| 单词 | dully |
| 例句 | They propped the door open as they left, and came out into the hall, which shone dully under the light from the open rooms. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z All one hears is the drummers practising; they have installed themselves somewhere and practise brokenly, dully, monotonously. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Through the arches, Serra's lights glow dully, tens of thousands of oil lamps dwarfed by the vast darkness of the surrounding desert. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z He merely sat exhausted on a block of stone and watched dully while Gebu conferred with Pai or strode about examining the progress of the work. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z The sky remained gray, threatening, the valley dark, their ridge and part of the meadow around the ninth Little Baldy Bear Lake a sheer, dully gleaming white. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The sound of their hammering echoing dully under the brooding, storm-coming sky. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Pippin looked up, and it seemed to him that the sky had grown ashen-grey, as if a vast dust and smoke hung above them, and light came dully through it. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z A length of twisted copper wire, gleaming dully in the first sunlight, was looped round his neck and ran taut across one forepaw to the head of a stout peg driven into the ground. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He studied the silver leaves that shone dully on Bull’s hard shoulders. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Billy glanced dully at the coats of his neighbors. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The silent sis-ters do not speak to the living, Catelyn remembered dully, but some say they can talk to the dead. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I handed them their drinks dully, saying little; I changed the records on the gramophone, I threw away the stubs of cigarettes. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z I was standing there dully, wondering where I’d put the box, when all of a sudden I became aware that Francis was immediately behind me, and I turned around. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z My stomach was aching dully, and my head felt like it was wrapped in layers and layers of gauze. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Then more splotches of blue on his hips and the insides of his legs—these ached dully—and a welt-bruise across his stomach. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z She nodded dully and went back out to whatever she had been doing. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z The wind was gusting, and the flickering orange light reflected dully off steel helms, thick beards, and unsmiling eyes. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I wondered dully whether the mosquito that had just bitten me was carrying the disease. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z “Fairy lights,” he said dully to the Fat Lady — the password had been changed the previous day. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Sam regarded the hole in her chest dully. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z “The factionless safe houses,” he says dully, right against my cheek. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Still he did not move but lay there, his face side-ways on the earth, his eyes looking dully before him. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z The candlelight glowed dully and ruby red through the thick glass. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Soon they were speeding along the lake front, past a huge flat sheet of dully gleaming water. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z The reflections of burning houses glimmered dully on the armor of his warhorse as the others parted to let him pass. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I looked dully around the room until I spotted Simmon and Manet sitting in their usual place at the northeast corner of the hall. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Bran's wolf had saved the boy's life, he thought dully. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The rails below the platform shine dully as they bounce beneath the weight. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “And you?' said Uncle Vernon viciously to Harry. “I’ll be in my room, making no noise and pretending I’m not there,” said Harry dully. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z But he looks much older with his hair flat and matted, his head an orb more dully drawn, as if diminished. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z A squad of mounted policemen lashed themselves around the corner and galloped past, the horseshoes thudding dully through the snow, the men rising high in their saddles, shouting. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z His grip on his throat tightened, as if to silence the words that fought to come out, and the ebony ring on his finger gleamed dully. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “What Florence got to say?” he asked dully, crumpling this letter in his fist. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z I felt very still and very empty, the way the eye of a tornado must feel, moving dully along in the middle of the surrounding hullabaloo. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z The mercenary brought up his injured hand and grabbed the tip of the sword, moving with such sudden speed that the metal rang dully with the contact. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Torches and flares glowed dully here and there in the fog. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z The bell was clanging, banging away at her dully aching head. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Pigs root dully at the posts of a wooden fence. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z The cars filled up with commuters silently sipping coffee or staring dully out the window. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z They stood looking at the building rising above us, the liquid dark of the oil simmering dully in the stray flecks of light that struck their pails, bent forward, their shoulders bowed. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Bernice, the pretty blonde with empty eyes, looked up and smiled dully. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z “Very funny,” he said dully, jotting an entry into his journal. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z THE district offices were located in a converted church structure, the main floor of which was occupied by a pawn shop, its window crammed with loot that gleamed dully in the darkened street. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z He moved into defensive position, and Celaena looked at him dully. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Sounds came to me dully, as if people were speaking through their handkerchiefs or with their hands over their mouths. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Shining dully, the panga lay on the other side of the clearing. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Standing at the edge of the candle’s flickering light, he opened his hand and the circle of iron fell to the wooden floor, ringing dully. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Charles watched in silence but he must have found my behavior absurd, especially when I began to pull on my ear, which still ached dully, so I could test the limits of this strange witchcraft. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “You can attempt to contain your sarcasm,” I said dully, but I caught the gist of what he was saying. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The wheels roll beneath us, we stand dully, and when the call “Mind—wire” comes, we bend our knees. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Those few that did break through lay dully in the air with the heaviness of habit. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The gray glass marble from the bottom of the toy box sat, dully, in the pink palm of her hand. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z Expressionless, motionless, he sat until there was nothing left but grey ash and dully glowing coals. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The little girl took hold of it and looked at it dully, perhaps not knowing what it was. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z And then I started crying, my tears falling as dully as the rain. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Yellow dog eyes stared dead at Pima and Nailer, gleaming dully in the tropical sunbeams that penetrated the torn room. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z The drilling next door reverberated dully through the shared wall. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z A woman next to me smiles dully, a stack of empty glasses lining a tray next to her. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Monday morning they were sluggish, moving with less precision, dully. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Well, that was easy, really — “Quidditch,” he said dully, “and a fat lot of help —” “That’s right,” said Moody, staring at him very hard, his magical eye barely moving at all. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The drug causes sedation, not sleep, so I am trapped in fuzzy, dully aching misery for what seems like always. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Nately was a sensitive, rich, good-looking boy with dark hair, trusting eyes, and a pain in his neck when he awoke on the sofa early the next morning and wondered dully where he was. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The red and white mast lights had been left on all morning; the picking light and the jacklight at the end of the net both shone dully in the early sun. