| 单词 | wetness |
| 例句 | He could feel the sharpness of Fenris Wolf’s teeth against his wrist, the wetness and warmth of Fenris Wolf’s tongue against his palm and his fingers. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z He feels the wetness and the stickiness around his legs, and the odor tells him that his mother will punish him with the spanking and the corner for making in his pants. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z Doha could feel wetness through his shirt and realized his father was crying. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z He got on his knees, not caring that the icy wetness seeped through his pants legs, and begged for God’s mercy for his sisters. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z There was the melting of her legs, and there was also the wetness of hot liquid running between her thighs. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Its coolness soothed the throb, and its wetness loosened the cloth’s grip on the wound. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z He wished for his limbs to swim in cold, deep wetness. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z When Yedsha released her, she wiped the wetness off on her dress. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z “How can a shivering, malnourished pup such as you know anything beyond the wetness of his own nose?” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Catelyn did not need to be told; she had eyes, die could see the bright finger of blood running along the knight's forearm, the wetness inside the elbow joint. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He looked old; there was a wetness in his eyes, a crumpled defeat in his face, that made him look older. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Involuntarily he reaches up to touch the comer of one eye, feels the wetness there, wants to answer her, wants to find some words to knit those years together, that gap of time. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Olanna had stopped fanning herself and could feel the sweaty wetness on her scalp. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The snow melted around the school as February arrived, to be replaced by cold, dreary wetness. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z These were the total features of his world— the sea sound and the three small lights: darkness, flatness, vastness, wetness: and, in the gulf of night, the gulf-stream of the wind. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Jonas, still crying, put his hands in front of his trousers, humiliated by the wetness. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z But your voice is suddenly bubbling with wetness. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z She did not want to be here, did not want his active finger between her legs, did not want his sigh-moans in her ear, and yet she felt her body rousing to a sickening wetness. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Every time I refused to wipe away the wetness. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I reached up to my cheek, to the wetness there, and when I pulled my hand away, my brain finally connected that I had run straight through a spray of blood. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Trees were rowed the length of the long block beyond me, rising tall in dripping wetness above a series of cluttered backyards. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I don’t click it, even though the wetness blurring my sight is telling me to. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z The room was too dark for her to see him, but she could feel the stickiness of the blood, and a wetness that was not blood. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z In the starlight his lips shone with wetness, but there was no smile yet and his voice still raged. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I chase after her, my fingers brushing the wetness of her face for one tantalizing second. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Kingshaw rolled up his own pants into a ball and rubbed them quickly over himself, to take off some of the wetness. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Her dress was barely damp, but even that small amount of wetness chilled Anya as she jogged along the dimming river path back toward the village. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z The wetness of the tear and the confusion of hands felt as if neither of us knew where Kat started and I ended. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Walking toward the table to retrieve her towel, she stroked her long hair, enjoying the rubbery texture as the wetness made the strands cling together. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z She can feel wetness down to her skin. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Warm, humid air gagged the room, and soon Ifemelu was tossing in the wetness of her own sweat. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Dany felt a sharp pain in her belly, a wetness on her thighs. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Impatiently brushing away the wetness in his eyes, he reread the letter, this time concentrating on the meaning. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z I tried to keep a small part of me dry and warm, around my chest, where I had placed the survival manual, but the wetness spread with perverse determination. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z A couple of littluns were playing at the edge, trying to extract comfort from a wetness warmer than blood. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z I reached up and wiped my face, wondering if the wetness there was from the rain, or if I’d been crying without realizing it. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z We led the white man to the liquor; he unstoppered it and smelt it, then tasted the wetness on the cork. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Across and starting up on the curb, and seeing Clifton up closer now, lying in the same position, on his side, a huge wetness growing on his shirt, and I couldn't set my foot down. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I lean over the barriers and she kisses both my cheeks, leaving a warm wetness behind. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z As we sat listening to the katydids, singing loud as they came out into the wetness, the moon lit up a layer of fog below us. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z My feet print the cement porch with wetness. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z And Estha, walking on the riverbank, couldn’t feel the wetness of the rain, or the suddenshudder of the cold puppy that had temporarily adopted him and squelched at his side. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Her daughter had returned with fuki tendrils in her hands and a wetness between her thighs. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Sometimes the wetness in the clouds condensed into tiny drops half mist and half rain, which floated downward rather than fell, making a soft rustling patter among the millions of needles. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z He had re-moved his black jacket and his shirt was stained with wetness at the armpits. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “He’s going to make himself sick or crazy, one,” I said to Cletus, suddenly feeling a big lump in my throat, a wetness in my eyes. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z She could feel the rhythm of Estha’s rocking, and the wetness of rain on his skin. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a wetness under her arms, between her legs, down her back. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Minutes later she returned, wiping wetness from her cheeks, struggling to keep a straight face. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z After a few seconds, I slid my tongue into her mouth, shocked by the feel of her seashell teeth and then by the wetness of her tongue as it touched mine. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z The king wiped his face again, but this time the wetness was not from the splashes of the fish. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Lee smelled the superb wetness of clean mountain air. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He brought it back to where she was sitting and showed her the wetness from the torn end, where the bark glistened. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z As she increased the wetness of DNA in the chamber, the fibers seemed to relax permanently. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z She looked down at it, appearing to inspect it for wetness. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z And then the warm wetness began to spread through my hair with alarming speed. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z No change in the expression of the eyes, but a hard wetness that veiled them as they looked at the stretch of her mother’s foolish smile. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Even when the wetness stopped there was the musty odor of death clinging to the ground. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z She felt her wetness slipping on his skin. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z It gave way to a dripping wetness on my neck, my forehead, underneath my breasts. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z She took his hand and moved it down to the wetness between her thighs. