| 单词 | diaphanous |
| 例句 | A sort of...sharpening of the lines of her, as though a diaphanous veil had been lifted. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Aurelia sat on the floor with her diaphanous robes spread about her, and watched the cub eat. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z The breeze rustled leaves in a dry and diaphanous distance. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Thoughts that might have drifted away on waves of brandy otherwise remain intact in his head, confirmed and secured by a diaphanous magician. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Dressed not in a diaphanous robe but a pair of overalls, Calliope began to feel very funny indeed. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z She leans down long enough to retrieve her diaphanous shawl and disappears, her arm raised so that the shawl trails behind her, a shimmering banner. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z I pulled back the thin diaphanous curtain that covered the windows and spotted my friend Ayana outside with her mother. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z He felt ashamed, and when he went out for walks he hunched his shoulders, wanting to be as invisible as an insect with diaphanous wings. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Then my gaze slid over the people to the blaze of green beyond the diaphanous curtains, and I felt as if I were sitting in the window of an enormous department store. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z They had pitched tents, some in motley, some in diaphanous silks. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I forgot to add: The whole package is bow-tied in a billowy, diaphanous, organically grown hijab. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z The tower itself is a series of platforms swooping in odd, diaphanous shapes, quite similar to clouds. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z She had diaphanous eyelids and very slender toes with rings on them. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Her palm was pale, almost diaphanous, and he could see the greenish criss-cross of her veins. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Florence Klotz’s diaphanous dresses, in soft colors, beautifully emphasize the curves of the women’s torsos. Dance Review: From the Classical World of Apollos and Fauns to a Romantic Passion 2011-05-19T21:29:13Z Then, peeling back the diaphanous curtains of the nearest window, she reveals a lush northward outlook of the city at night, the Empire State Building gleaming. How ‘MTV Cribs’ Rewired My Brain, and Maybe Yours Too 2020-08-26T04:00:00Z The white light feels by turns solid, as if you are walking through walls, then diaphanous, then floating like a butterfly that can be held for a second. The Tanks: Art in Action – review 2012-07-21T23:05:29Z Snow brings some of that divine diaphanous dazzle to bear on Zebra, Gallant's debut EP, released in August. New band of the day: Gallant (No 1,541) 2013-06-26T14:47:13Z The curtain opens on Lena Horne, dressed in a diaphanous gown, standing at an onstage window. Why Movie Musicals Work 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z The dough is supple but sturdy, not a mere diaphanous veil but offering a bite of its own. Modern Russian Dumplings That Nod to the Past 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z At the intimates expo, there’s a bounty of soft-cup options, including an entire diaphanous line from Slovenia promoted as Europe’s top pole-dancing apparel. Women are over the underwire bra 2022-03-09T05:00:00Z But diaphanous caftans and floaty frocks don’t always fly in the city. What You Need for a Mental Vacation 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z Ladies Choir sang, decked out in diaphanous vintage gowns. Follow-up: Chalet Hollywood, party in the name of art ... and alpacas 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z For her most recent show, she outfitted a character she named Eve in a diaphanous, breast-baring white and gold dress that referenced the devotional Botticelli painting “La Primavera.” Meet the Young Designers Making Catholic-Inspired Fashion 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z The materials are so delicate and diaphanous — are they custom-created from an angel’s loom? ‘Lois Greenfield: Moving Still’ review: Images of momentary magic 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z The final look of her forthcoming collection, a diaphanous dress in streaks of red chiffon, channels one of the final scenes in that movie. T Magazine: Giulietta of the Spirits 2011-01-27T22:15:04Z But it was never didactic, remaining as ambiguous as Britten’s sliding, diaphanous music, conducted by Leo Hussain. Critic?s Notebook: Where Opera Is Stretched Yet Unbroken 2011-07-05T21:30:26Z Google the term “belly dance” and the first images the search engine offers are of white women in flowing, diaphanous skirts, playing at brownness. Why I can’t stand white belly dancers 2014-03-04T23:59:00Z The fluid digital animation tickles the eye with a sea of periwinkle, pockmarked creatures and diaphanous, detailed wings. Gary Rydstrom’s ‘Strange Magic,’ From a George Lucas Story 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z As a composer, Liszt was often an iconoclastic adventurer, especially in works with fluid, diaphanous textures and sounds that anticipated Impressionism. Critic?s Notebook: A Renaissance Man Before the Renaissance 2011-08-23T12:00:00Z Singing the spirit of spring's first bloom, Bui then let float by a diaphanous series of sheer organza blouses. Fashion shows travel continents and eras in Paris 2012-09-27T20:44:15Z Produced on her return to New York from a trip to Nova Scotia, the painting is a light-struck, diaphanous evocation of hills, rocks and water. Helen Frankenthaler, Abstract Painter, Dies at 83 2011-12-27T15:27:38Z A hauntingly diaphanous sound from the women greets Boleyn’s first entrance. Music Review: Leon Botstein Conducts ‘Henry VIII’ at Bard Festival 2012-08-20T21:49:34Z She messes with that standard format like nobody’s business, pouring and staining various pigments and mediums so that the results run the gamut from diaphanous translucence to gooey opacity. Renegade abstractions of Polly Apfelbaum and Dona Nelson make for a stellar art show 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z As a general rule, ski with acuity and awareness in Europe: European liability laws don’t favor the skier who decides to ski off a cliff into a diaphanous cloud. In Austria, Saunas, Schnitzel and World Cup Skiing 2012-12-07T17:10:36Z At the most, Mr. Motian seems to be interested in the Modern Jazz Quartet’s overall group sound: diaphanous, concise, glassy with blue streaks. Music Review: School?s in Session, but Don?t You Dare Take Notes 2011-05-20T03:02:48Z But “Ordinary People” is less invested in the celebrities that serve as its touchstones than in the diaphanous experience of its non-famous protagonists. In “Ordinary People,” Diana Evans Blends Domesticity and Celebrity, with a Gothic Twist 2018-09-24T04:00:00Z In long white tutus with garlanded hair, the dancers looked diaphanously at ease, first in an entwining quartet with continuously linked hands, then in fluttering, voluminous solos. At Fall for Dance, Flamenco, Clowning, Classical Moves and a Bit of Homicide 2015-10-11T04:00:00Z A diaphanous curtain, suspended from a circular rail, gives the action an hallucinatory quality. Macbeth 2010-04-30T20:35:00Z Yet for all the success of the tailored top halves, the diaphanous chiffon tripped up the collection, literally and figuratively. Special Report: Fashion: Taking the Long View 2010-10-04T18:40:00Z Mr. Crosby also absorbed the music of the Everly Brothers, which taught him how to layer harmonies into diaphanous patterns. David Crosby, Mainstay of Two Classic Rock Bands, Dies at 81 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z When diaphanous tailored pieces appeared near the end, showing the construction of seams required to create a tailored jacket, the effect was, indeed, superlight. Lanvin Tops Summer 2013 Men’s Collections 2012-07-01T15:12:47Z Mr. Happel nodded in somewhat harried agreement before hurrying off to a storage closet, where row upon row of diaphanous, bejeweled costume hung. Hard Work of Keeping City Ballet?s Costumes Fresh 2010-06-14T22:59:00Z Snohetta’s big move in the first go around, visually speaking, was swapping out the lower portion of the building’s masonry facade for a diaphanous curtain wall. For AT&T, Balancing Change and Preservation Under the Same Broken Pediment 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z The Ravel aimed for the diaphanous; the Debussy, sometimes, seemed barely there at all. Review | At the Kennedy Center, pianists Lewis and Osborne work in miniature 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z As the spectators disperse from the temporary bleachers, a diaphanous duvet of mist — moisture emitted by the 770 acres of surrounding Kuhn corn — settles over the fields. Tending to Grass, and to Grief, on a Tennis Court in Iowa 2022-09-05T04:00:00Z Mr. Richards commences one anecdote by declaring, “I was dressed at the time in a diaphanous djellaba, Mexican shoes and a tropical army hat.” A Roundup of Holiday Coffee Table Books 2012-11-22T19:55:15Z Neither are the wontons, whose wrappers are so soft and diaphanous they practically melt in your mouth like pats of warmed butter. Shanghai Taste review: The virtuoso of soup dumplings 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z The stage at the New Ohio Theater is a rhapsody in white, with billowing, diaphanous curtains and small columns on which cunning little bibelots are perched. Theater Review: ‘Seagull (Thinking of You),’ at New Ohio Theater 2013-01-16T22:35:06Z A woman sings a pretty song; another plays the flute; several people with bright smiles and diaphanous garments dance. Review: ‘Novenas’ Offers Prayers for a Hospital That Died 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z A tiny woman in a black diaphanous gown, with her hair in blond ringlets that glowed with an almost radioactive brilliance, was walking out of an adjacent door. "W.E.": Madonna's Wallis Simpson fantasy hits Toronto 2011-09-13T20:01:00Z Sometimes she even seems self-effacing: Unwound and Is This the Start? are so diaphanous they dissolve without registering much impact. Hannah Peel: The Broken Wave - review 2011-01-27T23:40:01Z A lush garden veiled in diaphanous mesh floats above, forming a verdant screen for the second-story parking lot. Whole Foods Unveils Plans for a Sleek Miami Beach Store 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z Most strikingly, mid-program, Pagés, in a red diaphanous gown that extended into a wide circle around her bare feet, interpreted anguish and compassion for, she later explained, the world’s refugees. A diamond among flamenco’s divas 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z If Ramaswamy is like a living sculpture and Ahlgren is more distant, diaphanous and of the air, Morris ties them together, surfing on a peak of feeling as if dancing the histories of her ancestors. Review: Three Dancers, One Solo. How Do They Make It Their Own? 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z The light appears misty, or it's like some diaphanous material that rips as you pass. Light Show – review 2013-02-03T00:05:16Z The other: Lallone, wearing a diaphanous white gown with winglike sleeves, wafts and whirls in the lights like a silken moth fluttering around a multihued flame. Voil?! A Tune-tooled trip to Paris in ZinZanni show 2011-10-11T00:00:06Z A sense of spring, not fall, bloomed from the largely off-white array of diaphanous silk blouses, scattered pearls and applique lace flowers on display at a sky-lit showroom in Paris' central Tuileries garden. Stefano Pilati says adieu to Yves Saint Laurent 2012-03-06T02:46:06Z Fierce looks — like dark tailored jackets with cloche cuffs and spiked-toe stilettos — contrasted effectively with fairy-like details such as billowing diaphanous sleeves on a loose, trapeze-shaped printed silk gown in black and white. Balmain calls for peace and truth in Paris Fashion Week show 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z It was a sea of flawless skin, diaphanous dresses, wasp waists, and carb aversion: the Bagger was one of only three at her table of 18 to not order the salad. Golden Globes 2017: A Weekend of It Girls and British Tea 2017-01-07T05:00:00Z Wild fennel, lemon aspen berries, scurvy weed, a diaphanous herb called “slender celery” — Mr. Holland seems gifted with the ability to spot them all from the corner of his eye while driving. In Australia, Noma Forages for Ingredients and Inspiration 2016-03-01T05:00:00Z The five tableaux of “Metamorphosis,” and an arrangement of the end of “Satyagraha,” are scarcely less diaphanous. Classical Playlist: Rihm, Brahms, Glass and Messiaen 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z A diaphanous shroud reaching to her waist, it moved lightly as she walked behind her husband’s coffin in the cortege that traveled from the White House to St. Matthew’s Cathedral. ‘Jackie’: Under the Widow’s Weeds, a Myth Marketer 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z From here, palm-dotted terraced gardens and lawns lead down to the beach, where bright-white cabanas, their diaphanous curtains billowing in the turquoise sea’s gentle breezes, await. Now Is the Time to Visit This New Hotel in Greece 2015-08-12T04:00:00Z The diaphanous looks borrowed richly from the Renaissance, from the flowing trains, puffy sleeves and draping. Missioni turns creative page; Liberatore mixes real, virtual 2021-09-26T04:00:00Z But at the time, the cognoscenti oohed and aahed about their diaphanous moods and painterly refinement. Perspective | Anger at Donald Trump may turn great artists into political cartoonists. It’s happened before. 