| 单词 | impassivity |
| 例句 | Brought up in the wide-open, freewheeling society of Earth, I would never master the protocol, or the impassivity, so valued by Karhiders. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z I regarded him with impassivity, I believe; for he wished me to be sorrowful, to wince at some degradation; but I was aware of no sentiment of horror. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z But before his complete impassivity her passion was helpless. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z After a long moment, I felt the cool impassivity of the Heart of Stone surround me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The weight of appreciation and the threat, which was never spoken, of a return to Momma were burdens that clogged my childish wits into impassivity. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Lauren would do that to her sometimes when they were fighting, her impassivity sending Maya through the roof. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Since many of the leads have well-known personas from past films and franchises, performances are a blend of action-hero impassivity and sendups of familiar characters. Review: 'Expendables 2' fleet-footed and engaging 2012-08-14T14:44:10Z Proud, hard, alone, with a cord of violence quaking below his impassivity, he lives in a small bleak house and lives a small bleak life. ‘Stillwater’ Review: Another American Tragedy 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z In contrast to Rembrandt’s engaging mien, Degas seems to retreat behind an expression of tense impassivity, his large eyes looking guardedly askance toward the viewer. Art Review: ?Rembrandt and Degas? at the Metropolitan Museum of Art 2012-02-23T15:55:08Z The silence of the title is God’s—a silence that is the subject of Rodrigues’s anguished lament at his apparent impassivity in the face of human suffering. Martin Scorsese Tests His Limits in “Silence” 2016-12-27T05:00:00Z Her impassivity turned semi-comic as Mr. Barnett had a tantrum, howling and dry heaving and batting beach balls in all directions. ‘Bluemarble’ Stars Julian Barnett and Jocelyn Tobias 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z Sunday’s show wasn’t about impassivity; it was about transformation. Review: Circuit des Yeux, With Haley Fohr’s Deep Vocals, Seeks an Essential Truth 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z And while the agonizing stillness of Brünnhilde and especially Wotan in their long final scene is effective in theory, Rose and Jones do not quite sell his endless impassivity, and the tension sometimes slackens. Review: The Met Opera’s Next ‘Ring’ Will Be a Sea Change 2021-11-21T05:00:00Z The method yielded a moving array of images, depicting tears, of course, but also rage and hope, impassivity and mania. Review | A book of photographs tries to capture the full range of heartbreak 2018-09-05T04:00:00Z Mr. Muntagirov’s facial expressions are limited; he presents a kind of stoic impassivity in the face of trouble. Daria Klimentova shines at English National Ballet in ‘Romeo and Juliet’ 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z His fiancée, seated at the Eleanor of Aquitaine place setting, shook her head with queenly impassivity. An Actual Dinner Party Inspired by Judy Chicago’s “The Dinner Party” 2018-08-21T04:00:00Z When she finally does start moving onstage, transitioning from almost complete impassivity to making one deliberate sustained facial expression, the threat of emotional violence manifests. The Need for Art That Hurts 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z If Chauvin maintains the same impassivity he demonstrated throughout the trial, Judge Cahill might decide to add a few years to whatever sentence he has carefully calculated in advance. Opinion | This is what Derek Chauvin’s sentence should be 2021-06-24T04:00:00Z His lack of verbal expression, however, did not reveal impassivity. Wizards rookie Rui Hachimura is all business in his NBA Summer League debut 2019-07-07T04:00:00Z His instinct, perhaps biographically informed, was just to plow through, meeting insult with impassivity. Can Emmanuel Macron Stem the Populist Tide? 2019-06-24T04:00:00Z But the duke, who has already suffered so much, can only listen with the solemn impassivity of someone who has outlived his life. Review: Glenda Jackson battles through a brazenly busy ‘King Lear’ on Broadway 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z Carpenter, by contrast, builds her character from behind a wall of impassivity. Review: Which new FBI show to watch? ‘The Enemy Within’? ‘Gone’? ‘Whiskey Cavalier’? 