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z And feeling the wetness in his trousers and the trickling down his leg, he sits there waiting for the slap he knows will come when his mother returns. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z She put her arms around me, and I felt the wetness of her tears against my cheek. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z In their rush to build a model, they had even forgotten Franklin’s first discovery: the remarkable “wetness” of DNA. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z It isn’t until I see spots of wetness dotting the undershirt that I realize I’m crying. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z The wetness against her skin was very pleasant, but she couldn’t waste time enjoying it. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He thumbs some of the wetness from my cheek away. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z The earth smelled of thaw, and the smell, which is both hopeful and sad, seeped into the room, riding the wetness of the air. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z By the third day, I abandoned my umbrella entirely and walked around in a perpetual state of wetness. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z The colors of the carnage were grotesquely bright: the crimson wetness on the rough and dusty fabric, the ripped shreds of grass, startlingly green, in the boy’s yellow hair. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z Jonas brushed wetness from his face with the back of one hand. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z Neon lights reflect against the wetness, painting the ground a menagerie of smeared gold, green, and blue. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Her red velvet shoes felt flimsy and thin against the wetness of the chamber. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I shrug and walk a few steps ahead to prevent him from seeing the wetness pooling in my eyes. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z The wind howled about the bus, and the wipers slooshed heavily back and forth across the windshield, smearing the city into a red and yellow neon wetness. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z His lips sprayed wetness and he was grateful for the sweet cool air that filled his lungs. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Cool fingers brushed at the wetness in my eyes. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z I yanked down my jeans and pants, expecting blood, but there was only wetness. ‘Reality shrivels. This is your life now’: 88 days trapped in bed to save a pregnancy 2017-10-24T04:00:00Z “This way, you can choose the level of wetness on the glass.” WD-40 and microwaved tampons: secrets of food photography revealed 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z “I’m still going to the gym, but I’m wiping down before and after. I’m using hand sanitizer and taking no chances in the gym… there's so much sweat and wetness,” he continued. Coronavirus and the gym: Be 'super careful' at public facilities, doctor suggests 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z I will embrace you as you cry and cherish the wetness of your tears on my blouse. Skin hunger: touch saved me from unbearable loneliness. What will we become without it? 2020-04-21T04:00:00Z You wipe away some wetness from underneath your nose. ArtsBeat: CMJ: Kirin J Callinan at Glasslands Gallery 2012-10-17T08:54:01Z She kneels before him, and he “knew she was crying by the wetness of his feet.” The blazing success of Yaa Gyasi's 'Homegoing,' a panoramic portrait of the slave trade's legacy 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z It would be, if the assumption that “terrorists” get put on “terrorist watch lists” was a natural fact, like the redness of ripe raspberries or the wetness of water. Reminder: The no-fly list is riddled with dangerous flaws 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z Just as we call something painterly if it wallows in the wetness of paint, so it makes sense to call a work of art sculptural when it draws attention to its occupation of space. Sculpture's lost in the third dimension 2010-05-12T20:35:00Z Before we can figure out where anyone’s standing in this quiet wetness, the refrain comes flooding. Review | Adele’s ‘30’ has more to offer than dazzling sadness 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z By checking in on irrigation systems and soil wetness, especially during the early transplant/growing days, you'll work out a routine that jives for your specific plan. So, you’ve built a vegetable garden — here’s how to take care of it 2022-06-11T04:00:00Z At what time of day in March will the sun dry the morning wetness from this wall; when will shade shelter this canyon from the July heat? From the Highest Heights to the Lowest Depths, in Photographs 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z A doctor’s job was to correct an uneven humoral balance, drying up perceived wetness with spices or relieving an excess of heat with cooling herbs. Bad Bishops, Bloodletting and a Plague of Caterpillars 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z Not content with watching, I wanted to feel its force, its warmth, its wetness. Immersive theatre: take us to the edge, but don't throw us in 2010-04-07T15:28:00Z The general trend seems to be increasing dryness in previously dry areas and increasing wetness in previously wet areas. From global warming to fluoride: Why do people deny science? 2013-05-25T20:30:00Z The novel reproduces a detail from the painting – Joseph of Arimathea, the wetness rolling down his cheeks. Leaving the Atocha Station by Ben Lerner – review 2012-07-12T07:07:54Z It contributes to a regrettable "wetness", he writes, that persists "throughout all the romantic lyrics in the show", but which, he admits, "may very well have contributed to the score's popularity". Stephen Sondheim: A life in music 2010-12-20T08:00:00Z The other myth that I frequently dismantle is this idea that women should achieve some kind of fantasy wetness. Sex Hurts. Help! 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z Actually, I wasn't crying; it was just a little wetness that came to my eye. Model reaction 2011-04-02T23:04:06Z And an exhibition that is all about wetness. Datebook: Conceptual grids, earthy caves and lots of Italian masters 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z Clematis like moisture but not wetness, which is why organically enriched soil is good. The quiet reinvention of the clematis 2021-05-18T04:00:00Z On the lengthy drive to the forest’s entrance I felt as if I were being consumed by wetness and foliage. An American Rain Forest and Its Charming Neighbor 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z Goldblatt’s language is playfully, poetically unstable: At the lab, “night or day I was alone and alone and only sometimes lonely”; her wooded enclave is a “big wetness.” This Heroine’s Kind of a Female Millennial Thoreau 2019-08-13T04:00:00Z For the gardener, wetness brings a host of problems, but drought is surely a darker menace. Perspective | Your plants are parched. How you water makes all the difference. 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z Gottschalck said the combination of wetness and warmth means more precipitation is likely to fall as rain instead of snow. A warm, wet El Niño winter is in store for California and much of the U.S. 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z Warming can be due to increased wetness, disturbance to the protective layer of organic matter or sediment deposition, allowing more heat to penetrate. Flooding that closed Alaska's Dalton Highway also caused widespread ground sinking 2023-10-11T04:00:00Z He thus proposed that Earth oscillates between two phases: wetness and dryness. We're all gonna die! How the idea of human extinction has reshaped our world 2023-10-08T04:00:00Z “A growing concern for ecosystem and water managers throughout the state is that we can expect increasing periods of prolonged drought punctuated by pronounced wetness from now on.” Epic snowpack upends rhythms of life for many species in Sierra Nevada range 2023-05-01T04:00:00Z Suddenly, while the city and region had begun to speak of drought, Washington became a world of wetness, a province of precipitation, a dominion of wind-driven deluge. It was by far D.C.’s rainiest day of 2023 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z Rapid swings from extreme wetness to extreme dryness are becoming more common, and the lake will undoubtedly be needed for dry times again. 'Nature gave us a lifeline:' Southern California refills largest reservoir after wet winter 2023-03-28T04:00:00Z Researchers also found that, on average, subsiding ice-rich locations showed increases in greenness and wetness. Flooding that closed Alaska's Dalton Highway also caused widespread ground sinking 2023-10-11T04:00:00Z When dryness dominates, life abounds in all its colorful magnificence, but when this gives way to wetness, Earth’s surface is flooded over, which is how water-dwelling critters ended up on dry land. We're all gonna die! How the idea of human extinction has reshaped our world 2023-10-08T04:00:00Z Such “climate whiplash” behavior — or swings between extreme wetness and dryness — was exemplified by the recent storms, including deadly blizzards in the San Bernardino Mountains and devastating flooding in Monterey County and the Central Valley. Newsom rolls back California drought restrictions after remarkably wet winter 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z He checked his legs and arms and felt a sticky wetness at the back of his head. He Survived the Trade Center Bombing. ‘I Always Knew They’d Be Back.’ 2023-02-26T05:00:00Z The latest seasonal outlook issued by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration now shows equal chances of wetness or dryness in almost all of California through May. Rare weather conditions fueling California's 'major and unusual storm' 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z They’re often available in wireless models so your mobile device can provide the music safely away from wetness. Ask Angi: What are some luxury upgrades for my shower? 