| 单词 | jauntiness |
| 例句 | There was a swagger to his steps, a jauntiness to his movements, that had not been there before. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Their shoulders drooped even as they laughed, and when they put their hands on their hips in a show of jauntiness, the palms slipped the thighs as if the pants were waxed. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z By their lightness of foot and jauntiness of exit, Bull Meecham knew that part of the morale problem in 367 was over. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Prince asks early on, the expert Mr. Woodeson pitching the question with a jauntiness as unsettling as it is immediate. Theater Review: Clifford Odets's Dentist, Anything but Painless 2011-04-05T13:30:07Z The portraits are formally staged, with a pleated curtain as a backdrop and with decorative props, but there’s a casual jauntiness about many of them that is appealing. Lost and Found Photos from a South African Portrait Studio 2016-06-19T04:00:00Z For the most part, the score sticks so relentlessly to the same up-tempo jauntiness that you expect a bouncing ball to materialize. Review: ‘It Shoulda Been You,’ a Wedding on Broadway 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z Even without that direct reference, you'd hear the slightly mournful undertone to the jauntiness. Chain Ghazal: Chickens by Esther Greenleaf Mürer 2013-03-18T12:33:15Z Mr. Baker said the language allowed gay men to communicate frankly and identify one another, but with its irrepressible jauntiness, it also celebrated the customs and spirit of a marginalized community. ‘Jeuje,’ ‘Zhoosh,’ ‘Zhuzh’: A Word of Many Spellings, and Meanings 2022-01-31T05:00:00Z And, when he finally puts the uniform on, Sher assumes a hilarious jauntiness as he sways and sashays in time to the seductive rhythms of a military band. The Captain of Köpenick – review 2013-02-06T15:00:00Z Clad in an off-the-rack sporty suit that aspires to jauntiness but might well double as his pajamas, this Erie is a creation of solid, sometimes sweaty flesh, replete with subtle tics and quirks. Review: In ‘Hughie,’ With Forest Whitaker, Two Desolate Lost Souls 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z The version of “Tusk” was a keeper; it took away the marching-band jauntiness and lingered over the song’s suspicion and need: “Why don’t you tell me what’s going on?” Music Review: Lindsey Buckingham at Town Hall - Review 2011-09-29T00:01:58Z “There was a jauntiness about her movements as if she had first learned to walk upon golf courses on clean, crisp mornings.” I’m tweeting “The Great Gatsby” 2013-05-10T23:43:00Z Dismiss, if you will, the jauntiness required to hold together energetic kids' farces such as The Parent Trap, Freaky Friday or Herbie Fully Loaded – that's your choice. It's not too late, Lindsay 2010-07-07T19:00:00Z Piano pops up on a handful of songs, adding a jauntiness to “Happiness Loves Company” and melancholy to “Police Station.” Album review: Red Hot Chili Peppers, 'I'm With You' 2011-08-26T16:04:00Z As Snowden, the actor’s innate jauntiness is suppressed; he’s watchful, grim, and courteous. Playing Edward Snowden 2016-09-11T04:00:00Z The audience was in an exuberant mood throughout, taking Newman’s bleak jaundice as jauntiness, laughing off the apostasy and loving those shuffles. Randy Newman's Faust: The Devil Laughs and Cries 2014-07-06T04:00:00Z Beneath the jauntiness and good humor there is an unmistakably elegiac undertone to this film, an implicit acknowledgment of lateness and loss. Review: Agnès Varda and JR Travel in the Present, Glancing at the Past 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z Soon, the jauntiness gives way to gritty reality, and the mood shifts. Assessing the Apple TV+ new series, from "The Morning Show" to "For All Mankind" 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z When Cohen played Jazz PT with a quartet in 2013, she did one tune in the rhythmically lively Brazilian style called choro, which often features clarinet and has some of the jauntiness of early jazz. Heading to Jazz Port Townsend? Be sure to catch top-tier clarinetist Anat Cohen 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z Surely also the model for Harry Enfield's Mr Cholmondley-Warner, he may not be familiar by name, but the voice is instantly evocative: the clipped precision, the jauntiness, the terrible puns. Mirror to the Soul: from Barbados to Basing Street 2013-04-19T06:00:12Z Ultimately, the show's jauntiness undercuts its seriousness, and it is easy to accuse it of forgetting the people who matter: the victims. The Economist – Edinburgh festival review 2012-08-17T14:08:41Z From this point on, “The Sorcery Club” yields much of its earlier jauntiness and yankee humor to an increasingly savage depiction of human venality. Book World: ‘The Sorcery Club,’ by Elliott O’Donnell He's of that generation – and has that generation's self-protective affectation of jauntiness. Dear Lumpy: Letters to a