| 单词 | window blind |
| 例句 | The rain...the truck...the tomatoes...the price of gasoline...and all the while Shiloh lays low in my lap, tail between his legs, shaking like a window blind in a breeze. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Specks of dust drifted in the sifts of dusky light that came through the window blinds. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The window blinds were kept at an angle exactly as I liked them. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z The window blind blew back with the wind that rushed in, and in the aperture of the broken panes there was the head of a great, gaunt grey wolf. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z I can see them through the spaces in the window blinds. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Banana leaves cover the dirty glass like papery window blinds leaving long narrow triangles for my eye. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I sat there for surely an hour, staring at a daylit hole in the window blind, without smoking or taking off my coat or loosening my necktie. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z After comforting his son, Lee went to fasten the window blind. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z The writer-director Jacob Gentry obviously loves the genre he’s taken on, or at least he loves “Blade Runner,” to judge by the shadows, window blinds and synthesizer flourishes ornamenting “Synchronicity.” Review: ‘Synchronicity’ Plays With Time and Love 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z The results reveal that between 1990 and 2015 there were almost 17,000 injuries relating to window blinds or shades among children under the age of six, with the vast majority taking place at home. Ban window blinds with accessible cords to protect children, experts say 2017-12-11T05:00:00Z However, whenever I return to the office from a telework day, the window blinds are open. Work Advice: Eager to quit? Tips on bowing out gracefully. 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z Plasma flat-screens are everywhere in Back to the Future Part II, filling walls, popping up as billboards and on window blinds. Back to the Future Day: what Part II got right and wrong about 2015 – an A-Z 2015-10-20T04:00:00Z So much of the show is about grit and discomfort and anxiety, about paranoiacally peering through window blinds that line a nonetheless windowless concrete prison. | 'home/sick': Hot, Sweaty, Claustrophobic? So Is the Cast 2011-07-20T22:22:02Z The buoyant stripes in a kinetic work from the late 1960s, made with window blinds attached to the surface of a canvas, appear and disappear, depending on your perspective. What to See in N.Y.C. Galleries in August 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z A hand-held MoodPad controls the lighting, TV, temperature and window blinds. Check In, Check Out: Hotel Review: CitizenM Hotel in Amsterdam 2010-05-21T14:22:00Z Otherwise, performances are jazzed up with video overlays and mirror-image effects, drenched in jewel-tone light or rendered in black-and-white filters, through which you might notice a living-room sofa or the fluttering of window blinds. Live(ish), From Someone’s Room, This … Is American Isolation 2020-05-08T04:00:00Z Officers saw his bloody hand through the window blinds and used the master key to enter the room. Suspect in hotel stabbing death of Virginia woman held without bond 2023-06-04T04:00:00Z Responding officers saw the man’s bloody hand through the window blinds and then used the master key to enter the room. Virginia woman stabbed to death by fugitive in D.C. hotel 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z To keep the coolness inside, the athletes will have to follow some basic rules, he added, including making sure the window blinds are shut during the day. Paris aims to keep Olympians cool without air conditioners 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z Light cues your brain to awaken, so consider enlisting a sunrise alarm clock to subtly nudge you awake, or smart window blinds, which you can program to open at a certain time. The Return of ‘Party Down’ 2023-02-18T05:00:00Z As the sunlight bled through my window blinds, I tried not to notice the slope of her pale shoulder, the way her dark hair spread over my pillow. I Promised God It Was the Last Time 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z They concluded the woodcock gets its brilliance from the microscopic structure of tiny barbs arranged in parallel like window blinds, increasing the feathers’ reflective surface area. This demure bird has the brightest feathers ever measured 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z It wasn’t until she heard fire trucks, she said, that she opened her window blinds, saw smoke and realized the threat. At Least 20 Injured in High-Rise Fire in Manhattan 2022-11-05T04:00:00Z She said he went to his bedroom and she heard the window blind being raised and the grill