英语词汇“furtiveness”造句的方法、技巧、例句及翻译-英语例句辞典

It imposed a furtiveness on the loving done on it. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was one-thirty in the morning, but in spite of the hour and her turned-up coat collar, there was no air of furtiveness about her at all. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s interesting that you describe the show as a utopia because of the furtiveness of male-male relationships in your previous work. Gregg Araki Wants to Make America Gay Again 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z

Such persistent, menacing furtiveness promises to wreck Kehlmann’s nerves, or else promises to tug him over to the dark side, to Heidl’s state of moral relativism and anarchy. Review | If a rich liar asked you to ghostwrite his memoir, would you do it? 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z

Mercy’s furtiveness — call it an extreme aversion to confrontation — is echoed across the generations. Anne Tyler, Close-Up Artist, Zooms Out for a Novel of Family Rifts 2022-03-20T04:00:00Z

Without some encoded furtiveness, some intimations of a secret through-the-looking-glass world, the magic vanishes. Is pop music sexualising our children? 2010-08-14T23:05:00Z

Some photographers justified their furtiveness as a ploy to secure an un-self-conscious pose or as an exercise in social reform. Watching you 2010-05-21T23:06:00Z

In Stafford, there is the kingdom of childhood in all its taboos — its furtiveness and griminess, the arcane rituals and untethered sensuality. Jean Stafford’s Novels Frankly Survey the Kingdom of Childhood 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z

The gallery also is showing Paolo Morales’s “Between You and Me,” a suite of black-and-white photos that evoke isolation and furtiveness in downscale American suburbs. Review | In the galleries: Doubling down on artworks 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z

Every voter in Washington will have to spend the next decade voting in congressional and legislative districts constructed by this sloppy furtiveness. Legislature should use redistricting settlement as basis for reform 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z

But the routine is time-consuming, with a furtiveness that often feels “weirdly like I was doing like a drug deal or something,” he says. Quarter shortage creates a two-bit black market in coin-operated Seattle 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z

The Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 investigation currently underway may look from a distance like an Annex 13 effort, but it is riddled with furtiveness and fear. What Really Brought Down the Boeing 737 Max? 2019-09-18T04:00:00Z

The US government clearly considers the case sensitive enough to pursue it amid almost unheard of furtiveness. Sealed v Sealed: ruling sheds light on mystery case thought to involve Mueller 2018-12-18T05:00:00Z

Pruitt’s longstanding connection to the Koch brothers may explain his furtiveness. In Letter to E.P.A., Top Ethics Officer Questions Pruitt’s Actions 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z

“He hung up without answering,” Conner tells the reader; the gesture is meant to be read as furtiveness, not indignation. The Unlikely Poster Boy of the Radical Right 2016-01-11T05:00:00Z

Why, too, the seeming furtiveness with which the administration is transporting hundreds of these minors to various far-flung states? The Flood Of Illegal Immigrant Children: Why The Secrecy? 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z

Though the Hydronic Lift workers are, of course, concerned about the future, they say what upset them most was the furtiveness of the closure. Italian Plant’s Abrupt Shutdown Stirs a Debate 2013-09-05T00:12:16Z

I like things which are revealed and comprehensive; the furtiveness of secrecy terrifies me. The Stronger Influence 2011-12-02T03:00:23.630Z

No. It was because of a certain furtiveness on Cosimo's part. A Crooked Mile 2011-10-03T02:00:26.870Z

They were short, creaking, and irregular sounds, like those produced by a heavy man when he tries to walk lightly, and they gave the Phantom an impression of hesitancy and furtiveness. The Gray Phantom's Return 2011-09-22T02:00:27.150Z

That, she discovered later, was one of the developments of their adjusted relations, a sort of furtiveness, that comprised a mixture of deprecation and a shamed shyness that was more instinctive than anything else. The Bigamist 2011-08-31T02:01:34.797Z

