| 单词 | intentness |
| 例句 | On every face Burnham saw a “quiet intentness.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Ralph saw it first, and watched till the intentness of his gaze drew all eyes that way. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z If he had turned round quickly, he might have been surprised at the intentness with which he was being watched. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z There was an intentness to everyone, an odd seriousness, and a sense of worry—unusual in Village—pervaded the atmosphere. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z She said nothing, but she looked at him with a strange, quick intentness, almost as though there were a warning on her tongue which at the moment she did not dare to utter. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z She seemed to him to have been listening with extra-special intentness. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z The intentness of his gaze, the bitterness of his voice, pointed for him. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Yet the austerity focuses an atmosphere of laboratory intentness on stage as two great dancers scrutinise the possibilities of their shared classical vocabulary. Sylvie Guillem - review 2011-07-06T23:44:38Z It takes a while to realize that this keen self-consciousness is born not of shyness, but of focus — an intentness on getting the effect he wants, exactly right. A composer offers the field just what it needs 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z In the next phase, the Bruins focused on Level 2: self-control, alertness, initiative and intentness. U.C.L.A. Women’s Coach Cori Close Follows John Wooden’s Example 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z She dropped his hand, and looked at him now with a passionate, yearning intentness. Mrs. Thompson A Novel 2012-04-25T02:01:10.557Z They sit about everywhere, while the buyers walk about among them and inspect the samples with a gravity and intentness which would do no discredit to Mark-lane. March to Magdala 2012-04-19T02:00:32.620Z Noel was made somewhat uneasy by the intentness of the negro's inspection. The Young Sharpshooter at Antietam 2012-04-19T02:00:29.860Z The coal-black eyes have a fascinating look of intentness, which is all the more effective as they are absolutely open, under brows of the purest curves.... Famous European Artists 2012-04-07T02:00:30.487Z He would hardly admit that he had a genius above other men, but attributed his discoveries to the intentness with which he applied to the study of philosophy. Curiosities of Human Nature 2012-04-03T02:00:27.167Z It happened that, while she watched with a growing intentness, there passed no Mays and Decembers. Mrs. Thompson A Novel 2012-04-25T02:01:10.557Z A little blood was flowing from the wound in his head, but he paid no heed to it, in the intentness with which he was staring at me, as if he read my thoughts. The Red Cockade 2012-03-30T02:00:19.603Z I must see to it somehow; and I was thinking with such intentness of this, that it was only vaguely I heard the sentence pronounced. The Story of Francis Cludde 2012-03-30T02:00:16.347Z "This chap Fell is sharp, confoundedly sharp!" went on Gramont, while the chauffeur listened with frowning intentness. The Mardi Gras Mystery 2012-03-24T02:00:18.017Z With innate loyalty and delicacy he averted his gaze, and surveyed the distant seascape with laborious intentness. A Safety Match 2012-03-19T02:00:23.817Z She attributed this to sheer intentness, mingled with juvenile simplicity. Mrs. Thompson A Novel 2012-04-25T02:01:10.557Z She had seen the sudden intentness of Ormsgill's face, and was far from sure that he would submit to management of any kind. Long Odds 2012-03-02T03:00:08.670Z Then his wandering eyes fell upon Ermine's beautiful face, and fixed themselves there with strange intentness. Solomon 2012-02-29T03:00:26.127Z But he still stood, and watched the other's preparations with strange intentness. Laid up in Lavender 2012-02-28T03:00:28.157Z His eyes sought the nearest sword with horrid intentness. For the Cause 2012-02-19T03:00:18.033Z "Lad!" she said, very low, and speaking with slow intentness as McGilead compared the two. Lad: A Dog 2012-02-08T03:00:19.720Z He went on for a considerable time, with features hardening into intentness and dark eyes scintillating, and when at last he stopped, Leeson made a sign of concurrence. Thrice Armed 2012-02-03T03:00:24.970Z Yet Ruth believed there was a curious intentness in her manner—she held her head very still as though she were secretly listening, while apparently giving all her attention to what the train passed. The Corner House Girls Under Canvas How they reached Pleasant Cove and what happened afterward 2012-02-03T03:00:19.757Z She was puzzled by the sudden intentness of the man's face and for no particular cause half regretted the speech. A Prairie Courtship 2012-02-01T03:00:12.830Z Miss Curwen, I noticed, was looking at me with a singular intentness as I uttered the exclamation, and gave a little nod of comprehension as I asked the question. Lawrence Clavering 2012-02-01T03:00:11.667Z Lad," ordered the Master, pointing toward Knave and speaking with quiet intentness, "let him alone. Lad: A Dog 2012-02-08T03:00:19.720Z But she was listening with a curious intentness as though the words which he spoke were of less importance to her than the accent with which he spoke them. The Turnstile 2012-01-29T03:00:09.260Z Suddenly he saw Tom Jonah standing, too, watching him with wistful intentness, his pink tongue hanging out of his mouth. The Corner House Girls Under Canvas How they reached Pleasant Cove and what happened afterward 2012-02-03T03:00:19.757Z I lifted my eyes and saw that he was watching me with a singular intentness. The Watchers A Novel 2012-01-29T03:00:08.560Z He inclined his head in the strained attitude of one listening with a great concentration and intentness, an image of terror and suspense. The Truants 2012-01-28T03:00:26.257Z He was watching her with a singular intentness, his head thrust forward from his shoulders, his face very strained. Miranda of the Balcony A Story 2012-01-28T03:00:24.760Z But, though his eyes were fixed with a momentary intentness upon Cynthia, he did not give it. The Turnstile 2012-01-29T03:00:09.260Z Jefferson was lean in face and person, though he was largely made, and had dark eyes that could smile and yet retain a certain intentness and gravity. For Jacinta 2012-01-27T03:00:20.840Z Then he looked round the hall and saw Helen staring at the watch with a queer intentness. The Watchers A Novel 2012-01-29T03:00:08.560Z She was gazing closely at me with parted lips, and an odd intentness in her expression. The Courtship of Morrice Buckler A Romance 2012-01-26T03:00:17.027Z She was watching me out of the corners of her eyes with a peculiar intentness. The Four Corners of the World 2012-01-26T03:00:15.920Z Grace noticed the sudden intentness of his tone, and looked at him curiously. Delilah of the Snows 2012-01-23T03:00:09.087Z Austin admitted that he was, and after a glance at the letter turned round and saw that Muriel Gascoyne, who sat close by, was watching him with a curious intentness. For Jacinta 2012-01-27T03:00:20.840Z I was pondering to myself with much intentness the nature and source of inspiration, and desiring a test whereby to distinguish between true and false inspiration. The Story of Anna Kingsford and Edward Maitland and of the new Gospel of Interpretation 2012-01-18T03:00:12.427Z In all his picturing of things yet to be, but not yet in hand, his eye was fastened with an anatomist's intentness upon the actual human nature imperishably present in every man. Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits; A Study in Ethics, with an Epilogue Addressed to Theologians 2012-01-17T03:00:21.120Z "Try, yes, try," and he watched Glynn with a strange intentness. The Four Corners of the World 2012-01-26T03:00:15.920Z The rest watched him with a curious intentness while he lifted one of the beast's hoofs. Delilah of the Snows 2012-01-23T03:00:09.087Z She gave her order, began leisurely to remove her gloves, and presently, as she glanced about the room, Atherton perceived, to his surprise, that her eyes remained fixed upon their table with a singular intentness. The Money Gods 2012-01-04T03:00:39.617Z Her aunt, Miss Marian Callender, had the clue also; and often I caught her long dark eyes—eyes like those of La Gioconda—fixed with almost painful intentness on Grace. Lord John in New York 2012-01-04T03:00:30.077Z My pulse began to quicken up slightly; and my scrutiny of the track and rails increased in intentness. By Right of Sword 2011-12-22T03:00:24.563Z He was watching her with a curious intentness, with an odd sense of authority almost, with something that persuaded her instantly of a definite purpose in his being there. The Wolves of God And Other Fey Stories 2011-12-17T03:00:15.447Z Still, she could make out that he was standing very straight with slightly tilted head, and she knew the intentness of gaze and look of tenacity in the hidden face which usually accompanied that attitude. Delilah of the Snows 2012-01-23T03:00:09.087Z He sat staring at the figures before him in silence, almost mesmerizing himself with the intentness of his gaze. The Heart of Denise and Other Tales 2011-12-14T03:00:15.733Z Lawrence was watching the door with a fixed intentness that scarcely gave when the unexpected comer entered. Paddy-The-Next-Best-Thing 2011-12-08T03:00:28.210Z When I looked up, the Prince's keen subtle eyes were fixed on me with calculating intentness. By Right of Sword 2011-12-22T03:00:24.563Z He turned round instantly as she gave it, staring hard at her with meaning, with an examining intentness, with open curiosity. The Wolves of God And Other Fey Stories 2011-12-17T03:00:15.447Z Then he leaned forward with a quiet intentness in his eyes as a group of men came out of the shadows. Delilah of the Snows 2012-01-23T03:00:09.087Z "Yes; that's just what I want to know," and Johnny stared in frowning intentness at the supposed head. Hopalong Cassidy 2011-12-08T03:00:21.663Z The collie’s intentness was as different from his late dejection as was the present haste of the men from the anxious watchful plodding of their long search. The Animal Story Book 2011-12-06T03:00:25.427Z She repeated word for word what Mr. Morgan had said; Mrs. Nash listening with singular intentness, as if her attention was fixed not so much on the actual words as on what was behind them. A Woman Perfected 2011-12-02T03:00:24.420Z Mr. Oboe the Physician opened the lid of an enormous watch attached to a red silk fob and regarded the dial with an expression of great intentness. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z For several minutes he peered with keen intentness at the evil, inert little mass. Atlantic Narratives Modern Short Stories 2011-12-01T03:00:20.193Z “Perhaps I ought not to have come,” she said once, and appeared while looking at nothing in particular to be watching the road with grave intentness. Grit Lawless 2011-12-01T03:00:18.137Z There was a brief interval of silence, during which Lady Jane and I listened with equal intentness; then followed a hoarse bellow, which resolved itself into the enquiry, "Is there any one there?" Further Experiences of an Irish R.M. 2011-11-24T03:00:44.527Z Mrs. Lee was watching the speaker's face with great intentness. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z Her eyes fell before the stern intentness of his. Diana Tempest, Volume III (of 3) 2011-11-12T03:00:34.213Z She knew, as she turned her face toward the stout man, that three pairs of eyes were watching her with more than ordinary intentness—her father’s, Lieutenant Culligore’s, and Vincent Starr’s. The Gray Phantom 2011-11-04T02:00:21.427Z She glanced up to find him looking at her with an intentness that confused her. The Open Question a tale of two temperaments 2011-10-25T02:00:22.173Z They ignored the horn, eluded Michael, and laughed at Hickey and me; they hunted with bloodthirsty intentness and entirely after their own devices. Further Experiences of an Irish R.M. 2011-11-24T03:00:44.527Z He fixed his eyes with soft intentness on her sweet, blooming face. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z Brent was conscious that the eyes of the girl were fixed upon his in a gaze of curious intentness, as though their deliberate calm suppressed some mighty emotion. Snowdrift A Story of the Land of the Strong Cold 2011-10-23T02:00:22.547Z Devine looked at him steadily, noticing the slight dilation of his nostrils and the intentness of his face. A Damaged Reputation 2011-10-17T02:00:16.117Z Lewis picked up the paper casually, and was soon reading with strange intentness—reading and re-reading. The Story of a Life 2011-10-11T02:01:02.723Z The expression of her face, turned towards Littlemore as she delivered herself of this singular proposal, had the intentness of a magician who wishes to work a spell. Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales 2011-10-06T02:00:37.063Z He set his eyes upon her face with a fresh intentness of gaze. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z There was nothing bovine, childish nor wandering in his regard, but a look of frowning thoughtfulness, intentness and concentration. Cupid in Africa 2011-09-28T02:00:21.467Z Leaning forward a trifle in her chair, she saw the sudden intentness of his face, but he gazed at her steadily for a moment without sign of recognition. A Damaged Reputation 2011-10-17T02:00:16.117Z Quivering with suspense, his mind fixed with desperate intentness on a dim, tantalizing hope, the Phantom continued to bend and twist the nail at all possible angles. The Gray Phantom's Return 2011-09-22T02:00:27.150Z He just seemed to like to watch the dog's rubber-necking antics, and one night, when he was dropping slathers of it to me, he studied the moves of the dog with unusual intentness. Taking Chances 2011-09-21T02:00:36.667Z He purposely let his eye wander a little, so that she would suspect in him no intentness of scrutiny. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z Ransom was gazing with singular intentness into the downcast face of his little captive. Campaigning with Crook and Stories of Army Life 2011-09-21T02:00:34.517Z Successful portrayals of children have always made their wistful intentness at least as obvious as their lack of worry for the morrow. How We Think 2011-09-16T02:00:18.973Z Blake has endowed this darkened landscape with I know not what suggestions of watchful intentness. William Blake A Study of His Life and Art Work 2011-09-13T02:00:35.943Z Her eyes were shining, her lips parted, and she hung upon his words with an intentness almost painful. A Maid at King Alfred?s Court 2011-09-13T02:00:30.520Z Steinheil, on whose features the long hours of the trial are telling, follows the movement of her former cook with great intentness.... My Memoirs 2011-09-13T02:00:28.713Z Penelope stood by the door, her yellow hair about her face and shoulders, and still combing of it while her brown eyes regarded me with an odd intentness. The Little Red Foot 2011-09-09T02:01:04.147Z He sidled up closer and closer to Donald, and watched with growing intentness and terror the place from which he had just emerged. The Outspan Tales of South Africa 2011-08-31T02:01:41.410Z Ryecroft gently approached closer and closer to her, and at last he was able to see what it was she was bending over and reading with such intentness: "General Lingard's Home-coming." Jane Oglander 2011-08-30T02:00:38.717Z "Tell your crew to keep away from those sails," he said with deadly intentness. The Argus Pheasant 2011-08-27T02:00:20.160Z "You had helped,—you two,"—he looked from his young friend to the older one, with the intentness of his near-sighted gaze. The Main Chance 2011-08-26T02:00:27.127Z They gazed at my sombre face with an intentness and anxiety that made me sadder than ever I was in all my life. The Little Red Foot 2011-09-09T02:01:04.147Z Chris is wholly inclosed in his intentness on his chosen crystal. The Return of the Soldier 2011-08-26T02:00:23.937Z "So you have already spoken of me?" she said lingeringly, and looking at him with more intentness than she herself knew of. The Adventures of a Widow A Novel 2011-08-25T02:00:27.403Z He ate with relish, the guard watching him in the meantime with cat-like intentness and holding his spear in instant readiness. The Argus Pheasant 2011-08-27T02:00:20.160Z The Governor was looking at her with intentness. The Long Lane's Turning 2011-08-23T02:00:34Z I noticed myself that when she looked at us, without her glasses, there was a curious intentness in her expression, as if she was taking stock of every point about us. The Lost Heir 2011-08-07T02:00:09.367Z Meanwhile the monk and the physician worked with absorbed intentness at their crucibles and stills. In the Days of the Guild 2011-08-03T02:00:12.687Z And then their eyes fastened on the captain, with a curious intentness. The Sea Bride 2011-07-30T02:00:14.537Z They could not change,” and Edwin Green peered into his offspring’s face with such intentness that the little thing began to whimper. Molly Brown of Kentucky 2011-07-16T02:00:18.603Z For God is but a great will prevading all things by nature of its intentness. The Best Psychic Stories 2011-07-13T02:00:21.943Z She spoke scarcely above a whisper, but with an intentness that thrilled her listener, and her eyes were fixed before her, wide open and gleaming. The Golden Rock 2011-07-05T02:00:22.137Z Donald gazed at the face of the man opposite him with horrified intentness. The Brute 2011-06-30T02:00:30.283Z For, though trouble with the majority runs into motion, with Dr. Macrae it gathered itself together, and in a still, dumb intentness thought out how best to suffer or to do. Playing With Fire 2011-06-29T02:00:30.590Z With new intentness, as if seeing them for the first time, she studied the dejected curve of those toil-bent shoulders, and the lean red forearms with their gnarled and scalded hands. Joan Thursday 2011-06-25T02:00:19.897Z All other thoughts were now lost in the intentness with which she was concentrated on what she had to do exactly next. The Pastor's Wife 2011-06-02T02:00:23.873Z The girl's direct gaze met his with that merciless searching intentness he already knew. The Slayer Of souls 2011-06-01T02:00:26.487Z One day Signor Camillo came behind Francisco, as he was drawing with much intentness, and tapping him upon the shoulder, he said to him: 'Put up your pencils and follow me. The Parent's Assistant Stories for Children 2011-05-18T02:00:12.733Z Belle-Ann hung upon Miss Worth's utterances with an intentness that lent to her an attitude of listening to some seductive melody coming from afar. The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky 2011-05-08T02:00:04.810Z She stepped a little closer to him, put her hands behind her, and looked at him with strange intentness; then turning to me she said, with singular emphasis: 'I shall never marry. A Speckled Bird 2011-05-06T02:00:09.097Z Lydie had remained quite a little while leaning against the cool marble wall, watching with eager intentness the group of gallant English and Scotch gentlemen congregated round their young Prince. Petticoat Rule 2011-04-18T02:00:14.507Z There was a brief silence, but the intentness in the men’s eyes and the hardening of their lips were significant. The Dust of Conflict 2011-04-14T02:01:04.343Z The silence was almost intolerable; those vulture eyes fixed with deadly intentness upon us both, and the hard unyielding face set in the stern, cold, impassive, expressionless scrutiny. By Wit of Woman 2011-04-13T02:00:13.247Z The intentness of her expression and her stillness were significant. The Secret of the Reef 2011-04-12T02:00:26.980Z His steady eyes looked up into his wife's face with an intentness that suddenly reminded her of the dreadful display of jealousy she had witnessed once before. The Way of the Strong 2011-04-07T02:00:21.387Z Holding my breath, I watched her with critical intentness. First Person Paramount 2011-04-07T02:00:19.233Z The vicar was watching her with a curious intentness, and there was apprehension in Violet’s face, while Hester gazed steadily at Nettie with growing astonishment. The Dust of Conflict 