| 单词 | windless |
| 例句 | Thick black smoke climbed furiously into the cloudless blue sky, hot and windless. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z The sun shone, and it was windless, and everything was white. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Luckily the day was windless, and the smoke rose straight as an arrow into the clear blue sky. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I’m in the air lock and it is windless. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z It was a windless night; the flames would burn quietly and steadily. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z My father was mild, like the sea oil a windless day, with an unruffled surface and little variation. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z As they watched, down the hot road in the windless light first one white woman and then another arrived, all of them with stunned faces, all of them rustling like ancient papers. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a windless, absolutely clear and sunny day. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I shouted suddenly, my voice strangely crisp on the windless air. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The door sat still as a mountain, quiet and indifferent as the sea on a windless day. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The beneficent snowfall and kroxet—windless weather 0°F and 20°—that had seen us through Tarrenpeth and out of range of probable pursuit, now dissolved wretchedly into above-freezing temperatures and rain. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z It was a day for napping, for sitting still, for clover chains, and picking swinks in the windless sunshine. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z It was September a year ago, a gorgeous, glorious, clear and windless night, some of the best flying weather Maddie had ever known. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Beyond the broken window hangs a windless night. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z It was already day, a windless and sullen morning, and the marsh-reeks lay in heavy banks. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z The rush and thunder of the falls shook the windless air. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z In the windless dusk, sullen heaps of smoke pump upward through the trees. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The day was windless, and since I had all I could carry, I tied the canoe, and with Rontu following me, climbed onto the reef to look for fish to spear for our supper. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z The air was windless and smelled like burning coal. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Even when your plane is flying in a windless sky, a mechanical failure can make it difficult or impossible to fly. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z The night was windless, the snow drifting straight down out of a cold black sky, yet the leaves of the heart tree were rustling his name. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z And still the snow was falling, drifting down in silence from a windless sky. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The sky was blue, the air warm and windless, and the sun beamed on the muddy ground with all the sweet impatience of June. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Outside was the warm quiet of a windless spring night. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z We set off at dawn, on snowshoes, in a thin, windless snowfall. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Gimli was still deep in slumber, but Legolas was standing, gazing northwards into the darkness, thoughtful and silent as a young tree in a windless night. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z He kept that posture for two days, eyes open, not saying a word, still as a bush in that dry, windless heat. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z From the window he saw that the day would be windless and burning hot. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z It was dark and Merry could see nothing as he lay on the ground rolled in a blanket; yet though the night was airless and windless, all about him hidden trees were sighing softly. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Onstage I am calm as a windless winter night. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z If there was storm it was far south of us, down there, and we inside the blizzard had only an all but windless overcast. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Even in the windless hollow it became too cold to sit motionless. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z It was a beautiful night in Lubbock, windless, in the seventies. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z How would she get airborne again, buried down in the windless and wet fern bed? Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z The body gave a sound like a kitten squeezed too tight, a kind of windless yelp. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z “How can you stand it?” she fumed to a redheaded sailor who was taking advantage of the windless hours to give the carved dolphin at the prow a fresh coat of paint. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z A few columns of smoke mounted perpendicularly into the windless air and were lost. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s too steady. You shouldn’t be that tired after a windless night. What are birds coming to?” The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a windless day in May when the Russians arrived at the farm. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The sunlight was clean and windless and almost hot. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z This was the ominous cramp in her belly, the windless cliffs, the bleary sunrise. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Their footsteps receded, leaving the circle of sandbags empty and silent in the crisp and windless moonlight. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z It was silent and windless; the grey east wind had passed away. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z It was windless, exceptionally clear and totally silent. Central Idaho is more than a ski destination. Here’s how to find world-class stargazing 2021-07-02T04:00:00Z With Commander Chris Ferguson at the helm, Atlantis touched down at Kennedy Space Center at 5:57 a.m. in perfect, cloudless, windless weather. Atlantis lands to end space shuttle era 2011-07-21T10:14:00Z Simultaneously, Warlow’s mind gradually “grinds down like a windless mill with no corn.” Living in Extreme Isolation: Is It Possible Without Going Mad? 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z The opening and closing sentences, their stiff and twined structure; the repetition of that vague "sometimes"; the gross sibilance of "windless greyness"; the frenzied chiming of the "day. stay.they.they.day" string. Colm Toibin's new novel may not be a beauty, but greatness abounds 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z And the chemistry between this show’s leading, mismatched couple is so charged, that when tree blossoms fall mysteriously over their first meeting on a windless night, it makes perfect sense. Review: A ‘Carousel’ That Spins on a Romantically Charged Axis 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z “I think. It all depends. On how much. Time. You have,” says the Korean Buddhist monk Haemin Sunim, at the pace of a sailing boat on a windless day. How to escape your phone and other life hacks 2020-01-12T05:00:00Z When the boat was heeling and when she was as still as a pine tree on a windless day. On a Windjammer cruise in Maine, passengers knit a seaworthy yarn 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z The air was typical for July — muggy and windless — but a chill ran through my body. Rediscovering Washington, D.C. — on a stand-up paddleboard 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z “I apologize for my brother” is fine shorthand, calm as a pond on a windless day. Perspective | There’s a name for her brother’s actions: Bullying 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z After one devastating loss, Ernestine and Matt bake a cake together in a weighty silence; after a few seconds he walks away, head hanging like a half-mast flag on a windless day. ‘Birthday Candles’ Review: Another Year, Another Cake, Another Profundity 2022-04-10T04:00:00Z Another was a windless day we tried to sail in Sydney Harbor. Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly on ‘Holmes & Watson’ and ‘Step Brothers’ 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z Just as the Bechers fussed with their camera, waiting for the right windless and deserted moment, I wait at the window. Manifesta 9: a rich seam of art in a disused mine 2012-08-06T17:37:05Z It was windless, silent and still on top of the fell. In Lapland, Nature’s Outdoor Sculpture Park 2016-11-26T05:00:00Z It was a hot, windless day, and within an hour blowflies arrived and settled on the faces of the two dead animals. Animal passions: David Sedaris's modern fables 2010-10-02T23:06:00Z It was a near windless afternoon, with head-high waves breaking over a smooth limestone ledge. Chasing Waves on Ireland’s Wild Atlantic Way 2019-08-12T04:00:00Z On this windless morning, the marine layer paints the world in a gentle watercolor wash. Clean Energy, Cherished Waters and a Sacred California Rock Caught in the Middle 2023-10-24T04:00:00Z Mr Caeser’s research leads him to propose the perfect conditions for a sub-two-hour run: windless chilly weather, a flat circular course, an evening start and a world-class field. Lonely and hard 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z Watching this Grimes on a balmy, windless summer evening, you felt, would never have seemed quite right. Grimes on the Beach - review 2013-06-18T11:31:00Z They hoist a red-and-yellow "bandera" up the flagpole where, by some feat of technical ingenuity, it flutters in the windless air. Carmen; the Manson Ensemble; the Nash Ensemble – review 2012-11-25T00:05:46Z This seems to further confirm the hypothesis that Barbie lives in a windless world and furthermore one without precipitation. Here’s What Physics Tells Us about Barbie’s World 2023-07-21T04:00:00Z The rise and fall of the colorful Progress Pride flag in a windless, sunny sky was an unintended reflection of the vibe within the LGBTQ+ community. OL Reign’s Jess Fishlock, Tziarra King use visibility as couple to ‘stand up’ for LGBTQ+ community 2023-06-09T04:00:00Z Weather conditions can also impact the pollen count, as pollen has a harder time circulating in rainy, windless weather compared with warm, windy, dry days. Tips for warding off sniffles and sneezes this allergy season 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z