It was his furtiveness that was heartrending; it was as though he were an outcast, and we who loved him stout policemen. The Return of the Soldier 2011-08-26T02:00:23.937Z

There was a certain shifty furtiveness in the half-opened eyes, and the rather weak chin hinted at a possible lack of the discreetness which is the prime requisite in a confidential clerk. The Real Man 2011-07-29T02:00:28.280Z

The lawyer regarded him covertly, and noticed the furtiveness of his eyes, but Palliser sighed. The Dust of Conflict 2011-04-14T02:01:04.343Z

She scrutinized him with a certain furtiveness, weighing him. The Late Tenant 2011-03-28T02:00:25.153Z

Trafford, too, being quite unused to any sort of social furtiveness, did perhaps, in order to divert attention from his preoccupation with Marjorie, attend more markedly to Daphne than he would otherwise have done. Marriage 2011-02-22T03:00:06.867Z

There was a furtiveness about the whole proceeding that I did not like, and I stood still a moment watching. The Professor's Mystery 2011-01-18T03:00:11.317Z

And a new furtiveness—born of the new realisation—assailed her when at last she stepped from the cab at her own door. The Gambler A Novel

The longer interval on July 19 to 21 may have resulted from the greater furtiveness of the adult kites at this stage in their nesting cycle. Observations on the Mississippi Kite in Southwestern Kansas

For one thing there was, in all of this, a furtiveness, a secrecy, that she loathed. The Duchess of Wrexe Her Decline and Death; A Romantic Commentary

But Marjorie seemed to justify all things, and when his soul turned against furtiveness, he reminded it that the alternative was bawling. Marriage 2011-02-22T03:00:06.867Z

Perhaps the warning came to him mysteriously, flashed upon that inner sense, sometimes alert and sometimes densely slumbering, which the forest furtiveness seems to develop in its creatures. The Haunters of the Silences A Book of Animal Life

His eyes never moved, yet I sensed a furtiveness as marked as if he had peered suspiciously about. Astounding Stories, June, 1931

That quantity of provisions, the package of humble toilet articles, and her furtiveness and haste to get away from the open road all pointed to one fact–the girl was running away. Anything Once

From that day came restraints and difficulties; the shadow of furtiveness fell between us; our correspondence had to be concealed. The Passionate Friends

He did not want to give an impression of furtiveness, but the Almirante Gomez was twelve days out of New York and Bell was still entirely ignorant of why he was on board. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, May, 1930

Now he moved to the open doorway, and somehow his original furtiveness had returned to him. The Twins of Suffering Creek

I strolled out idly, meeting on the way the flap-eared youth, who seemed bent on making his way back into the tent, wearing a mingled air of furtiveness, of triumph, and anticipation. Disowned

There was a marked change in his bearing, a furtiveness and eager haste which ill accorded with his manner of a short time before. The Crevice

Mason’s furtiveness may, of course, have fooled even the publisher. Cursory Observations on the Poems Attributed to Thomas Rowley (1782)

The sound of a crackled twig off to the right had come to their ears, and it was a sound that carried the quality of furtiveness. The Roof Tree

The clouding sky, the river, the broken pine trees were looking on at a lonely funeral, darkened by a suggestive furtiveness and haste. A Modern Mercenary

Competition in exploration often develops an atmosphere of suspicion and furtiveness which is highly unfavorable to coöperative efforts. The Economic Aspect of Geology

And she glanced about her at tiled walls and mosaic floors with a furtiveness that was none the less critical for being so sly. McClure's Magazine, Vol 31, No 2, June 1908

And there was some haste in his slouching, loose-jointed gait which gave to his journey a suggestion of furtiveness. The Watchers of the Plains A Tale of the Western Prairies

The mountaineer is, by nature, secretive to furtiveness, and under so outright a questioning the visitor stiffened with affront. The Roof Tree