2020-09-03T04:00:00Z Her brightly illuminated body, whose nether parts are barely covered by a bit of diaphanous gold fabric, is similarly realized with a loving eye for the subtlest curve, bulge and dimple. Art Review: Italian Paintings From the Feigen Collection, at Yale 2010-06-10T21:43:00Z We want rapturous pas de deux and virtuosic solos, visions of a nether world of female spirits in diaphanous white, evil villains and noble heroes, exotic color and big scenery. Dance Review: The Warrior, the Maiden, the Whole Schmear 2011-04-24T21:30:43Z A poetic vision of yearning, 17 women in diaphanous dresses filled the stage with intricate patterns and circlings. Los Angeles Ballet floats with 'La Sylphide' and 'Serenade' 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z Its unfortunate dust jacket — diaphanous, crinkly to the touch — mimics the feel of that skin. Books of The Times: A Grotesque Artifact Starts a Journey From Garage Sale to Buchenwald 2010-09-30T22:21:00Z Mr. Armani’s vision was so infinitely subtle that real mother-of-pearl blended with diaphanous chiffon, flowered lace or a cascade of ruffles. Fashion Review: Bold or Subtle, Skin Is In 2013-07-03T17:26:27Z Ms. Lohan herself has posed twice as Marilyn Monroe — once, wearing mainly a diaphanous scarf in New York magazine, and later, for Playboy, without any clothes at all. Television Review: ‘Liz & Dick,’ Starring Lindsay Lohan, on Lifetime 2012-11-23T21:58:09Z It certainly seemed to be in the diaphanous, white and haunting spring-summer collection from Valentino that ended Paris' haute couture week. Gaultier channels Winehouse, stars shop for Oscars 2012-01-25T23:41:17Z At the List Center, film of the 2015 play is projected on large diaphanous curtains that partly divide the room, allowing us to see its images from both sides. Revisiting Ben Vereen’s Misunderstood Blackface Inaugural Performance 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z In the early 1990s, the young Giraldi moved among men whose bodies “looked engineered by some sinister geneticist” and who focused “on diaphanous skin and vascularity, a symphony of form.” ‘The Hero’s Body’: The dangerous world of hyper-macho men 2016-08-12T04:00:00Z It's light and lovely, with a diaphanous quality that suggests it's going to waft into the ether at any moment like a little fluffy cloud. New band of the day ? No 764: JJ 2010-04-12T14:37:00Z She wears blazers: a taupe one that reflects the light, a black one that is diaphanous and breezy and, at the debate, a grayish one that calls to mind moonlight. Perspective | Marianne Williamson won’t make you feel better about America, but you’ll feel better about yourself 2019-06-26T04:00:00Z It is crammed with convincing detail, including the kind of diaphanous silk garment you see in real Renaissance paintings by the likes of Botticelli. National Gallery's forgeries are the real deal 2010-07-01T14:45:00Z And there were too many nights when stirring Bach choral works, animated Mozart symphonies, intense Brahms concertos, diaphanous Debussy scores and more just sounded wan, and I felt restless in my seat. What I’ve Learned in 60 Years of Listening to the Philharmonic 2022-10-07T04:00:00Z The entire building, which reads as dull grey concrete on an overcast day, is in fact wrapped in a diaphanous cocoon of textured glass – the kind usually used to obscure bathroom windows. Shenzhen stock exchange building: inside China's 'miniskirt' 2013-04-16T17:56:13Z The tracks undulate slowly and diaphanously, while instruments and ensembles materialize out of nowhere and vanish just as mysteriously. The Best Albums of 2017 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z For summer 2013, any editor would lose count of the number of diaphanous blouses on the runways, with no reaction of shock, horror or surprise. The Rebirth of the Blouse 2012-09-25T18:15:30Z Haitink moulds it exquisitely, while the Chicago string players spin diaphanous curtains of sound. Strauss: Ein Heldenleben; Webern: Im Sommerwind 2010-06-17T21:25:00Z And so he did, commissioning producer Clams Casino to make the dreamy, diaphanous I'm God and blessing it with his gloopy flow. The A-Z of pop in 2012 2012-06-29T14:15:00Z During the reflective second movement and the bustling, densely layered yet always lucidly textured last movement, Mr. Lindberg’s distinctive harmonic language came through, neither tonal nor atonal, but shimmering, diaphanous and pungent. Music Review: Conjuring Up Wondrous Sounds 2010-11-21T22:44:00Z Some inclusions look stronger than they did the first time around, including Polly Apfelbaum’s diaphanous dotted abstractions on white silk velvet. Art Exhibitions From Chelsea to the Lower East Side 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z Strands of the women’s hair, formerly grey, become vivid red tendrils, while their bodies are made radiant by streaks and patches of color, variously soft and diaphanous, deep and opaque. Saul Leiter’s Painted Nudes 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z Scrims drop and rise, a play of opacity and transparency, shadow and light, seeing and seeing through that’s echoed even in the costumes: diaphanous pajamas by Reid Bartelme and Harriet Jung. A Dance to the Music of Time and T.S. Eliot 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z The red blotches depict protein in a piece that layers two compositions on diaphanous fabric atop another on paper. Review | In the galleries: Science expands nature art, on grand and minuscule scales 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z Its curdled guitars laced with diaphanous dulcimer and wispy slide guitar, “Describe” is now a jarring expression of vulnerability. How Blake Mills became good at everything 2020-06-10T04:00:00Z The threads that Lane Fox weaves between the medical texts and a revolution in human consciousness are, however, rather diaphanous. Three New Books on the Predigital Technologies That Shaped Our World 2021-01-05T05:00:00Z The diaphanous sails, supported on an acrobatic armature of wood and steel, project outside the iceberg. Two Shows for Frank Gehry, as His Vuitton Foundation Opens 2014-10-20T04:00:00Z Watercolour, being transparent but visible, is made for the insubstantial: for painting water, reflection, vapour, sky, the hazy, diaphanous and remote. Awash with colour 2011-02-20T00:04:07Z Tightly wrapped in diaphanous fabric, it extends from buttock to bended knee across the lower middle of the picture, practically dwarfing the upper part of her body. Review: ‘Flaming June’ Arrives in New York, Preceded by Its Reputation 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z Her drummer and keyboardist, the sum total of her accompaniment, wore feather headdresses; she stalked the stage, sylphlike, in a diaphanous white cloak. Music Review: A Big-Voiced Singer Takes Off In Several Directions at Once 2011-07-28T22:09:05Z Dried seaweed is rehydrated into long, diaphanous tangles for miyeokguk, a soup traditionally boiled for birthdays as often as it is on weeknights. Umami Is Often a Flavor Bomb. In This Creamy Pasta, It’s a Balm. 2021-03-26T04:00:00Z The actress Selma Blair appeared at the Vanity Fair Oscar party on Sunday evening wearing a diaphanous Ralph & Russo gown and carrying a custom-made cane covered in black patent leather. Selma Blair Shares Her M.S. Story, and Many Hear Their Own 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z She made it by pouring buckets of pigment, thinned with turpentine, down the canvas in many diaphanous layers. Pat Steir Gets Discovered, Again 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z Now as then, on view is Kandinsky’s 1926 “Several Circles,” a neat cosmos of orbiting diaphanous discs floating in black space. Etel Adnan’s Bittersweet Arrival at the Guggenheim 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z She is enveloped by a nearly transparent tent of diaphanous, glittering fabric. Art Review: Sanford Biggers?s Art in a Two-Borough Exhibition 2011-10-20T20:30:09Z Atmospheric effects achieved with lighting, diaphanous or ephemeral materials or lasers, and fiber-optic cables lend the museum a runway glamour. Art Review | 'Contemplating the Void': Take This Museum and Shape It 2010-02-19T05:56:00Z Elizabeth Cannon’s diaphanous silver costume wafted about Ms. Demyanenko, and she seemed a sculpture constantly in flux. Dance Review: Trisha Brown Dance at Dia:Beacon 2010-05-03T21:42:00Z Or maybe it’s her coloration, so pale and diaphanous that she seems not quite of this world. Strange ‘Creatures’ roam through Francesca Sundsten’s paintings 2013-07-18T19:55:48Z Beyoncé sang the gospel hymn “Precious Lord, Take My Hand,” dressed in diaphanous white and surrounded by a company with outstretched hands. Grammy Winners 2015: Beck, Sam Smith, Pharrell and Beyoncé Thrive 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z The piece was playful and serious; present and absent; material and imaginary; visually bold and intellectually diaphanous. Ellsworth Kelly, the master of the deceptively simple 2015-12-28T05:00:00Z Its dune ridges are outlined in a red the color of dried blood; its salt-dried underbrush is strangely diaphanous. Move over, Monet: Oregon had its own Impressionist painter 2016-12-27T05:00:00Z No one does fragility like Williams, who’s as diaphanous and bruised as a fallen petal. Oscar Spotlight: The Actresses 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z Or diaphanous kerchiefs of eye of round that are slipped raw into the bowl to cook en route to your table, arriving still ruby-hearted and beautifully tender. A Soup That Needs No Accompaniment at Just Pho 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z A detachable and diaphanous copper skirt, worn by Ashley Ellis, highlights the third movement, which also features a hokey duet. Yoshiko Chuma, ?ngel Corella and Joseph Webb 2010-03-21T20:53:00Z With a diaphanous quality that places it somewhere between heaven and earth, the piece is addictive in its slipperiness; it grows more appealing each season. An Evening of Ronald K. Brown Lifts Alvin Ailey’s Season 2016-12-27T05:00:00Z The stitches were, in fact, attached to a diaphanous base. Gucci's Orgy of Gorgeousness 2012-09-19T17:33:55Z Adeline André's marvelous costumes show the corps as strange floral and animal creatures; the four winds are dressed in diaphanous floating robes in pale blues and greens, their hair and lips tinted blue. Tanztheater Wuppertal Stages ‘Palermo’; Ratmansky Returns to Paris Opera 2014-07-01T04:00:00Z Ms. Matoshi had expected sales of her diaphanous frocks to fall because of the pandemic; instead, she said, sales have increased 1,000 percent since it went on sale in January. The Strawberry Dress That Ate TikTok 2020-08-18T04:00:00Z Supported on a shallow ring of concrete, the tower is a diaphanous web rising into the sky. Critic’s Notebook: An Engineering Landmark Faces Demolition in Moscow 2014-03-16T17:07:29Z In “Unsilenced,” fragments of what Thomas calls the “beautifully written document of horrible acts” are digitally printed on diaphanous fabric, with an image of an unknown Navajo captive boy looming behind it. A Grim, Long-Hidden Truth Emerges in Art: Native American Enslavement 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z For much of the movie within the movie, she prowls around in diaphanous caftans or little or nothing, only occasionally dropping her mask to reveal something beguiling and human. Review: ‘The Other Side of the Wind’ Is Orson Welles’s Haunted Hall of Mirrors 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z The Eternal Godmother Of ‘La Bayadère’ ONE by one, clad in diaphanous white, they enter to a flowing adagio musical phrase. Dance: Natalia Makarova?s ?Bayad?re? at Ballet Theater 2010-05-13T14:34:00Z It’s the jolliest thing in the show: a synchronized dance to the Pussycat Dolls song “When I Grow Up,” performed in heels, wigs and diaphanous floral-print caftans. Review: ‘To My Girls,’ a Toast to Millennial ‘Instagays’ 2022-04-12T04:00:00Z Her lyrics start by listing what she’s not — someone’s mother, keeper, debt collector, puppeteer, rag doll — in a diaphanous tangle of acoustic-guitar arpeggios. Rihanna Inches Back to Music, and 8 More New Songs 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z The fabric will hang from the ceiling, creating a diaphanous elliptical labyrinth that, as described by the museum, seems likely to resemble a Richard Serra sculpture, only much softer, whiter and taller. The Week Ahead: Aug. 21 ? 