| 单词 | gauntness |
| 例句 | Her beauty had gone to a kind of fragile gauntness. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z He might have been handsome if not for a certain hungry gauntness and the way the lids of his eyes cloaked the top of each iris. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Almost all the boys were thin, some past the point of gauntness, with spindly shanks and arms like twigs. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Such archness is kind of reassuring, especially given Vivian’s gallows gauntness and pallor. Theater Review: Cynthia Nixon in ?Wit,? at Manhattan Theater Club 2012-01-27T03:01:00Z Nadia catches a glimpse of her body in the mirror in the London mansion, unfamiliar in its gauntness and hairier than she’d like. Letters of Recommendation: ‘Twin Peaks,’ Screaming Karaoke and More 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z His features were familiar, but they lacked the compelling gauntness or the special light in the eyes that had transfixed a generation of bobbysoxers. Frank Sinatra Jr obituary 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z He was probably not more than forty years old, but his gauntness made him look older. The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z When she came to the summit of the shoulder, the bare gauntness of Hinkson's farm, which resisted even the beauty of sunshine, caused her a momentary chill. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z She also saw how worn his face was, and the gauntness of his frame, and her compassion was stronger than her pride. Long Odds 2012-03-02T03:00:08.670Z His garments were ragged, and his gauntness showed through them. Delilah of the Snows 2012-01-23T03:00:09.087Z He stood somewhat upward of six feet and his broad shoulders tapered to a gauntness of waist and leg which gave him the suggestion of a timber wedge. The Code of the Mountains 2012-01-07T03:00:15.050Z Barbara glanced at him sharply, and noticed the gauntness of his face and the spareness of his frame, which had become accentuated since she had last seen him. A Damaged Reputation 2011-10-17T02:00:16.117Z He had taken off an overcoat while his host was opening the champagne, and evening clothes accentuated a mature gauntness of body and limb. The Crime Doctor 2011-09-09T02:01:05.570Z The one was softly spoken, spare to gauntness, and characterized by a subtle air of distinction; the other, short, florid, abrupt in speech, and more often aggressive than dignified in manner. The League of the Leopard 2011-07-23T02:00:12.490Z Tall, it was thin to the point of gauntness. The Lost Wagon 2010-12-20T17:12:36.807Z Tall, almost as tall as El Sarria, he was yet distinguished from his fellows by a notable gauntness and angularity of figure. The Firebrand The moonlight shone into it, and it was, she noticed, quieter and a little grimmer than it had been, while his sinewy frame still showed spare to gauntness in the thin conventional dress. A Damaged Reputation 2011-10-17T02:00:16.117Z In his evening clothes, the length and gauntness of his face and figure seemed more noticeable than ever. The Missioner He was large for a Frenchman, and his gauntness was compounded by an obvious lack of sleep. Unbegotten Child Gaga was in his sleeping-suit, spectral in his gauntness and his pallor. Coquette His gauntness was more pronounced than it ever had been before. The Bondboy His is a wall-paper with a vengeance—one quarter of the universe laid bare in all its gauntness. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 2 (of 25) When at last he did look up and I got a full view of his face, with its large, familiar features, tight-set jaw and deep-set eyes, I was startled at its gauntness. The Harbor About the granite walls there is a grimness and gauntness of decay; of changed plans and projects; of devastation; of restoration; and, finally, of what is, apparently, submission to the inevitableness of time. The Cathedrals of Northern France He had also known adversity, she deduced from the gauntness of his face and a certain grimness of expression. Thurston of Orchard Valley But his gauntness also made him look more like Pierre than ever before. Shaman It was a thin-lipped, gaunt face, lacking eyebrows, which added to the gauntness, and the general complexion was red to the shade of crimson. Hurricane Island But that bony gauntness in his face, and all it showed me he had been through, gave him some right to his rudeness, I thought. The Harbor But it has a certain bluntness and gauntness of its own, standing solid and stark in the plain meadowland of the Wey. Highways and Byways in Surrey The high desert stretched vastly, far, far, far before, behind, on either side, the parched gauntness of its daytime aspect assuaged and evanescent. Desert Dust They were drawing near the 34 mountains, whose gauntness seemed less when approached. Across the Mesa All this, however, was as nothing compared with the gauntness and emaciation of the man. The Cruise of the "Esmeralda" Several Kins, ranging from almost normal physique to near-starvation gauntness, surrounded her and began an animated conversation. Teams A Terran Empire story She hadn't been prepared for this altered man with his limp and his gauntness and his strained intensity. The Kingdom Round the Corner A Novel He had grown in stature, but the gauntness of his face made his coarse features stand out so, that he was almost repulsive. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Orators In the few hours that had passed he seemed to have wasted to a startling gauntness. The Crooked House He had the gauntness, sallowness of complexion, and deliberateness of manner peculiar to the people of New England. The Frozen Pirate Then she noticed the gauntness of his bronzed face and how lean he was. The Gold Trail Just now, however, there was a somewhat languid look in those same eyes that, coupled with an extreme pallor of complexion and gauntness of frame, seemed to tell a tale of ill health. The Cruise of the Thetis A Tale of the Cuban Insurrection Sime was attached temporarily to an archæological expedition as medical man, and his athletic and somewhat bovine appearance contrasted oddly with the unhealthy gauntness of Cairn. Brood of the Witch-Queen Just now he was bronzed, spare, even inclining to gauntness. Foe-Farrell In personal appearance, aside from some angularities, considerable gauntness, and much sunburn, Seth told himself that he was not different from other men. The Way of the Wind His face had lost something of its hint of gauntness, even before his chief engineer had swung down from the saddle. Then I'll Come Back to You It seemed to her that she never had noticed before how mature Billy's face was in its new gauntness, nor how deep and direct was his gaze. Lydia of the Pines "No: I certainly don't," she replied, letting her eyes wander along the street where Sadler's Shacks rose in grime and gauntness to offend the clean skies. The Clarion Kenny knew by the flurried brightness of his eyes sunk deep in the yellowed gauntness of his face that he was drunk. Kenny He is the strongest man I ever saw, and his gauntness is all muscle. The Melting of Molly Everett was tall, broad and muscular, but thin almost to gauntness, and his face habitually wore the expression of deep weariness. Rose of Old Harpeth Surely, this increased gauntness was but the result of long hours at the paddle, the hollow cheeks but betokened hard fare and the defining winds of the outdoor air. The Mississippi Bubble It may still be argued that such conceptions as sorrow for sin and mortification of the flesh, unflinchingly portrayed by haggard gauntness in the saints of Donatello, are unfit for sculpturesque expression. Renaissance in Italy Volume 3 The Fine Arts But in the grayness and gauntness of him there was something that was mightier than the strength of youth. The Hunted Woman His is a wall-paper with a vengeance - one quarter of the universe laid bare in all its gauntness. Across the Plains Taller the tree certainly did seem, the gauntness of its now naked stem being more marked than before. The Woodlanders There will be no great change required in his gauntness, in his pallor, in his coldness, and in his smell. Les Misérables Strangely young too, almost a boy; tall and slight as his own sword, the grey eyes big under dark brows, the face sun-golden and lean almost to gauntness. The Gentleman A Romance of the Sea To profess oneself disappointed with Washington in this first week of April, 1899, would be like complaining of the gauntness of a rosebush in December. America To-day, Observations and Reflections His silk pyjamas rather emphasized than hid his gauntness; he looked strangely worn and weak, but Kit could picture the strong passion of his love-making. The Buccaneer Farmer Published in England under the Title "Askew's Victory" Tom took in Beresford's lean body, a gauntness of the boyish face, hollows under the eyes that had not been there when first they had met. Man Size "Yet you are a lover to soften the heart with gauntness." Les Misérables Above the height of average men, the figure looked unnaturally tall by its gauntness, and the heavy folds of the grey woollen frock fell together below the breast as if they covered a shadow. Via Crucis A gauntness settled in his face; there was a hungry, wistful look in his eyes; his ever-winning smile responded less readily than before; sharp lines began to reveal themselves, flanking his nostrils. The Rose in the Ring And once when his smile, on one of its sudden flashes from out that dark gauntness of his face, seemed aimed directly at her she felt a quick, responsive, electric thrill. Missy Upon the whole, I prefer the comfort of my little cabin and homestead to the gauntness and alarms of this place.’ Two on a Tower The maxillary bones, which his indescribable gauntness caused to protrude, formed deep cavities in the centre of both cheeks. Sarrasine Sir Richmond's brown gauntness was, he noted, greatly set off by his suit of grey. Secret Places of the Heart |
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