It’s a sailboat rusting in a windless room, a kite without a gust. Smoothies and scavenger hunts: How UW’s nutrition team fuels Husky football 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z On a clear, windless day in April, a fire at an aging substation sparked an island-wide outage that took days to recover from. Hurricane Fiona exposes Puerto Rico’s failure to fix frail power grid 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z “The golf course is playing so, so short,” McIlroy said after his fairly windless morning 66 for second place. The star of this British Open is ‘fiddly,’ ‘funky’ and in a peculiar mood 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z The glassy surface of a lake on a windless day is a perfect mirror when it reflects all light faithfully without scatter. Strawberry Fields 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z Pollen has a harder time circulating in rainy, windless weather, which reduces allergy symptoms. Why Seattle is the ‘least challenging’ U.S. city to live with seasonal allergies 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z The scene is windless and frozen, the foliage so exact it almost seems woven. It’s not just a whimsical jungle painting. It’s a great artist letting his imagination run wild. On a windless morning in early December, David Johnson of Fells Point pulled his four-seat plane from a hangar at Martin State Airport. Volunteer pilots fly in the holiday cheer 2021-12-19T05:00:00Z But even the heat index doesn’t tell you what it’s like to be working in the full sun on an extremely hot windless day. AP analysis: Exposure to extreme heat has tripled since 1983 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z But that doesn’t power homes on windless days. Britain's fossil fuel dilemma in the spotlight as climate talks near 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z In fact, going back for six months showed no full day so windless as Friday. It was cloudy, sort of warm, but definitely not windy 2021-10-08T04:00:00Z But even some outdoor lines, such as those in Fantasyland, cram guests in so tightly that everyone is essentially sharing the same air, especially on windless SoCal days. Disney's new annual pass system does not bring the real magic: vaccination requirements 2021-08-03T04:00:00Z Weather conditions on the Sandwich course are ideal, warm and windless as play begins. Collin Morikawa rallies to win British Open, his second major in just eight Grand Slam starts 2021-07-18T04:00:00Z On a humid, windless night several years ago, I was driving my parents’ S.U.V. through the oak-covered back streets of my hometown with four teenage friends. Opinion | How Privilege and Capital Warped a Movement 2021-05-22T04:00:00Z He began Sunday with seven consecutive pars on a warm but mostly windless day in northeast Florida. Justin Thomas Surges to Win the Players Championship 2021-03-14T05:00:00Z Lake had waited till the forecast predicted favorable conditions: cool and windless, dry enough for the leaves to catch fire but with rain coming soon. ‘There’s good fire and bad fire.’ An Indigenous practice may be key to preventing wildfires 2020-12-17T05:00:00Z The pictures from China's National Space Administration show the five-starred Red Flag holding still on the windless lunar surface. China becomes second nation to plant flag on the Moon 2020-12-04T05:00:00Z New Delhi’s air pollution typically worsens in October and November due to farmers burning agricultural waste, coal-fired power plants, traffic and windless days. Northern India chokes on toxic smog day after Diwali festival 2020-11-15T05:00:00Z Once in Singapore, Dr. Socha and a group of researchers witnessed a snake jump from 30 feet up and travel over 60 feet in the air on a windless day. How Do Flying Snakes Glide Through the Air? ‘It’s Hard to Believe’ 2020-06-29T04:00:00Z Renewables fluctuate in output — think of a windless, cloudy day — and are harder to turn off at times of low demand, leading to more negative prices and the potential for instability on the networks. Reduced Demand for Electricity Leads to Power Giveaways 2020-05-22T04:00:00Z By restraint of his internal currents he was like a cloud without the vehemence of rain, like an expanse of water without a ripple, like a lamp in a windless place, absolutely still. How the Buddha Got His Face 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z "A brown bear growls a warning of its presence to an interloper, his breath vanishing slowly in the windless forest." Antarctic seal photo wins top prize 2020-03-23T04:00:00Z Second, backup power plants would still be needed for long stretches of dark or windless weather. Solar and Wind Power Could Ignite a Hydrogen Energy Comeback 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z My attention opened, a windless pond taking in the trees on its banks. Our new blind spots: Technology changes how we see the world, and how we interact with it 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z Beijing in July is an open-air sauna, windless and smothering beneath the monsoon clouds. The Future of America’s Contest with China 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z She stalled at one stage on a windless River Derwent before crossing the line in a time of 1 day, 18 hours, 30 minutes and 24 seconds. Comanche wins 75th Sydney to Hobart race 2019-12-27T05:00:00Z We made it to the trailhead on a windless Saturday afternoon. Walk along strange oolite rocks on this Idaho hike 2019-11-09T05:00:00Z How will grid operators keep the lights on during dark and windless periods? Solar and Wind Power Could Ignite a Hydrogen Energy Comeback 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z It made for a predictably physical contest on a cool, windless evening and England made an inauspicious start. South Africa surge to Rugby World Cup glory as England fall short 2019-11-02T04:00:00Z Here in Oakland, a city where the hills burned in 1991, killing 25 people and destroying more than 2,800 homes, Wednesday was cool, dry and windless. Northern California faces massive power outage as PG&E hedges wildfire risk 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z Armstrong and Aldrin unfurled the Stars and Stripes and erected the rod that ran along the top to keep the flag taut in the airless, windless atmosphere of the moon. AP’s Apollo 11 anniversary book chronicles journey to moon 2019-07-17T04:00:00Z Working in one-sixth Earth’s gravity, they gathered rocks, set up experiments and planted an American flag stiffened with wires to make it look as if it were waving in the windless vacuum. Apollo 11 at 50: Celebrating first steps on another world 2019-07-12T04:00:00Z With neither coal nor nuclear to hedge against sunless and windless days, Germany is pursuing natural-gas imports from Russia, which creates geopolitical risk — a.k.a dependence on President Vladimir Putin. Opinion | If Germany wants to achieve climate neutrality, it needs nuclear power 2019-06-03T04:00:00Z Traversing those dunes on foot was like trudging through a windless desert on a lightless planet. What lies beneath: Robert Macfarlane travels 'Underland' 2019-04-20T04:00:00Z It was the perfect day for the naiads to hatch: warm and windless. Mayfly invasion, ripples in the sky and a jumping squid: Nature’s photo competition 2019-04-07T04:00:00Z This humid, eerily windless afternoon was not supposed be so lifeless. At the Puerto Rico theater that ‘Hamilton’ left behind, disappointment stands center stage 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z When I climb into the forest, when I get away from the dark, damp, windless forest floor – well, you really enter kind of a different world.” Head in the clouds: the woman scaling fresh climate change heights 2018-12-16T05:00:00Z The morning was crisp and windless, and its light was Como light—pale, harsh, and thinned by early fog. Luca Guadagnino’s Cinema of Desire 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z New termite colonies are founded on windless evenings, at dusk, after the rain. What Termites Can Teach Us 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z Open played last year at the windless, exposed Erin Hills. U.S. Open 2018: 9 images that show how brutal Shinnecock Hills is playing on Day 1 - Golf Digest 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z Under windless skies, their ships drifted idly with the currents. How to save the high seas 2018-05-08T04:00:00Z The sixth leg was notable for the windless conditions crews encountered in the mid-Pacific, caused by a low pressure area left by a passing cyclone. AkzoNobel narrowly wins leg 6 of Volvo Ocean Race 2018-02-27T05:00:00Z Still, his heart sank on a windless August morning when his son paused at the door to kiss him. Their Sons Sought a More Democratic Hong Kong, and Got Prison 2017-11-07T05:00:00Z On these clear, windless autumn days Lake Nighthorse reflects the sky like a mirror. Colorado Editorial Roundup 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z But the temperature was about 90 and the day was windless, and as they played the Bach chorale, they were racing against time. Cue the carrots! Strike up the squash! It’s a vegetable orchestra 2017-08-15T04:00:00Z But the temperature hovered around 90 and the day was windless, and as they played the Bach chorale, they were racing against time. Cue the Carrots! Strike up the Squash! 2017-08-15T04:00:00Z The Delta County Historical Society reports that the last surviving limb fell on a windless morning Aug. 1. Old tree that shaded Indians before settlers came is dying 2017-08-12T04:00:00Z The last surviving limb fell on a windless morning Aug. 1. Colorado cottonwood tree thought to shade Ute Indians dying 2017-08-12T04:00:00Z On a cool but windless night, Jamaican Julian Forte was the only man to break 10 seconds, clocking 9.99 for his first time under the magic mark. Bolt digs in to advance to 100 meters semis 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z Grace shot a major-championship record 62 on Saturday, but that was in windless, soft conditions. Let's forecast who has the best chance to capture Jordan Spieth - Golf Digest 2017-07-22T04:00:00Z Branden Grace became the first player to shoot 62 in a men's major championship, eclipsing the mark first set by Miller by a stroke in windless, soft conditions on Saturday at Royal Birkdale. Grace's major 62 comes on a day when history was there for the taking - Golf Digest 2017-07-22T04:00:00Z Soft greens and pristine, windless conditions led to a dozen players shooting 65 or better in the third round. Byeong Hun An leads Waste Management Phoenix Open by one in pursuit of first PGA Tour victory - Golf Digest 2017-02-04T05:00:00Z The firms get compensated if they are asked to stop consuming power for a while during, say, a windless spell. UK 'need not fear electricity blackouts' says ex-National Grid boss - BBC News 2017-01-29T05:00:00Z On a cool but windless night, Jamaican Julian Forte was the only man to break 10 seconds, clocking 9.99 for his first time under the magic mark. Bolt digs in to advance to 100 meters semis 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z The study, released this year, concluded that the ships could pass through the locks under perfect, windless conditions, but would have trouble on windier days. The New Panama Canal: A Risky Bet 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z This was a fall day, the air cool and windless. Fraying at the Edges: Her Fight to Live With Alzheimer’s 2016-04-30T04:00:00Z If you do and care, let's find a substitute that will run NYC on a cloudy, windless day, move our goods to market and heat and cool our houses. Seas Are Rising at Fastest Rate in Last 28 Centuries 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z Viewed through a conventional microscope, he remembers, the injured parts looked still and dead—“like a forest of trees, silent in a windless sky,” as he told the Sunday Times Magazine. Can an Unorthodox Operation Cure Paraplegia? 