| 单词 | drearily |
| 例句 | He woke to the Sergeant, bowlegged Corse: the man dragged drearily by on a spattered horse, raised disgusted eyes. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z But they did hold on, and as the war trailed drearily on, vindictiveness toward the stubborn stand of the seceding states grew steadily more bitter in the North. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z The fear of losing Joe’s confidence, and of thenceforth sitting in the chimney corner at night staring drearily at my forever lost companion and friend, tied up my tongue. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z She and I sat alone in the TV lounge watching MTV on a drearily cloudy Saturday. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z He walked drearily between the trunks, his face empty of expression, and the blood was dry round his mouth and chin. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Old Rit said drearily, “They keep asking him questions about it. Every time he goes up to the Big House I’m scared he won’t come back.” Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Yossarian sighed drearily and began brooding about the rumored mission to Bologna. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Then he walked drearily to the doorway, where Charlotte’s web used to be. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z I wished I had kept my candle burning: the night was drearily dark; my spirits were depressed. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z It typifies what are becoming the drearily predictable attributes of today's art coffee-table books. Naked or nude? Laying bare an artistic divide 2012-11-28T16:53:35Z The movie lurches from the improbably silly to the drearily so. ‘It’s a Disaster’: This doomsday brunch lacks spice 2013-04-25T20:40:57Z Once you walk inside any of the buildings it becomes clear that the Gothic exterior is a stage set, a false front behind which lies a drearily conventional series of spaces. Disneyland meets Hogwarts at $700-million USC Village 2017-08-21T04:00:00Z Sturdy and drearily sensible shoes are not really necessary, either. Zurich, for a Song 2010-09-24T18:42:00Z But after slogging through both recently, I remain staunch in my opinion that the book is among the most drearily indigestible of so-called modern classics, and the movie rich in visual atmosphere but dramatically flaccid. Review: ‘Doctor Zhivago,’ the Broadway Musical 2015-04-21T04:00:00Z Before them, under the garden wall, Forward and back,Went drearily singing the chore-girl small, Draping each hive with a shred of black. Poem of the week: Telling the Bees by John Greenleaf Whittier 2012-06-11T16:30:08Z That sounds drearily academic, yet these biographical sketches and articles are anything but that. Paper, books and the art of collecting 2015-03-25T04:00:00Z But as captivating as that energy can be during their finest verbal knife fights, this three-part season feels drearily longer than that count suggests. Amazon's gloomy "A Very British Scandal" divorce tale starring Claire Foy and Paul Bettany 2022-04-23T04:00:00Z In the drearily repetitive annals of religious scandal, this stands out. Donald Trump’s phony faith-mongering, Ted Cruz doomed crusader: Sex, lies, religion and the GOP’s 2016 carnival 2016-01-31T05:00:00Z And the fantasy sequences, which continue as Leadem receives another visit from his brother, and a desperate request from the Serbian woman, are similarly low-key and sometimes drearily portentous. Review: ‘Afghanistan, Zimbabwe, America, Kuwait,’ as Grim as It Is Cryptic 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z Some of the play’s scenes drift drearily into discussions about a possible redesign of the Web site, and matters of similar minuscule import. Theater Review: ‘The Tutors,’ by Erica Lipez, at McGinn/Cazale Theater 2013-06-06T02:00:13Z State-sanctioned assaults on kids are, of course, no laughing matter, and neither is Bob Bowes' horribly convincing pitbull of a headmaster, drearily lecturing his victims before administering two painful swishes apiece with his cane. Clip joint: getting the giggles 2013-07-17T16:38:50Z Her show featured a wide, if drearily similar, cast of New Age gurus. Beliefs: The Church of Oprah Winfrey and a Theology of Suffering 2011-05-28T00:30:15Z The accomplished cinematographer Mitchell Amundsen brings what context he can to the pyrotechnics, but not even he can perk up the movie’s drearily staged indoor setups. Review: In ‘CHIPS,’ Blown-Up Cars Overshadow Buddy Cops 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z While the one on Thursday was considerably better, both were drearily routine affairs. Dance Review: Bolshoi’s ‘Giselle,’ Geared to Virtuosity and a Vocal Audience 2014-04-06T21:59:32Z The limitations of a format involving endless galleries of talking heads have become increasingly, drearily apparent, even as artists of the stage work diligently to improve its technical elasticity. Review | Relief from Zoom sometimes comes in a box. A play in a box. 2020-09-25T04:00:00Z “On the Basis of Sex,” starring Felicity Jones, was a dutiful if somewhat drearily conventional biopic. Perspective | RBG and the empty triumph of liberal pop culture 2020-09-21T04:00:00Z So her insistence that this sketch be drearily real, even when it means waiting for a joke, was telling. Amy Schumer’s Comedy Central Show, From the Inside 2013-04-18T12:00:01Z But while “Heaven” might appear at first to be interested in shaking up the status quo, it turns out to have a drearily conventional spirit, certainly where Mairead is concerned. When Monsters Make the Best Husbands 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z So you’re driving along through what you think is a drearily familiar landscape, when suddenly there’s a bend in the road. Review: In ‘Lost Girls,’ Derailed Blue-Collar Lives, With Zingers 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z Beyond that, “Haints Stay” delivers mysterious snowstorms that bury towns, drearily repetitive sequences meant to remind us that time is a flat circle and a curious nonstop obsession with the wholesale extraction of human teeth. ‘Haints Stay’ turns the Western on its ear 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z But by the early 1900s, the Modern Movement was celebrating the speed and convenience of the “machine age,” and dismissing craftsmanship as drearily archaic. DESIGN: A Revival of Rural Craft, With a Modern Twist 2010-07-25T18:00:00Z The five performers of Kun-Yang Lin/Dancers, from Philadelphia, danced two East-meets-West excerpts from “Mandala Project II” drearily; to sustain slow motion interestingly needs more technique than was in evidence here. Dance Review: Downtown Dance Festival at Battery Park 2012-08-17T23:55:17Z How to Disappear Completely mumbles and drags too drearily even for this die-hard Tindersticks fan. Radiohead's Kid A: still not much cop 2010-10-11T11:59:00Z Sadly, The Karate Kid won't be able to participate in the operation because it doesn't involve kicking a boy in the head once at the end of a drearily generic film. We were holding out for a hero ? then three turned up at once 2010-07-23T23:06:00Z It’s a somewhat comic, drearily ordinary affair until it isn’t. ‘Anaïs in Love’ Review: Portrait of a Woman on the Run 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z Hell’s range of sinners presents a clear opportunity for Bartok’s strategy — evocative showpieces as different doors are opened — but the score of “Il Viaggio, Dante” remains resolutely, drearily homogeneous: dully dyspeptic even in paradise. At This Summer’s Aix Festival, the Only Laughter Is Bitter 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z Pauline perceives herself as a tragic heroine in spite of her drearily workaday context. 'Bright New Boise' at Chance Theater: Secrets and scandal in the break room of Hobby Lobby 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z On the other hand, the galactic prosecutor can certainly call into evidence a great quantity of drearily over-familiar novels and cliché-raddled stories. Christmas gifts 2012: the best science fiction 2012-11-28T14:05:04Z In “Northeast from Flagstaff Mountain, Boulder County, Colorado,” 1975, an ominous shadow across the bottom of the picture underscores a denuded mountain, which overlooks featureless housing developments that extend drearily toward the horizon. Sunlit Apocalypse: The Imperiled World of Robert Adams 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z There will be some who see all this as drearily PC and very BBC-ish. What's typically British now? Tears, tents and no spiders 2012-06-01T19:30:01Z With a score infused with casual flourishes, Mr. Myers seems potentially open to the dark humor in a young Norwegian girl’s romance with Satan, but Mr. Vavrek’s work is deadly, drearily earnest. Critic?s Notebook: At Vox Festival, Future of City Opera Sounds All Too Familiar 2011-05-16T21:55:57Z It’s also where Fletcher, whose work here is strictly, drearily functional, snaps awake. Review: ‘Dumplin’’ Shares an Ordinary Girl’s Truth 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z It certainly adds a lift to rhythms that might otherwise seem drearily iambic. Poem of the week: Eros Turannos by Edwin Arlington Robinson 2010-05-03T10:13:00Z Less glamorous and keeping her body stiff, she is wearing a calf-length raincoat and flat heels and moves as drearily as if within a long-familiar prison. The Art of Summer: Art of Summer: Grand Central?s Fluid Human Dance 2011-08-31T12:02:00Z Tip the world, and the fearful and the timid, nailed securely and drearily in place, would stay put — but the footloose and bold and adventuresome would roll into L.A. and remake themselves. 'Paradise with a lobotomy' or 'just a big parking lot'? Pick your fave L.A. insult 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z Just as often, though, the presence of so many chefs in the kitchen has resulted in formulaic, drearily predictable McMovies that feel extruded rather than made. Perspective | AI is a time-honored movie trope. Now it can write its own script. 2023-02-17T05:00:00Z This is all so drearily antiquated — and that, I think, is the point. Opinion | Gray hair? Working women shouldn’t have to care. 