2023-02-22T05:00:00Z Xenophanes believed that the phase of wetness destroys all human life on Earth. We're all gonna die! How the idea of human extinction has reshaped our world 2023-10-08T04:00:00Z Giant fans dried out the field to “avoid excessive leaf wetness,” he said. The NFL wanted a lush Super Bowl field. It ended up with an ice rink. 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z The latest seasonal forecast from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows equal chances of wetness or dryness in most of the state through April. Dramatic photos show Lake Oroville's rise after epic storms 2023-02-12T05:00:00Z Hagekhalil said January’s burst of moisture was characteristic of climate change, which is driving huge swings between bouts of extreme wetness and extreme dryness. What the crisis on the Colorado River means for Southern California 2023-02-06T05:00:00Z Seasonal forecasts are currently inconclusive, pointing to equal chances of dryness or wetness in much of California through April. Will recent storms save California from a brutal fire season? 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z The latest seasonal outlook from the National Weather Service’s Climate Prediction Center shows equal chances of wetness or dryness in most of California through April. After January storms, California announces new State Water Project allocation of 30% 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z Longer-range forecasts are fuzzier, he said, with the latest seasonal outlooks from the National Weather Service’s Climate Prediction Center showing equal chances of wetness or dryness in most of Northern California through March. California suddenly has so much snow. A 'great elixir for drought' but unlikely the cure 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z Cleveland clinched an unexpected division title on Sunday in Texas, where the only wetness came during a wild postgame party in the Guardians’ clubhouse as players and coaches doused each other with beer and Champagne. Rainy season: Guardians postpone celebration due to forecast 2022-09-27T04:00:00Z "Always Ultra is much better at holding wetness inside," purrs a woman in a television ad from the eighties, as test tubes pour blue liquid on pads. Why are our lady fluids so often depicted as blue? 2022-09-25T04:00:00Z They said that the amount of debris at the site and the wetness of the soil made it difficult to use heavy machinery in the area to search for victims. Manipur landslide: 42 dead, 20 missing as rescue operations continue 2022-07-04T04:00:00Z “We’ll have a period of relative wetness again,” Williams said, but at the same time, “we have this slow and steady aridification trend that we do not expect to reverse any time soon.” Extreme heat, drought will permanently scar California and its social fabric 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z So, as we welcome back the wetness, here's a brief history and a look back at some of Bingo's biggest spurts. Innuendo Bingo returning to Radio 1 after Covid shutdown 2022-06-10T04:00:00Z Friday’s wetness in particular may have reassured us that order still prevailed in nature, by showing that April still has showers. It was April, and sure enough, no fooling, we had showers 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z Two decades later, "The Always extra absorbent layer helps lock wetness, even in the middle!" a strikingly similar ad involving blue fluids and, this time, eyedroppers, explains. Why are our lady fluids so often depicted as blue? 2022-09-25T04:00:00Z That's the strategy for stopping stink and wetness that developed around the turn of the 20th century. Author Sarah Everts on why sweating is our "evolutionary superpower" 2021-07-18T04:00:00Z He said that means it retained elasticity and wetness, making it susceptible to environmental factors like animal scavenging for three years before it was discovered. Prosecution: Father killed son who wanted to cut him off 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z On social media and elsewhere, many viewers indulged in elaborate "trutherism," claiming that Trump was wearing his pants backward and that they were made of some material designed to absorb wetness caused by incontinence. Laughing at Trump's "backward" pants won't save us from the 21st-century gulag 2021-06-10T04:00:00Z It’s a typical over-the-top “smart” solution that tries to do too much, by tracking sleep patterns in addition to wetness. RFID sensor is powered by dirty diapers 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z The record wetness led to over $15 billion in flood damage across the Midwest and Eastern U.S., according to insurance broker Aon. The Top 10 Weather and Climate Stories of 2019 2020-01-04T05:00:00Z So far, 2019 is tracking among the warmer years on record this decade and ranks in the middle for wetness: October was the seventh warmest and ninth wettest on record in Washington 2019-11-02T04:00:00Z The crowd of 37,722 ignored the chill and wetness to provide the sort of tumult you’d expect in a game of that import, and that finality. ‘Well, it was intense’: Sounders overtime playoff game showed new format was right call 2019-10-19T04:00:00Z “Here you have a divergent signal where many of these folks have had near-historic wetness and drought all within 60 to 90 days,” he said, describing a kind of weather whiplash. As Temperatures Rise, “Flash Drought” Takes Hold Across South 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z The Old World Drought Atlas, a collection of European and Mediterranean trees, shows a period of persistent wetness around the beginning of the 1300s that corroborates these historical accounts. Lost Cities and Climate Change 2019-07-29T04:00:00Z It darts about frenetically, with a slight wetness on its surface, and curls of small, pinkish veins that creep around the sides. Eric Prydz is going to DJ inside a giant glowing sphere — here’s how it was made 2019-07-09T04:00:00Z “It’s the coolness and the wetness. The berries need sun and warmth, and they need warm nights,” said Nancy Schartner, one of the owners of Schartner Farms, which opened their picking season Tuesday. Cold spring delays strawberries but now it’s a bumper crop 2019-07-04T04:00:00Z Awash in precious snow and water that will help meet the demands of the state’s 40 million residents, the wetness also is forcing California to confront an even greater threat of wildfire. Wet California winter is a boon for skiers and water supply. But it brings a threat: Wildfires. 2019-06-17T04:00:00Z That figure seems puny for a city that only last year set a record for wetness. After record-setting rainfall in 2018, June has comparatively dry start 2019-06-07T04:00:00Z Dryness in the Canadian Prairies was partly a consequence of the Midwest’s wetness, said Andrew Owen, meteorologist at World Weather. While rains swamp U.S. Midwest, parched soils hamper Canadian crops 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z “Things are getting a lot more extreme in terms of wetness and dryness... some part of it has to be linked to climate change, but how much? I'm not sure,” he added. California's dry winter means much of the state is in drought again 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z It is unlikely to be the last word on wetness, however. This was the wettest year on record for Dulles Airport 2018-12-28T05:00:00Z The rain radar suggests a giant block of wetness has just arrived over the Midlands, and it’s big enough to be there for a while: Wolves v Liverpool: Premier League – live! 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z Could he better push through the cold, wetness and hallucinations? Jesse Jakomait, on and off the bike 2018-11-17T05:00:00Z Flashes Of swimmers carving through the sparkling cold Fleshes Gleaming with wetness to the morning gold. Into the dark water: Philip Hoare on the life and death of Wilfred Owen 2018-11-03T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, the branches of the District government that are responsible for coping with wetness in one of its most potentially frustrating forms were scheduled Friday to hold what they called a “dry run.” As rain pummels the District, the city’s snow team does a not-so dry run 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z What you get is the movement and the wetness and the sound of the place – for me it’s a swishing, windy sound. Home is where the art is: what Paula Rego, Lubaina Himid and other artists hang on their walls 2018-08-26T04:00:00Z Dr. Tyndall later commented on her “wetness,” she said, and asked if she had a higher level of secretion compared with her friends. ‘Just the Grossest Thing’: Women Recall Interactions With U.S.C. Doctor 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z An individual’s phenotype is the collection of his or her characteristics, including height, eye color and earwax wetness. Tiny skeleton from Chile looks alien but Ata’s DNA tells tragic human story 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z “The problem over the last three days was the wetness,” said Chris Sneddon, deputy director of Santa Barbara County Public Works. Buried in mud, Montecito faces a daunting cleanup with no end in sight 2018-01-15T05:00:00Z Roman Tran, an Everett resident who works a construction job in Seattle, said he’s an umbrella denier because he’s acclimated to the wetness. Why Seattleites love to hate the umbrella 2017-10-16T04:00:00Z The longer the mold and wetness remain, the faster it spreads. Beyond Bleach: Mold is a Long-term Problem After Flood and Disasters 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z Notice the feeling of the wetness on your skin. How to Be Mindful While Swimming 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z Guy isn’t expecting much rainfall, but whatever we get will only add to our epic wetness. 