| 单词 | filmy |
| 例句 | In spite of the heavy fog rolling in, it was like some filmy gauze had been cleared from the atmosphere, or like a particularly nauseating stench had been done away with. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z His eyes became filmy and dull, and his reaching hand fell back with a limp thud against the throttle. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Now, one after the other she threw back the lids and lifted the filmy dresses, holding them up to the dim light. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z I looked up at the filmy bags of webworms high above me in the lush canopy of oaks bending over the river. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z The man was filmy, and staring through him at the screen was like looking through a dense fog. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z When Dicey awoke the next morning, she saw filmy shadows, as if the inside of the trailer was swathed in veils. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Mona looked at her out of her one good eye—it was startlingly blue compared to the filmy white covering the other—and said, “I am a greenwitch.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z One of her filmy eyes was terribly bloodshot. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Thank God, because yesterday I saw stray dogs splashing in that filmy water, what’s left of it anyway. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z It was sort of crunchy, because the sugar didn’t dissolve, and it was greasy and left a filmy coat in my mouth. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The turtle’s filmy inner eyelids blinked with uncanny precision, deflecting each shot. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The rain had condensed on the windows, covering the cracked windshield like a filmy overlay of lace. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z With one hand he held her wrist, the bundle of bedclothes under his arm; with the other he beat off the clinging filmy spider webs that came thick onto his lips and eyes. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Amil and I would fight over the pit, loving to gnaw every bit of fruit off it, the filmy stickiness coating our hands and face. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Though the old stairs sagged beneath us, the stairwell was draped in a filmy light from the open doorway to the floor above. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z You find the small empty space you remember, behind your mom’s long dresses hanging in their filmy dry-cleaner plastic. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z Then, before putting the ashtray back where it belonged, he used the under side of his forearm to wipe off the filmy wake of ashes from the glass top of the table. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z The sun was already high in the sky, a filmy white disc that winked at me through my window. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z As Theresa appraised her new apartment from the doorway — four bare walls, two filmy windows — she could not help but imagine what Helen would think of the decor. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z All I had, though, were a couple of bright filmy evening dresses that would have drawn attention to me, and, under the circumstances, made me look ridiculous. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z I ran as fast as I could to the storage shed, before I lost the last bit of light creeping in through the filmy windows. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z On the next shelf are paint bottles and stacks of paper, everything from thick watercolor paper to filmy sheets of jewel-colored tissue paper. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z The sky overhead was as filmy white as a corpse’s eyes, no sun, just a tepid glow from beyond the horizon. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z In the fog, the moon was filmy as an onion’s husk. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Her voice and her needles fell silent, and she glanced up at Bran with pale, filmy eyes and asked, "So, child. This is the sort of story you like?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Yossarian gorged himself in the mess hall until he thought he would explode and then sagged back in a contented stupor, his mouth filmy with a succulent residue. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Inside the Convoy, cigarette smoke mingled with fumes of grease from the back-room grill to create a filmy substance that hung near the ceiling like a patch of stubborn fog. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Then the wings were trapped again by the filmy, almost invisible strands of the web, and the black legs kicked at the air. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z In the house of our hostess, other guests were ready, fingers moving restlessly in filmy cloth or tucking in hair that had never escaped, and every mirror was a place for sidelong glances. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z It was chilly away from the fire, the leaded glass not doing much to keep winter at bay, and when she pulled the filmy curtain to the side and looked out, she spied a man. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z He opened the doors, letting the filmy white curtains flutter out into the afternoon. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The filmy enchantments of mirage could not endure the cold ocean water and the horizon was hard, clipped blue. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z They were unremarkable except for the whites, which were tinged with the filmy blue of the blind. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The great insect landed at once, its red and yellow gleaming like enamel, and its filmy wings stiff and still on either side. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z He gave Joana a strange smile, his top lip curling over filmy teeth. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The setting: Exposed brick walls, dark-wood booths separated by filmy curtains and dramatic lighting set the stage for a quiet rendezvous. Add flavor to your next date night at The Spice Room in Columbia City 2011-04-21T23:36:07Z Their drawings depicted buildings that effectively vaporized, much like filmy, see-through Minimalist glass structures done by the avant-garde today. Claude Parent, Visionary Architect of the Oblique, Dies at 93 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z Stella McCartney had the same idea, veiling organza sweatshirts over a color burst of zesty tangerine; her filmy layer was the ideal anesthetizer. T Magazine: Sheer Luck 2012-11-21T16:00:00Z Plus one filmy little robe, an elaborate gold chain and … it’s not exactly clear what. Is This What Post-MeToo Looks Like? 2020-03-10T04:00:00Z After Ethan shoots her at her own request, she collapses in his arms, her filmy white gown billowing around her, and announces happily she’s seen The Lord. The damsel in distress trap: How “Penny Dreadful” betrayed Vanessa Ives 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z At his latest outing, models strode the runway in filmy dresses seemingly lifted from “Little House on the Prairie,” but styled with balaclavas and chunky white patent leather or silver boots. The Apocalypse Is Coming. Here’s How to Dress for It. 2018-03-21T04:00:00Z The angelic part was evident in filmy dresses - the "moonlight eyelet asymmetrical dress," for example, looked like a vintage nightgown. Color, color everywhere on NY Fashion Week, Day 3 2011-09-10T20:41:11Z Yet they were cleverly crafted, the lacy dresses made by glazing intricate leather cutouts and knife pleats somehow conjured out of filmy lace. Special Report: Ballet Russes Takes a Bow 2010-09-21T10:50:00Z There were floral frocks and filmy blouses among the adorably pierced and punked-out goths of Hell’s Kitchen. On a Shockingly Casual Case of Sexual Assault 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z Upstairs, in the gallery for resident artists, Jung Min Park is showing painted-and-snipped pieces that range from filmy abstractions to partly realistic city scenes. Review | In the galleries: Doubling down on artworks 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z In a serendipitous moment captured in a photograph, a young woman in a filmy summer dress faced down the police during protests in Baton Rouge after the death of Alton Sterling. How women reclaimed their place in fashion’s spotlight in 2016 2016-12-28T05:00:00Z The larger show features artists who work not on but with paper — snipping, folding, shaping or assembling pieces that range from filmy to substantial. Review | In the galleries: Exhibit upends male-centric myths, legends and folklore 2020-10-14T04:00:00Z When Marina instructs her not to wear anything too revealing, Eva paws through her pile of filmy belly dancing outfits. Television Review: Left the Volga, Kept the Vulgar 2011-08-10T22:02:55Z Ms. Kao, a New York designer known for filmy knits and aggressive black leather, plans to infuse her next collection, in September, with some of that movie’s violent colors and savage frills. Film and Fashion: Just Friends 2010-03-04T16:34:00Z So a filmy apron dress turned to reveal crisp-cut shorts at the rear — or, by contrast, a plain skirt had an exit line of frills. Transparently Sporty 2012-10-01T19:05:37Z Costume designer Alejo Vietti’s filmy period suits, skirts and shorts are fetchingly designed for these romantically combustible characters to preen in. Shakespeare Theatre throws a musical punch with ‘Kiss Me, Kate’ 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z The confluence of hip-hop history and fashion iconography was too much to resist, and I bought it, even if Dapper Dan himself would never have used a cotton this filmy. Is Gucci Stylish or Tacky? Yes. 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z Over and over, in soft-edged blocks layered on filmy backgrounds, he modeled a commitment to abstraction that charged at the hardest questions of life and art through refusal of the easy path. Mark Rothko at Full Scale, and in Half Light 2023-10-25T04:00:00Z Jewel decoration on sweaters, filmy fabrics and leather for a bomber jacket suggested manipulating fabrics but nothing much more. Fashion Review: J.W. Anderson’s Mesmerizing Weirdness 2014-02-16T18:38:24Z The mesmerizing Tsikurishvili is even dressed like smoke, in filmy black layers that practically float around her as the nameless witch — not called Maleficent — infiltrates and darkens this evergreen fairy tale. No thorns in Synetic’s wordless yet enchanting ‘Sleeping Beauty’ 2016-12-12T05:00:00Z Vintage prints from the Congo were mixed with faded prairie patterns, while solid jacquard weaves played off against filmy fabrics. Next Summer? Tough vs. Tender 2012-09-09T17:05:31Z The St. Louis Symphony Chorus brought filmy subtlety to the hovering vocal mist of the third section, “Sirènes.” Review: David Robertson Leads the St. Louis Symphony at Carnegie Hall 2015-03-22T04:00:00Z I began to see the world through the filmy screen of calorie counting and the desperate press of fingers inside my throat. Modern Love: Modern Love: Revelations of a Feminist 2011-09-08T22:11:00Z A filmy mask is laid atop her face, “American Psycho”-style. ‘Perry Mason’ Season 2 Finale: Case Closed 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z Morris's company are of diverse shapes, ages and ethnic backgrounds, but united by an acute musicality and by filmy Grecian costumes which, in a sense, are foreign to all of them. L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato; Cinderella 2010-04-21T16:49:00Z However filmy the memories, there was the bond of sheer survival. I tried to cut 100 Facebook friends. One was Meryl Streep. 