2011-04-14T02:01:04.343Z While Mr. Dempsey contemplated the coverings of his feet with a very sad expression, the Knight continued to read the letter he held in his hand with an air of extreme intentness. The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. II (of II) 2011-04-04T02:00:06.657Z Stanief obeyed, and Adrian surveyed his stately kinsman with earnest, though doubting intentness. The Game and the Candle 2011-04-03T02:00:16.907Z For the last few minutes Mr. Huntington had been studying Jim with a curious intentness, and a startled expression had even begun to creep into his face. Peggy Parsons at Prep School 2011-04-01T02:00:43.170Z His face wore the look of intentness, of subdued satisfaction, with which your sportsman addresses himself to a game he knows he's good at. The Messenger 2011-03-26T02:00:14.523Z She looked at him with a curious intentness, for Tony’s face was haggard, and a horrible fear came upon the man as she did so. The Dust of Conflict 2011-04-14T02:01:04.343Z The crowd, close about, stood listening with great intentness, each wearing the impartial pondering aspect of an umpire. The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains 2011-03-22T02:00:18.637Z He sat watching her with a curious intentness, feeling as if the handling of the situation were with her, waiting for some cue as to the attitude he was expected to adopt. The Daughter Pays 2011-03-19T02:00:09.513Z But, alas! what is there in common between the smiling careless glances, lighting with easy amusement on indifferent objects, and the tragic searching—terrible in its one-ideaed intentness—of those despairing blue eyes? Doctor Cupid 2011-03-13T03:00:23.987Z But Grindley was given up to a pleasureable absorption; an intentness that should not—considering his task—and yet somehow did insist on seeming less of the intellect than of the sensory nerves. The Messenger 2011-03-26T02:00:14.523Z By and by, however, the dead stillness which the droning of the mosquito emphasized grew oppressive, and he found himself listening with a curious intentness for any sound that would break it. The Dust of Conflict 2011-04-14T02:01:04.343Z Pete returned the allusion to his defective speech by a comment on the intentness of the miller's gaze. The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains 2011-03-22T02:00:18.637Z The old look of composed serenity and “oiliness,” as Jack called it, had gone, and in the place was a look of strained intentness, as if he were always listening, and watching, and waiting. Only One Love, or Who Was the Heir 2011-03-11T03:00:14.423Z But her eyes did not smile; they had a curious, almost hard, intentness which forced Thorpe to believe that her brain was casting up something more than the froth of a passing mood. A Daughter of the Vine 2011-03-09T03:00:47.790Z He put the pinned set of tickets, etc., into the portfolio, under a couple of papers, and leant back, with his fingers interlocked, and stared at me with frowning intentness. The Man Without a Memory 2011-03-09T03:00:45.963Z So I sat down and drew a plan, while the girls watched over my shoulders with as much intentness as though I were an architect designing a palace. Neighbours 2011-03-05T03:00:27.277Z His glance wanders across to where Zdena sits sewing, with bent head and feverish intentness, upon a piece of English embroidery. 'O Thou, My Austria!' 2011-03-04T03:01:01.630Z Here he again eyed me with his former singular intentness, and observing that I was nettled, made a fresh beginning. The Amethyst Box 2011-03-02T03:00:29.083Z Not a motion was made, not a sound escaped them, as they listened with an intentness which said far more than the ready and general praise at its close. A Modern Buccaneer 2011-03-02T03:00:23.990Z He held them for a moment with the same intentness, as if he would read my inmost thoughts, and then nodded and leant back in his seat. The Man Without a Memory 2011-03-09T03:00:45.963Z The clerk surprised in turn cast on him a glance of keen intentness. The Storm Centre 2011-03-01T03:00:39.427Z His eyes were half-closed; and there was a strange look of intentness about his facial lines when he turned back to Simon. The Strength of the Pines 2011-02-25T03:01:03.770Z She bore herself with the intentness and dignity of one who is taking the cardinal step in life. Marriage 2011-02-22T03:00:06.867Z Mrs. Jamieson drew back a little and looked into the girl's face with strange intentness. The Last Stroke a detective story 2011-02-19T03:01:39.327Z The drawn intentness of her expression at the moment showed this so plainly that I was too much moved to find any words to reply. The Man Without a Memory 2011-03-09T03:00:45.963Z Then he turned and went within; the soldier marched back and forth, as he was destined to do for some time yet, and listened with all the keen intentness of which he was capable. The Storm Centre 2011-03-01T03:00:39.427Z They looked at us with quiet intentness and seemed inclined to speak. Mrs. Fitz 2011-02-14T03:00:38.317Z She checked herself; perhaps she saw the intentness of my interest. That Affair at Elizabeth 2011-02-14T03:00:36.587Z But the detective, with a new look of intentness upon his face, and without a moment's pause, asked quickly. The Last Stroke a detective story 2011-02-19T03:01:39.327Z She looked up suddenly, almost eagerly, at the sound of his approach, and peered into the gloaming with the sad intentness of weary eyes which are no longer sure of what they see. Oldfield A Kentucky Tale of the Last Century 2011-02-13T03:00:19.953Z He was gazing in fixed intentness at the map drawn in the dust on the smooth, polished top of the cedar chest. The Storm Centre 2011-03-01T03:00:39.427Z All the intentness of his occupation, however, did not prevent him hearing a well-known voice in the little stable-yard beneath his window, and opening the sash he called out, "Mas-singbred, is that you?" The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:20.520Z "Yes," replied Jane hastily, while with a sudden intentness, she raised her eyes to her uncle. A Hero of the Pen 2011-02-04T03:00:19.217Z It is details of this kind one might expect the painter of the Last Supper to have overlooked in his intentness on the sublime moment and the characters. The Century of Columbus 2011-01-29T03:00:17.380Z He heard Steinbaum’s gruff sponsorship for the bride, obeyed smilingly when told to take her right hand in his right hand, and looked with singular intentness at the long, straight, artistic fingers which he held. His Unknown Wife 2011-01-27T03:00:38.763Z Seymour listened with a look of searching, keen intentness. The Storm Centre 2011-03-01T03:00:39.427Z Now he looked up quickly, gazing at Henry Carleton with a singular intentness, considering the comparative unimportance of the matter involved. The Carleton Case 2011-01-24T03:00:17.240Z With eager intentness Jane bent down yet closer to her father. A Hero of the Pen 2011-02-04T03:00:19.217Z If he had intended to take me he changed his mind after a brief glance at the faces of the men who were watching him with silent intentness. The Land of Frozen Suns 2011-01-23T03:00:15.307Z Standing there scorching herself in the fire-glow, Ruth looked up suddenly with a fierce sort of intentness. The Sick-a-Bed Lady And Also Hickory Dock, The Very Tired Girl, The Happy-Day, Something That Happened in October, The Amateur Lover, Heart of The City, The Pink Sash, Woman's Only Business 2011-01-04T03:01:00.723Z The crisis had come, and the mother and daughter were awaiting with painful intentness the result of the doctor's efforts. Englefield Grange or Mary Armstrong's Troubles 2011-01-01T03:00:27.980Z His elevation gave him a precarious sort of safety, but on the floor below him he counted three rattlesnakes, crawling and recoiling; their cold-blooded eyes following his movements with baleful intentness. The Law of Hemlock Mountain He went over the sill and the catch with absorbed intentness. Whispering Wires The sombre eyes watching him with hawk-like intentness noticed the glance, and instantly turned in the same direction. The Man from Jericho The chief stewardess was looking out the window, staring with a sort of desperate intentness into the night, and Jane wondered if there was anything wrong. Jane Stewardess of the Air Lines One there was who watched Christian with curious intentness, who, when the plight of the Alien staled on general interest, was singular by persistent advances: his old rival, Philip. The Unknown Sea Blake followed her graceful movements with an intentness which, in turn, drew Winthrope’s attention to himself. Into the Primitive Drew rubbed the glass before him and studied the aspect with close-lidded intentness. Whispering Wires She looked with curious intentness at the tall young man who seemed to so fill the small room, and did his bidding. The Man from Jericho Suddenly, as he held her, he bent his head, and her intuition recognized that he was listening with strained intentness to something more remote and faint than her own whispered words. The Tempering I tried to persuade myself that I was not in the least frightened, but my heart beat faster than usual, and I strained my ears with almost painful intentness to catch the slightest sound. Highway Pirates or, The Secret Place at Coverthorne And Brune looked at the lady with a sombre intentness which made further speech unnecessary. A Rose of a Hundred Leaves A Love Story “You—you have charge of this bird?” asked Drew, turning fully around and facing the valet with heavy-lidded intentness. Whispering Wires But what surprised me was a curious look of intentness and determination, almost a zealot’s enthusiasm in her face, that the match-light showed and the darkness concealed again. Kastle Krags A Story of Mystery Curt was driving with a desperate intentness as the going became more difficult. Janet Hardy in Radio City Alma flung her hair over her shoulder and began to brush the ends vigorously, while Nancy watched the operation with an intentness that showed her mind to be on other things. Nancy of Paradise Cottage Perhaps the slightly curving lips, the hard intentness of her gaze, suggested that he was disbelieved. The Missioner The man