单词 | dust-covered |
例句 | I was wretched looking, damp from rain and dust-covered and squatting in a mound of debris. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z The lounge at Rosie’s restaurant was filled with overstuffed chairs, couches, and shag carpet, all in dust-covered browns, oranges, and yellows. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z The interior was unprosperous and bare; the only car visible was the dust-covered wreck of a Ford which crouched in a dim corner. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z She flipped the switch, and the darkness dissolved into wobbly piles of dust-covered junk and crooked cardboard-box towers. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Beneath his paw there was writing carved into the dust-covered wall. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The Chinese bakery downstairs from our flat displayed my growing collection of trophies in its window, amidst the dust-covered cakes that were never picked up. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Baba walks in from the garage, holding a dust-covered mini vacuum. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Celaena held the candle aloft, her cape trailing behind her, leaving a clean wake on the dust-covered stairs. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I think of her madcap, joyful dresses, of her dust-covered bedroom. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I could see dust-covered jars pushed toward the back of the top shelf. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The children laughed as the football hit the garage walls; the dust-covered ball left the walls polka-dotted brown. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z The only illumination came from a small, dust-covered skylight. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Next to her sits a dust-covered canister that smells like the earth. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z The room is huge, silent, and smells like dust-covered pages. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z There were dust-covered trucks full of tobacco-chewing white men, their naked arms and shoulders sporting tattoos. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The goldfish man’s eyes also flashed as he looked at Ma and Ba and their dust-covered clothes and haggard, tired faces. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Then, one after the other, I lugged the heavy, dust-covered logs across the hole mouth. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Concentrated in the Midwest, the photos showed broken furniture, dead plants and no-smoking signs scattered among dust-covered escalators and food courts. What a change in font says about the future of malls in America In her dust-covered house she developed odd fears of her own. The Carnegies: a Ghost Story 2010-08-12T00:28:00Z But the photograph that matters most to him is of bedraggled refugee kids, one wearing a faded red Polo Sport T-shirt and dust-covered jeans. ‘To show them in a kind of glory’: How a high-end designer celebrates working-men chic 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z The road was lonely, but seeing another dust-covered truck made me feel like I was part of a tribe. Journeys: ?We There Yet?? When ?There? Is the Arctic Circle 2011-07-08T19:04:46Z Military cot beds, tangled cables and dust-covered rotary phones litter the rooms. Malta restores forgotten war rooms, hewn into the rocks in WWII 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z The Beauty of Books focuses on the enduring appeal of books, from dust-covered tomes that smell like wet dogs to gossipy paperbacks with pages like razor blades. Tonight's TV highlights: Dispatches: Tabloids' Dirty Secrets; WikiLeaks ? the Secret Story: Panorama 2011-02-07T00:05:03Z He parked the dust-covered eyesore across the street from my rented garage apartment, where it remained for a week. I lost my dad in Nomadland 2021-06-19T04:00:00Z In the mid-1930s, the American expat photographer, painter and surrealist Man Ray was introduced by his friend Max Ernst to a curious collection of dust-covered objects at an elite school for higher mathematics in Paris. Man Ray inserts the human factor into the equation 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z As her daughter recounted last week, Ms. Tuttle was practicing one day when her husband ran an incriminating finger over the furniture and thrust it, dust-covered, under her nose. Karen Tuttle, Violist and Teacher, Dies at 90 2010-12-25T04:40:31Z Military cot beds, tangled cables and dust-covered rotary phones litter the rooms. Malta restores forgotten war rooms, hewn into the rocks in WWII 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z It is a city of smoke and haze, of trash being burnt, of dust-covered trees. Port-au-Prince, city of survivors: Voices from Haiti, after the devastating 2010 earthquake 2020-01-12T05:00:00Z The dust-covered road runs past a huge construction site, where a science museum two years from completion is still just a structural skeleton. Miami Museum’s Challenge: The Beach 2013-12-04T22:43:46Z The dust-covered child — it seems to be a boy, though that’s not clear — looks up with huge eyes. AP PHOTOS: Scenes of violence and despair on the war’s 13th day 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z But before it put InSight into “retirement position”, the space agency had it take one last dust-covered selfie. News Roundup: Pfizer Prices, Women’s Champions, & a Dusty Selfie 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z On the streets below, people wear face masks and hooded jackets to ride out another dust-covered day that is no less miserable and unhealthy, even if it is expected at this time of the year. Yellow dust: Sandstorms bring misery from China to South Korea 2023-04-13T04:00:00Z Footage circulating widely on social media after the quake showed a rescuer scrambling down a hill of rubble carrying a tiny dust-covered baby. Syrian baby born in earthquake adopted by aunt and uncle 2023-02-18T05:00:00Z Mr. Shami said in an interview that he cut the dust-covered umbilical cord and the baby let out a cry. From a baby born in the rubble to a trapped teenager, many earthquake victims are children. 2023-02-07T05:00:00Z “Money is next to us, and people are suffering!” he exclaimed, sitting on a plastic chair under his dust-covered set of speakers. South African president survives party vote amid cash-in-couch revelations 2022-12-19T05:00:00Z Adults sit on a couch outside while naked, dust-covered children play not far from a pit latrine. Bolsonaro struggles to sway Brazil’s poor voters with aid 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z And while the lander is now running out of power as its dust-covered solar panels struggle to gather enough sunlight, its legacy is secured. Seismic Missions Could Reveal the Solar System’s Underworlds 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z He emerged from the wreckage on Sunday evening, pulled out by rescuers who quickly covered his dust-covered body with a blue blanket before gently placing him on a stretcher. A survivor emerges from the rubble of an apartment complex. 