| 单词 | duskiness |
| 例句 | The DA sent his “voluptuous” detective Rose Burrows—specially selected because her mixed-race background allowed her to “pass for any nationality in which duskiness is an important feature”—to infiltrate “heaven.” The divine inspiration of Jim Jones: Inside the mind of one of history’s deadliest cult leaders 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z The conductor Duncan Ward, also making a Met debut, packed an appealingly forthright sound into the slender frame of Mozart’s music and brought out the score’s duskiness. Review: ‘The Magic Flute’ Directs Its Whimsy Toward the Younger Set 2022-12-18T05:00:00Z As such, the subtleties in his singing only deviated minutely from his essentially brilliant timbre — a touch of duskiness here in “Juliet,” an echo of wistfulness there in “Night Song,” both by Owens. Review: Lawrence Brownlee Makes Room for Black Composers 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z In her duets with Mr. Kaufmann, his voice’s duskiness unsettles into stormy passion. Review: Netrebko and Kaufmann Is as Good as Opera Gets 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z As a treatise on the healing power of tears, it’s pure Robyn; but the low-slung duskiness augurs beautifully for Kindness’s new material. 50 great tracks for April by Holly Herndon, Amon Amarth, Shura and others 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z Thoreau complained to himself that he had not put duskiness enough into his words in his description of his evening walks. Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth 2012-03-06T03:00:22.850Z The early winter twilight had already begun to settle upon the gloomy gorge, the duskiness greatly accentuating the all-pervading murk cast upon the river by the pall of the sooty clouds. Down the Columbia 2011-12-10T03:00:16.583Z There were the sorrows of seventy years, in its absolute whiteness, and the Roman duskiness of skin was brought out very strongly in contrast. Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z The clustering pines shook off their duskiness, and grew into definite tracery; an owl that hooted eerily flitted by on soundless wing, and she felt the silence become suddenly almost overwhelming. A Damaged Reputation 2011-10-17T02:00:16.117Z Female with upper surface more generally suffused between marginal mark and the yellow part with more or less duskiness both above and below. Butterflies Worth Knowing 2011-08-10T02:00:15.887Z The duskiness that sometimes comes with emotion, the pallor that accompanies strong mental disturbance, as well as the blushing states, show that the vasomotor system can be influenced in every part. Psychotherapy 2011-06-19T02:00:20.053Z Spelman, the great legal arch�ologist, was among the earliest who ventured to search amid the Anglo-Saxon duskiness, at a time when he knew not one who could even interpret the writing. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z She seemed not more than twenty, and she was almost startlingly beautiful, with that peculiar lustrous duskiness of skin more common among the Latin races than with us. The Girl from Alsace A Romance of the Great War, Originally Published under the Title of Little Comrade 2011-04-23T02:00:05.477Z It was little and old and shadowy, but the colored lights of the high west window drove a track of brilliancy through its quiet duskiness. The Dust of Conflict 2011-04-14T02:01:04.343Z Where used moderately, they produce either an unnatural paleness, deadness, or duskiness of complexion, or a bloated appearance, far removed from the fresh roseate hue of health. Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman 2011-02-28T03:00:32.460Z And as he looked round him into the white, dripping duskiness, in which everything seemed indistinct and shapeless, the knowledge grew on him, "You live--and you may live." The Undying Past O the quivering of the blue sky-patches, the duskiness of shade! The Day of His Youth Was it the duskiness of the evening, or passion, that made his face so dark? Trevethlan: Volume 1 A Cornish Story. The town is building up into a Paris-sided company of streets; and the seven stories of freestone and marble will soon darken down Broadway into a European duskiness of hue. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, February, 1852 Yet in spite of the imputation of “whiteness” made by the one, they of the other party were in no shade of bronze duskiness removed from those who made it. A Frontier Mystery The flies buzzed about in the purple duskiness; broad midday sunshine came through the chinks of the shutters and the red curtains. The Undying Past His face was hard and worn, and tanned nearly to the duskiness of the Zulus around him, especially that of Sapazani, who was light-coloured. Forging the Blades A Tale of the Zulu Rebellion A mighty fountain, arising amid the torches, which with their innumerable lights relieved the duskiness of the sighing tree-tops, accompanied the varied songs with melodious murmurs sounding through the forest. Henry of Ofterdingen: A Romance. Well, the first thing that struck me was the duskiness of the place; it was like travelling through a sunset that had no color in it. Phemie Frost's Experiences The greater duskiness of the kitchen was caused by the large form of City Attorney Mullen. Philo Gubb, Correspondence-School Detective Her figure was a mere black strip in the midst of the vast white duskiness of the snow fields. The Undying Past Then a volley broke forth, flashing redly from the dim duskiness of the slope. Forging