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z To underline the character’s more fragile side, Mr. Wilkinson draped Ms. Stewart in a filmy silk dressing gown. Jean Seberg’s Legacy: A Look With a Life of Its Own 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z Narciso Rodriguez made his dresses seem super sharp, using color blocks or cutaway racing backs under filmy fabrics for a show that faced off angular shapes and liquid drapes. Special Report: Fashion: Rodarte, Oscar de la Renta and Narciso Rodriguez continue refreshing the dress 2011-09-14T16:32:57Z Ms. Welch, her red hair spilling over a filmy black Chanel dress, was accompanied by a harpist. On the Runway: Paris: Sing Out 2011-03-06T01:00:06Z At the same time, the family — frequently viewed through filmy glass or blood-spattered plastic — is sui generis, its dietary preferences repeatedly referred to as a ritual whose origins remain unexplained. | 'We Are What We Are': ?We Are What We Are?: They Are What They Eat 2011-02-18T01:25:20Z That is something Mr. Stearns will try his best to avoid when he ties his point shoe ribbons and dons a head wreath and a filmy, white dress in Alexei Ratmansky’s “Bright Stream.” Have Any Point Shoes In a Man?s Size 9? 2011-06-03T18:22:07Z In a vast, shallow pool, beneath the high-arched ceiling of the Park Avenue Armory’s Wade Thompson Drill Hall, the hems of their filmy white kimonos trail along the surface. Review: A Spellbinding ‘Antigone,’ Both Timeless and Urgent 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z The second and longer part of the show begins when the performers don filmy costumes trimmed in silky fur to enact a long, convoluted drama inspired by the sketchy details of the war photographer’s death. | 'The Deer House': Grazing in Dark Woods of the Human Soul 2010-10-07T21:30:00Z For every smart daytime outfit, topped with a felt hat and set off with shiny lips, there was a filmy evening dress, using similar colors for chiffon float-away panels that revealed a lot of leg. Special Report: Fashion: Sleek and Luxe 2011-02-23T18:43:30Z These days, the filmy metal is often used in nonsectarian work, including some of the paintings and mixed-media pieces in “Gold Rush,” at the Mansion at Strathmore. In the Galleries: Putting the ‘gold’ in ‘Gold Rush’ The garment is tied with a rope that would look more at home in Popeye’s hands, and the body glimpsed through the filmy fabric is oddly sexless, revealing neither breasts nor nipples. Full-frontal absurdity: The world of Louise Bonnet's fleshy, surreal portraits 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z The trajectory of the show — from filmy white safari shirt through hand-woven batik — does not express, except in the printed program, any overt signs of the loving care taken at the origin of the work. Fashion Review: Created With Loving Care 2012-10-04T07:28:01Z For the prettiness of a short-and-sweet A-line lace dress, the delicacy of a filmy white shirt, or bright “Valentino” red for lace, evening dresses were absolutely in the spirit of the Roman couturier. Fashion Review: Karl Lagerfeld Sends Out a Pearl of a Chanel Show 2011-10-04T17:38:09Z But however much they swayed their narrow hips in filmy tight-stretch dresses and risked falling off their brutally high heels, there was no contest — not even from the head-to-toe-tatooed male model on the runway. Special Report: Fashion: Lady Gaga on the Runway 2011-03-03T11:54:28Z This was an upscale collection, yet its strength was in moving downward: flat sandals highlighted with twinkling stones for at least two-thirds of the show; and long skirts in delicate, crunchy or filmy lace. Fashion Review: Karl Lagerfeld Sends Out a Pearl of a Chanel Show 2011-10-04T17:38:09Z And Friday morning, Jonathan Anderson’s collection at Loewe was filled with delicate lace, filmy dresses with patterns that hinted at sand dollars and satin ones that were elegant without being prim. Olivier Rousteing said his Balmain collection was inspired by his millennial childhood. That’s not fair to millennials. 2019-09-28T04:00:00Z Dressed in Elizabeth Kurtzman’s filmy white tunic, Ms. Ward exudes a warmth that is in stark contrast to Samuel Black’s tightly wound St. Ignatius. Dance Review: Mark Morris Dance Group at BAM Opera House 2012-03-03T00:04:35Z Long, flowing russet-colored print dresses, a golden brocade skirt suit, sequin-encrusted palazzo pant ensembles, and miles of tulle creating everything from a bandage top to a dress to filmy overlays on lace and sequin skirts. Special Report: Haute couture: Putting It All Out There 2010-07-07T16:52:00Z Those earlier outfits are still highly desirable, as in the filmy chiffon ’30s dresses worn by the actress Rebecca Hall in the November couture supplement to Vanity Fair magazine. Vintage Fashion on the Auction Block 2011-11-28T12:07:04Z In the process, her larger-than-life persona "became like an armor," she said, dressed at the Chateau in flared jeans and a filmy purple blouse. Florence Welch says no tricks on new, stripped-down Florence and the Machine album 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z The second half, warmer and looser than the first, featured Björk with her hair down, in a dress whose filmy cape flowed about her as she danced. Review: Björk at Carnegie Hall, Heartbreak and Pathos 2015-03-07T05:00:00Z “I quit my job to work here,” said one, who introduced herself as Rachel, and was swathed in a filmy tunic funked up with black leggings and chunky leather boots. | AllSaints Spitalfields: The Rugged Charm of Jack the Ripper?s London 2010-06-09T01:28:00Z Panne velvet jackets and dresses looked appealing, as did 1920s tunics with filmy pants and swirly prints in turquoise and chartreuse for jersey dresses. 2010-02-16T00:26:00Z Long skirts gave a monklike quality, although for every long military coat or belted jacket, there was a wisp of filmy fabric on view. 2010-02-15T13:10:00Z A long dark cape introduced luxury peasant wear: georgette dresses in flower prints that looked like black and white photographs stitched into a filmy fabric. Fashion Review: Marchesa Goes to the Scottish Highlands 2014-02-16T12:38:54Z He, too, showed stiff coats in bonded blocks of gray, off-white and silver; tunics with sleeves in a contrasting material; filmy layers, and glazed tweed. New York Fashion Week: Fashion Review: Tech Pushes Tradition Into the 21st Century 2011-02-18T02:01:11Z While the concerns are contemporary, the tempera paint and filmy gold on gessoed wood evoke Renaissance altarpieces and Slavic icons. Review | In the galleries: Depicting nature’s vital, ephemeral connections 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z One of the new liberties Song clearly prizes is the ability to depict nudity, whether painting a pudgy tyrant in the raw or a shapely woman wrapped only in a filmy North Korean flag. Review | In the galleries: Artist explores how castoff materials can be a venue to enlightenment 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z But gray also is the color of graphite, and Evans’s furniture arrangements begin as delicate pencil drawings on filmy rice paper. In the galleries: Phantom people make a statement — a beautiful one 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z Jason Wu ’s flowers were powerful as petals — not just the ones that hung as Lucite cutouts or paved the catwalk, but as patterns on filmy fabrics. Special Report: Fashion: Victoria Beckham, Alexander Wang and Lacoste bring color and a sense of digital exploration to New York Fashion Week 2011-09-11T17:37:04Z The earthy colors emphasize that Mendoza’s work in made of clay, even when he transmutes it into something as a filmy as a flower or a cloud. Review | In the galleries: This art will really speak to you 2017-06-21T04:00:00Z For decades, researchers have assumed that the inevitable filmy buildup on electrodes inside rechargeable batteries is the driver of performance loss. A new twist on rechargeable battery performance 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z Whether it was a filmy deconstructed trench coat, a ribbed turtleneck with detachable sleeves, or those impeccably tailored trousers, every piece was crafted. Dior triumphs with Parisian runway melding women’s past and future 2023-09-26T04:00:00Z The runway featured a new highly bleached denim, a series of filmy, ruched dresses, and a creative take on sweaters, with long sleeves worn tied around the neck like a scarf. At Proenza Schouler, bleached denim, sweaters-as-scarves, echoes of wind chimes: NY FASHION PHOTOS 2023-09-10T04:00:00Z Dressed in a filmy purple dress, two black ribbons tied into her blond hair, she sipped an energy drink through a straw between puffs from a banana-yellow vape pen. Trans rights are under attack. Kim Petras fights back, with more pop bangers about sex 2023-06-21T04:00:00Z Ten giggling children, wearing short unitards or leggings or a filmy skirt just because, assemble on the long floor mats, managing to dance even when sitting down. An afternoon at Rainier Dance Center, where people become dancers 2023-05-01T04:00:00Z This filmy mosaic selectively permits charged lithium ions to cross during discharge and controls movement of electrons that supply the battery's power. A new twist on rechargeable battery performance 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z In it, a girl runs barefoot through the snow in a filmy nightie, blood in her tracks, until she falls into a pit and is impaled by sharpened sticks. ‘Yellowjackets’ Shows Us the Teenage Girlhood We Were Hungry For 2023-04-01T04:00:00Z He also visited a creek near the derailment site, releasing a video in which he used a stick to stir a filmy substance in the water that he described as evidence of possible contamination. East Palestine Crisis Tests a Trump-Backed Senator 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z Dressed in a filmy floral-print shirt and smartly tailored trousers, he discussed Frank Sinatra, great hair and the death of England’s queen. Arctic Monkeys' Alex Turner on fame, Frank Sinatra and the elusive search for the 'mega-riff' 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z Ms. Gonzales protests that a thin, filmy lining separates the white and the shell. Back to School and Back to Normal. Or at Least Close Enough. 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z Gill underscores the vulnerability of the bodies by incorporating scraps of fabric or patterns, notably filmy lace. Review | In the galleries: Women view environmental issues via imagery 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z “His music is filmy, nebulous. It melts. It enters unobtrusively and dies by slowly slipping away. In between the drama can be gripping, but it sneaks up on you.” Ingram Marshall, composer who used electronics, natural sounds, dies at 80 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z Often the bodily contours meld with filmy items of clothing that are fixed in place but seem to ripple. Phillips Collection show commemorates victims of domestic violence 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z On Christmas morning last year, most of the gifts under my family’s tree were adorned in filmy old drugstore wrapping paper: green plaid, snowflakes, Santa Claus. Why My Family Loves Giving Leftover Junk 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z But the textures were a major drag for others: After a few sips, tasters detected the drink left a filmy coating on the roofs of their mouths. What’s the best hard seltzer? We tried 18 new flavors to find out. 2021-05-13T04:00:00Z I was alarmed to read in your column that crinkly plastic like in salad bags can’t be included with filmy plastic for recycling. Perspective | Mesh bags and shredded documents: Answer Man gets into the recycling weeds 2019-11-09T05:00:00Z The paper cup from a popular coffee chain is not recyclable, in current markets, because of the filmy wax inside. Column: I took the contents of my blue bin to the recycling center. Here’s what I learned 2019-08-17T04:00:00Z But some tasters thought it was too much, with a “filmy texture.” Perspective | Who makes the best cookies-and-cream ice cream in the U.S.? We scooped up 15 top brands to find out. 2019-07-10T04:00:00Z If you were