tired ears, and she had smiled wanly as she pushed the pile of coppers nearer to him. O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1920 Merle smiled wanly, shaking his head the while as one who contradicts from superior knowledge. The Wrong Twin But the Irish Andromeda still awaits her Perseus, gazing wanly at her various champions in Convention. Mr. Punch's History of the Great War "Not—not as a prisoner?" she whispered, wanly smiling. The Obstacle Race In doing so his hand crossed before his eyes—and then he smiled wanly in the darkness. O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921 "The red badge of triumph, eh?" smiled the candidate, wanly. The Booming of Acre Hill And Other Reminiscences of Urban and Suburban Life She smiled, too, but wanly, with her eyes on him. James Pethel He smiled wanly, his odd distorted smile of friendliness. The Conquest of Canaan When the pursuit rounded the corner, the two looked wanly at each other, but neither spoke until the return of the brothers from the chase. Penrod The clouds scarce dim the water's sheen, The moon-bathed islands wanly show, And sweet words falter to and fro — Though the great River rolls between. A Lute of Jade : selections from the classical poets of China Hours passed and the dawn peered wanly through the windows, but still Miss Anthony talked of the Cause always of the Cause—and of what we two must do for it. The Story of a Pioneer Mrs. Brandeis began a pretense of using knife and fork, but gave it up finally and sat back, smiling rather wanly. Fanny Herself "So am I, I think," said Eugene, wanly. The Conquest of Canaan At sight of the girl he smiled wanly, and tried to speak, but a fit of coughing flecked his lips with bloody foam, and again he closed his eyes. The Mucker The scattered isles Uprose, black-looming o'er the tranquil deeps, Where the reflected heavens wanly showed A lingering gleam. A Lute of Jade : selections from the classical poets of China "I am very much discouraged over Mr. Bradlaugh," she admitted, wanly. The Story of a Pioneer The mother's brown eyes, very bright with unshed tears, left their perusal of the prayer book to dwell upon the white little face that was smiling rather wanly up at her. Fanny Herself The evening sky was sinister and cold; The willows shivered, wanly lay the snow; The uncommiserating land, so old, So worn, so grey, so niggard in its woe, Peered through its ragged shroud. Rhymes of a Rolling Stone I made an appropriate rejoinder, and he smiled wanly. Moon and Sixpence Accordingly, I followed Weymouth upstairs and was admitted by his wife to a neat little bedroom where the grief-stricken woman lay, a wanly pathetic sight. The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu She looked up and smiled rather wanly at him. The Foolish Lovers On Christmas Eve they smiled wanly at each other, like two comrades who have fought and bled together, and won. Fanny Herself He smiled a little whimsically, a little wanly, as he stole back across the room. The Further Adventures of Jimmie Dale He saw but one thing, the face of Lucy Shannon, white, tense, glimmering wanly in shadow—the countenance with which she had dismissed him. The Lone Wolf A Melodrama Brilliant with azaleas, or magnolias, it centres round a pool of dreamy water, overhung by tall trunks wanly festooned with the grey Florida moss. The Best British Short Stories of 1922 And thus sat he, staring wanly, His last morning there: Toward her window still the manly Silent face did stare. Rampolli He smiled rather wanly again and smoothed her hand with his own. With the Procession She looked at him wanly, murmured a desolate response—she had "sewing to do"—and left the room; while Amberson shook his head ruefully at his sister. The Magnificent Ambersons You must admit," he argued, smiling rather wanly, "that, considering how I've felt about it, I've done pretty tolerable well up till now. Lonesome Land But still"--she smiled wanly--"I can manage. The Mountebank The stubbles straggle wanly sunwards, and the falling leaves rustle to the earth, with a sound as of errant silkworms. Hunger We looked at each other and smiled wanly. My Man Jeeves "That's good," he said wanly, and he had a moment of physical dizziness that decided him to sit down quickly. The Magnificent Ambersons "Tom, if we're away from here by Christmas, there's one present you needn't make me," smiled Hazelton wanly, as he caught sight of the camera hanging in its leather field case at his chum's side. The Young Engineers in Arizona Laying Tracks on the Man-killer Quicksand "Hello, Tom!" she said wanly to Cairy, who was dawdling over the paper in the library. Together Mrs. Edwards handed Slocum's letter across the table and waited, her face wanly eager. Literary Love-Letters and Other Stories "Breakfast——" "To-morrow is one of