the Blades A Tale of the Zulu Rebellion He knew, without looking closer, that there was a flare of mirth hidden within its velvet duskiness. Once to Every Man Her eyes, over which heavy lashes drooped diffidently, were bafflingly deep, as with rich colour drowned in duskiness. The Roof Tree "He whipped him, I reckon," said Margaret, in a low tone, and with a dark shadow crossing her face, very different from its own brown duskiness. Daisy She looked at him and bowed; but, in passing, he kept his eyes fixed on the road before him, and in the duskiness his face seemed colder and more inflexible than ever. Macaria It was easy to tell things there in the perfumed duskiness. The Rose-Garden Husband He was a large man, sun-burned to the point of duskiness, bearded and moustached as though barbers were unknown in the land from which he hailed. Caps and Capers A Story of Boarding-School Life The dim duskiness made him shudder; he expected to see the Huckleberry Street Irish woman looking at him. Duffels My eye was caught by a duskiness in the S.E., and I immediately perceived that it was the Eclipse-shadow in the air, travelling away in the direction of the shadow’s path. The Story of Eclipses Her beautiful white shoulders showed up the duskiness of her hair; her head was distinguished and arrestive. There was a King in Egypt Only some southern obstinacy made him watch, from the duskiness of his face, the pale, reserved girl at the grave. The Lost Girl There was a tawny-gold, black and scarlet tone about them and their garb, an Indian Spanish duskiness and glow which I loved to look at. The Gypsies Phaeism: applied to a duskiness of butterflies occurring in a limited region. Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology When they finally reached the water's edge the duskiness of twilight had come, and they knew that darkness would follow in a short time. Canoe Boys and Campfires Adventures on Winding Waters While through the open windows, the departing twilight mingled its soft duskiness with the splendors of the mimic day. Ernest Linwood or, The Inner Life of the Author And his quick eyes, the whites of which showed so white against his duskiness, the yellow pupils so non-human, met hers with a quick flash of recognition. The Lost Girl It was well past nine o'clock and the twilight had merged into the soft, luminous duskiness that would continue until the sun came up at two-thirty in the morning. Where the Sun Swings North Even her long throat and nervous hands, and the slim, lace-covered arms, were of the same satin-textured duskiness as the heart-shaped face, with its laughing red mouth. The Guests Of Hercules "He whipped him, I reckon," said Margaret in a low tone, and with a dark shadow crossing her face, very different from its own brown duskiness. Daisy A shadow comes forth from the cliff; a duskiness dwells on the water; something tempts the eye upwards, and near the zenith there is a star. Nature Near London She sat looking out of the open window into the duskiness, and at the yellow lights of the street lamps which by this time spotted it; thinking so, and feeling very miserable. Hills of the Shatemuc His duskiness was accentuated by low and intensely black brows, and deep-set, heavy-lidded eyes. The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt He had hardly gone two miles when the duskiness gathering in the woods denoted the nearness of night; yet as the moon was riding high, he pushed on without fear. Our Boys Entertaining Stories by Popular Authors His eyes, dark and full, were set deep under well hung brows, and a duskiness in the flesh round them gave them softness as well as power. An Unpardonable Liar As well as the duskiness of the chamber would permit, she watched all his motions, and each varying expression of his face, and tried to anticipate her patient's wishes, before his tongue could utter them. True Stories of History and Biography While Emily kept her eyes fixed on the spot, she saw the door move, and then slowly open, and perceived something enter the room, but the extreme duskiness prevented her perceiving what it was. A History of English Prose Fiction Around me sat color in human flesh—brown that crimsoned readily; dim soft-yellow that escaped description; cream-like duskiness that shadowed to rich tints of autumn leaves. Darkwater Voices from Within the Veil It flickered and struggled with the duskiness, but could not half light up the gloomy cavern with all its melancholy glimmer. The Children's Hour, Volume 3 (of 10) The young man dared now to look at her—a child of the sun despite her duskiness. Mavericks She leaned and kissed the girl where the red blood of youth dyed brightest the Latin duskiness of the cheek. The Gringos The ground tint is pale or whitish, with some duskiness on the face, as if it had been coloured when recent. Discoveries in Australia, Volume 1. With an Account of the Coasts and Rivers Explored and Surveyed During The Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in the Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43. By Command of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. Also a Narrative Of Captain Owen Stanley's Visits to the Islands in the Arafura Sea. Then the Judge's face had lost the ruddy English hue that showed its warmth through all the duskiness of the Colonel's weather-beaten cheek, and had taken a sallow shade, the established complexion of his countrymen. House of the Seven Gables As we rushed by the cavern's mouth we caught a hasty glimpse of him, looking somewhat like an ill-proportioned