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z The result is a movie that is almost constantly two things at once: breezily lighthearted and overwrought; hyper-energetic and lazy; bracingly fresh and drearily derivative. Review | ‘Bullet Train’: A chaotic trip to nowhere, with Brad Pitt on board 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z When a character tells Sophie she is “drearily enslaved by introspection,” one might read the accusation as an acknowledgment of the novel’s own limitations. The 25 Most Significant New York City Novels From the Last 100 Years 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z With a screen close at hand, it’s too easy to let your attention drift away from that chic Parisian bistro and into drearily quotidian scrolling. Travel guidebooks aren’t dead, but they’ll never be the same. Maybe that’s a good thing. 2022-03-04T05:00:00Z The bureaucrats did not; by law, the bottom of a public pool had to be uniformly, drearily, monochrome. The Pacific Ocean is right there. So why is Southern California so hot for swimming pools? 2021-07-13T04:00:00Z The Yankees lost again on Sunday to Tampa Bay, 4-2, a drearily routine result in an oddly lopsided rivalry. Fans Wait on Yankees to Show Up, but One Player Won’t Be Back 2021-04-18T04:00:00Z The response on Wednesday, though, was drearily predictable and altogether emblematic of a country where a moment like the one 20 years ago seems like a memory from a long-gone political past. News Analysis: A dreary day of partisanship in a Capitol under siege 2021-01-13T05:00:00Z So Herman became the subject of that kind of dialect, so drearily familiar in the American experience. Analysis | In a move both amazing and predictable, Texas fires Tom Herman and welcomes Steve Sarkisian 2021-01-02T05:00:00Z The causes are legion, and drearily old news, from water withdrawals for irrigation, habitat lost to farming and development, historic overfishing, poor hatchery practices and fish killed by the dams. Salmon People: A tribe’s decades-long fight to take down the Lower Snake River dams and restore a way of life 2020-11-29T05:00:00Z The do-over election Sept. 17 will be drearily familiar to voters. Netanyahu plays vigilant lifeguard in bid for new election results 2019-08-18T04:00:00Z AMC’s Into the Badlands did better with the fights, but its dystopic-future setting is still mired in drearily convoluted plot machinations. Netflix’s Wu Assassins series lacks the Hong Kong cinema magic 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z There are too many prestige cable dramas now that are just like this movie: oppressively self-serious and drearily grim, with more investment in their premise than their plot. Review: Reviews: Dinosaur-riding Nazis in ‘Iron Sky, The Coming Race’ and more 2019-07-18T04:00:00Z The subject matter may be different, but the conclusion is always drearily the same. Opinion | The media got Trump’s deal with Mexico wrong 2019-06-11T04:00:00Z The crowd was notably young, shrill and unscarred by all those dreary days watching dreary teams of drearily entitled Premier League players, the real threat to the enduring relevance of this form of football. Blooming marvellous – Gareth Southgate throws off weeds of caution 2018-11-18T05:00:00Z “I feel very strongly about not just drearily reproducing the book. You are duty-bound to think: ‘Here’s an idea, why don’t we flip this round,’ especially if people know it well. Mark Gatiss: ‘The League of Gentlemen was a premonition of Brexit’ 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z Clowders of cats — and kindles of kittens — are drearily cliche, but cat chowder was a delightful — if unintended — bit of comic relief. Opinion | That chowder doesn’t sound too appetizing 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z There are many moments in history when young people have dreamed of glamorous self-destruction rather than embarking, drearily, on adulthood. The first social media suicide 2017-08-29T04:00:00Z Merkel drearily works to protect the environment, safeguard human rights and offer sanctuary to refugees from civil war. Trump's favourite G20 dinner date? An authoritarian, of course | Lawrence Douglas 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z The literal escape storyline was drearily ludicrous, a forced march toward impossible conclusions. The Handmaid's Tale Fails to Deliver on Its Early Promise 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z You know this downsized example of the shrinking American dream, except in “Claws” the drearily commonplace becomes a mecca of humor, drama and some of the best/worst fashion choices around. The hard-working women of TNT’s ‘Claws’ rock killer nails and a tight bond 2017-06-10T04:00:00Z If he were plain Mr Philip Windsor, he would be seen as a tiresome old toff, with some drearily old-fashioned prejudices: an older, snobbier version of Nigel Farage but without the roguish charm. We can’t blame Prince Philip – we were the ones who indulged him | Terence Blacker 2017-05-04T04:00:00Z Campus agitation for an identity-based curriculum is by now drearily familiar. Does Harvard Consider Oscar Wilde ‘Marginalized’? 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z Part of this is due to the drearily platitudinous nature of the drama, which spends more than two hours drowning in banal self-helpisms. A father has a personal encounter with God in the eccentric, kitschy 'The Shack' 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z Although not as politically charged as “Elah,” “The Yellow Birds” also takes the form of a detective story, albeit one in which the mystery is as drearily protracted as it is ultimately unpersuasive. Sundance: ‘Mudbound’ and ‘The Yellow Birds’ examine the toll of war 2017-01-23T05:00:00Z Life in the Carter White House was drearily dry and a chore for its more sociable visitors. Teetotal Trump and the drinking presidents - BBC News 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z The Democrats fell in line, about as drearily as it is possible to imagine, while the Republicans fell in love. Golden Age for Democrats 2016-12-14T05:00:00Z Fosse solved the issue of how to show the dance-hall girls drearily at work by having them stand at a railing and stare out at the audience. A Strangely Muted “Sweet Charity” 2016-11-27T05:00:00Z Still, it was a drearily fatalistic speech, and one entirely devoid of any sense of moral responsibility to the world of nonhuman animals and nature. Should We Set Aside Half the Earth to Save It? 2015-09-02T04:00:00Z Trade publication called the result a "drearily empathetic" film that would rely on Portman's star power to sell it, while Britain's Guardian called it "a serious, well-made adaptation" of the book. Portman says directing Cannes debut film was a challenge 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z WICHITA, Kansas — Races for the United States Senate feature the same drearily familiar elements as presidential contests: partisan polarization, ideological predictability and voters with fixed opinions about well-known politicians. Senate Forecasts Aren’t Obvious. Just Take a Look at Kansas. 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z The connected environment shouldn’t be focused relentlessly and drearily on maximizing efficiencies, maintains Armitage. Most Of What We Need For Smart Cities Already Exists 2014-05-01T21:21:00Z He was deemed a visionary — a divisive innovator in the sometimes drearily bureaucratic world of French education — but he was also something of an autocrat. Sciences Po’s Future Cloudy After Leader’s Death 2013-01-16T01:37:11Z The demand takes a drearily familiar form, that Cameron sack Osborne rather than change his recovery policy. Yeo's runway taunt is big-willy politics, and that is the most dangerous politics of all 2012-08-28T19:30:01Z Raising the petrol tax is political poison, so Congress has hit upon a drearily predictable solution: to take the money from somewhere else. Infrastructure spending: A patch on the road 2012-07-05T15:28:43Z Nowadays, he is starting to get drearily predictable when it comes to this subject and it makes you wonder what he expected of a squad featuring three players who don't even have clubs. Euro 2012: England's Theo Walcott is no longer a wallflower 2012-06-16T20:31:47Z As I look round me I can see nothing that doesn’t strike me as hopelessly, drearily, appallingly superfluous. The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z The brass plate attracted no patients; months passed idly and drearily, and the poor fellow took to drink. The Doctor in History, Literature, Folk-Lore, Etc. 2012-04-25T02:01:14.613Z The hours passed drearily at the farm, with the sick man groaning in his pain, and the two lonely women dividing their time betwixt his chamber and their household cares. Ghosts and Family Legends A Volume for Christmas 2012-04-21T02:00:22.650Z "If lethargy itself be required, this is a capital place for it," sighed Conyers, drearily. Barrington Volume I (of II) 2012-04-09T02:00:31.357Z The succeeding months passed drearily away, with nothing occurring to break the weary monotony of life, except at long intervals the arrival of a fresh squad of prisoners. The Second War with England, Vol. 2 of 2 2012-04-05T02:00:38.213Z She then wrote a beauty book that had a small sale, and wrote also a drearily stupid volume of humor, designed as a mock "Guide to Courtship." Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z The incumbent at this time was a feeble arch�ologist, who coughed drearily in his damp little study, and looked vaguely out at the world from a narrow and mildewed past. Mitchelhurst Place, Vol. I (of 2) A Novel 2012-04-03T02:00:33.630Z What the stats don’t tell is how drearily authoritarian classes often are. South Korea?s surprising stand-down on digital textbooks 2012-03-26T13:58:00Z With his little flotilla of canoes, he left his fort, at the outlet of Lake Ontario, and slowly retraced those interminable waters, and lines of forest-bounded shore, which had grown drearily familiar to his eyes. The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada 2012-03-26T02:00:34.423Z "Well, I should like to ask him a few questions," Jack answered drearily. The New Rector 2012-03-22T02:00:35.997Z During their brief separations, she avalanched him with letters; some furious, some imploring, some wildly affectionate, some drearily commonplace. Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z This time Harding really smiled, drearily enough, but still it was a smile. Mitchelhurst Place, Vol. I (of 2) A Novel 2012-04-03T02:00:33.630Z Her tone was so grave that Sophia raised her head, and smiled drearily through her tears. Sophia A Romance 2012-03-18T02:00:22.773Z “Stop,” she whispered, drearily, unbuttoning her cloak and drawing a newspaper from its inner pocket. The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia 2012-03-18T02:00:21.430Z So it was to-day, raining drearily, heavily on the sad green landscapes as the train ran through Kent and towards London. The Devourers 2012-03-16T02:00:23.493Z There are many details in Marie Jeanne du Barry's story that I am going to omit—at my own request; not only because they are unwriteable, but because their sordid vulgarity is also drearily stupid. Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z "If such a drearily doleful bouquet isn't strictly proper, it ought to be!" Mitchelhurst Place, Vol. I (of 2) A Novel 2012-04-03T02:00:33.630Z The engineer of the Olive Branch who was also the Earl of Jura sighed drearily. The White Blackbird 2012-03-10T03:00:15.513Z Ruth, too, paid no heed to her sister; she looked straight at her husband, not defiantly, but drearily; she went on with her tale almost mechanically, and with the same desperate calmness as before. Horace Chase 2012-03-08T03:00:09.693Z The busy clock, whose tell-tale talk was drowned By Day's uproarious voices, calls aloud, Undaunted by the dark, the flight of time, And through the halls its tones ring drearily. Songs Ysame 2012-03-04T03:00:13.113Z Below us, close up against the background of the colourless hills, drearily situated in the bleakest spot of the austere landscape, the straight spires and severely simple buildings of the monastery were clustered together. Mr. Marx's Secret 2012-03-02T03:00:10.327Z "Yes, but I am sure----" "You're all in it," the Squire said drearily. Ovington's Bank 2012-02-28T03:00:25.267Z "And now you know where the real Lady Josceline Justice is," said Farish M'Kissock drearily, almost as if the savour of his overwhelming revenge on all who had wronged him had cloyed already. The White Blackbird 2012-03-10T03:00:15.513Z It 226 was drearily indistinct,—a copy, and I could make nothing of it. Charles Auchester, Volume 1 of 2 2012-02-23T03:00:42.347Z Jack answered, as he looked drearily over the desolate upland. A Little Wizard 2012-02-15T03:00:38.160Z Soft lights were burning on many brackets, dispelling the deep shades which had hung somewhat drearily about; and there was a fragrant perfume of flowers and a pleasant sense of warmth in the air. Mr. Marx's Secret 2012-03-02T03:00:10.327Z Gabrielle had been listening drearily, her head supported on her hand, as one listens to a tale too often told. The Maid of Honour, Volume 2 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:34.990Z "What do you mean by love?" he asked drearily. Comrade Yetta 2012-02-15T03:00:24.213Z "The beetle in combat with the bear!" laughed the farmer drearily. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z For some reason Maud had neglected to draw the curtains after tea, and the black yawning window where the rain glistened drearily weighed upon his heart with a sense of utter abandonment. Poor Relations 2012-02-11T03:04:00.973Z The heavy rain dashed drearily against the narrow window-panes; and I inquired if I could not dry my wet clothes and eat my supper by the kitchen-fire. The Monctons A Novel: Volume 2 (of 2) 2012-02-11T03:03:50.943Z March, that last year, was a month of drearily recurrent snows. Lad: A Dog 2012-02-08T03:00:19.720Z Rather he set off in another direction, wandering drearily along. Istar of Babylon A Phantasy 2012-01-31T03:00:15.543Z "Where would I get a pound from?" asked Dyer, more drearily than ever. A Drake by George! 2012-01-09T03:00:22.163Z When I left the house, the closing door sounded as drearily as the earth which I had heard rattle on her coffin. Discipline 2012-01-08T03:00:17.620Z The night passed slowly, drearily, and Clay did not come. The River Motor Boat Boys on the St. Lawrence The Lost Channel 2012-01-02T03:00:21.167Z They bade him good night drearily and slammed the door. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z Then the bats went wheeling past and past, and the mournful cry of the brown owl sounded drearily over the moor again. Wild Life in the Land of the Giants A Tale of Two Brothers 2011-12-12T03:00:34.923Z “I have waited two years,” Prudence answered drearily. Imprudence 2011-12-01T03:00:19.303Z She was drearily stupid at all her lessons, rivaling Ada Gerrard as the regnant ignoramus of the academy. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z I'm all right," she said drearily, "except that I have bad dreams now and again. Maid of the Mist 2011-11-21T03:00:11.937Z Eventually he heard people stirring about the house, and he rose drearily. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z I am now on the eve of completing my five and twentieth year; how drearily young for one so lost as I. How young in years for one who lives ages each day in sorrow. The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume II (of 2) 2011-11-10T03:00:10.110Z Something at my heart aches and gnaws drearily. Charlotte Bront? A Monograph 2011-11-01T02:00:20.233Z The snow is falling drearily and the snow birds are hopping about cheerily, as though the snow was the greatest boon that God ever bestowed upon his creatures. The Story of a Life 2011-10-11T02:01:02.723Z Snipe was sitting at the end of the upper bench looking drearily out on the avenue, and Mr. Halsey, with darker face than usual, had taken his accustomed place. From School to Battle-field A Story of the War Days 2011-10-10T02:00:19.987Z Sleep was out of the question, and when the mosquitos drove them off the deck the men lay in their stifling berths and waited drearily for another day of misery to begin. The Coast of Adventure 2011-10-03T02:00:25.810Z The weather is drearily cold, and an eternal north-east whistles through every crevice. The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume II (of 2) 2011-11-10T03:00:10.110Z And in the kitchen the maid went on drearily humming the same tune as in the afternoon, as though she were humming unconsciously. The Later Life 2011-10-02T02:00:13.037Z There was that other quantity, the quantity unknown to me but drearily familiar enough to her, I didn't doubt—Kitty.... The Debit Account 2011-09-21T02:00:33.753Z As the Federal Reserve begins a two-day meeting Tuesday, the backdrop is drearily familiar: Job growth in the United States faltering, the outlook increasingly hazy, the world economy at risk. Markets watch as Fed opens meeting 2011-09-20T00:43:52Z Once he grasped the rules as to sights and elevations and became used to the feel of the army rifle, the rest was drearily simple. Short Stories of the New America Interpreting the America of this age to high school boys and girls 2011-09-17T02:00:26.183Z Evening came on drearily, the rain splashed on the pavement, nor star nor moon deigned to appear. The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume II (of 2) 2011-11-10T03:00:10.110Z I had counted the hours as they passed slowly and drearily till his arrival, and felt inclined to follow him like a dog as soon as he was in the house. The Gentleman Cadet His Career and Adventures at the Royal Military Academy Woolwich 2011-08-31T02:01:40.423Z But with the rising wind beginning to moan drearily round our house, and the icicle-laden rose-twigs rattling every now and again against the glass, I could see nothing amusing in Maggie May’s little picture. In Touch with Nature Tales and Sketches from the Life 2011-08-31T02:01:35.803Z I returned drearily to the subject of my own future. The Claw 2011-08-31T02:01:30.563Z The time rolled drearily on, and at length the sun rose, and the days got rapidly longer and longer; but starvation had done its work. In the Land of the Great Snow Bear A Tale of Love and Heroism 2011-08-31T02:01:29.827Z "That is the hopeless part of it," she returned drearily. The City of Numbered Days 2011-08-31T02:01:25.807Z “I saw you in the pawnshop, and I noticed afterwards that your pendant was gone,” she answered drearily. Pink Gods and Blue Demons 2011-08-31T02:01:22.827Z We listen for many minutes, but hear no more, till the rising wind moans drearily round the house and the fire gets low on the hearth. In Touch with Nature Tales and Sketches from the Life 2011-08-31T02:01:35.803Z “Then surely she has reason enough to weep,” said I, and to myself could only drearily repeat the words, “They will be gone four or five days, if they ever get back at all.” The Claw 2011-08-31T02:01:30.563Z "You have no herons here, of course," he said drearily, and fingered the arm of his chair again. The Return of the Soldier 2011-08-26T02:00:23.937Z The minutes dragged very drearily as the day wore itself away. Cecil Castlemaine's Gage, Lady Marabout's Troubles, and Other Stories 2011-08-25T02:00:30.323Z "Why can't my Caroline get any of the great swells to notice her?" would drearily haunt another. The Adventures of a Widow A Novel 2011-08-25T02:00:27.403Z Ruth sunk back on her seat, bowed her face drearily, and thus Sir Noel left her. Norston's Rest 2011-08-24T02:00:23.833Z I jumped to my feet, took a snap shot at the buck as he raced round a low-cut bank and missed, and then walked drearily home, chewing the cud of my ill luck. Hunting in Many Lands The Book of the Boone and Crockett Club 2011-08-20T02:00:11.973Z "Maybe they are taking a honeymoon that is three years overdue," I thought, and wiped the cobwebs of apprehension from my mind; "It will sure seem strange without them on Thanksgiving, though," I reflected drearily. Through these Eyes The courageous struggle to find meaning in a life stressed with cancer 2011-08-14T02:00:18.947Z Echoes of pain, drearily plain, Come of old melodies sweet and serene; Images sad to the heart and the brain Rise out of memories cozy and green. City Ballads 2011-08-04T02:00:21.027Z It reached the council, drearily debating in the town house, and there was a general desire to adjourn. A Tatter of Scarlet Adventurous Episodes of the Commune in the Midi 1871 2011-08-04T02:00:19.957Z For a time she sat drearily in her chair, with tears still on her cheek, and hanging heavily on the curling blackness of her eye-lashes. Norston's Rest 2011-08-24T02:00:23.833Z It was so with Rose as she wandered drearily from one church door to another, seeking rest and finding none. Crying for the Light, Vol. 2 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago 2011-07-23T02:00:11.327Z The same relic radio still graced the dresser, and the same avocado crushed