2022-07-10T04:00:00Z Some of the restored works are displayed next to photographs or videos showing dust-covered firemen rescuing them from the ruins. In Italy, a glimmer of resurrection for art damaged in 2016 quakes 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z I’ve transformed countless dust-covered items I had forgotten about into thousands of dollars by selling them using social media groups for garage and yard sales. Perspective | Spending a lot on storage fees? Build your own shed. 2022-05-31T04:00:00Z “There’s really not much left that we can use,” said Alyoshyn, after lugging a dust-covered bookcase out of the flat, climbing through a window to exit. With Russians gone, Kyiv's suburbs struggle to return to being 'a happy place' 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z Disheveled and standing next to his dust-covered car, he describes life under occupation. ‘Our roots are there’: Ukrainians cross front line for home 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z The next day, Duke bagged a dust-covered 10-ounce rock on the rim of the vast North Ray Crater. The surprising voyage of Charlie Duke: An astronaut reaches for heaven 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z Four days later, H. sent a photo of the boys, standing in front of a dust-covered orange tractor. The Smugglers’ Paradise of Afghanistan 2022-03-08T05:00:00Z A red Christmas decoration, a dust-covered leopard-print pillow, notebooks with neat handwriting, a school bookbag and pieces of toys were among dozens of shattered memories. Amid the death and rubble, Ukrainian teams hunt for evidence of possible war crimes 2022-03-06T05:00:00Z Outside and in front of one of the dust-covered entrances, coffee dispensers, creamers and sweeteners lined folding tables beneath a towering cross in a shattered second-story window. In tornado’s wake, a church and pastor turn to God, service 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z Earlier this summer the Perseverance team selected a nearby drill-ready and dust-covered rock from this unit for the long-awaited breaking of ground. NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover Grabs First Rock for Return to Earth 2021-08-06T04:00:00Z The dust-covered fortifications look like they are waiting for a frontal assault by a mechanized army. Back to Militias, the Chaotic Afghan Way of War 2021-07-17T04:00:00Z Already, men in dust-covered overalls were scurrying over the mountain of rubble, scavenging and dumping whatever they could sell onto a nearby donkey cart before the municipality cleaned everything up. He watched two missiles destroy his bookshop. 'My soul came out of me' 2021-06-01T04:00:00Z He was solidly M., only more so, and surely it is this subtly enhanced, thoroughly confident expression of self that has guaranteed the moment’s placement on my memory’s dust-covered rearmost shelf. Makeup Is for Everyone 2021-05-10T04:00:00Z The passenger terminal, where troops once transited between different parts of the war, was pitch black and filled with empty, dust-covered chairs. Day 1 of the end of the U.S. war in Afghanistan 2021-05-03T04:00:00Z For now, beach umbrellas rest rolled up on vacant hotel verandas, overlooking empty stretches of sand, while mannequins languish in dust-covered windows of shuttered shops. Eerily empty, Thai tourist island Phuket desperate to reopen 2021-04-23T04:00:00Z On the dust-covered main road peppered with military checkpoints, three-wheeled motorcycle taxis cart goods past stores and coffee shops. A Suez Canal village, like the world, grapples with the giant ship stuck in its backyard 2021-03-28T04:00:00Z Workers are also refurbishing the Mastaba, part of an Egyptian tomb that is among the Louvre’s most popular artifacts, in a dust-covered gallery scattered with saws and hammers. Mona Lisa is alone, but still smiling 2021-01-26T05:00:00Z In the photo, a dust-covered Hoda, 11, holds her body stiffly against her uncle’s shoulder, a gash bleeding from her forehead, eyes half-closed and face set in a grimace. ‘The port came to us’: Story behind AP photo of Beirut blast 2020-09-23T04:00:00Z So much that as I stood there, counting dust-covered packets of Ramen by the light of my smoldering stock portfolio, I wondered what I was missing most. How a Hollywood poker game keeps the camaraderie — and trash talk — going on Zoom 2020-03-23T04:00:00Z The worn spurs on his dust-covered leather boots clink with every step. Black cowboys highlighted at Nevada annual poetry gathering 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z For that reason, when the Earth-return spacecraft captures the dust-covered sample container in Martian orbit, it will sequester that container inside a multilayered capsule. Rocks, Rockets and Robots: The Plan to Bring Mars Down to Earth 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z The digger, a dust-covered tangle of conveyor belts, hoses and thrust cylinders, chews through 60 feet of earth a day. E.P.A. Is Letting Cities Dump More Raw Sewage Into Rivers for Years to Come 2020-01-24T05:00:00Z The past, a dust-covered shoebox recovered from my mother’s attic, does not open easily. “The Ladder” 2020-01-13T05:00:00Z She keeps more than 200 letters — a testament to that terrible time — in dust-covered boxes that once held an iron and a digital alarm clock. A civil war in El Salvador tore them apart. Their high school reunion brought them back together 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z Associated Press video showed people cheering as one dust-covered person was carried away on a stretcher, one arm outstretched. Nairobi, Kenya, building collapse of 6-story building leaves at least 2 dead, others trapped, officials say 2019-12-06T05:00:00Z Those squat boxes, hulking on entertainment systems or dust-covered in the back of a closet, were once coveted by researchers who used the consoles to build supercomputers. The rise and fall of the PlayStation supercomputers 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z Even far from the devastation, residents of “pretty bad neighborhoods” brought out hoses so dust-covered refugees walking home could have something to drink. Review | Heartbreaking recollections of the September day that changed everything 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z He was at it again Tuesday, his tractor blade scooping up dust-covered debris and scraps of human flesh. After Bombing, Afghans Demand That Foreigners Leave Their Neighborhood 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z Even for the tens of thousands who endured the final weeks of Islamic State’s violent collapse, though they emerged dust-covered and ragged from the desert, they remained defiant. In a vast, dust-swept landscape, Islamic State caliphate ends in rubble and wreckage 2019-03-23T04:00:00Z For many, Burning Man conjures up images of dust-covered attendees, known as "burners", dancing in the desert cut off from society. Are the super-rich ruining Burning Man? 2019-02-17T05:00:00Z Nauman told me that he lets things pile up until he decides he needs the space; then he clears up one of the dust-covered piles and gets to work. Bruce Nauman, the Artist’s Artist 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z But he spoke about solutions with a confidence that felt genuine, calling the association “a dust-covered diamond that can easily shine again.” Hollywood’s Ambassador, Schooled in Diplomacy and the Muppets 2018-04-01T04:00:00Z Secretary of State Rex Tillerson toured the compound last year, a North Korean guard peered inside the dust-covered windows on his side of the building. Olympic celebrations of Korean unity belie the state of anxiety on the DMZ, 40 miles north 2018-02-15T05:00:00Z Mr. Weiss found that recovering dust-covered financial documents didn’t suit him, and after studying accounting at what is now Baruch College in Manhattan, he took up law at NYU. Melvyn I. Weiss, class-action king felled by kickback scheme, dies at 82 2018-02-06T05:00:00Z “Normally I’m not real superstitious,” he said this week from his dust-covered home, a gutted structure held up by exposed wooden beams but devoid of furniture and appliances. Astros’ World Series run lifts Houston amid Harvey recovery 2017-10-26T04:00:00Z There were a few moments of relief when several still-breathing, dust-covered survivors were pulled from the wreckage and transported to hospitals. Earthquake death toll climbs to 225 in Mexico as frantic search continues for survivors 2017-09-20T04:00:00Z Volunteers, soldiers and firefighters formed human chains and dug with hammers and picks to find dust-covered survivors and dead bodies in the remains of apartment buildings, schools and a factory. Desperate