being "shaken vigorously," and then there was a loud bang. Pupil's death on Spanish exchange trip ruled accidental 2022-10-25T04:00:00Z The family closed all of their window blinds, locked the doors and congregated in an upstairs hallway together, said Medina, who works as a communications vice president at a think tank. Police: 5 killed, including officer, in N. Carolina shooting 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z This hardworking horticulturist recently removed overgrown viburnum and neglected perennials from a border, and he felt like he had lifted a window blind and let in the light. How to simplify your garden so it flourishes without suffocating 2022-06-25T04:00:00Z Roy holds his right hand up to cover half his face, striations of light and shadow from unseen window blinds outside the frame creating a diagonal pattern across vertical fingers. Review: Photo visionary Imogen Cunningham gets a refocus in new Getty retrospective 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z The studio quietly held it in storage after wrapping production on the original in 2014, with its upholstered valances and window blinds still intact. Why 'How I Met Your Father' resurrects the original's iconic apartment 2022-01-18T05:00:00Z It was the first time he had seen her since school began, and he arrived clutching some window blinds he was to install at his sister’s house. Out of a prison, into a pandemic 2022-01-01T05:00:00Z The secret venue, with window blinds down, was accessed via an apartment block. Covid: Paris police probe 'secret luxury dinner parties' 2021-04-05T04:00:00Z And then there was Chenmua Yang, 27, who could not shake the sight of the thick, rust-red spatters covering the spa’s window blinds as he stood outside the crime scene. Suspect’s Church Calls Spa Attacks ‘the Result of a Sinful Heart’ 2021-03-19T04:00:00Z I hid behind the window blinds, hoping they couldn’t see me. Opinion | I grew up in the South as an Asian American. It was clear I wasn’t welcome. 2021-03-18T04:00:00Z Bridget Turner and her husband Alan worked for years in the window blinds industry before setting up their own business, A&B Window Blinds, in 1992. Covid in Scotland: Families remember loved ones lost to coronavirus 2021-03-13T05:00:00Z She attempted to calm him by engaging in “reality testing” — opening the window blinds and closets to show him that no one was there. Fatal police shootings of mentally ill people are 39 percent more likely to take place in small and midsized areas 2020-10-17T04:00:00Z Muus said he never used the intercom, but he did use the remote buttons to close his door and operate the window blinds, which were unique features back in the day. Minot’s shuttered M building has history, seeks future 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z The cabin lights were mostly switched off and window blinds stayed shut. No phones, scripted tweets: How Trump's Afghanistan trip was kept under wraps 2019-11-29T05:00:00Z What will be included on the inside of my home, such as window blinds and different levels of countertops and flooring? What you should ask when thinking about buying a newly constructed house 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z Curtains and window blinds provide privacy, The Kansas City Star reported. Emporia State installs sleeping pods so students can nap 2019-09-29T04:00:00Z The window blinds were closed, and the apartment smelled of bleach. When L.A. moved them off the streets, some knew it was their last chance. Others didn’t see it that way 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z Montana State University’s police chief says a university worker is in custody after a campus lockdown during which people were ordered to stay in locked rooms with window blinds drawn. The Latest: Montana State employee detained after lockdown 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z My window blinds were open, and the moon was big and pocked and glaring. “Uncle Jim Called” 2019-07-01T04:00:00Z Anything that’s considered a fixture is typically included when purchasing a house – think cabinets, faucets and window blinds. Sarah Li Cain: 15 best questions to ask when buying a house 2019-06-30T04:00:00Z Make sure your window screens are secure, too, and that window blind strings are tied up. It’s kitten adoption season! What to consider before you pounce | Produced by Advertising Publications 2019-05-28T04:00:00Z Built over three years, Martin Tower was constructed of - what else? - steel, lots and lots of steel, from the girders and exterior cladding to movable walls, furniture and even window blinds. Downfall: Defunct steelmaker’s global HQ to be imploded 2019-05-15T04:00:00Z Built over three years, Martin Tower was constructed of — what else? — steel, lots and lots of steel, from the girders and exterior cladding to movable walls, furniture and even window blinds. Downfall: Defunct steelmaker’s global HQ to be imploded 2019-05-15T04:00:00Z It all feels so natural, it’s as if we’re