His surprise had evidently impressed her as furtiveness, for she said, "So it is Mr. Easterday?" The Kingdom Round the Corner A Novel

About him was a furtiveness of the wilds, not guilty but protective. The Return of Blue Pete

He was conscious of a peculiar mixture of emotions, a little guilt, a little shame, a little furtiveness, and more than any, a lifting sense of relief, freedom. Stubble

She was plainly dressed and wore no ornament, and she was undeniably pretty, but there was about her a furtiveness and a nervous indecision which spoke of her apprehension. The Man Who Knew

Mallalieu, with his hand on the latch, turned and looked his partner in the face—without furtiveness, for once. The Borough Treasurer

Perhaps a kind of public surreptitiousness, a quite open furtiveness, had troubled him. Here are Ladies

Concentrated attention draws the eyebrows together over the bridge of the nose, while furtiveness widens the space again without elevating the eyebrows. Caruso and Tetrazzini on the Art of Singing

His old furtiveness of manner came back now when he talked over himself and his affairs with his wife. Quisanté

For the first time a touch of fear came to her shadowy eyes, and they were veiled by a momentary look of furtiveness. Phantom Wires A Novel

On the contrary, it swept the ground clear of all the ethical obstructions, leaving only a vast subtlety and furtiveness, the sly ferocity of the trapped animal. The Price

From under lowered eyelids he had been watching, with a moody furtiveness, Mary Rochefort and Burnaby, who were oblivious to the other two in the manner of people who are glad they have met. The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story

The Queen looked at her husband with shrewd and kindly furtiveness. King John of Jingalo The Story of a Monarch in Difficulties

When he entered that night he looked around with keen furtiveness, and was evidently listening and watching for her, though presently his voice rose high in discussion with the others. The Portion of Labor

They went with instinctive furtiveness out of the lane and quickly into the woodland on the farther side. Operation Terror

When she came out of her room they eyed her with a certain grim furtiveness, and they never said a word to her about Ephraim. Pembroke A Novel

There was furtiveness in every gesture and expression. Four Weird Tales

He was unshaven, and his eyes shone with the furtiveness of some hunted animal. The Lighted Way

When he left her her once clear, careless glance had a suggestion of furtiveness in it. Love Stories

My grandmother noticed a furtiveness in his manner when he received them. Tramping on Life An Autobiographical Narrative

His actions were so strange; they hinted at furtiveness. Six Feet Four

It is merely forcing what should be always the most dignified of human relationships into the shamefulness of concealment and furtiveness. Taboo and Genetics A Study of the Biological, Sociological and Psychological Foundation of the Family

There was an odd furtiveness in her bearing that struck Dinah on the instant. Greatheart

Here, she guessed, was the suggestion of furtiveness which had raised her father's unreasoning anger, often fierce, and always incalculable. Tales of the Five Towns

Only there should be no more attempted concealment or evasion of the truth on her part, no furtiveness in his and her relation. Deadham Hard

But in their expressions there was nothing of similarity; in Thornton's was a stern readiness to mete out punishment while from Broderick's there looked forth a sudden furtiveness, a feverish desire for escape. Six Feet Four

He saw in this only the essential furtiveness, inconsistency, and superstition of the female. The Precipice

There was not a shadow on Veronica's brow, not a glint of furtiveness in her eye, nowhere a hint of any secret knowledge or subdued excitement. The Camp Fire Girls Do Their Bit Or, over the Top with the Winnebagos

Subsequently it repented and produced a characteristic pamphlet in which the idea was presented with a sort of minimising furtiveness as a mean little extension of outdoor relief. An Englishman Looks at the World

In all the party there obtains a certain twitching character of mouth and furtiveness of eye, that hint how the coward is lurking under the bully. The Uncommercial Traveller

And she, when she felt that he was not watching her, when his silence was almost a tangible thing, looked at him with quick furtiveness. Six Feet Four

She had but little of the curiosity of the flirt, and none of the intrigante's joy in furtiveness. Main Street