was inspecting her coolly with an air of intentness that showed approval. A Bed of Roses Her heart was still beating too fast—her brain still felt too elated—to notice the ardour and the intentness of his glance. The Gambler A Novel That was all, but Janet saw the desperate intentness with which they were focused upon her. Janet Hardy in Radio City With half-closed eyes and head a little to one side, with small hand lifted to measure and compare, she took on a new expression, a bewitching intentness, which quite transformed her. The Captain of the Gray-Horse Troop It seemed such hard work finding worms out in the hot sun that I wondered if birds' eyes ever ached from the intentness of their search, and if there were near-sighted birds. A-Birding on a Bronco Often Betty would go to bed and stay awake, watching Victoria at the table, her fingers ravelling her hair, reading with an intentness that frightened her. A Bed of Roses The place became full of a watchful intentness now; for when other things sank brooding to sleep, the heath appeared slowly to awake and listen. The Vagabond in Literature Instead of repeating, "Never asked him!" she remained silent for some moments while Patricia, with great intentness, proceeded to jerk her gloves into shape. Patricia Brent, Spinster His voice was dry, but he looked steadily at the picture with a noticeable intentness of gaze. The Great Miss Driver But Colonel Walton did not look up from the end of his cigar, which he was examining with great intentness. John Dene of Toronto A Comedy of Whitehall Presently she felt that some one was watching her with peculiar intentness. Shadows of Flames A Novel They did number work, counting their chickens and multiplying their eggs with sober intentness. The Shadow A few minutes carried us below the cultivated upper portion of the island, and I noticed Don Pedro eying the wooded remainder with a peculiar intentness. A Volunteer with Pike The True Narrative of One Dr. John Robinson and of His Love for the Fair Señorita Vallois He looked at me calmly, but with great intentness, as I said this; and then, as if satisfied with his scrutiny, drew a small case from his pocket, and, opening it, held it before me. Sir Jasper Carew His Life and Experience Malcolm Sage looked up from the buff-coloured paper before him, then picking up a photograph from the table, proceeded to study it with great intentness. John Dene of Toronto A Comedy of Whitehall She smiled, amused and a little perplexed; then sobered as she saw his intentness on her answer. The Indian Drum His hat was off, his red-gold hair in tumbled mass, his clothes soiled with dirt, he himself frowning with intentness. The Shadow She was sitting rigid in the little porch, her eyes tracing again and again with conscious intentness the twisted pattern of the budding honeysuckle stalks. Man and Maid The contrast between the flowing triviality of her speech and the strained intentness of eye and hand was a quaint thing to behold. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel There was something in those eyes, a magnetism, an intentness, which gripped Katrine with a force amounting to positive pain. An Unknown Lover There was in his glance an intentness, an understanding which gave the impression of barriers thrust aside. Lady Cassandra But her own intentness discovered something familiar in the appearance of the young brave, paddling so cautiously toward her and keeping so well to the shore. The Sun Maid A Story of Fort Dearborn There was about her that purpose-like intentness that showed a firm resolve to learn. One Of Them As Dexter asked this question his eyes were fixed upon her with a strange intentness. Anne To determine what this should be was now of imminent importance, and I gave myself up to the solution with a degree of intentness and an amount of concentration that set me off sound asleep. A Day's Ride A Life's Romance Ivo's eyes rested on her with strange intentness, and whenever their glances met both blushed deeply; yet they had a dread of each other, and neither confessed the emotions of their hearts. Black Forest Village Stories And still Ruth did not speak, but listened with that passionate intentness. Fidelity A Novel She only gazed at him with an odd intentness, as if she were seeing him for the first time. The Torch Bearer "George," he said with quiet intentness, "I will be the first man since creation to have the full potential of his brain at his creative disposal." The Mind Digger He stopped for some seconds, and gazed at this with such intentness as prevented him from noticing the figure of a beggar, who, in all the semblance of extreme poverty, sat crouching among the ruins. The O'Donoghue Tale Of Ireland Fifty Years Ago He steadied the bows toward it, listening to the regular and business-like chug-chug of the motor with the concentrated intentness of a physician with an ear over the heart of a patient. The Destroying Angel After a block of perplexed thinking she knew who that woman was; it flashed from her memory where she had known that intent look, that wistful intentness lighting a thin little face. Fidelity A Novel With elaborate intentness he examined the particular animal that had been assigned to him. Adventures of Bindle Its black tail-tip moving across snow betrays it to enemies in winter: the very intentness on prey, its excess of self-confidence, leads it into danger; for instance, little ermine is royally contemptuous of man's tracks. The Story of the Trapper In the reviewing stand, there was seated a girl who watched the marching troops with an intentness that had in it something of desperation, something of despair. When the Cock Crows She laid down her fan, took up a hand-glass set in silver from a table at her side, and studied her face in the mirror for a few seconds with some intentness. A Life Sentence A Novel True, there are now, sadly, many tired eyes on the beach, but few carry the distant focus, the peculiar intentness brought about by absence of perspective at sea. Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war He looked from him to the stranger and back again with grave intentness. Adventures of Bindle A woman had just entered by a side door and was looking at them with a strange intentness. The Song of the Wolf The great beast was quiet now, but he squatted within his prison and his red-rimmed eyes swerved from one person to the other in the room with a peculiar intentness. Astounding Stories, June, 1931 Enid looked at him with a keenness, an intentness, which struck him as remarkable. A Life Sentence A Novel He listened to Anne’s every word, watched every gesture, unobtrusively, but with a curious intentness. The Red Symbol She stood watching him with gloomy tenderness until he stirred uneasily, his consciousness roused by the intentness of her thought, and the mysterious current that flowed from her wistful, eager eyes. Strangers and Wayfarers He rose up quickly and went to meet him, and as he clasped his hand looked with curious intentness into his face. Prisoners of Conscience And while the girl gazed on Nancy the young man watched her with a curious intentness but with no doubt. The House of Fulfilment Her face was lighted by the western glow, on which she fixed her eyes with such intentness that she did not perceive the woman who awaited her with now such mixed emotions. A Daughter of the Forest For lack of better occupation he scrutinized the writing on the menu with a prolonged intentness worthy of a gourmand or an expert graphologist. The Silent Barrier Here he again eyed me with his former singular intentness, and, observing that I was nettled, made a fresh beginning. Room Number 3 and Other Detective Stories For a moment Laurie sat silent in his chair, watching her with a strange intentness. The Girl in the Mirror It seemed intent with a kind of diabolical intentness. Roy Blakeley in the Haunted Camp Again Dalton's eyes met Honor's with strange intentness. Banked Fires Then he fell to regarding her with curious intentness, his head twisting slowly in a vertical plane, much as a dog regards his master, until, evidently finding this plane of vision becoming awkward, he stopped. Bred of the Desert A Horse and a Romance Tenney did not answer, and Raven, striding along the road, listened with all possible intentness to hear whether husband and wife spoke together. Old Crow Tom apologized and began to study Edwin with intentness. The Mermaid of Druid Lake and Other Stories Sally stood watching one of these masses, until it grew indistinct as the result of her intentness. Coquette So thinking and peering anxiously into the midst of every crowd and listening with keen intentness, the little girl threaded her way to the northern limit of the captain’s accustomed “beat.” A Sunny Little Lass The threatening phrase in the other's words had caught and held Donald's attention with sinister intentness. The Wilderness Trail Now she was carrying a breakfast tray, poising it absorbedly, with the intentness of a mind on one thing only. Old Crow Again Gordon walked up and down in the narrow space, his countenance somber with the intentness of his thought. The Fate of Felix Brand He had forgotten that he was cold, and was feeling very happy, when the intentness of his gaze attracted the child’s attention. Happy Days for Boys and Girls He was absorbed in his sport, and had the sweet intentness of expression between the eyes that his mother used to wear. The Gates Between Nancy blushed under the intentness of his gaze, understanding, thanks to Caroline’s report of his conversation with Betty, something of what was in his mind about her. Outside Inn The Count had been watching her with a painful intentness. The Bright Face of Danger Being an Account of Some Adventures of Henri de Launay, Son of the Sieur de la Tournoire My first intentness upon one person, so that I disregarded any distracting intervention, gave place by insensible degrees to a more general apprehension of the things about me. The Passionate Friends They stamp wildly over the pasture, falling, stumbling, rising again, arrive on the scene with a desperate intentness, and eat as though they had not seen food for months. The Thread of Gold The young man listened to the message with an expression of great intentness, and wrote rapidly. The Gates Between Nancy asked faintly, shrinking a little beneath the intentness of his look. Outside Inn Gain the power of concentrating your attention on one subject with intentness for several hours at a time. How to Study Her dark brows half frowning, she gazed down upon him, not so much in tenderness as in intentness. The Magnificent Adventure Being the Story of the World's Greatest Exploration and the Romance of a Very Gallant Gentleman You would expect to see him guarding the rear, menacing his pursuer; but no, he has headed the flight, he is far away, leading the van with a desperate intentness. The Thread of Gold Micky had stopped stirring his tea; there was a sort of intentness about his big figure. The Phantom Lover The Texan was listening with all the intentness possible. The Great Cattle Trail His head leaned forward with a birdlike intentness; he listened with one hand held out as if to still any sound in the room. The Fifth Queen And How She Came to Court And more than all, I knew the intentness and resolution of your character. The Magnificent Adventure Being the Story of the World's Greatest Exploration and the Romance of a Very Gallant Gentleman Over in the half-darkened corner booth the eery stranger was staring at the girl with an intentness that made his weird eyes glow like miniature pools of shimmering blue-green fire. Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1931 Like one turned to marble she, the poor little misguided child-wife, stood watching them with an intentness verging almost into madness. Daisy Brooks Or, A Perilous Love For the first time the older woman looked in the face of the girl with intentness, as though suddenly aroused to interest in the human drama about her, and the actors in it. The Flute of the Gods Silently and sweetly, with the intentness of a sibyl who pours and holds forth a deep potion, she smiled at him across the table. Tante He wanted his intentness to be at its closest when the gang first discovered him. The One-Way Trail A story of the cattle country He liked the position of instructor and was not insensible to the flattery of Lettice's intentness on his answers. Name and Fame A Novel She was completely lifted out of self,—carried away with the intentness of her solicitude for Jean's future. Mlle. Fouchette A Novel of French Life Steele Weir fixed his eyes on the speaker with an intentness, a cold penetration, that seemed to bore to the very recesses of his mind. In the Shadow of the Hills She paused at the mantelpiece to adjust her veil, and Karen, in the glass, saw that her eyes were fixed on hers with a certain intentness. Tante "I think that it is more than probable—" he paused, and I was surprised on glancing round to see that he was staring with singular intentness at the lady's profile. The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 25, January 1893 An Illustrated Monthly But in reality he was watching, with an anxious intentness, every move the little one made. The House in the Water A Book of Animal Stories She looked straight into her brother’s face with an intentness which made him lower his eyes. The Hound From The North His face assumed a peculiar intentness 59 as he watched the distant smoke column; it was the intentness of a man who is reading under difficulties. When the West Was Young She caressed Karen; she addressed her talk to her; she kept her; yet, under the smile of the eyes, there was an intentness that Karen could interpret. Tante Every countenance is up—every eye bent, with fixed intentness, on the speaker. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 3, August, 1850. Her ears began to listen with terrible intentness till they imagined stealthy footsteps in the silken shrinkings of the damp snow. The House in the Water A Book of Animal Stories She followed every word her brother said with an intentness which boded well for the result of his efforts. The Hound From The North At length Hutton leaned forward with both elbows on the table, and a certain intentness in his lean face. The Greater Power Only one man had ever made Juan eat dirt, and that man now watched him from the high rocks with eyes that followed every move with the unblinking intentness of a mountain lion. Hidden Water Bill was watching them with a curious intentness. The Twins of Suffering Creek The lynx crouched, with eyes dilating, and listened with terrible intentness. The House in the Water A Book of Animal Stories And he gazed at her with so much intentness that Tresler felt he must call attention to it. The Night Riders A Romance of Early Montana Laura was glad she had undertaken the journey when she saw the sudden intentness of his face. The Greater Power They were large clear eyes, almost piercing in their intentness, yet strangely innocent and childlike. Hidden Water There was a wonderful intentness, expectancy in every eye except Bill’s. The Twins of Suffering Creek Under the influence of drink a new intentness had come into his face, all his features seemed to be more keen and pointed. Murder Point A Tale of Keewatin Jake was watching that strong sightless face, gazing into it with a look of bitter hatred and sinister intentness. The Night Riders A Romance of Early Montana The moment that the intentness of his thought fails the whole vision is gone, and he will have to construct a fresh thought-form before he can resume it. Clairvoyance The first man who ever spoke to me about this species said to me, very quietly with serious intentness: “Have you had any experience with bonefish?” Tales of Fishes His beady eyes stared unsmilingly, but with curious intentness. The Twins of Suffering Creek He watched Bell heavily, but with the desperate intentness of a man who knows no excuses will be received if his prisoner escapes. Astounding Stories of Super-Science July 1930 All at once Gore's careless and derogatory progress was halted, and he stared with terrifying intentness at the girl who had until that day managed to escape his notice. In the Orbit of Saturn The cries of their pursuers having died away behind them, there was now nothing but the soft thud of their own footfalls to relieve the anxious intentness of their ears. In the Morning of Time He found that lady's eyes set on him with an intentness full of meaning. Captain Dieppe She leaned a little farther across his desk and looked at him with an even greater intentness. Counsel for the Defense His way of speech was as strange as his look and for a few moments I studied him with childish intentness. A Son of the Middle Border "Rotten line—rottener service—miss my man—Mukden——" The voice ceased as its owner half turned his head, magnetized by the intentness of the operator's gaze. Peter the Brazen A Mystery Story of Modern China But his melancholy moods, and they were many, had drawn him to value with a pathetic intentness the quiet family life. Beside Still Waters The maiden sat on the ground, with her back to the valley beyond, the child kneeling by her, watching the busy fingers with eager intentness. The Grey Woman and other Tales Sir Hugh and the baby eyed each other, with some intentness. Amabel Channice I could not help but feel impressed at his grim intentness. Astounding Stories of Super-Science February 1930 Except for the one time when she had approached the bedside and kissed his feet she had remained in her corner, watching with the silent, motionless intentness of a little animal. The Dust Flower Wellesly noted her earnest expression and the intentness of her voice and pose, and he decided at once that this was not mere curiosity. With Hoops of Steel She eyed the kodak with such intentness that I invited 121 her to come over and have a look at it. Wild Life on the Rockies Mr. Linden bent down by her, lifting her face to meet his eyes, which through all their intentness smiled too. Say and Seal, Volume II "Why—why should she?" said Mrs. Derrick, who having dropped a stitch was picking it up with intentness equal to the doctor's. Say and Seal, Volume I “I’m going to whale that youngster within an inch of his life,” said the master of the house, with a deadly sort of intentness. The Prairie Child This process he repeated seven times, always with the same solemn intentness, the same reproving and admonitory air. The Combined Maze As Plutina watched with affrighted intentness, the man finished driving the second stake. Heart of the Blue Ridge With grave, loving intentness—not the less grave for its little companion smile—Mr. Linden studied her face for a minute,—pushing back her hair. Say and Seal, Volume II She listened with a face of absorbed intentness while it was read; then looked away from the book with an unconscious but very audible sigh. Say and Seal, Volume I He watched every motion of the buccaneer with a fierce intentness that missed no detail. The Black Buccaneer Suddenly, the front door of the house, which the stranger had watched with scrutinising intentness, was thrown wide open, showing a large, luminous square in the darkness. Messengers of Evil Being a Further Account of the Lures and Devices of Fantômas Yet she listened with desperate intentness, as Hodges went on speaking. Heart of the Blue Ridge Reuben listened—with an intentness that spoke of more than wonder. Say and Seal, Volume II Roderick did not pay any attention to even her blue uniform this time, his eyes were fixed with a fierce intentness upon the young doctor's face. The End of the Rainbow She did not rise; pain and happiness, mingled, confusing her for a moment; and he was already seated near her, looking at her with an intentness almost expressionless. The Gay Rebellion Anderson was silent for a moment or two, contemplating his foot with singular intentness. Anderson Crow, Detective An elderly man, across the aisle from Zeke, regarded his fellow passenger with particular intentness. Heart of the Blue Ridge She stood resting her finger tips on the muslin dress, looking down at it with an intentness that might have seen through thicker stuff, the colour in her cheeks deepening and deepening. Say