| 单词 | impalpably |
| 例句 | Then the lurking and inevitable shadow of that life had impalpably and suddenly fallen upon him. The Code of the Mountains 2012-01-07T03:00:15.050Z They were a long line of shadow shapes whose footfall made no sound, and whose pigmy bodies melted into the tangle as impalpably as the dissipating mists. The Portal of Dreams Miss Northrop stopped short and looked at him with brows a little raised, and her bearing became impalpably more distant. Stories by American Authors, Volume 9 What rich minerals float impalpably in your tawny waters? The Magnificent Adventure Being the Story of the World's Greatest Exploration and the Romance of a Very Gallant Gentleman The dust rose up impalpably and spoke to him. The Prisoner These, mingling and coalescing, had formed the dense masses of vapour which hung so impalpably over the dangerous, thickly populated sea-areas in the closer vicinity of the coast. Stand By! Naval Sketches and Stories She bent her head over her work again, holding it up to the light from time to time and straining her eyes to catch the exact thread with her almost impalpably fine needle. The Squirrel-Cage Eben seemed to be waving before their eyes an envelope and to be talking about intercepted letters which was all absurdly, impalpably funny. The Tyranny of Weakness The grayish brown thing has darkened, thickened, spread out impalpably, and by the third day, a northling wind is whistling through the riggings with a rip. Vikings of the Pacific The Adventures of the Explorers who Came from the West, Eastward Harlan, looking at her profile, became aware that her chin, while of an engaging firmness, had that impalpably soft texture that suggests the powdered wing of a creamy butterfly. Where the Sun Swings North The afternoon waned into twilight, softly, impalpably, and the twilight wavered into night. Dan Merrithew For awhile it floated uncertainly and impalpably before him, and only slowly, like an approaching spectre, took upon itself shape and presence. The Lost Hunter A Tale of Early Times Shaving of metal peel off, as other edges turn, so impalpably fine that five thousand must be laid side by side to make an inch. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 63, January, 1863 The work of destruction is all the more perturbing to timorous spirits, and more harassing even to doughtier spirits, for being done impalpably, indirectly, almost silently and as if by unseen hands. On Compromise Over all—over men, decks, rope-coils—in the cabin, in the engine-room—between skylight leaves—on every shelf, in every cranny—lay a purplish ash or dust, very impalpably fine. The Purple Cloud Generally the atmosphere is hazy; and this is caused by the falling of impalpably fine dust, which was found to have slightly injured the astronomical instruments. The Voyage of the Beagle England had property valuable to the auctioneer; but the accumulate manufacturing, commercial, economic skill which lay impalpably warehoused in English hands and heads, what auctioneer could estimate? Val d'Arno She had felt a wall that was building impalpably between them, a division of thought and of feeling. The Web of Life Softly, impalpably, with both the graciousness of a host and the determinedness of an intruder who will not be gainsaid, the first rays of morning light filtered into the mist. Over the Pass Almost impalpably it added to the familiar feeling—or lack of feeling—with regard to Robin. The Head of the House of Coombe At each sweep of the prodigious feather the fog grew thinner, until it melted impalpably away, and the former landscape returned, yet warm with the glowing sun. The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales With Condensed Novels, Spanish and American Legends, and Earlier Papers I have tried a further adaptation of this process when treating ores containing a large percentage of iron oxide, where the bulk of the gold is impalpably fine, and contained in the "gossan." Getting Gold: a practical treatise for prospectors, miners and students She had been called "my dear" by one or two dowagers, and by her Christian name by the earl, and had a way of impalpably melting out of sight at times. Stories in Light and Shadow A mysterious, vague shape grew impalpably upon the strained vision; a horse sneezed, then nickered eagerly. Rowdy of the Cross L Sitting there day after day with her sewing, she speculated about the mystery which hung impalpably yet undeniably over the house. The Shape of Fear |
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