figure, but considerably more like a heap of fog and duskiness. Mosses from an Old Manse and other stories Mrs. Charmond turned to hasten back immediately that Fitzpiers had left her side, and he was speedily absorbed into the duskiness of the trees. The Woodlanders Must we jog on day after day in this cheerless gloom and this joyless duskiness, until we stagger and fall and rot among the toads? In Darkest England and the Way Out There was a moment of this tonight, and Caroline rose and stood shuddering, looking about her in the blue duskiness of the silent room. The Troll Garden and Selected Stories Clifford's countenance glowed, as he divulged this theory; a youthful character shone out from within, converting the wrinkles and pallid duskiness of age into an almost transparent mask. House of the Seven Gables Seaton, with immense caution, slowly pushed open a door and we stood together looking into a great pool of duskiness, out of which, lit by the feeble clearness of a night-light, rose a vast bed. The Best British Short Stories of 1922 As well as the duskiness of the chamber would permit she watched all his motions and each varying expression of his face, and tried to anticipate her patient's wishes before his tongue could utter them. Biographical Stories (From: "True Stories of History and Biography") The father's face changed to a ghastly duskiness of hue; the daughter's face dropped upon her clasped hands, and was never lifted again throughout the interview. Lady Audley's Secret The golden duskiness of Scanno, heightened as it was by the gleaming copper vessels borne on every young girl's head, will soon be a thing of the past. Alone A traveller with a knapsack on his shoulders comes out of the duskiness of vague, unchronicled times, throwing his shadow before him in the morning sunshine along a well-trodden, though solitary path. Doctor Grimshawe's Secret — a Romance She blew a kiss on the tips of her fingers towards that sad solitary figure, and then dropped back into the dusty duskiness of the loft. Phantom Fortune, a Novel Her complexion had not altogether lost the duskiness which came from her outdoor life. The Governors She had eyes of the Creole duskiness, a delicate olive skin, with a pastel coloring. Gunman's Reckoning Owing to the duskiness, the faces of the new comers did not seem to be recognized by the tories, who unsuspectingly opened and admitted them to the stand. The Rangers; or, The Tory's Daughter A tale illustrative of the revolutionary history of Vermont It made only a hole of shine in the general duskiness of the big dining-room. Old Caravan Days The duskiness and solitude of the street seemed a grateful refuge, and the night wind was to his flushed face like a cool hand laid on a feverish brow. Barriers Burned Away Being a mulatita she was dark or dusky skinned, with a reddish tinge in the duskiness, purple-red lips, and liquid black eyes with orange-brown reflections in them—the eyes called tortoiseshell in America. Far Away and Long Ago The spring air was filling her veins with abundant health, and mantling her cheeks with a richer duskiness than they had ever worn. The Stillwater Tragedy Little light being admitted, and everything being of a dark colour, there is an indefinable Indian aspect of duskiness throughout. Omoo As the eye became accustomed to the foetid duskiness of the prison, a strange picture presented itself. For the Term of His Natural Life While Emily kept her eyes fixed on the spot, she saw the door move, and then slowly open, and perceived something enter the room, but the extreme duskiness prevented her distinguishing what it was. The Mysteries of Udolpho But by and by the night air, and the duskiness, and the weariness of eight hours in the saddle, began to tell, and conversation flagged and finally died out utterly. The Curious Republic of Gondour, and Other Whimsical Sketches He stooped down; but the duskiness of the valley, and the obscurity of twilight would not allow him to distinguish her features. Undine And now the broad valley twinkled with lights, that glimmered through its duskiness like the fireflies in the garden of a Florentine palace. The Marble Faun - Volume 2 The Romance of Monte Beni Startled at Miriam's words and manner, Hilda gazed into the duskiness whither she pointed, and there beheld a figure standing just on the doubtful limit of obscurity, at the threshold of the small, illuminated chapel. The Marble Faun - Volume 1 The Romance of Monte Beni At this conjecture, a sudden chillness ran through her frame; she looked fearfully upon the duskiness of her chamber, and the dead silence, that prevailed there, heightened to her fancy its gloomy aspect. The Mysteries of Udolpho A little duskiness is sometimes necessary for joy and happiness! The Daughter of an Empress The skyline retreated, the hills came out of the duskiness like a photograph in the developer tray. The Flying U's Last Stand And how we did strain our eyes in a vain attempt to penetrate the half lights, the duskinesses of the closed-in thicket not over fifteen feet away! The Land of Footprints The sun of the last few weeks had given to her skin a faint, but most becoming, duskiness. The Malefactor From those, too, the rays soon faded, and the whole edifice was invested with the solemn duskiness of evening. The Mysteries of Udolpho Black uninteresting hummocks of land appeared, dotting the duskiness of water and clouds in the Eastern board: tops of islands fringing the German shore. Notes on Life and Letters |
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