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z He walked around in front of her, saw bloodless lips and eyes shining dully between half-closed lids, and he knew she was dead. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I push my locker closed, and the latch clicks dully. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z They saw now that the pillars were richly carved, gleaming dully with gold and half-seen colours. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z They wore masks of dully gleaming gray chain mail over their faces, their features obscured by the mesh. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Alighting on an arm of one of the green leather chairs, I feel my heart thud dully. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z A small window—the only window, I was to find out—left of the door stared dully at me. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z The night started dully, but then sixteen members and two pledges from Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Stanford chapter, came in hilarious from a pledge hazing in San Juan. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z By the time he reached Parker Head, the sun had come out dully and shone on the brassy undersides of the high clouds. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Hillary wondered, rather dully, whether we would have enough strength left to get through. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z An ornate letter S, inlaid with many small green stones, glinted dully in the diffused light shining through the tent’s canvas roof. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z My back had already begun to ache dully, and I felt dully ashamed. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z There was a dim new moon, which he hadn’t seen while he was in the woods, and Jethro watched it dully as home came closer, step by step. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m not a good hiker,” I answered dully. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z The King's mail gleamed dully on a rack at the back. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “I asked her to go with me just now,” Harry said dully, “and she told me.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The boy stood still and stared dully at him. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z I stare dully into my locker, pretending to look for something. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z He watched dully as a brown lizard with a darting tongue scrambled across their blanket with its tail flicking. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z The drilling next door reverberated dully through the shared wall. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Be that as it may, red-eyed and dully cringing in his doorway, Herbie could only stare helplessly at the sexual holocaust taking place in his neighbors’ pen. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The teeth glinted dully, looking like they wanted to chew him up. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z The moon directly over Milagro was clear and bright, almost full, the town dully luminous, trees and houses casting shadows. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She observes: “I am the Fool, I think, dully. I used to be a Research Fellow, a proper academic. Now I am in motley.” Review: Helen Macdonald’s ‘H Is for Hawk,’ a Memoir on Grief and Falconry 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z And there’s one I’d like to forget, a dully sweet squash soup impaled with frogs’ legs that were both mushy and stringy. Restaurant Review: Tuome in the East Village 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z Here, the academicism is more dully academic, dense strings of steps with no story in them and little for the imagination to hold on to. Review: William Forsythe Brings a New Playlist to Boston 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z The doorbell echoed dully up the stairs, a hesitant sound, like the person standing at the door really didn’t mean to ring it. Meeting my husband’s killer 2014-01-21T12:45:00Z If so, how on earth to keep it from turning pious and dully moralizing? Valeria Luiselli’s Latest Novel Is a Mold-Breaking New Classic 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z “Long Way to Go” dully evokes his pal Jimmy Buffett, down to the setting and choice of beverage. New Music: New Releases From the Beach Boys and Alan Jackson 2012-06-04T22:19:12Z Some of the moments are enchanting, others charming, but plenty are tiresomely cute or dully absurd. Theater Review: ‘Murmurs’ Brings Slapstick to the Lincoln Center Festival 2013-07-26T20:44:14Z The land is on fire, dully but durably, its condition relayed from time to time in the measured tones of the weather report. ‘Something New Under the Sun’: A Climate Nightmare in a Burning Los Angeles 2021-08-03T04:00:00Z Readers of earlier books on the subject will also find much of the narrative of “The Witches” dully familiar. Review: Stacy Schiff’s ‘The Witches,’ a Reign of Terror in 17th-Century Salem 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z The tenor Jonas Kaufmann’s voice rarely came alive in a recital whose halves were dully drawn from his two most recent albums. At the Salzburg Festival, Riches, Retreads and Notes of Caution 2022-08-14T04:00:00Z They have their male counterparts too: men who are amiably, efficiently and dully blank. Critic’s Notebook: New York City Ballet Is Changing, but Questions Remain 2012-06-15T21:27:12Z “Arrival City,” a worthy book in so many ways, is too often flat and dully reportorial, in a manner that is wearying over the long haul. Books of The Times: Want a New Life? Wait Here 2011-03-17T14:45:49Z Neither at this moment nor later, when he dances dully as a glittery kitsch shaman, does “Bear/Skin” itself achieve theatrical catharsis. ‘Fest’ and ‘Bear/Skin’ at American Realness Festival 2015-01-11T05:00:00Z David Nelson was probably the least prominent of the four characters, dully mature as a son, quietly sage as an older brother. David Nelson, Son in ?Ozzie and Harriet,? Dies at 74 2011-01-13T03:23:00Z There were police officers outside the arena, conspicuously many, camouflaged against the night in wartime garb: all black; bulky vests and padded gloves; round, dully reflective helmets; guns long and muscular as a torso. Why Do We Change Our Avatars After Tragedy? 2015-12-11T05:00:00Z The place is a ghost town at this hour, the only sound coming from a refrigerator full of beer humming dully in the corner. In this trendy Mexico City neighborhood, you won’t be hard-pressed to find a good cocktail 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z The guide dog lay on his side and stared dully at the woman’s glistening shoes while she listened to music with her eyes closed. The eye surgery I never should have seen 2014-01-28T00:00:00Z And yet what lip-service the pilot episode, airing Wednesday night, pays to the actual upheaval that would be going on is dully by-the-numbers. Review: Designated Survivor Is a New Look for Kiefer Sutherland 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z The Hungarian folk elements in Hummel’s music are acknowledged — meters, deportment — but in a dully schematic way, as if being laid out cold on the slab. Review: A Mark Morris Premiere Features Singular Theater Poetry 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z Adams’s performance in “Arrival” is skilled and professional, the movie is written and directed dully; her thoughtful presence is worthier than anything else in the film. The 2017 Oscar Nominations Don’t Matter but the Movies Do, More Than Ever 2017-01-24T05:00:00Z Nielsen’s symphonic output is varied and often impressive — particularly the Fourth, completed during World War I — and it will be fascinating to hear the full cycle, but the Second is a bombastic, dully relentless work. Music Review: From Rage to Uplift in a Matter of Minutes 2011-01-28T22:39:48Z As others in the world are suffering, wrote Auden, “someone else is eating or opening a window or just walking dully along.” Art ponders violence in new Dayna Hanson piece 2013-12-07T22:19:07Z The self-service tills shimmer dully with the glint of metal railings. Supermarket guilt lanes: who cares the most about their customers' health? 2014-08-27T04:00:00Z Wielding a rusted bolt, Mr. Lindberg whacked a chunk of metal, which responded dully. From Heaps of Junk, a Melodious Clang 2010-10-04T21:33:00Z There’s a primitive formalism to Ms. Johnson’s movement that steers it away from being dully playful; it’s never as casual as it seems. Dance Review: Emily Johnson/Catalyst in ?The Thank-you Bar? - Review 2011-11-11T23:16:31Z 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 In his great poem “Musée des Beaux Arts,” W. H. Auden wrote of how suffering “takes place while someone else is eating or opening a window or just walking dully along.” | 'Sons of the Prophet': ?Sons of the Prophet? at Laura Pels Theater - Review 2011-10-21T02:14:08Z Her replacement as prime minister, the dully ineffectual John Major, has failed to repair the sclerotic economy, which has slid into recession. A Low Point for the Monarchy, in a New Season of ‘The Crown’ 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z These efforts fail — dully or hilariously — because once Fitzgerald’s poetic language has been stripped away, “The Great Gatsby” is just a silly story about a misfit obsessed with a gangster who’s stalking his cousin. ‘No One Is Coming to Save Us’: ‘Gatsby’ gets a revolutionary reboot 2017-03-27T04:00:00Z Instead, as Mars’s presentation makes plain, they are dully goal-oriented, like Slack messages setting up meetings. At Under the Radar, Stories Unfold via Sexts, Tweets and Puppeteers 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z Some people would consider it sinful to squander an hour dully observing a wash-and-spin cycle when all around lie the splendors of the City of Lights. Fashion Week’s Dirty Little Secret: Laundry 2017-06-21T04:00:00Z She felt hollow and lifeless and compared herself to the calm centre of a tornado, "moving dully along in the middle of the surrounding hullabaloo", she writes. Sylvia Plath in New York: 'pain, parties and work' 2013-02-02T14:00:01Z “Waves” proved a far more impressive and involving piece than Albert Roussel’s dully unimaginative Concerto for Small Orchestra from 1927, which opened the program proper. Music in Review 2011-03-21T22:54:38Z She fit the profile of this docile, earnest opera, which strove so mightily and so dully to fit some kind of perceived mold but sadly proved as insubstantial as its heroine. Review | ‘Marnie’ is all too insubstantial at Met Opera premiere 2018-10-20T04:00:00Z The herd mentality can make Washington theater dully predictable, and may well stifle audience interest as the roster comes across like repetitive white noise. Perspective | Why is Washington theater so predictable? 