peering through the window blinds with binoculars and should be arrested for spying. Review: Smashing debut for Swinton’s daughter in ‘Souvenir’ 2019-05-15T04:00:00Z Weintraub said a meeting scheduled for Wednesday to discuss voluntary standards to reduce the strangulation risks of window blinds was canceled because of the shutdown. Recalls for risky products are on the honor system during federal shutdown 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z On Wednesday afternoon, Mark Stucky left work early and went to his stepdaughter’s place to hang window blinds. Behind the Scenes of Virgin Galactic’s First Space Mission 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z “We’ve been here before,” she says, pulling down the window blinds and shrugging, saying that the insurers will pay for any damage. Fear in Chemnitz: 'I’m used to neo-Nazis, but not my neighbour mixing with them in broad daylight' 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z These include things from cobwebs on hard-to-reach ceilings to dust on the window blinds to dirt in the nether regions of our beds. How this Indiegogo vacuum (mostly) fixed my MacBook keyboard 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z “We literally made this out of window blinds,” says Maddie McDaniel, one of the student artists, pointing to the bent steel bands that are part of the model they made. Students see their sculpture honoring linemen come to life 2018-05-08T04:00:00Z Highlights of both homes include hardwood floors throughout the first floor, a curved open stairwell with iron balusters, air conditioning, quartz countertops in the bathrooms and kitchen, and included window blinds. Five homes available for tours during special event | Provided by Toll Brothers 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z Rossi also weighed in on several other topics in the hourlong interview at his campaign headquarters, set up in an Issaquah office suite with drawn window blinds and no visible campaign signage outside. Dino Rossi downplays Trump factor in congressional race: ‘I am not running to be The Apprentice’ 2018-03-11T05:00:00Z His job was to write comments to append to Russian-language news items, toiling in a room with 20 computers and the window blinds closed, and required to hit post quotas. The 21st-century Russian sleeper agent is a troll with an American accent 2018-02-17T05:00:00Z Since then the agency had stepped up enforcement, overseeing a record number of recalls or fines and adopting stricter standards for items like garage openers, strollers and window blinds. Trump Pick to Head Consumer Safety Board Is Seen as Too Close to Industries 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z He then began asking if she lived alone, if her window blinds were up and if there was a camera recording in the room, the claim said. Two more claims filed over alleged sexual misconduct by San Diego County sheriff's deputy 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z Its window blinds stayed tightly shut against the Texas heat. A tiny ranch house in Texas. Eleven undocumented immigrants, stripped to their underwear. 2017-09-09T04:00:00Z “And the same thing goes for window blinds.” End of the checkout line: the looming crisis for American cashiers 2017-08-16T04:00:00Z The tatters of a vinyl window blind shamble down from a string and we hear footsteps receding deeper into the house. Driving the Most Controversial Strip of Land in Trump's America 2017-07-21T04:00:00Z The device will be a hub for Apple’s HomeKit home-automation system, letting users control devices such as lights, door locks and window blinds. Apple reportedly readies Siri speaker in bid to rival Amazon, Google 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z Birmingham Coroner's Court was told in August last year that Ms Moloney was discovered at her home in Coriander Close, Rubery, after relatives found window blinds blackened with soot and forced their way in. Fire risk alert issued over Beko tumble dryers - BBC News 2017-05-30T04:00:00Z Other home appliances being tested include locks, garage openers, window blinds, toasters and garden sprinklers, says Ruckert. Smart condo conundrum: Talk to appliances, or text them? 2017-03-12T05:00:00Z “If I don’t want anyone to look into my office,” he said, “I will put the window blinds down.” Common-sense solutions are sometimes the best ones 2017-01-24T05:00:00Z Rickover said not to bother, explaining: “If I don’t want anyone to look into my office, I will put the window blinds down.” How do you tell Adm. Rickover that you messed up his new office? 