night search for children in Mexico school ruins after quake 2017-09-20T04:00:00Z Video released last weekend showed images of a disheveled and dust-covered girl who appeared to match Wenzel’s description. German girl arrested in Mosul is missing Linda Wenzel, say authorities 2017-07-22T04:00:00Z In 1920, on a visit to Marcel Duchamp’s studio in Manhattan, Man Ray’s ever-curious eye was drawn to a large sheet of dust-covered glass. History gathers dust … photographers add an extra layer to the story of a century 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z A pair of dust-covered gas masks, shards of munitions, gunpowder pellets, an ammo crate and other war materiel litter the floor. Death by stoning: Battered Syrian city offers a window into life under the thumb of ISIS militants 2017-05-21T04:00:00Z He repaired the part just in time to play the toccata in his dust-covered suit. An Organ Master Who’s Part Musician, Part Mechanic 2017-05-18T04:00:00Z Volunteers, soldiers and firefighters formed human chains and dug with hammers and picks to find dust-covered survivors and dead bodies in the remains of apartment buildings, schools and a factory. Desperate night search for children in Mexico school ruins after quake 2017-09-20T04:00:00Z To hear Adrian Fontes tell it, the hopes of thousands of would-be voters are trapped in dust-covered boxes at the Maricopa County Recorder’s Office. New Arizona registrar says state law denied thousands of legal voters the opportunity to cast ballots 2017-05-03T04:00:00Z Major Khair said some of them were foreigners, but from their disintegrating, dust-covered faces it was hard to tell. The Mother of All Bombs: How badly did it hurt IS in Afghanistan? - BBC News 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z They trudge through the desert, forming a dust-covered line that stretches for three miles before reaching a gathering area near the Baghdad-Mosul highway. Iraq's offensive against Islamic State militants in western Mosul sends thousands on trek for safety 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z "There are many injured still inside," said a dust-covered Khalaf of his neighborhood south of Mosul. U.S.-backed Iraqi forces enter Mosul airport and military base 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z When Marciano bought the space, he discovered dust-covered velvet jackets and powdered wigs. Guess Co-Founder Maurice Marciano is Opening LA’s Newest Museum 2016-11-28T05:00:00Z But it works, squeaky wheels and all, as you careen through the produce section with dust-covered spice containers stacked on the shelves above. Where Did My Supermarket Go? 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z The last images sent back may look like dust-covered rocks, but measurements sent back from Rosetta show that the comet is extremely porous - about 70% of its interior is empty space. Touchdown: Rosetta probe lands on comet 67P ending 12-year mission 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z Tons of wreckage - twisted steel beams, chunks of concrete smelling of smoke, a crushed fire engine, a dust-covered airline slipper - were salvaged from the World Trade Center site for preservation after the 2001 terrorist attacks. After 15 years, last artifacts of 9/11 have been given away 2016-09-11T04:00:00Z Taxis and ambulances screeched to a halt outside the city’s Al Razi hospital as desperate relatives rushed bloodied and dust-covered people, many of them children, into the emergency ward. Syrian City Torn by War Shows Jarring Resolve to Try to Live Normally 2016-04-30T04:00:00Z “This building should be the hub of activity in Portland,” Prator said, staring through the window of Portland Outfitters at the dust-covered rafts. National Geographic joining effort to boost geotourism 2016-03-19T04:00:00Z Toward the end of his father’s life, Ray discovered photo albums and scrapbooks in a dust-covered chest in his dad’s home. Modern theft of vintage gun revives 1927 Sultan murder tale 2016-02-06T05:00:00Z Debris hung from dust-covered tree limbs, and rescuers pulled an old man's bloodied body from the remains. ISIS video shows destruction from U.S. airstrike on Mosul bank 2016-01-12T05:00:00Z Terrified children are seen crying amid the dust-covered rubble caused by government air raids that struck last Sunday and Monday. What it looks like to be constantly bombed by Syria’s Assad 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z “Mad Max: Fury Road” In a year when many long-gestating franchise flicks flopped — think “Entourage” and “Terminator: Genisys” — people flocked to theaters to see George Miller’s dust-covered summer blockbuster. Could a blockbuster win the Oscar? With ‘Mad Max,’ ‘Star Wars,’ it doesn’t seem impossible. 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z Russian television last week showed Berlusconi carefully examining dust-covered bottles of wine while Putin listened to winery director Pavlenko giving them a tour. Putin, Berlusconi face Ukrainian investigation over drinking 240-year-old wine in Crimea 2015-09-18T04:00:00Z Her shoes still lie, dust-covered, in the driveway, where they slipped off as she made her hurried escape. As Iraq forces push back Islamic State, a lucky few are able to make it home 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z The most graphic images are those of Mr Chen among the rescue teams at the 2008 Sichuan earthquake, heaving onto his back the battered, broken, dust-covered bodies and carrying them from the rubble. China's controversial philanthropist 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z Then his dust-covered fingers dance across the ivories. Returning to the ruins of Homs 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z There are dust-covered shoes of those who fled the skyscrapers’ collapse. NYC memorial galleries depict 9/11 chaos 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z The dust-covered Opportunity rover aims to travel 3 more kilometres on Mars to reach clay deposits. NASA missions bid for extensions 2014-03-26T18:20:18.719Z "Venezuela was a paradise when I arrived," says Laudelino Morales, a 76-year-old Spanish immigrant who has spent half a century chiseling tomb-stones, in his dust-covered workshop round the corner from the Southern Cemetery. Venezuela's violent crime fuels the death business 2014-02-20T10:14:58Z If someone says “haggling,” you’ll probably think of dust-covered antiques at a flea market, or a box full of old LPs at a garage sale. 10 Tricks for Haggling Over Price—At Any Store 2013-12-18T16:44:31Z Kopelman started Half.com in 1999 to solve two pressing issues in his life: the need to be entrepreneurial and the desire to rid his shelves of the clutter of dust-covered books and movie DVDs. V is for Visionary: Five Lessons from Tech Titan Josh Kopelman 2013-09-03T14:24:00Z Around 500 dust-covered refugee tents blanket a valley outside of Arbil. Iraqi Kurdistan rules out intervening over Syrian border 2013-08-27T07:50:51Z The few grand pianos not looted by Turkish soldiers were sitting idle and dust-covered in abandoned living rooms, waiting to be played. Famagusta Journal: Cyprus Resort, Varosha, Remains Sealed Off to Visitors 2012-08-02T16:08:30Z Journalists were allowed into Midan on Friday, and pictures showed dust-covered corpses lying in the streets, with tanks and burnt-out cars littering the area. Syrian refugees flee in thousands 2012-07-20T14:20:25Z Many of these enthusiastic girls held glasses in their extended hands inviting the thirsty and dust-covered soldiers to drink. The Young Sharpshooter at Antietam 2012-04-19T02:00:29.860Z That evening for the first time since her death, he drew from a deep recess the dust-covered harp that had once quivered in responsive melody beneath the musical touch of his fair young mother. Baron Bruno Or, the Unbelieving Philosopher, and Other Fairy Stories 2012-03-28T02:00:24.407Z According to one historian who asked not to be identified, at least