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z "I wish people hadn't debated so much the film's veracity or authenticity, hadn't asked only and dully, 'Is this real?'" In defense of film and TV "hoaxes" 2010-10-22T14:31:00Z Blasberg’s piece is an homage to Warhol’s Polaroid portraits, but where Warhol’s subjects were motley in every way, Blasberg’s are dully uniform: thin, pretty people, mostly female, white and young. 'Letters to Andy Warhol': Celebrity drives art exhibition, but in the end, is it a clunker? 2017-01-16T05:00:00Z But even though the movie as a whole is dully predictable, director Paul W.S. 'Cold in July' starring Michael C. Hall entertains in all its genres 2014-05-17T04:00:00Z I pictured hundreds of them clinking dully against each other in my backpack. The Season of the Skulls 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z Hence the title — but she was more than a wife, and not dully good. ‘The Good Wife’: A Broadcast Gem Fades Away 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z Ms. Klassman was talking about the kind of glamour that makes showering seem a dully perfunctory rite. Picking Up Steam Now: The Bath 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z In any case, they fall dully on the ear. Review | Ever wondered how China sees America? ‘Soft Power’ offers amusing ideas. 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z But this doesn’t mean things are dully business as usual. Review: ‘Tosca’ Is Sondra Radvanovsky’s Show at the Met Opera 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z When the young man declares dully that the faun must be naked, Diaghilev gets the snappy comeback: “God in His infinite wisdom created tights and a dance belt.” Review: An Impresario of ‘Fire and Air’ (if He Does Say So Himself) 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z Instead of embedding such sections into the life, dully hammering in connections, the work is cordoned off by a little white space. New ‘Revelations’ in the Life of Francis Bacon, a Master of Darkness and Distortion 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z Barely veiled by the somber setting, a marriage of Neolithic skeletons and contemporary fabrics by way of riffs on medieval armor, is a dully rote telling of this ambiguous story. Review: A Conductor Sets Munich’s Ashen ‘Parsifal’ Aflame 2018-07-01T04:00:00Z Over the course of years, that container witnessed our lives mutate as we became dully classic examples of the immigrant experience. The Immigrant Experience in a Danish Butter Cookie Tin 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z That means addressing our wildfire problem with what’s dully and bureaucratically known as “forest management.” This Isn’t the California I Married 2022-01-03T05:00:00Z A young girl in a stylish headband curled up on one of the few seats lining the sides of the plane and tapped dully at an iPad. The treacherous journey into Kabul airport to escape Taliban-controlled Afghanistan 2021-08-20T04:00:00Z The complaints against Mr. Cuomo can seem dully familiar in the #MeToo era: another set of stories about awkward come-ons and young women scared of speaking up, this time set in Albany. How Cuomo Took Advantage of #MeToo 2021-08-07T04:00:00Z The pundits are all dully blathering on about "lanes" again, extending the horse race metaphor to ridiculous lengths, as they did in the GOP primaries in 2016. Hey, NeverTrumpers: Please quit lecturing actual Democrats about how to win 2019-06-26T04:00:00Z In “Barry” ’s first season, a legendary Chechen hit man named Stovka, faced with the prospect of killing yet more people, dully declares, “There is only one true way out,” and shoots himself. Bill Hader Kills 2019-03-11T04:00:00Z Because the change was presented as a separate, almost dully bureaucratic shift in the rules, officials have an easy defense: the T-visa program itself has not changed, Michael Bars, a spokesman for U.S. The Hypocrisy of Trump’s Anti-Trafficking Argument for a Border Wall 2019-02-05T05:00:00Z She dully realized that she’d fallen asleep with her hand device attached once again. A young journalist, an old lady, and a vintage e-pet reunion 2019-01-16T05:00:00Z Emil asked him if he wanted more salad, and he nodded, dully, but giddy all the same. Fiction by Bryan Washington: “Waugh” 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z “We didn’t figure it was going to be this bad,” said Mike Davis, 56, sitting on the sidewalk outside Oasis Liquor, a store on Panama City’s 15th Street, staring dully at the debris around him. Florida’s Panhandle coast devastated by historic Hurricane Michael 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z Image: Netflix But instead of treating stacks and sleeves as unpredictable forces, Altered Carbon depicts them as a cudgel that decadent immortals use against the helpless poor in dully predictable ways. Netflix’s Altered Carbon misses the point of cyberpunk 2018-02-12T05:00:00Z Her usually bright eyes peered dully above her newly prominent cheekbones. It Looked Like a Familiar Case of Depression, but Could It Be Something Else? 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z Kauka embraced her dully and they sat down under a fluorescent bulb. 'This is my mum': after 40 years a stolen child finally returns home 2017-12-19T05:00:00Z I’m gone a lot, at least three days each week, and upon my last return, I dully, dutifully, asked again, “Alexa, did you miss me?” How Amazon’s Alexa found a place in our homes and in some hearts 2017-07-12T04:00:00Z This documentary on the legendary saxophonist sticks to a conventional, dully informative format. ‘Chasing Trane’ review: Joy of sax seems wanting in John Coltrane documentary 2017-05-04T04:00:00Z Making Lincoln sound a little like Asa Trenchard, in “Our American Cousin,” may save him from his repeated fictional fate of talking like a marble statue, but Charyn’s depiction ends up being only dully daring. George Saunders Gets in Lincoln’s Head 2017-02-05T05:00:00Z “Before, I was at home, and I didn’t know anything, and it was O.K.,” she says, dully. Young Rural Women in India Chase Big-City Dreams 2016-09-24T04:00:00Z “You want to do a workshop,” she echoed dully. What the cleaner saw | Lizzie Feidelson 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z He’s got the wrong person in mind, I think dully as I recount my endless quest to save him from his delusions. To sustain hope while preserving honesty is the greatest challenge in oncology | Ranjana Srivastava 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z But in this case Slate went with the dully conventional left-liberal smear: “Do Half of Trump’s Supporters Really Belong in a ‘Basket of Deplorables’? David Who? 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z She dully handed it back to me, and I entered Albania. The Terrible Beauty of Brain Surgery 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z But he looked and sounded beyond subdued on Little Texas' “My Love” – veering off key in several spots and wandering dully around the stage. 'The Voice' recap: The Top 12 vie to move on 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z Because, by fantasy standards, it’s also dully derivative, evoking everything from “Seventh Son” to the “Harry Potter” movies. Vin Diesel plays an occult cop in ‘The Last Witch Hunter’ 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z I put my hand to my face, which had started to ache, dully at first and then in hot stabs. What happened when this college student drank too much, too quickly 2015-08-31T04:00:00Z Even though the cookie-cutter, 25-story housing blocks stretch dully into the horizon, shopping is plentiful, some streets are tree-lined, and the air is much cleaner than in Beijing. In China, a Supercity Rises Around Beijing 2015-07-19T04:00:00Z “The thought leaders in our industry are not the ones who plodded dully, step by step, up the career ladder,” he says, they are “the ones who took chances and developed unique perspectives.” Philosopher kings 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z The former Manchester United utility player's punditry was widely criticised for being dully delivered and boring. Twitter hate for wrong Phil Neville 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z Its wage bill—a dully accurate predictor of footballing success—is two-thirds Chelsea’s and half that of Manchester City, which is owned by an oil sheikh. The world’s game, not England’s 2014-05-01T04:00:00Z Light came dully through the window, and seemed to drip down between the beams overhead. Donald Antrim: “The Emerald Light in the Air.” 2014-01-27T05:00:00Z He was dully dutiful, devoid of zest, zeal or zing. Obama not a natural in the saddle 2012-11-08T00:31:37Z The normally magnetic teenager dully awaited her score, her eyes slightly puffy with fatigue and her mouth uncharacteristically downturned. Gabby Douglas needs to avoid letting others set her narrative for her 2012-08-07T21:28:00Z When he had shut the door, she thought of herself dully, without pity, in stupid wonder. Mrs. Thompson A Novel 2012-04-25T02:01:10.557Z She spoke into the grass, not sobbingly, only a little dully. Mushroom