and Seal, Volume II But Sylvia took no heed of his petulance, she only kept her eyes fixed upon him with an intentness which he mistook for interest. Moods The awakened sleeper made a few steps forward, leaned her hands on the table, on the other side of which Tims stood, and gazed upon her with startling intentness. The Invader A Novel Gravely, but with wonderful self-composure, she followed the action of the play with an intentness which never faltered. The Master Mummer With the pipe recharged and burning, he continued to sit in silence, regarding the girl with 231 an unswerving intentness that tortured her. Heart of the Blue Ridge For the past two weeks, he had watched her with an intentness that was embarrassing. The Scarlet Feather He had started straight in his chair when she mentioned Beth Caldwell, and was staring at her now with puzzled intentness. The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius The anxiety vanished in a moment, but not the intentness. The Invader A Novel I met her eyes fixed upon me with a peculiar intentness. The Master Mummer "The police have already been?" he enquired, as he examined with great intentness a rose he had taken from a bowl beside him. Malcolm Sage, Detective The girl's deep eyes gazed directly into his with flattering intentness. A Man of Two Countries Beth went forward to the edge of the platform with a look of intentness on her delicate face, and utterly oblivious of herself, or anything else but her subject. The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius The boys were excited and they, too, wanted to say something, but they restrained themselves, looking with intentness and emotion at the speaker. The Brothers Karamazov We could see nothing, but I noticed that Mabane was leaning a little forward and gazing with a curious intentness at the open common on the other side of the road. The Master Mummer Lois had caused all eyes to focus upon the Montgomerys with a new intentness. Otherwise Phyllis He looked at the other openly, with frank intentness that heralded the unexpected. The Dominant Dollar Beth was standing in the window looking out, and turned with a frown of intentness on her face when her mother mentioned Harrowgate, as if she were trying to recall something. The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius He announced this quietly, briefly, forcing out his words, and gazing with dull intentness at the priest. The Brothers Karamazov It was possible, of course, that he might have been like us, a casual way-farer, and yet the suddenness of his appearance, the intentness of his watch, both had their effect upon me. The Master Mummer There's this, Nan," he said earnestly, looking at her with an intentness that caused her to move uneasily; "it would seem quite natural for a partnership like this to be extended further. Otherwise Phyllis She saw her lean forward, without touching the foot-board, and gaze with frowning intentness at the ill man's face. Juggernaut The intentness of her gaze fidgeted the old lady, who would look up suddenly every now and then and ask her what she was staring at. The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius The deep, brilliant eyes only looked into his with mocking intentness. Macaria Then she proceeded to fix her gaze on the furniture, the objects of virtù, the pictures, with eager intentness, so that she might be able to carry away the impressions of them in her memory. Sentimental Education, Volume II The History of a Young Man He observed his daughter with a new intentness. Otherwise Phyllis He looked like a statue—a frontier sentinel standing tall and muscular with folded arms and gazing with curious intentness from one to the other of the canoeists. That Girl Montana I looked upon the medallion with great intentness, for I felt convinced the mystery of the night was connected inseparably with it. Border Ghost Stories Once Lady O'Gara thought she caught his eyes fixed with a gloomy intentness on the group of young people at the other end of the table. Love of Brothers McArthur was studying her face with a peculiar intentness, as if he were seeing her for the first time. 'Me--Smith' He watched her with fearful intentness as he continued his cautious advance upon the stall. Otherwise Phyllis There was an air of lassitude and weakness about the creature which made Buck, as he approached, eye it with anxious intentness. Shoe-Bar Stratton Cleigh stalked to the door, but there he turned, 175 and for the first time since Cunningham had taken the yacht Cleigh looked directly, with grim intentness, into his enemy’s eyes. The Pagan Madonna He did not speak, but watched her with an eager, questioning intentness, as she placed the contents of the pail upon the moss at the roadside. Southern Literature From 1579-1895 A comprehensive review, with copious extracts and criticisms for the use of schools and the general reader But she turned her head and looked at me with a curious intentness. The La Chance Mine Mystery They rode at a venture, looking about them with strained intentness, for they had left the guiding trail behind them now. The Cattle-Baron's Daughter He gazed at the young girl by his side, with an intentness that would doubtless have embarrassed her had she perceived it. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847 So she did not see the keen intentness of the look that was fixed upon her. The Old Helmet, Volume I The girl went with increased eagerness and intentness to the one resource she had—her Bible. A Red Wallflower She was gazing through her glass with her usual quiet intentness when she was suddenly startled to perceive "an unknown comet, nearly vertical above Polaris, about five degrees." The Girl Wanted He noticed the sudden intentness of Hetty’s face, though it was gone in an instant. The Cattle-Baron's Daughter So Carl inarticulately mused, with the intentness which one gives to strangers in a quiet car, till he laughed, "I feel as if I knew her like a book." The Trail of the Hawk A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life Sylvia, who had said with the intentness of a child, “I love you,” and again, “I love you.” Children of the Desert Miss Abercrombie looked beyond her; the blue eyes had narrowed, a strange expression of intentness showed in her face. To Love His forehead is high and broad, his gray eyes deep set under brows that come together and give intentness and fierceness to his gaze when he is aroused. Frenzied Finance Vol. 1: The Crime of Amalgamated Fred had listened with the greatest intentness to the doctor's story, and now he roused himself, remembering that the errand he had come upon had not yet been mentioned. That Scholarship Boy After these came a small detachment of guarda, with arms, who watched the Yankee soldiers with bovine intentness while they came to a halt and ordered arms in front of our position. The Surrender of Santiago An Account of the Historic Surrender of Santiago to General Shafter, July 17, 1898 He soon found her, absorbed so completely in the baby that his coming seemed scarcely to disturb for a moment the intentness of her preoccupation. A Beautiful Alien She had lost that look of restless, haggard adolescence, that horrible intentness, as if her hand was always on the throat of her wild beast. The Creators A Comedy One of the other Indians was peering with equal intentness at the same point, but the minutes passed and nothing presented itself. Camp-fire and Wigwam In his intentness and earnestness, he did not suspect the liability of his expressions to the charge of a vindictiveness he was unconscious of in his own breast. Senatorial Character A Sermon in West Church, Boston, Sunday, 15th of March, After the Decease of Charles Sumner. "Off to-night you might as well say!" remarked Charles, glancing at James with a certain intentness. The Dark Tower But with us in the line there was intentness to remedy any unevenness, strain to hold ourselves just right. At Plattsburg Two had alighted within the palms of her hands and were gazing toward her with serious intentness. The Girl Scouts in Beechwood Forest By his manner of nervous intentness Ned guessed that the captain was carrying a load on his mind. Boy Scouts in the North Sea The Mystery of a Sub “What did you see out there?” asked Harvey Spencer, with the sharp intentness which he had learned from his maturing city experience. Little Lost Sister He stepped forward until he was no more than a foot from Randerson, and searched his face with wild intentness. The Range Boss Now that his intentness was relaxed, he let his gaze wander. The Kingdom Round the Corner A Novel And Evan, too, for the first time in many weeks, came with feeble, halting steps to his sister's room, and sitting near her, scanned her wasted features with wistful intentness. The Diamond Coterie His hands still clasped the umbrella, the sugar was still smeared upon his sallow cheeks, but it seemed that his eyes had glowed with a sudden intentness. The Secret Witness Basil took him by the shoulders and stared into his face with an intentness that made the young fellow fancy that the fierce, black orbs confronting him were burning holes in his brain. Sea-Dogs All! A Tale of Forest and Sea He sat down on the bench, fumbled with the pile of tape disks, knowing that the other two were watching him with almost hostile intentness. The Defiant Agents Frowning with intentness, he stopped before the house. The Innocents A Story for Lovers The position was a token of the intentness of the mind; and those terms that pointed that out, came accordingly to have a spiritual application. The Ordinance of Covenanting Al turned slowly, fastening his glance on him with stony intentness. The Varmint He chewed his knuckles with fierce intentness and thought the matter over. Tam o' the Scoots She held up her other hand and thus stood beside him with slender neck stretched slightly forward, her lips parted, a look of intentness expressed in the whole of her exquisite face. "Unto Caesar" Mary listened to him for a while with angry intentness. Mary, Mary We have never gazed upon the earth before with such intentness. The Cycle of Spring Hat in hand, he