one of the archives’ branches is “dust-covered and fungus-ridden.” India Ink: In India, History Literally Rots Away 2012-03-20T11:04:58Z In Cathedral Square, dust-covered demolition workers gather at two trucks selling sandwiches and hot food, replacing the 40,000 tourists and office staff who once filled the heart of the city. City Rising From Deadly N.Z. Earthquake Spells End to Low Rates 2012-02-21T19:05:41Z Without a word, he walked to the wall and took down a braided dog-whip, dust-covered from long disuse. Lad: A Dog 2012-02-08T03:00:19.720Z The trees that bordered it were white with dust far up their trunks and the leaves of their lower branches, too, were dust-covered. The Corner House Girls Under Canvas How they reached Pleasant Cove and what happened afterward 2012-02-03T03:00:19.757Z It was as if she were in a dim room trying to see reflections in a dust-covered mirror; then, as if she brushed off the dust, and the pictures suddenly sharpened in outline. Lord John in New York 2012-01-04T03:00:30.077Z The stranger produced a dust-covered bottle with a yellow seal from the same drawer as before, and placed it before his companion. Mated from the Morgue A tale of the Second Empire 2011-11-15T03:00:23.507Z The major's hospitable doors opened to receive him within ten minutes of his dust-covered advent, and only by hearsay all that night could the garrison know of his presence. A Trooper Galahad 2011-10-12T02:00:53.977Z He stumbled to his feet, but overcome by weakness, he sank once more upon the dust-covered floor. The Nameless Island A Story of some Modern Robinson Crusoes 2011-10-08T02:00:20.880Z I was to locate there by a dust-covered window that looked out of the poolroom across the big vacant lot to the frame cottage where the layout was installed and wait for the signal. Taking Chances 2011-09-21T02:00:36.667Z It was much more pleasant to go to the open piano than to dust-covered law books. Stories of Great Musicians 2011-09-10T02:00:28.157Z After a mile or so a small, dust-covered car overhauled him and went by without a challenge from him. The Turner Twins 2011-08-28T02:00:36.990Z A dust-covered, moldy red military beret lies on the floor of one. Syria's City of Graves: Hama and Its History of Massacres 2011-08-15T16:25:00Z Judge Lampton, smoking a long, ragged stogie, jerked his feet down from among the dust-covered litter of ages upon his combination bookcase-desk. Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford 2011-08-11T02:00:13.017Z “He is at home, yes,” replied the servant, studying critically the dust-covered caller. The Motion Picture Chums at Seaside Park The Rival Photo Theatres of the Boardwalk 2011-08-05T02:00:44.900Z So for long hours Ellen shut herself in Mr. Sylvester’s dust-covered study and copied the inspired wanderings of his spirit which was what his sermons really were. The Heart's Country 2011-08-02T02:00:26.847Z The raucous blast of a freak auto horn ripped into the growling murmur of the gate machinery, and a dust-covered car pulled up in front of the commissary. The Real Man 2011-07-29T02:00:28.280Z One day this month in Jackson, a 2-foot-high cowboy in sky-blue-fringed chaps careened out of the chute, somersaulted off the sheep and rose immediately, dust-covered, pumping tiny fists to wild applause. Little Lambs, Not the Sheep, Get Early Lessons in the Rodeo Life 2011-07-26T01:23:58Z Nothing was moving on the wide stretch of the plains or under the fine, clear blue sky of early spring, except this train of shabby, dust-covered vehicles. The Black Opal 2011-07-13T02:00:16.323Z "But, Señor Conde, really we are scarcely presentable in such a company," he added, as he looked down on his dust-covered boots and dress. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 2011-06-29T02:00:23.750Z A slipper sits atop a pile of dust-covered clothes. Twin Towers steel sent for memorials across America 2011-06-23T18:13:11Z On the back of this flying pony was a lanky, dust-covered cowboy, swinging a lariat in approved fashion. Ruth Fielding at Silver Ranch Schoolgirls Among Cowboys 2011-06-14T02:00:23.130Z Nor 43 had he ever viewed such a battered up, dust-covered, crippled flock. Airship Andy or The Luck of a Brave Boy 2011-06-13T02:00:31.130Z With no idea of the time that had elapsed, dust-covered, a rent in her gown from a thorn-bush, she burst in on her mother and sister, who were halfway through dinner. The Old Blood 2011-06-13T02:00:22.897Z He was dust-covered, his face smeared and altogether he presented a most ludicrous sight. The Battleship Boys at Sea Two Apprentices in Uncle Sam's Navy 2011-06-06T02:00:06.803Z Barefooted and dust-covered children played inside the tube. Iraqi tribal disputes pose new challenge to oil firms 2011-05-29T09:54:06Z Trekkies By Virginia Heffernan Today's culinary war is not fought in the kitchen of our grandmothers, their dust-covered aprons and canned cherry filling resembling a German battlefield. The latest food war: Foodies vs. Trekkies 2011-05-16T22:01:00Z News of the capture of one galley and the destruction of the other had already reached them, and enthusiasm ran high as the bronzed and dust-covered soldiers tramped homewards. The Winning of the Golden Spurs 2011-05-17T02:00:18.050Z Why do I feel as though I’ve just opened a dust-covered issue of National Geographic with June Cleaver advertising Whirpool on one side and the Marlboro man riding into the sunset on the opposite fold? Cell Phone Radiation? Text, Don't Talk, advises FCC 2011-05-09T20:36:36Z When at last they reached Digby, they were warm and dust-covered, and glad enough, too, when they found carriages waiting for them at the station. Amy in Acadia A Story for Girls 2011-04-29T02:00:08.307Z So she writhed and groaned, her hopes all pathetically trampled and dust-covered now. Rose of Dutcher's Coolly 2011-04-10T02:00:07.273Z They might not understand, for example, what those dust-covered wishbones above the bar have come to mean. Dust Is Gone Above the Bar, but a Legend Still Dangles 2011-04-07T02:01:04Z There was a stone fireplace, and certain massive, dust-covered chairs grouped about it. The Strength of the Pines 2011-02-25T03:01:03.770Z And before the van had been emptied a dust-covered hack arrived, with four people inside and several boxes and a trunk sharing the top with the driver. A Pasteboard Crown A Story of the New York Stage 2011-01-26T03:00:25.590Z Even here there are local modifications, as at Ambato, where a shallow depression, surrounded by barren, dust-covered ridges exposed to cold winds, is celebrated for its warm, equable climate and its fruit. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" 2011-01-19T03:00:19.027Z Twilight had come; guests were returning, dust-covered, from their afternoon excursions; from time to time a carriage rolled by, in which beautiful ladies were sitting, comfortably reclining on soft cushions. Problematic Characters A Novel 2010-12-26T03:00:15.780Z “But the table cover,” whispered my friend, pointing to the large dust-covered cloth, whose corners touched the floor. Christmas Penny Readings Original Sketches for the Season 2010-12-20T17:11:47.497Z A worthless species of grass grew in sickly clumps, dust-covered. The Man from Jericho "All right," replied the other, and down they scampered without even so much as noticing the dust-covered window. In Story-land The walls were white, in alternate panels with small oval mirrors whose dust-covered surfaces looked like ground steel. The Valiants of Virginia You men tolerate an understanding between two women when it exists for the sake of cherishing the dust-covered memory of a man. Woman Everything on the story above was untouched, though perhaps a trifle more dust-covered and cobwebby than before. The School by the Sea Then around the abrupt turn of the road came a horseman, and Boone recognized him, with astonishment, as Morgan Wallifarro, dust-covered and mounted on a livery beast. The Tempering Five dust-covered, disheveled men moved steadily along