27 2011-08-19T19:54:02Z More immediate is the juxtaposition of soft and hard and solid and diaphanous, as well as the pictures’ architectural qualities. Review | At the galleries: How humans threaten the natural world 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z As the sylph, a delicate Sterling Hyltin instilled the role with equal parts speed and softness, which lent her springy jumps the diaphanous feel of mist seeping through a forest. Review: ‘La Sylphide’ Is City Ballet’s Bittersweet Valentine 2016-02-14T05:00:00Z “The Conductor” does extraordinary things with a partly-levitating brick wall and three rows of green apples that are diaphanous to varying degrees. At Tacoma Art Museum: Camille Patha’s vivid ‘Punch of Color’ 2014-02-27T22:26:49Z But then - to end the show - two diaphanous skirts, in billowing black and white tulle, looked anything but hard. Givenchy, Kenzo, Chloe get tough, Celine delights 2013-03-04T02:31:05Z The styles on show also mixed the old and the new, with lightweight materials giving some of the black dresses a diaphanous air. Back to black for Christian Dior at sumptuous Haute Couture show 2019-07-01T04:00:00Z These are slender, diaphanous qualities, easily destroyed by even a hint of negativity. Perspective | Gene Weingarten: Take me out to the Old. Word. Game. 2021-04-28T04:00:00Z The latter, a diaphanous heartbreaker about being careful what you wish for, was an obvious influence on Saint Etienne's Tiger Bay. Hidden treasures: Bobbie Gentry – The Delta Sweete 2013-01-15T12:24:59Z Shot with a hand-held camera in airy, diaphanous light, the film dwells as much in Jo and her family’s everyday moments together as it probes the suspense and sorrows of her predicament. Five International Movies to Stream Now 2022-07-01T04:00:00Z In fact, as a diaphanous, airbrushed silhouette the painting is more like, well, 50 shades of grey. Ed Ruscha and 'Fifty Shades of Grey' 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z “I really want it to be almost like a mirage,” she said of the sculpture — intending that it appear diaphanous and fragile. Art That Might Make You Want to Go to La Guardia 2020-06-10T04:00:00Z Her warm sound carried the elegiac vocal lines beautifully and mingled with the diaphanous, tingling electronic sounds. Review: A Composer’s Mystical Music Gets the Space It Demands 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z It centers on an immense, diaphanous white curtain strung across the center of the armory’s 55,000-square-foot Wade Thompson Drill Hall. Art Review: Ann Hamilton at the Park Avenue Armory 2012-12-06T23:27:44Z On ballads, he added, “he moves through light, almost diaphanous lines that gain in strength through their rhythmic flow and increasing melodic exposition.” John Abercrombie, Lyrical Jazz Guitarist, Dies at 72 2017-08-23T04:00:00Z Despite one moment to soak in an eminently ethereal Janie Taylor, an anomaly in a diaphanous dress with batwing sleeves, the dance is as ghastly as ever. Dance Review: New York City Ballet in a Tribute to a Fast Train 2014-02-05T21:50:27Z A fierce blaze is conjured with diaphanous drapes and scarlet light. 'Ramayana' at ACT: vivid dramatization of the Hindu epic 2012-10-20T01:32:07Z And her voice lacked the necessary diaphanous sheen in Debussy’s “Apparition.” Music Review: Jennifer Zetlan, Soprano, at Alice Tully Hall 2012-11-30T23:03:42Z They rested in contrapposto poses, three of them standing firmly on their right legs, demurely bending their left knees beneath diaphanous robes. Caryatid Statues, Restored, Are Stars at Athens Museum 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z Made in metodo classico, the Italian term for the champagne method with the second fermentation in the bottle producing the bubbles, this light, delicate, almost diaphanous wine is more rosé than red. Pair this refreshing $12 lambrusco with burgers, pizza or charcuterie 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z The picture title refers to the nymph sung by Ovid in “Metamorphoses,” and sure enough, Martin painted a small female character wearing a diaphanous tunic cut in Ancient Roman fashion. Art Review: John Martin's Greatness and High Kitsch 2011-09-30T11:30:09Z She layers printed images of plants on circles of diaphanous parchment, waxed so they glimmer. In the galleries: At Hamiltonian, a birthday celebration of a different sort 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z It was rather magical, and not at all jarring, to shift from the musical realm of English Baroque style to Ms. Saariaho’s hazy, diaphanous and quizzical modern music, as in the intensely expressive “Miranda’s Lament.” Review: ‘The Tempest Songbook’ Closes Gotham Chamber Opera’s Season 2015-03-29T04:00:00Z Listen to the diaphanous opening of the Nile scene in “Aida.” ArtsBeat: Top 10 Composers: Hailing Opera's Shakespeare, and Its Proust 2011-01-17T12:00:40Z New York looks especially beautiful in tones of pink and purple, or in diaphanous blues or oranges with judicious sprinklings of glitter, as a kind of other. Tabboo! Paints a Valentine to New York City 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z But it was expensive, so he went instead with a polyester thread that has a diaphanous quality, as well as a link to his culture. For This Korean Artist, Memories Are a Medium 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z The result is alienating and bogus, as senseless as the image of Nicola’s floating, diaphanous panties. Review: In ‘London Fields,’ Sex, Apocalypse and Writer’s Block 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z The greyed, sometimes diaphanous lint is at once delicate and awful. Gabriel Orozco: Permanent playtime 2011-01-24T21:29:00Z Here the woman appears nude except for a diaphanous cloth she seems to have draped below her waist, which is submerged in water. ‘La Toilette’: Art Show Explores Women’s Bathing Rituals Through History 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z Finally came the fleet serenity of "BIPED," which blended live dance with computer-generated shapes and figures projected onto diaphanous scrims — a magical multimedia affair the choreographer created in 1999 when he was 80. Cunningham dances hit antic, moody, transcendent notes 2011-10-28T17:18:04Z Throughout this long work, Mr. Nézet-Séguin conveyed the subliminal intensity that courses through even the most seemingly languid and diaphanous passages. Review: In ‘Pelléas,’ the Met Opera’s Music Director Takes Charge 2019-01-16T05:00:00Z The Impressionist era was represented by a diaphanous Monet painting from film and TV producer Leonard Goldberg and his wife, Wendy. For its 50th birthday, LACMA gets $675 million in gifts 2015-04-20T04:00:00Z Skirts and dresses, asymmetrical in their design, fluttered diaphanously, balancing between revelation and concealment. Last samba in Paris: Gabriela Hearst exits Chloé dancing, not crying, with runway swan song 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z The 89-year-old designer employed translucent, diaphanous fabrics alongside silks and satin to create lightness and movement. Giorgio Armani closes Milan Fashion Week with good vibes and familiar guests in the front row 2023-09-24T04:00:00Z Chiffon capes gave diaphanous elegance to belted shorts. Prada explores lightness with translucent chiffon for summer 2024 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z The novel is diaphanous, celestial, disembodied — sometimes to its benefit, sometimes not. A novelist makes a beautiful hash out of feminist histories. But something's missing 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z And in its fleeting clearings, delightfully diaphanous woodwinds and flutes told the tale. Review | NSO’s ‘Wind & Wave’ celebrates the sea, but ignores the tide 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z The exploration of inside-out or back-to-front continued in a beautiful nude skin-like top with matching nude pants speckled sparingly with diaphanous plumes on model Anna Cleveland. Glitzy Valentino show sees Paris Fashion Week at fever pitch 2022-10-02T04:00:00Z To demonstrate his vision, a model in a shimmering long dress and a diaphanous cape danced down the runway. Giorgio Armani closes Milan Fashion Week with good vibes and familiar guests in the front row 2023-09-24T04:00:00Z Some theorists have even posited that an ancient society could discard matter altogether, choosing to supplant itself with a diaphanous and undying form of artificial intelligence. The Search for Intelligent Life Is About to Get a Lot More Interesting 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z Sheet-web weavers sculpt diaphanous hammocks that hang like bunting in shrubs. The Burke Museum’s ‘spiderman’ searches high and low to find Washington’s arachnid species 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z It’s a bold interpretation and makes the hard material seem almost miraculously diaphanous. Review | What if the ancient Greeks and Romans actually had terrible taste? 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z So diaphanous was the silk on one pair of billowing white sleeves that the model’s steps alone caused it to float in the air weightlessly. Fendi caps fashion week, going East in culture-hopping show 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z A diaphanous octopus with its tentacles unfurled, a delicate wildflower sweeping over a forearm, a portrait of a beloved pet to last forever. Tattoos, still illegal in South Korea, thrive underground 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z Delicate and diaphanous, the blooms signify rebirth, even if only tentatively. Review | In the galleries: A Japanese master’s influence on contemporary images 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z It was reported that some people were so bewildered by the diaphanous Milky Way, they called 911 and the Griffith Observatory to report strange, unidentified objects in the sky. Beneath a Blanket of Stars 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z Depending on the conditions, there’s the opportunity to see brilliantly colored stars, pointillistic star clusters, diaphanous nebulae and other galaxies. Six stellar stargazing spots around the D.C. area 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z “Told y’all I don’t play golf,” I say, my ego’s diaphanous defense. We Went to Vegas to Wring Joy From Heartbreak 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z Before the Abba concerts begin next year, she's releasing a new album that takes the bubbling electronic textures of Abba's "sad disco" phase, and mixes them with her diaphanous melodies and soaring piano lines. Little Boots says Abba's new live band is 'badass cool' 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z More modestly, silky pantsuits dramatically trailed a diaphanous cape. Fendi, Del Core lead Milan fashion’s runway return 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z The black-and-white photography is tenderly textured even in its starkness, as evocative with a diaphanous curtain in sunlight as with people working at night, and the nature all around them. Review: 'Faya Dayi' observes rural Ethiopia and the crop that transfixes its people 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z Several pieces caught the judges’ attention, including a diaphanous dress that judge Jeremy Scott compared to those in Degas’ ballet dancer paintings. Our fashion critic reviews 'Making the Cut's' winning looks: 'A roller-coaster ride' 2021-08-06T04:00:00Z The Schist looks to the sky with its aromas of citrus blossom and tropical fruit — it is more diaphanous in texture. How vineyard soils affect the taste of your wine 2021-05-28T04:00:00Z The Faubourg product, he said, “was good with Chinese food,” but lacked the diaphanous, weightless quality of Miller Lite. Brewery accidentally sends free beer to brand loyalist’s ex 2021-05-01T04:00:00Z Made of light, the diaphanous compositions are practically immaterial and as fleeting as the autumn foliage that holds them. The trees have eyes in Strathmore’s mesmerizing art installation ‘Monuments’ 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z The monochromatic portraits featured her in diaphanous fabric and highlighted that proverbial pregnancy glow. Pregnant Gigi Hadid channels supermodel glam for maternity photo shoot 2020-08-26T04:00:00Z In the same chamber simulating the diaphanous Martian atmosphere, the helicopter rose, then hovered steadily and softly landed. Mars Is About to Have Its ‘Wright Brothers Moment’ 2020-06-23T04:00:00Z Layered over that was a diaphanous white chiffon cape that fell to about the breastbone in the front and opened at the sides to allow the skin of bare arms to peek through. Our fashion critic reviews 'Making the Cut's' winning