70 degrees and sunny: Next 2 days likely to be just what we need 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z The weather forecast for Saturday is improving with the majority of wetness set for the morning lasting until mid-afternoon. A French quarter is established in the jockeys' room at Churchill Downs 2017-05-04T04:00:00Z If the rains continue as spring arrives, the combination of warmth and wetness could spark fungal and bacterial infections. CRISPR, microbes and more are joining the war against crop killers 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z He found that 40% of droughts in northern California “ended abruptly with the arrival of atmospheric river storms”, which took conditions from drought to “above normal wetness” within days. How Oroville went from drought to an overflowing dam in just two years 2017-02-14T05:00:00Z Themes of wetness and dryness run throughout — a man lying at the bottom of the ocean, or crawling parched across an expanse of sand. Kristen Stewart directed a film about her past breakups (and maybe Robert Pattinson) 2017-01-23T05:00:00Z Places in British Columbia like Whistler-Blackcomb Resort avoided the wetness, and in fact got 9 inches of fresh powder overnight and a whopping 30 inches in the past two days. Local ski areas weather the deluge and winds with more snowfall forecast in days ahead 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z Here’s what they believe happens to create so much wetness and melt: This stunning Antarctic lake is buried in ice. And that could be bad news 2016-12-12T05:00:00Z Rarely does a sneak attack of cold or wetness ruin a weekend visit, even in the dead of winter. A Long Weekend in San Diego: The Grown-Ups Guide 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z His 69 did include some wetness, and at one point on the BBC Radio 5 Live broadcast, one commenter said, “The town of Ayr has just disappeared from the horizon now.” Troon’s wind and weather blow tea-time golfers off the British Open leaderboard 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z The wetness that you might notice on the crotch of your underwear at different times of the month follows a predictable pattern: dry, sticky, creamy, egg white. ‘Fitbit for your period’: the rise of fertility tracking | Moira Weigel 2016-03-23T04:00:00Z If the NFL were compelled to turn over its investigative notes to Brady, we might discern why there was such a “gross failure to consider the effects of timing, temperature, wetness.” In DeflateGate, who is the real cheater, Tom Brady or Roger Goodell? 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z She had heard the shooter move above her and then felt the burn of the bullet and wetness on her back. A survivor’s life 2015-12-05T05:00:00Z What this wetness means for pumpkin growers in Illinois over the long term is harder to predict than for staple crops like corn and soybeans, Angel said. Pumpkin Lovers Face Slim Pickings Thanks to Climate Change 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z With rain, their smooth, hard surface will be turned almost as slick as ice by the wetness. At the world championship, rain and cobbled streets are a dangerous mix 2015-09-26T04:00:00Z The reflections enhance the feeling of wetness and focus attention on the experience of walking on such an apparently slippery surface. How to take better holiday photos through science 2015-08-16T04:00:00Z The wetness caused a huge increase in mosquitoes and, subsequently, an uptick in malaria. El Niño Could Mean Extreme Weather, Fewer Anchovies 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z But a quick flick through recent Bad Sex award nominations reveals that women – including those over the age of 30 – are just as likely as men to write of “lapping” and “wetness”. Forget EL James, let’s have some real dirty fiction 2015-07-04T04:00:00Z The heavy June rain is part of a larger trend of wetness in the region over past decades, Angel said. You thought right: June breaking rainfall records 2015-06-29T04:00:00Z All he found was wetness in the sink from the drink he’d taken. “The Republic of Bad Taste” 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z But in practice, North Dakota seldom, if ever, tests oil field waste for wetness. Oil drilling in North Dakota raises concerns about radioactive waste 2014-07-26T04:00:00Z The consistent wetness is just what the eggs of floodwater mosquitoes need to trigger hatching. Rain and cool temps to blame for Chicago-area mosquito invasion 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z An included smartphone app will keep an eye on all your sensors at once, with mobile alerts delivered the moment a change in wetness is detected. Smart Home Gadgets for Stopping Disasters Before They Happen 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z And all that wetness just destroys your bearings. | Stapleton: A Place to Grind and Fly 2014-03-21T01:54:30Z “When they think about their underarms, they think mostly about odor and wetness.” Advertising: Dove Tells Women to Love Their Armpits 2014-02-28T01:02:54Z He wiped the wetness from his cheeks, folded the handkerchief into a sharp-tipped diamond, and replaced it in the top pocket of the gray suit. Zadie Smith: “Moonlit Landscape with Bridge.” 2014-02-03T05:00:00Z Consider the wetness of , its ability to maintain contact with surfaces. Is Consciousness Universal? 2014-01-01T05:45:00.400Z We really wanted to do wetness on the ground, atmospherics, the reflections and the details of all that really fit well with Seattle. Sony’s ‘Second Son’ action game set in Seattle includes political message 2013-06-09T03:52:37Z A certain degree of wetness enhances cohesion, so the nest walls are less likely to collapse. Tunnel Vision: Probing the Physics of Fire Ants 2013-03-29T16:15:05.293Z The Condor’s ecological riches are a consequence of unusual wetness. “To get the gold, they will have to kill every one of us” 2013-02-10T12:00:00Z When wetness does cause failure, he says that “in general, more trees uproot than break in most soils.” Why Do Trees Topple in a Storm? 2012-11-12T14:45:00.190Z One or two molecules of H2O are not wet, but put gazillions together at the right temperature and pressure, and wetness emerges. Is Consciousness Universal? 2014-01-01T05:45:00.400Z "The slugs have been a problem especially for the gardeners because of the sheer wetness, which means they can seed anywhere," she said. Rain douses appetite for summer salads 2012-07-10T19:09:00Z “The climate signals we are looking at right now don’t correlate with wetness in that region.” Drought threatens U.S. food prices 2012-06-27T22:51:00Z Waltz, who trains with Rome in San Diego, also was wary of the wetness but threw 201-1, and expects big things if the ring is dry Thursday. Northwest throwers lead discus 2012-06-26T04:40:06Z Australia burst into the game in a manner unrecognisable from the soaking wetness of their showing against Scotland on Tuesday. Australia 27-19 Wales 2012-06-09T12:06:07Z It would seem that the Chinese hold that in some mysterious way the condition of the dead is very largely affected by the wetness or dryness of the grave in which they have been buried. Sidelights on Chinese Life 2012-04-21T02:00:23.993Z It's only—only—soft, gentle damp; not wetness, and moss grows there, as green as green can be, and feathery! A Pilgrim Maid A Story of Plymouth Colony in 1620 2012-04-02T02:00:24.090Z While younger celebrities with healthy bladders cannot vouch for how well the products control wetness or odor, they do demonstrate inconspicuousness. Advertising: Depend Incontinence Products Take a Youthful Turn 2012-03-29T00:57:48Z Through March, the corn belt of Ohio and Indiana should experience lingering wetness, he said. La Nina Conditions Are ‘Going Away,’ USDA Meteorologist Says 2012-02-24T21:37:43Z Of water we took but little, trusting to the wetness of these regions for a supply. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z In my heart of hearts, I longed for someone to nestle against, someone who would come between me and the coldness and wetness of the surroundings. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z Without wind or lightning, quietly it fell, as if the angels of God were sent to open the phials of the delicious wetness and pour it steadily upon Plymouth. A Pilgrim Maid A Story of Plymouth Colony in 1620 2012-04-02T02:00:24.090Z I shall always think that this did make a difference in my wetness, but it dislodged the obstruction. Life's Minor Collisions 2011-11-03T02:00:17.547Z Billie fell asleep and dreamed she was in a 167 fiery furnace calling to her father, when suddenly a delicious wetness touched her lips and a few drops of water trickled down her parched throat. The Motor Maids Across the Continent 2011-09-17T02:00:31.140Z Men were once satisfied to explain the "wetness" of water as due to a spirit of "aquosity," the movement of the blood as due to a "certain spirit" dwelling in the veins and arteries. Determinism or Free-Will? 2011-09-10T02:00:27.557Z Why wouldn’t natural selection devise a solution, so that the wetness common in a primate’s life – from rain or dew – doesn’t undermine the smoothy goodness of our non-wet, non-pruney grip? Can Our Pruney Fingers Help Us Build Better Rain Treads? 