| 单词 | indefinable |
| 例句 | His skin smells like the ocean and something else, some indefinable thing that makes him Olly. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z There was an odor of trouble, an indefinable wrong. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He had a trick of resettling his spectacles on his nose which was curiously disarming—in some indefinable way, curiously civilized. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z He seems to have some kind of indefinable trait, something powerful and contagious and irresistible that goes beyond what comes out of his mouth, that makes people who meet him want to agree with him. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Against this weapon, so indefinable and so effective, Jack was powerless and raged without knowing why. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z The Indian Being, undefined and indefinable, finding itself alone, fearing death, yearning for company, began to swell in size, rearranged itself inside, and then split into two identical halves. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The gift had substantiality and an indefinable quality of endurance. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Then there was that indefinable connection between himself and Jack; who therefore would never let him alone; never. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z But there also was that indefinable something that arises between two men destined to be lifelong friends. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z It was an exhilarating walk through the crisp, clear air, the leaves thick and soft along the quiet trails, and over everything the indefinable healing peace and stillness of the northland bush. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a disconsolate growl, with something indefinably green and queasy in its tone. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z She could smell the scent of night-blooming jasmine and something indefinable — perhaps it was the smell of magic. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z No matter what the fad—music, clothing, hairstyles, hobbies—Charlie remained this indefinable rebel. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z There was an earthy indefinable scent that stirred her senses. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z The houses, painted blue, then painted red, had ended up with an indefinable coloration. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z There was a new quiet feeling and an indefinable smell, new and faintly fragrant. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Nothing material, not a hair-pin on a dressing-table, not an empty bottle of aspirin tablets, not a handkerchief beneath a pillow, but something indefinable, a moment of our lives, a thought, a mood. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z If only she could open her heart to him, Jo thinks as he talks, maybe her “indefinable searching and longing” would be fulfilled. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z It gives us comfort to believe we have defined something that is, by its very nature, indefinable. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z At 150, the Hutterites believe, something happens — something indefinable but very real — that somehow changes the nature of community overnight. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Daisy looked at Tom frowning and an indefinable expression, at once definitely unfamiliar and vaguely recognizable, as if I had only heard it described in words, passed over Gatsby's face. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z The prospect had caused a deep, indefinable dread to settle upon them like a cold mist. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z It scratches the indefinable itch that “there must be more than just this.” Jason Segel: By the Book 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z As for the second half of his new album's title, "The Spirit of Satch," determining how to keep far-flung arrangements in the spirit of the project's namesake was both an indefinable and instinctual call. Dr. John infuses Louis Armstrong tribute album with 'Spirit of Satch' 2014-08-19T04:00:00Z The “Something Wonderful,” then, is the thing at once vague enough to be indefinable, and yet still meaningful enough for the characters to notice when it’s gone. Stories Spanning Countries and Generations, by Jo Lloyd, Yoon Choi and Hilma Wolitzer 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z “In addition,” Ms. Wade writes, “there is a persistent malaise: a deep, indefinable disappointment.” Review: ‘American Hookup’ Gives College Sex Culture a Failing Grade 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z We’re no closer to figuring it out now than we were 40 years ago, but like The Overlook itself, there’s some indefinable allure that keeps beckoning us back for a visit. The Shining at 40: will we ever fully understand what it all means? 2020-05-23T04:00:00Z And Williams insists that such literalism misses the target, and instead has recourse to the metaphor of "event", of a "space" opening up in history, an indefinably miraculous aberration. The New Atheism 2011-08-26T21:55:10Z It depends on your definition of indefinable words. Donald Trump, human dog-whistle: The 2016 election, the left and the place where language ends 2016-05-21T04:00:00Z “We look for indefinably precise things,” Brook told The Times 30 years ago as he was about to mount his magnum opus, “The Mahabharata,” in Los Angeles. Getting down to the basics in Peter Brook's 'Battlefield' 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z He was, according to Sims, a melancholy child, "plagued by wild fantasies and indefinable nostalgia", with a "vague sense of yearning and loss". The Story of Charlotte's Web by Michael Sims - review 2011-08-03T15:30:01Z Wild, changing colours and indefinable shapes fill your vision, whether your eyes are shut or open, creating an experience that's both claustrophobic and freeing at the same time. Beam in Thine Own Eye – Dark Mofo, Hobart 2013-06-20T02:09:55Z While its theatrical bent is a constant, Cantata Profana’s approach to the repertory is admirably varied and indefinable. Review: Cantata Profana’s Indefinable ‘Dreams and Visions’ 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z But reaching the indefinable genius of the Orchestra's most famous compositions may prove impossible. Portico Quartet/Penguin Cafe ? review 2011-02-09T19:30:01Z Yet, for some indefinable reason, she wanted to go back — the world made sense there — but she didn’t. She says she was harassed by superiors. Now she protests outside the TSA for hours. 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z Depending on which inch you’re looking at, it’s Islamic, Chinese, Greek, Celtic, Egyptian, Persian or an indefinable mélange of them all, on which no expense was spared. The Gilded Age Glows Again at the Park Avenue Armory’s Veterans Room 2016-03-06T05:00:00Z Several times throughout our conversation, he used the word “Midwest” to describe an indefinable sensibility that informs much of his work. Son Volt's Jay Farrar is "singing about the dark times" on "Union," the new protest album 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z The pictures do, though, shine a light on Blake as the difficult, indefinable artist. Tate Britain makes room for William Blake art found in railway timetable 2010-08-12T06:00:00Z No doubt I want to shelter my son and also myself, but I think, in some vague, indefinable way, I want to shelter the past too. Riff: How to Read a Racist Book to Your Kids 2012-06-16T04:00:05Z Call it the moment of the indefinable black woman character—one who resists labels as deftly as any white male anti-hero of the Golden Age. 5 Black women who profoundly changed TV in 2015 2015-12-28T05:00:00Z In short, the essay—like love, like life—is indefinable, but you know an essay when you see it. Revealing and Obscuring Myself on the Streets of New York 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z But it lacks that one element without which this opera is not quite “Don Giovanni”: an indefinable spark of the divine. Finally, a Well-Staged ‘Don Giovanni’ in New York 2017-08-11T04:00:00Z He also wrote numerous books on jazz history and performance, including “Jazz Improvisation,” which is considered a seminal work explaining the seemingly indefinable art of spontaneous creativity that is the essence of jazz. David Baker, jazz scholar, composer and conductor, dies at 84 2016-04-05T04:00:00Z “She spans alternative, she spans rock, she spans pop and she spans alt-pop. She falls somewhere in that weird indefinable genre that brings in a lot of different elements,” Newman added. Young, gifted and unique, top Grammy contenders march to their own tune 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z Read Meow Meow's publicity, and you expect something new and indefinable. Meow Meow | Burlesque review 2010-03-29T22:00:00Z And that work, which exists in some indefinable terrain between off-the-rack categories like “traditional” and “modern,” is truly magnetic. Bamigboye, Nigeria’s Tour-de-Force Sculptor, Claims His Fame in the World 2022-10-16T04:00:00Z The Barclay Brass filled the church with its own indefinable power that night, more austere than Rush but no less eccentric or exploratory. With the Barclay Brass, D.C. takes an outsized role in the small world of classical brass music 2020-12-22T05:00:00Z But, having appeared to make a stand in favour of MP3s, Byrne retreats to the fence, conceding that some indefinable quality may nevertheless have been sacrificed – "Or maybe not." How Music Works by David Byrne - review 2012-11-09T22:55:01Z This cycle, written in 1950-51, occupies an indefinable place in Shostakovich's output: is he paying tribute only to Bach's "48", his acknowledged inspiration, or are these works a coded mirror to Shostakovich's entire compositional output? Shostakovich: The Preludes and Fugues/ Alexander Melnikov (piano) 2010-04-24T23:08:00Z As Lee writes, Green was “a very particular man, and perhaps there was a strangeness to his character too, or what might even be described as an emptiness — a quality indefinable, and perhaps nonexistent.” This Novel Revisits a Power Broker Who Trod Lightly and Left a Big Footprint 2021-07-28T04:00:00Z Even at their first show, a support slot for British Sea Power in February 2011, the signs were in place that they had that indefinable draw that makes a band worth adoring. Savages: 'It's about trying not to treat the audience like idiots' 2013-05-03T06:00:00Z Taylor from the start had a rare intensity, sincerity, confidence and vulnerability, and she was blessed with that indefinable, attention-grabbing presence we call charisma. Elizabeth Taylor remembered by Philip French 2011-03-27T00:08:05Z Affable and courtly, he spoke with the barest trace of an indefinable accent. Peter Gay, Historian Who Explored Social History of Ideas, Dies at 91 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z Stanley Greene had all of this, as well as a depth of feeling; it imbued everything he did, and is the indefinable thing permeating the pictures he took. Stanley Greene, a War Photographer Who Stayed When Others Left 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z However indefinable its meaning, it proves that Walsh possesses a truly original theatrical voice. Penelope 2010-07-26T20:31:00Z The weathering of the stone to make it look indefinably old. The Thrill of Harry Potter Rides On 2010-06-10T14:38:00Z That pattern and outlook continued, Sims writes, throughout a life "plagued by wild fantasies and indefinable nostalgia" and a "vague sense of yearning and loss." 