my busy days," replied Cope wanly. Bertram Cope's Year Gleaming wanly through the whitish vapour that kept rising from the trotter's body and flanks, they were like tiny fog-bells, and made the only sounds in a great winter silence. The Magnificent Ambersons Bert smiled wanly, and left Tom in suspense a moment before he answered. Tom of the Raiders He spoke evenly, and at the end he smiled rather wanly. Together Uncle Ezra smiled wanly at us, with the courage of the patient who is a sceptic about physicians. Literary Love-Letters and Other Stories "A sort of academic convention," said Cope, rather wanly; "but a necessary one." Bertram Cope's Year A forgotten candle still burnt wanly in the drawing-room, and a rat ran out from under the table. Tales of the Wilderness Fillmore's eye met Sally's wanly, and she pitied him. The Adventures of Sally Through the rotted plank shutters, that hung drunkenly awry from rust-eaten hinges, long spears of sunlight wanly illuminated the wreck of all that had once been the lavish home of a billionaire. Darkness and Dawn He smiled wanly, and then with the countenance of the teacher, he submitted and thanked me in English which I can cordially recommend to strangers knowing no Spanish. Familiar Spanish Travels "Not less than a table d'hote will hold you," Charity smiled, wanly. We Can't Have Everything She would look up and smile wanly, and shake her head. From a Bench in Our Square At first he half stared at Firio, then he surveyed the steeds of his long journeyings in questioning uncertainty, and then looked back at Firio, smiling wanly. Over the Pass Down sank the moon, her pale light dimming as she went, her faint illumination wanly creeping across the disordered, wrack-strewn floor. Darkness and Dawn From the chest of drawers two candles, the only light, played wanly over the still figure and the ashen face. The Abandoned Room "I am afraid so," the Major smiled a bit wanly. Lost in the Air There was infinitely more comfort to be found in the society of Baby Phil, and, smiling wanly at the thought, she went up to the nursery in search of it. The Bars of Iron "It will be a case of weeding for me in the future, won't it?" he asked wanly, as he rose. Over the Pass The young doctor sat down suddenly, and smiled wanly: "There need be no difficulty, Dr. Brander", he said, "I am ready to hear …" he left the sentence unfinished. Purple Springs Around the modest, sweet eyes were deep circles, denoting physical suffering or prolonged worry; yet the lips smiled, wanly but persistently. Aunt Jane's Nieces and Uncle John "I beg your pardon," she said wanly, "I think there is some one out there that I ought to speak to." The Power and the Glory They shone wanly, and, even as I watched, grew more unreal, and so vanished. The House on the Borderland She smiled wanly, in response, and then sat upright moving her body, her arms, with an air of insuperable weariness. Cytherea Freddie smiled wanly, "We are not breakfasting this morning," he replied. The Little Warrior “No,” said Mr. Ellsworth, smiling wanly; “I’m not as observant as you, Roy.” Tom Slade : Boy Scout of the Moving Pictures The old man smiled rather wanly, and fumbled with the red pocket-handkerchief. The Grey Lady After that, I just sat; and thus the daylight found me, when it crept wanly in through the barred, high windows of the great kitchen. The House on the Borderland The four French windows were uncurtained, and the inside shutters folded back, so that the silent clerks might have the benefit of every ray of daylight filtering wanly through Mercer's murky air. The Iron Woman The coming day lit up the desert wanly, as if it had been a leaden sea. The Girl Aviators on Golden Wings "If I so make up my mind," she smiled wanly. The Little Lady of the Big House But you must remember," and she smiled wanly, "you must remember always only that it was you who refused yourself. The Law of the Land By the time I had finished the ground floor, the daylight was creeping in, wanly, through the barred windows. The House on the Borderland The rainy dawn which Elizabeth had seen glimmering in the steam and smoke of the railroad station filtered wanly through Mercer's yellow fog. The Iron Woman "I guess perhaps it isn't quite as bad as either," smiled Greg wanly. Dick Prescott's First Year at West Point She put a lingering glance upon the loaf; wanly glided from the room. Once Aboard the Lugger Polly smiled wanly, and Anne, wise young teacher, changed the subject then. Polly of Pebbly Pit "We'll have no meat, nor potatoes, nor sugar—" "Just bread and cheese," said he wanly. Her Weight in Gold Mary, now apparently recovering from her faintness, smiled wanly at Elaine. The Exploits of Elaine As if in a dream she caught sight of the face of her lover and smiled wanly. The Treasure-Train She