Putting two and two together, and adding the painted-out name and a dash of seeming furtiveness on my part, you have all the materials for a nice, yellow mystery. Captivating Mary Carstairs

He looked less unhealthy than on that spring morning, eighteen months ago, but the furtiveness had increased so much that a stranger would have pitied him as a man with nerves. Till the Clock Stops

He regarded Lilly with a furtiveness prompted solely by a desire not to appear audacious. Star-Dust

Well," said Pixley, with a furtiveness half habit, as he rose to go, "of course, you want to keep your eye on your committee-man, and kind of foller along with him, whatever he does. In the Arena Stories of Political Life

She crossed to the telephone with a charming furtiveness—you could see she was playing they had just been found behind the piano together in a game of hide-and-seek. Young People's Pride A Novel

Apparently at that moment she also saw him, for with an incredibly swift movement and a furtiveness which wrung his heart, she slipped into the porch and disappeared. The Misses Mallett The Bridge Dividing

Its attractive kindliness was marred by a certain furtiveness. Till the Clock Stops

His singing was very bad, and the ballad lacked tune, but it served its purpose of saving him from the suspicion of furtiveness. The Call of the Cumberlands

To Sally, who all her life had hated concealing things, secrecy of any kind was objectionable: but in this matter Gerald had shown an odd streak almost of furtiveness in his character. The Adventures of Sally

There was the same sly angle of countenance, a similar furtiveness of purpose; the very expression of Mrs. Knight's keen, hard eyes was like nothing so much as that of the magpie's. The Auction Block

The others smiled with varying degrees of furtiveness. Angel Island

I saw Catherine glancing at him with a strange furtiveness in which there was something of fear. The Life Everlasting; a reality of romance

In the old days a cabinet council was a secret conclave, secrecy and furtiveness were in the texture of all public life. In the Days of the Comet

At sight of him, Peppe instinctively drew back into the shadows of the porch, his eyes discerning the suspicious furtiveness of the courtier's movements, and watching them with a grim eagerness. Love-at-Arms

His gray eyes were direct as against the furtiveness of Jimmie's; his mouth had a firm kindliness as against the wrinkled cunning of Jimmie's; his bearing was erect, self-possessed, as against Jimmie's bent, shuffling carriage. Children of the Whirlwind

His whole manner was a little peculiar, perhaps—a certain restlessness, what, in fact, one might be almost tempted to call a certain furtiveness of behaviour. The Return

They were bloodshot, with a heavy, hanging furtiveness, not unlike one of his own hunted steers. Cressy

Just as intently as the keeper’s eyes had been fixed on the spoon, Fancy’s had been fixed on her father’s, without premeditation or the slightest phase of furtiveness; but there they were fastened. Under the Greenwood Tree, or, the Mellstock quire; a rural painting of the Dutch school

The Seneschal observed her with eyes that held an odd mixture of furtiveness and admiration, his fingers—plump, indolent-looking stumps—plucking at his beard. Saint Martin's Summer

With the consciousness of good looks which she always carried, there was, in spite of her affected ease, a slight furtiveness in the occasional swift turn of her head, as if evading or seeking observation. From Sand Hill to Pine

He returned late in the evening, weary and faint, and with the furtiveness of an outlaw, again reached his room without meeting those whom he so wished to avoid. A Face Illumined

There had been an air of haste, almost of furtiveness, about this swift appearance and more swift vanishing of Ella, that made Dunn ask himself uneasily what errand she could have been on. The Bittermeads Mystery

It was the furtiveness of it rather than the fact itself that troubled him. Dangerous Days

My earlier love affairs were encounters of sex, under conditions of furtiveness and adventure that made them things in themselves, restricted and unilluminating. The New Machiavelli

Distressful elements crept in by reason of our unavoidable furtiveness; we ignored them, hid them from each other, and attempted to hide them from ourselves. The New Machiavelli