2017-01-22T05:00:00Z Open window blinds during the day and sit close to the window. Mississippi editorial roundup 2016-12-14T05:00:00Z He pulled the knitted blanket up to Melissa's chest and drew the window blinds. Melissa : Nature : Nature Research 2016-11-08T05:00:00Z Ms Moloney was discovered at her home in Coriander Close, Rubery, after relatives found window blinds blackened with soot and forced their way in. Beko tumble dryer model 'behind 20 fires' - BBC News 2016-08-08T04:00:00Z He compared the agency's exploiting of the software vulnerability to a police officer being able to see through broken window blinds into someone's home — an analogy privacy and computer security experts called obviously wrong. DOJ's refusal to turn over code complicates child porn cases 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z He compared the agency’s exploiting of the software vulnerability to a police officer being able to see through broken window blinds into someone’s home - an analogy privacy and computer security experts called obviously wrong. DOJ’s refusal to turn over code complicates child porn cases 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z At the tallest building on Lee Circle, the Hotel Modern, attendant Carl Jones recently rode the elevator up a dozen stories to fix a room’s window blinds. Confederate flag is in retreat – but still gives voice to rebel yell of white anxiety 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z When it came to window blinds, she read up on them and got Roman shades with cords tucked behind the shades and child releases on them. Kids are strangling on blind cords when we’ve known for years they’re dangerous 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z For now, white window blinds obscure the view into the shop. He says the Arlington gun store will be great. He just won’t say who owns it. 2016-03-13T05:00:00Z Jones said he chose “hardwood floors, recessed lights and thick woodish window blinds throughout the house,” and he matched the color of bathroom floors and vanity counters. At Ambrose Hills in Falls Church, bright and spacious living 2015-12-14T05:00:00Z Earlier, he owned a business that installed window blinds. Ohio root beer stand celebrates 60 years of curbside treats 2015-10-31T04:00:00Z The aircraft taxied to a hangar, its window blinds pulled down hiding the interior from view and offering no glimpse of any passenger to waiting media. Shaker Aamer to seek damages after 14 years in Guantánamo Bay without trial 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z She’s part of a support group for parents who have lost kids to window blinds. Kids are strangling on blind cords when we’ve known for years they’re dangerous 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z "Decora is ranked as one of the largest window blind producers in the UK and its clients include some of the largest independent blind companies in the country." Decora Blind Systems to create 80 jobs in Lisburn - BBC News 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z At home, he closed his window blinds and bought air freshener to mask the smell of gasoline and chemicals he used to turn his apartment into an explosive booby trap. Sides Issue Last Words for Colorado Shooting Trial 2015-07-14T04:00:00Z The building contained flooring material for the Philadelphia Floor Store and Centex, a window blinds company. Fire destroys Pennsylvania warehouse; no serious injuries 2015-05-17T04:00:00Z The cinematographer was in one corner with his team, discussing how the sun’s rays filtered through the window blinds. What Hollywood Can Teach Us About the Future of Work 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z Kaye meets many parents who never wanted to be part of a window blinds safety crusade. Kids are strangling on blind cords when we’ve known for years they’re dangerous 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z Consumer Product Safety Commission identified window blind cords as a cause of strangulation deaths among children under five. The lethal hazard to our children consumer protection refuses to fix 2015-05-03T04:00:00Z Sun shone in a halo around the corner of the window blinds. Zap Your Brain 2015-03-30T04:00:00Z They could see the living room through the slats of the window blinds; no one appeared to be home. Shot by the Police in Albuquerque 2015-01-26T05:00:00Z It was down to the finishing touches: the window blinds, the curtain rods, the new washer-dryer, the closet shelves. After a Storm, Celebrating a Hard-Earned Homecoming 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z “You do not want to be taking your window blinds down twice a year to change the battery,” he said. How Brick and Mortar-Based Lowe's Is Quietly Shaping IoT 2014-11-05T05:00:00Z They've called witnesses who testified to doing renovations at the house and another who said she saw Alarcon himself tiling a bathroom and putting up window blinds. Perjury, voter fraud case against Alarcon and wife goes to the jury 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z Photograph: James D Morgan/Rex The operation of the window blinds is as follows: 1. Ikea hotels welcome you! 2013-03-05T19:41:52Z A corpse, a locked safe and two sets of signals, one involving window blinds and the other a ringing telephone, are among the many devices that twist and prolong the action. | Long Island: A Review of ‘Wait Until Dark,’ in Northport 2013-02-02T02:27:19Z "Alexandra died as a result of an accidental suspension after unfortunately becoming tangled with a window blind cord next to her crib," she said. Toddler hanged by roller blind cord, inquest hears 2013-01-15T12:28:07Z Would stand on couch, eating cereal from coffee mug, dancing to song in head, flicking around cord from window blinds. George Saunders: “The Semplica-Girl Diaries.” 