| 单词 | handsbreadth |
| 例句 | The glass of the cabinet door was only a handsbreadth in front of it. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z My sixteenth birthday would not now be long in coming; and already my mark on the lintel post was within a handsbreadth of my father’s own. Cedric, the Forester 2011-08-17T02:00:29.077Z Shoulders and quarters, indeed, are reddened by gashes from a hundred thorns; but the virgin spot, a handsbreadth behind the girths, is pure and stainless still. Riding Recollections, 5th ed. 2011-03-10T03:00:52.223Z The spirit of Madison Cawein passed at midnight from this world of intimate beauty "To stand a handsbreadth nearer Heaven and what is God!" The Cup of Comus Fact and Fancy It was his duty to warn of impending attack; above all, to rake the sky ceaselessly with a crudely-contrived periscope for signs of gathering clouds, be they no bigger than a handsbreadth. Slaves of Mercury Then the medicine men raised the sun a handsbreadth in the air, but it was still too hot. Myths and Legends of the Great Plains Before the half of this had been spoken the face of Lord Gilroy had grown pale as death, and he seemed to shrink a full handsbreadth in stature. Cedric, the Forester 2011-08-17T02:00:29.077Z A handsbreadth hence leaps up, laughs out as an angel crowned, A strong full fountain of flowers overflowing above and around. A Channel Passage and Other Poems Taken from The Collected Poetical Works of Algernon Charles Swinburne—Vol VI Head and spear up, shield on your back, cuirass-collar open one handsbreadth—and that's how you take the Eagles through Britain.' Puck of Pook's Hill The other man struck Tirant in the middle of his thigh, and the wound gaped about a handsbreadth. The White Knight: Tirant Lo Blanc The sun was but a handsbreadth from the western edge of land. Old Indian Legends Say they are a false generation, and say a good archer told you so, who, with a fair aim, seldom missed a handsbreadth of the white. Waverley Novels — Volume 12 The Jew stretched forth his hand, but ere he touched that beard the Cid laid his hand upon his sword Tizóna and drew it forth from its scabbard a handsbreadth. The Lay of the Cid From Scotch to Irish is but a handsbreadth. In Search of the Castaways; or the Children of Captain Grant |
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