单词	furtiveness
例句	furtiveness It imposed a furtiveness on the loving done on it. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z It was one-thirty in the morning, but in spite of the hour and her turned-up coat collar, there was no air of furtiveness about her at all. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s interesting that you describe the show as a utopia because of the furtiveness of male-male relationships in your previous work. Gregg Araki Wants to Make America Gay Again 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z Such persistent, menacing furtiveness promises to wreck Kehlmann’s nerves, or else promises to tug him over to the dark side, to Heidl’s state of moral relativism and anarchy. Review \| If a rich liar asked you to ghostwrite his memoir, would you do it? 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z Mercy’s furtiveness — call it an extreme aversion to confrontation — is echoed across the generations. Anne Tyler, Close-Up Artist, Zooms Out for a Novel of Family Rifts 2022-03-20T04:00:00Z Without some encoded furtiveness, some intimations of a secret through-the-looking-glass world, the magic vanishes. Is pop music sexualising our children? 2010-08-14T23:05:00Z Some photographers justified their furtiveness as a ploy to secure an un-self-conscious pose or as an exercise in social reform. Watching you 2010-05-21T23:06:00Z In Stafford, there is the kingdom of childhood in all its taboos — its furtiveness and griminess, the arcane rituals and untethered sensuality. Jean Stafford’s Novels Frankly Survey the Kingdom of Childhood 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z The gallery also is showing Paolo Morales’s “Between You and Me,” a suite of black-and-white photos that evoke isolation and furtiveness in downscale American suburbs. Review \| In the galleries: Doubling down on artworks 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z Every voter in Washington will have to spend the next decade voting in congressional and legislative districts constructed by this sloppy furtiveness. Legislature should use redistricting settlement as basis for reform 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z But the routine is time-consuming, with a furtiveness that often feels “weirdly like I was doing like a drug deal or something,” he says. Quarter shortage creates a two-bit black market in coin-operated Seattle 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z The Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 investigation currently underway may look from a distance like an Annex 13 effort, but it is riddled with furtiveness and fear. What Really Brought Down the Boeing 737 Max? 2019-09-18T04:00:00Z The US government clearly considers the case sensitive enough to pursue it amid almost unheard of furtiveness. Sealed v Sealed: ruling sheds light on mystery case thought to involve Mueller 2018-12-18T05:00:00Z Pruitt’s longstanding connection to the Koch brothers may explain his furtiveness. In Letter to E.P.A., Top Ethics Officer Questions Pruitt’s Actions 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z “He hung up without answering,” Conner tells the reader; the gesture is meant to be read as furtiveness, not indignation. The Unlikely Poster Boy of the Radical Right 2016-01-11T05:00:00Z Why, too, the seeming furtiveness with which the administration is transporting hundreds of these minors to various far-flung states? The Flood Of Illegal Immigrant Children: Why The Secrecy? 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z Though the Hydronic Lift workers are, of course, concerned about the future, they say what upset them most was the furtiveness of the closure. Italian Plant’s Abrupt Shutdown Stirs a Debate 2013-09-05T00:12:16Z I like things which are revealed and comprehensive; the furtiveness of secrecy terrifies me. The Stronger Influence 2011-12-02T03:00:23.630Z No. It was because of a certain furtiveness on Cosimo's part. A Crooked Mile 2011-10-03T02:00:26.870Z They were short, creaking, and irregular sounds, like those produced by a heavy man when he tries to walk lightly, and they gave the Phantom an impression of hesitancy and furtiveness. The Gray Phantom's Return 2011-09-22T02:00:27.150Z That, she discovered later, was one of the developments of their adjusted relations, a sort of furtiveness, that comprised a mixture of deprecation and a shamed shyness that was more instinctive than anything else. The