2016-01-25T05:00:00Z On a rickety pole, the Afghan flag sagged in the windless sky. Afghan government turns to militias as Taliban gains strength 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z By early Sunday afternoon, the Charleston peninsula was windless and drizzly, but the city closed the bridge to James Island in preparation for additional rainfall. In South Carolina, ‘potentially historic’ flooding after days of rainfall 2015-10-04T04:00:00Z I was floating in San Francisco Bay, struggling to summon an 18-square-yard kite into the seemingly windless sky while waves engulfed my face. You don't need to be in shape to try kiteboarding, but expect a few face plants before you're flying 2015-09-27T04:00:00Z On a warm, windless morning, he made sure of that. Hiroshi Iwata Ties a Record, Then Takes a Star Turn 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z In coastal California, early mornings are usually windless. Surfing into Adolescence 2015-05-25T04:00:00Z Wieseberger and Coetzee teed off in the morning, while Grace enjoyed near windless conditions in the afternoon, and was surprised at the end of the day that nobody achieved double figures under par. South African duo among 3 leaders at Qatar Masters 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z Conventional plants are still needed for power on cloudy or windless days. The Drive For All-Renewable Power Confronts Economic Reality 2014-11-12T05:00:00Z The course gave up some low scores on Sunday thanks to ideal cool and windless conditions. Nick Taylor Shoots 66 to Win Sanderson Farms 2014-11-09T05:00:00Z Two tennis pit bulls sank their teeth into each other on a warm and windless night at the U.S. Djokovic takes next step at U.S. Open with dramatic win over Murray 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z And, given it was on a chilled-to-the-bone Zurich night and into a 1.6 m/s headwind – roughly equivalent to a 19.90 performance in windless conditions – it was undoubtedly the best of his young career. Adam Gemili runs under 20 seconds to take European 200m gold medal 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z Rose, the 2013 United States Open champion, turned the last day into a procession, rolling in six birdies and going bogey-free on a windless Royal Aberdeen links course on a low-scoring day. In Third Year on PGA Tour, a First Title 2014-07-13T04:00:00Z I flipped my socks every time we passed the clubhouse, so that they would dry evenly: The day was hot, humid, and mostly windless. Solstice marathon: 101 holes in 15 hours, all walking: The Loop 2013-10-16T04:00:00Z On windless days when the sun is beating on the players, the blimp is an even more welcome sight. MetLife Blimp Becomes an Integral Part of PGA Tour Telecasts 2014-05-03T19:34:53Z Last week's unseasonably hot and windless weather across western Europe left cooler air containing tiny particles from car emissions and other sources trapped under a warmer layer. Thousands fined as Paris curbs car use for a day 2014-03-17T15:59:06Z Some argue warm, windless conditions allow the skill of the players to shine. Super Bowl 48: What they’re saying about Seahawks-Broncos matchup 2014-01-31T01:28:15Z Modern tourniquets resemble a belt with a large clamp and a metallic rod, known as a windless, used to tighten them around a wounded limb. Reviving a Life Saver 2014-01-20T00:48:11Z On a windless December evening, sunset faded to shimmering violet over Jamaica Bay. City Room: A Night Swim for Atlantic Herring 2013-12-13T20:24:55Z In a windless environment making a structure that tall would almost be trivial. Neal Stephenson reaches for the sky 2013-09-17T23:00:22Z Every bit of that hardware is still there — untouched, unchanged on the airless, windless, weatherless moon — as are the very footprints of the men. National Parks on the Moon? It's an Excellent Idea 2013-07-20T21:20:30Z The martinis are as inviting as a lake at the end of a windless summer day. A Quiet Drink: At Bar ‘21,’ Rubbing Elbows With History 2013-06-20T17:28:59Z The technology to store solar or wind energy on cloudy or windless days still needs to be developed and implemented. Germany Tussles Over the Bill for Its Energy Revolution 2013-05-28T08:05:27Z Stricker posted a 67 in the warm, windless conditions, and Scott shot a 69. Players Championship: Adam Scott Is Back After Masters Win, Shooting 69 2013-05-10T01:32:58Z No world records fell on a brisk but practically windless day, and the main events, the men’s and women’s races, were won by competitors who were among the heavily-backed favorites. London Marathon Is Completed Without Security Problems 2013-04-21T20:00:25Z Pavin took advantage of Fallen Oak's soft greens in ideal windless conditions. Pavin, Langer among leaders at Gulf Resort Classic 2013-03-23T21:52:08Z Because the bog lands are relatively windless, the company behind the scheme says they will need to stretch high into the sky to catch sufficient wind to generate power. 'Giant' Irish turbines to power UK 2013-01-24T06:01:10Z Coal is not subject to the vagaries of windless or sunless days and can easily meet base-load demands of electricity consumers without interruption. I.H.T. Special Report: Oil & Money: China Leads the Way as Demand for Coal Surges Worldwide 2012-11-12T14:05:04Z But below a certain density, hair stops insulating and wicks heat off the body instead—helping the elephants get rid of an extra 20 percent of their body heat, especially on windless days. Why Did The Elephant Have Thin Hair? 2012-10-12T17:45:05.297Z The problem for Texas is that wind generation does not coincide with peak demand, which is on hot days that are mostly windless. Green Blog: An Argument Over Wind 2012-09-14T11:22:40Z On a relatively warm, windless day by San Francisco standards, the ball carried well all afternoon. Putz blows save again, D'Backs lose 9-8 to Giants 2012-09-04T04:01:03Z A windless, rain-soaked Ocean Course took a beating Thursday when 44 pros bettered par in the opening round. On Par: Tough Course Lives Up to Its Reputation 2012-08-10T22:15:02Z In truth, the greatest performance before 80,000 at Olympic Stadium on a cool, windless evening came from David Rudisha of Kenya. Usain Bolt, Ashton Eaton Help Create a Day of Superlatives at Olympics 2012-08-10T09:40:06Z Lincecum labored through a 30-pitch first inning - walking three straight with two outs - before striking out the side in the second on a rare warm, windless day at San Francisco's waterfront ballpark. Rangers throw 3-hitter in 5-0 win over Giants 2012-06-10T22:58:09Z As you can imagine, in order to avoid a sticky mess, the glowworm must live in a place that’s not only dark, but essentially windless. The Glowing Spider-Worms of New Zealand 2012-05-21T20:45:03.400Z The cycle of the storm is normally this: After a cloudless and windless night a light air springs up from a little north of east. Reading the Weather 2012-04-19T02:00:27.487Z It was a day of brilliant sunshine, as yet warm and windless. Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 2012-04-12T02:00:28.417Z Whenever she was sitting quietly with Tony in some snug windless corner of the yacht their host would always find an excuse to intervene. The Vanity Girl 2012-04-12T02:00:26.883Z The yellow corn was falling before the sickle in all directions, the sea danced and shimmered in the sunshine, the flowers drooped in the windless heat. A Gamble with Life 2012-04-11T02:00:33.587Z They are students and girls of the town come out to dance, this windless, blue June night, under the mulberry trees. Mortal Coils 2012-04-06T02:00:30.740Z I used to fish along the sticky banks of the Potomac River outside of Washington with my father, on humid, windless mornings; the only bites we got were from mosquitoes. Drinking and sporting events go hand in hand 2012-03-25T22:49:48Z On the following day the fiery sun again blazed down upon the guilty ship out of a cloudless and windless sky. A Desperate Voyage 2012-03-11T03:00:11.030Z It was a still, windless night and along about eight o'clock they began. The A.E.F. With General Pershing and the American Forces 2012-03-09T03:00:18.240Z Katherine Flattery It is a clear, windless, bitterly cold January morning. Metropolitan Diary: Metropolitan Diary - Celebrity Weimaraner and Other Reader Tales 2012-02-27T01:52:26Z On sunny windless days, especially in winter and spring, they often spend hours at a time in these sublime aerial exercises, slowly floating round and round in vast circles, and singing at intervals. Argentine Ornithology, Volume II (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. 