2019-02-23T05:00:00Z At tournaments, triumph and disaster should be greeted with equal impassivity. Inside the scandal-hit world of sumo 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z In “Atomic Blonde,” the actress has become an avatar of icy, murderous impassivity. Charlize Theron is toughness incarnate in the stylish, self-regarding 'Atomic Blonde' 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z Compact and shining: the London aesthete’s ostentatious impassivity becomes the contented quiet of a younger brother peeking at a menagerie hidden behind a fence in a little mansion on Fourteenth Street. The Peculiar Radiance of Henry James’s Memoirs 2016-01-18T05:00:00Z Self-expression has long been a fraught issue in Major League Baseball, where impassivity — the ability to “act like you have been there before” — often feels as highly regarded as power hitting and foot speed. Baseball Reaches a Flipping Point 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z Mr. Arnault’s face is known all over Europe, but its expression is normally one of poker-faced impassivity, eyes dark under heavy gray brows. A Cultural Gift to Paris Could Redesign LVMH's Image 2014-10-04T04:00:00Z Even more unsettling: The confession ends with Father James being told that he’ll be killed one week from that Sunday — precisely because he’s guilt-free — a piece of news he receives with characteristic deadpan impassivity. ‘Calvary’ movie review: Finding fear and loathing in the flock He was a young man of about twenty-three or twenty-four, with a countenance in which eagerness was curiously mixed with impassivity. The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z Then, when the electric force appeared, the table was overturned, while "the electric girl" maintained her usual stupid impassivity. Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants 2012-03-28T02:00:29.747Z A strange impassivity seemed to fall on her companion the moment that the talk was of Harry's wedding. Second String 2012-02-11T03:03:54.390Z With a great effort Warburton controlled himself, and once more the mask of impassivity seemed to descend upon him. The Black Moth A Romance of the XVIIIth Century 2012-01-31T03:00:13.827Z Slingsby himself moved quickly away, and his face lost for a second the mask of impassivity. The Four Corners of the World 2012-01-26T03:00:15.920Z The man made no gesture at their approach, but turned his eyes upon them with the impassivity of a cat. The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z Such was the end of this melancholy affair in which so many people had been duped by a poor idiot, who yet had enough crafty cunning to inspire illusion by her very calmness and impassivity. Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants 2012-03-28T02:00:29.747Z For just an instant, the grave face of the dark-haired giant lost its impassivity and something like a snort of contempt escaped his lips. The Code of the Mountains 2012-01-07T03:00:15.050Z I had got right between the joints of his armour of impassivity. By Right of Sword 2011-12-22T03:00:24.563Z She felt a little extra effort at impassivity in his manner, and was sure that he suspected her of more than a hospitable interest in Forbes. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z He, however, only smiled slightly with his usual impassivity, and wrote her name three times upon his programme. Paddy-The-Next-Best-Thing 2011-12-08T03:00:28.210Z A sort of Platonic dialogue of doubtful authenticity “on the impassivity and the passivity of God” in Syriac is in the British Museum. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z The narrow gleam of the dark eyes out of the rigid impassivity of the dark face was more bodeful than a torrent of curses. Maid of the Mist 2011-11-21T03:00:11.937Z Being in, the visitor regarded the voluble butler with characteristic impassivity. A Duel 2011-11-20T03:00:13.840Z Something in Julia's handsome impassivity stirred the other to a rage, more becoming had she not been the arch offender. The Open Question a tale of two temperaments 2011-10-25T02:00:22.173Z With much trepidation hidden under his usual decent impassivity, Neale journeyed up to take his first examinations at Columbia. Rough-Hewn 2011-09-20T02:00:15.147Z A flash of malevolent fury broke Ah Sing's mask of impassivity. The Argus Pheasant 2011-08-27T02:00:20.160Z His valor, his bravery, are not brute, unthinking passions, not the result of callousness or impassivity: they spring from exalted, though often erroneous, sentiments, the principal of which is expressed by the word "honor." The Moral and Intellectual Diversity of Races With Particular Reference to Their Respective Influence in the Civil and Political History of Mankind 2011-08-19T02:00:11.867Z His impassivity afflicted her at times, so that she played pranks on him, vainly endeavouring to upset his restraint and his dignity; but her pranks were hardly heeded. Great Ralegh 2011-08-16T02:00:43.100Z He sat down again; his eyes, which had flashed, resumed their steady, distant stare; his features relapsed into their mask of impassivity. The Black Opal 2011-07-13T02:00:16.323Z Neither did Seyd’s explanation of his business abate his brown impassivity. The Mystery of The Barranca 2011-05-25T02:00:16.720Z Thatcher greeted Rose quietly but with a pressure of the hand which made up for his impassivity of countenance. Rose of Dutcher's Coolly 2011-04-10T02:00:07.273Z Stanief shot a glance at him; perhaps he himself could have confessed a similar inability, if he had chosen, in spite of his indolent impassivity. The Game and the Candle 2011-04-03T02:00:16.907Z His pale and firm-set features, set off by his long straight hair, gave to the man an air of sculptured impassivity. The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 or The Foundation of the French Republic, A Tale of The