merely hungry, would you eat fetid, filmy lunchmeat? Sssssolutions that are so repelling 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z Representing what Sontag called “the convertibility of ‘man’ and ‘woman,’” designer Thom Browne contributes a man’s wedding outfit that combines a black tuxedo with a white filmy skirt. Bring on the camp: Met Gala exhibit explores camp in fashion 2019-05-06T04:00:00Z This filmy coating may mean more frequent washing, which breaks down the towel. How to have the softest towels | Produced by Advertising Publications 2019-04-19T04:00:00Z There were patchwork floral prints, on long filmy dresses or ponchos or coats. At Oscar de la Renta, meditations on a multicultural Spain 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z Not exactly: The dresses my grandmother sold were often showy, long, filmy, shiny concoctions, with sequined necklines and lace sleeves. Opinion | The Fashion Plates of Schulman’s 2018-12-15T05:00:00Z To modern eyes, Marie Antoinette looks pretty and natural in her filmy dress. The Surprisingly Rich History of Women’s Underwear as Outerwear 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z Also, the body or leotard or camisole as a flimsy, filmy base layer to wear with some slouchy trousers or a pleated skirt is definitely happening. London fashion week: the inside scoop 2018-09-19T04:00:00Z Somehow the raindrops and the misty air at the 19th-century Marble Cemetery enhanced the mood, providing a perfect backdrop for the filmy, floral creations. Under a steady rain, Rodarte’s fairytale designs shimmer 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z She says that she went to the police on one occasion but her complaint was dismissed by officers who said "filmy people" can do what they want. Bollywood: The reality of sexual harassment 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z But there also was still the luxury you would expect from the storied house via intricate beading, Elizabethan embroidery and filmy tulle fabric. Coming soon: Bigger, more embellished accessories | Produced By Advertising Publications 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z Jason Wu paired white shoes with black sheer nylons and filmy dresses. Perspective | White shoes for the fall must be fashion’s way of telling us our planet is doomed 2018-02-10T05:00:00Z The parents, who are police officials, said that one officer accused their daughter of "making up a filmy story". Police parents catch 'daughter's rapists' 2017-11-03T04:00:00Z What's more, egg shapes really aren't about the shell, she and her colleagues found. Rather, the filmy membrane just beneath the shell dictates the overall shape of the egg. Ever wonder why eggs are shaped like eggs? Scientists say they’ve figured it out. 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z They are lyrically filmy and very lovely, though only by a willing stretch do they relate much to the poem. The Audacity of Robert Rauschenberg 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z The filmy white garb, the glistening avocado, the melting calla lilies — all arrayed in Edenic plenitude — add up to an alluring, sensory glamour. How Amanda Chantal Bacon Perfected the Celebrity Wellness Business 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z But this was a fall collection, and here were lush flowers and filmy white dresses and white shoes. Perspective | White shoes for the fall must be fashion’s way of telling us our planet is doomed 2018-02-10T05:00:00Z Posh bought them as backups for the garden parties we seldom throw, so for five years the glasses sat in the garage, getting kind of filmy. I'm throwing a yard sale: Everything must go! 2017-04-29T04:00:00Z The saleswoman stalked us nervously as we examined filmy lingerie and nearly intervened when he held a red and black lace bra up to a mannequin to gauge size. My undocumented friend: Carlos does the work few in Vermont want to do 2017-03-25T04:00:00Z A sparkling cocoon of crystal and crushed velvet with filmy drapery and ivory napery, Circadia is puttin’ on the glitz like nowhere else in town. Circadia brings a new level of glitz and glam to Seattle’s restaurant scene 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z “Here, now,” I ventured reproachfully, “that has been considered a very beautiful passage. See, it describes your clothes. You are dressed in—let’s see—well, a sort of filmy garment. It streams out behind you—” “I.O.U.” 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z There were cropped pants, a few filmy black tops, and shimmering paillette dresses. Narciso Rodriguez offers a ‘no shenanigans’ collection 2017-02-15T05:00:00Z There were long, filmy chiffon skirts or dresses, their lightness complemented by generously oversized jackets on top. Politics and poetry reign at NY Fashion Week 2017-02-12T05:00:00Z Wearing filmy black masks that concealed their faces, Tyler Joseph and Josh Dun might’ve been registering their discontent with Trump and his thoughts on torture. American Music Awards a mix of warm-and-fuzzy escapism and sharp political commentary 2016-11-20T05:00:00Z Visitors lingered to look at blue-painted women wearing deconstructed jeans, single denim pockets strapped on as accessories, filmy jackets and even crystals. At London Fashion Week, Labels Want More Buzz From Less Show 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z “They must have been slightly alienated. How about page 223? Could you love a man who wore floating underwear? Who was—who was filmy?” “I.O.U.” 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z Women were told to wear black niqabs or veils that covered their faces and eyes, forcing them to see through a filmy gauze. Inside the brutal but bizarrely bureaucratic world of the Islamic State in Libya 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z There are times when it even clings to him like a filmy residue. What the world looks like when you look like Obama 2016-06-25T04:00:00Z Each face is painted a bit differently, in a range from filmy to impastoed, and each feels individually known: liked, not liked, loved, perhaps feared. Art’s One-Woman Insurgency 2016-05-16T04:00:00Z Instead of being buttoned or zipped, such classical pieces are wrapped and tied; and their filmy, lightweight fabrics keep you cool as the late-spring sun begins to throw its weight around. Grecian Formulas: Modern Goddess Style for Spring 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z Such “naked dresses”—little more than mesh, filmy georgette... Spring Fashion Goes Sheer—Without Going Too Far 2016-03-09T05:00:00Z On the more fairy-tale side of things, there were a few dresses in filmy pastel tulle, such as a duck egg tulle Grecian gown with billowing sleeves. NY Fashion Week: Kors, Delpozo, DKNY, Proenza Schouler 2016-02-17T05:00:00Z Designers swarmed around her, some crouching, others on tiptoes, muttering in Italian and tugging at a white filmy dress. The Forceful Brilliance of Donatella Versace 2016-02-12T05:00:00Z It’s creamy, but doesn’t leave a filmy aftertaste. Cheap cans of beer, ranked 2016-01-08T05:00:00Z Since the Journal is the party organ for what’s left of the northeastern Republican establishment, you can almost see the filmy coating of flop sweat staining the paper. Donald Trump is immune to reality: What the GOP establishment needs to recognize—and fast 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z Indoors together, they dress as they would in private at home, in leggings and loose T-shirts or filmy tops, with hair tied back or covered by a kerchief. Fleeing Syria: An Unwelcoming World 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z Those pinks ranged from a pastel, filmy pink shirt dress - very short - to suits with floral accents, to longer slip dresses. A splash at Hilfiger, a pop art explosion at Jeremy Scott 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z The muscle is built on the epidermis of the onion, the filmy layer underneath the outer shell. This new artificial muscle is made from gold-plated onion skin 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z She showed me a huge cement lump painted a patchwork of vengefully strident colors that segued into lovely filmy golds and violets. The Timely Sculpture of Rachel Harrison | The New Yorker 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z Deep Woods Sportsmen II: You’re not the type to be deterred by biting winds, scorching sun or a little filmy residue. Bite fighters 2013-08-24T15:13:32Z She was clad in glowing red, a soft filmy stuff of wonderful beauty; and with her snowy arms and her perfect neck and shoulders, she made a picture not to be gazed upon too steadily. A Captain of Industry Being the Story of a Civilized Man 2012-04-25T02:01:06.607Z Will not the woman of the East regret the mysterious charm she owed to her filmy mask? The Life of Mohammad The Prophet of Allah 2012-04-25T02:01:04.030Z She was clad all in light, filmy white, with two red roses at her bosom, and her hair a glory. The Clammer and the Submarine 2012-04-17T02:00:15.727Z In the glare of the lights his eyelids beat heavily, painfully, like the wings of an imprisoned moth, over his filmy eyes. Mortal Coils 2012-04-06T02:00:30.740Z Young resembling parents, but penultimate instar passive and enclosed in a filmy pellicle. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" 2012-04-04T02:00:56.447Z She looked up at him with a pleading glance and produced a filmy little feminine handkerchief. Mitchelhurst Place, Vol. I (of 2) A Novel 2012-04-03T02:00:33.630Z She twitches, and her eyes look dull and filmy, or glassy and staring. A Manual of Toy Dogs How to breed, rear, and feed them 2012-03-25T02:00:07.687Z I then saw that, unlike the spirits at Miss Berry's, the form of "Mrs. Powles" was draped in a kind of filmy white, over a dark dress. There is no Death 2012-03-22T02:00:39.257Z A rather pretty story is told of Mrs. Carlyle, which, perhaps, very well illustrates this filmy relation. The English Novel And the Principle of its Development 2012-03-21T02:00:37.123Z Even the filmy corona of the sun was investigated in similar fashion by Deslandres at the total eclipse of 1893, and he found that it rotates bodily with the sun. Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies 2012-03-17T02:01:02.630Z And she waved her filmy gossamer scarf that blew lightly in the air. The Devourers 2012-03-16T02:00:23.493Z "The Man packet-boat?" she thought, as she tied the last ribbon at her neck and looked sideways at her appearance in the squat, filmy mirror. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z All the spirits that appeared with the doctor were so clothed, and I wondered if the filmy substance had anything to do with the lights, which looked like electricity. There is no Death 2012-03-22T02:00:39.257Z These are certainly but shadowy connections; yet, probably, the greatest works are built upon quite as filmy a relation to any actual precedent facts. The English Novel And the Principle of its Development 2012-03-21T02:00:37.123Z Also in the constellation Cygnus, Barnard has discovered very extensive nebulosities of a delicate filmy cloudlike nature which are wholly invisible with telescopes, but very obvious on highly sensitive plates with long exposures. Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies 2012-03-17T02:01:02.630Z He had seen Sallie lift a filmy, lace-edged handkerchief from her lap—and caught sight of something that it was meant to conceal. The White Blackbird 2012-03-10T03:00:15.513Z They are sometimes frothy too, and a Pellicle, or thin filmy Skin, appears on the Top, and adheres to the Sides of the Glass that contains them. Advice to the people in general, with regard to their health 2012-03-10T03:00:11.780Z As he knelt there he became covered, or heaped over, with a mass of the same filmy drapery as enveloped "Francis," and when he rose again he was standing in a cloud. There is no Death 2012-03-22T02:00:39.257Z He stood aside when she swept past him and vanished with a rustle of filmy draperies. Long Odds 2012-03-02T03:00:08.670Z At the expiration of five minutes, perhaps, we may detect a filmy, pinkish-yellow tint on the paper, following beneath the upraised border of the cap, like a shadow faintly lined with white. Eye Spy Afield with Nature Among Flowers and Animate Things 2012-02-24T03:00:23.760Z He saw the bride pass slowly up the aisle on the arm of her father, with the lace veil scarcely lighter or fairer than her own filmy hair. Vignettes of Manhattan; Outlines in Local Color 2012-02-20T03:00:20.550Z There is no generally filmy appearance over the leaves; the moisture is collected in little drops placed at short distances apart, along the edges of the leaves all round. Meteorology or Weather Explained 2012-02-20T03:00:18.847Z If the White Pilgrim would obey her summons, with what gratitude she would cling to his filmy raiment! My Lords of Strogue, Vol. II (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:26.817Z At last he turned, and strode forward impulsively as the girl he waited for came down the stairway in a filmy dress of lace-like texture that rustled softly as it flowed about her. Long Odds 2012-03-02T03:00:08.670Z Was ever lace even of fairy queen fashioned so daintily as are the wings of this diaphanous pale green sylph, that flutters in its filmy halo above the grass tips? Eye Spy Afield with Nature Among Flowers and Animate Things 2012-02-24T03:00:23.760Z The girls nodded, and hurried to their rooms, to appear a half-hour later in filmy white dresses, their hair tied by pink and blue bows. The Twins in the South 2012-02-13T03:00:16.113Z It was damp, and the grass round it was filmy moist. Meteorology or Weather Explained 2012-02-20T03:00:18.847Z I strove to trace the filmy thread that lies between consciousness and sleep, and I fancied that it was a raveling from a rainbow, with one end in the sunset, the other in the sunrise. Bolanyo 2012-02-12T03:00:14.503Z Desmond made a gesture of concurrence as he glanced at the filmy spray-cloud that drove like smoke up the wet and glistening beach. Long Odds 2012-03-02T03:00:08.670Z Yet such is the initial experience of the baby lace-wing flies as they emerge from their filmy, iridescent cradles, whose very first experience in life must needs be a daring feat of acrobatics. Eye Spy Afield with Nature Among Flowers and Animate Things 2012-02-24T03:00:23.760Z She had put on a filmy white muslin dress with gold ribbons that morning with the idea of matching her dog's coloring. Lad: A Dog 2012-02-08T03:00:19.720Z On the green turf all motionless they lie, In dreams romantic as the dreams of sleep, The filmy air slow-glimmering on their eye, And in their ear the murmur of the deep. The Isle of Palms and Other Poems 2012-02-04T03:00:15.103Z There was scarcely a breath of air, and the smoke of the big mills hung in a long trail above the oily Inlet and floated in a filmy cloud athwart the towering pines. Thrice Armed 2012-02-03T03:00:24.970Z She swept past him with a swish of filmy fabric, and he turned to the elder lady, who made a little gesture of resignation. Long Odds 2012-03-02T03:00:08.670Z Florence had an eye for color and an artistic taste in dress, and she was attired then in filmy draperies of a faint, shimmering green—the color of clear sea-water rippling over sand. A Prairie Courtship 2012-02-01T03:00:12.830Z Once, for instance, Wolf leaped barkingly upon a filmy square of handkerchief that had just fallen from the Mistress' belt. Lad: A Dog 2012-02-08T03:00:19.720Z There was only a succession of parallel white ridges in front of them and a filmy cloud of spray. For Jacinta 2012-01-27T03:00:20.840Z The pale-blue blouse that hung in filmy, lace-like folds heightened the color of her eyes and the clear pallor of her ivory complexion. Thrice Armed 2012-02-03T03:00:24.970Z A filmy haze that glimmered faintly white leapt up between him and it, and the stagnant air was filled with a great, deep-toned rumbling. Long Odds 2012-03-02T03:00:08.670Z The sunlight that streamed in upon her called up fiery gleams in her red hair and shimmered on her long dress of soft, filmy green. A Prairie Courtship 2012-02-01T03:00:12.830Z Beyond it the mists were streaming across the deep valley and crawling filmily athwart the pines that climbed in serried battalions towards the gleaming snow. Delilah of the Snows 2012-01-23T03:00:09.087Z She was in the yellow room, changing, and the blue roses in the filmy little dress she selected were not bluer than her own wondering eyes. The Girl Scouts at Rocky Ledge Nora's Real Vacation 2012-01-20T03:00:14.427Z The drift whirled across them, and now and then wrapped the craft in wisps of filmy smoke, while Jimmy, with smarting and temporarily blinded eyes, trusted to the feel of the tiller. Thrice Armed 2012-02-03T03:00:24.970Z The water was gleaming faintly now, and they looked like a long black snake crawling through the midst of it until the filmy haze shut them in. Long Odds 2012-03-02T03:00:08.670Z Clouds of filmy muslin, embroidery, lace, and silk lie before her, and several of those already attired repose in a row on the sofa. Notable Women Authors of the Day Biographical Sketches 2012-01-19T03:00:21.017Z Then at last a light blinked in front of her through the filmy haze, the cayuse stopped, and Ingleby, it seemed, lifted her down. Delilah of the Snows 2012-01-23T03:00:09.087Z On the landing at the head of the stairs a small figure with flying golden curls, and filmy white frock, flung herself upon her mother, shrieking delightedly. Christina 2012-01-16T03:00:06.507Z A white streak appeared to leeward, perhaps two miles away beneath the gray loom of land, and it was evident that the Adelaide's skipper knew it was the filmy spray flung up by crumbling breakers. Thrice Armed 2012-02-03T03:00:24.970Z It was filmy and unsubstantial, etherealized by the moonlight, but it grew plainer, and once more he saw Benicia Figuera as he had talked with her in the shady patio. Long Odds 2012-03-02T03:00:08.670Z She lifted large eyes to him, and drew her filmy scarf around her shoulders. The Crux 2012-01-12T03:00:12.630Z Dark forest streaked by filmy mist filled the devious hollows at their feet. Delilah of the Snows 2012-01-23T03:00:09.087Z He had beguiled him with hopes of foreign recognition and a filmy vision of ultimate success. The Code of the Mountains 2012-01-07T03:00:15.050Z Then it commenced to stir a little and slide past the vessel in filmy wisps, and it seemed to Jimmy that the smooth gray swell which lapped about her was getting steeper. Thrice Armed 2012-02-03T03:00:24.970Z No. She watched his eyes open and noted their stare of filmy tenderness. Gargoyles 2012-01-05T03:00:27.063Z How light and filmy rises the old house! Checkmate 2012-01-03T03:00:10.887Z Michael found himself wrapped in a cloud of filmy linen fragrant with feminine perfumes. The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) 2012-01-02T03:00:27.980Z The soft colors of evening gowns, the ivory flashes of girlish shoulders and the floating of filmy scarfs dizzied the boy, who by the iron dictate of heredity and upbringing was a human rattle-snake. The Code of the Mountains 2012-01-07T03:00:15.050Z How charming it looks with the beautiful shell in the centre, surrounded by this moving, filmy halo, and how slowly and cautiously the filaments are extended! Through a Microscope Something of the Science Together with many Curious Observations Indoor and Out and Directions for a Home-made Microscope. 2011-12-29T03:00:20.733Z The soft filmy flowers appear early in the spring before the expansion of the leaves. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" 2011-12-26T03:00:11.613Z Over her shoulders she wore a filmy scarf, of the same stu—material. A Knight on Wheels 2011-12-24T03:08:07.830Z The filmy red/brown/green/golden stuff that washes up along many a beach and occasionally serves as the draperies of the underwater world. The Surprising Subject of the First Book of Photographs 2011-12-23T18:45:04.903Z The girl wore a filmy gown and about her bare shoulders was thrown some silky thing as iridescent as gossamer. The Code of the Mountains 2012-01-07T03:00:15.050Z He saw her scarf to be some filmy veil about her shoulders and that beneath it all her throat was bare. The Happy Warrior 2011-12-18T03:00:18.863Z He thinks of Persis always as she was that morning when the filmy cap fell from her lawless curls. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z I saw the fair one freely, I suddenly beheld her as she bathed; The filmy muslin clung upon her breast,— Happy he who sees her thus! Vidy?pati: Bang?ya pad?bali; songs of the love of R?dh? and Krishna 2011-12-02T03:00:26.297Z He stood irresolutely, almost awkwardly, watching her dainty manipulations of the filmy lace. Atlantic Narratives Modern Short Stories 2011-12-01T03:00:20.193Z But finally the line thinned out, the congratulations were over, and the little Captain, taking her filmy train over her arm, drifted out among the guests and the girls broke up into groups. The Girl Scouts Rally Rosanna Wins 2011-11-29T03:00:16.213Z At throat, at breast, at arms, at hands, he saw this filmy thing was challenged of its whiteness and seemed to take a shade. The Happy Warrior 2011-12-18T03:00:18.863Z It bore no ornament at all except a filmy white bird-of-paradise feather stuck in the center of the top and spraying out in a shape that somehow suggested an interrogation-mark. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z Krishna: Now and again her eyes to their corners fly, Now and again her filmy robe receives them; Now and again her serried teeth laugh out, Now and again the smile delays upon her lips. Vidy?pati: Bang?ya pad?bali; songs of the love of R?dh? and Krishna 2011-12-02T03:00:26.297Z The filmy curves wafted toward him, bringing it close to his lips. Atlantic Narratives Modern Short Stories 2011-12-01T03:00:20.193Z A filmy spray cloud hung about the entrance, and beyond it big, gray combers tipped with froth came rolling up in long succession. The Boy Ranchers of Puget Sound 2011-11-24T03:00:42.877Z She drew the tips of her fingers across her forehead, very much like one clutching at the filmy shreds of a vanishing dream. An Oregon Girl A Tale of American Life in the New West 2011-11-17T03:00:31.330Z GOSSAMER, a fine, thread like and filmy substance spun by small spiders, which is seen covering stubble fields and gorse bushes, and floating in the air in clear weather; especially in the autumn. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" 2011-11-13T03:00:13.177Z Only in one spot or another, as the light fell on the varnish, there was a pale reflection which looked like the glassy, filmy eye of a dying person. The Marquis of Pe?alta (Marta y Mar?a) A Realistic Social Novel 2011-11-12T03:00:35.113Z In her left a dainty feminine garment--a camisole, compact of lace and filmy lawn. Miss Arnott's Marriage 2011-11-11T03:00:33Z A filmy drapery embroidered with gold-touched flowers hung like an iridescent fog over her gown of silver tissue. The Gray Phantom 2011-11-04T02:00:21.427Z But daybreak did not bring with it the expected relief from suspense—a light mist hung upon the surface of the sea—a tantalizing filmy screen which the eye could not penetrate. The Girl Crusoes A Story of the South Seas 2011-11-03T02:00:16.647Z A thin, white mist commenced to drift out of the hollow in filmy wisps, and, in a curious fashion, suggested the vast depth of it. A Damaged Reputation 2011-10-17T02:00:16.117Z That the creed was "filmy," the foothold "unsteady," is altogether likely, for the ancient supports were removed, the pillars that replaced them were shaking, and tradition alone remained to hold by. Recollections and Impressions 1822-1890 2011-10-15T02:00:25.820Z The snowy, rounded throat and neck and shoulders were enhanced in their beauty by the filmy fabric of her gown, beneath which her full bosom slowly rose and fell in healthful respiration. A Trooper Galahad 2011-10-12T02:00:53.977Z A thin stream of smoke was oozing under the threshold and stealing upward in a filmy cloud that already dimmed the atmosphere of the room. A Night on the Borders of the Black Forest 2011-10-12T02:00:51.367Z Bees′wing, a filmy crust of tartar formed in port and some other wines after long keeping.