a winding game trail, the rays of a noon-day sun pouring down on their tunic-clad backs through rifts in the arching branches overhead. The Return of Tharn We never estimate the Uffizzi or the Louvre by the number of paintings they contain, yet we continue to grade modern libraries by the number of volumes groaning on dust-covered shelves. The Library and Society Reprints of Papers and Addresses The dry, dust-covered leaves of the maples hung unmoved. The Broken Gate A Novel Struck by the well known sound of this voice Erastus stared at the afflicted dust-covered man and recognized with horror Inspector Sylvan whose guest he had frequently been in Ladenburg. Klytia A Story of Heidelberg Castle The dust-covered floor and the rusty lock both show that it has not been entered for a long time. The Green God Stanton looked down at his dust-covered clothes, and his fingers brushed at the dirt and mud, but when they came to his shirt they halted. Once Upon A Planet Placing the helmet on his head, he punched the controls and relaxed back on the table. wo levels below, under a pile of dust-covered trash, the body became suddenly conscious. World Without War Despite the cold, a gap of sockless, dust-covered ankle showed between his rough brogan uppers and the wrinkled legs of his butternut breeches. The Portal of Dreams Excepting the two dingy-looking, dust-covered parlors, which served as office and dining-room, the only portion of Mr. Basset's dwelling untenanted by lodgers was the attics. Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume I When he awoke dim daylight was struggling in through the one frost and dust-covered window which the cabin afforded. The Frontiersman A Tale of the Yukon The troopers were in campaign order, with rifled carbines slung over their backs, pugarees hanging from their shakoes over their necks, and were dust-covered and sunburnt, but soldierly. Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. II) In a moment he was at her side, dust-covered, his sandals torn, his pathetic eyes dilated. Mary Magdalen When a slim, elegantly-gowned lady had hastened to the door from the drawing-room, whence she was summoned by a page, she found two dust-covered figures in the act of alighting from a well-appointed car. Cynthia's Chauffeur But dust-covered and near to death, the comrades at length reached the field hospital. A Little Dusky Hero With a spurt, I passed him—a dust-covered soul, very hot and uncomfortable. Miss Cayley's Adventures A very weary and dust-covered couple trudged to the top of the last hill just before sundown and paused, with Lou’s hand instinctively clutching Jim’s arm. Anything Once He was out of breath, and his garments were dust-covered. Mary Magdalen He got down, and scowled, yes, actually scowled, at a porter who was hauling too strongly at the straps and buckles of the dust-covered trunks. Cynthia's Chauffeur In the white dust-covered elms in the courtyard, the cicadas were singing their hearts out, just like they do in the Crau plain. Letters from my Windmill The stagecoach is a thing of the past, but we still have the hardy, dust-covered, mud-daubed teamster, who yet must haul the freight far back into hills where for ages there will be no railway. Trail Tales Through the haze he saw something that reminded him of his friend Jimmy Hale, red-eyed, dust-covered, grinning at him. Death Points a Finger The dark eyed officer's eye fell speculatively upon his bound and dust-covered prisoner. Astounding Stories, March, 1931 But trouble though imminent was coming from another direction, as was suddenly shown when a man, dust-covered and hatless, rushed into the office. In the Shadow of the Hills The very air burns you … and, at the roadside, thousands of cicadas are calling to each other, from one white, dust-covered elm to another…. Letters from my Windmill Slowly it twisted round till a grimy, dust-covered face was turned upward, and a pair of expectant eyes peered up at the tops of the two cars. The Law-Breakers In the assay-house, where the furnaces were dust-covered, the scale case black with grime, and the floor littered with refuse crucibles, cupels, mufflers, and worn buckboards, they discovered a 53 bundle of old tablets. The Plunderer What had until then slumbered in the dust-covered manuscripts of the scholar became a powerful, life-determining movement. The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of Citizens An ordinary cellar, with furnace, coal bin, and a conglomeration of dust-covered trunks and discarded furniture, was revealed. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930 There were some unsteady tables, with dust-covered glasses long abandoned on them. Letters from my Windmill At last he protested with a vigorous, "Aww-hee-awwhee, a-w-w-h-e-e—" Remembering his loyalty of the night before, to appease him I left off rummaging in those dust-covered cabins. A Mountain Boyhood A dust-covered man sitting on a limp horse threw back the brim of his hat as he touched it, lifted himself stiffly out of the saddle, and dropped to the ground. Whispering Smith He was dust-covered, and draggled, and his tail drooped, and he sneezed again. Pariah Planet No––everything was dust-covered, and even rusty, as if it had not even been touched in months, perhaps years. The Crevice For instance, a harpsichord with the date 1710 on its case was found broken and dust-covered in an attic in Vienna. How the Piano Came to Be Of a morning in May the faded, dust-covered day-coach drew in at the tiny prairie village. A Breath of Prairie and other stories A servant, whose livery seemed but a slight modification of the native dress, brought some dust-covered bottles. The Traitors Huge Solidor, bare and bleak, rose grandly to the north, propping the high-piled shining clouds, and the somber, dust-covered fields of snow showed to what far height his proud summit soared above his fellows. They of the High Trails They came without warning, which is the free and easy way of the westerner, appearing in a mud-splattered and dust-covered Ford that had carried them blithely over two hundred and thirty miles of prairie trails. The Prairie Child Vanishing into the Mists The chiefs bravely emerge from these echoless silences, dust-covered but intrepid. The Vanishing Race Therefore she hurried her dressing and breakfast, and while dawn was still on the threshold, set off with Tony in the dust-covered 166 surrey that creaked its way along behind the stumbling gray mare. The Wall Between "The girls have seen us coming," said F�lice, picking her way daintily across the dust-covered floor, "and they have hidden themselves inside." Shapes that Haunt the Dusk It ran in wide, irregular sweeps in the general outline of a huge circle, surrounded by the dust-covered slopes melting into the plains, so vast that the eye ached in an effort to comprehend them. 'Firebrand' Trevison Perhaps it had learned the futility of such a search in a dead, dust-covered world. Omega, the Man A door was opened into an adjoining room where there was a dust-covered lounge, and every thing promised as much comfort as could be expected under the circumstances. The Humbugs of the World An Account of Humbugs, Delusions, Impositions, Quackeries, Deceits and Deceivers Generally, in All Ages Their bayoneted rifles leaned against the bank close at hand, while they, scantily clad in the scorching hours, lazily noted in tattered note-books the particulars of sweating, dust-covered wayfarers. The Tale of a Trooper Once more the great dust-covered room was empty. Shapes that Haunt the Dusk He was reeling in their grasp, his chin on his chest, his face dust-covered, disfigured, streaked with blood. 