French Revolution 2011-03-21T02:00:09.090Z These domestic upheavals followed always the same course, and Anna had learnt to suffer the later stages of them with calmness and even with impassivity. Anna of the Five Towns 2011-03-08T03:00:38.117Z "Is it possible that you really do not know who the lady is that you rescued that day from the police?" exclaimed the detective, startled out of his habitual impassivity. Who? 2011-02-09T03:00:47.380Z He sat there listening to the recitations in a dreamy impassivity. Rose of Dutcher's Coolly 2011-04-10T02:00:07.273Z Her impassivity had not deserted her for a single moment: but whether her calmness was of hope or of despair he was unable to decide. Lord Tony's Wife An Adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel 2011-01-31T03:00:13.650Z Deane looked at his visitor for a moment in an astonishment which triumphed over the natural impassivity of his expression. The Golden Web 2011-01-15T03:00:38.007Z Her eyes searched his face; encountered that barrier of impassivity. Caravans By Night A Romance of India 2011-01-03T03:01:02.370Z In his calm impassivity there was a suggestion of Slavic fatalism, combined with the tragic patience of the Jew. Why Joan? 2011-01-02T03:00:20.290Z She was bewildered when they alighted, but concealed it by impassivity, as usual. Rose of Dutcher's Coolly 2011-04-10T02:00:07.273Z For the first time in her knowledge of him, the mask of impassivity dropped from his face; his cold eyes gleamed unpleasantly. The Gambler A Novel There was something of the same inscrutable smile lingering upon her lips, the same mysterious impassivity in her quiet countenance. The Riddle of the Spinning Wheel The stars saw what few men had ever seen—Arnold Trent stripped of his mask, his citadel of impassivity beaten down. Caravans By Night A Romance of India 2011-01-03T03:01:02.370Z After a moment he became aware of the impassivity of her fingers within his violent grasp. The Gray Mask She knew no conventional tricks of words or phrases for covering an awkward situation, and her only way of avoiding a self-betrayal was by silence and a masklike impassivity. The Mountain Girl To one whose innate instinct was a yielding to impulse, his absolute impassivity in face of disconcerting situations was something incomprehensible. The Gambler A Novel He floated near the ceiling, listening, face set in civilized impassivity. Fair and Warmer For once his stupefaction escaped the citadel of his impassivity. Caravans By Night A Romance of India 2011-01-03T03:01:02.370Z Bivins, waiting in visored and putteed impassivity to reopen the door for his master, was silently impressive; the town car, parked on the crushed shell driveway outside, glittered splendidly in the late afternoon sunshine. Clean Break Proud, haughty, and masked by the impassivity of the Indian races, she awaited the coming of the strangers. In the Brooding Wild The doctor received my gushings with perfect impassivity, and responded with the merest apology for a grunt. Mad Shepherds and Other Human Studies For the moment her coolness and her wise impassivity had gone. A Journal of Impressions in Belgium Whether the repose and sanity of Goethe were unmixed virtues, or whether they were partly the result of indifference, of impassivity or selfishness, is another question. German Problems and Personalities It is not, however, merely a stoical indifference, nor is it the composure which comes from inability to receive impressions—a sort of impassivity. Pedagogics as a System For all her impassivity, Bertha was really elated by this invitation, for she liked Congdon, and had a very high opinion of his powers. Money Magic A Novel Her eyes fixed upon her own mirrored eyes, she continued to insert the pins with an air of stubborn impassivity; but when a large loop fell to her neck she allowed her arms to drop. Tante James heard of his host's defection with impassivity and a glance of his eyeglass. Love and Lucy His pride becomes insolence, his tragedy hideous revolt, his impassivity swinish, his rock of sufficiency a rook of offence. The Spanish Jade Vincenzo sat still in the car, a model of patient impassivity, but he turned a hungry eye on his master as he came down the steps. Olive in Italy Then you solved it?” the detective leaned forward suddenly, the level gaze from beneath his close-drawn brows seeming to pierce the younger man’s impassivity. The Crevice Kelley's face, schooled to impassivity, remained unchanged, but his eyes shifted. They of the High Trails And all got smoothly, without a crease of the forehead, by means of an eyeglass, a cold manner and an impassivity which nothing foreign or domestic had ever disturbed. Love and Lucy As he read on, Douglass was carried out of his own impassivity by the changes in the face before him. The Light of the Star A Novel At the outset a certain impassivity on the part of this wild mountaineer excited their astonishment, then, quickly, 121 their dissatisfaction. Heart of the Blue Ridge He came, and that interest did not appear to be mutual, judging from the Oriental impassivity of his long, brown face, with its narrow, inscrutable eyes. The Invader A Novel For a man whose impassivity was almost a part of himself he was evidently deeply agitated. The