2012-10-08T04:00:00Z That is why window blinds must remain open, so passengers are aware of their surroundings in case of an emergency evacuation. F.A.A. to Review Rules on Use of Electronic Devices 2012-08-29T00:55:17Z Near one entrance hangs a rescued bamboo window blind covered in a brocade curtain, tassels and fake roses. City Room: A Public Bathroom, Transformed Into a Gem by the Beach 2012-08-22T14:05:09Z To make a loud noise, as if with a blow or succession of blows; as, the window blind banged and waked me; he was banging on the piano. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z Yet when Rogers moved in, he soon grew frustrated by a key element of the green design: the automated window blinds, which went up and down with little apparent reason. Automatic Shades Inspire Office Frustration 2012-02-23T22:01:50Z The curtains, cornices, mantel-cloths, together with several screens and cushions—even the window blinds—are all exquisitely embroidered by her industrious fingers. Notable Women Authors of the Day Biographical Sketches 2012-01-19T03:00:21.017Z At times I see him hovering around my house; hidden behind the window blinds, I look at him, and I can hardly repress my tears. The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) 2012-01-02T03:00:27.980Z In Scotland the custom still prevails of taking down the window blinds at the death, and hanging white sheets across the windows. Curious Church Customs and Cognate Subjects 2011-12-02T03:00:21.090Z The expense of providing and maintaining window blinds for officers' quarters is not chargeable against the public. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 62, January 1, 1872 2011-10-18T02:00:20.750Z While window blinds are important in accomplishing those savings, it’s fiendishly difficult to get automatic shades to work correctly. Automatic Shades Inspire Office Frustration 2012-02-23T22:01:50Z Roughly one child a month dies by strangling on window blind cords, and consumer advocates on the task force pushed for changes that they contended would eliminate the hazards. Consumer Advocates Abandon Talks on Window Blind Safety 2011-09-02T02:19:49Z And think of not being able to open one's window blinds without having to look that corpse in the face. The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) 2012-01-02T03:00:27.980Z The town assumed its old aspect, window blinds disappeared; Savitzki's street came to life again. Stories and Pictures 2011-08-30T02:00:28.080Z The great, four-poster bed was inexpressibly comfortable, and the splash and patter of the rain as it beat upon the window blinds was as soothing as a lullaby. Recollections of a Varied Life 2011-07-14T02:00:11.837Z The doors and window blinds were all closed, and the faint light within gleamed fitfully through the chinks where the framework was warped. The Haunted Homestead A Novel 2011-07-13T02:00:22.920Z When she opened her eyes the first light of the dawn was filtering through the window blinds. The Prussian Terror 2011-05-04T02:00:15.170Z It was shut, the window blinds were closely drawn, but a light gleamed through the crevices. First Person Paramount 2011-04-07T02:00:19.233Z When she returned she found her son hanging from the window blind cord. Toddler killed in blinds tragedy 2011-04-04T13:34:45Z The rain was still beating heavily against the window blinds, and the strange, yellowish gray light was still slowly but steadily increasing. Recollections of a Varied Life 2011-07-14T02:00:11.837Z I arose softly and opened the east window blinds, and then went back to bed to lie and watch the crimson light of morning kindling up the orient. The Haunted Homestead A Novel 2011-07-13T02:00:22.920Z The window blinds on all six storeys are drawn and no one answers the bell. Sovereign-wealth funds: From Tripoli to Mayfair 2011-03-10T10:55:19Z A light was filtering in dimly through the window blind. A Woman's Experience in the Great War 2011-02-26T03:00:48.257Z Carpets and window blinds were procured from J. B. Kay, Son & Co., The Court Houses of a Century A Brief Historical Sketch of the Court Houses of London Distict, the County of Middlesex, and County of Elgin 2011-01-22T03:00:15.373Z FBI agents returned yesterday to the Loughner home, where all the window blinds were shut and the small garage windows were taped over. Authorities Study Arizona Suspect’s Writings, Actions for Clues 2011-01-11T05:04:02Z What though on wintry night, when bitter blows the boist’rous wind, the wand’rer spies a cheering light behind the area window blind. Original Penny Readings A Series of Short Sketches 