faltered; touched an eye with her handkerchief; wanly smiled with the resigned martyrdom of a true gentlewoman. Once Aboard the Lugger Mr. Slack smiled wanly, and extended a clammy, nerveless hand as cold and limber as a dead fish. Rainbow's End "Yes, I feel pretty well, except that my head aches," said Grace, rather wanly. The Outdoor Girls at Rainbow Lake Or, the stirring cruise of the motor boat Gem She smiled wanly, and sat thinking for a while, her pale face pressed between her hands. The Hidden Children In doing so he must have made some funny remark in her ear, for she smiled wanly as she said: "Grazie, Don Francesco." South Wind She half smiled at him wanly, a sweet forgiving smile, a smile that verged on tears, and then they parted. Ulysses She caught my eye, nodded, and smiled wanly. The Red Planet In the rear is the cabin, its misty windows glowing wanly with the light of a lamp inside. Anna Christie She smiled wanly: "Do we ever speak otherwise these dreadful days?" Simon the Jester "Is it really?" said Laura wanly, and felt unutterably depressed at the turn the conversation was taking.—Her own waist was coarse, her knowledge of tennis of the slightest. The Getting of Wisdom Not more than a foot in width, it shone wanly with a pale, metallic bluish luster, as though, I thought, it had been recently polished. The Metal Monster A shadow crossed his face; he smiled very wanly, a smile that was like a gleam of pale sunshine from an over-clouded sky, and he spoke in gentle, soothing words of the Divine Mercy. The Strolling Saint; being the confessions of the high and mighty Agostino D'Anguissola, tyrant of Mondolfo and Lord of Carmina in the state of Piacenza The truth—will not these phantom fabrics fail Under the fierce white fire—yes, float away Like mists that wanly rise and choke the wind? Defenders of Democracy; contributions from representative men and women of letters and other arts from our allies and our own country, edited by the Gift book committee of the Militia of Mercy When she looked up again there was a curious intensity in her expression, wanly decisive. The Hermit of Far End But she smiled wanly down at him, like a pitying angel. Red Pepper Burns But the shields were now wanly gleaming and the sky was the sky of night. The Metal Monster In the firelight, smiling wanly at him, she was very like the girl who had attracted him years before. Long Live the King! But she rallied instantly, smiling upon them wanly. The Historical Nights' Entertainment First Series Having recharged my revolver, I stood watching her where she lay, wanly beautiful in the dim light. The Quest of the Sacred Slipper The wonderful river of silt, the blood-red, mystic and sullen Rio Colorado, lay hidden except in one place far away, where it glimmered wanly. The Last of the Plainsmen The Admiral smiled wanly, and in his smile there was still a trace of the golden charm which had once won all men's hearts. The Path of the King She smiled a little wanly, trying to coax him back into friendliness. Bucky O'Connor "One gets talking," he said at last at the door, and smiled wanly, and so vanished from my eyes. Twelve Stories and a Dream She did not quite understand at first, unless it was to be attributed to the reaction from the last few hours—and then, smiling wanly to herself, she remembered. The White Moll The frost cracked under my boots like frail ice, and the bluebells peeped wanly from the white. The Last of the Plainsmen She smiled wanly, put her delicate hand on his and pressed it gratefully. The Foolish Virgin Wraith of a recent day and dead, Risen wanly overhead, Frail, strengthless as a noon-belated moon, Or as the glazing eyes of watery heaven, When the sick night sinks into deathly swoon. New Poems A magnificent saying, Electric signs, first burning wanly in the pink air, then brightened and grew strong. Where the Blue Begins She smiled wanly now as she reached the landing. The White Moll And—wanly I puzzled it out in the dawn—by very force of the envy, hatred, and malice in him he had projected hither into my presence this simulacrum of himself. Seven Men Wild flowers sprang up everywhere, swaying with the lengthening grass on the terraces, smiling wanly from shady nooks, peeping wondrously from year-dry crevices of the walls. Riders of the Purple Sage She smiled a little wanly at him, as she drew herself away, and, dropping into a chair, placed her elbows on the rickety table, cupping her chin in her hands. The Adventures of Jimmie Dale A faint light stole through the dirty panes and hung wanly under the low ceiling. Four Short Stories By Emile Zola "And yet"—she smiled wanly again—"you have not lived, or made the place you hold in the underworld, without having heard of Silver Mag." The Adventures of Jimmie Dale |
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