Bigamist 2011-08-31T02:01:34.797Z It was his furtiveness that was heartrending; it was as though he were an outcast, and we who loved him stout policemen. The Return of the Soldier 2011-08-26T02:00:23.937Z There was a certain shifty furtiveness in the half-opened eyes, and the rather weak chin hinted at a possible lack of the discreetness which is the prime requisite in a confidential clerk. The Real Man 2011-07-29T02:00:28.280Z The lawyer regarded him covertly, and noticed the furtiveness of his eyes, but Palliser sighed. The Dust of Conflict 2011-04-14T02:01:04.343Z She scrutinized him with a certain furtiveness, weighing him. The Late Tenant 2011-03-28T02:00:25.153Z Trafford, too, being quite unused to any sort of social furtiveness, did perhaps, in order to divert attention from his preoccupation with Marjorie, attend more markedly to Daphne than he would otherwise have done. Marriage 2011-02-22T03:00:06.867Z There was a furtiveness about the whole proceeding that I did not like, and I stood still a moment watching. The Professor's Mystery 2011-01-18T03:00:11.317Z And a new furtiveness—born of the new realisation—assailed her when at last she stepped from the cab at her own door. The Gambler A Novel The longer interval on July 19 to 21 may have resulted from the greater furtiveness of the adult kites at this stage in their nesting cycle. Observations on the Mississippi Kite in Southwestern Kansas For one thing there was, in all of this, a furtiveness, a secrecy, that she loathed. The Duchess of Wrexe Her Decline and Death; A Romantic Commentary But Marjorie seemed to justify all things, and when his soul turned against furtiveness, he reminded it that the alternative was bawling. Marriage 2011-02-22T03:00:06.867Z Perhaps the warning came to him mysteriously, flashed upon that inner sense, sometimes alert and sometimes densely slumbering, which the forest furtiveness seems to develop in its creatures. The Haunters of the Silences A Book of Animal Life His eyes never moved, yet I sensed a furtiveness as marked as if he had peered suspiciously about. Astounding Stories, June, 1931 That quantity of provisions, the package of humble toilet articles, and her furtiveness and haste to get away from the open road all pointed to one fact–the girl was running away. Anything Once From that day came restraints and difficulties; the shadow of furtiveness fell between us; our correspondence had to be concealed. The Passionate Friends He did not want to give an impression of furtiveness, but the Almirante Gomez was twelve days out of New York and Bell was still entirely ignorant of why he was on board. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, May, 1930 Now he moved to the open doorway, and somehow his original furtiveness had returned to him. The Twins of Suffering Creek I strolled out idly, meeting on the way the flap-eared youth, who seemed bent on making his way back into the tent, wearing a mingled air of furtiveness, of triumph, and anticipation. Disowned There was a marked change in his bearing, a furtiveness and eager haste which ill accorded with his manner of a short time before. The Crevice Mason’s furtiveness may, of course, have fooled even the publisher. Cursory Observations on the Poems Attributed to Thomas Rowley (1782) The sound of a crackled twig off to the right had come to their ears, and it was a sound that carried the quality of furtiveness. The Roof Tree The clouding sky, the river, the broken pine trees were looking on at a lonely funeral, darkened by a suggestive furtiveness and haste. A Modern Mercenary Competition in exploration often develops an atmosphere of suspicion and furtiveness which is highly unfavorable to coöperative efforts. The Economic Aspect of Geology And she glanced about her at tiled walls and mosaic floors with a furtiveness that was none the less critical for being so sly. McClure's Magazine, Vol 31, No 2, June 1908 And there was some haste in his slouching, loose-jointed gait which gave to his journey a suggestion of furtiveness. The Watchers of the Plains A Tale of the Western Prairies The mountaineer is, by nature, secretive to furtiveness, and under so outright a questioning the visitor stiffened with affront. The Roof Tree His surprise had evidently impressed her as furtiveness, for she said, "So it is Mr. Easterday?" The Kingdom Round the Corner A Novel About him was a furtiveness of the wilds, not guilty but protective. The Return of Blue Pete