2010-12-20T17:11:48.837Z A man seen looking into an apartment through window blinds fled when confronted. Montgomery County crime report 2010-09-16T04:00:00Z West’s experts concluded that calculations used by makers of blowout preventers overestimated the cutting ability of blind shear rams, so-called because they close off wells like a window blind. Failure of Rig?s Last Line of Defense Tied to Myriad Factors 2010-06-21T03:23:00Z Handsome wide-slatted window blinds block an unprepossessing view just enough to let colors, not shapes, from a commercial street peep through. | Hartsdale: Caff? Azzurri Offers a New Take on Surf and Turf 2010-05-01T00:35:00Z A plumber, someone to measure for the window blinds, the man who reads the gas meter. E. L. Doctorow: “Edgemont Drive.” 2010-04-19T04:00:00Z Her mother worked part time at a company that made window blinds. The New Poor: Millions of Unemployed Face Years Without Jobs 2010-02-21T01:21:00Z Out her bedroom window, Ruth thought she caught the sound of the girls' voices and dipping into her wrapper, threw up her window blind. The Ranch Girls at Rainbow Lodge The Ranch Girls Series "There's something queer about her," said Martha, watching the departure over the top of the short window blind. A Pair of Schoolgirls A Story of School Days Lowering the window blinds in the dining room, the housekeeper went directly to the buffet, removing a quantity of choice silverware which had been in the Nichols family for several generations. Penny Nichols Finds a Clue Sandy led her at once to the "parsonage" with the green window blinds, as he had solemnly promised the Parson to do. First Fam'lies of the Sierras Here he crossed the room hastily and, reaching up, pulled down the long window blind with a sudden jerk. Cleek of Scotland Yard Detective Stories Coogan, involuntarily pushing aside the window blinds, cursed scornfully under his breath. The Song of the Wolf A great hand and arm shot through the opening and tore my window blind in strips from its roller. My Brave and Gallant Gentleman A Romance of British Columbia “Roland approached the house; it had green doors and window blinds; and there was a scraper on the upper step.” The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) Since the house in which she lived was low and stood out in the open country, and there were no window blinds, on bright moonlight nights the moon shone into the farthest corner. Sleep Walking and Moon Walking A Medico-Literary Study They saw a gaunt, plain house, two stories in height, without window blinds or porch of any sort, and if ever painted now so weather-beaten that the original color was indistinguishable. Betty Gordon in the Land of Oil The Farm That Was Worth a Fortune The Red Beadle turned away and left Zussmann to his dead, and, with scalding tears running down his cheek, pulled up the cotton window blind and gazed out unseeing into the night. Dreamers of the Ghetto Facing the sea are handsome villas, with flower gardens, tidy gravelled walks, shrubberies, snowy window blinds and other appurtenances of a desperately Protestant appearance. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule He set the frugal meal upon the bare pine table, then lit his one small lamp, which had been well trimmed and polished, and pulled down the green paper window blinds. Duncan Polite The Watchman of Glenoro A plain, brown, unpainted house; straight and square, with no break of piazza or window blinds; tapestried on the front with frost-bitten gourd vines, the yellow and green fruit yet unscathed. Say and Seal, Volume I The inhabitants of the houses on the hill at the far side of the valley did not even take the trouble to pull down their window blinds. A Padre in France It was almost always lighted up; and one evening he saw the shadow of her face quite plainly on the window blind; that was a glorious evening for him. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen We make bridges, fences, window blinds, furniture, and carriages out of bamboo. Fil and Filippa Story of Child Life in the Philippines One side of the window blind of the Connacht Eagle office was pulled aside. General John Regan He was awakened by Mr. Church pulling up his window blinds. The Man Who Lost Himself She straightened the window blinds to a correct line, closed all drawers carefully, and ushering Blue Bonnet into the hall, locked the door behind them. Blue Bonnet in Boston or, Boarding-School Days at Miss North's Beneath the porch no lantern flared, No watch dog kept his faithful ward, The window blinds were barred. The Continental Monthly, Vol 6, No 5, November 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Her grand piano was closed and dusty, the window blinds were partly pulled down, and although a fire was laid in the grate, it was not burning. The Camp Fire Girls in the Outside World The door was shut and the window blind was pulled down. General John Regan Turning, he looked upward at the high rambling house, its dormers and gables, its