Town 2012-04-21T02:00:25.923Z Ever since her arrest she had been dully conscious of her need of this oldest and truest of her friends. Mrs. Balfame A Novel 2012-04-15T02:00:04.827Z "Pretty fair," muttered the invalid, turning his eyes dully on the other. The House 'Round the Corner 2012-04-14T02:00:22.063Z "I think I'm past anger," she said, dully. The Vanity Girl 2012-04-12T02:00:26.883Z The breakfast, as may be supposed, passed over dully enough, for every one was more anxious than they chose to show, and their anxiety was, of course, increased by every minute as it flew. The Gipsy (Vols I & II) A Tale 2012-04-06T02:00:27.227Z Now, however, he was dully pondering something else. Wyndham's Pal 2012-04-04T02:00:54.360Z He flushed dully, after the manner of men with thick fair skins, and his hard blue eyes lost their fire as he stared at her. Mrs. Balfame A Novel 2012-04-15T02:00:04.827Z "Mr. Armathwaite?" inquired Percy dully, quite ignoring the other man's courteous smile at the implied introduction. The House 'Round the Corner 2012-04-14T02:00:22.063Z But Priscilla was silent, and deep dejection gnawed dully at her heart. The Suprising Adventures of Sir Toady Lion With Those of General Napoleon Smith 2012-04-03T02:00:29.527Z You must just quietly and dully go home again. The Literary Sense 2012-04-02T02:00:28.147Z A few minutes would finish the race, and he wondered dully what would happen then. Wyndham's Pal 2012-04-04T02:00:54.360Z Only the little eyes beneath the heavy thatch of hair alternately glowed dully and spat fire. Mrs. Balfame A Novel 2012-04-15T02:00:04.827Z "And the mare, Monsieur?" one asked at last dully. The Red Cockade 2012-03-30T02:00:19.603Z But it had subsided somewhat when I first opened my eyes, and dully, not daring to move my head, looked up. The Story of Francis Cludde 2012-03-30T02:00:16.347Z The four tall candles still burned dully on the table. The Man in Black 2012-03-30T02:00:14.473Z By-and-by Mrs. Wollenhope's voice, for a time heard droning dully, became clear. Sophia A Romance 2012-03-18T02:00:22.773Z I don't know that there is anything more to be said," he continued dully, "except that I have come to take you back. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z But they gave him a real adventure, at any rate, an adventure not to be met by those who squander their noon hour sitting dully in sedate restaurants. The Circus, and Other Essays and Fugitive Pieces 2012-03-12T03:00:26.180Z Only the red lamp glowed dully above her head. The Story of Francis Cludde 2012-03-30T02:00:16.347Z I don't care very much, either, now," she answered, dully, "what happens to me. The White Blackbird 2012-03-10T03:00:15.513Z For the man stood looking at her so dully and strangely that she began to think he was a natural. Sophia A Romance 2012-03-18T02:00:22.773Z The glass fronts of the cupboards shone dully; only a chair or two stood here or there out of place. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z "I don't care where I go," Ruth answered, dully, "except that I want to be far away from—from the tiresome people we usually see." Horace Chase 2012-03-08T03:00:09.693Z A hoarse cry followed, coming dully to my ears through the thickness of the door, and the next moment the stout planks shook as a heavy weight fell against them. The Story of Francis Cludde 2012-03-30T02:00:16.347Z He moved, as if to rise, but sat still, rigid, his eyes dilated, as a blood-curdling, long-drawn cry reached his ears dully from the distance, and finally died to silence in a quavering agony. The White Blackbird 2012-03-10T03:00:15.513Z "What for, Ned?" she asked dully, walking after him as he strode toward the corral and catching his sleeve, shaking it for his attention. Bruce of the Circle A 2012-03-06T03:00:27.120Z Just so all our dead ones lie; Just so call our thoughts on high; Thus we linger on the earth, And dully miss death's heavenly birth. Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. 2012-03-05T03:00:13.070Z There was a rustle of skirts in the darkness, and after a moment a faint muffled clank as of one heavy metal striking dully against another. The Chase of the Golden Plate 2012-02-27T03:00:13.060Z The little heap of red embers glowed dully in the road and gave no light. My Lady Rotha A Romance 2012-02-27T03:00:10.983Z "I wish I knew, lass," he repeated dully. The White Blackbird 2012-03-10T03:00:15.513Z It was not for Ann's sake she dully planned diversion; it was because of her love for the owner of the Circle A that she stifled her sorrow, her natural jealousy. Bruce of the Circle A 2012-03-06T03:00:27.120Z She saw and heard this and reasoned dully on it. For the Cause 2012-02-19T03:00:18.033Z The splinters flew to right and left, the two upper bars were gone, dully the beam struck the back of the mill. The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z Suddenly a noise, which dully reached me where I stood outside the casement, caused her to start in alarm, and turn her head. My Lady Rotha A Romance 2012-02-27T03:00:10.983Z Slyne's face remained an immobile mask, although in his heart he was dully conscious of an almost overwhelming sense of relief. The White Blackbird 2012-03-10T03:00:15.513Z He moved his tortured head from side to side and marveled dully because it rested on a pillow. Bruce of the Circle A 2012-03-06T03:00:27.120Z Vaughan said, speaking, on his side also, rather dully. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z He sat there glowering at an indefinite spot on the polished floor—wondering dully if there was any further interest left for him in life. Comrade Yetta 2012-02-15T03:00:24.213Z "Yes," assented the Master dully, as Mr. Glure paused to breathe. Lad: A Dog 2012-02-08T03:00:19.720Z Lavinia wondered dully why Tracy had elected to come with them. The Black Moth A Romance of the XVIIIth Century 2012-01-31T03:00:13.827Z Three campfires burned dully below the mound, some distance apart. Carry On! A Story of the Fight for Bagdad 2012-01-31T03:00:13.130Z He rose suddenly, his mind dully trying to grasp the situation. The Maker of Opportunities 2012-01-30T03:00:18.090Z "I was fond of her," he insisted dully. A Woman of Genius 2012-01-18T03:00:09.517Z "No," agreed the Boy, dully, "I suppose not." Lad: A Dog 2012-02-08T03:00:19.720Z He looked at Monsieur Lefevre dully as the latter joined them upon the sidewalk, but could say nothing. The Blue Lights A Detective Story 2012-01-17T03:00:19.713Z "Poor Meg!" she murmured to herself dully, her sensations having become vague. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z Virtue is hers who dully endures a picnic. Emmy Lou's Road to Grace Being a Little Pilgrim's Progress 2012-01-12T03:00:14.550Z He followed my thought dully from far off. A Woman of Genius 2012-01-18T03:00:09.517Z "I have given my word!" said the girl dully. The Crux 2012-01-12T03:00:12.630Z "There's nothing especial the matter," he answered, dully. The Front Yard 2012-01-09T03:00:23.183Z Bridges inquired "what he was like," but the tobacconist shook his head dully. Lord John in New York 2012-01-04T03:00:30.077Z Suddenly he threw up his hands, his shield gleaming dully in the sun, and halted. Adventures in Swaziland The Story of a South African Boer 2012-01-01T03:00:06.887Z He was gazing dully, fixedly, and rebelliously at the paper before him. A Knight on Wheels 2011-12-24T03:08:07.830Z "I am sorry—I'm very sorry," she said dully. The Crux 2012-01-12T03:00:12.630Z When he tried to smoke, his pipe was frozen, and as he crouched beneath the snow-bank he wondered dully whether he should change his plans and face the worst his creditors could do. Harding of Allenwood 2011-12-21T03:00:21.617Z He stared at me dully for an instant, his eyes like windows of glass With no intelligence behind them. Lord John in New York 2012-01-04T03:00:30.077Z The reflection of a light gleamed dully behind the closely curtained office windows. The Lash 2011-12-20T03:00:32.457Z He remained looking dully at Ima, not seeing her; and presently started and flushed to realise that he was hearing a repeated question from Japhra. The Happy Warrior 2011-12-18T03:00:18.863Z “The only electrician now at the power station stepped out after turning on the current,” the man explained dully, as he hung up the receiver. Bart Keene's Hunting Days or, The Darewell Chums in a Winter Camp 2011-12-11T03:00:12.153Z He was numb with cold, and he dully wondered whether he had taken too great a risk. Harding of Allenwood 2011-12-21T03:00:21.617Z At the noise he made on coming within, Katheline dully lifted up her head like a woman awakened out of a heavy slumber. The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere 2011-12-10T03:00:17.800Z There was still more of green than of brown in its waters, but they were dully translucent where they had been brilliantly transparent. Down the Columbia 2011-12-10T03:00:16.583Z "Over at Market Roding you might get a pony," she said dully. The Happy Warrior 2011-12-18T03:00:18.863Z She was high-sided, and painted with one broad yellow and two narrow brown stripes; while through her green-lined ports the muzzles of some thirty-two brass guns flashed dully in the moist atmosphere. The Quest of the 'Golden Hope' A Seventeenth Century Story of Adventure 2011-12-06T03:00:23.443Z Now, however, they were near the end, and Gerald, stumbling along, pinched with the bitter cold, speculated dully about the news awaiting him. Harding of Allenwood 2011-12-21T03:00:21.617Z She walked dully by his side, striving as well as she could to represent to herself the strange words he had used in a form she could accept. The Sailor 2011-12-03T03:00:11.697Z He wondered dully how Esmé, when she learned of it, would receive the news of his return? The Stronger Influence 2011-12-02T03:00:23.630Z He stood a moment looking dully about him. The Happy Warrior 2011-12-18T03:00:18.863Z “Yes,” said Lucy dully as she allowed Elise to lead her through the store. The Girl Scouts Rally Rosanna Wins 2011-11-29T03:00:16.213Z When he thought about it afterwards, he dully pictured the fatigue and strain, the sharpening pinch of hunger and the stern effort to push on. Northwest! 