He was conscious of a peculiar mixture of emotions, a little guilt, a little shame, a little furtiveness, and more than any, a lifting sense of relief, freedom. Stubble She was plainly dressed and wore no ornament, and she was undeniably pretty, but there was about her a furtiveness and a nervous indecision which spoke of her apprehension. The Man Who Knew Mallalieu, with his hand on the latch, turned and looked his partner in the face—without furtiveness, for once. The Borough Treasurer Perhaps a kind of public surreptitiousness, a quite open furtiveness, had troubled him. Here are Ladies Concentrated attention draws the eyebrows together over the bridge of the nose, while furtiveness widens the space again without elevating the eyebrows. Caruso and Tetrazzini on the Art of Singing His old furtiveness of manner came back now when he talked over himself and his affairs with his wife. Quisanté For the first time a touch of fear came to her shadowy eyes, and they were veiled by a momentary look of furtiveness. Phantom Wires A Novel On the contrary, it swept the ground clear of all the ethical obstructions, leaving only a vast subtlety and furtiveness, the sly ferocity of the trapped animal. The Price From under lowered eyelids he had been watching, with a moody furtiveness, Mary Rochefort and Burnaby, who were oblivious to the other two in the manner of people who are glad they have met. The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story The Queen looked at her husband with shrewd and kindly furtiveness. King John of Jingalo The Story of a Monarch in Difficulties When he entered that night he looked around with keen furtiveness, and was evidently listening and watching for her, though presently his voice rose high in discussion with the others. The Portion of Labor They went with instinctive furtiveness out of the lane and quickly into the woodland on the farther side. Operation Terror When she came out of her room they eyed her with a certain grim furtiveness, and they never said a word to her about Ephraim. Pembroke A Novel There was furtiveness in every gesture and expression. Four Weird Tales He was unshaven, and his eyes shone with the furtiveness of some hunted animal. The Lighted Way When he left her her once clear, careless glance had a suggestion of furtiveness in it. Love Stories My grandmother noticed a furtiveness in his manner when he received them. Tramping on Life An Autobiographical Narrative His actions were so strange; they hinted at furtiveness. Six Feet Four It is merely forcing what should be always the most dignified of human relationships into the shamefulness of concealment and furtiveness. Taboo and Genetics A Study of the Biological, Sociological and Psychological Foundation of the Family There was an odd furtiveness in her bearing that struck Dinah on the instant. Greatheart Here, she guessed, was the suggestion of furtiveness which had raised her father's unreasoning anger, often fierce, and always incalculable. Tales of the Five Towns Only there should be no more attempted concealment or evasion of the truth on her part, no furtiveness in his and her relation. Deadham Hard But in their expressions there was nothing of similarity; in Thornton's was a stern readiness to mete out punishment while from Broderick's there looked forth a sudden furtiveness, a feverish desire for escape. Six Feet Four He saw in this only the essential furtiveness, inconsistency, and superstition of the female. The Precipice There was not a shadow on Veronica's brow, not a glint of furtiveness in her eye, nowhere a hint of any secret knowledge or subdued excitement. The Camp Fire Girls Do Their Bit Or, over the Top with the Winnebagos Subsequently it repented and produced a characteristic pamphlet in which the idea was presented with a sort of minimising furtiveness as a mean little extension of outdoor relief. An Englishman Looks at the World In all the party there obtains a certain twitching character of mouth and furtiveness of eye, that hint how the coward is lurking under the bully. The Uncommercial Traveller And she, when she felt that he was not watching her, when his silence was almost a tangible thing, looked at him with quick furtiveness. Six Feet Four She had but little of the curiosity of the flirt, and none of the intrigante's joy in furtiveness. Main Street Putting two and two together, and adding the painted-out name and a dash of seeming furtiveness on my part, you have all