white clapboards and green window blinds. Fair Harbor The more she was alarmed, the more precautions, window blinds and lowered veils, were necessary, the greater did her poet seem. Artists' Wives This and nothing more: The window blinds are closed, the outer door Close shut and bolted, and the curtains drawn. Five Lectures on Blindness Struck by an indescribable fear, he quickly dressed himself and peered through the window blinds. The Son of Monte-Cristo, Volume I She lived in the country in a white house with green window blinds. Stories of Birds Not a chair or a window blind, or even a door-plate or handle, is to be seen in any of the rooms, except in those used for the concerts, and the question arose, naturally enough. The Insurrection in Paris Nice water cresses can be made from green window blinds cut on the bias. Skiddoo! She moved to adjust a window blind and when she returned found that his steady eyes were fixed upon her. The Yukon Trail A Tale of the North And there, at the back, that window blind stood open. The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story He closed the window blind, then lighted the gas, and seated himself opposite her by the table. Added Upon A Story Mary Burton awoke one morning to see, through her window blinds, a mixture of snow and rain falling from low-hanging clouds; yet her lips parted in a smile. Destiny And if Emily Ann will hang bib fluffy bobs on the window blinds for tassels, and if they swing about in the breeze like moving eyes, well, I am not to blame, am I? A Book for Kids Pictures would be hung, clocks wound, a number of tin cans would be waiting to be opened with refractory can openers, and there would always be several window blinds that had gone wrong. Plum Pudding Of Divers Ingredients, Discreetly Blended & Seasoned Upon its gray clapboarded sides, window blinds hang loose and window sashes sag away from their frames. How To Write Special Feature Articles A Handbook for Reporters, Correspondents and Free-Lance Writers Who Desire to Contribute to Popular Magazines and Magazine Sections of Newspapers He raised the window gently, and then—shut the window blind! McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader As they told the story, they saw the men look over the fence and examine the window blinds, and they paid particular attention to the make-up of the building, which was a two-story affair. Mob Rule in New Orleans Robert Charles and His Fight to Death, the Story of His Life, Burning Human Beings Alive, Other Lynching Statistics The flutter of a handkerchief at the window blind was my "signal of distress," and when my "Ship of State" seemed sinking amid the breakers of domestic storms, her strong arm ever saved. The World As I Have Found It Sequel to Incidents in the Life of a Blind Girl She had been standing at a corner looking wistfully at the window blinds behind which folk from Thrums passed to and fro, hiding her face from people in the street, but gazing eagerly after them. Sentimental Tommy The Story of His Boyhood The sun shone all day long, and though the holland window blinds were kept down to subdue the light, for my sake and perhaps for baby's, I thought my room looked perfectly beautiful. The Woman Thou Gavest Me Being the Story of Mary O'Neill The house door was closed, the window blinds were down. Gunsight Pass How Oil Came to the Cattle Country and Brought a New West Pressed brass rack pulleys for window blinds were the invention of Thomas Horne, in 1823, who applied the process of pressure to many other articles. Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham A History and Guide Arranged Alphabetically He closed his window blinds so that he might not see the daylight at all, and he prostrated himself in the gloom to implore Jesus to accept his sacrifice. Abbe Mouret's Transgression He notices that the window blind is up, goes over and pulls it down and draws the curtains. The Thirteenth Chair But Mr. Whedell was up and dressed before six o'clock, and was watching for the expected carriage, through the window blinds of his apartment. Round the Block In the small hours of the morning I keeked through the corner of the window blinds and saw it hard at work. James Nasmyth: Engineer; an autobiography "Not a bit of it," said Diana, pulling up the window blind. Anne of Green Gables The window blind blew back with the wind that rushed in, and in the aperture of the broken panes there was the head of a great, gaunt gray wolf. Dracula The window blind is pulled down, the curtains on window are opened. The Thirteenth Chair Mother had some window blinds that Winfield had brought her from New York in the spring, and she had laid them away; no one knew why, then. Laddie; a true blue story Stephen lay watching the Great Bear; Elfride was regarding a monotonous parallelogram of window blind. A Pair of Blue Eyes He pulled down his window blinds and lighted his candle. The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson The morning breeze was fluttering at his