'Firebrand' Trevison At last on the highest peak they paused to rest on a dust-covered rock. Omega, the Man Sixty sunburned, dust-covered troopers ride grimly on, following the lead of a tall soldier whose kind brown eyes peer anxiously from under his scouting-hat. Starlight Ranch and Other Stories of Army Life on the Frontier At the end of the street rose the white columns of a long building with a big, black, dust-covered car in front. Frank of Freedom Hill As for the ponies, they raised their heads from where they were striving to get a little nourishment from some dust-covered twigs, and whinnied their welcome to their masters when they were saddled and bridled. The Peril Finders The couch of the invalid was beside them, a cheer was still ringing in the air, when two dust-covered horsemen rode upon the scene. The Last Woman A number of elaborate but narrow passages—dim, gloomy archways, where the chain and windlass stand dust-covered from disuse—connect the walled town with the extra-muros sections. The Great White Tribe in Filipinia Beyond the pine woods, in the patch of sunny road bordered by dust-covered hardhack and elder, she paused for a moment, to dash the tears from her eyes. Country Neighbors The two remaining guards, with shotguns under their arms, stood in the scant shade of two dust-covered trees. Frank of Freedom Hill I fumbled hastily through the old box cupboard with its few dust-covered odds and ends. Land of the Burnt Thigh Never would those dust-covered soldiers forget the halt they made in those green fields. Broken Bread from an Evangelist's Wallet They stood around tired, wretched, lint- and dust-covered, but expectant. The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills A young man stood on the broad stone, shabby, dust-covered, and with a tired face. Country Neighbors I was thrilling with hope and excitement as we dashed after the disappearing dust-covered automobile into a wide open gateway. The Car of Destiny “Evidently Rakata is not yet active,” said Nigel, looking up at the grey dust-covered crags as the canoe glided swiftly through the dark water. Blown to Bits The Lonely Man of Rakata, the Malay Archipelago We were about stooping to pick up the dust-covered morsels, when a strange exclamation from one of the hunters caused us to look hastily round. The Scalp Hunters They glanced about them but could see nothing, the torches revealing only huge stones and dust-covered vaults. Monte-Cristo's Daughter The letters were bound into a fat, dreary volume which still sits on the dust-covered shelves of many a library, and the name of the author has become a synonym for exquisite manners. The Book of Business Etiquette Rushing out of the house, he had reached the sidewalk when, to his unspeakable relief, round the corner from Willow Street came Rackliff, somewhat dust-covered and perspiring, trundling the motorcycle. Rival Pitchers of Oakdale Carpentras is a busy provincial town, the terminus of three diminutive railroads and of many little, lumbering, dust-covered stages. Cathedrals and Cloisters of the South of France, Volume 1 Far up the road, halted and looking back, were the man and girl, mounted on two dust-covered horses. Frank Merriwell's Bravery Through the broken pane of glass he could see bin upon bin of dust-covered bottles, Burgundy, claret, Sauterne, champagne, and no end of cordials, prime vintages every one of them. The Lure of the Mask But sit down, Mr. Horn,” and the grizzled reprobate pushed towards his visitor, who had hitherto remained standing, one of his rickety and dust-covered chairs. The Golden Shoemaker or 'Cobbler' Horn Then he knew that the dust-covered license number was not dust covered by accident. The Secret Wireless or, The Spy Hunt of the Camp Brady Patrol Even the denial of our political present is already a dust-covered fact in the historical lumber room of modern nations. Selected Essays A short distance away two dust-covered horses were standing, hitched to trees, their heads hanging low, while they still breathed heavily. Frank Merriwell's Bravery Cobwebs hung from the windows and the corners of the ceiling, occupied by huge, active spiders, lying in wait for some of the numerous flies which swarmed on the dust-covered panes. A True Hero A Story of the Days of William Penn Till he drew near they did not recognise the mud-bespattered, dust-covered traveller as their Captain, but he soon made himself known by his hearty cheer as he saw them. Roger Willoughby A Story of the Times of Benbow He cowered in his seat like a dust-covered plowman in a parlor, and when Mary looked in his direction his breath quickened and he shrank. The Eagle's Heart The spectacle which the new captain of Willoughby presented, as with scared face and dust-covered garment he rose slowly from the floor, was strange indeed. The Willoughby Captains My restless eyes roamed round the cheerless room, coming always back to rest upon a long dust-covered mirror set in the wall across the way. The Black Wolf's Breed A Story of France in the Old World and the New, happening in the Reign of Louis XIV Before them, over the dancing light of the four candles, stood the mutilated picture of Mary, beneath it the dust-covered dagger. The Best Short Stories of 1915 And the Yearbook of the American Short Story And surely never before did princess set herself with such eager, tender zeal to the office of handmaiden, as did Theresa when she discovered Mansana's wound, and perceived his dust-covered and lacerated condition. Captain Mansana and Mother's Hands Tad flushed slightly as he glanced down over his own rough, dust-covered clothes. The Pony Rider Boys in Texas Or, The Veiled Riddle of the Plains Long caravans of pack horses and mules and tented wagons came rumbling dust-covered across the fields, bells ajingle, driven by Cossacks all the way from St. Petersburg, six thousand miles. Vikings of the Pacific The Adventures of the Explorers who Came from the West, Eastward Ruefully they looked through the dust-covered interior and inspected the muddy trucks and brake-gear. Ray's Daughter A Story of Manila Plagues, the very names of which were almost unknown to them except for a cursory reference in the dust-covered books which few cared to read, fell upon them with a fury that none could escape. God Passes By Days later a dust-covered automobile worms its way through the traffic in Los Angeles and comes to rest before a tall office building. The She Boss A Western Story The dust-covered papers and miscellany which cumbered the table long undisturbed, spoke of an idle office and of hours unedged with interest. A Pagan of the Hills It was now four in the afternoon and the blazing sun of July was pouring its merciless rays down on their dust-covered and smoke-grimed faces without mercy. The Victim A romance of the Real Jefferson Davis They were a sturdy lot, their faces bronzed from exposure, their uniforms stained and dust-covered. My Lady of Doubt There were airlocks at their bases and dust-covered tunnels connecting them, and radar-bowls about their sides. Operation: Outer Space The spring crops have all been cut and the whole earth is dusty brown save for a few patches of young sugar-cane and the dust-covered verdure of the mango topes. A Bird Calendar for Northern India He was dust-covered, and draggled, and his tail dropped, and he sneezed again. This World Is Taboo The President turned with a gesture of impatience to an older man, dust-covered and smoke-smeared. The Victim A romance of the Real Jefferson Davis I watched them go past, the dust-covered green uniforms slipping by the crack of the door, as the men urged their horses faster. My Lady of Doubt The faint, careless surprise upon his face changed suddenly into downright bewilderment as he saw the dust-covered bodies, the cut lips, blood-streaked cheeks, and swelling eyes of the two men. Under Handicap A Novel The brown, dry, hard countryside, with its dust-covered trees, becomes for the time being a shallow lake in which are studded emerald islets innumerable. A Bird Calendar for Northern India I felt dust-covered and bruised from my rough experiences, and hoped to discover opportunities for a bath. When Wilderness Was King A Tale of the Illinois Country He recalled the unconscious, dust-covered, nameless waif he