2011-11-22T03:00:09.880Z "The little Duchess!" he said, dully; then he put out his hand, took her small gloved one, and looked at it curiously. The Coo-ee Reciter 2011-11-20T03:00:16.890Z As the lanyard was pulled, those on board the battleship saw a vivid burst of flame, and the roar of an explosion came dully across the water, but no shell followed it. The World Masters 2011-11-18T03:00:31.543Z He looked up blindly to where the stars winked faintly through the lace-like foliage, and cursed the distant roar of Paris which came dully to his ears. The Transgression of Andrew Vane a novel 2011-11-17T03:00:37.293Z She had played it dully, stupidly, without interest or animation. Memoirs of an American Prima Donna 2011-11-17T03:00:32.600Z "The tobacco's not good," he said, dully, and began to muse. Northwest! 2011-11-22T03:00:09.880Z She glanced toward the rear, but the auditorium was now so dark that she could no longer see the mysterious woman, although she imagined her hair ornament was gleaming dully in the gloom. The Gray Phantom 2011-11-04T02:00:21.427Z The eyes of the emperor opened and closed dully. Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z The prophets, she thought dully, must have been very weary men.... The Story of Louie 2011-10-26T02:00:27.053Z Poor world!"—she stopped on the threshold and looked back at the night—"when men rail at you so dully, no wonder you stop their mouths with dust. The Open Question a tale of two temperaments 2011-10-25T02:00:22.173Z Stevens dully refused and said there was no use in the others bothering; he could go no farther. Northwest! 2011-11-22T03:00:09.880Z A candle flared dully, and presently the door opened, and a huge Indian stood in the doorway rubbing his eyes with his fist. Snowdrift A Story of the Land of the Strong Cold 2011-10-23T02:00:22.547Z He wished dully that he could have put his head on the rails. Notwithstanding 2011-10-19T02:00:22.340Z Then, while Brooke slipped away, Wilkins stepped out into the moonlight with a Marlin rifle gleaming dully in his hand. A Damaged Reputation 2011-10-17T02:00:16.117Z Milly Dilworth's face grew dully red to the roots of her hair; a wave of anger rose up in her inarticulate heart. Dr. Lavendar's People 2011-10-13T02:00:52.167Z His movements were awkward and he looked dully at the house. Northwest! 2011-11-22T03:00:09.880Z And the Silent sank into a seat, weeping dully like a wounded lion. Flemish Legends 2011-10-10T02:00:21.467Z The second chest was opened with equal ease, but to the unbounded delight of the whole party the coffer was two-thirds filled with yellow metal ingots, which flashed dully in the light of the lanterns. The Nameless Island A Story of some Modern Robinson Crusoes 2011-10-08T02:00:20.880Z Quick as he was, the stranger was equally alert, and stepped forward instead of back, while next moment Brooke looked into the dully glinting muzzle of a pistol. A Damaged Reputation 2011-10-17T02:00:16.117Z "I found this muff, and I thought it was yours; and Neddy's gone, too, and I thought—both of you—" "Neddy gone?" she repeated, dully. Dr. Lavendar's People 2011-10-13T02:00:52.167Z He felt a jerk and was dully conscious of the report. Northwest! 2011-11-22T03:00:09.880Z The platinum wires still glowed dully, and weak moonlight now filled the room with a silver grayness. Jungle Peace 2011-10-06T02:00:42.363Z Suddenly, like the tongue of an enormous serpent, a double-pronged barb of steel flashed dully in the candle-light, passing completely across the passage and about three feet above and over Andy's prostrate body. The Nameless Island A Story of some Modern Robinson Crusoes 2011-10-08T02:00:20.880Z She spoke again.—"I was going away," she said, dully, "with somebody." A Crooked Mile 2011-10-03T02:00:26.870Z Rebecca had answered him dully, looking out of the window part of the time, part of the time at the floor. Dr. Lavendar's People 2011-10-13T02:00:52.167Z Evelyn bent closer over him as she began an account of her adventures in a low voice, and Cliffe dully imagined that she did not want the other occupant of the room to hear. The Coast of Adventure 2011-10-03T02:00:25.810Z She did not move, but sat there, gazing dully into space. The Later Life 2011-10-02T02:00:13.037Z Christina opened her sick eyes and they dwelt dully on the paper and then with pleasure on the little flame. "Persons Unknown" 2011-09-28T02:00:23.683Z He felt very faint and could see nothing, by reason of a blue light which burnt dully, but obscured his vision, destroying the sunlight. Cupid in Africa 2011-09-28T02:00:21.467Z I gazed at the clock dully, thinking for a moment how little time my recital had occupied. The Debit Account 2011-09-21T02:00:33.753Z The crowd looked dully apathetic, there was languor in the air they breathed; but, after all, they claimed descent from Spanish stock and Grahame thought they could be roused. The Coast of Adventure 2011-10-03T02:00:25.810Z Ursula watched him dully, stupidly; she could not read just then what went on behind that mask of suave benevolence. The Tangled Skein 2011-09-21T02:00:29.687Z And he looked dully at the scribbled sheets. "Persons Unknown" 2011-09-28T02:00:23.683Z If only he were an expansive Italian now, he could think of some way openly to abase himself, instead of standing there callously and dully. Rough-Hewn 2011-09-20T02:00:15.147Z On rainy nights It dully gleams Like the cold tarnished scales of a snake: And over it hang arc-lamps, Blue-white death-lilies on black stems. Some Imagist Poets, 1916 An Annual Anthology 2011-09-20T02:00:14.543Z "Yes, she is intelligent," he answered drily; and then, still mystified and dully resentful because he could not understand, he turned and went out as abruptly as he had entered. The Builders 2011-09-19T02:00:09.067Z To the north were the brilliant star-shells, and far, far away in the mist glowed dully the little red flame of some blast-furnace beyond the lines. 'Green Balls' The Adventures of a Night-Bomber 2011-09-13T02:00:34.080Z He passed his hand wearily through his hair: "Only one regiment ran," he said dully. The Little Red Foot 2011-09-09T02:01:04.147Z "Report me to the police," he repeated dully. Mrs. Bindle Some Incidents from the Domestic Life of the Bindles 2011-09-08T02:00:22.323Z For she was dully, but none the less firmly, determined that this man should not suffer as some of the men she had tended during the last few days had suffered. The Red Cross Barge 2011-09-05T02:00:20.603Z “There is hope of a partial recovery,” he continued dully, trying to keep under the sudden sharp jealousy that gripped him as nothing he had experienced in all their former talks had gripped and hurt. The Bigamist 2011-08-31T02:01:34.797Z Three or four anti-aircraft guns sound dully in the distance, and a few red and futile shells burst high up in the star-strewn sky. 'Green Balls' The Adventures of a Night-Bomber 2011-09-13T02:00:34.080Z The eyes of the potatoes, huge and black, glared at us dully from their dish, and a boiled ladybird reclined upon the infinitesimal helping of cabbage that was apportioned to me. The Claw 2011-08-31T02:01:30.563Z Jill stood quite still and watched him as he gravely quitted her presence, and then listened dully to his footsteps clattering down the stairs. The Triumph of Jill 2011-08-31T02:01:25.060Z Then there were more long, high fencing, and moonlight, and silence, and shadows, and trees—and trees— “Do you suppose we’ll ever get out of here?” asked Lois at last, dully. The Wayfarers 2011-08-28T02:00:32.867Z Sevier stood an instant looking dully after them, then mechanically picked up the fallen bills, fumblingly replaced them in his pocket, and climbed into the motor. The Long Lane's Turning 2011-08-23T02:00:34Z His uniform was quite new, and the buttons shone as self-confidently and dully on his chest as did the little eyes in the pretty, clean, little face of the youthful enthusiast for justice. Reminiscences of Anton Chekhov 2011-08-21T02:00:35.470Z One blue eye gazed dully round, the other was battered into her head like a crushed turquoise. The Claw 2011-08-31T02:01:30.563Z In some ways the world must have appeared to him to have remained very dully the same; but its aspect must have changed amazingly. Great Ralegh 2011-08-16T02:00:43.100Z The lamp was burning brightly on a table, and Kingsnorth, aroused by the noise and Mrs. Maclaughlin’s repeated calls, was rubbing his eyes and staring dully at their faces in the aperture. The Locusts' Years 2011-08-16T02:00:41.777Z Thus he was thinking as he listened dully to the prosecutor's scathing r�sum�. The Long Lane's Turning 2011-08-23T02:00:34Z "It's full of teenagers, on holiday without their parents for the first time" he says, dully. Diary of a separation 2011-08-05T23:04:08Z “Give him soap, Mango,” I said dully and walked away. The Claw 2011-08-31T02:01:30.563Z The pageant crawls by in its interminable length, and yet in dully determined order. Great Ralegh 2011-08-16T02:00:43.100Z A light air crossed the sea, which glowed dully, like ground glass. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z “They threatened to do this,” she said dully as she returned the letter to Marjorie. Marjorie Dean, College Senior 2011-08-01T02:00:12.720Z The oil lamp shone dully upon the table and threw into dim relief two faces, whose strength and suggestion of mentality suited ill the quality of the clothes which covered the bodies beneath them. The Men Who Wrought 2011-07-26T02:00:16.320Z I walked the ground until I was weary, then sat on a rock on the kopje side, wondering dully what further daggers for my heart Africa had hidden in her mantle. The Claw 2011-08-31T02:01:30.563Z We chase the fleeing beauty all our lives long; "Nor is there near so brisk a fire In fruition, as desire; The niggard sense, too poor for bliss, Pays us but dully with what is." Tablets 2011-07-25T02:00:17.487Z It bore the name of a Sanford jeweler and when the lid was off revealed a round, gold monogrammed locket, gleaming dully against its pale blue silk bed. Marjorie Dean, High School Junior 2011-07-25T02:00:16.780Z He laid it on the table, his eyes resting dully on the large childish characters of the unformed hand: "Forgive me!" ran the brief contents. On the Cross A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau 2011-07-17T02:00:33.887Z The notes of a goat-bell clanking dully sounded from beyond the dumps. The Black Opal 2011-07-13T02:00:16.323Z He carried his point over her weariness; she wondered dully why she had been afraid of him, and she was too sad to struggle. Barnaby A Novel 2011-07-12T02:00:39.777Z I felt each finger separately; they were cold, dully cold. A Book of Ghosts 2011-07-08T02:00:19.203Z He rose slowly, looked at her a moment dully, then heavily moved off towards the ruins, where after a long search he found Hume seated with his hands over his eyes. The Golden Rock 2011-07-05T02:00:22.137Z Both were lit up, and the glow from the oil lamps shone dully on the fog bank. The Trail of the Axe A Story of Red Sand Valley 2011-06-27T02:00:56.823Z Presently a pair of bloodshot eyes were opened and looked dully round the room. The Weight of the Crown 2011-06-26T02:00:09.240Z She wondered dully how he had managed to convey private instructions for that impeccable message; but all the while she was thinking, thinking,—and suddenly she was conquered by her wild, unreasoning fear for him. Barnaby A Novel 2011-07-12T02:00:39.777Z Her thoughts drifted into reverie dully coloured with misgivings. Joan Thursday 2011-06-25T02:00:19.897Z Were it not for the moon, that shone dully through the haze, all sense of direction would have been lost. Rounding up the Raider A Naval Story of the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:25.163Z “What is it?” asked Sally dully, looking at Hinpoha in that crazy costume as if she thought she was not in her right mind. The Camp Fire Girls on the Open Road or, Glorify Work 2011-06-23T02:00:25.403Z “But what’s their game?” asked Jack, as they crossed the rustic bridge on the run, their footsteps echoing dully on the boards. The Motor Girls at Camp Surprise The Cave in the Mountains 2011-06-16T02:00:18.377Z Grey confronted the lad dully for a moment and then straightened. Erskine Dale?Pioneer 2011-06-13T02:00:32.327Z Its three lower tiers of windows were all dark and lightless, but on the fourth floor a single oblong shone with gas-light, while on the fifth as many as three were dully aglow. Joan Thursday 2011-06-25T02:00:19.897Z All the boys could discern, however, were some dully gleaming particles at the bottom of the pan, out of which most of the gravel had been washed with the water. The Radio Boys Rescue the Lost Alaska Expedition 2011-06-06T02:00:10.330Z "You are going to find him in a way we don't understand," he continued, dully. The Slayer Of souls 2011-06-01T02:00:26.487Z She stood dully looking through the window at some birds that were flying across the sky. Old Kensington 2011-05-29T02:00:09.797Z Now, after the coming of the stranger, she felt, rather than saw, the change in Dan McGrew, and she wondered over it dully. The Shooting of Dan McGrew, A Novel Based on the Famous Poem of Robert Service 2011-05-28T02:00:24.557Z But to all of this scolding that fell dully on the tropical verdure about them, that sounded harsh and out of place in the soft greenness of the scene, the mule never blinked an eyelash. Nan Sherwood on the Mexican Border 2011-05-26T02:00:20.467Z She continued to regard the weapons, of finest workmanship, inlaid with a metal that gleamed dully, like gold, in the light from the fire. The Lady of the Mount 2011-05-24T02:00:15.640Z Then he sat silent on his rough-haired bronk, his inscrutable eyes gazing dully over the plain to the south, and Bowles dropped wearily off his horse and stretched himself out on the ground. Bat Wing Bowles 2011-05-20T02:00:33.310Z Poppy wondered dully, and she did not know what she answered before she left the room, and that did not matter, for Clem Portal did not hear. Poppy The Story of a South African Girl 2011-05-20T02:00:25.147Z She spoke dully, in a broken whisper: "Take me away." The Shooting of Dan McGrew, A Novel Based on the Famous Poem of Robert Service 2011-05-28T02:00:24.557Z Bill slowly came to a sitting posture and drew a hand across his puzzled brow while he looked dully at the laughing men and at Toppy. The Snow-Burner 2011-05-17T02:00:21.527Z A dully grinding, crepitating sound came up to the lofty heights of Eagle Crown. The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky 2011-05-08T02:00:04.810Z "They told me you were dead," she muttered dully. The Pocahontas-John Smith Story 2011-04-15T02:00:20.537Z What came dully to her ears was something she had long known—long, long. Poppy The Story of a South African Girl 2011-05-20T02:00:25.147Z "What am I?" he repeated dully, trying to rally himself. I Conquered 2011-04-15T02:00:19.800Z After the first half-minute the shock began to pass, and he suffered less, but he dully realized that he was making very poor progress. The Secret of the Reef 2011-04-12T02:00:26.980Z The yellow lamplight from behind shone dully upon his fair, bare head, and the cold moonlight shed an artificial pallor upon his good-looking face. The Way of the Strong 2011-04-07T02:00:21.387Z I wondered dully how I could ever have considered it work to clean up just one five-room house, with only two beds in it to be made. Four and Twenty Beds 2011-03-30T02:00:13.610Z The squire-like head of the household wondered dully why any man should quit a place where he could “get on” to seek a precarious livelihood in a land which was “rapidly going to the dogs.” The Late Tenant 2011-03-28T02:00:25.153Z His face was whipped to rawness by smaller branches, and one knee throbbed dully where it had skimmed a bowlder as they shot past. I Conquered 2011-04-15T02:00:19.800Z Except Julian," he said dully, "our lot is practically wiped out. The Messenger 2011-03-26T02:00:14.523Z Long streaks of violet cloud with golden edges, lay just above the horizon, and where the sun was setting, the sky glowed dully red. 'Gloria Victis!' A Romance 2011-03-26T02:00:13.597Z "Your leniency is out of place," he said dully; "she may read anything." Our Own Set A Novel 2011-03-26T02:00:12.923Z See!" said she, dully, "to spare Felix a humiliation, I would give my life, but now I cannot think of him without anger. Felix Lanzberg's Expiation 2011-03-15T02:00:14.763Z "I think so," said Sanders dully, and fumbled for his revolver. Sanders of the River 2011-03-12T03:00:26.427Z Erika looked after him dully as, after taking a formal leave of her, he had reached the door of the room. Countess Erika's Apprenticeship 2011-03-10T03:00:46.973Z He lived through each day dully, almost apathetically. 'Gloria Victis!' A Romance 2011-03-26T02:00:13.597Z "Now I know why she shrank from me," says he, dully, without looking at his father. Boris Lensky 2011-03-07T03:00:10.233Z He sat down and repeated dully: "It is so—it is so!" More Tales by Polish Authors 2011-03-04T03:01:05.113Z And now came a great knocking at the hall door, echoing dully through the house. The Tenants of Malory Volume 3 of 3 2011-03-04T03:00:53.937Z Burl leaned heavily upon his club and watched dully. The Mad Planet 2011-03-02T03:00:25.117Z She repeated, dully: "I will await you here next year when the roses bloom." Asbe?n From the Life of a Virtuoso 2011-02-27T03:00:30.780Z "How do they stand?" murmurs Nikolai, dully, half confused, as one who has suddenly been awakened from a peaceful dream. Boris Lensky 2011-03-07T03:00:10.233Z "But they cannot give us back our dead," the little captain answers dully. A Woman's Experience in the Great War 2011-02-26T03:00:48.257Z She spoke dully, and he thrust his arm back to her. The Strength of the Pines 2011-02-25T03:01:03.770Z Two thousand feet below, with her drawn-out shape glittering dully in the starlight, was another Zeppelin. Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. A story of the Great War 2011-02-24T03:01:02.917Z "No matter about that," she replied dully, and with that she tottered so that she must catch hold of a chair so as not to fall. Asbe?n From the Life of a Virtuoso 2011-02-27T03:00:30.780Z Or you feel a bit dully and you go into the streets and there's people. Marriage 2011-02-22T03:00:06.867Z Soon the rush and roar of the swollen torrent beat dully upon her ears. Menotah A Tale of the Riel Rebellion 2011-02-14T03:00:35.553Z He saw two of them lift the torn body of the animal on to the back of one of the horses, and he watched dully as the horse plunged and wheeled under the unfamiliar weight. The Strength of the Pines 2011-02-25T03:01:03.770Z He leaned his aching head on his hand as the business of the court droned dully along and the heat grew steadily greater. Oldfield A Kentucky Tale of the Last Century 2011-02-13T03:00:19.953Z "Yes--the children!" murmured she, dully, inconsolably; "the children!" Asbe?n From the Life of a Virtuoso 2011-02-27T03:00:30.780Z And after another week he began to wonder, dully, how long it would take a man to drown if he made no struggle. The Streets of Ascalon Episodes in the Unfinished Career of Richard Quarren, Esqre. 