2011-08-31T15:02:17Z But by two o’clock every trace of wetness had disappeared with the extraordinary haste that distinguishes the drying up of the rain in the High Veldt. The Claw 2011-08-31T02:01:30.563Z Margaret came in and advanced the theory that, when you have reached a certain stage of wetness, it does not matter at all how much more water you lie in. Life's Minor Collisions 2011-11-03T02:00:17.547Z Lil had been crying a lot, which was no end of a shame considering how wetness affected her busted shoulder. Down the Yellowstone 2011-08-29T02:01:06.730Z And Crobylus says in his Female Deserter— The wetness of your life amazes me, For men do call intemperance now wetness. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z This was matter of surprise, especially considering the wetness of the climate; and these sheep are often exposed in fields where a dry spot cannot be found for them to lie down upon. The Works of Daniel Webster, Volume 1 2011-07-27T02:00:32.830Z In the borders of the mist the ducks revel in the upper and nether wetness, and with uncanny laughter the loon rejoices between his long explorations of the aquatic depth. In New England Fields and Woods 2011-07-27T02:00:26.953Z All trace of the storm had passed save a dewy freshness of the air, and the wetness of the grass. Peggy Owen at Yorktown 2011-07-17T02:00:35.830Z Shooting as we did above our knees in water, the rain did not make any appreciable difference in our great wetness. Three in Norway by Two of Them 2011-07-10T02:00:15.900Z So I stood looking at it in the dreary wetness of my garments, knowing what it meant, and dreading it. Wives and Widows; or The Broken Life 2011-06-12T02:00:07.963Z Excessive wetness is prejudicial and destructive to the crops. The Works of Daniel Webster, Volume 1 2011-07-27T02:00:32.830Z She felt a lump in her throat, a smile on her lips, and a wetness in her eyes. The Salamander 2011-06-10T02:00:22.890Z While the horse nuzzled curiously at the salty wetness on its legs, he collected the reins and kneeled down to begin hobbling it. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z The ring pattern—with the oldest layers at the center and newer layers at the outside edge—tells the story of past wetness. Rings Reveal Extensive Yearly Climate Record 2011-04-20T15:54:00Z The price of victory for the Canadians was heavy in physical suffering, and unwounded men as well as wounded had to endure agonies of wetness and coldness and thirst and exhaustion. From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 2011-03-04T03:01:00.007Z Never did torch plunged into wetness go out with a drearier fizzle than did my little shining. Fr?ulein Schmidt and Mr. Anstruther 2011-02-17T03:00:18.413Z But at first we did not attend to dryness so much as to mud and wetness. Canoeing in the wilderness 2011-01-19T03:00:23.683Z The very air seemed to almost drip with wetness. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z Tree rings are a sort of time capsule for climate since they reveal information about wetness for each year. Rings Reveal Extensive Yearly Climate Record 2011-04-20T15:54:00Z He was glistening with the wetness of fright, trembled like an aspen, and blubbered as he begged for mercy. Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. I) 2010-12-27T03:00:17.990Z The satellite was launched in November to track changes in the wetness of soils and the saltiness of the oceans using a three-armed microwave antenna. Water mission fights interference 2010-05-05T11:27:00Z The walking rapidly grew worse and the path more indistinct, and at length we found ourselves in a more open and regular swamp made less passable than ordinary by the unusual wetness of the season. Canoeing in the wilderness 2011-01-19T03:00:23.683Z She felt his thumb brush across her cheek and sensed the wetness of her own tears. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z He was a handsome fellow, with his big black shell all brilliant in the wetness of the rain. The Jonathan Papers I see them come; fantastic, fair; Chill, mushroom-colored: sky and earth Grow ghostly with their floating hair And trailing limbs, that have their birth In wetness—fungi of the air. A Voice on the Wind and Other Poems I say, Pat, this juice is the stuff for wetness, but it makes a fellow remember his grub. Into the Primitive The rain stopped, and in a rich autumnal sunset they walked together for the last time over the golden puddles and spangled wetness of the Leas. Sinister Street, vol. 1 The cold wetness of the rain, and the warmth of the body she knew so well, awoke her as though from a dream. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z The tiger lilies in the old stump were bending with their load of wetness, the phlox in the garden was weighed down till its white masses nearly touched earth. The Jonathan Papers The instructor seemed to be making a point of paying no attention to our wetness. The Seven-Branched Candlestick The Schooldays of Young American Jew He reached for a sampling bottle in his pocket, and at the same time the patch of wetness spread to his shoes. The Secret of the Ninth Planet The periodic records taken are the weights of the fuel used and of the ashes, &c., produced, the temperature and quantity of the feed-water, the steam pressure maintained, and the wetness of the steam produced. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" His head seemed pillowed, but his eyelids were gummed, and when he threw up his hand to clear them his fingers touched wetness. The Land of Strong Men Already the scents of decay, of wetness, filled the little garden and struck cold when the sun went down. A Bed of Roses The union of all that is wetness, the change is underweight and yet the practical use of length is the same as width. Geography and Plays The wetness of the night severed them from humanity. Carnival Three days’ rations were issued, and with plenty of ammunition, and in high spirits the prevailing wetness notwithstanding, the men were ready to set forth. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War There was a pain in his left shoulder, and he could feel a sticky wetness running down his arm. Castle of Terror Once more his fingers brushed at the wetness on his temple. Once Upon A Planet At last it came in a solid wall of gray wetness across the valley. Tiger Cat The snow of the day before was gone, leaving only the glistening wetness of it on stones and fallen leaves and twigs underfoot, while in open spaces the sun beat warmly down upon her. The Mountain Girl Her long, bronzed body gleamed with wetness and Temple realized she was tall as he, a wild beautiful goddess of the jungle. Voyage To Eternity The air was warm and heavy with wetness. The Destroying Angel There was wetness across one eye that he thought was blood. The Caves of Fear The unfamiliar wetness at the corners of his mouth was drool. The Dictator A white fog was lifting, and every twig and stem held its tiny pearl of wetness. The Mountain Girl His clothes clung to him with a clammy wetness that chilled him. Wheels Within Now again he felt the blood in his face, the wetness of the hair above his forehead, and he knew he was not the man he had been. Rose MacLeod There was a new feeling in the air suddenly, a feeling of space and of wetness. The Caves of Fear The nauseous brew combined the maximum elements of wetness, coldness, stickiness and pungency. The Ego Machine And the sound of its wetness beat unceasingly on his ears like a din of unintelligible voices bewildering his brain. Dusty Star He reminded me of some urchin who had fallen into the creek, and who was being led homeward in much wetness and humiliation. Belford's Magazine, Vol 2, December 1888 The wetness of the pavement was soaking through the thin soles of her shoes. Their Son; The Necklace Hawkes sat on the rickety chair, letting the wetness dry out of his clothes. Pursuit The very wetness of the air impregnated all it touched with the momentousness of the hour. "And they thought we wouldn't fight" At last Kiopo grew tired of battling against that vast wetness, with its loneliness, and voices that rang against his head; and so he turned and swam straight towards the shore. Dusty Star Those of the workmen who were not much afflicted with sea-sickness came upon deck, and the wetness below being dried up, the cabins were again brought into a habitable state. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 16 (of 25) He felt the chill of the snow under his knees, and its wetness in his cuffs. Seven Keys to Baldpate Thou troubadour of wetness and damp lover Of all cool things! admitted comrade boon Of twilight's hush, and little intimate Of eve's first fluttering star and delicate Round rim of rainy moon! Weeds by the Wall Verses It was his weakness, no doubt, that produced a kind of wetness about the man's eyes. Finn The Wolfhound Kiopo felt now as if the heavy wetness of the water had developed long tentacles that seized him and sucked him down. Dusty Star This causes a noise to make its appearance, and a thick mist, composed of minute particles of wetness, rises to its full height and comes down again afterwards. Nye and Riley's Wit and Humor (Poems and Yarns) Why it was damp he couldn't tell, but there in the wetness were tracks which could have been made by a wheelchair. Double Take In the North of Ireland the peasantry pronounce the word witness "wetness." Law and Laughter There were ghostly arms that shone in slimy wetness, that lashed searchingly in all directions, as the monster gave vent to its fury at Thorpe's attack. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, June, 1930 Wild grapes are as varied in climatic adaptations as in structure of vine and grow luxuriantly in every condition of heat or cold, wetness or dryness, capable of supporting fruit-culture in America. Manual of American Grape-Growing The sun came out again to light them; on the green leaves about them the wetness glittered and dried and the ephemeral shower seemed as unreal as the memory it evoked. The Innocent Adventuress And yet the throbbing pain remained and he felt the wetness of blood against his flesh, seeping slowly down his leg. No Hiding Place At Derry Assizes a man said he had brought his "wetness" with him to corroborate his evidence. Law and Laughter He fell forward into a heap of sand, and his foot went deeper into the sloppy wetness. The Hoofer Something broke inside Auguste, and he felt his eyes burn as the wetness trickled down his cheeks. Shaman But the darkness and wetness of rain could not put out the hard, urgent, massive fire that was locked within these flanks, never, never. The Rainbow The smallness of the latticed 228 windows, combined with the wetness of the afternoon, produced a twilight that was most desirable, and highly suited to the game. The Madcap of the School The wetness and the cold sapped Molly's vitality. Rimrock Trail The dull yellow glare of the street-lamps was faintly reflected in the muddy wetness of pavements and streets. The Invader A Novel Whenever it rains we are accustomed to see the ground wet, and we conclude that there is a necessary connection of cause and effect between the rain and the wetness of the ground. A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy But he hated a desolate, raw wetness in the world. The Rainbow “Consider the heavy character of the works, sir, and how much we have been delayed by the want of money, not to speak of the wetness of the weather: it is impossible.” Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson After repeatedly smelling rain and feeling the discomfort of wetness, I acted like those about me: I ran to shut the window. The World I Live In A little wetness more or less would make no difference. McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 3, July 1908. With a little judicious management it was ignited, and burned so well as to overcome the wetness of a mass of thick heather roots, which we added to it. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847 Oh, my heart, what a wetness in the night! The Rainbow Danny felt warm wetness where the blood was seeping from his ribs. My Shipmate—Columbus Can any of the contributors to "N. & Q." inform me if attributable to the extraordinary wetness of the season? Notes and Queries, Number 212, November 19, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. The varying conditions of wetness, and the different sources of surplus water, must be regarded in deciding precisely how much of this work is needed, and how it should be done. Village Improvements and Farm Villages Then she opened the oven door so the heat would help dry the wetness and with a fresh cloth rubbed and rubbed the wet place till it was entirely dry. Mary Jane's City Home There flashed across his mind a picture of that incomprehensible woman's face, the black line of her eyebrows lifted half-way to her hair, the abnormal wetness of her lips thickened by a sneer. No Clue A Mystery Story Into this put several quarts of clean silver sand well damped with water, but not up to the point of actual wetness. Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy. "Is that wetness normal, or is it a drug effect?" he asked. The Alembic Plot A Terran Empire novel Both were bodies and he had an inexorable yearning to see this Boi 1 naked, to devour and be devoured in wetness, unity, and sensation with him. An Apostate: Nawin of Thais The worst was the continual state of wetness and the resultant coldness of our bodies. The Escape of a Princess Pat Being the full account of the capture and fifteen months' imprisonment of Corporal Edwards, of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, and his final escape from Germany into Holland The lips, thickened and rolling back at intervals from her teeth, revealed more distinctly that animal, exaggerated wetness which had so repelled him. No Clue A Mystery Story A wetness other than that from the coyote's tongue slid down his forehead now. The Defiant Agents "Is that wetness normal, or is it a drug effect?" The Alembic Plot A Terran Empire novel There is no smoking, for they are too close to the enemy, and there is the thought of six days and six nights of watchfulness and wetness in the trenches. Mud and Khaki Sketches from Flanders and France The dust had quite disappeared, and the sloppiness soon changed to such a degree of wetness that Davy presently found himself in water up to his ankles. Davy and The Goblin What Followed Reading 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' Her lips were suddenly thick, taking on that appearance of abnormal wetness which had so revolted him before. No Clue A Mystery Story By the time they reached ground level Travis felt a warm wetness spreading under his shielding palm and he knew the wound had opened. The Defiant Agents As she raised the Chalice, she felt warm wetness circling her head, and on her wrists, back, side, and feet. The Alembic Plot A Terran Empire novel He wanted to lie there forever in the dark, cool, wetness. Survival Tactics But the greatest vigilance should be observed to guard against overmoistening the manure; far better fail on the side of dryness than on that of wetness. Mushrooms: how to grow them a practical treatise on mushroom culture for profit and pleasure The proportions of sand and water were varied to suit the stone according to its wetness and the percentage of dust carried by it. Concrete Construction Methods and Costs The rain again like a vague pain arose And put the sense of wetness in the air. Antinous: A Poem "Is that wetness normal, or is it a drug effect?" The Alembic Plot A Terran Empire novel It was strange to me that he, who was perfectly dry, should prescribe for himself exactly the same remedy that he had given to me for my wringing wetness. David Malcolm Taking off his cap, he ran his fingers through his black curls, pushing their wetness from his forehead. The Thing from the Lake Not liking this inconvenient wetness, we next dug trenches a few inches deep, put boards at the sides to exclude the sand, and packed the trenches with small stones. Farm drainage The Principles, Processes, and Effects of Draining Land with Stones, Wood, Plows, and Open Ditches, and Especially with Tiles Then they came to a spot where there was considerable wetness, showing that they had reached the level of the water in the bay beyond. The Rover Boys Under Canvas or The Mystery of the Wrecked Submarine "Is that wetness normal, or is it a drug effect?" he asked curiously. The Alembic Plot A Terran Empire novel Together they trudged through the wetness, into the village. Gold Seekers of '49 Sears was left once more with the black wetness to look at. Fair Harbor As evaporation is greatest from a water-surface, so it is greater, other things being equal, according to the wetness of the surface of any given field. Farm drainage The Principles, Processes, and Effects of Draining Land with Stones, Wood, Plows, and Open Ditches, and Especially with Tiles There was an autumn drizzle outside and Ward had stalked along unprotected, with a woodman’s stoicism in regard to wetness. Joan of Arc of the North Woods Before it faded he reached out and felt his fingers slide across the dusty ground into a patch of wetness. The K-Factor A piece of dust, without an envelope of water, is smaller than one with a little wetness around it. The Boy with the U. S. Weather Men From the raw wetness, her bare shoulders and arms were unprotected. The Tyranny of Weakness In considering the Theory of Moisture, an attempt was made to suggest the different causes of the wetness of land. Farm drainage The Principles, Processes, and Effects of Draining Land with Stones, Wood, Plows, and Open Ditches, and Especially with Tiles Arthur forgot all about the wetness of the line this time, and soon drew one of the brightly coloured fish inboard and called to his brother. Menhardoc The creature wore some sort of thin skirt whose color had vanished in the blue-black of its wetness. The Best Short Stories of 1917 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story He pressed a button on the bulb in his hand; Bart gasped, feeling cold wetness on his head. The Colors of Space Sore and shaken, he moved on down the walkway, his search now intensified by the need for wetness to soothe his injured flesh. Rebels of the Red Planet Sparks came whisking down through the willows and sizzled in the wetness. Pluck on the Long Trail Boy Scouts in the Rockies It makes no difference to his wetness," she said, "but that does not matter. Terry Or, She ought to have been a Boy A few fishermen in their oilskins seemed to emphasise the wetness and dismalness of England as they hurried down to the harbour in their great sea-boots. Dross The wetness came from tears that spilled out of her eyes and ran off onto the mattress. Police Your Planet This year the crop was almost a failure, from the wetness of the season, which caused the vines to die. Guano A Treatise of Practical Information for Farmers "Be looking for wetness, or willows," I called down. Pluck on the Long Trail Boy Scouts in the Rockies At least a portion of the wood as he shoved it into the stove crackled and spit with the wetness of snow; the box had been replenished, evidently within the last few days. The White Desert Gilbert picked his way around these impediments of wetness and débris. Tom Slade's Double Dare From somewhere, wetness touched his cheek; he lifted his head and looked down. Police Your Planet And Bunny, who had his handkerchief in his waist pocket, up above the wetness, wiped the clay from his sister's nose. Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue on Grandpa's Farm The often-felt, localized, sweet, warm, white wetness, which is associated with sucking, now forms an idea, and one of the earliest ideas. The Mind of the Child, Part II The Development of the Intellect, International Education Series Edited By William T. Harris, Volume IX. If soil be dried suddenly, from a condition of extreme wetness, it will be divided into large masses, or clods, separated by wide cracks. Draining for Profit, and Draining for Health There was a general air of wetness and wretchedness from the infantry to the cavalry barracks, and some misgivings were entertained as to the condition of the garrison of Lough Mask House. Disturbed Ireland Being the Letters Written During the Winter of 1880-81. This chap stopped and passed a few commonplace remarks about the wetness of the trench, etc., and then passed on. Into the Jaws of Death The wetness of our climate only seems to make it all the brighter, and it is also without that undesirable habit of rooting and spreading immoderately. Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies. And I'm goshed if he didn't laugh out kind of funny and says he, 'Billy, I'm so goldarned wet right now that I couldn't stand another drop of wetness anywhere. Green Valley The word moisture, in this connection, is used in contradistinction to wetness, and implies a condition of freshness and dampness,—not at all of saturation. Draining for Profit, and Draining for Health The startling wetness of water excites and intoxicates me: the fieriness of fire, the steeliness of steel, the unutterable muddiness of mud. Gilbert Keith Chesterton If we resolve it into its constituent gases we destroy its aquosity, but by uniting these gases chemically we have the wetness back again. The Breath of Life Meanwhile, paunchy with wind and wetness, unmannerly clouds came smoking out of the blackened west. Gentle Julia Into his eyes a slow, scalding wetness crept like a film. The Hidden Places In addition there was the cold of the cloudless night, and the clinging wetness of the dew. "Contemptible", by "Casualty" It was not rain, as he knew it: it was a cascade, a vehement and malignant assault by all the wetness in heaven. The Second Class Passenger Fifteen Stories "We might pick up the beam from the wetness underfoot," he said, "but we'll play it safe and use this too." Operation Terror And since the feeling is nearly always produced by surfaces moistened by cold liquid, we refer it to this circumstance, and speak of it as a feeling of wetness. Illusions A Psychological Study It is this persistent wetness that is so annoying. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, July 21, 1920 And in time as his own breathing became deeper, and his thrusts more urgent, she felt the throbbing wetness come again, as together they forgot all else in the throes of that blessed, animal release. The Mantooth It was, of course, incumbent upon William to test personally the wetness of the paint. More William Such men discern the inner mysteries that have been clothed in the garment of words as clearly as ye perceive the heat of the sun or the wetness of water, nay even more distinctly. Gems of Divine Mysteries Helmholtz explains the phenomenon by saying that the feeling we call by the name of wetness is a compound sensation consisting of one of temperature and one of touch proper. Illusions A Psychological Study "Come here, dearie, and see the baby lobsters," said Jewel, holding her child carefully away from her own glistening wetness, and seating her against Mrs. Evringham's knee. Jewel's Story Book They are indeterminate in size and shape, changing with the wetness or dryness of the season; and it is possible that sometimes they may be all united in one. The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 4. (of 7): Babylon The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. Down, down she swooped, until with the hiss of burning feathers she splashed into the cold wetness, putting out the fire which threatened to consume her. The Curious Book of Birds She liked the wetness of the flags under her stockinged feet, the fall of the rain on her face. The Judge But at last the rope left a slimy wetness upon my hands, and I rejoiced to find that two or three yards of it had fallen into the water. Humphrey Bold A Story of the Times of Benbow He blinked away the wetness on his lashes and wondered why, with every other chair in the studio clear, Kenny should make a point of the littered two. Kenny Indeed, the appearance of the country, in consequence of this wetness in the firing, was singularly dreary and depressing. The Black Prophet: A Tale Of Irish Famine Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three She climbed up the bank, catching at the grass and twigs, and feeling her tears running hot over the icy wetness of her cheeks. The Vehement Flame I didn't feel no manner o' sympathy over his soapy wetness, 'n' I spoke my mind right then 'n' there. Susan Clegg and Her Friend Mrs. Lathrop The sparks, too, were flying in all directions and only the wetness of his garments kept them from catching fire. The Rover Boys in Camp or, The Rivals of Pine Island They hang, elastic and perfect, sagged a little by a run of fog-drops almost invisible except where the wetness catches the light. Plum Pudding Of Divers Ingredients, Discreetly Blended & Seasoned And she felt upon her palm, the pressure of his lips, and his unshaven cheek, and on her wrist, a warm wetness that must be—tears. The Real Adventure A minute later the three youngsters appeared, Edith's skirts now very well above the danger line of wetness, and the two men offering eager guiding hands, which were entirely disdained! The Vehement Flame Wetness, cold and work; work, cold and wetness! Nautilus It was an easy matter to dry Freddie's feet and legs in front of the warm furnaces in the boiler room, but his shoes and stockings did not get rid of their wetness so soon. The Bobbsey Twins in a Great City Yes, it's awful wet," said Kitty, looking at her shoes; "but it's a delicious kind of a wetness. Marjorie's Maytime Presently he strolled over to the window and looked down unseeingly into the lamp-lit wetness of Centre Street. Queed The ice itself did not generally show signs of thawing, but the whole cave was in a state of wetness, which made the process of measuring and investigating anything but pleasant. Ice-Caves of France and Switzerland She stood at the window, looking out blankly into the leaden wetness. V. V.'s Eyes He was making a circle of wetness on the floor. Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895 The drenching rain, the tendency of the fire to smoke, the general wetness and condensed depravity of the atmosphere had affected the spirits of the little party. A Tale of a Lonely Parish She laughed a little when I told her that I had been troubling about her wetness. A King's Comrade A Story of Old Hereford The slightest movement caused an unpleasant sensation of cold and wetness. The Bishop and Other Stories Here, too, the sun-warmed air arose sluggish with the aroma of pitch, of lumber, of tar from the ships' cordage, of the wetness of unpainted wood. The Rules of the Game He shook off his sleep like a dog its wetness. Tokyo to Tijuana: Gabriele Departing America Well, I was enjoying everything in sight, even a little drizzle of rain that was driving by in rags of wetness, when a flat-faced swatty at Fort Johnson halted me. Red Saunders His Adventures West & East But the wetness made them beautiful, like a pebble of bright colors with the dew upon it and shone on by the sunshine of the morning. Red Axe Napoleon never recovered from the effects of the losses he experienced at Kulm and on the Katzbach,—losses due entirely to the wetness of the weather. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 55, May, 1862 He would see the white haze steam up from the labyrinth of wet vines, and he would tingle and scratch for the feel of its wetness on his skin. O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1919 Hence it is that, when I think of Sainte-Enimie, I can recall nothing but impressions of dismal wetness. Wanderings by southern waters, eastern Aquitaine Once beyond the gate I would be safe, for the wetness of the day would secure me from dangerous encounters. The Ghost Ship He was hatless and his tawny-gray hair was flat with wetness, coming down almost to his eyes, so clear and far-seeing. Dust Seat damp... are clothes absorbing wetness from seat, or seat absorbing dryness from clothes?... This Side of Paradise All beneath the trees is water, and the air is full of warm steam and wetness. The Lost Continent Whatever his wetness, his brains were dry enough. Jude the Obscure Yet they did not feel the wetness so much as might be supposed. Tess of the d'Urbervilles There was a smeary wetness on his fingers, which he wiped away on the side of his trousers. Dust This is the way we dry the clo'es: Hang them on the bushes about; Through and through the soft wind blows, Draws and drives the wetness out! The poetical works of George MacDonald in two volumes — Volume 2 The turmoil of voices rose again into the wetness of the night, and weapons were upraised menacingly. The Lost Continent You observe my wetness from association with spray. The Bronze Bell The chill wetness of his little white garden-gate reminded him, and a frown came on his face. The Trespasser It rains in the woods; streams are to be waded; the wetness of leaves is greater than the wetness of many rivers. The Forest Mrs. Merrill gathered her into her arms, wetness and all, and held her close. Mary Jane: Her Book "You're always picking on me," she quavered wretchedly, her voice indistinct with the wetness that bubbled into it from her tears. The Magnificent Ambersons Cases of eczema caused by filth and wetness can be prevented by giving the necessary attention to keeping the skin clean and not allowing animals access to muddy, filthy places. Common Diseases of Farm Animals He remained, with the wetness of her cheek smarting on his, looking from under his brows at the white transport of the water beneath the moon. The Trespasser Now we gave our attention to the wetness of garments, for we were chilled blue. The Forest Some of my friends strongly urged the propriety of my returning to Bath, and postponing the meeting to some future time, in consequence of the extreme wetness of the day. Memoirs of Henry Hunt, Esq. — Volume 3 Lake Superior is one of the largest aggregations of fresh wetness in the world, if not the largest. Remarks After this night I wouldn't take your word as to the wetness of water. All-Wool Morrison The young man looked long and fixedly on the place, the sight of which interested him so much that he had forgotten, in the eagerness of youthful curiosity, the wetness of his dress. Quentin Durward He felt the silent tears of her humiliation, hot and bitter and human after the cold, impersonal wetness of rain. Snow-Blind Warmth, wetness, and a knowledge of great weakness--these, joined with a singular lassitude, oppression of the lungs and stifling of the breath, were Allan Stern's sensations when conscious life returned. Darkness and Dawn Here the inferred fact, the wetness of the ground, really stands to the other fact, the raining, as effect to cause—the ground is made wet by the raining. Higher Lessons in English A work on English grammar and composition A cold glimmer, which seemed to come from nothing but its wetness, was all the sea had to say for itself. Malcolm Then the dryness of the season Rouses up anew his ire; Next its wetness without reason Makes him grumbling bolts to fire. The Emigrant Mechanic and Other Tales in Verse Together with Numerous Songs Upon Canadian Subjects It was "wet," notwithstanding its choking alkali dust; and the deep pool of its wetness lay in Hudson's bar, The Aura. Hidden Creek "Lucky for her!" murmured Callandar, as he picked his way over the shining wetness of the veranda. Up the Hill and Over Here the inferred fact, the raining, really stands to the other fact, the wetness of the ground, as cause to effect—the raining made the ground wet. Higher Lessons in English A work on English grammar and composition You can no more think of getting rid of these unconscious memories of protoplasm than you can think of getting rid of the wetness of water. The Glands Regulating Personality He received it with solemn delight; watching the roseate play of colour as the bubbles shrank and broke, and the lovely iridescent treasure vanished in a smear of dirty wetness while he looked. The Child under Eight Then for quite a minute he sat silent, staring at the table, his fingers aimlessly rubbing into spots of wetness the water beads as they gathered on the outside of his glass. The Mystery Thousands of footsteps had stirred up the wetness and earth into such a mud-slush as one can have no idea of in America. Memories of Hawthorne The others are dry and wetness and are called Passive. Mediaeval Lore from Bartholomew Anglicus Rosalie's mother laughed also then, but had a sudden wetness in her eyes. This Freedom Over us the sky shine in glory of sun set, nothing of this do we see, only do we know of cold and great fear and of wetness, and pain most miserable. Seven Maids of Far Cathay Plastered with snow, he entered, and, despite every precaution, in removing burberrys and brushing himself he would scatter snow about and increase the general wetness. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Unfailing moisture, without wetness, is what a cutting requires. Success with Small Fruits The cow-yard, with the natural wetness that always existed there, to which had been added many gallons of fluid from the bucket brigade, was now a miniature swamp. The Young Firemen of Lakeville; or, Herbert Dare's Pluck It was different from them in as much as it fairly dripped and oozed with a very palpable wetness. Over Prairie Trails Before long Jimmie felt a hot wetness stealing over his hands, first slimy, then turning sticky. Jimmie Higgins As the excitement of battle and exultation over the capture of Scoville subsided in Whately's mind he became excessively weary and his exhausted frame suffered from the chill and wetness of the night. Miss Lou As with the strawberry, then, the first requisite is, not wetness, but abundant and continuous moisture. Success with Small Fruits Cherry could smell grapes, and smell the pleasant wetness of the dust where the late watering cart had passed by, after sunset. Sisters As for wetness, the fog was like a sponge. Over Prairie Trails Then, again, the theory is proposed that the climate is permanently changing toward wetness or dryness and the past has no meaning in reading the riddle of the future. Dry-Farming : a System of Agriculture for Countries under a Low Rainfall The rain fell softly and quietly, bringing dampness and moisture, and almost a sense of wetness to the soft moss underfoot. Nonsense Novels I have spent hundreds of dollars in such labors, and it was as truly my object to enable the ground to endure drought as to escape undue wetness. Success with Small Fruits The wetness of the evening made promptness of decision the more needful, while the bad weather which his experienced eye foresaw would make the choice more important. Unknown to History: a story of the captivity of Mary of Scotland I got out of the buggy, went to the horses' heads and patted their noses which were dripping with wetness. Over Prairie Trails Toward the end of the rolling road the wetness increased; there were little pools left from the recedence of the salt tide, and the wild breath of it was in our faces. The Heart's Highway He put his hand on it, on its wetness, ready to drop over should his wife come forward. Aaron's Rod The difficulties here are not merely accidental or remediable, such as lack of depth or fertility, the presence of stones or stumps, undue wetness of soil, etc. Success with Small Fruits Margaret got up, and found some water and soaking her pocket-handkerchief in it, she laid the cool wetness on Bessy's forehead, and began to chafe the stone-cold feet. North and South But besides the difference in composition—the fog, as we shall see, was not homogeneous, this being the cause of its wetness—there was another important point of distinction. Over Prairie Trails They had dined early; they always did on Sundays; and either that, or the sermon, or the hopeless wetness of the day, made the afternoon seem interminably long to the squire. Wives and Daughters Her dark blue eyes, in their wetness of tears, dilated as if she was startled in her very soul. Women in Love They were less dangerous, by reason of the wetness of the ground: wherever one fell, it stuck fast. The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World: from Marathon to Waterloo He had reached that stage of wetness where whole water could scarcely have made him wetter. The Vultures I never saw such weeping; the extraordinary wetness of her dripping handkerchief abides with me to this day. In the Days of the Comet I thought you said that you preferred to catch cold from your own wetness, Weldon. On the Firing Line Her voice had acquired a huskiness in this speech that now left her incoherent, and the light revealed a wetness in her eyes. Merton of the Movies However, a tantalizing row of full barrels behind her back testified to a wetness of a certain sort, which was not at that time desired. Time's Laughingstocks and Other Verses It was a water of villainous depth and of detestable wetness; of ugly hurrying and of desolate cavernous sound. Irish Fairy Tales On examining this phenomenon more closely, it turned out to be several clusters of dragon-flies, just emerged from their deformed chrysalis state, and still torpid and motionless from the wetness of their filmy wings. Our Village The sensation of wetness is composed of that of cold and easy movement over surface. Criminal Psychology; a manual for judges, practitioners, and students He accepted it in much the way he accepted the wetness of water and the heat of the sun. Jerry of the Islands His wetness and the disclosure of his extreme fleshly insignificance appeared to mortify him profoundly. Penrod and Sam Never had we realized anything like the thrill of that moment, as we felt the salt wetness close over our heads. The Voyages of Dr. Dolittle All up and down the rows of houses whirred the low monotone of the lawn sprinklers, and the aroma of their wetness was borne cool and refreshing through the tepid air. The Riverman |
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