2012-02-26T03:00:16.210Z Tuesday morning, therefore—a frosty, windless, somewhat misty morning—was spent in what in our domestic circle is called "abroading" in Cambridge, that is to say, in visiting places of paramount interest. Through East Anglia in a Motor Car 2012-02-22T03:00:21.787Z We also found that the landing was often the most perilous on clear, windless days, when no clouds crowned the mountains. The Cruise of the 'Alerte' The narrative of a search for treasure on the desert island of Trinidad 2012-02-17T03:00:29.247Z The last days have been windless, warm, and, till yesterday afternoon, cloudless. Spiritual Adventures 2012-02-17T03:00:27.070Z Yesterday Purple mist was powdered on the windless sea of dreams. Goblins and Pagodas 2012-02-14T03:00:24.740Z It was about six o'clock of the afternoon and very windless and still. Lawrence Clavering 2012-02-01T03:00:11.667Z We left the hotel, to find cold and windless darkness in full possession. Through East Anglia in a Motor Car 2012-02-22T03:00:21.787Z The third day after MacCreedy's arrival at X—— was windless and without a cloud in the blue. Hoof and Claw 2012-01-28T03:00:27.507Z "Allah Beh!" the voice cried, and again "Allah Beh!" and again, until the windless air seemed to vibrate with its recurrence. Miranda of the Balcony A Story 2012-01-28T03:00:24.760Z The grey light was growing clearer, and the mangroves taking shape among the fleecy mist, when Austin stood looking down upon the creek in the heavy, windless morning. For Jacinta 2012-01-27T03:00:20.840Z For in that still, windless air sounds rose like bubbles in a clear pool of water. The Courtship of Morrice Buckler A Romance 2012-01-26T03:00:17.027Z It was a perfect evening, windless, perfumed, warm. The Wolves of God And Other Fey Stories 2011-12-17T03:00:15.447Z The windless air was faintly musical with the hum of insects and with the occasional squeaks and scurryings of unseen lemming mice in their secret roadways under the dense green sphagnum. Hoof and Claw 2012-01-28T03:00:27.507Z The sea between the bergs and floes was everywhere calm; they had passed beyond the region of fogs, and, it would almost seem, beyond the storm regions as well, for the air was windless. Wild Adventures round the Pole The Cruise of the "Snowbird" Crew in the "Arrandoon" 2011-12-15T03:00:12.560Z For thou wert born for love whose windless sail Moves on great deeps beyond life's shallow range. Etain the Beloved and Other Poems 2011-11-27T03:00:13.943Z Even when their fragrance steals out heavy and sweet as honey under the fierce sunshine of a windless day, one can hear faint elfin whisperings high up among their somber spires. The Boy Ranchers of Puget Sound 2011-11-24T03:00:42.877Z It was a windless evening after a blistering day. White Fire 2011-11-21T03:00:15.067Z Between the waveless pallor of the water and the windless warm glow of the grass was drawn a narrow riband of copper red—the smooth mud flats left naked by the tide. Hoof and Claw 2012-01-28T03:00:27.507Z Their seventeenth day out was the dullest they had had, heavy and windless, with a shrouded sky and a close gray horizon and, to Wulfrey's thinking, a sense of something impending. Maid of the Mist 2011-11-21T03:00:11.937Z During the last two hours it was windless, but time was of such vital importance that we pressed on incessantly, and did not stop until we were fairly upon the glacier. The Ascent of the Matterhorn 2011-11-19T03:00:23.233Z The great charm of a windless snow-covered forest is the absolute silence that prevails. 'As Gold in the Furnace' A College Story 2011-11-07T02:00:16.163Z And somewhere, lying beneath the darkness of the windless night, was Archie, for whose happiness she would have given her heart's last blood. Across the Stream 2011-11-05T02:00:11.673Z Last night I lay in an open field And looked at the stars with lips sealed; No noise moved the windless air, And I looked at the stars with steady stare. Poems - First Series 2011-10-28T02:00:21.917Z No stir was in the dark and windless meadows, Only the water, whispering in the shadows, That darkened nature lived did still proclaim. Poems - Second Series 2011-10-28T02:00:21.670Z It forms in the finest weather; on cloudless and windless days. The Ascent of the Matterhorn 2011-11-19T03:00:23.233Z Till ages brought the hour again, When fell a windless morn, And, child of agonistic pain And bliss, the Word was born. A Book of Irish Verse Selected from modern writers with an introduction and notes by W. B. Yeats 2011-10-27T02:00:26.373Z In the profound stillness, on a windless day, of the vast beechen woods, these sonorous notes had a singularly beautiful effect. Birds and Man 2011-10-20T02:00:25.513Z The distant chink of trowel and hammer reached them through the haze of the windless summer morning. Notwithstanding 2011-10-19T02:00:22.340Z It was a July evening, amber and windless, and the shouting and barking diminished as the horde turned the corner of the long low white house and disappeared into the beech plantation. A Crooked Mile 2011-10-03T02:00:26.870Z In the windless night the ship glided over the sea, which was calm as a lake; and there was nothing but the beating of the oars and the lulling melodious phrase of the rowers.... The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt 2011-09-23T02:00:23.040Z On the airless, windless, weatherless expanse of the lunar surface, a scratch in the soil made in 1972 will still be fresh years, millennia and epochs later. New Pictures of the Apollo Landing Sites 2011-09-07T09:00:00Z It was ten o’clock on a windless summer morning, and the sun was beating down. Haruki Murakami: “Town of Cats.” 2011-08-29T04:00:00Z High in the windless spaces above the elms, the rooks were circling and cawing. Notwithstanding 2011-10-19T02:00:22.340Z On this steep face, especially in the windless nooks, the almond blossom is already out. Sea and Sardinia 2011-08-28T02:00:30.857Z Late the next afternoon the smoke from the stone chimney of the big bungalow rose in a pale spiral into the keen windless air. The Long Lane's Turning 2011-08-23T02:00:34Z It was a pleasant, cool and windless summer morning. Reminiscences of Anton Chekhov 2011-08-21T02:00:35.470Z Nyad was scheduled to leave from Havana on Sunday evening, when the sea was expected to be smooth and windless, with hopes of getting to Key West in about 60 hours. American to attempt 60-hour Cuba-to-Florida swim 2011-08-07T18:31:24Z The low slanting sunshine was piercing the mist which moved slowly along the ground, and curled up into the windless air like smoke. Notwithstanding 2011-10-19T02:00:22.340Z The breath of England was on his cheeks, he breathed in its odors fresh and sweet, the windless air was cool and fragrant. The Girl From His Town 2011-08-05T02:00:50.677Z Somewhere in the westward distances a thunderous murmur was droning upon the windless air of the June morning, betokening, as it seemed, the very catastrophe the ex-grade-laborer was prefiguring. The Real Man 2011-07-29T02:00:28.280Z It was a windless night; the moon would very soon set and there would be darkness. A Very Naughty Girl 2011-07-27T02:00:30.947Z In windless nooks the sun shines warmest between the meshes of the slowly drifting net of shadows. In New England Fields and Woods 2011-07-27T02:00:26.953Z Night was closing upon an oily sea, which lolled in listless fashion beneath the starry sheen of a now almost windless evening. The Men Who Wrought 2011-07-26T02:00:16.320Z In the clear, windless predawn, twin sonic booms announced its impending arrival as Atlantis slowed to less than the speed of sound. The Shuttle Ends Its Final Voyage and an Era in Space 2011-07-21T15:22:11Z This was the hottest, most windless and cloudless day that has yet been made. Three in Norway by Two of Them 2011-07-10T02:00:15.900Z Just upon the northern verge of the tropic we lost them altogether, and lay lolling about in windless, stagnating ease for another week, exasperating all hands at this unlooked-for extension of our already lengthy passage. The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life 2011-07-09T02:00:13.057Z Amid all the desolation of their woodland haunts the squirrels chatter their delight in windless days of sunshine, and scoff at biting cold and wintry blasts. In New England Fields and Woods 2011-07-27T02:00:26.953Z Those who depended mainly upon sail to propel them were quickly overtaken, for the night was particularly windless and their brown canvas hung idly from the yards. The Dispatch-Riders The Adventures of Two British Motor-cyclists in the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:22.377Z The noontide air at Barstow had all the fever of a windless day of August in the East. Linda Lee, Incorporated A Novel 2011-06-19T02:00:18.633Z The fire had dwindled; he built it anew, and the crackling flames shot up high through the windless dark. By Veldt and Kopje 2011-06-15T02:00:20.067Z Anon the flame of our candle-bush fire ascended into the windless air,—straight as a column. Lodges in the Wilderness 2011-06-15T02:00:17.057Z One morning clouds of dust were noticed arising into a windless sky about ten miles away to the south. Between Sun and Sand A Tale of an African Desert 2011-06-15T02:00:16.390Z Still, the experience was not quite as bothersome before the warm, windless days of late spring, when the stench, he said, became intolerable. Greenpoint Journal: A Slaughterhouse in Brooklyn, and Misery Next Door 2011-06-11T02:22:33Z Spring was so well advanced that the night air, windless, was as warm as it would ever be in Summer. Linda Lee, Incorporated A Novel 2011-06-19T02:00:18.633Z On windless days I heard singing Seaside Sparrows more than 200 yards away; Sharp-tailed Sparrows were inaudible at distances of more than 40 yards. Comparative Breeding Behavior of Ammospiza caudacuta and A. maritima 2011-06-01T02:00:28.030Z Some Irishmen were once diggin a well, and by sum means the rope on the windless broke, and the bucket went down to the bottom. Letters of Major Jack Downing, of the Downingville Militia 2011-05-22T02:00:13.943Z A bull of Bashan encountered in a ten-acre lot may be outrun, but who shall escape from a cloud of mosquitoes on a windless night? Rosemary and Rue 2011-05-21T02:00:11.483Z Rain in my heart; rain on the roof; And memory sleeps beneath the gray And windless sky and brings no dreams Of any well remembered day. Songs and Satires 2011-05-20T02:00:37.050Z It was a perfect afternoon for a ride, mild and windless, with just enough sun to relieve the landscape of the monotony by creating artistic effects of light and shade. Amy in Acadia A Story for Girls 2011-04-29T02:00:08.307Z The round moon rolls in silvery light, No sound throbs on the windless air. Two Fishers, and Other Poems 2011-04-08T02:00:09.700Z The leaders all managed to thrive on dry, speedy greens during a second windless day at Mission Hills, with the temperature topping 100 degrees by midday. Lewis extends lead in hot round at Kraft Nabisco 2011-04-02T00:57:11Z They kept it up in shifts all the windless day, and all day long the baby's frock signaled the distress which there seemed no eye on all the globe to heed. The Messenger 2011-03-26T02:00:14.523Z The night, dark and windless, was the kind chosen by the water thieves for their operations. Miss Maitland Private Secretary 2011-03-08T03:00:39.100Z From a little wooden house on the other side of the crescent of white sand a pillar of pale smoke is going straight up into the windless air. The High Heart 2011-03-04T03:00:52.683Z And in the midst of the windless peace, one heard, again and again, the gentle sighing of a dead leaf that fell on the turf. Asbe?n From the Life of a Virtuoso 2011-02-27T03:00:30.780Z The sun filled the windless air, sucking up the spicy odors of the tangled path—fern and balsam and the mother scent of earth and rain and sun. The Master of the Inn 2011-02-26T03:00:51.930Z The morning of the 28th broke calm and windless. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 2 (of 10) From the Battle of Mons to the Fall of Antwerp. 