velvet bedspread sagged drearily to meet the worn carpets covering the floor. Through these Eyes The courageous struggle to find meaning in a life stressed with cancer 2011-08-14T02:00:18.947Z “Yes, I will take the tea, Harriet,” said the youth drearily. Peggy Owen at Yorktown 2011-07-17T02:00:35.830Z This would make it just about the time,” muttered Sir Francis, drearily. Fordham's Feud 2011-07-05T02:00:31.267Z “I made certain she would be with the waggon,” said Hume drearily. The Golden Rock 2011-07-05T02:00:22.137Z They whispered drearily to her as they hurtled by and crackled under her feet, and each thicket had its sigh of desolation. Jessamine A Novel 2011-06-15T02:00:24.413Z "He is angry with me for going out, I suppose," said Jessie, drearily. Wives and Widows; or The Broken Life 2011-06-12T02:00:07.963Z The maiden leaned her head upon her hand drearily. Peggy Owen at Yorktown 2011-07-17T02:00:35.830Z She turned away her loathing face and bowed him out, and then came drearily up to my lady and looked at her. Faithful Margaret A Novel 2011-06-10T02:00:21.627Z He went to Lou, who was sitting, drearily enough, alone at a table in a corner of the room. The Shooting of Dan McGrew, A Novel Based on the Famous Poem of Robert Service 2011-05-28T02:00:24.557Z They were not often parted during the fourteen years of their married life, but when they were separated their letters show how long the time seemed, and how drearily the days passed. Great Englishwomen An Historical Reading Book for Schools 2011-05-23T02:00:09.167Z The soft beat and wash of the waves sounded drearily in the silence. A Letter of Credit 2011-05-20T02:00:40.410Z "I'll send for anything you like," drearily replied Jones, and it was plain he had not understood as relating to himself the kindly meant proposal. Rachel Gray 2011-05-20T02:00:39.547Z The night wind moaned drearily among the stately trees; a Brazilian bird in my lord's aviary uttered a piercing shriek of warning, as a hoarse baying of a hound broke from the kennels. Faithful Margaret A Novel 2011-06-10T02:00:21.627Z She rocked herself to and fro, looking at her brother drearily. Daisy Burns (Volume 1) 2011-05-20T02:00:34.097Z Yet there were moments when his hand flagged, when his look became drearily vacant, when it was plain that not even all the might of will could compel attention any longer. Daisy Burns (Volume 2) 2011-05-20T02:00:30.427Z Was it a maze too, she wondered rather drearily? Poppy The Story of a South African Girl 2011-05-20T02:00:25.147Z Behind, was the forest, stretching drearily into the distance, while its margin swarmed blackly with human life, jostling, heaving, crowding the shore and the ice, till forced back by that line of glittering bayonets. Silent Struggles 2011-05-05T02:00:16.850Z "No flying for me, until flying's free," he chanted drearily. Ethel Morton at Chautauqua 2011-05-04T02:00:16.097Z He laughed rather drearily as he said it. Daisy Burns (Volume 1) 2011-05-20T02:00:34.097Z It was a drearily long morning to the poor bride elect, sitting alone in her chamber. Sir Noel's Heir A Novel 2011-04-24T02:00:07.013Z Dinner proceeded drearily enough: the diplomatist's stiffness never relaxed for a moment, and my own awkwardness damped all my attempts at conversation. Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. II 2011-04-15T02:00:16.987Z "Walk in and make yourself to home, ma'am," said the housewife, opening the door of an inner room and revealing a fire-place filled with pine branches which looked drearily cold that heavy day. Silent Struggles 2011-05-05T02:00:16.850Z The sun rose drearily on that day; soon being hidden again in mist. Ekkehard. Vol. I (of II) A Tale of the Tenth Century 2011-04-14T02:00:55.273Z The air felt strangely raw, and the measured beat of the surf rose drearily from the hidden beach. The Secret of the Reef 2011-04-12T02:00:26.980Z Reynolds is highlighted here not because he's unique but because he's so drearily common. Primitive Muslims' unique love of violence 2011-04-04T23:05:00Z The Knight listened to the sharp tramp of the horses' feet as they moved away; and when they had gone beyond hearing, the silence that followed fell heavily and drearily on his spirits. The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. II (of II) 2011-04-04T02:00:06.657Z We are drearily behindhand with money at present. Leigh Hunt's Relations with Byron, Shelley and Keats 2011-04-02T02:00:11.477Z The dark shadow of melancholy brooded drearily over all; none sought to dispel it. Luttrell Of Arran Complete 2011-04-01T02:00:31.290Z The parsonage was in the shadow of the church, and into it no ray of sunshine ever came; and the child was kept drearily in the house. Education in The Home, The Kindergarten, and The Primary School 2011-03-27T02:00:15.947Z Whole proceeding a farce of drearily colossal proportions. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 105, July 8th 1893 2011-03-26T02:00:11.953Z Aghast at his disagreeable situation, his wild eyes stared about; his great wings flapped drearily; his long neck protruded with its peculiar motion, unaware of the clutch it invited. The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains 2011-03-22T02:00:18.637Z Look at him drearily wandering round a reading-room, tasting dish after dish—we beg his pardon, book after book—keeping to none. Feeding the Mind 2011-03-11T03:00:13.047Z “I can feel it now,” he said drearily. The Haute Noblesse A Novel 2011-03-10T03:00:50.577Z The gondola floated drearily on, a black formless spot in the moonlight. Countess Erika's Apprenticeship 2011-03-10T03:00:46.973Z Darkly, drearily down, Falleth the wintry rain; And the cold gray mist hath the roof-tops kissed, As it glides o’er town and plain. Songs and Ballads of the Southern People 1861-1865 2011-03-06T03:00:22.800Z He drearily foresaw that she would forget him; and yet he could not know how the alienation was to commence, how it should progress, and the process of its completion. The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains 2011-03-22T02:00:18.637Z The snow was falling drearily without; and the cold wind wailed and moaned around the lonely house. Sharing Her Crime 2011-03-04T03:00:54.907Z And he sat up in the bed, and bit his lip, and raised his eyebrows, and shrugged his shoulders drearily. The Tenants of Malory Volume 3 of 3 2011-03-04T03:00:53.937Z And, remembering the extract-books which he had devised at a former period of his existence, he moaned, drearily, "Oh, what a noble mind was there o'erthrown!" Countess Erika's Apprenticeship 2011-03-10T03:00:46.973Z A few logs that had been laid on the top of the coal fire sputtered and smoked drearily. A Charming Fellow, Volume II (of 3) 2011-03-02T03:00:26.237Z "How familiar death is becoming in these war times!" she said drearily, when they were out of the crowd once more and fairly homeward bound. The Storm Centre 2011-03-01T03:00:39.427Z “Yes,” said Matt drearily, “close as I can be.” Mad A Story of Dust and Ashes 2011-02-25T03:01:05.303Z "Oh, I suppose it may as well be Charles as any one else," Letitia assented, a little drearily. The Wicked Marquis 2011-02-24T03:01:06.123Z "Here you sit lonely and forlorn as an enchanted princess in her tower gazing drearily from her window in hopes of a glimpse of some princely deliverer!" she cried, laughing. The Eichhofs A Romance 2011-02-19T03:01:37.327Z "So that you know what it is to be bored!" said she, sighing drearily,—"I mean to be very tired of life, and sick of everything and everybody." Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume II. 2011-02-18T03:00:19.343Z "I suppose you were never in love, Ashley," Seymour said, a trifle drearily, adding mentally, "except with yourself!" The Storm Centre 2011-03-01T03:00:39.427Z “Yes, yes,” said Septimus drearily, for he had so familiarised himself in thought with the word, that it had ceased to bring up an indignant flush to his cheek. Mad A Story of Dust and Ashes 2011-02-25T03:01:05.303Z Tears of heart grief coursed drearily along the cheek wrinkles. Menotah A Tale of the Riel Rebellion 2011-02-14T03:00:35.553Z The road, on which the sleigh-track was only just perceptible, ran for miles in a straight line; on each side rose the dark, melancholy pine-forest, slumbering drearily in the hazy air. Sketches in Canada, and rambles among the red men 2011-02-10T03:00:51.280Z He wrote drearily, for his heart was in his work, to Canon Bright. The Oyster 2011-02-10T03:00:49.300Z Elizabeth looked out at the prospect somewhat drearily. The Setons 2011-02-10T03:00:48.400Z “And about the sinews?” said Septimus drearily, without raising his head. Mad A Story of Dust and Ashes 2011-02-25T03:01:05.303Z Scarce had the low cry passed drearily over the swamp, when the reed door was pushed back, while a figure, bent and completely enveloped in a sweeping black cloak, crawled forth slowly. Menotah A Tale of the Riel Rebellion 2011-02-14T03:00:35.553Z "Will the truth ever be known?" asked the girl drearily, as she went into the hall, and watched her aunt lock the door of the death-room. The Solitary Farm 2011-02-04T03:00:21.943Z But Esm�, looking drearily out across the gardens, trying hard not to think, had made a bitter enemy. The Oyster 2011-02-10T03:00:49.300Z Depositing my portmanteau under a clump of furze, I set out,—drearily enough, I will own. Paul Gosslett's Confessions in Love, Law, and The Civil Service 2011-02-04T03:00:18.850Z The dinner was announced at last, and passed off drearily enough; none liked to adventure on any topic of local interest, and they knew of little others. The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. I (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:16.820Z He disappeared, while the boundless forest of the Great Saskatchewan whispered drearily beneath the soft-stirring breeze of evening. Menotah A Tale of the Riel Rebellion 2011-02-14T03:00:35.553Z A shroud of newly fallen snow enveloped the dead earth, over which the dull, murky sky looked drearily down. Ghetto Tragedies 2011-01-27T03:00:46.507Z Then the barrier which her secret made rose, drearily, between them. The Oyster 2011-02-10T03:00:49.300Z Still standing at the window, and looking drearily out on the quiet street, she saw Ruth and little Jem passing, on their way to church. The Hazeley Family 2011-01-24T03:00:16.447Z "So long!" said Georgia, drearily, and still struggling to recall something that had escaped her memory. The Actress' Daughter A Novel 2011-01-23T03:00:14.117Z A few gauzy moths and