Master Mummer The girl sorted her silks in demure impassivity. The Dominant Dollar The Public Prosecutor was surprised by this strange impassivity and spoke again, in strangled tones. Fantômas But even the anger expired before Merlier’s impassivity—he must as well curse a figure carved from granite, cast in lead. Mountain Blood A Novel He dropped into a heavy impassivity, rolled his eyes, fluttered his swollen fingers on the red and gilded table, and then said clearly, 'My. The Fifth Queen Crowned The man looked at the card presented, his professional impassivity flickering, but shook his head. From the Car Behind "Cambridge is very pleasant in the summer?" he asked, his resolution weakening rapidly before her impassivity. The Wooden Horse Juve did not lose all his professional impassivity, but even he leaped forward like a flash, swept the gendarme to one side, and dropped on his knees beside the open box. Fantômas He imagined them great and imposing like those monsters worshipped by savages for their impassivity, and in whose rigidity they believe they divine the majesty of the gods. The Dead Command From the Spanish Los Muertos Mandan There was something which chilled even him in the cold impassivity of her features. Anna the Adventuress There was a pantherlike quickness in the pounce that was somehow daunting from an individual of this man’s size and impassivity. Judith of the Cumberlands With a splendid impassivity in the face of precautions so unprecedented, the servant withdrew. The Convert At this the distinguished impassivity faded finally away and Samuel Untermyer was actually and absolutely flabbergasted. Frenzied Finance Vol. 1: The Crime of Amalgamated Musq'oosis, with the extraordinary impassivity of the red race, continued to stare before him. The Huntress The impassivity of her features changed at last. Anna the Adventuress His features were set, in well-trained impassivity; but his eyelids flickered nervously 5 as he handed the silver salver to his mistress. The Mistress of Shenstone And through it all his face retained its stern impassivity and he addressed no word to his exhausted companions. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 147, August 12, 1914 She continued in her impassivity, smiling a provoking and inscrutable smile. The Creators A Comedy The position of the Prince of Wales imposes upon him the impassivity of the target used in ordinary rifle practice. Faces and Places He was a match for any Indian in impassivity, and every nerve rested while he thus retained complete command over his body. The Keepers of the Trail A Story of the Great Woods The calm impassivity of the white face had undergone no change. The Mistress of Shenstone "How much did you pay your big lawyers to stir up this suit by the underwriters?" he blurted, and Marston's eyelids flicked, in spite of his impassivity. Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 With a sudden return to his customary wooden impassivity, he shook hands with us, bowed stiffly, and took himself off toward the curator's office. The Eye of Osiris Dupontel, watching, him in surprise, saw a real worry replace the customary lofty impassivity of his face. Those Who Smiled And Eleven Other Stories Curiously, she looked upon the impending crisis with the impassivity of a bystander. The Fifth Ace Then she calmly refolded the letter and placed it in its envelope with the impassivity of a young sphinx. Marjorie Dean, High School Freshman But the warm impulses of neighborhood life, like the cries of the boys at their evening game of baseball, broke unheeded against that clifflike impassivity. The Best Short Stories of 1919 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story When Ling returned for the cup Frobisher observed him closely, and could not avoid noticing the expression of satisfaction which even the man’s usual impassivity failed to suppress completely. A Chinese Command A Story of Adventure in Eastern Seas The house itself, soundless and gray in the fast brightening space, mocked him with impassivity. The Dragon Painter The impassivity of the natives departed from them when they stood about the funeral pyres, and clapping of hands and warlike chanting went heavenward with the smoke. Blue Aloes Stories of South Africa The look of impassivity had come back to it. Marjorie Dean, High School Freshman I concealed my eagerness under a mask of impassivity. The Best Short Stories of 1919 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story Frobisher scrutinised the Korean’s face closely, but there was no shadow of change in its Oriental impassivity. A Chinese Command A Story of Adventure in Eastern Seas His face was remarkable for nothing save its complete impassivity; devoid of all expression, it was merely a mask behind which the man kept locked his real self and thoughts. Nicanor - Teller of Tales A Story of Roman Britain Her face was in shadow, but his was not, and she could see that fires were lighted in the stone-grey eyes that banished all its masklike impassivity and brought a wonderful beauty into it. Blue Aloes Stories of South Africa His impassivity had been penetrated at last; it could no longer hide a nervousness and apprehension which kept his head perpetually pivoting in backward glances