looks: 'Coachella-worthy' 2020-04-17T04:00:00Z There were deep reds, royal purples, hot pinks and a range of blue hues served up in skintight latex pants, buttery leather skirts, diaphanous tops and strong-shouldered double-breasted jackets. Review: Saint Laurent's Anthony Vaccarello made an unexpected move. He put color in the spotlight 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z No art form, here, competes with the other, and that even includes the diaphanous costumes by Reid Bartelme and Harriet Jung. A celebrated actress, choreographer, composer and painter stage T.S. Eliot's 'Four Quartets' 2020-02-17T05:00:00Z The grand finale was the dress Maxwell had made specially for the upcoming exhibit: A fiery red, diaphanous, flowing gown, with a bow around the neck. Brandon Maxwell’s models strut amid bison, moose and caribou 2020-02-09T05:00:00Z Tops ranged from roomy and diaphanous to cropped and curve-hugging, and jackets bordered on the voluminous. Review: Tom Ford gets in an L.A. mood for fall and winter 2020 2020-02-08T05:00:00Z Several of the looks to follow were fitted diaphanous gowns of ornate black lace that revealed black undergarments beneath. Tom Ford dazzles LA with fashion week show before Oscars 2020-02-08T05:00:00Z It’s not unlike listening to music: deep purples ground you like heavy bass chords; diaphanous yellows lighten you, trickling over the top like high notes. At the Hirshhorn, Pat Steir’s ‘waterfall’ paintings move you — literally 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z In a bejeweled visor and diaphanous silk gown, the singer that warbled from the stage at the Valentino show presented an angelic vision. Amid transport chaos, Paris mens’ fashion shows get underway 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z At the same time, each of Giannakakis’ atmospheric abstractions appears to be congealing, its diaphanous colors, vague shapes and indistinct textures gaining substance, clarity and tactility. Review: Look long but not hard. In Andy Giannakakis' paintings, objects appear and disappear 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z The songs are long, diaphanous and meditative; and Cave's hope falters as often as his despair gives way to acceptance. The best albums and songs of 2019 revealed 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z They were evoked in the actual shapes and silhouettes of the diaphanous and frothy silk gowns. McCartney presents eco-manifesto at Paris Fashion Week show 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z While, later in the collection, diaphanous brightly-colored anoraks billowed as they filed past like the cape of an Asian warrior at battle. Balmain channels 90s, Miyake debuts new designer in Paris 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z The Russian conspiracy went on largely in the open, with most of the clandestine bits hidden under a diaphanous cover. Are Spies More Trouble Than They’re Worth? 2019-08-26T04:00:00Z The actor had just returned from two months of transcendental meditation in India – where she presumably picked this piece up – and the relaxed lines of her diaphanous gown clearly reflected her mood. From Bowie to Beyoncé: what the stars can teach us about travelling in style 2019-08-14T04:00:00Z I remember the pain and the cold, I was so cold, and the membrane, diaphanous and wet, and the first convulsion of grief, and the second. The Lingering of Loss 2019-07-01T04:00:00Z To sight in their rifle scopes, they put a piece of cardboard on a tree and fired shots that produced a reverberating roar and a diaphanous orange cloud, ephemeral against the night. Australia Is Deadly Serious About Killing Millions of Cats 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z Round shoulders were a key theme this season, alongside a diaphanous, tubular sleeve that subtly referenced the house’s 70s DNA. Paris Fashion Week: Chloe shows floral prints, ethnic motifs 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z He tried to find ways to make it beautiful – multiplying its layers, getting it to cast cooling shadows, getting it to look like diaphanous veils. Frank Gehry at 90: ‘I love working. I love working things out’ 2019-02-24T05:00:00Z But there was something cute about it, too, for its sleeves were trimmed with marabou, as if it were a negligee and made of diaphanous silk, rather than a boxy jacket constructed from tweed. He was a bully, but we’ll miss Karl Lagerfeld’s brilliance 2019-02-23T05:00:00Z She rocked a diaphanous pleated organza gown with voluminous sleeves and a black crisscross “martial arts” lapel. Valentino’s dramatic Paris couture has Celine Dion weeping 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z In 1961, as bossa nova, the diaphanous mix of samba and West Coast jazz, was taking off internationally, Salvador left home for São Paulo. The Lounge Pianist Who Invented Samba Funk 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z Barely eight minutes elapsed between the moment she started the mixer and when she handed me the first diaphanous tortilla to taste. A Homemade Flour Tortilla to Rival Its Corn Counterpart 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z Jumpsuits, straps and cords featured on silhouettes that were either tight on the torso, evoking a leotard, or diaphanous and floaty, channeling a tutu. Dior puts on dancing shoes to kick off Paris Fashion Week 2018-09-24T04:00:00Z Instead, she must be draped in diaphanous euphemism. Why anti-ageing is out in the beauty industry 2018-09-16T04:00:00Z Many believed the diaphanous, delicately embroidered Guinevere dresses and flamenco frocks that had distinguished the pair’s successful tenure had surely come from the mind of a woman. ‘A Dress Is Like a Passaporto, No?’ Welcome to Pierpaolo Piccioli’s Valentino 2018-08-06T04:00:00Z It is notable because, until recently, to be fashionable in your holiday selfie required diaphanous layers – in line with the rest of fashion. The big beachwear battle: Insta-kaftans v Love Island cutouts 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z Ballerinas sat on the wooden panels of the luxurious runway floor, their arms raised in fifth position, as diaphanous gowns filed by to enchanting music. Givenchy homage headlines first day of Paris couture week 2018-07-01T04:00:00Z The diaphanous skirt panels blew up her crotch in the French Riviera breeze and were unflattering, even on Poly’s statuesque frame. Red carpet fashion: The best looks from Cannes Film Festival 2018-05-20T04:00:00Z A diaphanous marbled pastel froufrou gown looked initially like a watercolor painting — until, on further inspection, the belt that consisted of adult toys came into focus. Victorian button-up meets raw punk at Paris Fashion Week 2018-03-03T05:00:00Z As a finale, Browne sent out two models, clad in diaphanous white tulle with gauze bubbles encircling their heads, leading a life-size, loping unicorn puppet. Would You Wear a “Shrunken Suit”? Designer Thom Browne is Betting Yes 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z The material was so diaphanous it created myriad layers of transparency, and the pleats evoked almost the shell of an insect. Paris Fashion Week: Roaring Twenties, nature, Glam Rock 2018-02-28T05:00:00Z Gabriella Wilde’s frayed silk Dior skirt was a little too diaphanous for the Paris winter weather. Dior’s ’60s flower power celebrates women’s rights in Paris 2018-02-27T05:00:00Z It was a diaphanous thing — grayish-white with poorly defined edges. Rain, rain, don't go away. It's good for this old soul 2018-01-09T05:00:00Z The best wines feel transparent, diaphanous and full of energy. Everything you need to know about natural wines, plus five to try now – LA Times 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z Nor is it as diaphanous as you might hope from inside. US embassy proves a catalyst for £15bn Nine Elms regeneration project 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z Grinning fauns, satyrs and nymphs parade nonchalantly alongside the frieze’s Belle Époque ladies, all in various stages of diaphanous undress. A Brothel, Repurposed and Restored, Reveals Another Paris 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z And, yes, a few looks — particularly black-and-white floral print frocks and a black dress of cascading ruffles — dipped into diaphanous damsel land. Givenchy heads in a new direction — we're just not quite sure (yet) what it is 2017-10-02T04:00:00Z The talented Belgian designer evoked the floral motif found on fine Ottoman and Persian ceramics - that also adorns manuscripts and miniatures - in his diaphanous array of fluttery, lightly-colored printed silken gowns. Rich colors dominate the runway at Paris Fashion Week 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z The talented Belgian designer evoked the floral motif found on fine Ottoman and Persian ceramics — that also adorns manuscripts and miniatures — in his diaphanous array of fluttery, lightly-colored printed silken gowns. Rich colors dominate the runway at Paris Fashion Week 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z A plastic sheet served as a temporary roof, creating a diaphanous glow amid the chaos inside. These migrant workers earn $350 a week in the fields. Now Irma has destroyed their homes. 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z The main focus is on the corona — the faint, diaphanous atmosphere that surrounds the sun but is only visible during a total eclipse. Northwest citizen scientists among the many helping track solar eclipse across U.S. 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z Pieces on the runway included sharp, strong-shouldered, double-breasted suits; high-waisted trousers with gold, chain link suspenders; and diaphanous dressing gowns in ’40s-inspired silhouettes and a color palette heavy on the tangerine, teal and burgundy. Wolk Morais' strong shoulders and soft touches pay gender-bending homage to '40s Hollywood 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z “The Democratic Party is a ghost — diaphanous, spooky, and utterly unable to interact with the actual world.” Right and Left React to France’s Election 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z New York, the city of perpetual arrival, is getting three new gateways: diaphanous cable-stayed bridges that look almost too ethereal to bear the load of thousands of vehicles and people each day. 3 New Bridges Rise in New York, With Looks That Could Stop Traffic 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z The mechanism that makes a tiny, diaphanous strip of acid-flecked paper exert such power over the brain and behavior, and for such a long time, is only just coming to light. Lucy in the sky with protein: Did we find the key to LSD’s psychoactive potency? 2017-01-29T05:00:00Z The two men knew everything about the two women — every curve, every fold of their diaphanous gowns. ‘Miss Brooklyn’ and ‘Miss Manhattan’ Prepare for a Homecoming 2016-12-20T05:00:00Z The air cleared as Mrs May headed to Bangalore, India’s tech capital, for visits to a factory and to a Hindu temple, clad in diaphanous Indian national dress. A cooler climate 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z The gender musing continued in diaphanous tulle corsets that were described as "unoppressive" because of their loose fit. Stars line up for debut of Dior's first female designer 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z Even as figs continue to pelt the ground, the first to fall have begun to rot and are enveloped in a nimbus of diaphanous white fungus. One Tiny Wasp Turns Fig Trees Into Eden Lacquered velvet mixed with silk chiffon and powdered satin pants, lace sequins, gold petal embroideries and diaphanous organza. Rihanna, new top designers debut at Paris Fashion Week 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z Now, after weeks of delay, an airborne research campaign is getting started in this diaphanous natural laboratory. NASA aircraft probe Namibian clouds to solve global warming puzzle 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z Trump, who emerged from a diaphanous mist on the stage Monday night to introduce his wife, Melania Trump, will make an appearance Tuesday evening as well, RNC staff said. For Donald Trump, Difficulty Staying Out of the Spotlight 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z Juno also passed through the plane of Jupiter’s diaphanous rings. Juno Enters Jupiter’s Orbit, Capping 5-Year Voyage 2016-07-05T04:00:00Z Across the street, a couple waited for the light to change: a naval officer dressed in blinding summer whites and a blond woman in a diaphanous light-blue dress that billowed in the breeze. Live in a place long enough and you see things come, go, come again, go again . . . 