cumbersome beetles circled drearily round the drooping flower heads. Menotah A Tale of the Riel Rebellion 2011-02-14T03:00:35.553Z She found her practising five-finger exercises drearily in one of the music-rooms. Concerning Belinda 2011-01-21T03:00:12.087Z "We must hail her, I suppose," I said drearily. Some Experiences of an Irish R.M. 2011-01-16T03:00:24.113Z "I'm sure I don't know," replied Harry, drearily. The Hazeley Family 2011-01-24T03:00:16.447Z It was true enough, Heaven knew, Alex thought drearily, as she addressed perfunctory and obviously absent-minded civilities to her mother's guests. Consequences 2011-01-14T03:00:53.047Z Pen used to go drearily in and out from the play at Chatteries during this season, and pretty much according to his fancy. A History of Pendennis, Volume 1 His fortunes and misfortunes, his friends and his greatest enemy 2011-01-13T03:01:13.027Z "Can't you say anything different?" the district attorney threw in drearily. The Rider of Golden Bar 2011-01-04T03:01:06.347Z "Why, yes," said Drew, just a bit drearily. The Sick-a-Bed Lady And Also Hickory Dock, The Very Tired Girl, The Happy-Day, Something That Happened in October, The Amateur Lover, Heart of The City, The Pink Sash, Woman's Only Business 2011-01-04T03:01:00.723Z The evening breeze sighed drearily through the branches of the gigantic cedar-tree in the garden, and whispered softly through the luxuriant plants and shrubs which hung about the diamond-paned windows. William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale 2011-01-01T03:00:20.833Z Alex herself wondered drearily if she was always destined to find herself out of all harmony with her surroundings. Consequences 2011-01-14T03:00:53.047Z “Really life, when all is said, is one long self-deception, a wandering amid illusions,” she thought, sadly, drearily. The Hidden Force A Story of Modern Java 2010-12-24T03:00:34.823Z He wondered, drearily, if the game could pay? The Man with the Double Heart 2010-12-21T22:55:56.757Z There is, he says, a drearily familiar pattern. BP oil leak aftermath: Slow-motion tragedy unfolds for marine life 2010-06-10T19:31:00Z The puerile anthem of a current Pepsi commercial is drearily prophetic: "Forever young." George F. Will: Immature Men Won't Grow Up 2010-02-26T23:08:00Z He was a versifier at once prolific and drearily dull. Proverb Lore Many sayings, wise or otherwise, on many subjects, gleaned from many sources “I shan’t try to escape in the dark,” said Cyril drearily. Real Gold A Story of Adventure "What good will that chaw in uniform be against that little devil?" objected Gage drearily. A Poached Peerage A grey melancholy reigned without and a grey melancholy reigned within, with those two old people, each sitting silent at a window, lonely and forlorn, drearily sunk in their own thoughts. Small Souls I wanted to ask him," she said drearily, "but I am afraid to. The Window at the White Cat She had asked her again and again if she was ill—if she was tired—and she had answered drearily, "No." Love Works Wonders A Novel At these moments he felt drearily lonely over his valve and register; they even seemed to mock him. Rodman the Keeper Southern Sketches The very clock on the mantelpiece, which was still drearily ticking, looked like the first prize of a consolation race, rather than the gratification of a personal choice. Sinister Street, vol. 2 Then Van der Welcke's face lighted up; and Constance reflected that she would be alone, all alone, sitting drearily at home, while the evening drew in. Small Souls The wind drearily stirred the osier-beds, and from time to time the dull tread of indefinite passing forms was heard upon the sodden path. Sinister Street, vol. 1 The slow months dragged drearily by; but he never came. Norine's Revenge; Sir Noel's Heir You see," proceeded Mr. Ticks drearily, "the circumstance is a little unusual. A Republic Without a President and Other Stories Michael followed her drearily along the gravel path. Sinister Street, vol. 2 "I suppose M'Gruder's right," mattered Tony, as he sauntered away drearily from the door at Downing Street, one day in the second week after his arrival in London. Tony Butler Finding her loath to converse her father relapsed into silence, and the breakfast ended drearily. Bee and Butterfly A Tale of Two Cousins "How wretchedly haggard I look," she thought, drearily; "surely every one who looks at me will read my guilt in my face." Norine's Revenge; Sir Noel's Heir For a time I mused, drearily enough, turning many comfortless things over in my mind. The Book of Susan A Novel The spring drew on drearily enough, cold, dull, and cheerless, so that there scarcely seemed a glimpse of hope of better days. Tales of the Toys, Told by Themselves "Ah, dear!" sighed she, drearily, "who would have thought it?" Tony Butler "Even that I had not given one thought to," says Branscombe, drearily. Faith and Unfaith It was a drearily long morning to the poor bride elect, sitting alone in her chamber, or pacing restlessly up and down. Norine's Revenge; Sir Noel's Heir Perhaps six weeks after Miss Goucher's death one little conversation, just skirting these hidden matters, did take place between us; but how different was its atmosphere, and how drearily different its conclusion! The Book of Susan A Novel She did not seem in haste to speak, but when she did, her words came with a quick sigh that echoed very drearily in the young girl's anxious ears. The Sword of Damocles A Story of New York Life His eyes seemed buried in them as in hairy nests—like pale, blue eggs, Sophy thought drearily, as she gazed at their hard convex. Shadows of Flames A Novel December with what it could bring of deadness, gloom, and moisture came drearily down on Wychford, and Pauline, as she sat high in her window-seat, lamented the interminable soak. Plashers Mead A Novel So the hours and the days of her convalescence went very drearily onward. Was It Right to Forgive? A Domestic Romance My heart is gray as is the day, In which the rain-wind drearily Makes all the sounding branches sway, And in the hollows far away The dry leaves rustle wearily. One Day & Another A Lyrical Eclogue It was raining drearily without, but he did not notice the falling drops or raise his eyes to the leaden skies. The Sword of Damocles A Story of New York Life This harmonising of her complexion with the circumstance struck Sophy as drearily droll. Shadows of Flames A Novel The clerk pored over a ledger, and from the gray afternoon the cries of the porters in Covent Garden came drearily in. Plashers Mead A Novel I heard the doctor chuckling drearily in Hades. Bye-Ways The letter came by the second post, when Maisie was engaged in drearily reading her employer to sleep after lunch. Man and Maid She had enough common sense to grasp the ultimate value of drearily reiterated practice steps in dancing. Carnival “Nothing,” returned the girl drearily, her old look of hopelessness returning for she feared that Madame suspected something. A Daughter of the Union “He wanted to meet me, then,” said Hope drearily to herself as she took her way home. The Daughters of a Genius She turned her eyes away and stared drearily into space. A Question of Marriage “Nothing but the men leaving work,” said the young man drearily. The Sapphire Cross “Not so bad as we think, Jane?” said Lady Lisle, drearily. Sir Hilton's Sin “Never mind, child,” said the young officer, drearily. A Daughter of the Union She also, like her mother, wondered drearily what troubles lay ahead. Lady Cassandra It was getting dark; the clouds had gathered while the company had been talking; and, at the first pause in the conversation, the rain, falling again in torrents, made itself drearily audible. International Short Stories English "No, sir; a very short time, indeed," said Ogden, drearily. One Of Them “Well, I don’t know as it matters much,” said the groom, drearily. Sir Hilton's Sin "It does not make any difference," thought Anne, drearily; "I shall tell her at eleven." Anne They had agreed to the proposal of the picnic out of polite necessity, but to each the prospect was drearily unwelcome. Lady Cassandra He opened his eyes drowsily, and saw an old grey Quatta hare staring drearily into his face with large whitening eyes. The Three Mulla-mulgars "There it is," sighed he, drearily; "mushrooms is bigger, nowadays, than oak-trees." One Of Them And the skull stared drearily up from the ground, sad relic of a fellow-creature done to death here in the forest gloom amid every circumstance of torment and blood. Forging the Blades A Tale of the Zulu Rebellion "No," said Anne, drearily, looking now at the cliffs which bounded the narrow valley through which the train was rushing. Anne And Marietta rose to his mind, and he pictured her toiling drearily along, her dress draggled, her garments dripping. Gerald Fitzgerald The Chevalier Nod skipped drearily from one to the other, pleading with them to be friends. The Three Mulla-mulgars Oh, I have other thoughts in my head," said he, sighing drearily; "and you are the very one to advise me what to do. One Of Them In the former case he wanders drearily through the Louvre and the Luxembourg; he makes painful pilgrimages to churches, museums, and galleries, in the hope of picking up a knowledge of Art. Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) "Nor yours the fault if it is so," said she, drearily. Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day The great bell of the mighty dome, however, rose proudly above the crash of elements, and struck three, and as the P�re counted the strokes, he sighed drearily. Gerald Fitzgerald The Chevalier "Thank Heaven! we may be able to get away from this place to-morrow or next day," said Lord Lackington, sighing drearily. Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day "It was that yarn of yours about attacking monkeys with a poker, or some stuff of that kind, set me off," yawned Heathcote, drearily. One Of Them "Nothing," answered the younger man, drearily, leaning back languidly in the rickety little carriage. Belcaro Being Essays on Sundry Aesthetical Questions A heavy snow was falling, and a cold and cutting wind came over the Black Sea, and howled drearily along the vaulted corridors of the old Convent. Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day "Oh, have your own way," she said drearily. The Destroying Angel It was a dark, dripping morning; the rain smote the windows in sudden, gusts, and the wind wailed drearily around the house. Jan Vedder's Wife The morning wore on heavily,—drearily to her, as she watched and waited, and at last she crept noiselessly to the door, and tapped at it gently. One Of Them As we entered it and closed the door behind us, the wind rose, and a long gust whistled drearily round the building as if loth to let us escape so easily. Long Live the King "It was your thoughts I was following out," said she, drearily. Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day "What made her go on like that?" he demanded drearily. Command The day broke drearily and sad-looking; a thin, cold rain was falling, and, from the leaden sky above to the damp earth beneath, all was gloomy and depressing. The Daltons, Volume II (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life Alfred Layton's day dragged drearily along, watching and waiting for the hour of departure. One Of Them It was a cold autumn day, and the panes rattled drearily as she seemed to shrink and hide between them and the heavy curtains, while the color came and went hotly in her face. The Spiritualists and the Detectives I gave up and drearily made my deposit. The Old Die Rich I never gave them away," said Checkers, drearily, "because there was no occasion for it. Checkers A Hard-luck Story "They seem happy days, now," said Stuart drearily, rousing himself. The Story of Old Fort Loudon Oh dear! oh dear!" sighed she, drearily, "what a tame, poor, commonplace thing life becomes when it is reduced to English cookery for health, and respectability for morals! One Of Them All things grow gray in earth and sky; The cold wind sounding drearily Makes all the rusty branches fly; The rustling leaves a-rotting lie; The year is waning wearily. Days and Dreams Poems Within were bare halls and rooms covered with dust, the floors of which creaked drearily under their tread. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20. July, 1877. The hounds followed languidly, and Ulysses darted up the creaking staircase, and tumbled into the little attic room where Melissa sat gazing drearily out of the window. Stories of the Foot-hills Then, satisfied, perhaps, with the expression she encountered on the face of the District Attorney, she looked back; and the heavy minutes went on, only more drearily, and perhaps more fearfully, than before. Hand and Ring In the dusk of coming night she crossed the gloomy forest, where a whippoorwill was drearily lamenting, and, walking over an unfrequented portion of the lawn, went up to her own room. Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part Their long, sharp muzzles were thrown up towards the starlit heavens, and their voices trolled drearily from their cavernous throats, thrilling the air and arousing the mountain echoes. In the Brooding Wild A mass of lurid, yellowish clouds hung low down over the bending woods, and the wind whistled drearily amongst the fir trees. A Monk of Cruta So they go through life drearily eating, resentful and dumb. The Crow's Nest That is the key to my life—to make the best of it, but not drearily, with the passiveness of a slave, but passionately and with desire. The Kempton-Wace Letters The cold night wind swept over him, sighing drearily among the leafless bushes. Cudjo's Cave It was a cold winter evening, and the wind whistled drearily around the closed shutters of the parlor in which Augusta was sitting. The May Flower, and Miscellaneous Writings Then grew the visage pale, and deadly wet; The eyes turn’d in their sockets, drearily; And all things show’d the villain’s sun was set. English Critical Essays Nineteenth Century It is crowned with a soft felt hat, the rim bent down all around, from which the water is dripping drearily. Our campaign around Gettysburg Being a memorial of what was endured, suffered and accomplished by the Twenty-third regiment (N. Y. S. N. G.) and other regiments associated with them, in their Pennsylvania and Maryland campaign, during the second rebel invasion of the loyal states in June-July, 1863 There was a long streak of gold along the horizon of the otherwise dull grey sky, and a rising wind moaned drearily among the bare lower branches of the trees. The House by the Lock Molly always smiled and sighed when she remembered him and the hunched shoulders that leaned drearily over the tonneau. The Strange Cases of Dr. Stanchon Oh, I was saying nothing,’ answered the fox drearily. The Brown Fairy Book With a manner which suggested to her mirror that life was distinctly not worth while, Frieda lifted the object and drearily removed the wrappings. The Wide Awake Girls in Winsted She went down to him, as he sat there looking drearily out at the twinkling lights across the parade. Laramie; or, The Queen of Bedlam. The only modern innovation was an electric bell, which I touched, and then, grasping the huge knocker, I rapped out an additional summons, which echoed drearily, as though through an empty house. The House by the Lock Your logic, my friend, is perfect, Your morals most drearily true; But since the earth clashed on her coffin, I keep hearing that, and not you. Home Life of Great Authors He looked up a trifle drearily from under the brim of his straw hat at the smiling summertide of those blue mountains yonder. The Mystery of Witch-Face Mountain and Other Stories “I owe you a heavy debt,” he said drearily. Stories by American Authors, Volume 3 Then slowly relaxes the clasp of his arms and turns drearily away, covering his face with his hands. Laramie; or, The Queen of Bedlam. General Jackson, nicknamed "Old Hickory" Christmas opened drearily enough for the invaders, but before night, to their great joy, Sir Edward Pakenham arrived from England, and took command. Hero Stories from American History For Elementary Schools The wind subsided, but the rain fell steadily and drearily. The Galaxy, Volume 23, No. 2, February, 1877 The splashing of the rain on the roof became drearily audible in the interval. The Mystery of Witch-Face Mountain and Other Stories The snowflakes flutter down drearily as on the previous day. The German Classics, v. 20 Masterpieces of German Literature The rain dripped monotonously from the trees, and now and then a breath of wind moaned drearily through their branches. In The Ranks From the Wilderness to Appomattox Court House We must hope for the best," he said drearily; "Fakrash may have some motive in all this we don't understand. The Brass Bottle But through the wooden menagerie in the big house the Doctor whistled and hummed and smoked and chirruped more or less drearily. In the Heart of a Fool All is so drearily dry, smooth, narrow, and commonplace that the great deeps of life below this stupid stagnant surface are never seen, heard, or thought of. Records of Later Life He longed no more for the day which awoke so drearily outside; weary of his own heart-beats and perfectly sure of what had happened and must happen, he yearned for the final end. The German Classics, v. 20 Masterpieces of German Literature Walking thus drearily, alone, and not sorry to be alone in that unfamiliar company, lost in the fixed idea of my own misery, I suddenly heard light footsteps hurrying behind me. The Gates Between The Knight lapsed into a discouraged silence, and all three sat and stared drearily at the stretch of desert before them and thought gloomily of the rough country behind. The Royal Book of Oz In which the Scarecrow goes to search for his family tree and discovers that he is the Long Lost Emperor of the Silver Island “The mothers are so hungry for help down there in South Harvey, and,” she added a little drearily–“so am I; so we are speaking a common language.” In the Heart of a Fool He rose drearily, fought his way into his overcoat, and growled: “Good night!” The Cup of Fury A Novel of Cities and Shipyards “Tell him, friend, that we are prepared to die,” replied Josè drearily, as he turned back into the gloom and took Carmen’s hand. Carmen Ariza I shook my head, looking drearily upon her. The Gates Between "Young birds to their own nest," she thought, a little drearily. Kildares of Storm She supposed drearily that she had got that idea from Raymond. The Phantom Lover "He sold me, and I lived; this cannot kill me either," she murmured drearily. Mabel's Mistake I am all––all––alone,” she would sigh, drearily. Daisy Brooks Or, A Perilous Love "Death is a terrible respecter of persons," I answered drearily. The Gates Between "Don't be severe with me, Grantley," she said, with a degree of humility unknown to the past; "my head aches drearily—I don't think I am well." A Noble Woman And drearily your Highness passes Over an Austrian brow a Spanish hand! L'Aiglon She had ceased to struggle with her own heart, or with the dead, heavy weight of misery that settled each hour colder and more drearily about her life. Mabel's Mistake The chill wind was moaning, the rain falling drearily, and day darkening rapidly, when a lady might have been seen walking along quickly through Eccles Street. Anecdotes & Incidents of the Deaf and Dumb "Yes," she answered, looking up drearily, "I believe it." Diana Elizabeth did not answer; she had drawn towards the hearth and was pushing the ashes back with the point of her shoe, gazing drearily into the dying embers. A Noble Woman The sound echoed drearily through the almost deserted barracks, and added infinitely to the loneliness of the wilderness, and of the night, and of the storm. The Dominant Strain The old man threw himself on the bed and sighed drearily. Melomaniacs “No, I had not learned,” she went on drearily. The Treasure Trail A Romance of the Land of Gold and Sunshine She sat out a long hour, hands listless in her lap, staring vacantly out at that well-hated vista of grimy back yards, drearily reviewing the history of the last five days. Nobody The potion worked at length; she lay back on the pillows white and still—her eyes stared drearily about the chamber once more, and then closed—she had fallen into a heavy sleep. A Noble Woman "What is the use of keeping up the pretence any longer?" she went on drearily. The Dominant Strain She felt dreary, and looked forward drearily to inspecting her farm—which, in her normal state, would have inspired nothing but perfect delight—with something like apprehension. The Golden Woman A Story of the Montana Hills But I had not yet learned what hell could be,” she confessed drearily. The Treasure Trail A Romance of the Land of Gold and Sunshine He walked into Conley’s yard an hour after that, his face drearily impassive, a dead man lashed to