| 单词 | frailness |
| 例句 | Yet Mrs. Frisby thought that this had been the beginning of his frailness. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Rarely has he ever spoken this way, to a great assemblage of us, and I am struck both by the power of his voice and the frailness of his person. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I much more enjoy the strangeness and the frailness of real people’s lives and then figuring out a way to make that into a story. Mike Mills’s ‘20th Century Women’ is ‘very long thank-you note’ to his late mother 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z “Unfortunately, the issues of frailness and all are the Democrats trying to spin something that they didn’t like,” he said. EXCLUSIVE: Republicans aware of Mueller ‘frailty’ ahead of hearing 2019-07-25T04:00:00Z She would have been a pretty child but for her look of transparent, egg-shell frailness. The Daughter Pays 2011-03-19T02:00:09.513Z Yet the face showed strength in its frailness. Ewing\\'s Lady It was a mass of cobweb lace of extraordinary antiquity and frailness, mounted on a lining of silver gauze. Lady Cassandra There was a spirituality about her—a frailness, if I may so express it—that was almost fairylike. Long Live the King "Seems I ought to know if they'll ever be read." n spite of Brady's frailness, the lieutenant was like a grizzled old animal growling with his last breath. Perfect Control Nor is it in any wise difficult for us to perceive the beneficent reasons for this appointed frailness of the mountains. Modern Painters, Volume IV (of V) The big man rallied her on her pallor and frailness, but with a poor spirit that hardly concealed his real misgiving. Ewing\\'s Lady As if he knew the frailness of his tenure on life, he sought azure and elliptical routes. Ivory Apes and Peacocks Laura Bowman wasn't red-headed for nothing; out from under the blight of Bowman and that hateful marriage, she had already thrown off some of her physical frailness; the nervous tension showed itself now in energy. The Million-Dollar Suitcase He was a self-sufficient little guy despite his frailness and didn't really need a woman to look after him. The Man the Martians Made She dared not think of the frailness of the barriers which stood between herself and the possible consequences of her crime. The Scarlet Feather It is essentially frail in its construction; and this frailness, though it spells destruction for the machine in a bad descent, provides at the same time an element of safety for its crew. Learning to Fly A Practical Manual for Beginners He remained silent and tried gently to disengage himself from her slender fingers, but the feeling of their frailness, the knowledge of her wound, made her feeble grasp as an iron vice to his manliness. The Light of Scarthey I crushed her to me, glorying in the strength of my arms and the frailness of her tender little body. The Fire People He knew the frailness of the bond which kept his body and soul together. Colonial Born A tale of the Queensland bush Yet though the essence of her bodily being was, as I knew, so frail, there was no show of frailness in her gracious presence. The God of Love Possessed by most strong men’s touching illusion as to the frailness of women and their spiritual fragility, it seemed to Anthony that he would be destroying, breaking something very precious inside that being. Chance A Tale in Two Parts She had noticed the transparency of the delicate flesh, the frailness of the wrinkled hands. The Man of the Desert I felt now not only their lack of strength, but a curious frailness about their bodies—a seeming absence of solidity that their stocky appearance belied. The Fire People It enveloped the little man behind the counter, not with the frailness that belongs to human age, but with that weathered, polished hardness which time brings to antiques of wood and metal. The Coast of Chance There was something appealing in her frailness, in her thin, anæmic calm. The Call of the Blood Most gentle Maker, with his frailness somewhat bear, Man is thy creature, thyself cannot say nay. "Everyman," with other interludes, including eight miracle plays Just four days short of his thirtieth birthday, he looked even more youthful; he was considerably below average height, and so slender as to give the impression of frailness. Rebel Raider I needed her indomitable frailness to prop my grosser strength. Romance The sense of her motion, of her frailness, lingered in his soul ever afterwards. Mike Fletcher A Novel That barrier confessed its frailness in every drooping line. The Seeker But just the thin empty frailness of her, her gaiety in the face of perfectly inevitable destruction, appealed to Rose. The Real Adventure In her girlish frailness, as she bent above her clasped hands, huddled there in the black shadow of the porch, she seemed pitifully little and helpless and forsaken. The Ramrodders A Novel What struck me at the time was their rose-leaf frailness and utter unsuitability for the task. Out To Win The Story of America in France The modelling of her face was so perfect and so delicate as to produce an effect of transparency, yet there was no suggestion of frailness; her glance had an extraordinary strength of life. The Inheritors When she talked of her inability to go to night school because of her frailness and weariness, tears flooded her eyes. Making Both Ends Meet The income and outlay of New York working girls Her delicacy, her frailness, have never struck me as indicating weakness,—they seem simply the proper physical accompaniments of her crystalline little soul,—she's made of a fine and delicate clay. My Friend Prospero She, of course, would want to take care of me, but her frailness would have made it impossible. Revelations of a Wife The Story of a Honeymoon She wore a massive crown which seemed too heavy for her frailness to sustain. Chivalry He took one step toward her and then stopped, impotent before her frailness, his glance wavering toward the door into the loft which mutely stared at him. Madcap Three or four years before, with her rapidly increasing frailness, the old lady's memory had begun to fail. She Stands Accused Only then I saw her faithful, loving nature in its perfect radiant glory, but also, alas! with the distressing realization of its frailness. The Bride of Dreams Most Gentle Maker, with his frailness somewhat bear; Man is thy creature, thyself cannot say nay. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 1 This gives one a realizing sense of the frailness of a Mississippi boat and the briefness of its life. Life on the Mississippi, Part 10. Owing to the brevity and the frailness of the line, the catch is limited to fish under the recognised standard as to size. Tropic Days You shall be obeyed, my husband," answered Zilia, "in all that the frailness of nature will permit. The Surgeon's Daughter He had left his cough with his short trousers in California, and had outgrown as much of his frailness as a boy of his temperament ever can. The Shagganappi My fleshly frailness made me do deadly wrong, And clean to forget thy laws of righteousness. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 1 The best part of his life is passed among blossoms, and he seems to partake of their beauty and frailness. Confessions of a Beachcomber Millner averted his gaze first, almost fearful of its betraying the added sense of his own strength and dexterity which he drew from the contrast of the other's frailness. Tales of Men and Ghosts Deepest pathos lies only in homely things, since the frailness of mortality is the pathetic centre, and mortality is nothing but homely. Such Is Life She was thin, almost to the point of frailness, with sharp, delicately cut features; but the little chin was firm, and a flash of the brown eyes revealed a fiery soul within. The Sky Pilot in No Man's Land Her frailness touched him; he was angry at Eddie Swanson for the incessant family bickering. Babbitt "But neither did I then think that I was to be shamed with the taint of disgrace, with thy frailness to thy word and thy beguiling pledges." The Danish History, Books I-IX |
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