2011-02-19T03:01:10.063Z The afternoon was windless, and the people so hushed, that even from the farther side of the square the priests' solemn chanting was distinctly audible, and the warning tinkle of the bell. Vestigia Vol. II. 2011-02-04T03:00:22.950Z It was another lovely night, clear and warm and windless,—a night that would have been admirable for Zeppelins. The Rustle of Silk 2011-01-27T03:00:44.390Z In my original test drive of a preproduction Leaf, under optimum conditions last summer — a mild, windless Southern California afternoon — I was able to achieve similar averages. | 2011 Nissan Leaf: The People?s Electric, Ready to Claim Power 2011-01-22T16:27:04Z The day was cold, and clear, and bright, and windless; a frosty, sunshiny, cold afternoon. The Actress' Daughter A Novel 2011-01-23T03:00:14.117Z The night was warm, windless, and intensely dark, for the waning moon had not yet risen; but the stars were brilliant, and the Milky Way stretched across the heavens like a band of ghostly silver. Burning Sands 2011-01-17T03:00:53.930Z You chase the blue butterflies, The shining dew is shaken by your feet, That are white in the young grasses; Swift, you hesitate, poised; And they elude you; fluttering In the windless gold. Eidola 2011-01-17T03:00:49.097Z The snow still sifted through the trees—a windless storm now. King Spruce, A Novel 2011-01-15T03:00:34.400Z Although this is not exactly short-sleeve weather, on a sunny, windless day it can be quite pleasant to work as the cold is offset by the sun’s radiant heat. Scientist at Work: Deep in Antarctica, Three Big Challenges 2011-01-05T22:21:44Z When the smoke began to wreathe upward in the windless air, Jack Murray was calmly walking away up in the street and Riley Tyler was hunched across the packing case. The Rider of Golden Bar 2011-01-04T03:01:06.347Z The evening was warm and windless, and no sound came to their ears except the occasional twitter of an early bat, and the far-off wail of a circling kestrel. Burning Sands 2011-01-17T03:00:53.930Z The heavy wooden shutters of the great house rattled in the windless night; the ground upon which they stood seemed to wince at the Monster's pain. She Buildeth Her House 2011-01-04T03:01:05.167Z A scent of late roses quivered on the windless air. The Three Eyes 2010-12-20T17:11:46.430Z The team concluded that western Russia’s blast-furnace conditions were created by a combination of a drought followed by an extreme instance of blocking, a garden-variety atmospheric condition that causes long strings of cloudless, windless days. Climate 'CSI' Team Takes on Russian Heat 2010-08-24T15:37:00Z "As soon as there is windless weather again, the smoke will return," he said. Strong winds clear toxic smoke from Moscow's skies 2010-08-11T09:46:00Z The morning of the third day broke with windless serenity and rowing went on uninterruptedly. A Kut Prisoner At last late at night, queerly restless, she sat alone on deck in the windless roadstead and regarded the illumined terraces of Saint Pierre. She Buildeth Her House 2011-01-04T03:01:05.167Z And then, when the chestnut-leaves were at last able to unfurl themselves, in a quiet, windless moment, then they were scorched and shrivelled for the whole summer, for their whole leafy lives. Small Souls It seemed more fitting to leave that lonely night to quiet—the utter quiet of snow and windless air—of life held in suspension. Dick's Desertion A Boy's Adventures in Canadian Forests Outside, the night is black as pitch, and mild and windless. The Spy in Black In Bushey Park the black chestnuts stamped their filigree tops against a windless radiance. Witching Hill Who could divine, so silent were the windless mountains, so deep a-dream the darksome woods, so spell-bound the mute and mystic moonlight? The Raid of The Guerilla and Other Stories Before her own eyes the lifeboat had plunged forth to rescue ships and with her own hands she had caught fish on quiet sunny mornings and on windless nights under the moon. Sinister Street, vol. 1 After these two Concha followed, in appearance calm and placid as the windless Mediterranean on a day of winter. The Firebrand About twenty windless men suddenly arrived, and threw themselves upon the crest of the hill, and breathed. Last Words Though two separate columns sometimes may be visible under windless conditions in the blows of most mysticetes, this feature is exaggerated and is most characteristic in the bowhead and right whales. Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises of the Western North Atlantic A Guide to Their Identification The pleasant shadow of the hills was cool about him; the flame rose clear and bright in the windless air, to be seen from far away. Bransford of Rainbow Range Originally Published under the title of Bransford in Arcadia, or, The Little Eohippus Doubled up by a swinging blow from a bag stood the leader of the Moderns, grunting and gasping in his windless agony. Sinister Street, vol. 1 And as they stood silent the rose of dawn began slowly to unfold itself over the tree-tops with that awful windless stillness which characterises the day-breaks of the south. The Firebrand Colonel Sponge, with a face like a red cushion, was being dragged windless up the steeps by devoted and athletic men. Last Words They made a slow voyage in the windless afternoon. The Furnace At last he rose and went out into the warm and windless night. The Captain of the Gray-Horse Troop The western windless is not the same as the white wind. Geography and Plays "There's no heart among our women; At the sport, no men are seen; Like the sky when windless, silent Is the music of Dun Sween!" Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. VIII When the not too harmonious chorus began to drone upon the windless night air, Miss Craigmiles came out of her fit of abstraction and thanked Bigelow for his patience with her. The King of Arcadia And in the windless dawns, as soon as the sun struck the long alignment of ashes, these dainty trees proceeded to denude themselves of their greenery with sharp little reports like toy pistols. The White Plumes of Navarre A Romance of the Wars of Religion Something of her own coldness and remoteness and crystalline severity she brought to her instrument, as if upon a windless day a fountain played forth its pattern. Plashers Mead A Novel It was a thick, windless snow-storm, and the white smudge of flakes blinded eyesight better than the blackest black. Harper's Round Table, July 16, 1895 The tiny ripples became immense air waves that rushed from mountain to mountain, dashed the clouds up and down, and then left the heavens placid and windless. The Garden of Eden October had come in, windless and very golden. Carnival The desert was very quiet, entirely windless, and hot even at night. Think Yourself to Death She grew as white as the drying linen on the windless air, as the family wash hung on the canal boat lines behind her. Fairfax and His Pride The flames leaped high from the fire in the windless gorge. Black Amazon of Mars A few barriers of trees reduced it to the humming which on windless days was picked up by echoes and reached the house of David with a solemn murmur. The Garden of Eden But even a squirrel cracking a nut could have been heard across these windless and icy altitudes. The Three Mulla-mulgars The night was windless and warm, with the summer stars eyeing the earth benignly. Way of a Rebel November, with its Indian summer smoothness, with its fine, glorious light that glowed over West Albany, passed, and the year went out in beauty and December followed, still windless and mild. Fairfax and His Pride On a windless plain there is no danger from a prairie fire. The Story of the Trapper The night was windless and very still, the few vagrant wafts of air which occasionally stirred the prairie grasses, flowing softly from the west. Dusty Star But near at hand rose up a gigantic grove of Ollacondas into the windless sky, so that beyond these the travellers could see nothing of the farther country. The Three Mulla-mulgars The night is windless and a calm sea gives promise of a good passage. Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war The atmosphere was too windless to come in and wrestle with the smell of frying, but he saw the day was golden as a draught waiting to be quaffed. Fairfax and His Pride Any one may hear them in the kloofs on a windless night, and, I can tell you, the sound of their sorrow is pitiful.” McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 4, August 1908 In the windless air, the deep stillness of the dawn seemed to surround the bluff with a ring of silence, cutting it off from the rest of the earth. Dusty Star In a short time the children were as warm as if it were summer time, and the smoke of the wood fire rose straight up in the clear windless air. Five Little Starrs in the Canadian Forest Whilst the lagging hours of the day went by Like windless clouds o'er a tender sky. Language of Flowers The night had fallen dark and windless as any, and the first watch held a record for hauling yards and changing sheets. The Brassbounder A Tale of the Sea A pale-blue mist rose from the Gulf and hung over the islands, the low sun showing an orange disk, which touched the shores with the loveliest color, but gave no warmth to the windless air. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 93, July, 1865 The evening was dull, damp, and windless, and the air lay stagnant between the high banks of the lane. Mad Shepherds and Other Human Studies It is cold, but windless; the sky full of sun, the earth full of mist. Euphorion Being Studies of the Antique and the Mediaeval in the Renaissance - Vol. I Sounds, too, are absent: not a bird pipes, not a bough waves, in the dead, windless atmosphere. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XXII (of 25) Juvenilia and Other Papers A far sprinkling of stars made the dark of the still, windless night look darker and warmer and safer to whisper in. The Wishing Moon On a September night, the Regent lay in the Pentland Firth in a fog and a violent and windless swell. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 16 (of 25) It was unseasonable weather, a cast back into winter: windless, bitter cold, the world all white with rime, the sky low and grey: the sea black and silent like a quarry-hole. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition, Vol. XII (of 25) As soon as the weather was inviting enough we turned our bows toward the Orkneys, dimly visible on the horizon some forty miles away, and found ourselves, on a windless evening, entering Scapa Flow. Memoirs of Life and Literature Other variations are more lasting, as when, for instance, heavy and wet snow has fallen through some windless hours, and the thin, spiry mountain pine-trees stand each stock-still and loaded with a shining burthen. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XXII (of 25) Juvenilia and Other Papers The débris was now smouldering sullenly in the cloudless, windless day that had succeeded the storm. Clark's Field Thick smoke still went straight upwards in the windless air of the morning, and a great pile 225 of ardent cinders filled the bare walls of the house, like coals in an open grate. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 4 (of 25) It was near the top of the flood, and the Merry Men were roaring in the windless quiet of the night. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XXI On clear windless days the intermittent clouds of vapour sent up from the crater assume the most fantastic shapes—trees, ships, men, birds, animals—ever changing like the forms of Proteus. The Naples Riviera Barely an hour had passed since the tramp of the horses of the departing Vigilantes had died away into the silence of the windless night, when another knock summoned Barbara to the front door. The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 29, May 1893 An Illustrated Monthly From the high furnace chimney a plume of yellow-brown smoke floated heavily on the windless air. The Side Of The Angels A Novel Thin blue threads of smoke were rising from the other cottages into the windless air: only from Nurse Prettyman’s there was none. Robinetta A ripple of panting laughter alongside brought Venner and his guests to the rail in haste, and gone to the windless heavens was their ennui. The Pirate Woman When both edges are soft, as is always the case when the sky is clear and windless, the cloud looks solid, round, and fleecy. Modern Painters Volume I (of V) The deep-packed snow had lain, hard and solid and tempting, and the sun glittered coldly back into the windless air. The Dominant Strain I remembered: I remembered the windless dusks and fresh winds and black gales through which as a child I had here serenely gone to sleep because my uncle sat awake and watchful below. The Cruise of the Shining Light They are still, still in the calm of the brightest day, or in the chill of a windless night. The Golden Woman A Story of the Montana Hills Two miles of flat sea and windless space lay between the punt and the harbour. Billy Topsail & Company A Story for Boys The air was very windless, and the river lay like a sheet of grey steel at her feet, save where a little spreading feather of black ripple showed the course of some water-rat. Daisy's Aunt The heat in the windless underbrush, alive with insects, was stifling. The Backwoodsmen But he kept on with hope 239 and confidence at a leisurely pace, which, in that bland and windless flood, he knew that every member of his party could have maintained for half a day. In the Morning of Time Meanwhile, above our heads the wild ducks again pursued their northward flight, and the far honking of the geese fell to our ears from the solemn deeps of the windless night. A Son of the Middle Border The singing of the leaves went to my heart with a hint of home, and I remembered with a start how absolutely windless the sullen forest of the Skeena had been. The Trail of the Goldseekers A Record of Travel in Prose and Verse Then, one windless afternoon, when the forest scents came rising to him on the clear air, far up the steep he found a climbing trail between gray, shelving ledges. Kings in Exile Summer is here, in earnest, and the last few days have been hot and windless. The Prairie Child It was as level as a windless lake, and almost without vegetation. In the Morning of Time She hesitated, wondering whether to telephone for the key; decided to walk down town, since it was a beaming, windless afternoon. The Readjustment A lofty butte like a funeral pyre, With the sun atop, looms high In the cloudless, windless, saffron sky. The Trail of the Goldseekers A Record of Travel in Prose and Verse The air was tingling with windless cold, and ghostly white with the light of a crooked, waning moon. Kings in Exile It simply carries me back to the ancient weary round of ceaseless struggle, unending battle, incessant renascence of the sprouting heads of Hydra; to all that from which the windless Olympus was a refuge. Hypolympia Or, The Gods in the Island, an Ironic Fantasy That is a positive proof that the train was moving at the time it happened, for the day, as you know, has been windless. Cleek, the Master Detective Three hours later it was announced that they had made the fifty miles to Pine Bluff without a break, windless, but happy. Shadow and Light An Autobiography with Reminiscences of the Last and Present Century As the mossback lay awake in the long, quiet, windless winter nights, he often heard them puffing and snorting, now with slow, heavy coughs, and now quick and sharp and rapid. Forest Neighbors Life Stories of Wild Animals It was a brilliant day of freshly fallen distant snow; the air keen and windless, with a feel of the sea as we went towards it. The Spirit of Rome I shall often wander in these woods, among the cloud-like masses of odorous blossom, in this windless harbour of sunlight and the murmur of leaves, in the hope of finding the little visitant here. Hypolympia Or, The Gods in the Island, an Ironic Fantasy When the first rose flush was steeping All the frore peak's awful crown, Shepherds say, they found you sleeping In some windless valley, farther down. Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold She listened intently for a moment or two, but there was only the distant dripping of water to be heard, the air being extraordinarily still and windless. The Doomsman On windless nights they are silent as the grave, and the house might be miles in the country. Masterpieces of Mystery, Vol. 1 (of 4) Ghost Stories A wandering puff of salt air swooped out of the windless sky, ruffled his thick dark hair, and was gone, panting. Anthony Lyveden A wet mist clung everywhere in the windless atmosphere, muffling sound as well as light. From the Car Behind Did you ever admire the steady, silent, windless fall of the snow, in some lead-colored sky, silent save the little ticking of the flakes as they touched the twigs? Stories of Authors, British and American Now, as he continued his cautious examination of the barrier, he noticed two or three spirals of smoke rising behind the parapet and going straight up into the windless air. The Doomsman It was a fine day for football, bright and windless and with a true November nip in the air. Left Guard Gilbert All the company of heaven twinkled and flashed out of a windless sky. Anthony Lyveden This great crescent range is, indeed, our rampart against the hateful humidity of the coast and gives to us in the interior the dry, windless, exhilarating cold that is characteristic of our winters. The Ascent of Denali (Mount McKinley) A Narrative of the First Complete Ascent of the Highest Peak in North America The night was windless, and the branches did not stir. The Riflemen of the Ohio A Story of the Early Days along "The Beautiful River" The day dawned muggy and windless; one of the native seamen in a commandeered canoe paddled up from his observation point near the river mouth to report and get his relief. Gold Out of Celebes You—you— Your shadow is sunlight on a plate of silver; Your footsteps, the seeding-place of lilies; Your hands moving, a chime of bells across a windless air. American Poetry, 1922 A Miscellany This morning it is pleasant and windless, as I wait for the order to start. At Plattsburg This view had always been a favorite of his: the clear, windless sight of the sun reflecting off Antarctic snowfields. Fearful Symmetry A Terran Empire novel Over the dimly glimmering, windless water, under a cloudless sky, he had groped his way in his canoe to the old landing. The Watchers of the Trails A Book of Animal Life The morrow after the storm was windless and genial; the morning stepped out from the east bearing the promise of a fine day; the tide was running strongly to the sea. Sea-Dogs All! A Tale of Forest and Sea The dark-green branches of the pines and cedars had held themselves out like arms waiting to be filled, and the snow had been dropped on them in fluffy masses, by a quiet, windless storm. Bird Stories It was a perverse tide on a windless day which drifted me over. Old Junk The evening was windless; not a sound was heard; not a bird chirped; and no one was near. The Day of Judgment The night had been windless, and now, in the first of the coming light, the water was smooth like blue-black oil under innumerable writhing wisps and streamers of mist. The Watchers of the Trails A Book of Animal Life The gale that had rocked the tall trees in fury but a few days before was almost forgotten in the windless weather that had succeeded it. Sea-Dogs All! A Tale of Forest and Sea That night, for it was a silent and windless night, I heard forty miles of batteries beating on the beach of my mind like a great sea. A Tramp's Notebook It was a warm day, windless and clear, and as the train stopped at roadside stations or drew up at sidings, they could not help being impressed by the peace which seemed to reign. All for a Scrap of Paper A Romance of the Present War It was one of those silent, windless, starless nights, when under ordinary circumstances a solemn hush prevails. Tommy Down upon the windless surface streamed the noon sun warmly. The Watchers of the Trails A Book of Animal Life Aye, the day has been hot and windless until now, when the cool land breeze comes down between the valleys from the mountains. The Call Of The South 1908 The young women he knew in Rexton, whose simple, pleasant friendship he valued, had the placid, domestic charm of their own sweet-breathed, windless orchards. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1907 to 1908 The night was almost windless too, and not even the murmur of the waves in the Bay of St. Ia, which could be faintly heard outside, reached him. All for a Scrap of Paper A Romance of the Present War Ráma himself amid the wondering throng Marked their fair forms, and loved the noble song, While, still and weeping, round the nobles stood, As, on a windless morn, a dewy wood. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse In another minute the Stars and Stripes went slowly up, and then hung limp and motionless in the windless atmosphere. Rídan The Devil And Other Stories 1899 The night was dark, but calm and windless, and the panting tug tore her way through a sea as smooth as glass towards where the ghastly glare of the last blue light had been seen. A Memory Of The Southern Seas 1904 But beyond that natural image of God, as we may call it, there is something else which fades wholly with the first breath of evil, like the reflexion of the sky on some windless sea. Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John As darkness fell I built up a larger fire and spread my blanket beside it to sleep under the open sky instead of in the deserted house, for the night was soft, warm, and windless. "Five-Head" Creek; and Fish Drugging In The Pacific 1901 My first glimpse of hope came to me in the woods at Abinger in a windless, sunny week at Easter. The Lowest Rung Together with The Hand on the Latch, St. Luke's Summer and The Understudy A quarter of a mile away was the beach, girdled with its thick belt of coco-palms whose fronds hung limp and hot in the windless air as if gasping for breath. John Corwell, Sailor And Miner; and, Poisonous Fish 1901 The day was windless and the sea smooth save for the ocean swell which made shorewards in a long procession of round-topped waves. Lady Bountiful Sometimes there is a month of such windless weather in these latitudes. Ran Away to Sea This heap we lit as a signal, and a pillar of dense smoke rose high in the windless atmosphere. Yorke The Adventurer The February day was windless and very bright. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance Was that the lake which stirred in the windless night? The Thing from the Lake From the power-house a column of steam rose straight and steady into the windless air. Flamsted quarries I imagine that at windless nightfall the rich, throbbing organ-tones of the Indian Ocean surf toll all the darkling glades. Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer Although but a little past nine o'clock in the morning the day was intensely hot, and windless as well, and the perspiration was streaming down the naked chests and backs of our sturdy native sailors. Yorke The Adventurer Who could divine, so silent were the windless mountains, so deep a-dream the darksome woods, so spellbound the mute and mystic moonlight? His Unquiet Ghost 1911 It was a calm, windless evening, just after sunset, the air warm and scented, and delightfully still. Masterpieces of Mystery In Four Volumes Mystic-Humorous Stories Trees in a windless silence sprang straight upward from the brink. The Dragon Painter So she—yet who had said, to see her there, The sweet-faced woman, blue-eyed, still and fair As windless dawn in some quiet mountain place, To such a music let her passion race? Helen Redeemed and Other Poems Only the windless silence of space echoed over Johnson's channel, but the tapes later proved that I actually did hear a whispered laugh from Meyverik. Measure for a Loner They had the good-fortune there to encounter dry and windless weather and a sufficiency of brushwood, with which Osmund constructed an agreeable fire. Chivalry This was late April, and the day warm, windless and musical with sounds of spring. A Daughter of the Middle Border And Tatsu listened without sound or motion; only his eyes burned like beacons in a windless night. The Dragon Painter The clerk of the weather was evidently interested in this novel entertainment, for the evening was windless, dark, and cool, so the arch of light that spanned the shadowy river shone splendidly. Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag, Vol. 5 Jimmy's Cruise in the Pinafore, Etc. The utter loneliness of the place precluded any hope of battling with the fire; but, the night being still and windless, it advanced slowly. Olive A Novel A tender magic breathed in the colour and music of the forest, in its long pauses of windless day-dreaming, in its breezy frolic with the sunshine. A Child's Book of Saints That sunset seemed to my dauntless steerer The lifting and breaking of day, That flush on the wave to me was dearer Than shade on a windless way. Ionica Now she had reached the Elysian plain and a windless age, living in religion, as it were: "she passes all her days with the sisters." The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 1 (of 25) In the windless air The poplars all ranked lean and chill. Hawthorn and Lavender with Other Verses It was silent up here in the starlight; a calm, windless night—cloudless, save for a gray bank which obscured the moon. Tarrano the Conqueror They were running into a sea fog, one of those thin white fogs that come down in the Mediterranean on windless days. The Angel of Terror Between this glow of pious eve and me, Lost moments, thick as clouds of summer flies, Specks of old time, which else one could not see, Made manifest in the windless calm, arise. Ionica I knew her of yore, an old Rathmullan tub, useful enough to ferry market women across to Inch, but ill-suited for a single rower on a windless sea. Kilgorman A Story of Ireland in 1798 And casting my eyes upward, I noticed that the air was still and windless; so that wherever she was, the Miséricorde could be getting little help from her canvas. Sir Ludar A Story of the Days of the Great Queen Bess But you have reached a windless age, The haven of a happy clime; You do not dread the winter's rage, Although we missed the summer-time. In The Yule-Log Glow, Book IV Magin still watched, as the little flame flickered through the windless air. The Best Short Stories of 1917 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story Gigantic craters, in whose yawning depths no spark of warmth had been generated for countless cycles of time, were surrounded by vast plains eroded to the dead level of a windless sea. Spacehounds of IPC Ah!" said Sara, "these storms, these dangers, nay, even shipwreck itself, appear to me preferable to the still, windless water which the so-much-be-praised haven of domestic life represents. The Home On either side of him were drooping mimosa trees, heavy with the snaky, orange-coloured blossom whose perfumes hung heavy upon the windless air. Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo Sparkling snow, Refined by morning-footed frost so still, Mantles each bough; and such a windless hush Breathes through the air, it seems the fairy glen About some phantom palace, pale abode Of fabled Sleeping Beauty. In The Yule-Log Glow, Book IV Christmas Eve, the large snowflakes drifted slowly down out of a windless sky. Terry A Tale of the Hill People The mist, no longer smooth and clinging, but drawn and curled into fantastic wreaths, was rising slowly into the windless sky. Kafir Stories Seven Short Stories I went wistfully about sitting in sunny and windless places trying to get warmed all summer. The Voice of the Machines An Introduction to the Twentieth Century For all the windless down-streaming summer sunshine, there was that in Reuben's drenched clothes which chilled him to the heart. Earth's Enigmas A Volume of Stories The day was windless, and there they stayed, hour after hour, without any stir or motion. The Storm-Cloud of the Nineteenth Century Two Lectures delivered at the London Institution February 4th and 11th, 1884 It was a silent night, windless and calm. The Call of the Blood But here we unfortunately find ourselves adrift upon a windless ocean. Some Forerunners of Italian Opera The night was almost windless; sweet, nameless odors poured up from the heated summer soil; the shadows of the grasses were outlined like Japanese pictures on the white roadway. While Caroline Was Growing At first sight it seemed to be but a narrow, tideless, windless bit of backwater; and the first impulse of the passing stranger was to ask how it came to be called the "Perdu." Earth's Enigmas A Volume of Stories The soft glow of the match spread in the windless air, penetrating the darkness. Overland Red A Romance of the Moonstone Cañon Trail The night outside was windless, but dark as the inside of a hat. The Mayor of Troy A lovely evening—calm, windless, still; the moon's silver disk brilliant in an unclouded sky, and the holy hush of eventide over all. Kate Danton, or, Captain Danton's Daughters A Novel The windless night was starlit and crystal clear, and the silence was profound. The Price The night was windless and black; but the bearing of the Chevrette had been taken by compass, and the boats pulled gently on, till, ghost-like in the gloom, the doomed ship was discernible. Deeds that Won the Empire Historic Battle Scenes From down the slope and almost hidden by the bulk of the rock, a little16 wand of smoke stood up in the windless air, to break at last into tiny shreds and curls of nothingness. Overland Red A Romance of the Moonstone Cañon Trail The season was so mild that only one or two light windless frosts had singed the foliage of oaks and beeches, and gilded the roadsides with a smooth carpeting of maple leaves. The Fruit of the Tree A mild evening, windless and spring-like, with the full moon rising round and red. Kate Danton, or, Captain Danton's Daughters A Novel The car rose and rose: Tinker had just resolved to swoop from 3500 feet this time, when of a sudden she rose out of the windless area into a stiff breeze, icily chill. The Admirable Tinker Child of the World Another day dawned, hot and windless, and the situation was unchanged. The Fight for a Free Sea: A Chronicle of the War of 1812 The Chronicles of America Series, Volume 17 Saturday morning dawned as hot and dry and windless as had been the other days of the week which had preceded it. Then I'll Come Back to You Her hair had grown to her feet, and was rippled like the windless sea on broad sands. The Light Princess and Other Fairy Stories The bright March day had ended in a frosty, starlit, windless night. Kate Danton, or, Captain Danton's Daughters A Novel It was very quiet—a windless fall of the light. Lore of Proserpine Fires from burning leaves sent up sluggish pillars of smoke, that spread out equilaterally above the trees in the windless air. The Mayor of Warwick The weather was a repetition of that of the previous day—hot and windless. Captured by the Navajos It sank from the low, moveless clouds in the windless sky to the sunlit trees in the windless woods, as still as the long shadows under them. Crittenden A Kentucky Story of Love and War All day the windless heaven pavilions the sea-blue, Then twilight comes and drenches the sultry dells with dew. Ballads of Lost Haven A Book of the Sea In vain did the eye strive to find the wreck of some northern cloud in the stainless empyrean, which might bring hope of change and moisture to the oppressive and windless atmosphere. The Last Man The smoke cannot escape in the windless air, but hangs like a pall over the houses. Tales of the Ridings The snow began at last, drifting down out of a windless sky. The Hidden Places Tuesday dawned hot and windless, a scarlet sun coming up in a hard, brassy sky. Little Fuzzy White fog, the thick mist of windless marshes, masked the Kentish coast. Days of the Discoverers I sat beneath an elm tree; and as I sat and pondered on that still, windless day, I heard suddenly a breath of air rustle through the boughs of the elm. The World of Romance being Contributions to The Oxford and Cambridge Magazine, 1856 The weather is not cold—it is dry and sunshiny—windless. Contrary Mary On the surface he was as calm as a lake on a windless night; but beneath,—God! what a tempest was raging! Ben Blair The Story of a Plainsman I woke just as dawn was waking too, very still and windless; for the threatening nor'easter had changed its mind, and the world was as quiet as though there weren't a human being in it. Pieces of Eight There was a light in his eyes which for a moment half frightened, half fascinated her, so nakedly genuine was it—genuine as a flame which burns straight in an absolutely windless place. Bella Donna A Novel The weather continued cold, cloudless and windless throughout the next three days. The Harbor Master The earth, slipping as it were away from under the keel, left us borne upon the waters of