across his shoulder. The Paternoster Ruby When he returned he had recovered something of his usual impassivity. The Grell Mystery Jackson received it with impassivity and rode on. The Long Roll In her grotesqueness and impassivity she might have posed as a graven goddess of some unholy rite. Nicanor - Teller of Tales A Story of Roman Britain For the first time, the well-bred impassivity of his face irked and infuriated her. Blue Aloes Stories of South Africa On his brown, flattish face were remarkable the impassivity of the Indian and the astuteness of the Scot. The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance A tortured look in the face and a certain dreadful impassivity of countenance are not uncommon. Europe—Whither Bound? Being Letters of Travel from the Capitals of Europe in the Year 1921 With a singular thrilled impassivity he imagined, not bitterly, the history of Hilda. Clayhanger It was like Harry to show no signs of being impressed; but very shrewd eyes were upon him, and his impassivity met with amused approval since it stopped short of inattention. Tristram of Blent An Episode in the Story of an Ancient House He received the deputation with the impassivity of a stone image, vouchsafing no answer to their respectful address until it had been several times repeated. South American Fights and Fighters And Other Tales of Adventure His face had resumed its wonted impassivity, and the words came promptly, but Colwyn knew it was not the answer he had intended to make. The Hand in the Dark But it was the impassivity of the face and detachment of attitude which chained Colwyn's attention and stimulated his intellectual curiosity. The Shrieking Pit M. de Perrencourt folded his arms on the back of the chair, and his face resumed its impassivity. Simon Dale In the finely-cut face before him, with its Oriental modelling and impassivity, he read brains, refinement and endurance. The Hippodrome Behind the mask of impassivity which chilled the casually curious who sought him in his last years there was ever that etwas weibliches which Schiller noted in him in his middle age. The Youth of Goethe My face must have betrayed more than conventional impassivity, for Evarin smiled. The Door Through Space Mere impassivity supplied no real cloak, for Curtis, in his time, had dealt with Chinese mandarins whose countenances betrayed no more expression than a carved ivory mask. One Wonderful Night A Romance of New York Her girlish face, pretty, notwithstanding the lines and hollows graved by sorrow, was like a mask in its impassivity. The Woman's Way Its natural impassivity was so greatly increased by the presence of the coloured spectacles that my study was as profitless as if I had scrutinized the face of a carven Buddha. The Devil Doctor And while she waited, puzzled and frowning, the man gave up an attempt at his usual nicety of phrase and blurted out all that which had been many days hidden behind his impassivity. Then I'll Come Back to You He seemed to have attained to a secret inner calm, to an obsessional impassivity across which the passing calamities of existence only echoed. Never-Fail Blake He wore a blue smock and a bowler hat and his face possessed the absolute impassivity of an image. The Golden Scorpion They seemed to look out at the world with a curious impassivity. The Hidden Places The mask of impassivity dropped back over his face, not again to lift. Ben Blair The Story of a Plainsman The English have reduced to a fine art the practice of a stony impassivity, which on its highest plane is not devoid of a certain impressiveness. The Land of Contrasts A Briton's View of His American Kin Sometimes, it is true, he disposed of a phial of his cement, producing his bottle and receiving payment with the absorbed impassivity of an automaton. Never-Fail Blake I looked at him and wondered, for all his impassivity, what he knew—what, in the depths of his inscrutable Spanish brain, his dark eyes concealed. Romance But if a man will live long enough with Nature to become reconciled to her impassivity, he begins to recover self-respect, by recovering the conviction of his own identity. The Quest of the Simple Life For long the spectre gazed with stern and formidable impassivity upon the girl. The Ghost A Modern Fantasy Her eyes attacked the oil broker, would not yield a thousandth part of an inch to his impassivity. Tangled Trails A Western Detective Story She would find it impossible to outdo him in the matter of impassivity. Never-Fail Blake That wonderful impassivity of feature which never even in his lighter moments passed altogether away, seemed to deepen every line in his hard, clear-cut face. A Prince of Sinners Both he and Vassie felt guiltily on the subject, not realising that reaction from strain was at the bottom of their seeming impassivity. Secret Bread A slight, humorous uptilt to his mouth relieved the face of impassivity and saved it from a too formal clericalism. The Clarion The janitor shot one slant, startled glance at Kirby before the mask of impassivity wiped out expression from his eyes. Tangled Trails A Western Detective Story "Elsie, you 're all right," he acknowledged with his solemn and unimaginative impassivity. Never-Fail Blake Sassacus made no resistance, but submitted