2016-06-12T04:00:00Z They wear heels, long diaphanous dresses or other gauzy getups, and a dab of mystery. Terrence Malick’s Quest for Beauty 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z There were fairy-like touches - like a pale pink silk gown, with Tinkerbell-like zigzags cut into a tiered skirt and large diaphanous cuffs. Gwyneth Paltrow hits Chanel’s eco-couture show in Paris 2016-01-26T05:00:00Z It is hair as state-of-the-art engineering feat, with the diaphanous quality of a cloak out of Norse legend or some miraculous near-weightless metal developed in an advanced German laboratory. White man pathology: inside the fandom of Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump 2016-01-10T05:00:00Z Four years later, she looks coy in a diaphanous white dress on the cover of her album “Wave,” with a dove perched on each hand. Warhol and Mapplethorpe: Exploring Gender as Disguise and Identity 2015-12-25T05:00:00Z The building was the first in the city to be constructed with load-bearing exterior walls made of pre-cast concrete panels — the aesthetic opposite of office towers with heavy interior steel frames and diaphanous glass skins. New York Says Farewell to American Bible Society, and Its Building 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z Hou said the most difficult sequence to film wasn't any of the fight scenes but an extended conversation between Chang and a concubine that is intermittently obscured by a wafting, diaphanous silk curtain. Hou Hsiao-Hsien's 'The Assassin' gives martial arts an art-house punch 2015-10-20T04:00:00Z Plays on transparencies in sheer A-line skirts - often embroidered with flower motifs and white laurel crowns- gave this 41-piece display a diaphanous vibe. Celebrities hit Paris shows as Balenciaga names new designer 2015-10-07T04:00:00Z Historical turn-of-the-century sleeves - gathered, voluminous and normally destined for heavy fabrics - were given a diaphanous make-over in weightless, transparent pink striped silk organza, above Victorian lingerie. Rihanna and Dior’s mountain wrestle for attention in Paris 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z Historical turn-of-the-century sleeves — gathered, voluminous and normally destined for heavy fabrics — were given a diaphanous make-over in weightless, transparent pink striped silk organza, above Victorian lingerie. Rihanna and Dior's floral mountain wrestle for attention at Paris Fashion Week 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z "We saw the great classics, the real trademark looks of the label, the bohemian and diaphanous side," said French model and actress Aymeline Valade. Chloe brings sporty chic to Paris Fashion Week 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z Equal parts civic gesture and promotional material, the shed is made of a taut swoop of diaphanous white and silver Serge Ferrari fabric. The Sidewalk Shed, Ubiquitous New York Eyesore, Gets a Makeover 2015-08-24T04:00:00Z The diaphanous sphere studded with tiny white eggs was probably laid by the red flying squid, says Michael Vecchione, a squid expert with the U.S. What Is This Car-Size Ball of Jelly That Mystified Divers? 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z Guyon even referenced the mania for Grecian looks in Schiaparelli’s heyday in a couple of diaphanous column dresses with flashes of gold. Nyong’o, Blunt sparkle at Christian Dior couture garden show 2015-07-06T04:00:00Z Guyon even referenced the mania for Grecian looks in Schiaparelli's heyday in a couple of diaphanous column dresses with flashes of gold. Lupita Nyong'o, Emily Blunt sparkle at the Christian Dior couture garden show in Paris 2015-07-06T04:00:00Z On a trip upstate, Frank visited a Fourth of July celebration in rural Jay, N.Y., and photographed two girls in white dresses skipping beneath a huge, diaphanous American flag. The Man Who Saw America 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z A background of ornamental vegetation includes what may be a zinnia and a fuchsia, which appear to be morphing into diaphanous insects like the two silver filigree butterflies in Kahlo’s hair. What Grew in Frida Kahlo’s Garden? 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z The shumai dumplings from Best Little Cafe may taste even better, their pork centers encased in a diaphanous wrapper that clings tightly to the meat. Lotte Plaza: Where the food finds you 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z But Hollywood’s not alone in perpetuating these diaphanous dreams. The clear appeal of transparent gadgets 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z He mentioned teenagers taking a first cigarette to impress friends who are in sharp focus now and ignoring the diaphanous image of their 60-year-old selves with emphysema. Need Financial Advice? Ask the Future You 2015-03-25T04:00:00Z Elsewhere, white waiters' bows were abstract and embroidered on a loose, diaphanous skirt. Chanel creates French bistro for show, Lagerfeld behind bar 2015-03-10T04:00:00Z But the high point of the show was surely the final flourish of diaphanous powder-colored gowns with chic embroidered writing. Naomi Campbell steals show at couture as Bruni is mobbed 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z The two-piece menswear tuxedo that opened the show - diaphanous yet authoritative - set the period: the Katherine Hepburn of the glamorous Thirties. Kate Hudson reveals derriere at Versace, Portman hits Dior 2015-01-26T05:00:00Z The two-piece menswear tuxedo that opened the show — diaphanous yet authoritative — set the period: the Katherine Hepburn of the glamorous Thirties. Kate Hudson reveals derriere at Versace, Portman hits Dior 2015-01-26T05:00:00Z Aniston’s interview is juxtaposed with photographs of her in diaphanous gowns. A Holiday Message for Childfree Women: Embrace Your 'Selfishness' 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z The book is sometimes precious or whimsical, and can be frustratingly diaphanous. A Risky Novel of Seduction and Betrayal 2014-12-01T05:00:00Z Jessie Arms Botke’s “Albino Peacock and Two Cockatoo,” painted around 1930, is a bravura display of skill, its diaphanous white cloud of feathers veiling the foliage and flowers of the birds’ perch. A Review of ‘Strut: The Peacock and Beauty in Art,’ in Yonkers 2014-11-01T04:00:00Z The building is encased by 12 diaphanous glass "sails." Frank Gehry drops a spaceship in Paris 2014-10-28T04:00:00Z The brightest spot sartorially and just in general is Yue-Sai Kan, who is swathed in a diaphanous red gown with wide kimono sleeves. Party Diary: A rare glimpse inside the Chinese Embassy Elsewhere, baggy silk pants that looked Burmese and diaphanous showed off the Belgian colorist’s master of the palette: strong gold complemented by pink and dark blue. Paris shows evoke Audrey Hepburn, Pre-Raphaelites 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z What looked like a clear window back into the earliest moments of the universe might simply have been a faint glow from the diaphanous clouds of dust that exist between the stars. Dust to dust 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z The collection projected a modern, urban feel, united by fluid silhouettes and rich but diaphanous textiles. Designers go for the flow at Milan Fashion Week 2014-09-20T04:00:00Z Some of the most striking designs were in what they called a “leather crochet” - leather, but almost diaphanous. Marc Jacobs closes NY Fashion Week 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z Some of the most striking designs were in what they called a "leather crochet" — leather, but almost diaphanous. Ralph Lauren takes a fashion safari 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z Wearing a diaphanous low-cut gown which seems recklessly unsuited to these inclement surroundings, she caresses her torso with one hand, and brandishes a spatula in the other. The Digitising of Humanity is About to Take Another Huge Step Forward: Smell Key pieces: The allover star-printed silk chiffon dresses and skirts so sheer and diaphanous that a TSA body imaging machine would provide a more modest silhouette. New York Fashion Week: Tommy Hilfiger mines the music festival muse 2014-09-08T04:00:00Z Guests were greeted by performers from Richard Move's Move's MoveOpolis! dance/theater group, expressing themselves through performance art in diaphanous outfits. Parrish Art Museum Midsummer Party Draws Collectors, Raises $1.25 Million 2014-07-14T04:00:00Z Standouts included a snazzy sheath that transforms into layers of spikes if the wearer becomes alarmed and a diaphanous number constructed of fans that open as it senses the wearer’s need for more personal space. Beyond Google Glass: Wearable tech hats, clothes, even nail polish 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z Contact-mediated signal exchange and signaling are also the hallmarks of neurons—an analogy that extends to the functional requirements for the diaphanous, neuroglian, shibire, and capricious genes by both neurons and epithelial cells. [Research Article] Cytoneme-Mediated Contact-Dependent Transport of the Drosophila Decapentaplegic Signaling Protein 2014-02-20T19:25:43.644Z And Joanna Coles, the editor in chief of Cosmopolitan magazine, said she hoped that her dress — striking black leather with diaphanous panels and leather bodice — “wasn’t too slutty.” State Dinner Guest List for Hollande Is Impressive, if Minus One 2014-02-12T02:08:53Z The diaphanous layer of gas enveloping Mars, where the atmospheric pressure is only about 1 percent of Earth’s at sea level, is predominantly carbon dioxide, with much smaller contributions from nitrogen and argon. Curiosity Rover Samples Air for a Taste of Mars History 2013-07-19T16:45:05.597Z Thousands of cicadas were scaling a huge oak tree, Yosemite Half Dome style, some of them a creamy yellow with diaphanous prom-dress wings. One Place Cicadas Get a Warm Welcome 2013-06-02T20:01:41Z “Sometimes I picture you as a diaphanous ghost, waving an arm for a taxi,” the driver wrote. Cabbies’ Poetry Researched With the Meter Running 2013-05-06T00:22:52Z It's all little carbon atoms tied together in a diaphanous, smooth film that's beautiful and continuous. Pentagon weapons-maker finds method for cheap, clean water 2013-03-13T05:15:36Z Adult lacewings are small, nondescript, soft-bodied insects best known for their diaphanous wings, but their larvae voraciously prey on aphids and other insects and are often used in biological pest control on flowers or crops. ScienceShot: New Species Discovered, Thanks to Flickr 2012-08-09T21:46:00Z When asked whether her family could really kill her husband, because she married outside her caste without permission, she hides her head in the folds of her long diaphanous scarf and nods. A hideaway for India's rebel couples 2012-07-30T00:30:06Z Her collection of lawn, a diaphanous cotton used to make traditional summer dresses, now a fashion sensation, sold out within hours. Memo From Pakistan: In a Troubled Country, Still Time for High Society 2012-06-25T02:48:04Z He suggested that Romney’s diaphanous position on immigration — that Obama’s Executive Order made a long-term solution more difficult — was a “mature” one in light of the issue’s complex politics. Obama Vs. Romney on Immigration 2012-06-22T20:05:33Z Its wings look deeply scalloped, but this unusual shape is an illusion created by alternating dark and diaphanous bands. City Room: Spring Time: Lovely Flies, and Flies in Love 2012-06-07T16:13:26Z Through the diaphanous veil the strong light seemed to show her a grotesque and lamentable figure: heavy fullness instead of shapely slenderness, exaggerated curves, distorted outlines,—the pitiless ravages wrought by time. Mrs. Thompson A Novel 2012-04-25T02:01:10.557Z The colour of this shell is of a dirty yellowish white, with a slight tinge of diaphanous violet within the margin of the lip. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z Was ever lace even of fairy queen fashioned so daintily as are the wings of this diaphanous pale green sylph, that flutters in its filmy halo above the grass tips? Eye Spy Afield with Nature Among Flowers and Animate Things 2012-02-24T03:00:23.760Z She wears a costume that is a marvel of diaphanous creamy material, lighted up here and there with dashes of vivid crimson. Out of a Labyrinth 2012-02-17T03:00:38.887Z Nothing more airy or fantastic could well be imagined than these diaphanous blossoms. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits 2012-02-17T03:00:37.163Z For his show today, he added a lot: prints, which looked like repeating squares of cobalt marble; shadowed florals on diaphanous dresses, and a group of multilayered pieces made of gold-bonded knits. | Fast Fashion: Brood's Converging Ideas 2012-02-16T19:37:49Z These are enigmatic canvases in which bodies and body parts, barely discernible visages and biomorphic forms float in dream spaces generated by fractured planes and diaphanous scrims. Dorothea Tanning, Surrealist Painter, Dies at 101 2012-02-02T04:37:34Z At this moment a fair vision of youth and beauty in diaphanous summer draperies came into sight on the river bank just above him. Peter Binney A Novel 2012-01-29T03:00:10.423Z She was once more attired in an evening dress that appeared to consist largely of black lace, and looked curiously dainty and sylph-like in the diaphanous drapery. For Jacinta 2012-01-27T03:00:20.840Z The thistle-poppy would be considered in any other country a surpassingly beautiful flower, with its large diaphanous white petals and its thistly gray-green foliage, but in California it must yield precedence to the Matilija poppy. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits 2012-02-17T03:00:37.163Z It is only the cup of wine which can figure there, for that is at once a solid and a diaphanous body. The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam 2012-01-08T03:00:15.553Z Only the murmuring tops of the sharp trees emerged in the diaphanous azure of the skies. The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) 2012-01-02T03:00:27.980Z The branches of the high elms stood out clearly in the diaphanous atmosphere, but the shadows cast upon the road became darker. The Fourth Estate, vol. 2 2011-12-25T03:00:12.817Z She was attired diaphanously in pale-tinted draperies, and seemed to Austin, almost ethereal as she stopped a moment at the head of the stairway with the moonlight upon her. For Jacinta 2012-01-27T03:00:20.840Z These diaphanous little flowers, with their long stamens resting on the lower side of the perianth, are like diminutive azaleas. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits 2012-02-17T03:00:37.163Z Dressed in yards of diaphanous silk and bathed in the glow of multicolored lights of her own design, Fuller, a regular performer at the Folies Bergere, seems suspended in space. Go-Go Dancers, Dadaists, Nijinsky Jive in Paris Show: Review 2011-12-23T04:24:08Z She was simply gowned in duck skirt and an airy confection of diaphanous white waist, which revealed tantalizing glimpses of sweet white neck and arms. The Lash 2011-12-20T03:00:32.457Z The seal crackled musically as with smooth forefinger and shapely thumb she gently withdrew the diaphanous paper from its waxen prison; so must the golden bough have sounded to the touch of �neas. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z And these grew and grew and deepened into crimson and gold, with swathes of diaphanous purple as the soft greens strengthened slowly into blue. White Fire 2011-11-21T03:00:15.067Z It is painted with great lightness of touch; the diaphanous drapery of the child's dress has a transparency of texture rarely seen in Spanish pictures. The Story of Seville 2011-11-15T03:00:17.143Z The sun-ray fell on it like a caress from heaven, bathing it sweetly in a diaphanous light. The Marquis of Pe?alta (Marta y Mar?a) A Realistic Social Novel 2011-11-12T03:00:35.113Z As he led us to a private room with diaphanous pink curtains, I noticed a scorpion tattooed on his arm. Magazine Preview: Bad Guys vs. Worse Guys in Afghanistan 2011-10-19T22:32:26Z It is meant to be diaphanous and poetic, rather than solid and substantial. Eisenhower family calls for timeout in approval of memorial 2011-10-07T00:37:15Z The main pavilion, whose white steel roof seems to float ethereally over cascades of diaphanous green glass, is expected to come down by the end of October. City Room: I. M. Pei's Terminal 6 Is Being Demolished 2011-10-06T11:15:48Z Borrow much admired the Guarda, and Sir Stirling Maxwell describes the diaphanous drapery of the child's dress in terms of praise. The Story of Seville 2011-11-15T03:00:17.143Z The cloud veil had entirely vanished down the horizon, leaving in view a beautiful, diaphanous blue sky wherein the sun swam haughty and brilliant as never before. The Marquis of Pe?alta (Marta y Mar?a) A Realistic Social Novel 2011-11-12T03:00:35.113Z Marianne entered, pale, almost diaphanous; and her black blouse made her look a frail little figure of mourning, slender and drooping. The Later Life 2011-10-02T02:00:13.037Z Delicately slender as his hands were—he had taken off his gloves to loosen Minna's sandals—they seemed to have such strength as the Creator has given to the diaphanous joints of a crab. The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories 2011-09-02T02:00:23.810Z White linen, shimmering jusis, diaphanous pi�as united in fiesta colouring. Caybigan 2011-08-31T02:01:21.780Z It was deep purple in tint, of a diaphanous material, and rendered opalescent, shot with gleams of pale blue and pale yellow, by some cunning arrangement of silk underneath. Jane Oglander 2011-08-30T02:00:38.717Z The breeze was fresh, the sky clear and diaphanous, and everything around seemed to be powerfully cheered by the splendid weather. The Backwoodsman or, Life on the Indian Frontier 2011-08-17T02:00:27.330Z We all think of you, my beloved Pope, As a diaphanous and dear old gentleman Whose intentions are the kindest in the world. Outlook Odes 2011-08-16T02:00:47.257Z He bent low on his right knee to kiss the diaphanous draperies of the shade. The ghosts of their ancestors 2011-08-08T02:00:20.667Z Black, yellow, and white men are seen in groups, the former with very little covering on their bodies, the latter in diaphanous costumes. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z Good music mingled with the merry voices, swish of diaphanous dresses, clank of sabers, and patter of feet, and through all rang the monotone of the sea. The League of the Leopard 2011-07-23T02:00:12.490Z All her numerous partners at the ball could not console Molly, nor could the knowledge that she was looking her best as she floated through the dances in her diaphanous dress. Molly Brown's Junior Days 2011-07-14T02:00:11.180Z Through the diaphanous sheet they could see white lips tightly compressed against whiter teeth, that grinned defiance and vengeance, as his eyes rested on Sylvia. The Yellow Chief 2011-07-05T02:00:27.013Z It is a nebulous, diaphanous, illusory being that vanishes- 18 - into nothing at the first attempt to grasp it; it is a mirage, an ignis fatuus that neither warms nor illuminates. God and the State 2011-07-02T02:00:10.230Z Conventionality would object to such diaphanous costumes, and bare limbs, though they were of a bronzed hue, would shock Puritanic eyes. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z The faint, diaphanous suspicion of haze incidental to newborn day, which lay film-wise over the yet-unawakened desert, did not interfere with our vision. Lodges in the Wilderness 2011-06-15T02:00:17.057Z When he opened them the Desert was flooded with a gentle haze of diaphanous pearl. Between Sun and Sand A Tale of an African Desert 2011-06-15T02:00:16.390Z They fell into ecstasies over the poet's embroidered garment and the diaphanous robe of his mistress. Ancient Manners Also Known As Aphrodite 2011-06-13T02:00:23.863Z “Oh Lord, I have sinned,” read his diaphanous blouse at Fashion Rio. Transgendered Model Lea T.'s Runway Revolution 2011-06-12T14:00:00Z A fair se�ora in diaphanous robes reclines at ease in a low, pillowed seat, and the se�or, cigarette in mouth, swings leisurely in a hammock. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z Often the desert dawn is followed by a faint semi-opacity; an opaline suggestion of vapourised moisture,—the diaphanous veil of evaporated dew. Lodges in the Wilderness 2011-06-15T02:00:17.057Z Kitty Farrell—looking exquisite and radiant in some diaphanous, pink, silky texture, was appropriated, of course, by young Pomeroy. Roland Graeme: Knight A Novel of Our Time 2011-05-30T02:00:12.077Z The thread of blood continued to flow from the diaphanous nostril. Ancient Manners Also Known As Aphrodite 2011-06-13T02:00:23.863Z Ms. Ayari, who sells traditional silver marriage boxes from her family’s stall at the Blaghjia souk in Tunis, wore a diaphanous white hijab, a veil banned under Mr. Ben Ali but legalized since his departure. Islamist Party Revived in Tunisia, and Many Fear Its Intentions 2011-05-14T21:57:30Z Very deliberately he drew out the stocking, also a jewel in its way, of a texture so diaphanous as to be almost cobweblike. The Girl from Alsace A Romance of the Great War, Originally Published under the Title of Little Comrade 2011-04-23T02:00:05.477Z "You appear to be much absorbed, my venerable Spartan," says I to the General, as I handled the diaphanous vessel he was using as an act-drop in the theatre of war. The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers, Series 1 2011-04-21T02:00:47.647Z Thy groves are as green, thy skies as bright, thy waters as diaphanous as ever. Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land 2011-03-22T02:00:20.123Z The diaphanous nostrils were distended above the fine lips. Ancient Manners Also Known As Aphrodite 2011-06-13T02:00:23.863Z And again his listless gaze was riveted upon the quivering diaphanous wings of a snake-doctor, hovering close at hand, until the grotesque, airy thing would flit away. The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains 2011-03-22T02:00:18.637Z I have given Desire his cloudland palace, And on my courtesan's bare breast Love lets the hope of his diaphanous flight Languish, and softly rest ... Contemporary Belgian Poetry Selected and Translated by Jethro Bithell 2011-03-10T03:00:44.993Z They carried lights, and as they flew in the starlit sky they themselves looked like shooting stars until they dropped low, when their planes were diaphanous as butterfly's wings in sunlight. From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 2011-03-04T03:01:00.007Z He took in at one rapturous glance her slender yet wondrously moulded form, her delicate hand, her rounded arm seen through the diaphanous fabric, her massed and shining hair, her eloquent face. The Crooked Stick or Pollies's Probation 2011-02-06T03:01:00.547Z He felt more and more sheepish and self-conscious as Lola drew up instinctively at every shop in which corsets were displayed and diaphanous underwear spread out. The Rustle of Silk 2011-01-27T03:00:44.390Z And between the diaphanous foliage of the bamboos there appeared a small house, built half of stone, half of wattled bamboo, surrounded by a little garden containing a few white pots of roses. The Hidden Force A Story of Modern Java 2010-12-24T03:00:34.823Z With bright eyes, she danced toward him, mischief incarnate, her pale face laughing above a peignoir, diaphanous, intimate; showing gleams of silk-shod ankles through the daring draperies. The Man with the Double Heart 2010-12-21T22:55:56.757Z As the sun dives toward the ocean, the Muslim residents stream into the mosques, little boys wearing impossibly bright white skullcaps, their mothers in diaphanous, black head-to-toe gowns. 2010-01-12T01:43:00Z Felicitas, in her diaphanous dress floating about the rosily-glowing room like a cloud, laid softly a score on the desk in front of him. The Undying Past Emilietje moved about among them, white, diaphanous and very charming: with Van Raven at her heels, she exchanged a word with every one. Small Souls In eternal twilight they move, those frail, diaphanous figures, whose tremulous, white feet seem not to touch the dew-drenched grass they tread on. Miscellaneous Aphorisms; The Soul of Man What have I done to deserve this diaphanous gloaming, this prolonged rhapsody rising about us? Woman A thin, diaphanous mask, transparent, swiftly fleeting, passed over her, and through it another woman, yet herself, peered up at him with a penetrating yet somehow distant gaze. The Wave An Egyptian Aftermath No; as the form approached we saw that it was short and slender; almost diaphanous, almost deformed. Glories of Spain Paul thought her the best-looking of all his sisters, as she stood before him in her black dress: a film of black mousseline-de-soie and black lace, falling in a diaphanous cloud over white taffeta. Small Souls A haze of tender diaphanous green clung to the boles of the smirched elms, softening the sooty decay that made their antiquity so grotesque and so dishonourable. Sinister Street, vol. 1 "Naturally," because intelligence was so largely contemplative, and vision so largely immediate, unanalyzed, and diaphanous. Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude Motor-cars and carriages passed them continually; luxurious open vehicles, victorias and golf-carts and automobiles with their hoods lowered, disclosing billows of diaphanous feminine finery and pretty, uncovered girlish heads. Stories That End Well An Adventure in Altruria——Through the Terrors of the Law——The Real Thing——The Old Partisan——Max—Or His Picture——The Stout Miss Hopkins' Bicycle——The Spellbinder——The Object of the Federation——The Little Lonely Girl——The Hero of Company G——A Miracle Play "Speak!" furiously moaned out the queen, and, clutching with her pliant fingers the black curls of Eliab, she pressed his head against her body, scratching his face with the silver embroidery of her diaphanous chiton. Sulamith: A Romance of Antiquity Two hours before the "Flying Kestrel" was due in Denver, the porter of the Tadmor awakened him at the command of the irascible gentleman with the hock-bottle shoulders and diaphanous nose. A Romance in Transit These Chian cigarettes in their diaphanous paper of mildest mauve would suit your oddly remote, your curiously shy glance. Sinister Street, vol. 1 They are not languishing, diaphanous creatures; they are the embodiment of health and strength. Her Royal Highness Woman Never had starry and diaphanous night in August seemed more beautiful to our hero: this early morning chill, damp and melancholy, remained graven on his heart as the loveliest of his life. Maximina P. conical, obtuse, subviscid, scarlet, edge striate, yellow; g. free, pallid; s. diaphanous, rooting, base dusky green, apex yellowish. flavipes, Q. Tufted, smells like radishes. European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae She could watch the fog sweeping up and down in diaphanous forms and winged nonentities. Carnival But she did not, for she looked very piquante in her palest of pale blue diaphanous dresses, while her sister looked very sweet and charming in white. Thereby Hangs a Tale Volume One “Oh, my frock—you’ll tear it!” cried the girl, half in tears; and she tried to drag herself away, but not vigorously, for fear of damaging the diaphanous fabric to which the ribbons were attached. Sir Hilton's Sin And among the Romans, when one had a portrait of any one cut on diaphanous stone, it was used in the same way. Legends of Florence Collected from the People, First Series P. plicate, diaphanous, whitish; s. capillary, brownish. flosculus, Q. P. white, umbil. sulcate; g. adnate, white; s. short, incurved, bay, apex pale. European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae We were courted, admired, nay, even as much admired as our granddaughters are now in their cloudlike, treacherously diaphanous garments. Women of the Teutonic Nations Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 8 (of 10) She smoothed the diaphanous, curve-revealing negligee that displayed her charms to such advantage. The Time Mirror When we try to introspect the sensation of blue, all we can see is the blue; the other element is as if it were diaphanous. Essays in Radical Empiricism These aerial fish would, of course, be diaphanous; a provision of their wise Creator for our sakes as well as their own. Toilers of the Sea The sparkle and vivacity of the scene are inimitable; the bounding figure haunts the memory with its diaphanous grace, touched in by a master of expression in line. The Art of Illustration 2nd ed. Wings diaphanous, beating bee-like, Wand within fingers, locks enspangled, Icicle foot, lip sharp as scarlet, She lifted her eyes in her pitch-black hollow— Green as stalks of weeds in water— Breathed: stirred. Down-Adown-Derry A Book of Fairy Poems When I had done her large portrait she had another done for her mother, in which I painted her leaning on a cushion, with a diaphanous violet wrap. The Memoirs of Madame Vigée Lebrun Their ankles, fingers, and wrists are decked with bangles and rings, while their diaphanous dress is of rainbow colors. The Pearl of India A great geometer is he; For, on the creek's diaphanous silk, Sphere, cone, and star exquisitely He's drawn in crystal lines of milk. Blooms of the Berry The light behind her marked the artistic lines of her body in the diaphanous cloud of her garment. Sónnica Nor of her large limbs' languorous Wind-grace, that glanced like starlight through Her ardent robe's diaphanous Web of the mist and dew. The Garden of Dreams The ivory flesh was shrinking closer to the small bones, and the diaphanous hands were so thin that the sapphire asp glided almost off the slender finger around which it was coiled. Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part She advanced, trailing behind her the long, diaphanous web of her black gown. The Return of the Prodigal The eastern sky was like a sheet of diaphanous silver, faintly crimsoned above the edges of the hills with streaks of the brightening dawn. Cudjo's Cave Her experiment was not a success and the diaphanous wisps of moonsilver dissolved. Master of the Moondog Instantly, tiny spheres of diaphanous substance showered about his head, to burst in a scatter of violet spores. One Purple Hope! Now that they have doffed summer draperies it is easy to note their scant, close-hobbled skirts and the gleam of white ankles through the most diaphanous of hose. Old Plymouth Trails I looked across at New York, still surrounded in diaphanous mist, and endeavoured to adjust my mind to the immediate business. Aliens Outside, the white tissues of her misty diaphanous draperies trailed along the dark mountain slopes beneath the dim stars as she wended westward. The Mystery of Witch-Face Mountain and Other Stories It floated all round him in thinnest diaphanous texture—visible, not because the moonlight made it so, but because in its inmost soul it was itself luminous. Jimbo A Fantasy The central fury overtook the lagging perimeter forces, engulfed them, then blossomed out, thinned, and became a diaphanous curtain rippling and shimmering in an uncertainty of direction. Jack of No Trades It may not make the veil more diaphanous, but it somehow suggests an alteration—perhaps a progressive alteration—in its texture. God and Mr. Wells A Critical Examination of 'God the Invisible King' And her diaphanous feet Are easy as the dew or opaline heat Of summer. Weeds by the Wall Verses She wore cloth instead of diaphanous gauze, and her gowns were cut with a more austere simplicity. Paris from the Earliest Period to the Present Day; Volume 1 From diaphanous she has become opaque; from airy, solid. Aurora the Magnificent The writing was almost unintelligible, and undoubtedly produced by the vibrating impulse given to the machine by her nervous, feeble, diaphanous hands. Records of Later Life And far up in the heights, where his own ship could never reach and where no clouds could be, were diaphanous wraiths. Astounding Stories, May, 1931 There are so many soft, diaphanous fabrics made now, which fall into graceful draperies, that I would like the young bride clad in some of them. The Etiquette of Engagement and Marriage Describing Modern Manners and Customs of Courtship and Marriage, and giving Full Details regarding the Wedding Ceremony and Arrangements She was in diaphanous white, with frosted flowers amidst her golden ringlets, a little crown of stars above her brow, and a scarf of silver tissue. The Gorgeous Isle A Romance; Scene: Nevis, B.W.I. 1842 They blew mightily upon long, curved horns, and were followed by perhaps a dozen lithe, posturing girls, half clothed in diaphanous yellow robes. Astounding Stories, March, 1931 The younger girl’s smart, tailored suit had made way for the daintiest of summer frocks, diaphanous, seductive, and wholly fascinating. The Law-Breakers The tight skirts and diaphanous garments were plainly a return to "sex." In Times Like These Marthy and Eric Rudd lived just behind the diaphanous curtain of the pipe smoke, or in the nooks of the twilight shadow, or in the heart of the settin'-room stove. In a Little Town But white, diaphanous Memory stands, Where many roadways meet and spread, Like Ariadne, in my hands Thrusting her little ball of thread. Enamels and Cameos and other Poems Brilliant insects floated on wide diaphanous wings, waiting to pounce on the opening blossoms. The Martian Cabal She looked the picture of diaphanous coolness in the shade of the house, lounging in an old wicker chair, with its fellow, empty, drawn up beside her. The Law-Breakers Now, light falls only on three kinds of objects or bodies, of which some are diaphanous, others opake, and the others participate in these two qualities, being partly diaphanous and partly opake. The Phantom World or, The philosophy of spirits, apparitions, &c, &c. He could imagine her sitting at archaic instruments, calling out of them, with slim fingers, diaphanous melodies. The Prisoner She was no longer clad in diaphanous black; she was wearing a tunic similar to the one she had worn on board the Ertak, save that this one was torn and soiled. Priestess of the Flame She was herself, too, not some strange, diaphanous image conjured out of tulle and gauze, she was her own true flesh-and-blood self, living in a dream that was true. The Innocent Adventuress No reproduction could give the exquisite texture of the bat's wings, the wandering red veins, the almost diaphanous membrane, the furry body,—a miracle of patience and softness. Holbein When the light falls on a diaphanous body which is full of an infinity of little pores, as the air, it passes through without causing any reflection. The Phantom World or, The philosophy of spirits, apparitions, &c, &c. Over them hovers an angel,––a mere suggestion, a faint, shining face, a diaphanous 115 form, and outspread hands. The Road to Frontenac She wore a simple garment of thin, shimmering stuff, diaphanous as finest silk. Priestess of the Flame Her head is swathed in folds of diaphanous white, through which the features are visible, like the veiled Tanagra. Hymen These diaphanous dresses, clinging close to the body, and allowing the color of the skin and the veins to be seen, have been frequently imitated with astonishing skill by Greek sculptors and painters. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life It was an intellectual treat to sit and watch the really exquisite, delicate work that she embroidered upon the diaphanous theme of the amusing little comedy. Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905 Again: "Her nose, by a happy and bold curve, joined itself to the lobes, lightly expanded, of her diaphanous nostrils." A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century It becomes, at last, a pretty, diaphanous opal sphere, while the berries which have not been injured ripen on the plant and acquire a rich scarlet hue. The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles There was a shaggy diaphanous flower of silver gauze to wear on the shoulder, and the shoes that went with it were silver kid, well cut and severe. Juggernaut These bursts of harmony spread now and then through the diaphanous shimmer of the atmosphere, and the eye might almost have followed their sonorous undulations. The Works of Theophile Gautier, Volume 5 The Romance of a Mummy and Egypt She danced alone; a diaphanous drapery of pink Egyptian cotton blew around her as an evening cloud. A Victor of Salamis A film of cambric, golden in the lamplight, settled about her smooth shoulders, fell in long diaphanous lines. Mountain Blood A Novel It appeared diaphanous, something so frail that a wind could have stirred it. Waiting for Daylight She had discarded gay hats and ribbons, imitation jewellery, unreliable cheap shoes, and chill diaphanous stockings, and had found some solace for her singleness in more comfortable and suitable apparel. The Wonder Old oaks and beeches open wide their doors And hamadryads veiled in golden sheen Floating diaphanous o'er robes of green Walk with still feet the forest's russet floors. The Path of Dreams Poems The form may be of rarest, subtlest, materials, may be so diaphanous that we are only conscious of the indwelling life; still it is there, and it is composed of Matter. Esoteric Christianity, or The Lesser Mysteries There is nothing between you and happiness but a little cloud so diaphanous that a breath of common sense would blow it away. Ladies-In-Waiting The sea was of a diaphanous blue that shaded through a bold steel blue and a lucent blue enamel to a rich ultramarine which absorbed and healed the office-worn mind. The Trail of the Hawk A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life The faded beauty in trailing silken draperies and diaphanous bonnet, the slim, well-dressed Captain, with his bronzed face and black whiskers. Vixen, Volume III. When one or two of the bolder ones hinted at an engagement, she denied it, with a rebuking glance at her black gown, her fascinating, floating diaphanous black gown. A Tar-Heel Baron In a cylindrical chamber is hung a diaphanous ball similar to a huge soap bubble, which can display color on its surface without obscuring its interior. A Color Notation A measured color system, based on the three qualities Hue, Value and Chroma She had a bunch of white roses in her belt and carried a shawl of gossamer lace that encircled her shoulders, like a diaphanous cobweb, through which gleamed the shimmering whiteness of her skin. The Bronze Eagle A Story of the Hundred Days Of the Rose Walk at Purley:— “Then the material loveliness becomes the diaphanous veil through which glint realities of which all phenomena are expressions.” Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, July 29, 1914 Estelle, in the most diaphanous of blue muslins, held a little court under a gigantic mulberry tree. The Dark Tower She wore black to‑night, gauzy and diaphanous black. The Silver Butterfly These consisted of the fabric in very light, almost diaphanous, form, hung upon a flexible frame of very thin strips of bamboo. The Fire People The significant others would be mirrors and a light source that would give some visibility to a huge diaphanous face of the man that the entire chain outlined. An Apostate: Nawin of Thais The dunes tremble in the broad flood of wind, light, and sea, diaphanous and fading, always on the limit of vision, the point of disappearing, but are established. Old Junk "My Lord, I hope I've got everything," he said, standing in diaphanous contemplation. Skippy Bedelle His Sentimental Progress From the Urchin to the Complete Man of the World It showed a fragile, pearly ring, almost diaphanous, hanging tilted against spatial blackness and pinpoint stars. The Planet Strappers He is young, beardless, more beautiful than a girl, and covered with diaphanous veils. The Temptation of St. Antony or A Revelation of the Soul For, strangely, the lady wore only a sarong of thin material, a diaphanous jacket, and very low sandals; she might almost have posed as a life model. Travels in the Far East To represent a being more diaphanous than man, and without corporeal weight, we have robust beings whose backs are furnished with colossal wings covered with heavy feathers. Spontaneous Activity in Education A silver grey hardly describes it; but light clothes it with a diaphanous glory, now warm now cool in colour, and always lovely. Oxford There are elegant young men and diaphanous fairies; there is music and dancing; there is nectar and ambrosia and general satisfaction. Floyd Grandon's Honor Her frock was some soft, diaphanous stuff over a pale green slip, some of her curls were tied up high on her head and the ribbon and that of her sash matched. The Girls at Mount Morris She exhibited frilled and snow white things, delicate and diaphanous and fit to be worn by angels. The Man Who Lost Himself Bostick had been able to duplicate Callahan's work, and we had three more, flimsy, diaphanous sheets that could not be torn by human hands. The Professional Approach There was a day when in herself Oxford was unlovely to behold, and when romance had not begun to cling to her like some beautiful diaphanous robe. Oxford Floyd is down on the porch, reading and smoking, when the flutter of a diaphanous robe, with billowy laces, attracts his eyes and he smiles an invitation. Floyd Grandon's Honor I turned from the married lovers and made my way to the veranda, where I might be alone to consider the pomander whose perfume was like a diaphanous presence walking beside me. The Thing from the Lake Something very like a diaphanous white cloud enwrapped him; two thin arms, visible through it, went suddenly round his neck; then his arms enfolded her. Flamsted quarries But I am now inclined to believe that the glamour which made the prospect seen from the cliff-edge so rich, was largely due to the diaphanous impediment to complete vision. Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer These worthy Hausfrauen have no grace of dainty frills, diaphanous lace or rustling petticoats. A War-time Journal, Germany 1914 and German Travel Notes Slowly gliding, turning, reversing, he in his faultless uniform, she in her sweeping, diaphanous sable, seemed, without effort or the faintest exertion, fairly floating upon air. Tonio, Son of the Sierras A Story of the Apache War Upon this occasion, though, the moon was rising higher and higher, pouring down a flood of silver light, which lit up the denser part with its soft diaphanous rays. Crown and Sceptre A West Country Story There was no mark on that fair brow; that soft cheek was without a scar; the delicate skin was intact, smooth, and diaphanous as ever. The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse There was a subdued shimmer in the tracery where the stained glass gleamed diaphanous—amethyst and topaz, chrysoprase and jasper, a dozen jewels as in the foundations of the city of God. The Nebuly Coat Now and then a glade appeared, hung with flowers of mustard yellow or diaphanous purple. Sacrifice At the portal of unending desire, Draped in diaphanous dreams, With a whispered word of fire That quivers and gleams Through the clouds of my longing. Sandhya Songs of Twilight The High Priestess reached into the diaphanous pile of her clothing and came up with a small diamond-encrusted watch she wore, usually, on her wrist. Pagan Passions The water was perfectly diaphanous; and, though the sun was no longer shining, I could see tiny silver fish, of the genus hyodon, sporting themselves in the lowest depths of the pool. The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse Shy and supple, elastic-heeled, in that diaphanous half light her slim long body might have been taken for that of a wood nymph had there been eyes to follow her through the umbrageous glade. The Highgrader There was a short silence, and they looked straight at each other, the slim, tall girl in her diaphanous tulles, the powerful, innocent-eyed man. Blue Aloes Stories of South Africa It consisted of fine diaphanous vapour drifting swiftly from the westward. Danger! and Other Stories She was clad only in the diaphanous robes of her calling, and she was stacked. Pagan Passions The kind of bench which Alma-Tadema usually fills with diaphanous maidens. The Lure of the Mask This young girl was very pretty, with the diaphanous beauty of a phantom; and she ate with extreme slowness, as if she were almost incapable of moving her arms. The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume VIII. Even beside her father she looked tall; and her neck and arms, the rise of her girlish bust, were more dazzlingly white than the diaphanous substance about her. The Californians “And so, on account of this diaphanous, indescribable, exquisite something, I am to be calmly thrown over; calmly told to go about my business!” The Daughters of Danaus So absorbed were they in one another that they did not notice how near they stood to the window, or that the curtain was too diaphanous quite to conceal them from view. Flint His Faults, His Friendships and His Fortunes Her love was veiled, as it were, in a most delicate, most diaphanous mist, which took from it all earthliness, and left it intangible, magical as some gift from fairyland. The Making of a Soul But the figures which most brilliantly display his genius, are those diaphanous angels, robed in flowing tunics, resplendent with gold, and of infinite variety. Fra Angelico My MS. is bad enough, and on that very account I would avoid diaphanous Paper. Letters of Edward FitzGerald to Fanny Kemble (1871-1883) Pliny saith, Shell fish is the wonderful geniture of a pearl congealed into a diaphanous stone, and the shell is called the mother of pearl. The Parables of Our Lord Pierce stopped suddenly in the midst of his description of Judy's picture and, gazing intently at Molly, cried out, "By the great jumping jingo, if Miss Brown isn't the red-headed girl in diaphanous blue!" Molly Brown's Orchard Home They walked in a dawn which as yet resembled night rather than day; a night grown diaphanous and ghostlike, a summer night surprised in its sleep and vanishing before their footfall. Fort Amity The bodies are almost diaphanous, the heads ethereal, the atmosphere and light have a touch of the supernatural. Fra Angelico Fabrics of infinite variety, from velvet and brocade to diaphanous tissues, are suitable; and the possibilities in trimmings, in lace and flowers and jeweled ornaments, are unlimited. Etiquette The ghost of a living person is said to be opaque, whereas the ghost of one from whom life has departed is diaphanous as gossamer. Real Ghost Stories Forthwith, I began comparing lustrous gray eyes to the stars, and tracing a woman's figure in the diaphanous northern lights. Lords of the North The French epic language is not distinguished and made difficult in this way; it is "not prismatic but diaphanous." Epic and Romance Essays on Medieval Literature It was "searched," a little précieuse, and the tales themselves were diaphanous enough, polished little contes, the points subtle, the action turning upon minute psychological distinctions. The Spinner's Book of Fiction Above the road a weather-beaten hut struck an isolated note of life, and across the valley Matterhorn towered,—solitary, superb,—his rugged head and shoulders thrust heavenward through a diaphanous scarf of cloud. The Great Amulet Beyond the pillars was a vista of tall cypresses, massive and black as ebony against a diaphanous sky throbbing with stars. The Child of Pleasure Now they were diaphanous blue on the horizon, now soft purple as we ran under their flanks. Boys' Book of Famous Soldiers Beneath it she had been wearing a white silk blouse, and the delicate pink of her arms and throat was revealed now through its diaphanous sheen. One Wonderful Night A Romance of New York Small wonder that devout commentators have discovered in this music, so uncorporeal and diaphanous, a Christian intention, and pretend that in Franck's mind Psyche was the believing soul and Eros the divine lover! Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers One of the dancers is clad in a jacket with a yellow ground and blue and red embroidered border, beneath which is a diaphanous chemise. The Sea-Kings of Crete The grayish-white trees, tinged here and there with violet, spread their leafless branches against a diaphanous sky, and the air was full of delicate spider-webs which the breeze shook and tore asunder. The Child of Pleasure Let robes diaphanous succeed Dense garments made of fur, And overcoats maintain the lead— Among the things that were! Poems Vol. IV At length, a faint quivering of moving blood was seen in the diaphanous veins of the lungs. Theory of Circulation by Respiration Synopsis of its Principles and History A solitary butterfly made a half circle about him, passing close to him as though to beat him back with its delicate, diaphanous wings. Wolf Breed So light and airy was she to earthly vision and so diaphanous the texture of her mentality that she was known as "Feather." Robin No other shape of vase is to be compared with this for elegance; in that diaphanous prison, the flowers seemed to etherealise and had more the air of a religious than an amatory offering. The Child of Pleasure Behind him Japanese lanterns hanging from a vine-covered trellis; before him flowers, bright chandeliers, girls' dresses like fluttering, many-colored, diaphanous butterfly wings. Judith of Blue Lake Ranch It was diaphanous, or diaphanous to strong light behind it. Lore of Proserpine And if any lady is to wear garments in his vicinity, I assume that those garments are to be anything except diaphanous!... In Search of the Unknown Maurice's handsome figure stood up tall and strong amongst the greenery; the dress of the woman he was with lay in soft diaphanous folds upon the ground beyond him. Vera Nevill Or, Poor Wisdom's Chance The pores, ovoidal and diaphanous, are contained, in groups of eight, in long capsules. Social Life in the Insect World At sunset the village smoke begins to hang low in a diaphanous cloud—a sure sign of the approaching cold weather. A Bird Calendar for Northern India Spirits, forms, lovely immaterial diaphanous shapes, are weaving endless patterns over the face of the day. Lore of Proserpine Below, lay the frost mist, white as foam, diaphanous as a veil, every floating icy particle aglimmer with star rays like spray in sunlight. Heralds of Empire Being the Story of One Ramsay Stanhope, Lieutenant to Pierre Radisson in the Northern Fur Trade Indeed, it would have been almost as light as day but for a slight mist which was spreading a diaphanous veil before our eyes. In the Field (1914-1915) The Impressions of an Officer of Light Cavalry Where nothing precise could be distinguished at the outset we soon perceive a diaphanous surface subdivided into meshes of beautiful precision. Social Life in the Insect World The village smoke then hangs a few feet above the earth like a blue-grey diaphanous cloud. A Bird Calendar for Northern India The original, of rather slaty Lavagna stone, has never been photographed, and the cast, many thousands of which exist, entirely fails to show the intangible and diaphanous qualities of the original. Donatello, by Lord Balcarres As the searchlights played upon it, it seemed almost diaphanous, and the body appeared to undulate like a trout seen in a clear stream. Leaves from a Field Note-Book The night seemed less clear and less diaphanous. In the Field (1914-1915) The Impressions of an Officer of Light Cavalry Her skirt was ruffled to her slender waist with tiniest frills of the diaphanous muslin. Jerome, A Poor Man A Novel Even the lips seemed shrunken, changed in their classic contour; and the ungloved hand that clasped the folds of lace across her bosom was wasted, wan, diaphanous. Infelice Furthermore, by the use of diaphanous hangings, form will be minimized and the evanescent effects surely can be charming. Artificial Light Its Influence upon Civilization Of late years, however, evening dress is almost as much worn at grand dinners as at balls and evening parties, only the material is not of so diaphanous a character. Our Deportment Or the Manners, Conduct and Dress of the Most Refined Society Truly there is in this figure an unheard-of force of ascension, and in order to obtain this effect Titian has not had recourse to slender forms, diaphanous draperies, and transparent colours. Great Pictures, As Seen and Described by Famous Writers Some have their skeletons coloured with a diaphanous violet marked with white. Letters of a Soldier 1914-1915 |
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