had once held on his lap beside the Bear Water. Bob Hampton of Placer And there were book cases filled to overflowing with books—all dust-covered, as if they had not been touched for years. Everychild A Story Which The Old May Interpret to the Young and Which the Young May Interpret to the Old The tattered bills had been torn down from the walls, the dust-covered files of papers removed, the ceilings and walls painted and papered. The Double Life Of Mr. Alfred Burton All along I found a sprinkling of American infantrymen, in their sweaty and dust-covered khaki suits, lying down and fanning themselves with anything that came handy, and sending rude jests at one another. Indiscreet Letters From Peking Being the Notes of an Eye-Witness, Which Set Forth in Some Detail, from Day to Day, the Real Story of the Siege and Sack of a Distressed Capital in 1900—The Year of Great Tribulation I found a very travel-stained little woman, down whose dust-covered cheeks tears had left their sign. Letters of a Woman Homesteader Through the forlorn, dust-covered vineyards they drove to San Guiseppe, where a church roof had fallen in and killed one hundred and forty people, maiming many more. Aunt Jane's Nieces Abroad "Evidently Rakata is not yet active," said Nigel, looking up at the grey dust-covered crags as the canoe glided swiftly through the dark water. Blown to Bits or, The Lonely Man of Rakata I have been turned into rooms piled to the window-sill with bundles of dust-covered despatches, and told to make the best of it. The Life of Froude He made no outcry, only came sorrowfully in, his mouth dry and dust-covered, dragging his hind leg, that hung loose like a flail; then he laid his head in the girl's lap. A Gentleman Vagabond and Some Others He allowed a blob of black paint to place a period where no period should be while he stared after Sudden's bulky form in the dust-covered car. The Thunder Bird It was early in the morning we met them coming west,—that long, weary, dust-covered, creeping caravan, a mile long, slow serpent, crawling westward across the desert. 54-40 or Fight It was a Bible, dust-covered and with rusty clasps, which had lain untouched for years. The Shadow of a Crime A Cumbrian Romance I smell the breath of the spices which are brought as presents, and I hear the shout of the drivers, and I see the dust-covered caravan showing that they come from far away. New Tabernacle Sermons Round the man's neck was a red handkerchief, the only spot of color on his dust-covered person. The Boy Inventors' Radio Telephone Her lovely face beams forth from the dust-covered and dingy canvas with beauty, sportiveness, and pensive grace. Raphael Pages of the Book of Life at Twenty Again Morrison looked at him; this time from his scrubby black beard to his dust-covered shoes. The Lady of Big Shanty The door was unlocked, and there, under the ranchero's bed, dust-covered, were possibly a dozen sacks of silver. A Texas Matchmaker When I see that caravan, dust-covered, weary, and exhausted, trudging on across the desert and among the bandits until it reaches Jerusalem, I say: "There is an earnest seeker after the truth." New Tabernacle Sermons But instead of dropping back, the dust-covered men rode on into the lead, the action being seemingly understood by every one except the new hand on the point. Wells Brothers The Young Cattle Kings Whatever the moving object was, it appeared to be half a mile away up the straight, dust-covered road. The High School Boys' Fishing Trip Here passed the depressed, dust-covered stage three times a week. Starr, of the Desert One sagged from a loosened hinge and flapped in the rising autumn wind, showing inside a window sash also dust-covered and with a newspaper crammed through a broken pane. The Mettle of the Pasture Even in its dust-covered condition it was a room to command respectful consideration. Strawberry Acres Riding straight across the grass toward the porch came a little group of a dozen officers, as I judged, although this was largely conjecture, their uniforms so dust-covered as to be meaningless. Love under Fire They were dust-covered and weary; the voice of their captain was faint with fatigue. My Year of the War Including an Account of Experiences with the Troops in France and the Record of a Visit to the Grand Fleet Which is Here Given for the First Time in its Complete Form On the other side of the road the column of dust-covered gray ghosts were being rushed past us. With the Allies She ate eggs and bread, and drank the red wine, never having conquered her disgust for Italian meat since first she saw the filthy carcasses, fly-infested, dust-covered, loathsome, being carted through the swarming streets. Cheerful—By Request Whereupon he reached up inside that fiery furnace and, groping over the hot stone shelf, brought down a scorched and battered and dust-covered little figure that had lain there for many years. Through the Wall HAY shows in a perspiring and dust-covered MESSENGER, and retires. Abraham Lincoln A weary sort of hoot chorused out from the dust-covered men. Antwerp to Gallipoli A Year of the War on Many Fronts—and Behind Them To those latter they would bring books or playing-cards and, among millions of dust-covered bottles, by candle-light, would wait for the guns to cease. With the Allies But I am certain the city once existed, and it may exist yet, though it may be in dust-covered ruins. Tom Swift and His Big Tunnel, or, the Hidden City of the Andes And while he was dancing about in pain and muttering a dust-covered oath, the other's staff came swinging through the cloud at one side—zip!—and struck him under the arm. Robin Hood The hot weather and dust-covered landscape, with the more than primitive accommodation of which he spoke in a letter to another friend, may have contributed something to this result. Life and Letters of Robert Browning His clothing was torn and dust-covered, his face was purple and bloated, and his hair was dusty and disordered. At the Foot of the Rainbow As he stood talking with the foreman a dust-covered automobile pulled into the garage. The Mad King They found shelves full of forgotten stock, dust-covered and profitless. Fanny Herself I came to the spy-place which commands the temple, and found the holy place empty, and, alas! dust-covered, and showing little trace that worshippers ever frequented it these latter years. The Lost Continent Every two weeks a dust-covered trooper would trot his jaded mount into the post and deliver a bulging sack of mail at headquarters. The Lost Continent From afar, Duncan began to notice a strange, dust-covered object in the road, as he headed toward town with the first load of the day's felling. Freckles It was upon this scene that a hatless, dust-covered man in a red hunting coat burst through the door that had admitted Maenck. The Mad King The fare was simple but plentiful; the only drink whisky and some ancient Marsala, in dust-covered bottles, produced by Timothy with great pride and served with his own hand. The Box with Broken Seals The bedroom that was their goal was tragic in its signs of intimate habitation strewn and dust-covered, as if years had passed since they had been set forth by an arranging feminine hand. Treasure and Trouble Therewith A Tale of California When you are unwilling to take your early morning coffee on the gritty, dust-covered, one-foot-square, propped-up-with-a-leg table in your stuffy compartment, you drink it sitting on this sofa. The Under Dog The roadside was parched under an August sun; tansy was dust-covered, and ferns had grown ragged and gray. Meadow Grass Tales of New England Life But when he arrived on foot, dust-covered, with shaggy hair, the bishops assembled to consecrate protested against the election. Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe Taylor handed his order to a dust-covered courier. The Man in Gray It was in one of these—a lady's boudoir, where his dust-covered baggage had been thrown down carelessly by his orderly on a blue satin sofa—that he sat down to write to Desiree. Barlasch of the Guard This time he was seated by the foot-square, dust-covered table assorting cigarettes. The Under Dog Samson stopped at his studio, and threw open an old closet where, from a littered pile of discarded background draperies, canvases and stretchers, he fished out a buried and dust-covered pair of saddlebags. The Call of the Cumberlands A strange, hairy, dust-covered figure, he knelt there. Darkness and Dawn He was clothed in an aged and tattered suit, and his derby was a marvel of dust-covered crown and torn rim. Men, Women, and Boats The moon was shining brightly now, and he saw that, in the semi-darkness, it would have been easy to mistake his blue serge, dust-covered as it was, for one of gray material. The Girl Aviators' Sky Cruise Her great, dark brown eyes and golden hair were indications of beauty, despite the careworn look and dust-covered features. The Real America in Romance, Volume 6; a Century Too Soon (A Story Suddenly from the inventor, pulling over some old dust-covered machines in a corner, came loud cries of surprise. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 17 On a high shelf in one back corner of the store there was a small dust-covered stock of assorted patent medicines. The Winning of Barbara Worth On top of this was a dust-covered figure. The Air Ship Boys : Or, the Quest of the Aztec Treasure Behind trudged the worn, dust-covered, wretched fugitives; and as they failed to realize their rescue, and that they were at last in safety, they did not abate their lamentations. The Prince of India — Volume 02 As the old man was leaving the cemetery there stopped at the head of the path a carriage which, from its dust-covered appearance and sweating horses, seemed to have come from a great distance. The Social Cancer And now the strange and beautiful sky could be seen through an upper window which was dust-covered and unwashed since the last summer. The Seven Who Were Hanged The girl came on at a run and—guiding her horse between the two dust-covered men—held out a hand to each. The Winning of Barbara Worth They followed the direction of his finger and saw slowly crawling toward the arroyo a red wagon, dust-covered and travel-stained. The Girl Aviators on Golden Wings The money which had been lying on the dust-covered table was gone, likewise the map and the dagger. The Rover Boys on the Great Lakes Or, the secret of the island cave From one bundle, not touched for years, dust-covered and time-discoloured, there came out a battered volume. This Freedom Face everywhere tender to the touch; clothes dust-covered and torn; both knees of trousers rent; silk hat stove in when in a backward rush he had set his foot upon it. Once Aboard the Lugger "If it had not been for you, my rocking friend," he went on, "I might be still dust-covered and in the attic." The Story of a White Rocking Horse And so it happened that the dust-covered train was rolling across the arid solitudes at the edge of the great alkali desert with our party of friends on board. The Girl Aviators on Golden Wings Throwing them off with a prodigious effort he scrambled to his feet, dust-covered, hatless and with hair in a sad state of disorder. The Pony Rider Boys in the Ozarks Or, the Secret of Ruby Mountain The stairs groaned under his weight, the dust-covered banister cracked loudly when he laid his hand upon it. Quill's Window To all appearances, the dust-covered apparatus stood just as it had been left when operations ceased, an unguessable length of time before. The Lord of Death and the Queen of Life Then a voice, and the coach was surrounded by dust-covered troopers and horses breathing heavily. Ranson's Folly But as Peggy and Roy—for of course our readers have guessed it was they—drew closer and their dust-covered features could be plainly seen, a great shout went up from the butte. The Girl Aviators on Golden Wings We all turned toward the door as Burke, dust-covered and tired, stamped in, followed by a man whose face was bandaged and bloody. Gold of the Gods Grace glanced back and saw a low, dust-covered racing car, rakish and low-hung, swinging along. The Outdoor Girls at Rainbow Lake Or, the stirring cruise of the motor boat Gem As they passed into the great house the first thing they noted was the floor, undivided, dust-covered, and bare, except for what had perhaps been rugs. The Lord of Death and the Queen of Life On the dust-covered table was a bowl and a spoon. The River's End In an angle of the wood the dust-covered policeman and the white-capped man came upon the racer, turned a little from the road, and waiting their arrival. Mr. Achilles "Well, all this is very strange!" remarked Hugh, utterly bewildered as he glanced at the forbidding-looking chauffeur and the dust-covered car. Mademoiselle of Monte Carlo As we passed through the dim and dust-covered buildings I looked curiously at the figures in the cases. Nonsense Novels He pressed against the dust-covered barrier, half expecting it to turn to dust; but evidently it had been made of the time-defying alloy. The Lord of Death and the Queen of Life Having stood alone within the garret for a few minutes, she called to the men, who, on entering, looked with curiosity at dust-covered forms in clay and in marble. Our Friend the Charlatan The few villagers whom he met turned and stood gazing after this dust-covered stranger, and wondered who he could be. File No. 113 Her gaze was fixed upon what at my first glance seemed to be a raised and patterned circle in the dust-covered floor. The Metal Monster "And I've told you a thousand times, sir, that we aren't, and never will be, and don't oughtn't to be," replied the soldier doggedly, drawing off the spurred and dust-covered boots. Under Two Flags Those clean-shaven, sun-tanned, dust-covered men, who had come out of the hell of the Dardanelles and the burning drought of Egyptian sands, looked wonderfully fresh in France. Now It Can Be Told A large draught horse harnessed to a dust-covered buggy, whose strained fore-axle, bent by the last mile of heavy road, had slanted the tops of the fore-wheels towards each other at an alarming angle. A Sappho of Green Springs All of the tapestry hangings and coverings were moth-eaten and in tatters; nothing seemed left but the dust-covered woodwork of the chairs and sofas. File No. 113 That night I was foolish enough to take down some dust-covered volumes from my modest shelves. Sixes and Sevens He indicated a heavily sealed dust-covered bottle which stood with two high glasses upon a salver. His Last Bow He stopped, and pointed for the second time to the dim, dust-covered garret-windows opposite. A House to Let The odour of dust-covered eternities did I breathe: sultry and dust-covered lay my soul. Thus Spake Zarathustra A book for all and none That night in his dreams he saw clouds of dust-covered jackets and horses with sweating flanks, and one of them named Ambitious led all the rest. The Man Who Could Not Lose Johnny Trumbull kicking up the dust, himself dust-covered, his shoes, his little queerly fitting dun suit, his cropped head, all thickly powdered, loved it. The Copy-Cat and Other Stories A grey twilight was struggling now through the high, dust-covered windows. The Vanished Messenger He dragged a dust-covered trunk from a corner of the cave, and with difficulty wrenched open its lid. Options And when Judkins put in appearance, riding a lame horse, and dismounted with the cramp of a rider, his dust-covered figure and his darkly grim, almost dazed expression told Jane of dire calamity. Riders of the Purple Sage With a screeching sound the iron-bound gates swung open and received the weary and dust-covered riders, flocking like sheep into a fold. Taras Bulba and Other Tales The weary, dust-covered warriors ceased not to threaten, nor the most zealous on both sides to exchange fierce remarks. Taras Bulba and Other Tales |
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