—adj. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) 2011-10-11T02:01:08.990Z The merchandise includes silk-screened backpacks, bold statement jewelry, leather bags and filmy silk tunics — with prices ranging from $40 for a knitted cap to $400 for an architectural striped leather vest. One Of A Kind: A New Retail Site Aims To Disrupt The Fashion Industry 2011-10-07T20:30:37Z She was breathing a little rapidly, her young breast rising and falling under the filmy white of her dress. Rough-Hewn 2011-09-20T02:00:15.147Z Billie glanced at the filmy laces and beautiful frocks with lukewarm interest. The Motor Maids Across the Continent 2011-09-17T02:00:31.140Z Examining the filmy bit of cloth, Forrester saw that it was a part of a lady's handkerchief which had been torn in half. The Secret Toll 2011-09-12T02:00:26.853Z The angelic part was evident in filmy dresses — the “moonlight eyelet asymmetrical dress,” for example, looked like a vintage nightgown. Snakeskin and citrus colors: Rebecca Taylor aims for happy clothes that make girls feel pretty 2011-09-10T17:10:21Z She wanted to babble baby-talk, and gaze into those filmy blue eyes. Mrs. Bindle Some Incidents from the Domestic Life of the Bindles 2011-09-08T02:00:22.323Z The sleeves end with delicate filmy frills at the wrist, and she gracefully holds in her hand a couple of beautiful pink roses. The Standard Galleries - Holland 2011-09-06T02:00:08.153Z The large, brilliant spots with which his silvery-bluish body is covered, and that filmy iridescence so admired by every one, will identify him anywhere. Fly Fishing in Wonderland 2011-09-01T02:00:22.230Z "Any other facts?" asked Forrester, and received another shock when the doctor handed him a small piece of filmy white fabric. The Secret Toll 2011-09-12T02:00:26.853Z She walked on behind the others, and went straight to the piano, a tall, striking-looking figure, clad in blue and silver which scintillated a cold brilliance where the lights caught the filmy draperies. The Bigamist 2011-08-31T02:01:34.797Z Without a word, Mrs. Bindle took the precious bundle of lace, out of which two filmy eyes gazed vacantly. Mrs. Bindle Some Incidents from the Domestic Life of the Bindles 2011-09-08T02:00:22.323Z "No?" she countered with a bright return of the alluring smile which he had first seen through the filmy gauze of the automobile veil. The City of Numbered Days 2011-08-31T02:01:25.807Z In her struggle to loose herself from his arms, the chain of diamonds had torn its way through the filmy tissue of her gown. Pink Gods and Blue Demons 2011-08-31T02:01:22.827Z A minute later her veil went to the bridge of her nose, which she brushed with a filmy speck of handkerchief. The Tigress 2011-08-30T02:00:39.657Z It was quite the conventional ghost, filmy, transparent, and, though wanting firmness in outline, a really passable likeness of Barnjum. The Black Poodle And Other Tales 2011-08-30T02:00:37.963Z The moon rose after nine, veiled in filmy air, peeping motionless at the edge of a black curtain. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z The black lace falling from her elbows made a filmy tracery upon her white arms. The Main Chance 2011-08-26T02:00:27.127Z Instead, she took from a trunk a roll of filmy powder-blue ninon bought for making blouses. Pink Gods and Blue Demons 2011-08-31T02:01:22.827Z She sat in a basket chair on the lawn at Puddlewood, dressed all in filmy white, and sipped tea with the Duchess of Pemberwell, her great-aunt, in the shade of one of Puddlewood's ancient oaks. The Tigress 2011-08-30T02:00:39.657Z See, child," he said, taking out a parcel done up in filmy paper, "I have brought some fill-falls from London, thinking my lass would be glad of them. Norston's Rest 2011-08-24T02:00:23.833Z They are but filmy, high in the ceiling of your thoughts then, rosy and sunlit by the chance of the light, transitory, melting as you watch. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z The band struck up another air, and a line of girls in filmy, trailing gowns was filing in. The Main Chance 2011-08-26T02:00:27.127Z In her filmy night-gown, wound in the mist of her loosened gold shadowed hair she looked like some ethereal thing in the moonlight. The Long Lane's Turning 2011-08-23T02:00:34Z She shivered slightly and drew the filmy scarf closer over her bare shoulders. The Tigress 2011-08-30T02:00:39.657Z In the middle of the room stood the couch she had seen but once, shaded with rich silk and clouds of lace, snow-white and filmy, seeming to cool the air, it was so frost-like. Norston's Rest 2011-08-24T02:00:23.833Z Nothing came between the furze bushes and the spring sunshine except when a rook flew overhead, croaking a quaint spring song to himself, or when a filmy cloud raced across the sky. Lives of the Fur Folk 2011-08-20T02:00:13.820Z Living Diatoms are found on aquatic plants, on rocks and stones, under water or on mud, presenting themselves as coloured fringes, cushion-like tufts, or filmy strata. Sea-Weeds, Shells and Fossils 2011-08-20T02:00:11.557Z Looking out across the filmy glory of the October fields and the woods in their golden regalia epauletted in red, Echo thought of the day she had sailed away. The Long Lane's Turning 2011-08-23T02:00:34Z Bevis was watching the top of the mast, tracing its line along the sky, where white filmy clouds were floating slowly. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z The light in her motor shone over her like a kindly star, as, wrapped in her filmy things she lay, a white rose blown into a sheltered nook. The Girl From His Town 2011-08-05T02:00:50.677Z A reporter crawled through a few minutes later to find sticky surfaces, filmy windows, several broken pieces of equipment, food morsels in every compartment, trapped hair, garbage and thick black schmutz in most crevices. Fast-food playgrounds fail the yuck test 2011-07-20T21:18:27Z The wood smoke drifted in filmy wisps athwart the lonely camp, the swamp steamed like a cauldron, and the chirruping of countless frogs rose out of the vapor. The League of the Leopard 2011-07-23T02:00:12.490Z Echo stood framed in the window—a figure in filmy white, against which a single rose glowed like a hot ruby. The Long Lane's Turning 2011-08-23T02:00:34Z The body may be filmy, but it is a body. The Hearts of Men 2011-07-19T02:00:20.477Z He waited for her at the door and she came down wrapped around as usual in her filmy scarf. The Girl From His Town 2011-08-05T02:00:50.677Z Over the world the darkness of the night still brooded, but lightly like a thin curtain whose filmy meshes were even now dissolving under the growing brightness. Peggy Owen at Yorktown 2011-07-17T02:00:35.830Z Then, with a wondrous unfolding of filmy draperies, his companion rose languidly, and, it seemed to Dane, melted out of the room. The League of the Leopard 2011-07-23T02:00:12.490Z And then the conquering noon: the mist ascends to heaven, and the filmy haze soothes the sun’s sharp glare till tyrannous noon reigns supreme. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z Gas is filmy and quite as transparent as a ghost. The Hearts of Men 2011-07-19T02:00:20.477Z It was as filmy as the clouds that rest on Fujiyama, the sacred mountain of Otoyo’s country. Molly Brown's College Friends 2011-07-16T02:00:15.700Z The chaplain bowed, and held the light, filmy shawl, that he had felt it a joy to bear, ready to throw over her shoulders. One Maid's Mischief 2011-07-15T02:00:22.283Z It dissipated into filmy spray, and a dull roar reached the listeners faintly. The League of the Leopard 2011-07-23T02:00:12.490Z She was dressed in the softest white filmy stuff, as light as a feather, bare arms and neck, her blue eyes sparkling with excitement, her smooth, fair cheeks scarlet with blushes. The Sins of the Father A Romance of the South 2011-07-10T02:00:23.033Z Miss Maria put on her best and filmiest lace cap for his benefit, and to her delight, that wonderful man noticed it and talked to her about old lace with a knowledge that astounded her. A House Party with the Tucker Twins 2011-07-10T02:00:20.543Z It may have been fancy, but certainly I thought I saw a gleam in that beggar's filmy eye as if Bill's contemptuous words were quite understood by him. The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life 2011-07-09T02:00:13.057Z I mean that there is a sort of filmy attachment that connects our psychic nature with our mortal remains. A Book of Ghosts 2011-07-08T02:00:19.203Z Springing clear of the filmy smoke, he saw the second assailant was still running, and he sprang forward without waiting to reload. The League of the Leopard 2011-07-23T02:00:12.490Z By a curious coincidence or by design, she was dressed in a scarlet kimono of the same shade of filmy Japanese stuff as the one she wore in his young manhood. The Sins of the Father A Romance of the South 2011-07-10T02:00:23.033Z Here Lady Helene smiled and wiped one eye with a filmy bit of lace. Hope Hathaway A Story of Western Ranch Life 2011-07-07T02:00:27.303Z Cloudless, indeed, but overspread with a filmy veil of strange mist, that, while it robbed the sun of its glare, seemed to enclose us within a dome of heat, unventilated and stale. The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life 2011-07-09T02:00:13.057Z Day-shine across the uplands how you pass Chased by the filmy shadows on the grass! The Ballad of the Quest 2011-07-06T02:00:44.593Z On either side of him, all around, gigantic in the filmy wrack which swept over them in thickening or decreasing folds, loomed shadowy horsemen. Golden Face A Tale of the Wild West 2011-07-05T02:00:27.453Z High in the heavens hangs a gold half-moon whose lustre pierces a leafy canopy, scattering a network of filmy light upon the shaded earth. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z When growing on stones the sponge, as found in India, often conforms exactly with Potts's description: "a filmy grey sponge, branching off here and there ... yet with a curious lack of continuity...." Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa 2011-06-25T02:00:17.833Z The sun was abroad early, and the filmy mist hovering over the lake soon vanished before the hot rays. If Any Man Sin 2011-06-12T02:00:05.887Z But the filmy vail hooded his eyes, and he gazed with a transfixed smile at Lady Juliana, still holding her hand. Faithful Margaret A Novel 2011-06-10T02:00:21.627Z Lace, passing from stage to stage, thus became a filmy tissue or fabric, and its original use as a somewhat stiff, wiry-looking trimming to linen consequently changed. Arts and Crafts Essays by Members of the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society 2011-05-30T02:00:17.247Z Only the eyes of a myriad gleaming stars met hers, and a filmy dark cloud passed over the moon, veiling it for a moment. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z On every side new and varying details unfolded to the eye; structures that from below were etched against the sky in filmy lines, here resolved themselves into vast, solid, but harmonious masses. The Lady of the Mount 2011-05-24T02:00:15.640Z Her rose maids of honor, in filmiest laces, Loitered and lingered in shy woodland places; And white-vested lilies were ever at prayer; Their vespers, the perfume that sweetened the air. Rosemary and Rue 2011-05-21T02:00:11.483Z He pointed at a filmy point of white, half lost between the blue of the pine-clad mountains and the blue of the sky beyond, and Bowles' heart leaped up at the sight. Bat Wing Bowles 2011-05-20T02:00:33.310Z Larger articles than borders, collars, and cuffs were made of the new filmy material, and lace flounces, veils, loose sleeves, curtains, and bed-covers were produced. Arts and Crafts Essays by Members of the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society 2011-05-30T02:00:17.247Z The moon was struggling to pierce through the thin, filmy clouds that obscured her light. Yankee Ships and Yankee Sailors: Tales of 1812 2011-05-19T02:00:07.643Z Even Jeanne, who knew nothing of laces, felt that there was something especially fine and beautiful about the filmy thing in her hands. The Cinder Pond 2011-05-17T02:00:20.320Z After this he most carefully raked over the filmy remains a pile of burning charcoal; then he returned to the table, and turned a satisfied and kindly look upon Oswald. The Last of the Vikings 2011-05-09T02:00:04.200Z The butterfly dance was charming, the little girls waving in exact time to the music the filmy wings that hung from shoulder and wrist. Ethel Morton at Chautauqua 2011-05-04T02:00:16.097Z Just as they were wondering where it could be coming from, there came to them from out and through the filmy walls of the dwelling, a beautiful lady. The Blue Rose Fairy Book 2011-05-03T02:00:18.777Z In a few moments all had changed: the larches were tipped with gold, the marsh lands were purest emerald, and the hills veiled in filmy mists floating like threads of gossamer down the slopes. For the School Colours 2011-04-28T02:00:12.693Z Suddenly a ray of light illumined what appeared to be a rock, far out in the filmy ocean, and the black mass blazed with the ruddy hue. The Lure of the Camera 2011-04-27T02:00:25.413Z She was a large stout woman of forty, with a pink-and-white complexion and filmy brown curls; and she wore spectacles. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 1 2011-04-26T02:00:29.063Z And yet it was impossible to deny that a cloud—light and filmy, but still a cloud—had come between her and the sun. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 2 2011-04-26T02:00:28.200Z It seemed incredible that I had seen her so recently, in the filmy dusk, talking with so much earnestness to Hartley Wiggins. The Siege of the Seven Suitors 2011-04-25T02:00:08.730Z He could only make out two figures, indistinctly traceable through the filmy envelope of the fog. The Child Wife 2011-04-21T02:00:50.050Z As good luck would have it, a filmy haze was hanging over the valley, under the curtain of which he had escaped. The Finger of Fate A Romance 2011-04-21T02:00:43.830Z She would undoubtedly have followed Amelia Simpson's counsels as to the best way of dressing the hair in filmy ringlets—if she had chanced to require that information. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 1 2011-04-26T02:00:29.063Z It was very still now, a narrow gap between the white walls that were ridged with shattered green lattices, but filmy wisps of vapor still drifted out of the doorways. The Dust of Conflict 2011-04-14T02:01:04.343Z Ekkehard strained his eyes, and beheld a filmy dark spot, which was the island of Reichenau, and a mountain which scarcely rose above the horizon, but he knew it well,--it was the Hohentwiel. Ekkehard. Vol. II (of II). A Tale of the Tenth Century 2011-04-14T02:00:45.217Z The sky was clear overhead except for thin, streaky clouds, and the mist was moving, sliding in filmy trails along the shore. The Secret of the Reef 2011-04-12T02:00:26.980Z The round, white ray of the flashlight, cutting a filmy path through the darkness, fell upon the nickel dial of a small safe that stood against the opposite wall. Doors of the Night 2011-04-12T02:00:23.287Z Ah, true beneath the filmy lace That rose and fell upon her breast, Her first love-taken held its place— From him, from him whom she loved best! The Cornflower, and Other Poems 2011-04-07T02:00:18.740Z There was a trace of frost in the air, and the stars shone brightly, but here and there a thin white mist hung in filmy wisps. The Dust of Conflict 2011-04-14T02:01:04.343Z "For great age and bodily infirmity," croaked the old man, while the filmy orbs shot forth a flash of malicious intelligence. The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. II (of II) 2011-04-04T02:00:06.657Z Was it true that a cloud, filmy and light and vapory went drifting across the clear crystal surface again? Peggy Parsons at Prep School 2011-04-01T02:00:43.170Z She watched Grant, who was putting a door between the office and the living room--to take the place of the filmy curtain that had been there. Four and Twenty Beds 2011-03-30T02:00:13.610Z Did he sleep; or did he see the misty filmy substance take shape? Voices; Birth-Marks; The Man and the Elephant 2011-03-28T02:00:27.040Z I get up and look about me; there stands the donkey staring at me, and there stand the whole gypsy canaille squinting at me with their filmy eyes. The Bible in Spain Vol. 1 [of 2] 2011-03-23T02:00:19.910Z A shivering, filmy mist was slipping down over the great dome. The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains 2011-03-22T02:00:18.637Z Stones cropped up here and there, and in the far distance we could distinguish the filmy outlines of hills and mountains. The Treasure of the Tigris A Tale of Mesopotamia 2011-03-22T02:00:16.873Z Grant hung a filmy curtain over the doorway, fastening it at the top with thumb tacks. Four and Twenty Beds 2011-03-30T02:00:13.610Z He hesitates; hesitates so long that Linda looks at him in surprise; two large, greenish eyes shine at him through the filmy, white bridal veil. Felix Lanzberg's Expiation 2011-03-15T02:00:14.763Z Yes, sure enough, there were the countenances of Egypt, and the fixed filmy stare of eye. The Bible in Spain Vol. 1 [of 2] 2011-03-23T02:00:19.910Z At intervals a light veil obscured the moonlight, as a filmy cloud fleeted across the moon; and a bitter wind blew shrill across the gulf. The Three Impostors or The Transmutations 2011-03-09T03:00:45.227Z See him as night falls, plodding onwards through the crowded thoroughfares of the great city; his lack-lustre eye glazed and filmy; his pale face and blue lip actually corpse-like in their ghast-liness. Nuts and Nutcrackers 2011-03-08T03:00:45.687Z Seen thus, the bright sunlight tempered by filmy curtains, she was a pretty woman, looking very girlish for her twenty-eight years. Miss Maitland Private Secretary 2011-03-08T03:00:39.100Z There are only the very thinnest, filmiest scrapings of dark down off this old dear's potatoes. A Woman's Experience in the Great War 2011-02-26T03:00:48.257Z The globes of dew gleamed in opal tints upon the grass, the big robins passed wreathed in filmy gossamers, the earth smoked with mist and thrilled with the voice of the glad west wind. The Plowshare and the Sword A Tale of Old Quebec 2011-02-24T03:01:05.143Z Over the bright sky bending above you, my dear niece, I would not, for the world, bring a cloud even as light as the filmy, almost viewless gossamer. The Home Mission 2011-02-12T03:00:30.217Z Esm�, in one of her gay moods, came down, dressed in filmy white, black velvet wound in her burnished hair, a glittering necklace at her throat. The Oyster 2011-02-10T03:00:49.300Z He had not even the comfort of a filmy blouse. What Not A Prophetic Comedy 2011-02-09T03:00:50.423Z And the worst of them are the filmy, the vague, the subtle subordinations that take away the opportunity of truth. The Invisible Censor 2011-01-29T03:00:20.267Z However it be, Caterina's face is filmy, phantasmal, compared with my mother's. Ghetto Tragedies 2011-01-27T03:00:46.507Z A dress of some filmy blue stuff lay across the foot of the bed, and from beneath peeped a pair of little slippers. The Professor's Mystery 2011-01-18T03:00:11.317Z It was very filmy, very dainty, wonderfully expensive. The Golden Web 2011-01-15T03:00:38.007Z It was filmy and becoming to her fairness; but it made her graver, more dignified. Vision House 2011-01-13T03:01:00.407Z By this attractive marge sit the ladies in their wide hats and dresses of filmy lace, watching the more adventurous sex pick his way out of the vegetable matter. The Invisible Censor 2011-01-29T03:00:20.267Z One visitor says: "Westward toward the setting sun and the sea," was a "filmy fog creeping landward, swallowing one by one the distant hills." Ancient Chinese account of the Grand Canyon, or course of the Colorado 2011-01-12T03:00:34.043Z She seemed hardly able to draw limb after limb, so weak was she; and her filmy garments hung heavy as chains. Moonshine & Clover 2011-01-06T03:00:46.940Z That he had lost the trail he felt certain, although there was a chance that he would appear unexpectedly, as he had done before—a very filmy chance. Caravans By Night A Romance of India 2011-01-03T03:01:02.370Z Lilly sat in school with tired, reddened eyes, a filmy veil between her and the world, between her and the thoughts she was expected to think. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z This singular performance over, she rose briskly to her feet, shed the filmy lace peignoir and stood before the long mirror. The Man with the Double Heart 2010-12-21T22:55:56.757Z “You get this very satiny sheen, almost like a filmy sheen,” he said. From Junk to Collectible, Shaped by Time and Tide 2010-10-18T19:19:00Z First they dropped a filmy drizzle which halted play for 50 minutes. Murray beats Federer to retain title 2010-08-15T23:17:00Z July 20, 2010, Free Eye Care for Seniors If an older person finds life starting to look filmy and dull, does he need stronger eyeglasses? Free Eye Care for Seniors 2010-07-20T13:00:00Z There are fewer lissome young women in filmy summer dresses and ostentatious sunglasses, and more men wearing harassed expressions. For Lotus, Hispania and Virgin the chequered flag is victory in itself | Richard Williams 2010-03-29T23:05:00Z He peered out at the Berkeley steps where a lady in evening dress, her light wrap drawn about her, filmy skirts wound close, crossed, dainty, over the pavement beside her attendant cavalier. The Man with the Double Heart 2010-12-21T22:55:56.757Z "Dear me!" he said, passing his hands over his eyes as if to sweep away the filmy web that interfered with his sight. Toppleton's Client or, A Spirit in Exile Sitting opposite each other like this it is quite unnecessary to draw the filmiest veil over our souls, or to hide a corner of them from one another. The Undying Past In the distance there was a filmy, dreamy haze that gave just the touch of ideality to the picture. The Ship Dwellers A Story of a Happy Cruise She wiped her eyes with a filmy handkerchief, and her step became brisker. Manslaughter She wore a gown of some gauze-like material sprinkled with knots of embroidery and with her lifted face and filmy aureole of hair, she looked like a tall golden candle. The Valiants of Virginia Isabella had arranged a cushion for lace-making, and under her thin, skilful fingers grew filmy lace of the finest thread—'for the wedding toilet!' she said softly to me. A Sister's Love A Novel She wore a careless artistic neglig�e of blue cashmere, bordered with creamy lace, which accumulated on her breast into a filmy cloud. The Undying Past "Yes, the room is very close," she replied, and she fanned her face with a filmy lace handkerchief. Dick Hamilton's Cadet Days The Handicap of a Millionaire's Son It was only the graduating class that was especially scrutinized, and it was hard to tell whether the girls looked more enchanting in their white, filmy dresses or in their caps and gowns. Dolly's College Experiences Some magic of time and place was repainting that dead and dusty infancy in sudden delicate lights and filmy colors. The Valiants of Virginia He thought again how ridiculously young she seemed and how the lightness of her touch was no less than that of the ethereal Eileen or the filmy Blanche. Sinister Street, vol. 2 By Jove, it was the finest, yet thinnest stuff I ever saw, soft as rose leaves and as filmy light as a spider's web. The Haunted Pajamas He watched the afternoon melt away, saw the sun go down into a bed of crimson and pink and the filmy cloud-curtains being drawn about the molten sleeper. The Cottage of Delight A Novel The headlight shot suddenly from the glittering ribbons of steel far out into nothingness, flinging a filmy ray across a ca�on's valley, and mechanically Smithers checked a little as they swung the curve. The Night Operator The sky was heavily sprinkled with stars whose wan clustering was blotted here and there by floating shreds of cloud, like vaporous, filmy leaves stripped by some upper gale from the Tree of Heaven. The Valiants of Virginia In the blackness it was impossible to see anything ahead, and the starlight, which, dim as it was, might have helped, had been overcast by a filmy covering of light clouds. The Girl Aviators and the Phantom Airship But it gave me the idea of just peeking into a corner of the parcel to satisfy myself that its contents were of filmy black silk—and they were! The Haunted Pajamas The glades of the wood were filled with a glimmering filmy light, in which it was easy to imagine the spirits of the dead hovering over their earthly tenements. The Firebrand When the white figure was quite near it halted, holding up filmy skirts and peering intently at him. The Moonlit Way She was the centre of attraction until Mademoiselle Anna from the Circus arrived, and to reach her place leaped lightly over an intervening table, with a wonderful display of red silk stocking and filmy lingerie. The Missioner A filmy mist, like a veil, had spread over the stars, dimming their bright lamps, and a wind was beginning to sigh in the trees under them. The Girl Aviators and the Phantom Airship She leaped up, spurning the black rim; glowed, palpitant, through that filmy lace—and all the desert throbbed with vibrant light. Bransford of Rainbow Range Originally Published under the title of Bransford in Arcadia, or, The Little Eohippus She gathered up the two or three filmy black bits of paper which yet lay within the fender, and placing them before her, studied them long and carefully. Roland Cashel Volume II (of II) Young ladies, thinly clad and packed in carriages, emerge, half-stifled; put a cold foot, protected by a filmy shoe, upon the pavement, and run, shivering, into your house. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. V, October, 1850, Volume I. All the earth is fairy green, And the sunlight filmy gold, Full of ecstasies unseen, Full of mysteries untold. Later Poems The nest, which the first day was a filmy spot in the leaves, by the next day had become a gray pocket over eight inches long, although I could still see daylight through it. A-Birding on a Bronco She was wearing a very lovely négligé, a true creation, all in filmy tones of old gold. The Book of Susan A Novel The door leading into the garden is wide open: and now the curtain is thrust aside, and a fragile figure, gowned in some black filmy stuff, stands before them. Faith and Unfaith Its jaws collapsed, its savage eyes grew filmy and dim, and in another minute the mastiff was tearing and shaking the inanimate carcass of its adversary. Hair-Breadth Escapes The Adventures of Three Boys in South Africa The table was covered with a lovely white cloth, all filmy with lace, and there was no lack of pretty silver things holding bonbons and buds. A Top-Floor Idyl Out in the open through the filmy veil of the fog he could see the final phases of an unequal fight. The Laughing Cavalier The Story of the Ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel My sweet, your face from where I'm sitting is as filmy as a rose at dusk. Plashers Mead A Novel There is a slight pause; and then the slight childish figure, in its gown of thin filmy black, comes forward, and stands before the audience. Faith and Unfaith His pretty yellow feathers all rumpled and torn, his bright eyes glazed and filmy. Five Minutes' Stories The trees stood nearer together, and silver moss now began to hang down in long, filmy veils, thicker and thicker, from all the branches. East Angels She unwrapped the pink tulle sash with fingers that were addled—like a child's at the gold cord of a candy-box—and held the filmy streamer against her bosom in the outline of a yoke. Just Around the Corner Romance en casserole These strands, when the moon shines just right, partly obscured and lying low in the south, are like the filmy threads of a monster cobweb spun in the sky. Harper's Round Table, August 6, 1895 He never turned a look aside; his filmy eye was fixed, as it were, on some far-off object, and he seemed scarce to guide his horse as he galloped onward over the rugged road. Jack Hinton The Guardsman Coarsely sensual and brutal, they were rendered worse by habits of dissipation and debauch; and in the filmy eye and the tremulous lip might be read the signs of habitual drunkenness. Sir Jasper Carew His Life and Experience Then from the scented darkness of the treasure box she drew out a bertha and sleeves of filmy lace and laid them on the silk. Clover and Blue Grass Mrs. Katzenstein jerked up a filmy gown from across the back of a chair and held it from her at arm's-length. Just Around the Corner Romance en casserole It was strong tobacco and very aromatic, and when the wind caught it up in filmy clouds and carried it away it could be detected for many feet. The Orphan Ruffles of lace, of all qualities, at the wrists, the beau’s hand emerging with his snuff-box from a filmy froth of white lace. English Costume Glazed and filmy as they seemed at first, I fancied they grew bright and lustrous as he continued to stare. Sir Jasper Carew His Life and Experience She was clad in a clinging robe of some filmy green substance. Astounding Stories, August, 1931 She slid her hand into the curve of his elbow, her incertitude vanishing behind the filmy cloud of a smile. Just Around the Corner Romance en casserole Above these they could see a range of sharp-peaked mountains that still caught the sunlight, some crystal white with snow, others muffled by clouds turned to iris-hued scarfs of filmiest gauze. Ewing\\'s Lady In very young plants the filmy veil is sometimes perceived, reaching from the margin of the cap to the stem. Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous “No fear, doctor,” I said, as a cold wind seemed to fill the tent, and the place of the Scotch sailor was taken up by a thin, blue, filmy mist. Seven Frozen Sailors Lustreless and filmy, there yet seemed such a demon-like power lying beneath their black depths. The King's Assegai A Matabili Story There was a filmy white scarf which she had intended to throw over her shoulders when they escaped together into the garden after dinner. Lady Cassandra So Wisp unfolded himself, and showed two little black eyes, and spread out two long filmy wings. Mopsa the Fairy Veil usually firm, membraneous, and encircling the stem in a well-pronounced ring or collar, but sometimes filmy as a spider's web, in very young specimens hiding the gills, but breaking apart as the cap expands. Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous But Hawke never spoke; there he sat, turning his glazed, filmy look from one to the other, as though in vain trying to catch up something of what went forward. One Of Them They wore filmy robes and many delicate jeweled ornaments, and were depicted mostly in attitudes of feasting, dancing or love-making. Red Nails Hidden from the spectators outside, they divested themselves of all but filmy, clinging, chemically inert garb. Fly By Night He would not leave her, but even when he took flight floated near by on his filmy wings, timing his advance with hers. Anne Had the lesson of the great moralist been such a warning to me that I had preserved the filmy link unbroken? A Day's Ride A Life's Romance There was the splintering of bone. eneath a white, filmy covering she lay, beneath a flimsy veil that pressed gently upon her rounded form. Day of the Druid The filmy negligee of his own fiancee was replaced by the rich warmth of a scarlet satin gown and endless yards of white lace ruffles. The Time Mirror The whole valley was again enveloped in pitch-darkness, only over the company's mine floated a filmy white cloud. Black Diamonds For cold unkindness, or a harsh and brutal word, will rend this filmy fabric of imagination immediately, never to be rewoven again. Anne The sun was shining brightly and the monotony of the blue sky was relieved here and there by filmy white clouds that gave it a pleasing three-dimensionalness. Ye of Little Faith Dressed in filmy white, her beautiful body, lovely hair, long lithe limbs would have bound any man to her through eternity. Tiger Cat The sheet broadened and broadened until from a close piece of material six inches wide, it became a filmy cloud of delicate lace, over three feet in width. St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 8, May 1878, No. 7. An Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks A pair of filmy silk stockings and a white scarf. Twelve Times Zero At noon the clouds occupied about .05 of the sky, white filmy touches drawn delicately on the azure. My First Summer in the Sierra The gowns were white filmy chiffon over soft white silk. The Automobile Girls at Chicago or, Winning Out Against Heavy Odds She was lovely in that filmy dress of cloudy blue. Fidelity A Novel A dark streak across the ice-white throat showed her famous black pearls; and—strangest thing of all—the green light which glimmered through filmy folds of scarf was born apparently in a glittering emerald brooch. The Brightener A ghost, a thin filmy shape was probably her only conception of something Spiritual. The New Warden He was accompanied by the rising diplomatist George Ernest Clarence Protocol, whose filmy white choker, pink shirt, opal studs, and shining boots were truly an honour to his country. Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) She wore a loose, filmy nightgown and the suggestion of her body under it was enough to bring on a touch of madness in him. Brink of Madness She had the picture of Ruth Holland now as she was that last night, in that filmy dress of pale yellow that made her look so delicate. Fidelity A Novel They hastily collected a handful of fine, dry hair moss from the fir branches, and peeled filmy shreds of birch bark. Northern Diamonds Under the filmy veiling of her dainty nightdress Dwight could see the pretty shoulders beginning to heave convulsively. A Soldier's Trial An Episode of the Canteen Crusade North, a filmy white spectre, harassed by a turmoil of darker cloud, was the peak of Mt. In the Oregon Country Out-Doors in Oregon, Washington, and California Together with some Legendary Lore, and Glimpses of the Modern West in the Making It lay, loose-piled and shifting, behind naked rocks, or streamed over the knife-edge ridges, swirling and settling in the gullies like filmy winding-sheets. The Crimson Gardenia and Other Tales of Adventure Owen hastened to comply with his request; but already the old man's eyes were glazed and filmy. St. Patrick's Eve The walls and floors were made of the sheerest, filmiest spider's-web, woven into a thousand delicate patterns. Miss Muffet's Christmas Party The westering sun brightens the lift and plays hide-and-seek behind the filmy strata. Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war She had changed her gown and received them in a charming half-neglig� of some filmy white stuff that set off her dark beauty ravishingly. The Song of the Wolf I strained to catch a feature, but a wayward gust of bay breeze wrapped a filmy veil about the profile which was for a moment turned my way—and hid it. The Portal of Dreams A deathly paleness came over his features; his eyes grew glazed and filmy, and with a low groan he fell fainting on the floor. Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume II His face, pale as death, had no color save two dark circles round the eyes, which, though open, were upturned and filmy. Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume I But her dress was white, of some soft and filmy material which looked to the young fellow like spider’s web in the moonlight. Frances of the Ranges The Old Ranchman's Treasure She looked ethereal, ghostlike, in her long white cloak, with a filmy hood thing drawn loosely over her shining hair. The Red Symbol In his ermine, surrounded by his stalwart barons, Robert would probably have learned no lesson from the weaving of filmy webs. The Portal of Dreams She is like a soft harmony in black and gold, with her filmy robes clinging closely round her, and the old gold, that is so like tarnished yellow, touching her here and there. Portia or By Passions Rocked There was that look of vacancy in his filmy eye that showed he knew nothing of what had happened. Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume I When the sunshine prevailed, filmy white clouds flags of truce floated lazily from peak to peak, and draped themselves about the rugged rocks. Si Klegg, Book 4 (of 6) Experiences Of Si And Shorty On The Great Tullahoma Campaign An item on the credit side of my ledger was that I was born in a caul—a thin filmy veil that covered me at birth. My Lady of the Chimney Corner Beside her stood a shadowy luminous figure covered with a filmy veil. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20. July, 1877. On the azure vault of heaven, Still I gaze through blessed hours, Till a white and filmy vapor Veils from me those eyes belovèd. Poems and Ballads of Heinrich Heine Fluttering white from one of the lower branches was a dainty bit of filmy lace, much too fragile a covering for the stone she had suggested. A Prince of Good Fellows See him as night falls, plodding onwards through the crowded thoroughfares of the great city; his lack-lustre eye glazed and filmy; his pale face and blue lip actually corpse-like in their ghastliness. Nuts and Nutcrackers With a sort of angry heedlessness Eddie forced his way among tall perpetually-youthful men in bright leisure clothing—and consciously alluring women clad in filmy garments as teasingly transparent as mist. The Instant of Now Her white gown was soft and filmy, a fabric of her mother's own choosing, and her brown wavy hair was crowned with orange blossoms. The Price of the Prairie A Story of Kansas The rose tints, and the shading of rose tint into gold, the flossy, filmy accumulation of illuminated vapor that drifts across the sky in a January afternoon, are beauties far exceeding those of summer. The May Flower, and Miscellaneous Writings How those plump old animals Panted in the paces set By those filmy shapes of air Whirling gracefully and light! Atta Troll A lace head-dress is worn over the waving hair, and the filmy folds fall softly over neck and bosom. Threads of Grey and Gold The sea in the beginning was the mother of all life and we do not know what forms of future perfection she is now nourishing as filmy protoplasm in her depths. Old Plymouth Trails Although fatigued from heat and dancing, she looked most seductive in her pale blue tulle, whose filmy lace clouds around throat and bosom heightened the effects of her charms. A Little Garrison A Realistic Novel of German Army Life of To-day Woods confined the view in one direction, and the gleamy wave of the Ottawa, amidst filmy obscurity, bounded it, yet further off, in another. The Advocate To-night he raised his glass gallantly and drank to her bright dark eyes, noting with pleasure that she had remembered to have her new gown of the filmy black material he fancied so much! The Strange Cases of Dr. Stanchon “It seems a pity that you can’t stay till Monday, when college really opens,” said Dr. Helen, pressing out a filmy waist in the dining-room, where the four girls were gathered, setting last stitches. The Wide Awake Girls in Winsted Within the wood are fairy and elf, goblin and gnome, half seen in the filmy light. Old Plymouth Trails Miss Forrest paced rapidly up and down the parlor floor, her eyes flashing, her cheeks flushed, her hands nervously twisting the filmy handkerchief she carried. Laramie; or, The Queen of Bedlam. A filmy veil was mounting the zenith, and swinging gently. The Plow-Woman Then, half unconsciously, half timidly, she drew her filmy embroidered handkerchief over the book in her lap. Brooke's Daughter A Novel But Uncle Ned contentedly pointed to a part of the horizon where a greenish, filmy iridescence could be discerned floating like smoke on the pale heavens. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XIX (of 25) The Ebb-Tide; Weir of Hermiston Distant mountains, with their allurements enhanced by the filmiest of purple veils. Mystery Ranch It had been one of those white-skied days, when the heavens are covered by a uniform filmy fleece, and the light comes as if it had been filtered through milk. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 91, May, 1865 Geoff, who had come with his mother, posted himself at one of the windows inside the filmy white curtains to watch the people coming. A Country Gentleman and his Family No clouds were visible at first; but imperceptibly, around the peaks, filmy veils formed seemingly out of the gray substance of the very sky itself. Gold The bonnet was a bower of lace and roses, held by a filmy saucy knot under a lady’s chin. The Missourian Wilhelmina had returned to her proper sphere, being clothed in the filmiest of gowns; and poor Mrs. Campbell, who was nearly prostrated by the heat, allowed her to entertain the company. Wunpost She sang, attired in filmy garments, by the light of the big, glowing lamp; and as her voice took on a passionate tenderness, her mother looked up from her work. Silver and Gold A Story of Luck and Love in a Western Mining Camp He lifted the filmy lace ruffle falling across his hand. Unfinished Portraits Stories of Musicians and Artists After we had entered the woods its darkness seemed at first to hang in front of my eyes like a filmy curtain, so that I fairly groped, as one would when blindfolded. Gold There was also a soft skin of creamy satin, lips blood red, a velvet patch near a dimple, and two gray eyes that danced behind the hat’s filmy curtain. The Missourian No shells could be timed to match the swift flight of the incredible monsters, and impact charges failed to explode on contact; the filmy, fibrous masses offered little resistance to the shells that pierced them. Astounding Stories, May, 1931 Thus the filmy and delicately beautiful structures that decorate the pleasant home of the quaint little seahorse in the aquarium—structures having more the appearance of miniature palm-trees than of animals—are really annelids. A History of Science, Volume 5(of 5) Aspects Of Recent Science I have often sat and listened to its groaning, and more than once, at twilight, perceived the filmy outline of some fantastic figure writhed around its slender trunk. Byways of Ghost-Land Now she waved him to a chair, and gently sank into another, her trailing robe of thin filmy black with golden flecks falling about her like clouds in a gusty sky. Hope Mills or, Between Friend and Sweetheart Her figure had prettily rounded curves, and her wine-red dress and the filmy black shawl over her shoulders deepened the tender, trusting depths of two large black eyes. The Missourian While we others, lost in filmy speculations, in moon-and-star snaring and the chase of dreams, stumble where even they walk upright.... The Passionate Friends The cuttle-fish proper—who, of course, is no fish at all—is shaped strangely like a diminutive elephant, with a filmy, waving membrane along its sides in lieu of legs. A History of Science, Volume 5(of 5) Aspects Of Recent Science The girl was not exactly naked, but her few filmy clothes concealed nothing. High Dragon Bump There, seated on the loose shales, they wrestled with their problem until dawn spread her filmy veil over the shimmering stars. Carmen Ariza I called, and moving nearer, I paused at the kitchen step, while she came quickly forward, with some white, filmy stuff she had just rinsed in the tub still in her hands. The Romance of a Plain Man The walls of my room slowly expanded, growing ever thinner and thinner, until they became the filmiest transparent veil which at last dissolved utterly away. Arrows of Freethought He does not thrive in captivity, and incessantly wings his way back and forth, with slow, wavy flappings of his filmy appendages, until he wears himself out and dies unreconciled. A History of Science, Volume 5(of 5) Aspects Of Recent Science In her filmy, transparent costume, she was the quintessence of womanly allure. High Dragon Bump She stood, with a warning gesture to her lips—a human girl in a filmy flowing drapery. Astounding Stories, March, 1931 “He will not,” she cried, fiercely, her bosom rising and falling convulsively under its covering of filmy lace and the diamond brooch which clasped it. Daisy Brooks Or, A Perilous Love Its permanent home is in that body of filmy matter drawn about the ego in the higher levels of the heaven world. Elementary Theosophy The creature's great eyes became filmy, while the revolting spidery body slewed here and there across the jar, all the time whipping and thrashing at the strangling air. Astounding Stories, February, 1931 The girl was luxuriously submitting to the skilful attentions of Pascherette; her wealth of lustrous hair enveloped her like a veil, rendering almost superfluous the filmy silken robe she had donned. The Pirate Woman She, too, was dressed in white, but it was a filmy, cloud-like mass, with trimmings of ethereal blue. The Award of Justice Or, Told in the Rockies A Pen Picture of the West Two enormous pink eyes, unlidded, but capable of being sheathed with a filmy membrane, stared down at them with manifest suspicion. Slaves of Mercury She went to the window, drew aside the filmy lace, and looked forth. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 2 August 1848 To-night she wore black, in some soft, filmy stuff from which her fine arms and shoulders and beautiful neck stood out in challenging whiteness. Jan and Her Job The filmiest of lace and silken shawls, jeweled slippers, gossamer-gold head dresses, pearls and rubies from India and Persia—all lay in confusion at her hand, and aroused no spark of joy in her breast. The Pirate Woman And the stars would appear and the frogs tune up in the marshes far down in the valley below, and the filmy mists would rise and the mountains would tower overhead. The Harbor A puzzled expression flitted over his pinkish eyes, a filmy sheath spread over them like a veil, and he fell heavily, a neat bullet hole square between his eyes. Slaves of Mercury However far removed in aerial distance, and however brilliant in light, they never appear filmy or evanescent, and their light is always on them, not in them. Modern Painters Volume I (of V) As he stood panting like a wild beast at bay, suddenly a filmy substance was thrown over his head from behind. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, October, 1930 The picture ended with a gay group of debutantes in filmy chiffon gowns to symbolize the present day of rejoicing. The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume V Even as he spoke, the dove's soft eyes grew filmy; it nestled closer in Carl's neck, gave a faint cry, and died. The Big Nightcap Letters Being the Fifth Book of the Series It consists only of a filmy layer of cortex, a film of gray nerve cells which the ape has not. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930 Beatrice tossed the filmy creamy silk somethings or other away and delivered herself of her mind. The Gorgeous Girl A large tree, 50 to 90 ft. high, with yellowish or silvery-gray bark peeling off into very thin, filmy layers from the trunk. Trees of the Northern United States Their Study, Description and Determination The window was open, the night air still and suave and warm, her sole protection a filmy negligee over a night-dress of sheerest silk and lace. Nobody The snow wrapped them in its filmy folds, gathering thick upon their garments and filling their eyes, and Nasmyth grew anxious as the daylight suddenly died out. The Greater Power The little scarlet blouse and shimmering skirt, alive with tinsel that glinted under the light, still lay there beside the thin-heeled slippers and filmy silk stockings. Once to Every Man The head of the bison sank again, and his bloodshot eyes grew filmy; he was faint and sinking, and he swayed staggeringly to and fro. Two Arrows A Story of Red and White If it was a phantom, it was that of Lady Clementina: if but modeled of the filmy vapors of the moonlight, and the artist his own brain, the phantom was welcome as joy. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 20, August 1877 |
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