'The Story of Charlotte's Web:' How E.B. White conceived and wrote a children's classic 2011-06-29T23:01:06Z It’s a combination of everything I’ve already mentioned, and then something indefinable—something uniquely Bob Weber. The Indefinable Cartoonist Bob Weber 2016-11-06T04:00:00Z I like to think that it symbolizes the indefinable connections between them. Spare Times: For Children, for April 6-12 2012-04-05T21:26:58Z The artist's work, as his name written in the feminine form delineates, is deliberately heterogeneous and indefinable, elusive in respect to predetermined patterns. African art around the globe 2012-11-30T12:10:54Z People think about conducting as this indefinable expressive art, which on the one hand it is, but I'm also an artisan. The Gothic Symphony: 'It's a Himalayan peak' 2011-07-13T20:30:01Z But his observant books had unusual emotional registers, a sideways view of life and an indefinable comic air. Times Critics Discuss the Year in Books, From Triumphs to Disappointments 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z So it seemed sensible to begin a first return after some four decades with a tasting menu of old, new and indefinably in between. Festival d’Aix-en-Provence Includes ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ Revival 2015-07-12T04:00:00Z Borzage’s heroines are real and not real, strongly defined individuals who seem to glow with an indefinable, eternal quality — conceptualized by soft focus and warm backlighting. DVDs: Tough Women and Flawed Men 2010-09-03T15:19:00Z His conducting style combines lyricism with discipline and he has a touch of that indefinable element, charisma. BBCNOW/Søndergård – review 2012-10-14T14:56:03Z Mr. Cullen is race-conscious and many of his poems are imbued with a somewhat bitter note, but they are all lifted by that indefinable thing which we call poetry. Review: ‘Color,’ by Countee Cullen 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z By their overly white, overly pressed shirts, soothing tones and indefinable air of creepiness shall ye know them. TV review: Who Do You Think You Were 2010-09-03T21:31:00Z A garden overstuffed with conifers seems to me to be static and lifeless, ironically, and the surfeit of pointed shapes against the sky is unsettling in some indefinable way. Winter wonders: Conifers revive the sleeping garden. But remember, less is more. 2020-12-01T05:00:00Z We wanted it to be an indefinable place, a dangerous place, a dark place, yet within it there’s all this life. T Bone Burnett Wants to Make Music to Heal Shrinking Attention Spans 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z "He brings the indefinable sense of magic and play and fun that really exemplifies the spirit of the show and the spirit of our group," he says. 'Smash' star Christian Borle plays a loopy pirate 2012-04-18T18:51:05Z It is a film for anyone who has ever felt like an outsider and for anyone who has ever felt bad about himself for being different in some indefinable, fundamental way. I Accidentally Walked Into “Border,” and It Kind of Changed My Life 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z “Sound is ubiquitous and penetrating, defined by the indefinable, exciting and fluid,” Ms. Little said. Special Report: An Artist Whose Work 'Sounds Like Stars' 2010-10-13T13:00:00Z But then Jackson possessed an almost preternatural gift for evoking uneasiness, that almost indefinable sense that something is badly out of kilter. New collection of Shirley Jackson writings is best left to devoted fans 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z Samantha Washington, Beatrice’s younger sister, is the palace’s bon vivant, but privately resents being the “spare” to Beatrice’s heir and is searching for her purpose, an “indefinable something” that eludes her. New Y.A. Crossover From Morgan Parker, Renée Ahdieh and More 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z In Ritchie’s office is a large framed photograph of Samuel Beckett, whom he resembles in some indefinable but startling way. As Center Theatre Group turns 50, an artistic director plots the second act (Hint: Think Hollywood) 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z This is one of the more direct tracks – it wouldn't have been out of place on Automatic for the People – but otherwise typifies the album's indefinable, almost hallucinatory beauty. F&M playlist 2010-07-22T22:00:00Z Both men have the loftiness that comes less from measurable height than from indefinable authority. Postscript: Christopher Lee 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z The princess suddenly finds that her royal cousin now seems indefinably more manly, possibly even lovable. Review | The most romantic novel you’ve never read 2018-02-13T05:00:00Z This “indefinably soft but firm way of speaking would be lost,” she writes, and yet she reproduces it here, where it will live on in this superb, moving, and frankly inspiring audiobook. Perspective | Diane Keaton and Ronan Farrow show the challenges of narrating your own audiobook 2020-04-13T04:00:00Z But she too is a star, with that indefinable "thing" that means you can't take your eyes off her. Coachella festival 2013 day three: Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nick Cave, Grimes – review 2013-04-15T09:49:58Z And there is plenty of beauty in the play’s abstractions; at its heart “Epiphany” is a love letter to the indefinable and unnameable. ‘Epiphany’ Review: A Holiday Party, but What Are We Celebrating? 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z When it’s completely indefinable, it exists as a cloud. The body is a bundle of chaos. Their art was designed to make you feel discomfort 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z A recent New Yorker profile of Jeremy Strong seemed determined to find eccentricity in the actor’s dedication to craft, just as so many people with public platforms voiced their often indefinable irritation with Hathaway’s. James Corden is out, Anne Hathaway is in. But the biggest hypocrite is us 2022-10-19T04:00:00Z The crushing of the belief that the Seattle ballclub, by dint of some indefinable flaw in their DNA, would always wilt and wither in crunchtime. Mariners ready for new identity after finally putting end to playoff drought 2022-10-01T04:00:00Z The boundary between intrastate and interstate commerce has become indefinable as a result of broad interpretation of the commerce clause. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z Charleston was a very different place then, still showing the scars of its past and suffused with a palpable but indefinable sense of mystery. Opinion | I’m a stranger in my own town 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z I listened and it was “Eden,” the underlying strings for me really represent infinity, the cosmos, something really indefinable, but always present. With ‘Eden,’ Joyce DiDonato hopes to plant seeds of climate activism 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z “Since the full-grown forest turns out to be impenetrable and indefinable,” he wrote, “why not revert to the study of the young wood in the nursery stage, as we might say?” The Father of Modern Neuroscience Discovered the Basic Unit of the Nervous System 2022-04-09T04:00:00Z Judge Jackson cited the statement, it seemed, to suggest that judges of diverse backgrounds bring something valuable if indefinable to their courts. After Three Rounds, Judge Jackson Knows the Confirmation Playbook 2022-03-21T04:00:00Z But something indefinable — Mitchell characterized it as “maybe gut instinct” honed by nearly two decades of practice — prompted her to order a CT scan of Chloe’s head to better assess her mental status. She was headed to a locked psych ward. Then an ER doctor made a startling discovery. 2022-02-12T05:00:00Z He listens to his old acquaintance’s monologue through “an increasing indefinable discomfort” that he is being used, while accepting the ego boost he gets from playing Cook’s confessor. Review | In ‘Mouth to Mouth,’ a Tom Ripley-like storyteller spins a mesmerizing yarn 2022-01-11T05:00:00Z But it represented something else too, that bike, as indefinably sweet as a wildflower growing in the sidewalk. Perspective | Beneath 9/11’s terrible smoke, a flash of gold 2021-09-11T04:00:00Z David Binder, a struggling writer, relocates his family to rural Tennessee, to a house “mantled with an almost indefinable sense of dissolution, profoundly abandoned, unwanted, shunned.” 50 States, 50 Scares 2020-10-21T04:00:00Z Proof, were it needed, that hearing music live transmits that extra indefinable life-enhancing something. House music: Rian Evans' watching and listening highlights 2020-07-20T04:00:00Z Dignity is an internal, indefinable quality of character that evokes respect from others without making any demand for it. Perspective | Wes Unseld was a giant by any measure 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z No wonder so many feel so indefinably confused. Coronavirus fallout: Why closing Disneyland is such a blow to American optimism 2020-03-14T04:00:00Z That, and the poor finishing, suggest a lack of that indefinable quality that so often sets the best above the rest: an edge, a confidence, a ruthlessness, a capacity just to get the job done. Chelsea fans show that patience with Lampard may not be infinite | Jonathan Wilson 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z The brain “is extremely cellularly complex,” says Lein, “but at the same time, finite and indefinable.” How to donate a piece of your brain to science—while you’re still alive 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z Another coat, long and indefinably gray-green, was seductively sinister—the most cyberpunk object I’d seen in Gibson’s home. How William Gibson Keeps His Science Fiction Real 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z So can we acknowledge I’m not some random ER patient complaining about indefinable back pain? Opinion | I’m not a junkie. Give me the painkillers, already. 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z Rather, they exploded with the glee of the indefinable, the over-the-top. Janelle Monáe With a Side of Tuxedo Dressing 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z There was an indefinable aura about him that I found compelling. Cardiologist by day, Mafia doctor by night 2019-07-21T04:00:00Z Less sentimental than Feed the Birds, from its a cappella intro on, the Julie Andrews-sung lullaby has something indefinably creepy about it, which gets under the listener’s skin. The 30 greatest Disney songs – ranked! 2019-07-18T04:00:00Z We went past our set of cottages, and then past another, which looked much the same as ours but was indefinably inferior. “Back Then” 2019-06-17T04:00:00Z There are some who will tell you that what he had – the burst, the finish, the indefinable nose for the ball carrier – is irretrievably lost. Seahawks’ addition of pass-rusher Ziggy Ansah comes with plenty of hope, and caution 2019-05-10T04:00:00Z Yet, for all their declared high principle, Trump’s intellectuals have tied themselves to the whims and feuds of their leader, captive minds to that indefinable mix of ideology, impulse and invective known as Trumpism. Other presidents had a brain trust. But the intellectuals backing this White House are a bust. 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z Here, she conveys the multiple textures of smaller islands, creating a literary geography which remains experimental, new and indefinable. Bite-sized: 50 great short stories, chosen by Hilary Mantel, George Saunders and more 2019-02-02T05:00:00Z You feel the Barret’s history when you walk in, the overwhelming amount of Wessling family sweat equity lending the place an indefinable yet palpable aura. Louisville bar has remained with same family since 1949 2018-12-26T05:00:00Z In an exceptional feat of musical transformation, we wind up in an indefinable new dimension. Review: L.A. Phil begins season in earnest with Andrew Norman's game-changing 'Sustain' - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z All the paintings in the series have this sort of indefinable thing about them. Home is where the art is: what Paula Rego, Lubaina Himid and other artists hang on their walls 2018-08-26T04:00:00Z Rutherford-Johnson mentions “something indefinable” in the Western classical tradition that attracts creative musicians from across the globe, even if they end up rebelling against that tradition. The Sounds of Music in the Twenty-first Century 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z I, for one, will continue to be inspired by everything she represented: the indefinable beauty of black women, the fearlessness and vulnerability of a true artist, her activism, her spunk, her generosity of spirit. Heroine, agony aunt, wise woman: Aretha’s soundtrack to my life 2018-08-19T04:00:00Z But despite her husband's seeming affection for her, there is an almost indefinable air about Joan in the face of this great news, the troubling sense that all is not right. Review: Glenn Close and Jonathan Pryce delve into the dark bargains of marriage in 'The Wife' 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z She is a force of nature, unstoppable, indefinable and usually unavoidable. Kermit The Frog: 'I try to lead a clean life' 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z Somehow, consciousness is both incredibly mundane and overwhelmingly indefinable. It’s time to focus on the connection between biology and consciousness 2018-06-24T04:00:00Z The term, writes Dunlop in “Land of Plenty,” “expresses the indefinable, delicious taste of fresh meat, poultry and seafood, the scrumptious flavors of a pure chicken soup, the subtle magic of freshly rendered lard.” Sichuan food is so much more than spicy 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z In other words, American cuisine is indefinable precisely because in trying to define it, he says, "you're also asking: What is America?" Chef Edward Lee meets home cooks and records their stories in his road trip book, 'Buttermilk Graffiti' 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z It is a civic place: an old-fashioned term that somehow captures something indefinable about the city. The struggle for Melbourne: has the world's 'most liveable' city lost its way? 