the saddle. Rim o' the World "Ruth has been very ill ever since," Mrs. Morton added drearily. The Film of Fear There is pity in God, Sidney," she said drearily; "but pity can't do any good in a case like this. The Dominant Strain The girl pushed her work aside and went on drearily. The Night Riders A Romance of Early Montana “I sha’n’t ever skip with her again,” the Enemy’s musings ran drearily, and the arm she had always put round Margaret when they skipped felt lonesome and—and empty. The Very Small Person The fastening of that door was ominous to him, and the clanking of that chain smote him to the heart, and echoed drearily within his soul. Among the Brigands I leaned my elbows upon the table, and listened drearily to the beat of the rain upon the pane. The First Violin A Novel The stove crackled, its pipe glowing red, driving snow lashed the shiplap walls, and the wind moaned drearily about the house. Blake's Burden He tossed wearily, drearily, on his unyielding palliasse, driven to a realization of his own utter impotence. The Night Riders A Romance of Early Montana “Tom tried to force people to let him work,” the girl went on drearily. Out of the Depths A Romance of Reclamation The desert still stretched away drearily to the south where it ended against the faint, dim line of the Esmeralda Mountains. Louisiana Lou A Western Story The wind howled drearily over the lonely heath; the moon shone fitfully through the driving clouds. Mr. Punch Awheel The Humours of Motoring and Cycling Michael pondered drearily over the future that lay before them all. Lover or Friend "I don't know as there is," said Mr. Beale drearily; "without it was pigeons." Harding's luck And then he repeated drearily that it was too late. Wee Wifie He wondered drearily who else was so unfortunate as to be presented with one, and if it would be an English name. The Silver Maple Reginald was not speaking to the woman, but drearily to himself. Phoebe, Junior There were two dams to carry around, and they did this somewhat drearily, trudging along the muddy shores, climbing the slippery banks with difficulty, and with some danger of falling and smashing their canoe. The Rival Campers Ashore The Mystery of the Mill He faced about, drearily enough, and stood with downcast, unseeing eyes, in anxious pondering. Heart of the Blue Ridge "November's coming in with a storm," she predicted, glancing out at the darkness, where the wind was rushing and howling drearily. The Beloved Woman She gazed drearily at Malcolm and Jean and listened to the laughter from the lane without wanting to join either group. 'Lizbeth of the Dale Gabriel's dark face kindled as he spoke, and Sylvia drearily wished he would remember how ill-bred it was to tire her with complaints of her friend, and raptures over his cousin. Moods It was the last evening in March, and raining drearily out of doors; but in mamma's sitting-room all was bright, warm, and cosey. The Nursery, May 1877, Vol. XXI. No. 5 A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers No, Aunt Victoria," Beth answered drearily—"at least there are plenty of things I could do, but everything I think of makes me shudder. The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius “Apart!” she echoed drearily, and her tears came streaming back. Robin Tremayne A Story of the Marian Persecution She took up the dish-towel drearily and stood looking wistfully down the sunny path that led into the orchard. 'Lizbeth of the Dale The waves upon the shingle They murmur drearily, And the streamers of the fog-wraith Drive in from the open sea. Sprays of Shamrock This speculation whiled the night away but drearily, as the Perpetual Curate went back to the unknown tide of cares which had surged in his absence into his momentarily abandoned place. The Perpetual Curate Resting her worn hands on the half-door, she looked drearily up and down the street, as if in languid hope of catching a glimpse of the boys who should have been there, and were not. One Snowy Night Long ago at Oxford I sat or lay, call it what you will, thinking gloomily and drearily, until at last nature could bear no more, and I slept, even there.” Robin Tremayne A Story of the Marian Persecution When they were gone, Elizabeth got out her Bible, and sat by the frosty window, looking out drearily at the red morning sunshine. 'Lizbeth of the Dale The days passed drearily away, one after another, but in about a week my cousin noticed that one of the windows of the house had been left open. Policeman Bluejay Very drearily the hours pass to the old man and the girl waiting and listening in the large lonely house. Only an Irish Girl The days in London thus passed drearily, and Doggie was always glad to get home again. The Rough Road A month passed drearily, with Arctic frost outside on the prairie, and little to do inside the homestead except to cook and gorge the stove, and endeavour to keep warmth in one. Hawtrey's Deputy He had not thought of that Lettice for months, for three years; not since before she had died; not, he corrected himself drearily, since he had killed her. Mountain Blood A Novel Diggle went on writing for a minute in silence, and then said drearily: “Well, what is it?” If Winter Don't A B C D E F Notsomuchinson But a real man—” she laughed, drearily—“I expected a god for a husband.” A Young Man in a Hurry and Other Short Stories I only felt drearily that I had had my last ride, I had had enough of horsemanship for ever! The Talking Horse And Other Tales The truth is that these grey psychological histories of typical young persons, drearily revolting against dreary conventions, are, in a deep and inherent sense, false to the mystery of life. Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations The time passed wearily and drearily enough whilst the Patrick Henry lay at anchor off Mulberry Island. Life of Rear Admiral John Randolph Tucker The weather was bitter cold; the snow fell thick and fast, and froze as it fell; and the bleak winds moaned drearily among the naked trees. The Farmer Boy, and How He Became Commander-In-Chief The day passed drearily enough, and as evening drew on, still gloomier shadows fell into my mind. When Life Was Young At the Old Farm in Maine “I can’t seem to get well, though, with the drag of the housework on my mind,” the girl said drearily. The Wind Before the Dawn The snow drives silently about me, ceaselessly, drearily. The Coming of the Ice Time would have gone slowly and drearily enough had it not been for her ruling passion. Ladies-In-Waiting Three hunted Jacobites, dragging themselves forward drearily, found the situation one of utter cheerlessness. A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45 We plodded drearily on and reached Clear Pond at about one o'clock. When Life Was Young At the Old Farm in Maine "And then he will say something sharp and unkind, and I won't know what to answer," he reflected drearily. The Windy Hill Bob leaned against the table and looked drearily at the floor. The Fighting Edge He shrugged drearily at the absurd charge, making no motion to take the offered hand, but sat there in the corner of the hansom looking rather old and shrunken. The Convert His eyes were fixed drearily upon the dish of biscuits which also graced the meal. A Sheaf of Corn The two disappeared around the corner of the house, and the man and woman came drearily back to their conference. The Wizard's Daughter and Other Stories “I was a fool to come,” said the man drearily. Antony Gray,—Gardener We plod on drearily, and can see no Pole Star in life's darkening sky. Vixen, Volume III. “Well, this life is too much for me,” murmured Mrs. Purblind drearily. How to Cook Husbands Then it was a human voice giving data on the scanning pattern and then rather drearily repeating that history said that intertemporal communication began with broadcasts sent back from 2180 to 1972. The Machine That Saved The World Spent as they had been upon props of earth, p. 62when these were taken away the tendrils hung down drearily, unemployed, not fastening on the true support. Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster Her mind was as drearily equipped as her person. The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol "Is there a history hanging to it?" asked Vixen, looking drearily round the spacious desolate chamber. Vixen, Volume III. So I hunched myself up on my left elbow, and, staring drearily at Lancelot through my tears, I whimpered out my sorrows; and he listened with a smileless face. Marjorie Leaving this, they entered the depressing stretches of a long parlor whose stiff furniture and hangings clung drearily against a harassing wall paper as dingy as themselves. The Opened Shutters A month passed drearily, with Arctic frost outside on the prairie, and little to do inside the homestead except to 255 cook and gorge the stove, and endeavor to keep warmth in one’s body. Masters of the Wheat-Lands And Drayton looked drearily about the tent as though in search of something, he didn’t quite know what. Found in the Philippines The Story of a Woman's Letters Tie a bandage over his eyes, And at his feet Let rifles drearily patter Their death-prayers of defeat. American Poetry, 1922 A Miscellany A dray went past the end of his street rumbling hollowly, and the rumble died drearily away. The House with the Green Shutters They are playing "Lucretia Borgia" again at the Porte St. Martin, but it is poorly performed and hangs fire drearily, though a very remarkable and striking play. The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 3, 1836-1870 The very Banshee of Midsummer is rattling the windows drearily while I write. The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 1, 1833-1856 I dreamed all last week that the Battle of Life was a series of chambers impossible to be got to rights or got out of, through which I wandered drearily all night. The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete He rose restlessly and walked up and down the room, and then sat down again, drumming drearily on the arm of his chair. The Silver Butterfly He looked around him drearily, and then again fixed his questioning gaze upon her. The Proud Prince I sat and pondered drearily o’er my trouble for a season, and then went to look for Aunt Joyce, whom I found in the long gallery, at her sewing in a window. Joyce Morrell's Harvest The Annals of Selwick Hall Just then the clock struck ten, such slow solemn strokes, echoing through the still house, and everybody shivered drearily, and looked fearfully out into the dark hall; wishing, oh, how fervently, that mother was home. Six Girls A Home Story Yet O. Smith was drearily better than I expected. The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete The gray bare stems of the crimson ramblers drooped drearily into a sullen puddle. The Innocents A Story for Lovers "Why did I trust my soul to her keeping?" he wailed drearily. Drolls From Shadowland Eustace was wondering drearily how long they would stand staring at him, when the chief strode up to him and said something with many gesticulations; but not a thing could the boy understand. Queensland Cousins Poor mother! she wrote drearily enough of the hardships we would be obliged to undergo in the dismantled house, and of the new experience that lay before us; but n'importe! A Confederate Girl's Diary "I suppose you absorbed all the sense of our family," I said drearily. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1907 to 1908 Miss Emily Marshall was at that moment sitting in her little back room, all alone in the dusk, with the rain splashing drearily against the windowpanes outside. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1905 to 1906 He sat down beneath a tree and clasped his hands drearily. Drolls From Shadowland "Yes, very—for those that have homes to go to," said Ruth drearily. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1896 to 1901 Dolefully, drearily doomed to despair as warily, wearily watching I wait; Thoughts thickly thronging are thrilling and throbbing; to see is a glorious gain—but to be one! The Re-echo Club She walked drearily through the streets to her boarding house and entered her room unannounced. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1907 to 1908 Count Tristan looked around him drearily for a while, and then having for a moment lost recollection of what had just taken place, exclaimed disconsolately,— "Where is Madeleine?" Fairy Fingers A Novel The child plodded drearily along in her new life for a full week. Mary Louise Solves a Mystery It was Christmas for everybody but her, she thought drearily. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1896 to 1901 “I—I don’t feel as if I can eat any breakfast this morning,” said Saxe drearily. The Crystal Hunters A Boy's Adventures in the Higher Alps And Muffie was standing at the window, breathing on a pane from time to time and then drearily drawing figures upon her breath. In the Mist of the Mountains She shook her head, and sighed drearily, for she had entered into the very being of the little beggar girl who sang for a penny. An Australian Lassie "But he is all I have; all," drearily. Floyd Grandon's Honor Kathrien had seated herself in a chair by the fire and was gazing drearily into the red embers. The Return of Peter Grimm Novelised From the Play She stopped to speak to Caroline—and without knowing why, Caroline felt as if a cold wind out of the future had blown drearily across her mind. The Privet Hedge She spoke drearily and kept on looking out of the window so long that Mrs. Blythe was sure that her eyes were full of tears which she wanted to hide. Mary Ware's Promised Land Rest, warrior, rest! thine hour is past,— Thy longest war-whoop, and thy last, Still rings upon the rushing blast, That o’er thy grave sweeps drearily. Poems "What—what is that?" stammered Lorraine, as a white flag shot up along the flag-staff and fluttered drearily over the wall. Lorraine A romance Frederik looked drearily at the doctor, then took up his gloves and began to put them on. The Return of Peter Grimm Novelised From the Play Every now and then she glanced drearily at the grey waves with the white crests, coming on and on—— It was a rotten world, and she didn't care. The Privet Hedge The hour between nine and ten dragged by drearily enough. A Little Miss Nobody Or, With the Girls of Pinewood Hall Rest, warrior, rest! thine hour is past, Yon sinking sunbeam is thy last, And all is silent, save the blast, That o’er thy grave sweeps drearily. Poems “Oh, this is a weary world!” sighed Beatrice, drearily. Earl Hubert's Daughter The Polishing of the Pearl - A Tale of the 13th Century “I had the lines read once,” she said drearily, “but nobody ever said I’d be here, or that there’d be any war.” Special Messenger Miss Ethel opened her lips to administer a rebuke; then she felt it was no good and stood looking drearily in front of her. The Privet Hedge Ultimately he found himself seated drearily at a long table in a stone-walled room lighted by very smoky torches. The Pirates of Ersatz I smiled drearily as I imagined his incredulous indignation. The King's Mirror At first, I looked drearily out at the soggy city street, in which rivulets of melted snow made any exercise, suitable to my age, impossible. Confessions of a Book-Lover "I feel as if I were stabbing a fellow-officer in the back," he said, drearily. Those Who Smiled And Eleven Other Stories "I'm not going to begin that all over again," she said rather drearily. The Privet Hedge Dolefully, drearily doomed to despair as warily wearily watching I wait; Thoughts thickly thronging are thrilling and throbbing; to see is a glorious gain—but to be one! The Book of Humorous Verse "Now I don't know what we're going to do," said Vi, gazing drearily out of the window. Billie Bradley at Three Towers Hall or, Leading a Needed Rebellion "I wouldn't care if every gusher in Mexico went up in smoke!" he affirmed, drearily. The Fifth Ace "Unless," repeated the Lieutenant drearily, "she agrees to do some charming and honourable spying work for us on the other side of the lines." No Man's Land Suddenly he found that he, too, drearily accepted defeat. Talents, Incorporated Very drearily, for a long while, the work of the bakery went on. A Romance Of Tompkins Square 1891 In the midst of these constant conflicts and dangers, the winter months passed drearily away. Daniel Boone The Pioneer of Kentucky They lapsed into silence after that, and drearily watched the water as it carried them along, until they began to near a group of skerries which lay on the direct way to Havnholme. Viking Boys The night was dark; a warm wind from the south whistled drearily, while the buzz of the gay scene that he had left seemed to linger in his ears. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 456 Volume 18, New Series, September 25, 1852 "I have to express my admiration for the men of my fleet," he said drearily. Talents, Incorporated She shut her eyes, and pondered drearily upon all that would happen before the time of separation was passed. About Peggy Saville After she had gone away, Flaxie wandered drearily about the house, saying, “Oh dear! what shall I do without my twin cousin?” The Twin Cousins From its bowed head falls drearily upon the ear a low lament over the departed life it would commemorate. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 4, August, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy “Everyone nearly seems the same to me,” he said drearily. Through Forest and Stream The Quest of the Quetzal The wind howled drearily about the house, and they listened to it for a time in silence. Janet's Love and Service The interval between the day of the examination and that appointed for the execution passed drearily to all parties. Mistress Margery The night had been tempestuous, and the wind still drove the sleet through the leafless trees of the Champs-Elysées and howled drearily along the cheerless boulevards. Edmond Dantès “I do think,” said poor Clarice, drearily, “that I must be the worst tried of all His people.” A Forgotten Hero Not for Him I wonder—" drearily, "I wonder how it will seem when I ain't got any pains, nor any tears, an' when there ain't any more black nights to think about them in? Janet of the Dunes Go he will, and I trust it may be for the best,” but Janet sighed drearily. Janet's Love and Service She wondered rather drearily how it would be after she was in bed. Elsie Marley, Honey WEARILY, drearily, Half the day long, Flap the great banners High over the stone; Strangely and eerily Sounds the wind's song, Bending the banner-poles. The Defence of Guenevere and Other Poems But I am discourteous," Blanch said, "to prate of death thus drearily. Chivalry Like a man returning drearily to his game of solitaire, Dorn fastened his eyes again upon the scene. Erik Dorn “What was it that Janet said that made you sigh so drearily just now?” asked Will. Janet's Love and Service They prayed a trifle long and drearily the pair of them, and both in the English that most of our clansmen but indifferently understood. John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn A slight spasm contorted her lips for a mere instant, but she looked down the road again, and answered drearily: 'That's a pity.' Despair's Last Journey Every morning the doctor brought a full account of his latest symptoms, and the crowd drearily discussed them during the rest of the day over interminable melancholy games of backgammon. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, September, 1878 Winter passed drearily away—a wet one, as it happened, with never once the white gleam of snow, and scarcely a touch of the healthy sting of frost. The Golden Shoemaker or 'Cobbler' Horn She came home, drearily enough; for the sunny day had changed to rain, and she was thoroughly wet. Olive A Novel At the entrance, where the path came in between two high banks, the snow sifted in drearily, making a little white mound on the floor, like a new grave. The Second Chance The winter passed drearily along, the armies in all directions having only mud to contend with. The Story of a Cannoneer Under Stonewall Jackson Reveille sounded drearily enough from the surrounding mountains. The Long Roll It was raining, not hard, but drearily, and the dead leaves fluttered against the windows as the chill wind blew them from where they clung. The Love Affairs of an Old Maid Rather drearily, he lounged across to the piano. The Genius The wind had risen since sunset, and now the snow sifted drearily against his windows. The Second Chance The girl had lodged drearily in New York, but she had never been in a house as dreary as this. The Lion's Mouse Wearily and drearily he went homewards, and dragged himself up the steep staircase to the attic. Christie's Old Organ Or, "Home, Sweet Home" "I don't know how it happened," the Scotchman's voice went on drearily. A Son Of The Sun |
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