2011-02-12T03:00:30.987Z Inside the fort, the yellow lamp light flickered dully within a soot-covered glass. Menotah A Tale of the Riel Rebellion 2011-02-14T03:00:35.553Z He gazed dully down into the icy grave where all his schemes and hopes were lying, perhaps never to rise again. The Alpine Fay A Romance 2011-02-11T03:00:27.700Z But his miserable, restless eyes went back almost at once to their ceaseless quest of the deserted big road, stretching dully toward the dim, distant horizon. Oldfield A Kentucky Tale of the Last Century 2011-02-13T03:00:19.953Z "I never hated any place so much in my life," said Esm�, dully. The Oyster 2011-02-10T03:00:49.300Z "Fulfil your orders, then!" he said, dully; "and then you will know that the dead did not lie." Saint Michael A Romance 2011-01-31T03:00:12.470Z "Mother, why didn't you tell me?" she asked dully, heartbrokenly. The Road to Understanding 2011-01-29T03:00:20.840Z Democratically, I repeated dully, I could not explain. The Invisible Censor 2011-01-29T03:00:20.267Z It was not the etiquette of the Pale to kiss one's betrothed bride, but Srul stared dully at Biela without even touching her hand, as if the Atlantic already rolled again between them. Ghetto Tragedies 2011-01-27T03:00:46.507Z The richest city in the world gathered its summer harvest; and white-faced poverty, sometimes straying from their poor country, looking on, dully, resentfully envious. The Oyster 2011-02-10T03:00:49.300Z The muffled report of the blast echoed dully. The Mesa Trail 2011-01-27T03:00:37.207Z “She would like for me to marry Grant Proctor,” Sally reflected dully, as she obediently let herself be drawn into the dance by an ardent-eyed young man whose name she could not remember. Girl Alone 2011-01-27T03:00:36.117Z He turned away, his voice as he answered, sounding dully in his own ears. The Carleton Case 2011-01-24T03:00:17.240Z For a moment he wondered dully what there was to be gay about, and his eyes filled with bitter tears. Ghetto Tragedies 2011-01-27T03:00:46.507Z She had had bad news; she lied dully, carelessly; a cousin was ill; she must leave at once. The Oyster 2011-02-10T03:00:49.300Z She sighed as she recalled her first visit to the hospital, where that unnatural face had lain so expressionless, so dully indifferent and white, looking up at her but seeing nothing. Lost Farm Camp 2011-01-23T03:00:16.437Z “I—I forgot to tell you my news,” she said dully, tonelessly, her hands flattened against her breast. Girl Alone 2011-01-27T03:00:36.117Z A light shone dully through the store window nearest us, and we walked toward our cabin, and just short of the door Barreau turned aside. The Land of Frozen Suns 2011-01-23T03:00:15.307Z When the door closed upon the portly figure and cherubic smile of the Congressman, Bancroft sat still and stared dully at the wall. The Delafield Affair 2011-01-19T03:00:21.497Z Most of the furniture was ranged rigidly against the wall; but in the center of the floor glimmered dully the uncovered mahogany of a heavy round table. The Professor's Mystery 2011-01-18T03:00:11.317Z Slocum, dully conscious that he had assumed a false position, hunted more trouble to cover his irritation. Lost Farm Camp 2011-01-23T03:00:16.437Z “I reckon I’m plumb foolish to go on play-acting all the time,” Sally Ford said dully. Girl Alone 2011-01-27T03:00:36.117Z Lane stopped and whirled suddenly, the lineman’s climbers at his belt clanking dully. King Spruce, A Novel 2011-01-15T03:00:34.400Z "It's very good of you," he said dully, "but what of my people?" She Buildeth Her House 2011-01-04T03:01:05.167Z Then: "Perfectly good 'sense' but no feeling," she answered dully. 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 From this clustered vegetation rose a large temple-like edifice whose dome shone dully through the drizzle. Caravans By Night A Romance of India 2011-01-03T03:01:02.370Z "Are these all for me?" she asked dully. Why Joan? 2011-01-02T03:00:20.290Z A set of lineman’s climbers jangled dully at his belt. King Spruce, A Novel 2011-01-15T03:00:34.400Z He longed for the little log shack with the dully glowing stove within, the winter storm without, and the taciturn MacNutt. The Boss of Wind River 2010-12-30T03:00:28.770Z "Seems sort of too bad," I mused dully. 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 A series of arches and pillars deepened the mystery; armor and various types of weapons kindled dully against a background of gloom. Caravans By Night A Romance of India 2011-01-03T03:01:02.370Z The other half was stagnating stupidly and dully amid its riches. The Hidden Force A Story of Modern Java 2010-12-24T03:00:34.823Z He put the rifle back on its pegs and said dully, "I'll drive them away." The Lost Wagon 2010-12-20T17:12:36.807Z They plodded mechanically, backs humped, eyes upon the ground, dully resentful of the weather, the work, of existence itself. The Boss of Wind River 2010-12-30T03:00:28.770Z "Dust on the highway and chalk in the classroom and 'grown-up-ness' everywhere!" she persisted dully. 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 Some of the dead trees beside the pool burned dully, and fluttering red and blackened leaves drifted from the saplings. The Pioneers 2010-12-20T17:12:11.787Z "There, there, there"—on his nose, his eyes, his mouth, his forehead—and the blows resounded dully on his skull, as if on metal. Footsteps of Fate 2010-12-20T17:11:56.663Z “She would have if it hadn’t been for me,” Mrs. Burmaster said dully. Hoofbeats on the Turnpike 2010-12-20T17:11:45.463Z The two men stared dully at each other before the first moved on. Big City: Paladino Lawn Signs Create a Rare Boom in Buffalo 2010-09-28T00:01:00Z "Aleck Reese has come home," she announced dully, and reached up unthinkingly and turned a blast of electric light full on her ghastly face. 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 sun went down beyond the pine tops and still he sat dully with his hands hanging over his knees, their fingers twitching in panic aimlessness. The Law of Hemlock Mountain "Yes; I do not like this heavy sky," he said, dully. Footsteps of Fate 2010-12-20T17:11:56.663Z "So you would know?" said Sir Henry dully. A Blot on the Scutcheon Reeling a step forwards, he stared at her dully. The Undying Past Drew's addled mind caught the phrase dully and turned it over and over without attempting to cross on it. 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 old fellow wondered dully what all these comings and goings of great folk betokened, but the giant’s humor pleased him greatly. The Great Mogul She felt as if she were standing in vast space, and through it—invisible, intangible, and yet sensibly and undeniably real—she was aware of a coming horror, rolling dully on like distant thunder. Footsteps of Fate 2010-12-20T17:11:56.663Z Hooting of owl and barking of fox came from the forest on his right, whilst far away to the left the waves broke dully against the cliffs. A Blot on the Scutcheon In those days," she said dully, "I had no notion of what conscience meant; in those days I let my sinful happiness carry me along joyously to the edge of an abyss without reflecting. The Undying Past Part of an orange moon, waning, wasted, decadent, glowed dully in the sky. 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 Edward wondered dully whether the young man was as full of hope as he himself had been. The Princess Galva A Romance "No, it is not so," he answered, dully. Footsteps of Fate 2010-12-20T17:11:56.663Z The brain worked dully, and I never felt inclined to write anything. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Only a pressure about his skull, a tormenting contraction of his breast, intimated dully that the path he was taking might lead to significant events. The Undying Past "You—you put them on to come down here to me?" she said dully, at last. The Belovéd Traitor Mrs. Povey, who during the last three days had ceased to show or even feel surprise at anything her husband said, merely remarked, "Oh!" dully. The Princess Galva A Romance We leaned forlornly on our wheels and looked out upon the dark water, whose rain-quenched mirror dully reflected the lights of the opposite town. The Jonathan Papers He wished dully that he had this privacy, but his narrow bed had been given no such protection. Where the Path Breaks Not till Dillard stopped in front of her, waiting to be recognized, did she lift her eyes to him, dully. The Man from Jericho She started ahead to tell him that it was against orders when she saw something glinting dully in his right hand. Jane Stewardess of the Air Lines The fire, which she had replenished from the heap of logs in the grate, shone dully on the rich old furnishings of the room and gave a sense of drowsy comfort and well-being. The Princess Galva A Romance The intoning voice fell dully on his ears. The Valiants of Virginia He noticed his neighbors who occupied the beds near him, and listened dully when they talked to the nurses. Where the Path Breaks She was crushed, dumb, and realizing that she had failed miserably in her mission, she dully turned The Prince's head towards the gate, and started to ride away. The Man from Jericho He stared dully up the river at the thousands of waterfowl which lined its banks. Into the Primitive The glass was rather smoked from previous burnings, and its flame glowed dully and threatened to go out altogether. The Voice of the Pack Clad in a rich bejewelled dress, unchanged For nigh a week, her stiff ruff disarranged, Her fierce eyes staring dully at the floor, Fear on that face, which ne'er knew fear before— Elizabeth. Provocations "The valve is a disappointment to me," said the man, speaking steadily, although dully. Rodman the Keeper Southern Sketches I had seen her there, a pale, little woman who sat with her sewing in her lap, staring dully out over the roofs below her. The Seven-Branched Candlestick The Schooldays of Young American Jew Billings' voice murmured something, and then I was dully conscious of my name being passed and of the fact that I was limply shaking a hand. The Haunted Pajamas The room is large and sombre, barely lighted with a feeble glimmer of candles; the silver gleams dully on the dressers of old black oak; the frescoes on the walls—sacred subjects—are barely distinguishable. Majesty A Novel He shook his head dully, and, turning once more, went on without purpose until at the end of much wandering he again halted. The Key to Yesterday His voice, singing "Sweet Afton," had become hoarse and broken, and his steps uneven, as he moved to and fro, still playing the game dully, when at last dawn came. Rodman the Keeper Southern Sketches Beside him others are apt to seem rather theatrical—or if they do not romance they appear, perhaps, to chronicle dully. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" The liquid shone but dully in the feeble jets of gas. A Republic Without a President and Other Stories "We better get him out," the farmer said dully. Earth Alert! "That is hard doctrine," said the god, dully. The Way of the Gods The sloughs and lakes froze, and the ground hardened to iron, ringing hollowly beneath hoofs, rumbling dully to wagon wheels. The Land of Strong Men "No, my lady," he answered dully, "never again!" Our Admirable Betty A Romance He laid a large fat hand flat against the wall, as though to support and steady himself, and gazed dully at the terrified maid. The Moonlit Way The sideboard shone dully through its covering of coarse net. A Bed of Roses "What," I asked, dully, "what is a message?" and then the blood chilled at my heart as I recalled "the lament," Joe had said: "It is a message from the dying—or the dead." Life on the Stage What terrible compulsion, Garlud wondered dully, had forced an honorable man to die with a lie upon his lips? The Return of Tharn "Why—why do you name—him?" she questioned dully; but before he could answer came a knock at the door and Mrs. Agatha appeared to say that "tea was a-drinking on the terrace!" Our Admirable Betty A Romance But Gerhardt was becoming restless and dully irritated as he began to realise more and more what caste meant to Prussians and how insignificant to these people was a German-American multimillionaire. The Moonlit Way Before her lay the little table, with its rough cloth, imperfectly clean and shining dully with brittania ware. A Bed of Roses But, dully, he felt that he must know,—know,—why Kitty was unhappy. The Nest, The White Pagoda, The Suicide, A Forsaken Temple, Miss Jones and The Masterpiece Their copper jingling seemed to ring in her soul dully. The Furnace I could hear their voices dully—that closet door was thick, and it was so hot and close inside that I was almost suffocated. Under Fire For Servia She moved about dully, slowly, her mind numb at the horror of all she had gone through. The Broken Gate A Novel Victoria looked at him for a moment dully. A Bed of Roses Some of them spoke, others only grunted dully. The Ranch Girls at Rainbow Lodge The Ranch Girls Series Bee raised her head, and looked at him dully. Bee and Butterfly A Tale of Two Cousins The word jarred on him, it was so dully inadequate. The Book of Susan A Novel It was wreck and ruin that lay about her, as dully she still was conscious. The Broken Gate A Novel "I had not meant to imply that it did," Anthony said dully. In And Out "I don't know anything about it," said Old Herman dully. Penny Nichols and the Knob Hill Mystery "It's my mother wot's dead," said the foreman dully, unequal to the task of stemming the tide of Bindle's loquacity and at the same time keeping on good terms with him. Bindle Some Chapters in the Life of Joseph Bindle It was my purpose to think things out, and perhaps that is what I supposed myself to be doing as I stared dully at an ink blob on my blotter. The Book of Susan A Novel Then she looked dully up at Peppin, who stood by, honest pity on his rough face, the water that streamed from his clothes making a little patter on the hot pebbles. Shadows of Flames A Novel So we departed, dully, passing before the door that had been denied us for the first time in lo, these many months. A Top-Floor Idyl His speech meandered on, dully and tonelessly, losing itself finally in incoherent mutterings. The Laughing Cavalier The Story of the Ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel "Yes," said Good dully, "there are other reasons." Thirty I stared at him dully, but could not recall anything that might account for this alteration. The Book of Susan A Novel He pointed at her, and she fell back dully on her chair. Helena Brett's Career His genius had at once seized upon her glory, whereas I had dully and slowly spelled it out. A Top-Floor Idyl "He is not my lover," she murmured dully, "nor am I in his confidence." The Laughing Cavalier The Story of the Ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel "I guess—we won't—run this," said Good dully, as if speaking to himself. Thirty Midweek, things wore along dully enough, but over Sunday came drink and ructions. The Book of Susan A Novel That struck home, among these words that came dully to Helena through the chaos of her thought. Helena Brett's Career As he looked dully down at it, he read: He is on your train under the name of Dorne. The Blind Man's Eyes "I cannot bear to profit by your generosity," he said dully. The Laughing Cavalier The Story of the Ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel "It isn't fair, it isn't fair," she repeated dully. Thirty Her coldness is of course changed to love at first sight, and the audacious suitor afterwards delivers her from her enemies; but the working out of the story is rather dully managed. A Short History of French Literature "Oh no, I don't," said the other dully. Helena Brett's Career Dibley stood dully apart, staring at one and then at the other and next to the flaming bridge. The Blind Man's Eyes Outside, on the railway bridge, the red and green lamps glowed dully through deep floods of yellow fog. Man and Maid He looked at it dully for a full minute before the idea came to him. Astounding Stories, August, 1931 They stared dully an instant, then shone with a quick light that held her exposed and defenseless, while he came to himself—for the first time in her presence—as a man. Ewing\\'s Lady He stared dully at the spiteful, vulgar, words. Helena Brett's Career His calmness was the calmness of exhaustion; his left arm was bound tightly to his side; his eyes, dim and blank with pain and weariness, stared only dully, dazedly at all around. The Blind Man's Eyes "Father Anselm!" echoed Mother Carron, dully, in a sort of groan. Where the Pavement Ends Then a light shone dully forth, and there, in a cave formed by the closing of the earth walls overhead, I beheld a fire. The Induna's Wife “To say—good-bye?” echoed Mona, dully, staring at him as though she were walking in her sleep. A Veldt Official A Novel of Circumstance Later they had dull dinner together, strolled dully into four theaters, and, still dull, wound up in the apartments of Daw and J. Rufus. Young Wallingford Almost at once the light went out; then, a minute or so later, the same windows glowed dully. The Blind Man's Eyes The V-shaped scarp of the slopes stood dully in relief against the glare, which was as that of a furnace. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War “And now, I suppose,” Mrs Mallison said dully, “Mary will come home.” Lady Cassandra His breath whistled through his nostrils as he arose and brushed the dirt from him and he wondered dully how he had been saved. Castle of Terror "I shall have to consider your proposal," he said dully. Check and Checkmate Beneath their feet the dully lurid floor smoldered with changing hues and colors of flame. Red Nails Her feet were wet, her head ached dully, but she kept her mind down to the purpose before her. Anne "There's no future to look forward to," said Bonnie dully. The Colonists Biggs' horrified eyes traveled dully to the massive urn over the great fireplace and rested there, fascinated. The Doors of Death I wanted," he explained dully, "to be with you when it happened, in the hopes I could get something more than I have to go on. Ye of Little Faith Jordan dully punched the telecom selector and a view became fixed on the screen. Accidental Flight It burned dully, and the child had shut himself into the closet again before the smell of fire was noticed and located. Little Aliens Had he gone mad—he wondered dully, or was this delirium, the beginning of the end, or the terrible unsatisfied longings of another world? The Triumph of Hilary Blachland I stopped, leaning over the little hand-rail, looking down into the muddy water, and at the silent, melancholy lights burning dully in its depths and in the air above. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 95, September 1865 But most, darting and wallowing through mad rapids, or shooting falls, or whirling and circling dully down the more tranquil reaches of the tide, made shift to accomplish their voyage. The Haunters of the Silences A Book of Animal Life The muzzle of the ray-gun on the battlements glowed dully, the blast of the supode-rays struck the row of spinning helicopters on top of the Viking's hull. The Golden Amazons of Venus It flashed dully a few feet away from us. Armageddon—2419 A.D. The floor throbbed dully with the motion of the turbines. Mr. Spaceship Three feet or so in length it was, thick through as a man's wrist, the faint light shining dully on its scaly armor and disclosing the forked lightning of its darting tongue. Pledged to the Dead Blood spurted from cheek and hand as the rebel's deadly weapon glinted dully in blurred movement before the squire's eyes. The Buttoned Sky The white, smooth stone gleamed dully in the half light. Warrior of the Dawn Receding far below us now, I could see our dully shining knob swinging to and fro in an ever widening arc, as it crossed and recrossed the black square of the tower roof. Armageddon—2419 A.D. "Then we have to go back down there," he said dully. The Thing in the Attic For a moment he stared dully at the mass of grey shadows all around him. Dave Dawson at Dunkirk If he'd been old, or even middle-aged, or if he had been one of those colourless characters dully sunk into chronic invalidism, I should have felt only the pity without the protest. The Brightener Instead, a large fox stood at Drake's feet, tail drooping and its eyes staring ahead dully. Queen of the Flaming Diamond Homer Crawford said dully, "What are you doing here?" Black Man's Burden Their dead eyes looked up at him dully, charred and empty; their bright gauzy wings smoked in ruins of ugly, whiplike ribs. Pet Farm Standing on the foc's'le head, the raw air, with its sudden hot spells when the sun gleamed dully through the fog, brought him welcome memories. The Boy With the U.S. Miners "Nothing that you would listen to or understand, you people," Kenniston answered dully. The World with a Thousand Moons Dolios knocked upon it with the hilt of his sword; the stroke reverberated dully through the vaulted halls--the door sprang open. A Struggle for Rome, v. 1 The sheet, all that remained of a Japanese armored car, rang dully. The Golden Skull |
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