with a stoical impassivity as to an irresistible fate. The Knight of the Golden Melice A Historical Romance And the captain, a taciturn man with a surly, sunburned face, smoked a short pipe and spat angrily into the sea, congealed in impassivity. A Reckless Character And Other Stories Hard flags received him with native impassivity: stumbling, he lost balance and sat down with an emphasis that drove the breath from him in one mighty "Ooof!" The Day of Days An Extravaganza It argued curious impassivity in Sabina he thought, and he felt jarred to find the conventional attitude of mother to son was not acknowledged by her. The Spinners What others might have denominated as "dirty work" he accepted with heavy impassivity, consoling himself with the contention that its final end was cleanness. Never-Fail Blake She spoke with a sovereign impassivity, no trace of feeling in her tone. The Brimming Cup In vain they tried, on that walk back as at other times, to pierce his impassivity with genialities. Christopher and Columbus Haward could punish,—Juba had more than once felt the weight of his master's cane,—but justice had always been meted out with an equable voice and a fine impassivity of countenance. Audrey “And did this agent of yours—I do not know his name—tell you that I was paying for the concert—I mean, the concerts?” she demanded with an air of impassivity. The Lion's Share Doubtless the game he was now playing did not need such mask-like impassivity of expression as an ordinary game would. The Story of the Foss River Ranch A Tale of the Northwest If 'Gene heard, he did not show it, the granite impassivity of his harsh face unmoved. The Brimming Cup She looked almost stern, for her broad brows were a little bent, but her mouth was firm and kindly, and her very impassivity gave sign of even temper. A Dream of the North Sea His face retains the sad impassivity of a granite cliff as yet beyond the dawn. Ma Pettengill The impassivity of the modern young man is indeed a weird and wonderful thing. Prose Fancies (Second Series) But she did not feel that his impassivity arose from lack of interest. Rosa Mundi and Other Stories A strange impassivity had succeeded her last fruitless appeal, as though through excess of suffering her faculties were numbed, animation itself were suspended. The Tidal Wave and Other Stories The quiet domineering European is stung out of his impassivity by a sort of moral stab which disturbs every faculty, unless he is absolutely stunned and left gasping. The Ethics of Drink and Other Social Questions Joints In Our Social Armour But when the still figure on the roof saw me, the impassivity of it vanished. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 6, May, 1896 Reduce our stock!" he snarled, shaken from the customary impassivity of the mountaineer, "It ain't us! The Rules of the Game Antonyms: insensibility, impassivity, numbness. feign, v. pretend, dissemble, simulate, affect, counterfeit, assume. feigned, a. pretended, simulate, simulated, counterfeit, dissembled, assumed. Putnam's Word Book The footman came to the carriage door, disdain perceptibly struggling through his mask of impassivity. Ensign Knightley and Other Stories But that the impassivity of the sensitive and intellective power is not similar, is evident in the sensoria and in sense. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 2 They moved to and fro with the impassivity and disdain of eunuchs separated for ever from the world's temptations. The Pretty Lady But there were very few who suspected the intolerable ache that throbbed unceasingly behind her impassivity—the loneliness of spirit that oppressed her like a crushing, physical weight. The Way of an Eagle Barrant eyed the elder man with a puzzled curiosity which was tolerably masked by official impassivity. The Moon Rock His very impassivity served to make opposition impossible. The Top of the World The interview was then closed; Emperor and Empress both assumed a Buddha-like impassivity of expression and allowed the I.G. to back just as if they were entirely oblivious of his presence. Sir Robert Hart The Romance of a Great Career, 2nd Edition As he stood there facing the western afterglow, the profound impassivity of his expression—a look that seemed to scorn all this infidel civilization of an upstart race—grew deeper. The Flying Legion Personally, I can only see the respectable M. Héger as a man whose very essence was a certain impassivity and phlegm under the appearance of a temperament. The Three Brontës Out of bloodshot, terrible eyes he was looking at that mute figure on the floor; looking at it immovably, indescribably, with an impassivity that was horrible. Where the Trail Divides In short, they seemed to him to have all the impassivity of the Christian atmosphere, with none of its hidden fire. Dawn of All His pity was visible, quivering a little under his mask of impassivity. The Happiest Time of Their Lives The riflemen, disgruntled but still, Arab-like, holding their impassivity, returned to their horses and mounted again. The Flying Legion He wore gold-rimmed pince-nez, and had a curious impassivity of feature. The Mysterious Affair at Styles She hesitated, somewhat disconcerted at Oak's old- fashioned earnest conclusion. to a