the materials for a nice, yellow mystery. Captivating Mary Carstairs He looked less unhealthy than on that spring morning, eighteen months ago, but the furtiveness had increased so much that a stranger would have pitied him as a man with nerves. Till the Clock Stops He regarded Lilly with a furtiveness prompted solely by a desire not to appear audacious. Star-Dust Well," said Pixley, with a furtiveness half habit, as he rose to go, "of course, you want to keep your eye on your committee-man, and kind of foller along with him, whatever he does. In the Arena Stories of Political Life She crossed to the telephone with a charming furtiveness—you could see she was playing they had just been found behind the piano together in a game of hide-and-seek. Young People's Pride A Novel Apparently at that moment she also saw him, for with an incredibly swift movement and a furtiveness which wrung his heart, she slipped into the porch and disappeared. The Misses Mallett The Bridge Dividing Its attractive kindliness was marred by a certain furtiveness. Till the Clock Stops His singing was very bad, and the ballad lacked tune, but it served its purpose of saving him from the suspicion of furtiveness. The Call of the Cumberlands To Sally, who all her life had hated concealing things, secrecy of any kind was objectionable: but in this matter Gerald had shown an odd streak almost of furtiveness in his character. The Adventures of Sally There was the same sly angle of countenance, a similar furtiveness of purpose; the very expression of Mrs. Knight's keen, hard eyes was like nothing so much as that of the magpie's. The Auction Block The others smiled with varying degrees of furtiveness. Angel Island I saw Catherine glancing at him with a strange furtiveness in which there was something of fear. The Life Everlasting; a reality of romance In the old days a cabinet council was a secret conclave, secrecy and furtiveness were in the texture of all public life. In the Days of the Comet At sight of him, Peppe instinctively drew back into the shadows of the porch, his eyes discerning the suspicious furtiveness of the courtier's movements, and watching them with a grim eagerness. Love-at-Arms His gray eyes were direct as against the furtiveness of Jimmie's; his mouth had a firm kindliness as against the wrinkled cunning of Jimmie's; his bearing was erect, self-possessed, as against Jimmie's bent, shuffling carriage. Children of the Whirlwind His whole manner was a little peculiar, perhaps—a certain restlessness, what, in fact, one might be almost tempted to call a certain furtiveness of behaviour. The Return They were bloodshot, with a heavy, hanging furtiveness, not unlike one of his own hunted steers. Cressy Just as intently as the keeper’s eyes had been fixed on the spoon, Fancy’s had been fixed on her father’s, without premeditation or the slightest phase of furtiveness; but there they were fastened. Under the Greenwood Tree, or, the Mellstock quire; a rural painting of the Dutch school The Seneschal observed her with eyes that held an odd mixture of furtiveness and admiration, his fingers—plump, indolent-looking stumps—plucking at his beard. Saint Martin's Summer With the consciousness of good looks which she always carried, there was, in spite of her affected ease, a slight furtiveness in the occasional swift turn of her head, as if evading or seeking observation. From Sand Hill to Pine He returned late in the evening, weary and faint, and with the furtiveness of an outlaw, again reached his room without meeting those whom he so wished to avoid. A Face Illumined There had been an air of haste, almost of furtiveness, about this swift appearance and more swift vanishing of Ella, that made Dunn ask himself uneasily what errand she could have been on. The Bittermeads Mystery It was the furtiveness of it rather than the fact itself that troubled him. Dangerous Days My earlier love affairs were encounters of sex, under conditions of furtiveness and adventure that made them things in themselves, restricted and unilluminating. The New Machiavelli Distressful elements crept in by reason of our unavoidable furtiveness; we ignored them, hid them from each other, and attempted to hide them from ourselves. The New Machiavelli
随便看	ploughed ploughing ploughland ploughman ploughshare Plovdiv plover plow plow ahead plow horse plowboy plowed plower plowing plowland plowman plowshare ploy pluck pluck at plucked pluckily pluckiness plucky plug