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z At a certain, indefinable point, you discover the system cannot be gamed. Searching for an Alzheimer’s cure while my father slips away 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z A character says it’s that indefinable something, the soul. ‘Blade Runner 2049’ review: Imaginative sequel keeps up with the original 2017-10-04T04:00:00Z The whole thing is both abstracted and economical, indefinable and to-the-point. The Playlist: J Balvin Displays His Global Savvy, and St. Vincent Keeps it Local 2017-06-30T04:00:00Z Like Harper, Greene has the requisite combination of generational talent, preternatural charisma and indefinable star power to become an iconic player of his era. Young, black and ridiculously good: Hunter Greene may be just what MLB needs 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z It was the start of Post column by the great William Gildea, headlined “Capitals are missing indefinable something; Latest collapse proves talent only goes so far.” Perspective | This is what 30 years of Caps disappointment looks like, in one column 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z Anger, joy, love, pain, misery, shock, excitement: they’re all present and correct, but in between the nerve endings and the mouth, or the typing fingers, they become a rush of something conveniently indefinable. Totes annoying: words that should be banned 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z He had the indefinable quality that inspires curiosity, and he even had Sir Alex Ferguson on the ropes for a while. José Mourinho needs to shake off Chelsea cloud as he returns to Bridge | Daniel Taylor 2016-10-22T04:00:00Z The flow of endless cigarettes, bottomless drinks, continuous images, the “why try to explain it?”-ness of the man himself: These qualities testify to something indefinable and Schrödinger’s-cat-like woven into his very nature. William Eggleston, the Pioneer of Color Photography 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z On its spare, merciless summit, craters and cinder cones of indefinable age, keep company with a variety pack of architectural shapes housing telescopes. Under Hawaii’s Starriest Skies, a Fight Over Sacred Ground 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z “Capitals are missing indefinable something; Latest collapse proves talent only goes so far.” Perspective | This is what 30 years of Caps disappointment looks like, in one column 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z Within the world of the film, Jesse has some indefinable "it," something that makes jaded designers and expressionless artists stop, look twice, and then gasp with admiration. Everyone's an object in Nicolas Winding Refn's LA horror show The Neon Demon 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z Or perhaps it is that indefinable, ineffable “it” some people possess — or even the city of Los Angeles itself. Pretty Hurts: Nicolas Winding Refn and Elle Fanning confront 'The Neon Demon' 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z Over the years, as the formula became more successful, others tried to copy it, replicating Mitchell’s equipment setup and instrumentation, but there was an indefinable magic that proved impossible for anyone else to channel. Al Green – 10 of the best 2016-04-20T04:00:00Z This was predictably followed by a series of editorials, think pieces and takes that seem to confirm this theory: Trump was a product of an indefinable “dumbing down” of our political environment: “Idiocracy’s” curdled politics: The beloved dystopian comedy is really a celebration of eugenics 2016-03-05T05:00:00Z But his style was varied and often indefinable. Dan Hicks, eclectic folk-jazz artist from the Bay Area, dies at 74 2016-02-06T05:00:00Z The 2002 album Heathen saw a long-awaited return to form for the indefinable master of rock style, and the man who, throughout his long and varied career, influenced everyone from Iggy Pop to Boy George. Obituary: David Bowie - BBC News 2016-01-11T05:00:00Z In some ways it’s the indefinable that creates glamour. Readers recommend: songs about glamour and style | Peter Kimpton 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z Good teammates share some indefinable connection, when magic occurs and the partnership is greater than the sum of its parts. For a failed bronco, a new rider offers a shot at rodeo redemption 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z Rather than watch an hour of accomplished performance, Naharin would prefer to see five seconds of something sublime — that indefinable quality described by the thinker Edmund Burke as ‘‘delightful horror.’’ Going Gaga for Ohad Naharin 2015-09-19T04:00:00Z Just as he takes pride in how his presence on a movie set, in some small, indefinable way, might improve a film. Aspiring actor buries bodies between movie gigs 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z Nowadays with many rappers still boasting of their rags-to-riches tales with seemingly little regard for morality or social consciousness, Nuriddin insists that something indefinable has been lost. Hustlers Convention: Documentary unveils a lost classic - BBC News 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z But how to tell the indefinable difference between a great horse and an all-time immortal who belongs in the select group of Triple Crown winners? Sally Jenkins: American Pharoah is a sight to behold in taking Triple Crown 2015-06-06T04:00:00Z And, the conversation inevitably gets into the indefinable, those separating factors that are the difference between being The Guy and being a guy holding a clipboard charting plays for The Guy. Quarterback Intangibles? Not As Hard To Define As You Think 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z Some letters I received had troubling return addresses bearing inmate numbers and correctional institutions; some gave off an indefinably creepy vibe. Sally Mann’s Exposure 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z Rather, their demise was the perhaps inevitable result of that inexorable, indefinable thing we call “progress.” Driven to fail: Here’s the story of the demise of the District’s streetcars 2015-03-28T04:00:00Z A roots musician herself, Mrs. Haskell set out to recreate what seems impossible to duplicate — an English folk music club where members enjoy good food, spirits, camaraderie and an indefinable vibe. Country Times: Welcome to an English folk club — in Herndon 2014-09-01T04:00:00Z Traditional notions of romance rely on indefinable spontaneity or "spark". Who believes compatibility ratings on dating websites? 2014-07-29T04:00:00Z Mainly, though, this is a team defined by something indefinable. Villanova Wins in Different Ways With Rotating Cast 2014-03-17T01:11:27Z In essence, the game takes place in a sort of atemporal Ghibliverse – somewhere in an indefinable decade in a Japanese confection of European elements. 'Rain' Review - Not Splashy, But A Quiet, Artistically Composed Fable 2013-10-03T15:57:00Z And that's the third challenge when building a city from scratch: how to create that indefinable buzz - the creative anarchy - of a big bad urban centre? Has 'smart' Songdo been a success? 2013-09-02T01:36:36Z The problem is that such orderly networks are always operating near an indefinable edge, Havlin says. U.S. Electrical Grid on the Edge of Failure 2013-08-26T09:15:00.533Z It can't be a trigger that keeps moving the goal posts and is indefinable. Groups ask Obama to reject tying immigration reforms to security 2013-02-05T21:13:06Z "I have not come as a task-master," she said, her eyes elevated towards the room's ornate sunlit ceiling as if focusing on some indefinable spot. Angela Merkel is unshakeable as Athens resounds with angry chants 2012-10-09T19:03:27Z His music has that indefinable quality which vibrates from a Stradivarius violin. Franz Liszt 2012-05-22T15:16:50.923Z The silence is unbroken, appealing to some indefinable emotion. Our First Half-Century: A Review of Queensland Progress Based Upon Official Information 2012-04-22T02:00:09.320Z Probably the Bohemians imagined that in some indefinable way he would yet save their leader. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II 2012-04-18T02:00:12.957Z Yet in spite of all these efforts to define the indefinable, it was in the very nature of things that absolute certitude could not, in a vast range of cases, be reached except through confession. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I 2012-04-17T02:00:16.473Z She also had been conscious of an indefinable change in her old associate, and now she noticed it in detail. Mrs. Balfame A Novel 2012-04-15T02:00:04.827Z The first was his great invention, which was now in process of being perfected; and the other was—— Well the other was an indefinable something which he was not able to shape into words. A Gamble with Life 2012-04-11T02:00:33.587Z The whole bears a mysterious air; in a fine and luminous light, filled with tones and half-tones that are indefinable. Famous European Artists 2012-04-07T02:00:30.487Z Could they not dispute about the Absolute Being? and had they not glimpses of something indefinitely above and yet indefinably related to their own souls, in the Logos of the divine Plato? The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z A faint indefinable speck could be seen in the quarter designated, fluttering on the bosom of the blue sea like a drift of foam. The Portland Sketch Book 2012-03-28T02:00:28.847Z By “infinite” I mean immeasurable, illimitable, indefinable; i.e., that of which I cannot predicate extension, or limitation of extension. Theological Essays 2012-03-27T02:00:21.867Z Perhaps there lay the source of the indefinable fascination; this was neither East nor West, but a place stranded in time, made by circumstances that never will be repeated. Heroic Spain 2012-03-26T02:00:38.797Z All this is of a color as indefinable as those mysterious countries one traverses in a dream, and accords marvellously with the figures. Famous European Artists 2012-04-07T02:00:30.487Z Despite the revels of the Krewe, however—despite the glittering jewels, the barbaric costumes, the music, the excitement—an indefinable air of regret, almost of sadness, pervaded the entire gathering. The Mardi Gras Mystery 2012-03-24T02:00:18.017Z Then there was a change in the atmosphere—a change indefinable, indescribable. The Everlasting Arms 2012-03-22T02:00:37.327Z By “eternal” I mean illimitable, indefinable, i.e., that of which I cannot predicate limitation of duration or progression of duration. Theological Essays 2012-03-27T02:00:21.867Z A curious company we were, vague, indefinable, all closely packed together, and all silent. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z The discovery of this indefinable "something in" him, the development of which was now painfully restricted and impossible, did much to bridge the gulf between himself and Miss Walshingham. Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul 2012-03-18T02:00:19.567Z The literary artist is never lacking in a certain, perhaps indefinable, charm. Special Method in the Reading of Complete English Classics In the Grades of the Common School 2012-03-17T02:01:04.053Z A strange and indefinable feeling surged in her breast as she thought hurriedly of the situation. Woven with the Ship A Novel of 1865 2012-03-12T03:00:26.883Z But some indefinable impulse, some feeling that here was a bird of a feather very sadly astray, caused him to alter his mind. The White Blackbird 2012-03-10T03:00:15.513Z It is easy no doubt to ignore or forget them: easy to remark how indefinable and incalculable they are. Hegel's Philosophy of Mind 2012-03-07T03:00:14.327Z There is an indefinable and tormenting agitation, marked by mental and motor restlessness and an imperative and impulsive tendency to be doing. Essays In Pastoral Medicine 2012-03-05T03:00:09.993Z Many statisticians are looking to quantify team chemistry, the seemingly indefinable quality shared by teams whose play on the court seems simply to flow. Off the Dribble: N.B.A. Gets a Nice Look From the Data Crunchers 2012-02-28T18:07:14Z The song is altogether a very fine one, its peculiar charm being that it seems to combine two opposite qualities of bird-music, plaintiveness and joyousness, in some indefinable manner. Argentine Ornithology, Volume I (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. 2012-02-26T03:00:17.560Z All such sublimity and active life, however, were now absent; not a living creature was to be seen, and actuated by some indefinable impulse, I involuntarily clutched my rifle. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol III, No 13, 1851 2012-02-10T03:00:15.463Z An extraordinary intellectual depression, as I may say, and an indefinable flatness of mind. The Letters of Henry James (volume I) 2012-02-08T03:00:15.197Z He still used the same tone of aggrieved affection, but with an indefinable difference which was none the less very apparent to me. Lawrence Clavering 2012-02-01T03:00:11.667Z He is a Jew, and he's new, and he has that queer sort of indefinable position which attracts criticism. The Turnstile 2012-01-29T03:00:09.260Z "So," she replied, with an indefinable change of tone, "you are skilled in the exercise?" The Courtship of Morrice Buckler A Romance 2012-01-26T03:00:17.027Z Or it may mean the highest possible degree, consistent with our existence in this body; or the highest degree consistent with the most perfect health; or some inconceivable indefinable degree, nobody knows what. Doctrine of the Will 2012-01-22T03:00:26.997Z There was the indefinable air of the outdoor man about him, though he was quite correctly dressed and had a lady's light wrap over his arm. A Woman of Genius 2012-01-18T03:00:09.517Z There’s just no basis for belief in some indefinable, intangible, have-it-or-not attribute. Off the Dribble: LeBron James and the Definition of 'Clutch' 2012-01-12T20:48:46Z In the wardroom, where officers above the rank of Midshipmen dine, there is a distinct but indefinable odor, and with his first whiff Hurley said, “It took me right back.” Naval Officer Embarks on PGA Tour Career 2012-01-10T20:38:42Z And then of a sudden I noticed a crafty, indefinable change in his expression, and from the tail of my eye I saw his fingers working stealthily across the table. The Courtship of Morrice Buckler A Romance 2012-01-26T03:00:17.027Z Altogether, quite a dream of Canadian beauty, not devoid of that indefinable grace which goes only with the French blood. The Beckoning Hand and Other Stories 2012-01-10T03:00:17.100Z His arms around Ruth now—he closed his eyes in order to closet himself with indefinable sensations. Gargoyles 2012-01-05T03:00:27.063Z There was an orderliness, an indefinable businesslike touch to the room and its contents which seemed to make it evident that its owner was a man of affairs. The Money Gods 2012-01-04T03:00:39.617Z There was something, it seemed, indefinably incongruous in the nature of his story, his request, and his manner. Checkmate 2012-01-03T03:00:10.887Z Oh, that indefinable something, that suggestion of youthful vanity, of triumph and satisfaction, which seemed to radiate from his features like a halo of glory! The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) 2012-01-02T03:00:27.980Z Although it was still only mid-autumn, the air had a keen edge to it, the sky was gray and overcast, and there was the indefinable feel of snow in the air. The Radio Boys at Mountain Pass The Midnight Call for Assistance 2012-01-02T03:00:17.697Z His own partial description of humor as “that indefinable, intangible grace of spirit,” is not to be found exemplified in his published speeches. Why Lincoln Laughed 2011-12-29T03:00:17.037Z But suddenly her eyes sparkled, and her whole ingenuous and insignificant little face was lighted up, transfigured by an indefinable charm. Froth 2011-12-28T03:00:38.123Z Nothing here is really gained by any play upon that most indefinable of all terms—reality. Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 2011-12-25T03:00:11.297Z His dawn was the same evening, at dinner, when an indefinable je ne sais quoi in the mutual manner of Gladys and his mother attracted his attention and held him in suspense. A Bride from the Bush 2011-12-24T03:08:05.053Z There was an indefinable something about that girl which indicated that she had not always lived in the fields. Fr?d?rique; vol. 1 2011-12-19T03:00:39.830Z I think that I have told you that certain faces, certain figures, possess an indefinable charm and fascination for me at first sight. Fr?d?rique; vol. 2 2011-12-19T03:00:37.437Z It seemed, perhaps, the general atmosphere, rather than the actual streets, he knew; a certain perfume in the air, a tang of indefinable sweetness, a vitality in the radiant sunshine. The Wolves of God And Other Fey Stories 2011-12-17T03:00:15.447Z They were an indefinable mixture of sympathy and repugnance, of curiosity and jealousy, which can be accounted for only by one who has found himself in a situation analogous to mine. The Joy of Captain Ribot 2011-12-15T03:00:16.510Z Silence, and a strange indefinable gloom, seemed to settle down on the three. The Cruise of the Snowbird A Story of Arctic Adventure 2011-12-13T03:00:23.197Z But, no—I was conscious of an indefinable feeling of sympathy with that woman. Fr?d?rique; vol. 1 2011-12-19T03:00:39.830Z It was not so much in what was said, as in an indefinable air of expectancy on the part of several members of the faculty. Bart Keene's Hunting Days or, The Darewell Chums in a Winter Camp 2011-12-11T03:00:12.153Z What is this college spirit that hovers over the paid coach and his grandstand—this 'indefinable something,' as one writer calls it, 'which is fanned into a bright flame by intercollegiate athletics'? Atlantic Classics, Second Series 2011-12-09T03:00:20.203Z But though their joyousness came back, there was still an indefinable change and the suggestion of something hidden which none could solve, and to every one’s surprise each “would-be” suitor was sent resolutely away. Paddy-The-Next-Best-Thing 2011-12-08T03:00:28.210Z A flow of some indefinable faith in something poured into his heart. Uncle's dream; And The Permanent Husband 2011-12-08T03:00:25.597Z As you know, we call the doubtful and indefinable pleasure activities of earliest childhood sexual because our analysis of the symptoms leads us to them by way of material that is undeniably sexual. A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis 2011-12-06T03:00:21.763Z Madame Sadleir was stout and elderly, she wore an auburn wig, she was calm and efficient, yet she also had an indefinable quality of style. The Sailor 2011-12-03T03:00:11.697Z Not only was she good to look at, she was good to be with; she had that indefinable thing, charm. A Woman Perfected 2011-12-02T03:00:24.420Z She tried to crush out the recollection, conscious that her soul was sounding indefinable warnings as a far-off accompaniment. Paddy-The-Next-Best-Thing 2011-12-08T03:00:28.210Z He understood that as a counterpoise to man’s materialism and to the destructive in his nature, is that indefinable essence which we call the spiritual and the constructive. Islam Her Moral And Spiritual Value A Rational And Pyschological Study 2011-11-25T03:00:15.820Z Terrors of which the white men had no conception beat like bats about his soul, the indefinable terrors of bygone ages of horrors and darkness. White Fire 2011-11-21T03:00:15.067Z The next moment she and her father were greeting the Prince and the Marquise with a cordiality that was only tempered by the almost indefinable reserve which the place and the situation made indispensable. The World Masters 2011-11-18T03:00:31.543Z She had, even in the ballroom, an indefinable hint of out-of-doors. The Transgression of Andrew Vane a novel 2011-11-17T03:00:37.293Z An indefinable something, she hardly knew what, made her shrink instinctively and very certainly from such an arrangement. Paddy-The-Next-Best-Thing 2011-12-08T03:00:28.210Z Yet if I were asked to define the essence and subtlety of this influence, I could but answer that it is indefinable; all the same a glamour that, like the force of gravity, is irresistible. Islam Her Moral And Spiritual Value A Rational And Pyschological Study 2011-11-25T03:00:15.820Z The breakthrough came in seeing luck as an event, not as some indefinable aura. Luck Is Just the Spark for Business Giants 2011-10-29T17:35:10Z The change was not all in his dress; the indefinable something that marks the man of experience was upon him and the ascetic blankness was gone from his brow. Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z An indefinable atmosphere of luxury and languor pervaded the room. The Transgression of Andrew Vane a novel 2011-11-17T03:00:37.293Z Frederick himself acquired both in Germany and Europe the indefinable influence which springs from the recognition of great gifts that have been proved by great deeds. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 1 "Franciscans" to "French Language" 2011-10-22T02:00:29.487Z “The need for 300 pages of rules just shows you’re trying to define something indefinable,” Mr. Kaufman said. Common Sense: Volcker Rule Grows From Simple to Complex 2011-10-21T17:03:03Z For some indefinable reason he did not call that evening at Clayton Ranch as was his custom, nor did he knock at that door for many days. The Angel of the Gila: A Tale of Arizona 2011-10-16T02:00:17.623Z He knew it at once by something indefinable. The Enchanted Barn 2011-10-13T02:00:50.933Z The joy that hope brought of my emancipation was always mixed with an alloy of indefinable dread of some coming evil. The Emigrant's Lost Son or, Life Alone in the Forest 2011-10-13T02:00:39.777Z Yes, in all these; but still there is a something beyond them, a subtle, indefinable spell that enwraps the senses and captures one body and soul in this Queen of cities. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z There enters into existence at birth or early in life an indefinable something. Seed Thoughts for Singers 2011-10-09T02:00:24.093Z The angel of Death hovered near, and the Murphy family were filled with an indefinable fear. The Angel of the Gila: A Tale of Arizona 2011-10-16T02:00:17.623Z It was evident that he was longing for something; an indefinable and unknown malady wore him away by degrees. Iermola 2011-10-06T02:00:40.637Z Oh to be able to say that one has lived—qu’on a vécu, as they say here—that idea exercises an indefinable attraction for me. Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales 2011-10-06T02:00:37.063Z He carried an old umbrella, formerly blue, but become by long usage an indefinable colour. The Jew 2011-10-06T02:00:34.840Z They are among the most indefinable, and at the same time the most intractable, of nervous affections. Neuralgia and the Diseases that Resemble it 2011-10-03T02:00:31.460Z The Egyptian advanced slowly, with an indefinable insolence in his bearing. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z It is a simple and reasonable scientific demand, that we should not assume a mysterious, indefinable and incalculable cause, where known and intelligible causes suffice to explain the phenomena in question. Theology and the Social Consciousness A Study of the Relations of the Social Consciousness to Theology (2nd ed.) 2011-09-27T02:00:21.343Z In a league in which general managers continually attempt to measure and minimize risk within their rosters, Herzlich was suddenly the worst kind of prospect: indefinable and unknown. For Giants? Mark Herzlich, a Passion to Succeed 2011-09-24T15:31:31Z But, to them, by an indefinable knowing, this matter was something too great to consider at the present moment. The Cassowary What Chanced in the Cleft Mountains 2011-09-24T02:00:16.927Z Her candor had given him a little thrill of faint and indefinable hope. The Gray Phantom's Return 2011-09-22T02:00:27.150Z The hearts of men turned to wax as they gazed upon her, even though something indefinable warned them that their longing would find no response in her heart. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z Burbridge laid down—wherein it was plain to be seen that he was a man who possessed that indefinable thing, the poker player's 'hunch.' Taking Chances 2011-09-21T02:00:36.667Z An indefinable sensation prompted him to look around for Frost, and Frost was nowhere to be seen. Campaigning with Crook and Stories of Army Life 2011-09-21T02:00:34.517Z Nothing had been said that she found herself able to resent, and yet, in some indefinable way, Roane's manner had offended her. The Builders 2011-09-19T02:00:09.067Z There was an indefinable air about the chamber that vaguely suggested the abode of one whose life is hidden from the world. The Gray Phantom's Return 2011-09-22T02:00:27.150Z And yet they are not understood to the bottom; they retain an indefinably factitious air, which is not sufficiently justified by their position as ideal figures. Views and Reviews 2011-09-16T02:00:21.197Z The music to this work is impregnated with an indefinable Oriental colouring which imparts to it an undoubted measure of charm. Masters of French Music 2011-09-14T02:00:49.960Z There was an indefinable quality which they had never experienced before, something which thrilled and stirred them with an inexpressible weirdness, something which almost made the blood run cold. Garcia the Centenarian And His Times Being a Memoir of Manuel Garcia's Life and Labours for the Advancement of Music and Science 2011-09-05T02:00:19.693Z He breathed heavily, overcome by some indefinable dread. The Builders 2011-09-19T02:00:09.067Z In the course of a few months she had acquired the subtle and indefinable something that differentiates girlhood from womanhood. The Gray Phantom's Return 2011-09-22T02:00:27.150Z The whole picture indefinably appeals to the imagination. Views and Reviews 2011-09-16T02:00:21.197Z It was as if she had slipped away into a younger world than his and an indefinable sensation awoke within him, filling him with unrest. Those Dale Girls 2011-09-05T02:00:18.917Z “Is there not a sort of indefinable recognition of approach and presence, by which we may sometimes become aware of the proximity of people before seeing them?” began the doctor. An I.D.B. in South Africa 2011-08-31T02:01:33.733Z A strange thing about the veldt is that if you stare long at it when you are happy your eyes will fill with tears, and an indefinable sorrow surges in your veins. The Claw 2011-08-31T02:01:30.563Z "You are going?" she asked—and the words floated slowly, as if held back by some indefinable regret. Caybigan 2011-08-31T02:01:21.780Z Wantele turned and looked into her face with an indefinable expression of shamed curiosity—an expression that seemed to ask a thousand questions he had no right to ask. Jane Oglander 2011-08-30T02:00:38.717Z No sun could brown that baby-fair skin of William’s, but he had an indefinably large and Western air; the very way in which he wore his clothes showed his independence. The Wayfarers 2011-08-28T02:00:32.867Z My reason, it is true, could suggest no possible harm from my having enclosed his letter to Marmaduke, but still an indefinable dread of what I had done oppressed me. Lost Sir Massingberd, v. 2/2 A Romance of Real Life 2011-08-25T02:00:33.793Z "The new workers generally come to report to me before doing anything else," said Char, indefinably vexed at having failed to obtain the expected smile of gratitude. The War-Workers 2011-08-25T02:00:32.260Z Quite recently I came across a case in the Troad where I fell in with a young Greek who had been wasting for months with some permanent, indefinable fever. The Sixth Sense A Novel 2011-08-24T02:00:18.870Z Thus, for instance, to a lady, who complained to him of insomnia and nervous breakdown, he said quietly, with an indefinable sadness: “You see; whilst a man's lungs are right, everything is right.” Reminiscences of Anton Chekhov 2011-08-21T02:00:35.470Z “Thank you,” said Girard, an indefinable stiffening change coming over him momentarily, to disappear at once, however, as he went on: “By the way, I mustn’t forget what I came for before I hurry off.” The Wayfarers 2011-08-28T02:00:32.867Z In an indefinable manner she had learnt that Agnes had a suitor. World's End A Story in Three Books 2011-08-16T02:00:47.740Z It was something quite indefinable in the lines round her pretty, decided mouth, and under her eyes that gave the odd impression of maturity. The War-Workers 2011-08-25T02:00:32.260Z Its blue eye, its almost fair hair above a pasty skin and something indefinably British in the stamp of its expression betrayed its paternity at once. The Locusts' Years 2011-08-16T02:00:41.777Z There is an indefinable chord which always draws the right men to the young man of pure life. Successward A Young Man's Book for Young Men 2011-08-15T02:00:27.860Z These continual indirect reproaches had long been a source of irritation to Levin, more particularly as Charles Nicholas drew a definite, unsurpassable, although indefinable, line between assessors and secretaries. The Red Room 2011-08-13T02:00:26.943Z An indefinable change had come over the girl. Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford 2011-08-11T02:00:13.017Z Her voice possessed the indefinable and quite unmistakable intonation of good-breeding, and Char instantly observed that she did not wind up her brief greeting with Miss Vivian's name. The War-Workers 2011-08-25T02:00:32.260Z Then there appeared behind him a dark and indefinable form, who stabbed him with a stiletto to the heart. The Devil's Elixir Vol. II (of 2) 2011-08-09T02:00:28.197Z She herself was sitting in the large family-room, holding little Tereska on her lap, while her boys pressed close to her with an indefinable fear. For the Right 2011-08-01T02:00:10.250Z The quaint and homely style in which the story is written wins the admiration of all readers, and gives to the work an indefinable charm. School Reading by Grades Sixth Year 2011-07-31T02:00:11.420Z There’s an indefinable something about her which spells quality.” The Camp Fire Girls at Onoway House or, The Magic Garden 2011-07-26T02:00:18.027Z "Don't go on like that," protested Miss Marsh, presumably with reference to some indefinable quality detected by her in these two simple monosyllables. The War-Workers 2011-08-25T02:00:32.260Z There was, about Him, that indefinable something which wins children's confidence at sight. Pastor Pastorum 2011-07-25T02:00:14.597Z None of which, though, should suggest that female athletes are in some indefinable way more fragile than their male counterparts. Well: Athletic Performance and the Monthly Cycle 2011-07-20T04:01:16Z And somehow, whenever he entered, the air of the shop became electric with an indefinable excitement. America First 2011-07-15T02:00:25.100Z And soon the air of the chamber will take on a subtle and indefinable change. House of Torment A Tale of the Remarkable Adventures of Mr. John Commendone, Gentleman to King Phillip II of Spain at the English Court 2011-07-15T02:00:24.257Z When I reached the church door, before putting the key in the lock, moved by some indefinable impulse I stood on the doorstep, turned round, and looked back upon the path I had just trodden. The Best Psychic Stories 2011-07-13T02:00:21.943Z Again and again he had been able to draw breath of relief and assure himself that the indefinable dread which was always with him was a chimera of his too absorbing, too anxious love. The Black Opal 2011-07-13T02:00:16.323Z When removing the latter, some amusement may be caused by referring to them as "an indefinable, condimental amalgamation of membranaceous disintegrations." Magic In which are given clear and concise explanations of all the well-known illusions as well as many new ones. 2011-07-10T02:00:22.253Z The novelty of the situation, the strange smells, and an indefinable fear of that truculent crowd of armed men, kept all my senses at highest tension. The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life 2011-07-09T02:00:13.057Z But again she drew back; the same indefinable feeling of repulsion arose in her instinctively, as strong, as inexplicable. Nevermore 2011-07-08T02:00:23.973Z Their eyes met, and that indefinable something passed between them before another word was spoken, which includes antagonism, if not deadly hostility. The Coward A Novel of Society and the Field in 1863 2011-07-08T02:00:16.223Z There was an indefinable air of a flower approaching its bloom about her. The Black Opal 2011-07-13T02:00:16.323Z The sun was getting low, but the blue of the sky on the northern side had merged indefinably into a leaden, vaporous opacity which was gradually and insidiously creeping upward to the zenith. The Sirdar's Oath A Tale of the North-West Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:25.780Z Never could she revert to the favourite subject without that indefinable moment of restraint coming in. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z Added to her natural dislike to such endearments before spectators of the class then present, a curious indefinable sensation of repulsion took possession of her temporarily, as strong as it was instinctive. Nevermore 2011-07-08T02:00:23.973Z Gradually an indefinable odor struck my nostrils, but an odor which became stronger and stronger every moment. Hania 2011-07-04T02:00:18.053Z Looking into Sophie's face, Mrs. Henty became aware of its sensitive, unformed beauty, a beauty of expression rather than features, and of a something indefinable which cast a glamour over the girl. The Black Opal 2011-07-13T02:00:16.323Z Still, she wanted him to; for a strange indefinable instinct moved her to the conviction that she could help him. The Sirdar's Oath A Tale of the North-West Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:25.780Z And throughout it all was a vague, indefinable longing for this man’s presence. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z Much confusion has crept into the reasoning on this subject from the idea that withdrawal from circulation is a definable state, whereas it is a gradated state, and indefinable. Unto This Last and Other Essays on Political Economy 2011-06-29T02:00:26.763Z Edward had come nearer to the indefinable thing than he had.... Nobody's Child 2011-06-29T02:00:24.827Z Potch came into the room again, his head back, an indefinable triumph and elation in his eyes as they sought Sophie's. The Black Opal 2011-07-13T02:00:16.323Z He sat there, braiding his belt, an indefinable half smile on his face. The Last Straw 2011-06-27T02:00:58.100Z Hermogen attended the marriage of his father with the coldest indifference, but Aurelia, the dear child, who was haunted with a thousand indefinable apprehensions, burst into tears. The Devil's Elixir Vol. I (of 2) 2011-06-23T02:00:27.103Z Notwithstanding these peculiarities, however, the same indefinable magic pervades his piano-playing as his compositions. A Day with Robert Schumann 2011-06-21T02:00:28.690Z It was guarded by hesitancy, elusiveness, and, not selfishness exactly, nor timidity, but an indefinable inaccessibility that was simply Ann. Nobody's Child 2011-06-29T02:00:24.827Z At the same time, she knew that her heart was beating faster; an indefinable fear assailed her, something she had never experienced before. The Soul of Susan Yellam 2011-06-16T02:00:19.090Z She flushed ever so slightly at the indefinable change in his eyes. The Last Straw 2011-06-27T02:00:58.100Z Perhaps the spirits of the Kanya had been filling him, too, with indefinable dread. Lodges in the Wilderness 2011-06-15T02:00:17.057Z The short breath, the wavering tone of speech, every word, and an indefinable something, drove the frightful spectre close before her soul, the suspicion that it was not Albano. Titan: A Romance Vol. II (of 2) 2011-06-14T02:00:26.670Z He was afraid of something; something ghastly indefinable. The Old Blood 2011-06-13T02:00:22.897Z "All you say is true," she said finally, with an indefinable smile. The Salamander 2011-06-10T02:00:22.890Z I suppose the real truth is that genius is indefinable, and so varied in character as to escape all attempts at classification. A Word to Women 2011-06-08T02:00:18.457Z In addition to this, the image of Ormond haunted my thoughts, and gave birth to incessant but indefinable fears. Ormond, Volume III (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:21.807Z Something indefinable, intangible, perhaps best expressed as the visible diffused wave-current of consciousness' wireless telegraphy, showed in his face. A Cry in the Wilderness 2011-06-01T02:00:28.933Z He edged closer; and became conscious