the bay, which were as still as the windless night itself. Romance It was like a rose which has fallen in such a windless atmosphere that its petals retain the places which they have held around its heart. The Shoulders of Atlas A Novel In the early morning mist wreathed the low meadows and the edges of the pond; it seemed later to dissipate itself through all the windless air in haze. The Jester of St. Timothy's It was a grey and windless day, and the sky looked much lower than it usually does in Egypt. Bella Donna A Novel The expedition set out at two o'clock of a windless, frosty, star-lit morning. The Harbor Master When he recovered consciousness for the second time, it was to discover that the chain was missing and that the back tire was windless. Berry And Co. The three ghosts on the windless road, Spake each to one another, "Whence came that blood upon thy hand No other hand may cover?" The Haunted Hour An Anthology Beyond and below them stretched the Bush, an ocean of tree-tops, as level as the windless sea, and over this green expanse shadows of fleecy clouds chased each other. In the Roaring Fifties He looked full of secrets, that were still and calm within him as standing water in a sequestered pool, sheltered by trees in a windless place. Bella Donna A Novel The night was windless and warm, and about ten o'clock as we stood in a wayside station the Ulsterman came up to me and said, 'Listen, you can hear them now.' On the King's Service Inward Glimpses of Men at Arms All things crude or staring became indistinct, veiled with a web of that soft quality which only Atmosphere can spin and, having spun, hang about buildings of a windless eve. Berry And Co. Over the frozen floods came the note of a church clock, borne on the almost windless air. Hetty Wesley Under half speed we cruised through the windless golden morning; and the lonesome canyon echoed and re-echoed with the joyful chortle of the resurrected engine. The River and I Here is a lofty tree, blossoming bright above all other trees, and on this tree the Phœnix builds his nest, on a windless day, when the holy jewel of heaven shines clear. Our Catholic Heritage in English Literature of Pre-Conquest Days But in the windless air was a great peace. Four Weird Tales For a windless day, I never——" "No, no, no! Berry And Co. In vain I told myself that with adobe walls two feet thick, a windless evening, and an hour after sunset, stillness was to be expected. The Killer In the blistering windless afternoon, we drifted lazily. The River and I But we of the windless North, with our sunlit spaces, our quiet days and nights, grow peevish, petulant, and full of grouch when the wind blows. The Next of Kin Those who Wait and Wonder It was very smooth; windless utterly; still as space; each particle of sand lay in its ancient place asleep. Four Weird Tales It was a calm, windless night, and the silver moon sailed high in the heavens. Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine The night was warm and windless, with a waning moon in the east, and as yet no tremble of the dawn below it. Corporal Sam and Other Stories It ran in heavy swells, yet the day was windless. The River and I The station was fine, with its immense windless vaults through which the engine smoke rose slowly through discoloured light and tarnished darkness. The Judge Once in the starlight When the tides were low, And the surf fell sobbing To the undertow, I trod the windless dunes Alone with Edgar Poe. Carolina Chansons Legends of the Low Country The night was sultry and all but windless. The Ship of Stars Outside, in the windless frosty night, the snow on the house-roofs sparkled under a wintering moon now near the close of her first quarter. Corporal Sam and Other Stories All that night long we floated on a windless sea, and the fog hemmed us round until it began to thin and lift with the first rays of the rising sun. A Sea Queen's Sailing In the windless calm no leaf seemed to stir in the forest around. A Loose End and Other Stories During those three days Marcella deliberately left her work; she went to the Homestead in the mornings, and fired some gorse in the afternoons; dense clouds of smoke rose into the windless air. Captivity Here, also, like torches of the sun, stood poplars each by each in the windless air, and the impenetrable darkness of cypresses beneath them. Henry Brocken His Travels and Adventures in the Rich, Strange, Scarce-Imaginable Regions of Romance It had been a hot, windless day in London, in early September. Mrs. Warren's Daughter A Story of the Woman's Movement And there rose behind him laughter shrill, And then was the windless wood all still, He looked around o'er all the place, But saw no image of the chase. Poems By The Way & Love Is Enough But the new, windless day passed and there was no sign of the forester. The Hosts of the Air It was a strangely windless night, but her thoughts went whirling as though on wings of wind. Captivity Day by day the forest dropped its leaves under a blue windless sky; but the nights sharpened their frosts. Lady Good-for-Nothing And yet the atmosphere was crystalline with windless frost. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series The Fourth of July Meanwhile the night, clear but windless, has come on, and we drift along the Nova Scotia coast, lying low and blue on our northern board. Bowdoin Boys in Labrador An Account of the Bowdoin College Scientific Expedition to Labrador led by Prof. Leslie A. Lee of the Biological Department Here, in the windless day, under a beneficent sun, was a sister of theirs being beaten by a brother of mine. The Road Up to then you are still in October; and then you get to the top of the pass, and with a burst it is June,—brilliant, windless, orange-scented. Christopher and Columbus One by one the clocks of the town struck midnight, and when the sounds died away the deep silence of a windless night fell again over everything. The Empty House and Other Ghost Stories His thoughts went hazy with vague speculation, then clarified suddenly into one hard fact, like a rock thrusting up through the lazy sweep of a windless tide. The Uphill Climb For still longer hours we pushed through a windless calm by motor power. White Shadows in the South Seas He tied the horses beneath the trees, a grateful, windless haven to the poor brutes, and went slowly on to reconnoiter. Judith of the Godless Valley It was a mild, windless night near the end of February, foreshadowing the early spring already nearly due. Queed And now that the two sat here in the windless silence the thaw became more apparent every instant. The Necromancers They pined to death in the deep loneliness of the dark, windless forest thicket. Invisible Links The blue sky burned above us, and to the far shimmering horizon stretched the blue calm of a windless sea. White Shadows in the South Seas A heavy warmth was in the air, and the weather was peculiarly windless, but the sun only shone fitfully, and the street looked sulky. Flames The sky was clear as yet, a windless, hot day. Westways The day broke very bright and fair, with a keen, windless frost that made the snow crisp and pleasant to ride over, hindering one in no way. King Alfred's Viking A Story of the First English Fleet It has twice as many windows opening out as it has opposite opening into my garden, and on blowing as well as windless days the shutters are ever open. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 31, October, 1873 And as if in sympathy with the heart of the pursued possum, the thermometer began to fall in the afternoon and by night had established a clear, cold, windless condition of weather. Andrew the Glad By thee and by my maiden zone caress’d, What dim, waste tracts of life shine sudden, like moonbeams On windless ocean shaken by sweet dreams! The Unknown Eros He saw the blue smoke go up from the supper fires into the windless air in pillars of cloud, then halt, and slowly dissipate into lawny haze. Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895 It was the last week of October, and the autumn was still warm and windless, as though there were no shrieking November to come. Lady Connie One used to see these moth-hunters on windless nights in a Hampstead lane pursuing their quarry fantastically with nets in the light of the lamps. The Pleasures of Ignorance Down it came, straight and determined and businesslike, in the windless silence, dancing like a shower of diamonds of purest brilliance on the background of the placid waters. Across China on Foot Frost at night, but no dew; and a hot sun all the windless, cloudless day. In the Ranks of the C.I.V. The thrill and shiver of the dead man's genius haunted the liquid ripple of the river; the moment was ecstatic; the deep, windless night was full of the haunting ripple of the Rhine. Evelyn Innes It came down to him quite clearly through the windless air. Ensign Knightley and Other Stories You must cut away all the brush that has grown in, chop it into short lengths, and pile it in little piles in the trail itself for burning on windless days. The Young Wireless Operator—As a Fire Patrol The Story of a Young Wireless Amateur Who Made Good as a Fire Patrol The meaning that the lake held out to him always eluded him, and never more completely than now, at the end of an almost windless spring evening. The Brook Kerith A Syrian story Torrid, windless day, and very hot work 'mucking out' and tramping round with the horses, which we did all the morning, and some of the afternoon. In the Ranks of the C.I.V. From a few of the huts and larger buildings which sprinkled San Francisco's hills and hollows so haphazardly, curls of blue white wood smoke rose into the windless air. Port O' Gold A History-Romance of the San Francisco Argonauts He was a very young man, and he was very keen on getting the chance of distinguishing himself; and here, on the warm, windless swells abeam, the chance seemed to sit beckoning him. A Master of Fortune Being Further Adventures of Captain Kettle To the others he said: "We'll chop up the brush fine and pile it right in the trail to burn on windless days." The Young Wireless Operator—As a Fire Patrol The Story of a Young Wireless Amateur Who Made Good as a Fire Patrol A murmur of waves, breaking at the back of the Bar, hung in the chill, moist, windless air. Deadham Hard I do not pretend that what I have called the growth of the soul from within is a smooth and easy process, a quiet unfolding of leafy green in a bright and windless air. The Meaning of Good—A Dialogue After the tumult of that long day the sudden silence of that windless night had more ill omen in it than thunder and lightning. The Night Horseman Wild flapped each fiend a batlike hood Against that 'frighting light, and stood Beating the windless rain, and then Rose heavy and slow with cowering head, Circled in company again, And into darkness fled. Collected Poems 1901-1918 in Two Volumes Volume II. |
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