window blind; a honeysuckle vine tapped lightly on the pane. The Gentleman from Indiana Where the window blinds are not torn, they are dirty; the folk who come out of the doors wear anxious and depressed faces. The Orange-Yellow Diamond The roses on the window blinds didn't look so bright as they had; mother said the only way she could get along was to keep right on working. Laddie; a true blue story He raised himself up in his berth, and, pulling open the window blind, was able with difficulty to make out that it was almost four o'clock. The Philistines Had not this same Mr. H�y just expressed himself kindly about Solem, and was not Solem the lad who one fine evening had caused her to tear down her window blind? Look Back on Happiness As the reader's eye strays, with hearty relief, from these pages, it probably alights on something, a bed-post or a lamp-post, a window blind or a wall. Tremendous Trifles Bolting the door securely, I threw open one of the window blinds. The Master of Silence A Romance The window blinds had all been carefully drawn. Under the Prophet in Utah; the National Menace of a Political Priestcraft At daybreak, when the light from the eastern sky came in blue at the window blind, and the gasoline lamp grew sickly and pale, the doctor went to bed. Purple Springs Our window blinds and curtains should be thrown back and open, and we should let the blessed air and sun stream in to invigorate and cheer. Hygienic Physiology : with Special Reference to the Use of Alcoholic Drinks and Narcotics If I had a cord—" "There is a string on the window blind. The Rover Boys on the Ocean Or, a chase for a fortune Some men seemed to be trailing up and down outside the Pullman car, so Norton ran up the little window blind and looked out. The Shagganappi The pale London dawn had come, the place was full of a chilly grey light that filtered round the edges of the window blinds. The Invisible Man They came home—to the home that looked as if it would fain be once more cheerful, with the front window blinds drawn up again, and the solemn stillness no longer observed. Henrietta's Wish Or, Domineering "Cousin Sally will find a welcome in our hearts," replied her husband, in a sober voice, "and that, I am sure, will be more grateful to her than new carpets and window blinds." After a Shadow and Other Stories Pliny speaks of the plane tree, our sycamore or buttonwood, as excellent, because of the horizontal branches which, like window blinds, allow free passage of the breezes while intercepting the heat of the sun. Three Acres and Liberty Then the last spark of light disappeared, and through the Egyptian darkness I could see the faint line of white around the window blinds. The Jewel of Seven Stars Hence when, through a crack beside the window blind, she saw him, a poor, pale shadow, descending wearily and painfully from the buggy, the great mother heart in the girl welled with pity. Corporal Cameron of the North West Mounted Police; a tale of the Macleod trail Beside the latter highway stood a little house, painted a spotless white, its window blinds a vivid green. The Depot Master She was peering in at us over the low window blind. The Lock and Key Library Classic Mystery and Detective Stories: Modern English Of Ella herself there was no sign, but he noticed that the tassel at the end of the window blind cord was moving as if recently disturbed. The Bittermeads Mystery I was surprised when my eye met, through the chinks between the dark window blinds and the window cases, the brighter light of the coming dawn. The Jewel of Seven Stars He stole to the door and locked it, pulled down the window blinds, and then reloaded his revolver with feverish haste. Bucky O'Connor Then he hits his knee a slap that sounds like a window blind blowin' to. The Depot Master There, resting on the window blind, was the lovely little hand which had held the murderous knife. The Lock and Key Library Classic Mystery and Detective Stories: Modern English The window blinds were drawn down—the bank was closed. The Heritage of the Sioux The window blinds were down and the shutters closed; not a ray of daylight came in. The Jewel of Seven Stars Among them they had managed to make the occasion as completely mournful as any family party can be, with the window blinds up. The Virginian, a Horseman of the Plains The floor was covered with torn papers, the window blinds was shut, the gas was burnin' blue, and, between it and the smoke, the smells was as various as them in a fish glue factory. The Depot Master We cannot say how long the night seemed to Milady, but d'Artagnan believed it to be hardly two hours before the daylight peeped through the window blinds, and invaded the chamber with its paleness. The Three Musketeers The Shadow on the Blind Last night I walked among the lamps that gleamed, And saw a shadow on a window blind, A moving shadow; and the picture seemed To call some scene to mind. An Anthology of Australian Verse |
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