of an indefinable freshness in the air that enveloped him, like the scent of something young and growing. The Slayer Of souls 2011-06-01T02:00:26.487Z It existed only in the first divine idea, yet unexpanded, as if involved in darkness, imperceptible, indefinable, undiscoverable by reason, and undiscovered by revelation, as if it were wholly immersed in sleep. Phallic Miscellanies Facts and Phases of Ancient and Modern Sex Worship, as Illustrated Chiefly in the Religions of India 2011-05-31T02:00:29.133Z In spite of the indefinable grace of his obsolete language, one can hardly read twenty pages of Rabelais in succession. The Mantle and Other Stories 2011-05-29T02:00:07.233Z He cannot talk about their art, for their art is merely themselves, indefinable and impossible of description. Famous Prima Donnas 2011-05-26T02:00:18.267Z Considered in thought, and in being, the supreme principle is inferior to itself; only in the pure simplicity of its indefinable essence is it the last object of science, and the last term of perfection. Lectures on the true, the beautiful and the good 2011-05-25T02:00:17.943Z There is an indefinable French difference, but, that apart, the foregoing is somewhat like Goldsmith in his “Deserted Village.” French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z And as winter over and gone sets in brighter relief the warmth and resurrection of springtime, so does the shadow of its approach lend a real if somewhat indefinable attractiveness to the fall months. A Rambler's lease 2011-05-22T02:00:11.507Z There was a sweeter breath in the air; there was an indefinable stir of life in all nature. A Letter of Credit 2011-05-20T02:00:40.410Z Amy looked earnestly at Mr Walton, with the conviction that this was only said to distract her attention; and an indefinable feeling of mingled dread and curiosity took possession of her mind. Amy Herbert 2011-05-20T02:00:31.467Z There was something, we are led to infer, in her constitutional temperament, which, even beyond her delicate and indefinable tact, may afford the real clew to much of her mysterious ascendency. Curious Myths of the Middle Ages 2011-05-19T02:00:06.517Z Moved by an indefinable feeling of peace as well as of contentment, Laura sat up long that night, waiting for her husband. Love and hatred 2011-05-13T02:00:08.103Z We are far oftener convinced by this indefinable something in a man's eye, and in his tones, than by the words he utters. The Last of the Vikings 2011-05-09T02:00:04.200Z However unwarranted, and fatuous, an indefinable barrier would stand between them until the culmination of the yearning that had made ugly crosses in her heart. The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky 2011-05-08T02:00:04.810Z She put her boy down and crept down stairs, drawn by an indefinable something to the room where the convict was. Overshadowed A Novel 2011-05-07T02:00:24.483Z His countenance had undergone a marked change—subtle, inexplicable—and an indefinable dread caught her heart as in a vise. A Speckled Bird 2011-05-06T02:00:09.097Z At times his remarks, his retorts, had an indefinable tinge of irony about them. Royal Highness 2011-05-05T02:00:22.363Z There is no need to point out any of these things, but they help to justify what I have already said, and to define the indefinable character of the book. Oscar Wilde A Critical Study 2011-05-04T02:00:14.580Z But in the under-tide of some indefinable, contending, compelling element he was drifting apart. The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky 2011-05-08T02:00:04.810Z Few, even of those who have habitually heard it spoken from their childhood, can discern the almost indefinable line which exists between the older and purer phraseology, and that which is more corrupt. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 369, July 1846 2011-04-29T02:00:09.217Z The country about Weir’s Mills shows in indefinable ways that you are approaching the sea. A Northern Countryside 2011-04-27T02:00:22.523Z And he had, too, that indefinable tone of manner which ensured his recognition as an English gentleman. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 1 2011-04-26T02:00:29.063Z There was some slight and indefinable shade on it. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 2 2011-04-26T02:00:28.200Z On the contrary, he strained his ears for it, impelled by the same indefinable, weird influence that charms one to turn again and look back upon a horror that has fascinated the eyes. The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky 2011-05-08T02:00:04.810Z He was somewhat browned by the Spanish sunshine, and he had an indefinable air of bright hopefulness. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 3 2011-04-26T02:00:25.180Z Thus when she once more appeared before him, he was not so calm as he would have wished, nor yet so keen in noting the subtle, indefinable change which had come over her entire personality. Petticoat Rule 2011-04-18T02:00:14.507Z To couple his name, falsely or truly, with an epigram gave it an indefinable prestige; his personality thrown into the scale made a sarcasm that might have passed unnoticed into a crushing hit. Essays 2011-04-15T02:00:16.160Z Moreover, there was an indefinable air of greater poverty than she remembered in Friar's Row; and—last and worst of all—she thought granny herself looking ill. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 2 2011-04-26T02:00:28.200Z From the beginning there was an indefinable underlying something permeating this sweet-faced girl that had come to her from out of the wilderness—a something that sorely puzzled the good Miss Worth. The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky 2011-05-08T02:00:04.810Z Inspired as much by curiosity to ascertain who it was that revived such indefinable associations, as by a desire to put an end to a dangerous foe, he pressed him hard. Captain Kyd, Vol. II or, The Wizard of the Sea 2011-04-11T02:00:12.290Z Her feeling of loss was none the less real because it was indefinable to her. Rose of Dutcher's Coolly 2011-04-10T02:00:07.273Z Numerous attempts to define religion have made it evident that religion is indefinable. Religion and Science From Galileo to Bergson 2011-04-07T02:00:16.760Z The Canon received her with his former paternal benevolence; but, at first, a slight indefinable chill was perceptible in Mrs. Hadlow's usually cordial manner. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 2 2011-04-26T02:00:28.200Z She must, they conclude, have that indefinable quality of magnetism, and that is all that can be said about it, and they could not find out the secret if they tried. The Man Who Pleases and the Woman Who Charms 2011-04-05T02:00:10.347Z But as I walked through the rooms, an indefinable repugnance took possession of me, and I asked Robert if he knew who had been living in it? All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart 2011-03-31T02:00:16.763Z To Helen, accustomed for so many years to a cloudless eastern sky, the sunshine, although it brought her renewed life, brought also vague indefinable longings. Unlucky A Fragment of a Girl's Life 2011-03-24T02:00:14.360Z The hope which her tongue so steadfastly refused to speak he gathered from her eyes, her face, from that indefinable softening which seems to pervade at the moment of yielding a woman’s very personality. Mysterious Mr. Sabin 2011-03-24T02:00:10.087Z Her pallor, her flashing black eyes, her bitter and sardonic smile, gave to her face an indefinable somberness, which was in accord with the severity of her costume of red, black and gold. 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 Two girls with faces of equal value and garments of identical texture will fail to produce equivalent effects, because one has this indefinable quality, and the other has not. The Man Who Pleases and the Woman Who Charms 2011-04-05T02:00:10.347Z The Hoyas lacked the same indefinable edge on offense. Big East Tournament: Georgetown?s loss to UConn is a bad sign 2011-03-10T00:34:23Z You very often hear the remark made that the cookery of certain people has an indefinable taste, exceedingly nice, but something that you do not exactly understand. A Course of Lectures on the Principles of Domestic Economy and Cookery 2011-03-15T02:00:12.260Z She carried herself too with a perfect ease and indefinable distinction which could only have come to her by descent. Mysterious Mr. Sabin 2011-03-24T02:00:10.087Z In a narrow sense, Japan, a rich nation with enormous resources of technology, social cohesion, and an indefinable "can-do" spirit, surely will rebuild. The Challenges Facing Japan's PM 2011-03-13T14:25:00Z While their faces were of equal value, and their clothing was of the same material, there might be other differences which would account for the "indefinable quality." The Man Who Pleases and the Woman Who Charms 2011-04-05T02:00:10.347Z Nevertheless, there was a change in her, indefinable at first; then Thorpe decided that she had acquired a shade of defiance, of hardness. A Daughter of the Vine 2011-03-09T03:00:47.790Z Who can furnish a precise definition of the indefinable? Arthur Machen A Novelist of Ecstasy and Sin 2011-03-09T03:00:47.587Z In all cases, they are indefinable, but on the mind of old age, they glance like dreams and visions of something that have been, and are for ever gone. The Shepherd's Calendar Volume I (of II) 2011-03-05T03:00:28.153Z In many indefinable ways the King never missed an opportunity of showing his kindness for which I was always grateful. Forty Years of 'Spy' 2011-03-04T03:00:57.237Z With the basket on the table beside me and my sewing in my hands I felt indefinably more mistress of myself. The High Heart 2011-03-04T03:00:52.683Z It is in the indefinable that he revels; just as your geographer indulges every caprice of his imagination when laying down the limits of land and water at the Pole! The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I 2011-03-03T03:00:56.130Z With that indefinable chill between us, which had come I knew not how, I felt tongue-tied. The Amethyst Box 2011-03-02T03:00:29.083Z Her tone was quite pleasant and sweet, but there was an indefinable sense of woundedness about it which touched Julia to the very quick. The Little Vanities of Mrs. Whittaker A Novel 2011-03-01T03:00:46.487Z Every human habit, of whatever nature it may be, has an influence over the human figure, and from the indefinable variety and incalculable mixture of such habits, there results an infinite variety of figures. Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman 2011-02-28T03:00:32.460Z I had guessed it from his pallor, from something indefinably humbled in the way he bore himself, and from the worried light in his romantic eyes. The High Heart 2011-03-04T03:00:52.683Z Green would admit that in a certain sense the conception of “good” is indefinable, i.e. that it can only be recognized in the particulars of conduct of which it is the universal form. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" 2011-02-27T03:00:31.973Z The episode thrilled her, and pleased her, too, in some indefinable way, for her companion was holding her tightly. The Revellers 2011-02-26T03:00:50.133Z You are much smaller, and since you have taken to wearing black and indefinable gray gowns, you seem to be wasting away to nothing. The Little Vanities of Mrs. Whittaker A Novel 2011-03-01T03:00:46.487Z The indefinable between comfort and discomfort made the Bruce's economy very unlike that practised by Miss Theodora. Miss Theodora A West End Story 2011-02-26T03:00:48.940Z Belgium and Serbia meant less to most of them than to the people of San Francisco, Chicago, and New York; but a great cause, almost indefinable to thought, meant everything. The High Heart 2011-03-04T03:00:52.683Z Swaraj is indefinable and is not to be confused with any particular system of Government. Freedom Through Disobedience 2011-02-23T03:00:32.987Z She was no longer buoyantly well, she was full of indefinable apprehensions of weakness and failure. Marriage 2011-02-22T03:00:06.867Z It was an uneasiness, a heaviness, a slight feeling of guilt for something which she could not specify, quite indefinable, and therefore the more annoying. The Westerners 2011-02-14T03:00:39.347Z Yet more and more was I perplexed by that indefinable abstraction in her behaviour, which seemed somehow out of tune with the circumstances. That Affair at Elizabeth 2011-02-14T03:00:36.587Z It seemed a long time before Doris came out, and when she finally appeared, there was something indefinable in her manner which made him feel that she had not come of her own accord. Oldfield A Kentucky Tale of the Last Century 2011-02-13T03:00:19.953Z Swaraj, as I have said, is indefinable and is not to be confused with any particular system of Government. Freedom Through Disobedience 2011-02-23T03:00:32.987Z From out the bushes step indefinable figures that slip away in breathless officiousness through the clearings and then vanish in the twilight. The Awakening of Spring A Tragedy of Childhood 2011-02-13T03:00:19.567Z By his restless eye and a certain indefinable cast of expression you knew him for a half-breed. The Westerners 2011-02-14T03:00:39.347Z He not only presents his characters, but moralises over them—actually cares whether they are good or bad, and has yearnings after the indefinable. The Grandchildren of the Ghetto 2011-02-12T03:00:35.663Z But he was only a boy grown tall after all, and he had never seen so beautiful a girl as Doris was, or any one of such indefinable charm or of such ineffable grace. Oldfield A Kentucky Tale of the Last Century 2011-02-13T03:00:19.953Z It is simply a sense, strong but indefinable, that it is time for something else. Garden a Special Stop on Phil Jackson?s Farewell Tour 2011-02-10T22:19:00Z At any rate, the former cathedral of Notre Dame at Lescar has this indefinable quality to a far greater degree than many a more ambitiously conceived fabric. The Cathedrals of Southern France 2011-02-10T03:00:54.597Z The attempt to capture the city utterly failed, and the victory which accompanied its repulsion had upon the French that indefinable but powerful moral effect which largely contributed to their future successes. The French Revolution 2011-02-10T03:00:50.577Z Having found the switch, he noticed at once that the room had indefinably changed since he had been in it last. Who? 2011-02-09T03:00:47.380Z Knowing that she needed not to hold herself responsible to him or any other, she yet feared lest a kind of indefinable injustice had been done by forsaking so loyal a friend. The Crooked Stick or Pollies's Probation 2011-02-06T03:01:00.547Z Besides ambition and cupidity, the motives commonly attributed to the poisoners, it was imagined that this action included an indefinable, diabolical voluptuousness of enjoyment, an attractiveness stronger than the will. The Betrothed From the Italian of Alessandro Manzoni 2011-02-05T03:00:14.863Z This young lady, with the cold, beautiful features, and the proud, energetic glance, with an interest peculiar and almost indefinable to herself, gazed into the face so infinitely unlike her own. A Hero of the Pen 2011-02-04T03:00:19.217Z "Don't you bother 'bout me, Granny!" she said, in soothing tones, and again that indefinable haunting cadence smote my ears and caused me to stir uneasily as I stood watching the scene. A Maid of the Kentucky Hills 2011-02-04T03:00:15.877Z He touched that indefinable ecstasy which is extension of consciousness, caused by what men call crudely Beauty. The Promise of Air 2011-02-02T03:00:23.997Z An indefinable presentiment of evil was upon him; the air was charged with some awful and maleficent influence, of which the convulsion of nature seemed a fit harbinger. Ghetto Tragedies 2011-01-27T03:00:46.507Z All the same he thrilled, and like every other man who caught sight of Lola and stood near enough to catch the indefinable scent of her hair, stumbled over his words. The Rustle of Silk 2011-01-27T03:00:44.390Z His features were careworn and haggard, yet in them lingered some indefinable suggestion of fine lines and deeply carven strength. The Mesa Trail 2011-01-27T03:00:37.207Z It gives me a feeling of being pitted against a gigantic, remorseless power—a something indefinable, and yet terrible in its strength. The Land of Frozen Suns 2011-01-23T03:00:15.307Z An indefinable charm of sorrow and resignation overspread the entire countenance. Garrick's Pupil 2011-01-22T03:00:14.780Z It was almost indefinable, both timid and ferocious, and produced an almost painful impression until one grew accustomed to it. Abb? Aubain and Mosaics 2011-01-21T03:00:12.617Z She could not now be called beautiful, but she possessed that indefinable fascination we see in many young girls when standing upon that charmed boundary, "Where the brook and river meet, Womanhood and childhood sweet." Vineta The Phantom City 2011-01-21T03:00:10.377Z Temptations were bound to come; they came at odd intervals; they came here in this hotel dining room, where he could catch some vagrant odour of whiskey from an indefinable source. The Mesa Trail 2011-01-27T03:00:37.207Z "Yes," answered Bertha with an indefinable smile; "yes, I contemplate undertaking a long voyage." The Blacksmith's Hammer, or The Peasant Code A Tale of the Grand Monarch 2011-01-18T03:00:14.120Z The first impression he made upon his visitors was disappointing, indefinable. Garrick's Pupil 2011-01-22T03:00:14.780Z She felt an indefinable desire to be contrary. Burning Sands 2011-01-17T03:00:53.930Z The princess gazed at him anxiously, and then, as if seized with a sudden, indefinable suspicion, she asked,-- "Leo, have you your uncle's permission?" Vineta The Phantom City 2011-01-21T03:00:10.377Z In her first greeting with Mother Gertrude, too, Alex was strongly conscious of that indefinable sensation of having made some strange, almost unguessed-at progress in a direction of which she was only now becoming aware. Consequences 2011-01-14T03:00:53.047Z "The death of a young girl!" echoed Mademoiselle Plouernel with an indefinable smile. The Blacksmith's Hammer, or The Peasant Code A Tale of the Grand Monarch 2011-01-18T03:00:14.120Z “The worst and weakest of them,” remarks an English Pioneer, “has that indefinable something about him that lifts so immeasurably the beggar of Murillo above the beggar of Hogarth.” The Life of Bret Harte With Some Account of the California Pioneers 2011-01-14T03:00:47.427Z He had an indefinably benevolent and humorous attitude towards life, of which she was daily more conscious. Burning Sands 2011-01-17T03:00:53.930Z Then in some indefinable fashion Jack's expression had recently grown gentler, indeed tonight her manner held a certain timidity, giving her one of the charms that she sometimes lacked. The Ranch Girls at Home Again 2011-01-13T03:01:04.363Z Presently she heard a slight, almost indefinable sound, and peeping again, saw Garth in the act of disappearing behind a leaf of the taller screen. Vision House 2011-01-13T03:01:00.407Z In addition, he holds that Nature herself has a memory: there is some indefinable psychic element in the earth’s atmosphere upon which all human and physical actions or phenomena are photographed or impressed. The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries 2011-01-06T03:00:47.543Z An English writer of unusual discernment speaks of “that conscious independence, that indefinable assertion of manhood, which is the key to the American character.” The Life of Bret Harte With Some Account of the California Pioneers 2011-01-14T03:00:47.427Z One could see her enthusiasm bursting out under the paint on her cheeks, and a touch of moisture passed like a veil over her bright eyes of an indefinable colour. Sentimental Education Vol 1 2011-01-04T03:01:07.467Z It was with a startling but indefinable emotion that she heard the man's voice now through the open door. She Buildeth Her House 2011-01-04T03:01:05.167Z He had lost a little of that indefinable something which gave him distinction, even in the days when the women of his family tried in vain to keep him pressed and unspotted. Why Joan? 2011-01-02T03:00:20.290Z Geniuses are more commonly read about than seen, but one could not speak five minutes with Crabbe without recognising that he had inherited some touch of that subtle, indefinable essence. The Man from Archangel and Other Tales of Adventure 2011-01-01T03:00:24.903Z Colonel Williams had that indefinable sweetness of manner which indicates innate refinement and nobility of soul. The Life of Bret Harte With Some Account of the California Pioneers 2011-01-14T03:00:47.427Z He once was, indeed, a larrikin and there will always be some of that indefinable quality in him. The Ashes 2010: What now for the beleaguered Ricky Ponting? 2010-12-28T08:41:58Z He himself never linked his undefined word with the indefinable darkness; it was left to the reader to make the connection, or miss it. Thomas Bernhard, the Alienator 2010-12-25T05:35:10Z Very tall and angular in her draped black dress, she had that indefinable air of authority which clings to those whose mission in life has been to instruct the young. The Man with the Double Heart 2010-12-21T22:55:56.757Z But the dowsing of creek water had done more than cleanse his body; in an indefinable way it had purified and stimulated the inner man. The Pioneers 2010-12-20T17:12:11.787Z The strong man whose dominance over men and women alike had been his salient characteristic, had begun to feel an indefinable sense of some unrecognized quality in the woman he loved. The Life of Bret Harte With Some Account of the California Pioneers 2011-01-14T03:00:47.427Z These were days of dreary gloom which they spent together; Frank too dejected to go out of doors, Bertie creeping about very softly under the pressure of a vague dread and indefinable dissatisfaction. Footsteps of Fate 2010-12-20T17:11:56.663Z Everything about the place sighed with age and indefinable odour; one knew not what mould, what sweating life, what "silver fishes," those tired old walls did not harbour. The Tower of Oblivion 2010-12-20T17:11:53.787Z Septuagenarian living doll Cliff Richard The eternally youthful, indefinably annoying Bachelor Boy turned 70 this week and celebrated by beginning a series of six concerts at the Royal Albert Hall. This week: Lord Browne, Chilean miners and Cliff Richard 2010-10-15T23:01:00Z Or maybe the only characteristic of this team is that it's indefinable. The big question: Who are these Huskies? | Jerry Brewer 2010-10-10T06:55:00Z Despite her efforts, there always seemed to be the pungent smell of male adolescence hanging in the air, that indefinable mixture of overactive hormones and unwashed clothes. Facebook's intriguing world revealed 2010-09-11T23:20:00Z "Don't fall into the trap of believing that management is an indefinable art," says Ed Muzio, CEO of Group Harmonics, a workplace consulting firm in Albuquerque, New Mexico. How to Manage Managers 2010-08-23T09:02:00Z It was rather something indefinable in her face. The Tower of Oblivion 2010-12-20T17:11:53.787Z Though she had an indefinable urge to protest, she admitted that things had indeed returned to normal. David Bezmozgis: “The Train of Their Departure.” 2010-08-02T04:00:00Z Here was Coney Island, in all its inextinguishable, indefinable freakishness. Mermaids and Walking Hot Dogs Liven Coney Island Coney I. Street Life Remains Indefinably Weird 2010-06-18T01:03:00Z For its part, the Burgess Shale continues to produce an astonishing array of indefinable creatures faster than palaeontologists can examine them. Unusual fossils: Wonderful life goes on 2010-05-13T10:51:00Z Ingredient X: the indefinable quality that makes it an addictive proposition. Bodycount: the Stuart Black interview 2010-04-26T09:46:00Z Plus, he has what the Yanks like to call "the intangibles" – that indefinable x-factor separating the great from the merely good. Matteo Manassero lives up to his billing as the new Seve 2010-04-10T16:01:00Z Iran's hard-liners are more comfortable and astute at handling an easily defined threat such as a combative Bush than they are an elusive and indefinable Obama. Beyond Sanctions: How to Solve the Iranian Riddle 2010-03-10T06:55:00Z The men who, as yet, have not been to the front cannot escape an indefinable dread, and they, too, are ready for the gospel message. With our Fighting Men The story of their faith, courage, endurance in the Great War Gigantic shadows at first, indefinable to those cowering behind the boulders. A Blot on the Scutcheon I was in the unpleasant situation of one who hears a long-forgotten melody, which stirs up within his mind overpowering and indefinable emotions, though, at the moment, the associations connected with it are forgotten. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 10 All of Heyse's writings have atmosphere, that indefinable quality which no amount of mere description of places and people can give, but which comes of itself from the heart of the sympathetic writer. A Divided Heart and Other Stories That the thought of being a "doctor" did, in a sort of indefinable way, sometimes enter my head, even at that early period, I will not deny. Forty Years in the Wilderness of Pills and Powders Cogitations and Confessions of an Aged Physician He was conscious, too, of the queer, indefinable fascination of her near presence in the dimly lighted room. The Hillman There was something, a sort of indefinable challenge, in the voice and eyes, a carelessness that, well as it was simulated, was not wholly genuine. The Belovéd Traitor Constance, after this talk with Bertha, for days felt easier in her mind, as though filled with an indefinable contentment that bid fair to soothe and heal. Small Souls Time had added to her loveliness; the grand, statuesque figure had developed more perfectly; the graceful attitudes, the unconscious harmony, the indefinable grace and fascination were more apparent than ever. Love Works Wonders A Novel With the closing of the front door, with the first breath of that air of indefinable luxury which everywhere pervaded her new surroundings, she seemed to pass into a new order of things. To Win the Love He Sought The Great Awakening: Volume 3 She seemed to bring with her an atmosphere indefinable, in its way, but distinctly attractive. The Hillman It must be the rare and indefinable charm of her personality; her pure, sweet, unsullied nature. The Man from Jericho She felt that he would protect her; that as his wife she would be free from the vague, indefinable fears which haunted her. The Man Who Rose Again Her voice held a lingering indefinable quality that was almost sadness, and for that one slender instant, she opened on him the unmasked batteries of her glorious gray eyes. The Valiants of Virginia He appeared strangely moved, and a slight, indefinable smile lay on his lips. A Sister's Love A Novel Love is indefinable, grief is indefinable, but a mother's heart can open up like a book. Woman Genius is one of the indefinable attributes of man. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution An indefinable fear, perhaps owing to her Puritan training and her healthy upbringing, kept her from uttering the words he longed to hear. The Man Who Rose Again But the superstitious, indefinable dread of coming disaster haunted him like a ghost in the darkness. Regina or the Sins of the Fathers It is all things to all people, and is as meaningless as it is indefinable. An Atheist Manifesto And something indefinably foul and poisonous rose from their attitude. Woman The very absence of all emotion in Sarah inspired him with a vague and indefinable uneasiness; he even fancied he saw her eyes filled with tears she hastily repressed. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 6 of 6 Beauty rightly understood is a spiritual thing, and is not dependent on contour of features or a brilliant complexion—it is in truth indefinable. The Man Who Rose Again You will imagine, monseigneur, the indefinable alarm with which I found myself in Paris,—in the city in which my mother had died hardly a year before. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 2 of 6 The feeling of the college, that elusive and indefinable aroma of opinion, declared itself unmistakably in this direction, and many Bad Men became Good Eggs. Sinister Street, vol. 2 This morning when I caught a reflection of myself in the shop windows, I noticed I had a strange air of authority, a self-assurance quite new and indefinable, a manner crisper, more clear-cut. Woman I would speak of her beauty were it not for an indefinable charm she possesses, superior even to her beauty. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 6 of 6 He was a tall young man, and there was something indefinable and reassuring about his collar. The Adventures of Elizabeth in Rügen The girl at the telephone greeted him with swollen eyes, swollen with hysterical weeping; the stenographers moved noiselessly, hushed by the indefinable sense of the supernatural. Making Money Across from the old brick court house, with its dilapidated cupola and its indefinable air of the mediaeval, sat the general store, proclaimed in a sign of crippled lettering, "The Big Emporium." The Tempering It is an indefinable and often mystical performance of which only the results can be stated. Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude In whatever direction I chanced to gaze, all was vast, infinite, indefinable. Tales of the Wonder Club Volume I For the facts of science are indefinable except as facts in and for a real experience. The Sources Of Religious Insight "I am so worried!" she said at once, gazing into his eyes, with eyes that held an indefinable fear. Making Money All this is meant to throw light upon the artless simplicity, the outspoken but sensitive judgment, the indefinable strength of character, of the Rev. Mr. Savage. The Arena Volume 18, No. 93, August, 1897 In recent logical discussion this techniqueless act of knowing has been properly enough transformed into an indefinable "external relation" in which an entity called a knower stands to another entity called the known. Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude Those who have fought under the banner of the King of Kings know the indefinable joy there is in it. Victory out of Ruin The beady sloe-black eyes of the Sergeant were repeated in almost every face, as well as that indefinable something which in all lands marks the gipsy race. The Firebrand In his unsullied soul, there arose an indefinable sensation of wrong and shame, that ran through his veins like liquid fire. L'Arrabiata and Other Tales And there was about her that indefinable something which, when a painter discovers it, interests him and arouses his intense artistic curiosity. The Moonlit Way I say "almost indefinable"; for as an act it had, of course, to have some sort of conceptualized form. Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude He felt the tearing of the blood in his veins, the burning of his cheeks, the wild, delicious sense of an exaltation, indefinable, mysterious. The Missioner She tried not to look at him, but an indefinable attraction compelled her to raise her eyes. With Edge Tools In spite of all, she was very far from uncomely as she stood now, about her the old indefinable stamp of class which always had clung to her. The Broken Gate A Novel Can you understand the subtlety of that indefinable psychology? The Moonlit Way A transcendental unity whose method is indefinable has no advantage over empirical association. Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude Yet his observation of her was so intense that he found readily the signs of some subtle, indefinable change, a change which began with her toilette, and ended—ah! as yet there was no ending. The Missioner I was exceedingly restless, and I know not what vague and indefinable apprehensions entered my imagination. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. V, October, 1850, Volume I. Women who have been considered great beauties have not always had perfect features, or flawless complexions; but they held sway by grace of manner, and that indefinable thing called charm. Bee and Butterfly A Tale of Two Cousins “Have you see anything of Mademoiselle Nihla?” he demanded, in a heavy, unsteady voice, tremulous with indefinable fears. The Moonlit Way It is205 compelled to fall back on a theory of analysis which reaches ultimate elements and an assumption of inference as an indefinable. Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude It is something quite indefinable; it is something like the distinction of good-breeding, characterized perhaps more by the absence of certain negative qualities than by the presence of certain positive ones. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow And through it all streamed an indefinable awe, a trail one could not follow, a teasing mystery—an unspoken word. The Book of Susan A Novel Like electricity it is intangible, indefinable, indescribable, but makes its existence known by manifestations that are almost uncanny. Great Singers on the Art of Singing Educational Conferences with Foremost Artists A turn of the head, a look in the eye, an inflection of the voice, and this strange, indefinable thing stirs within us. The Vagabond in Literature A common procedure on the part of introspectionism is to assert the existence of consciousness as something which is indeed indefinable, but which admits of observation230 and description. Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude Impelled by some indefinable desire, she lays her fingers softly on the hand that lies outside the coverlet. Faith and Unfaith Her movements, easy and graceful as those of savages generally are, nevertheless exhibited an indefinable refinement, which was most perplexing to the spectators. Hair-Breadth Escapes The Adventures of Three Boys in South Africa The indefinable beauty and inspiration of the fields and forests have been caught by the master and imprisoned forever in this wonderful music. Great Singers on the Art of Singing Educational Conferences with Foremost Artists A smile thin and indefinable crossed the other's face. The Sword of Damocles A Story of New York Life Hence the mystical almost indefinable character of the knowing act or relation. Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude Also his face was deeply lined and his shoulders stooped considerably, and yet in spite of these and other signs of age in some indefinable way Ambrose Thompson had kept his boyishness. The Loves of Ambrose Don Alfonso halted at the threshold, and gazed at her for a while with an indefinable smile playing over his lips. Maximina His features were alert and intelligent, but there was a certain shiftiness in his eyes, and something about him gave an indefinable air of dissipation. Bert Wilson at Panama The Van Hoosen household grew notorious for its extravagance and its disorder, and an indefinable aura of contempt and indifference began to pervade those who came together in Rose’s fine reception rooms. Was It Right to Forgive? A Domestic Romance Let us not think that the divine honour is a duller thing than that indefinable possession men guard as the most sacred of all their moral treasures. The Warfare of the Soul Practical Studies in the Life of Temptation Paula, her heart in her mouth, seized by an indefinable dread, leaned out of the window. John Marsh's Millions A mystery hung around it, transmitted to them by their fathers, and connected with an indefinable sense of apprehension. Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. II. There was an indefinable feeling of banter in his tone, which she found hard to explain. Thirty He had been right: there was something about Pink Roses, indefinable perhaps, but plainly something. Years of Plenty As a Guardsman, short as had been my experience of the service, I could plainly see that a certain indefinable tone of superiority was ever asserted towards our friends across the sea. Jack Hinton The Guardsman The book dropped from her listless hands and she found herself incapable even of thinking, her mind constantly filled with a vague, indefinable feeling of uneasiness. John Marsh's Millions This voyage on the Suez canal has a charm of its own indefinable. My Trip Around the World August, 1895-May, 1896 But all that was forgotten in the indefinable emotion which surcharged the atmosphere. Thirty More likely, it was some indefinable, yet convincing expression of her manner that gave him that impression. The Indian Drum Voltaire himself is nowhere more witty, while Montesquieu has over his rival the indefinable but unquestionable advantage of writing more like a gentleman. A Short History of French Literature These were the words of Mr. Hotchkiss, the philanthropist; but now Mr. Hotchkiss, the politician, took his place, and there was an indefinable change in the tone of his voice. Gabriel Tolliver A Story of Reconstruction For the constraint of Sergius had begun to weigh upon him like a heavy burden and to move him to an indefinable dread. Bye-Ways Slowly he let his eyes rove over the throng, brilliant in costume, exuding the indefinable aroma of power and luxury. Thirty For an ordinary observer this small event might have had little or no significance; but to Browne, in whose mind indefinable suspicions were already shaping themselves, it seemed more than a little disquieting. The Red Rat's Daughter Yet in a dim indefinable way she was wondering how a woman could become so attached to a man, that she would be willing to yield her whole life and independence to him. A Modern Wizard |
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