stood as if undecided while Alora bounded from her seat and came to him, her eyes, big and pleading, reading his face with dramatic intentness. Mary Louise Solves a Mystery She looked at him with a keen, set, impersonal intentness in her gaze which he could not understand. The Privet Hedge There was nothing of the wraith, or phantom, however, in the broad-shouldered figure in a wide-brimmed Stetson sitting in the office watching Sprudell’s approach with ominous intentness. The Man from the Bitter Roots She was in no sense an ambitious or an intellectual woman and the girl’s vigor and intentness sometimes frightened her. The Girls at Mount Morris Just then Louise raised her eyes to his; but, as she met the intentness of his look, her own eyes drooped, while the color rushed to her cheeks and then fled again. In Blue Creek Cañon A moment he regarded the door with curious intentness, savoring of reluctance. Mary Louise Solves a Mystery A generation is a short—” His face answered more and more the eager intentness of her own. The Squirrel-Cage Abashed, astounded, the prince retreated a space and looked, with savage intentness, upon the beautiful girl, superb in her denunciation, enchanting in the rebellious dishevel of her hair, the indignant rebuke of her eyes. The Flaw in the Sapphire "They will hardly begin with their best act," I remarked, surprised by Phillida's convulsive start and rapt intentness upon the stretch of ice that formed the exhibition floor. The Thing from the Lake All this, spoken brusquely, was accompanied by frank, insolent looks which beneath their seeming openness concealed an intentness of purpose and a shrewd penetration. Under the Rose Rollo asked, his eyes snapping in the midst of the very grave intentness with which he was listening. The Gold of Chickaree She was a wonderful listener, sympathetic in her intentness. Carl and the Cotton Gin I could scarcely talk; I found myself watching Margot with a terrible intentness, and I found myself agreeing with the Professor to an extent that made me marvel at my own previous blindness. The Return Of The Soul 1896 In my intentness upon the woman opposite me the tremor passed unheeded. The Thing from the Lake As he spoke he looked at her with a mysterious intentness, which she noticed. The Figure In The Mirage 1905 So leaning her head on her hand she sat, and thenstill full of her thoughtlooked up at him, the same child's look of intentness, with words all ready on her lips. The Gold of Chickaree They sought the hammock and their listlessness was gradually replaced by an intentness of gaze which became a stare. The Lady Doc He picked up his bag with a sigh, and approached a man who had been standing apart from the rest of the loungers and regarding him with indolent intentness. Americans All Stories of American Life of To-Day Her color was high, and her face despite a grim intentness indicated keen satisfaction. Other People's Business The Romantic Career of the Practical Miss Dale "Why, father?" asked Nell, opening her lips for the first time, and looking at him with great intentness. Red Rose and Tiger Lily or, In a Wider World She met my looks with a slowly increasing intentness, which stilled this protest on my lips. The Bronze Hand 1897 By the intentness of their gaze it was evident that all were willing enough to look. The Lady Doc He was silent for some time, and when she turned she found him surveying her with curious intentness. Joan of Arc of the North Woods The regard they fixed on his face was baleful in its intentness. The Rainy Day Railroad War Harris, who had been studying his wife with half-humorous intentness, now took command. The Shadow World The idea of walking came to her, and occupied her mind to the exclusion of everything else, and she set about it with great intentness. Blazed Trail Stories and Stories of the Wild Life There had been fluctuations in the meanwhile, fluctuations which Marietta watched with eager intentness. Peak and Prairie From a Colorado Sketch-book As he walks, rather dejectedly, into a last conservatory, he is startled to find Marcia there alone, gazing with silent intentness out of the window into the garden beneath. Molly Bawn All the while I looked at him steadily, until his eyes began to lose their intentness. Wood Folk at School The eyes, weary and tragic, had rested upon him with intentness as he stood and spoke with Jackson. The Long Roll The very stillness of him made the girl round him in a circle, watching him with an intentness which showed her superstitious fear of the stiffening dead. Tess of the Storm Country He watched the wheel with a quiet intentness, as if he were establishing some subtle, occult influence over it. Peak and Prairie From a Colorado Sketch-book She stirred, her vision evidently hindered, and Donald stepped quickly from before her, gazing with passionate intentness, his eyes shaded by his hand like one who peers into a lane of light. St. Cuthbert's From beneath the brim of his old sailor hat he looked on with solemn intentness. The Pleasant Street Partnership A Neighborhood Story He heard his father put his tea-cup down and felt, rather than saw, that he was gazing at him with some intentness. Salthaven Both girls were eying each other with intentness. Tess of the Storm Country He played as deliberately as before, with a something more of calculating intentness, but the charm was broken; the wheel seemed to whirl with an intelligent revolt. Peak and Prairie From a Colorado Sketch-book I looked with eager intentness, and it required but a glance to show that the pictured face before me, and the pallid face beside me, were the same. St. Cuthbert's There was such an intentness in her gaze, she was regarding the child with so much persistence, that a strange thought flashed through the mind of the faithful servant. Which? or, Between Two Women Her lover saw it, and for the moment a strange intentness was in his gaze. Agatha's Husband A Novel At this moment he was eying the window-pane with intelligent intentness. Tess of the Storm Country "What is it, Cyril?" looking at him with sudden intentness. April's Lady A Novel Carol leaned forward and looked at her handsome sister with sudden intentness. Prudence Says So At the sound of the girl's voice, the stranger trembled; then she rose and looked Dolores full in the face with a strange intentness. Which? or, Between Two Women Silas Van Burnam had been silent up to this moment and seemed inclined to continue so, but he watched his younger son with painful intentness. That Affair Next Door Bill Hopkins still twiddling his wart had drawn himself to a straighter position, and was listening with all intentness. Tess of the Storm Country He arose finally and stood for an instant looking at her with piercing intentness. The Eagle's Heart Once again she offered her hand, and he took it gravely, looking with sober intentness into her face, a little pale in the moonlight. Prudence Says So Play with the same intentness as you work! Clayhanger Then she looked up, wondering at his silence and the grave intentness with which he was regarding her. The Little Colonel: Maid of Honor Ida had no doubt upon the matter, for she recalled the curious intentness of Weston’s face as he sat in the firelight listening to Kinnaird’s description of the house in question. The Gold Trail Ultimately he fell into the ranks of poor, shivering, hollow-cheeked fellows who stood around wistfully watching the excavation of cellars or hanging with pathetic intentness above the handling of great iron beams or pile drivers. The Eagle's Heart There was a strange intentness in Fairy's fine eyes as she studied the twins on the floor at her feet. Prudence Says So They are not loungers, for they may be observed passing along the thoroughfare seemingly with all desirable intentness upon their daily business; but they suddenly disappear as they arrive at the door of the betting-shop. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 447 Volume 18, New Series, July 24, 1852 He then stopped his engines altogether, and, when the torpedo-boat had come to a standstill, he proceeded to listen with all intentness for suspicious sounds. Under the Chilian Flag A Tale of War between Chili and Peru She was leaning a little over the table and her eyes were fixed with humorous intentness upon the spinning wheel. Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo At last I made out the cause of the disturbance,—a little owl on a limb, looking down in wide-eyed intentness upon me. The Wit of a Duck and Other Papers For an instant Harry turned and peered toward them with a look in his intentness that struck Flora as something new in him, and made her wonder if he could be jealous. The Coast of Chance Next the figure half raised, moved straight and steadily in his direction, noiselessly, but with terrible intentness, direct towards him. Frontier Boys in Frisco She frowned, and looked with sudden intentness at a distant, abject in the valley. The Great Amulet She was very elegantly dressed in black and white, but she was pale, and, watching her with a new intentness, he discovered faint violet lines under her eyes, as though she had been sleeping ill. Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo What a provoking dilemma, to be sure—and at such a time, for, glancing suddenly up, she saw Iddilcar's dark, repulsive features bent upon her with a terrible intentness. The Lion's Brood He looked hard at her hand, and something violent in his intentness made her clutch the side of the chair. The Coast of Chance So he kept perfectly still, listening with the utmost intentness; then he started slightly, for there was repeated the noise that had roused him from his sleep. Frontier Boys in Frisco From his slow, stooping poke of the sulky fire the old Butler glanced up with a certain plaintive intentness. Peace on Earth, Good-will to Dogs "The tramp stood outside, watching me with the greatest intentness." Chatterbox, 1905. His vision was not unconscious of her presence; he stared at her with intentness. Tancred Or, The New Crusade For a moment they looked at each other, her eyes wide with fright, his narrowed to a glare under the terrible intentness of his brows. The Coast of Chance Captain Broome speaking in a low, growling voice, gave him the necessary details, and then with his bushy eyebrows knitted together he watched the other man with grim intentness. Frontier Boys in Frisco With peculiar intentness the Master of the House fixed his eyes on the knotted white handkerchief which Flame had thrown across the corner of her chair. Peace on Earth, Good-will to Dogs He stood outside the shop, watching me with the greatest intentness, and suddenly I felt afraid, and wished he had gone on his way, and left me to go mine. Chatterbox, 1905. Marian gazed at her with new intentness and drew nearer. Little Maid Marian But after a moment another expression mixed with it, sharpened it, and fastened upon her with an incredulous intentness. The Coast of Chance Yet he also typifies the man who in this life consistently refuses to see aught that is lofty, and fixes his eyes with solemn intentness only on that which is vile and debasing. Standard Selections A Collection and Adaptation of Superior Productions From Best Authors For Use in Class Room and on the Platform Then, as the waiter set out the contents of his tray upon the table, Adrian, bending forward, examined them with the devoutness, with the intentness, of an impassioned connoisseur. The Lady Paramount When a sudden disconcerted intentness developed upon it, Bayne, every instinct on the alert, took instant heed of the change. The Ordeal A Mountain Romance of Tennessee Then he glanced this way and that with wide eyes; his ears sang with intentness of listening. By What Authority? She spoke with the lightest scorn, but in her long eyes there was an intentness which contradicted her manner. The Way of Ambition As he looked up from the latter task, he found her eyes fixed upon him, with a peculiar intentness: and for a while afterwards he remarked that she wore an absent air. The Long Night Penny, who was standing against the wall, just inside the doorway, spoke up, staring at Flora with frowning intentness. Murder at Bridge Suddenly the Pack Leader stopped, buried his nose in a hoof hole and sniffed with discriminating intentness. The Outcasts The face of Jay Pendick, their own headman, with its small, alert dark eyes reflected the intentness of his mind. The Forfeit He was now turned sideways to Charmian, and was moving rather restlessly on the sofa beside Mrs. Mansfield, but was listening with obvious intentness to what she was saying. The Way of Ambition He felt no surprise therefore when, a little later, she arrested her sobbing, raised her head, and with suspended breath and tear-stained face listened with that scared intentness which had impressed him before. The Long Night They both listened intently—at least Eglantine did; she hardly breathed in her intentness. Happy Pollyooly The Rich Little Poor Girl Ashe was surveying him with an odd intentness which Ross could not understand. The Time Traders Her eyes, under low-drawn brows, stared for a second into his with the unseeing intentness of inward thought. The Emigrant Trail Woman, man—the intentness of the heart came upon her, like a wave creeping all over her, blotting out landmarks. The Way of Ambition The Buddhist is looking with a peculiar intentness inwards; the Christian is staring with a frantic intentness outwards. Modern Religious Cults and Movements When I went up to see it, soon after our arrival this last time, the cross was leaning toward the north, as if from the intentness of its three years' northward gazing. The North Pole Its Discovery in 1909 under the auspices of the Peary Arctic Club Still he continued to twist and turn the disc of silver, now holding it at arm's length, now bringing it close to his eye with a puzzled intentness. Flood Tide The Indians watched in a tranced intentness of observation. The Emigrant Trail Caleb voiced the query which he knew must be behind her quiet intentness. Then I'll Come Back to You But, Helen, deuce take it! the trouble is——' Again Gerald turned and kicked the log, and then, his hands on the mantelpiece, he gazed with frowning intentness into the flames. Franklin Kane She resumed her seat, while Durrance remained in the shadow, leaning forward, with his hands upon his knees, listening—but with an intentness of which he had given no sign that evening. The Four Feathers Miss Laniston's eyes were of a blue gray, and very fine ones, and she fixed them upon me with a lively intentness. The House of Martha Atop the Shed, in the communication room, there was the busy quiet of absolute intentness. Space Tug His head was tilted forward in that keen attitude of straining intentness which to the man had already become eloquently characteristic of his hungry spirit. Then I'll Come Back to You Miss Buchanan, while Franklin delivered himself of these convictions, leaned back in her chair, her arms crossed on her bosom, and observed him with amused intentness. Franklin Kane He gave her no answer, except by the eye of grave intentness that fixed hers till she could meet it no longer, and her own fell. Queechy, Volume II "Hum yes" answered Fleda, abstractedly, stroking into order some old man in her drawing with great intentness. Queechy, Volume I At such times a meditative and melancholy intentness would fix itself on the faded old face, and the stooping old shoulders would even unconsciously heave with a sigh. Never-Fail Blake With a little shrug of her shoulders she leaned back against the door and stared at him suddenly out of her big red-brown eyes with singular intentness. Molly Make-Believe Franklin's eyes—they had a deepened, ravaged look, but they were still calm—probed hers, all their intentness now for her. Franklin Kane "Are you crazy, Wade?" gasped Braden, searching the man's face with an intentness that betrayed his own fear that the prophecy would come true. From the Housetops Therefore, as Storri made plain his power and threatened its exercise, he considered Mr. Harley with the narrow intentness of a lynx. The President A novel While Williams explained to him the nature of my claim, he scanned me with great intentness. Arthur Mervyn Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793 "I don't know how I can spare my friend, when I've just found her," he said, searching her face with an intentness she found it difficult to bear. A Court of Inquiry The aloofness and pride which often marked it had disappeared as if by magic; the tenderness, passionate in its intentness, cast upon the little child, moved her to wonder and admiration. The Place Beyond the Winds Gifford watched her with an intentness which made him frown; her bending head was like a shadowy silhouette against the pale sky, and the little curls caught the light in soft mist around her forehead. John Ward, Preacher Raf longed to inspect it, but both aliens brushed by him and pattered back down the corridor, the discoverer pouring forth a volume of words to which the officer listened with great intentness. Star Born And Tom's dark eyes glowed upon him with a sombre intentness. The Treasure of Heaven A Romance of Riches A red-hot cinder fell into the grate as he spoke, and Learoyd gazed at it with curious intentness until it had lost all its glow. More Tales of the Ridings That don't matter," Mary raised her deep eyes, they were burning with superstitious intentness; "but I have a message for you—you best heed it. The Shield of Silence He too was looking over the dense mass of humanity with a curious intentness, as if here were some entirely new experience. Medoline Selwyn's Work Georgian watched her go with a strange and lingering intentness, or so it seemed to Ransom; then slowly entered her room and locked the door. The Chief Legatee It was as if her intentness, her concentration upon her holy purpose held her. The Helpmate The fellow was observing me with an intentness which aroused my suspicion. Prisoners of Chance The Story of What Befell Geoffrey Benteen, Borderman, through His Love for a Lady of France There was a fierce intentness in the gaze: the look of the runner who has almost reached the goal but hears his pursuers close. The Shield of Silence “How long do you expect to keep the office shut, sir?” inquired the clerk, respectfully, but still with a troubled air, and with serious eyes with the unswerving intentness of a child's upon Carroll's face. The Debtor A Novel Each with his hand resting on the shoulder of the man in front they go steadily on, towards the concert-room, with an odd intentness, glancing neither to one side nor the other. Observations of an Orderly Some Glimpses of Life and Work in an English War Hospital Once more Frank glanced at the girl; she had lowered her arm from the manger and now sat looking at him, it seemed, with a curious intentness and expectancy. None Other Gods He would wait; and he sat watching the things, whatever they were, that seemed to be watching him with such cold and silent intentness. In Search of the Okapi A Story of Adventure in Central Africa He was watching her with the intentness of a hawk, absolutely certain now of his victim. Beth Norvell A Romance of the West His interest was immediately aroused and he fixed his eyes with intentness upon the juggler. The Dreamer A Romantic Rendering of the Life-Story of Edgar Allan Poe He looked at Maraton with the fierce, terrified intentness of one who looks upon a spectre! A People's Man He had been watching her with curious intentness. The Black Box In almost agonised intentness she listens for some word, watches for some sign, which shall tell her it has not been so. The Ethics of George Eliot's Works To Miss Norvell observing her companion with shy intentness, this erect, manly young fellow with weather-browned, clean-shaven face and straightforward gray eyes seemed to evince a power of manhood she instinctively felt and surrendered to. Beth Norvell A Romance of the West Her regard had the intentness of a stare. The Iron Furrow Kate did not scream, nor moan, nor faint, but she sat up straight in her chair and gazed, with a wild intentness, at her uncle. Kate Bonnet The Romance of a Pirate's Daughter |
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