dialogue lightly carried on."Very well." she said, and gave him her hand, compressing her lips to a demure impassivity. Far from the Madding Crowd The least touch of a smile softened for an instant the impassivity of her countenance. The Damnation of Theron Ware "Very well," she said, and gave him her hand, compressing her lips to a demure impassivity. Far from the Madding Crowd Quite at once his dark eyes veiled themselves with their habitual impassivity. The Flying Legion The door flew open and a man whose ordinary impassivity was touched with a pleasurable excitement stood on the threshold. Captivating Mary Carstairs Perhaps he was some old and private friend of his who felt antagonistic to her, who disbelieved in her, who would hurt them both with his cynical impassivity. The Happy Foreigner "I am much occupied by other matters," she said, speaking with cold impassivity, "but still I find myself curious to know just what limits you set to your dishonesty." The Damnation of Theron Ware It could hold in leash the outrageous temperaments that responded to his baton and look with impassivity, even cruelty, upon torture. Star-Dust Mr. Gilbert with true masculine impassivity disregarded the awe he had excited in his wife. The Beautiful and Damned Then seeing that he was to be met by Oriental impassivity, he turned to the Pilmanseys. The Orange-Yellow Diamond No sooner had the door closed after them than Morrell's conventional smile faded, and his countenance fell into its usual hard, cold impassivity. The Gray Dawn "Oh!" returned her ladyship—without a shadow of change in her impassivity, except Wingfold was right in fancying the slightest movement of squint in the eye next him. There & Back To the man who had been waiting for his sentence there was something terrible in the grim impassivity of Prince Falkenberg's features. The Mischief Maker I saw him grow loutish before my adroit impassivity; his fencing was not with such tools. Earthwork out of Tuscany Being Impressions and Translations of Maurice Hewlett "Ah! there you are wrong, Rhoda," the other lady put in with decision, while making a violent effort to recover her impassivity and superiority. The Far Horizon Ibsen's impassivity merely heightened the enthusiasm of his countless admirers, who were found, it should be stated, almost entirely among persons who were born after his exile from Norway. Henrik Ibsen Sabine, a few yards away, in the dark, said nothing, watched the scene with ironic impassivity. Jean-Christophe, Volume I With stern dignity, he bowed to the angry youth, and so departed, but with such outward impassivity that it would have been difficult to say with whom lay the victory. The Historical Nights' Entertainment Second Series He was a bit more set in his impassivity—at least to all appearances—because chronic arthritis had made his neck permanently stiff. All-Wool Morrison It fills him with trancelike impassivity to sensation; it comes upon him with such overwhelming sensation that he must touch the walls to see whether they or his visions are the reality. The Poet's Poet : essays on the character and mission of the poet as interpreted in English verse of the last one hundred and fifty years But of all these people none concealed beneath a mask of impassivity a heart more anxious than Lord Newmarket’s. If I May In the books that follow, his impassivity gives way like an edifice that has been slowly undermined. Une Vie, a Piece of String and Other Stories The glow ebbing from his face, his lips tightening, the thick lids drooping low over his eyes, he sat in apparent abstraction, aping the impassivity of the graven idols that graced his study. Red Masquerade With a sudden return to his customary wooden impassivity, he shook hands with us, bowed stiffly, and took himself off towards the curator's office. The Vanishing Man Mr. Tutt, assuming an equal impassivity, pondered upon the matter for about an inch of stogy and then informed the committee that the terms were eminently satisfactory. Tutt and Mr. Tutt He had thrown aside the gambler's mask of impassivity. Man Size This agrees admirably with the theory of impassivity in literature, so much in vogue when Maupassant became known. Une Vie, a Piece of String and Other Stories Kemp's impassivity was in marked contrast to the girl's hysterical excitement. The Hampstead Mystery They stood stock still, watching us with a dreadful impassivity which was more frightening to me than violence. Salute to Adventurers He had the impulses of the radical and reformer, but not the iron or the impassivity which would have enabled him to endure unmoved the attacks of conservatism and ignorance. Hawthorne and His Circle There is really something awful about the strength and solidity and impassivity of England. Queen Victoria, her girlhood and womanhood The day came, however, when this dominant impassivity became stirred, when the marble became flesh by contact with life and suffering. Une Vie, a Piece of String and Other Stories As a matter of fact, Norvin had grown to pride himself upon his physical self-command and above all upon his impassivity of countenance. The Net Whether his impassivity had any bearing on the moment he had no way of knowing; but no further movement came from behind the partition. The Masquerader They reached the Harrisons' place; and the footman who opened the door was startled out of his studied impassivity by the sight of a big bundle of bearskin in Montague's arms. The Metropolis Then, indeed, for a moment, the impassivity of his features relaxed. The Tempting of Tavernake Though each of them admired the stark courage and the flawless fortitude he knew to dwell in the other, impassivity sat on their faces like an ice-mask. A Texas Ranger He envied Donnelly his utter impassivity, for the officer betrayed no more feeling than as if he were standing, rod in hand, waiting for a fish to strike. The Net The discipline of a man-of-war prevailed; everything went forward with stereotyped precision and formality; the officers were supposed to comport themselves with impassivity and self- effacement. Love, the Fiddler Her movements were very quiet and well bred; but perhaps too quiet, they had the dangerous impassivity of the Bohemian, Parisian or American rather than English. Aaron's Rod For all Windebank's outward impassivity, Mavis noticed that, when he put the ring on her finger, his hand trembled so violently that he all but dropped it. Sparrows: the story of an unprotected girl Cecil prided himself upon a certain impassivity of features and manner which some fin de siecle oracle of the cities had pronounced good form, but he was not wholly able to conceal his relief. Jeanne of the Marshes The poet does not even pass judgment on his heroine: he simply paints her full-length portrait with scientific impassivity. Hedda Gabler Hendricks, the footman, received my order with impassivity and shut us in together with the unconcern of a good servant. Love, the Fiddler That high indifference to the outward, that impassivity, has already a touch of the corpse in it: we see already Angelico and the Master of the Passion in the artistic future. The Renaissance: studies in art and poetry The two suites seat themselves facing each other in dead silence; the Europeans assuming an absolutely Oriental impassivity of countenance. The Days Before Yesterday "A baggage-check handed in at the door," commented the detective, with judicial impassivity. The Gates of Chance My head was whirling, but a graven image might have envied me my impassivity. The Firefly of France She looked up at him with that odd dark impassivity that seemed to remove her so deliberately from her fellow-beings. The Captives The remaining two—of whom was Lucagnolo—folded their hands, manifesting by that impassivity that they were minded to take neither one side nor the other. The Shame of Motley: being the memoir of certain transactions in the life of Lazzaro Biancomonte, of Biancomonte, sometime fool of the court of Pesaro He was young, their chief, too young for impassivity. The Ward of King Canute; a romance of the Danish conquest The contemptuous voice pierced the Indian's armor of impassivity. The Patrol of the Sun Dance Trail The lieutenant heard my tale out with impassivity. The Firefly of France Then suddenly her impassivity had a strange effect upon him. The Captives His weathered face, under sleek, dark hair, had regular, rather small features, and wore an expression of alert resolution, masked by impassivity. The Patrician Ferrand was standing where he had been left his face still clothed in mordant impassivity. The Island Pharisees Gloating, he watched her, then, and watched her lover, marvelling at the blackguard's complete self-mastery and impassivity even now. The Snare That high indifference to the outward, that impassivity, has already a touch of the corpse in it; we see already Angelico and the Master of the Passion in the artistic future. The Renaissance Studies in Art and Poetry But in some dark fashion that strange impassivity held her. The Captives It was plain enough that, behind his impassivity, a desperate struggle was going on in Miltoun. The Patrician Dignity of deportment and impassivity of demeanour were especially cultivated by the ruling classes. The Civilization of China But again, as on the night she came, he found himself helpless against Elinor's quiet impassivity. A Poor Wise Man He had the story of all the happenings from Wasub before he left and though his face preserved its grave impassivity, in his heart he did not like it at all. The Rescue A Romance of the Shallows The impassivity of his features was like a wall before her. The Illustrious Prince Then she looked at him, and found herself puzzled by the perfect impassivity of his features. The Malefactor We have cold Aristocratic impassivity, faithful to itself even in Tartarus; rabid stupidity, of Patriot Corporals, Patriot Washerwomen, who have much to say of Plots, Treasons, August Tenth, old Insurrection of Women. The French Revolution But nobody ever really discovered the nature of the comments that had been lurking behind the matchless impassivity of that yellow face. Queen Victoria Its natural impassivity was so greatly increased by the presence of the colored spectacles that my study was as profitless as if I had scrutinized the face of a carven Buddha. The Return of Dr. Fu-Manchu At this exposure of his plot to escape, Paul was startled out of impassivity. Babbitt |
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