Disobedient Daughter by Roger Mortimer and Louise Mortimer – review 2013-06-05T11:00:04Z I first wore the suit to the N.Y.U. pool, where its comparative jauntiness, against a backdrop of collegiate Speedos and board shorts, was galvanizing. Does This Swimsuit Make Me Look Fat? 2011-06-08T20:34:03Z With an offstage orchestra finding the lyricism and jauntiness in the Caribbean-flavored score, overseen by musical directors Elisa Rosman and Refiye Tappan, this is a worthwhile and joyful rendition of a classic. Review | Constellation revives ‘Once on This Island’ to joyful effect 2022-10-24T04:00:00Z This last remark is delivered with a familiar jauntiness, but it is not accompanied by the smile or laughter that used to come so naturally. Seve's Story - Golf Digest 2020-04-13T04:00:00Z “I hope this is like the seatbelt,” he said of his new helmet design, with a jauntiness that would warm the heart of an N.F.L. executive. This Helmet Will Save Football. Actually, Probably Not. 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z It had the effortless vault and jauntiness of the music he loved: classic Texas swing. 'Like 100 men have left the room': Sally Jenkins' stirring tribute to her late father Dan - Golf Digest 2019-04-09T04:00:00Z Peruse the easy rhythms and the jauntiness of phrasing, and yet the unfailing truthfulness and the nail-on-the-head precision in each description. Dan Jenkins: Another side of Dad - Golf Digest 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z She inspired others with her outward jauntiness, while privately she was consumed with dread in her final days. A Day, a Life: When a Medic Was Killed in Gaza, Was It an Accident? 2018-12-30T05:00:00Z Since its release Marching on Together has become the Leeds anthem, its blend of jauntiness and faux militaristic bombast melodically capturing the power of a crowd mobilised in the name of fun and communal pride. The Joy of Six: football chants 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z This jauntiness, less than a year away from the next general election, is unlikely to please the petroleum-spattered prime minister. Beyond petroleum 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z There may not be a lightness to his step, a lilt in his voice or a bit of jauntiness returned to his manner. Obama Unbound 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z One thing you are going to hear, however, is that the Mill has lost its jauntiness. Football transfer rumours: David Villa to Manchester City or Arsenal? 2013-01-30T09:11:11Z There’s a jauntiness and an optimism to the place, very much at variance with the despair I often encounter on the road. Joe's Road Trip, Day 2: Meeting a Man Who Speaks His Mind 2012-06-03T05:20:00Z Indeed, he did not recover his usual jauntiness until they were in the train, traveling through country that seemed to Sylvia not very different from the country of France. The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z “Naughty, naughty,” said Ellis, but his tone had lost some of its jauntiness. Bert Wilson's Fadeaway Ball 2012-03-02T03:00:09.747Z After a twist or two the smile came back to his lips and the jauntiness to his carriage. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z It is not a severe wound, but it has routed his courage, and he is brought back, meek and pitiful enough, all the jauntiness crushed out of him. Out of a Labyrinth 2012-02-17T03:00:38.887Z His jauntiness had vanished, and his face had grown very sombre and tired during the last few minutes. Miranda of the Balcony A Story 2012-01-28T03:00:24.760Z I ordered, and he obeyed me with an affected jauntiness. The Courtship of Morrice Buckler A Romance 2012-01-26T03:00:17.027Z The Cardinals’ jauntiness in recent days made Manager Tony La Russa the subject of some good-natured ribbing from the team’s beat reporters before the game. Cardinals 11, Mets 6: Refreshed Mets Resume Spoiler Role 2011-09-21T03:58:42Z They were marching in their own way; no stride or swing about it; but a more subtle jauntiness, a kind of mincing strut, perhaps not unconsciously sinister and unconventional, an aggressive part of themselves. Notes of a Camp-Follower on the Western Front 2011-09-09T02:01:03.463Z She began to attempt, off Lundy, the spring and jauntiness of a trawler. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z "One thousand jimmies per annum is the minimum figure," replied the Major, whose jauntiness was quite restored. Miranda of the Balcony A Story 2012-01-28T03:00:24.760Z That is how you go: with that odd jauntiness as if lifted and propelled by wires from the shoulders. Sea and Sardinia 2011-08-28T02:00:30.857Z The jauntiness, the pompous self-assurance, and the truculence that so distinguished him among his fellows disappeared from his mien; it was as though years of anxiety and care had suddenly passed over him. The Argus Pheasant 2011-08-27T02:00:20.160Z “I cry you pardon,” he said with something of his old jauntiness. Peggy Owen Patriot A Story for Girls 2011-07-17T02:00:32.837Z Something of the old defiant jauntiness came back to her for a minute. Barnaby A Novel 2011-07-12T02:00:39.777Z “No game,” said he, assuming the necessary jauntiness. The Late Tenant 2011-03-28T02:00:25.153Z By the time he reached Teddington and Iris Lodge, the jauntiness of his manner was complete. At Large 2011-03-27T02:00:14.907Z "Well," he said, achieving an effect of jauntiness, "and what's your opinion, Miss Nan?" The Messenger 2011-03-26T02:00:14.523Z There was no longer a trace of jauntiness in his manner. Peggy Owen Patriot A Story for Girls 2011-07-17T02:00:32.837Z No one remarking his erect and firmly-knit figure, his jauntiness of step, and his keenness of glance, as he perambulates our streets, would readily believe that he is rapidly approaching his sixty-eighth birthday. The Canadian Portrait Gallery - Volumes 1 to 4 2011-03-23T02:00:23.527Z Their air was one of jauntiness and triumph, and the clatter of their trailing sabers and their spurred boots on the flagstones of the hall rang out harshly. 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 There was a jauntiness about him—a light in his eyes which Cyril did not remember to have noticed before. Who? 2011-02-09T03:00:47.380Z Despite their carnage, one senses an almost vaudevillian jauntiness to the endless cycle of life as depicted on the mosaic floor. A Dining Room's Feast for the Eyes 2011-01-18T01:46:58Z Presently he looked at them with something of his former jauntiness. Peggy Owen Patriot A Story for Girls 2011-07-17T02:00:32.837Z Foley's natural jauntiness, which might be jarring in Woods hermetically sealed world, could prove to be a hurdle. Who Is Sean Foley? 2010-08-17T04:00:00Z The man who, avoiding the bar, made his way straight into the coffee-room, entered with an air in which jauntiness and limpness were curiously combined. A Poached Peerage "Oh, I was lucky enough to do that," he replied with an assumed jauntiness, wishing he could feel it was an every-day business. The Gay Adventure A Romance Now he turned away with the irritating jauntiness of one who has scored. The Tempering “If they will wait until I’ve eaten they may do their worst,” he replied with a touch of his old jauntiness. Peggy Owen Patriot A Story for Girls 2011-07-17T02:00:32.837Z His immeasurable pride made him hide a stiffening of the joints under the forced jauntiness of his step, while a trembling of the head became in him only a sort of debonair senility at worst. Life on the Stage The young fellow's figure was superb, and held with a military precision and jauntiness. Stories That End Well An Adventure in Altruria——Through the Terrors of the Law——The Real Thing——The Old Partisan——Max—Or His Picture——The Stout Miss Hopkins' Bicycle——The Spellbinder——The Object of the Federation——The Little Lonely Girl——The Hero of Company G——A Miracle Play Though his dress was like Moreau's, there was a careless jauntiness in his air, and a reckless "abandon" in his manner, that gave the costume a character totally different. Diary And Notes Of Horace Templeton, Esq. Volume II (of II) The short curls gave her an air of jauntiness, which was in perfect keeping with her disposition, and they made a very pretty frame for her rosy, smiling face. Gabriel Tolliver A Story of Reconstruction There was a jauntiness, too, in the way he took out his cigar, and scraped his lucifer-match on a beech-tree, that quite struck me, and I should like to have imitated it if I could. A Day's Ride A Life's Romance With a feeble attempt at jauntiness, he staggered out of the cabin. The Star Lord “Nothing; except that we’ve had a beastly crossing,” I answered, with a poor attempt at jauntiness. The Red Symbol But she felt better as she came out into the sunshine and the dress she had finally decided on seemed to settle on her into sudden jauntiness. The House of Fulfilment What is this but the shy jauntiness, the elaborate understatement, of something small in the presence of something great? Pot-Boilers I felt sure he was a spy, because of his marked outer jauntiness of demeanour, which hardly masked an underlying hang-dog expression of scrutiny. Miss Cayley's Adventures The dignity of the former had faded like a flower, and the same withered simile might have been applied with equal force to the accustomed jauntiness of Lou. Seven Keys to Baldpate Then Boyle answered in a low voice, all his jauntiness and assurance gone. Death Points a Finger The men of that day in Ashfield were intolerant of mere elegances, or of any jauntiness of manner. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 88, February, 1865 The marquis leered at himself in the pier-glass and assumed a jauntiness of demeanor he was far from feeling. The Strollers The jauntiness was temporarily eliminated from the old prospector. The Treasure Trail A Romance of the Land of Gold and Sunshine "I'm going to make you believe in me," he said, with a touch of his old jauntiness. Seven Keys to Baldpate Once or twice he rose, during the return journey and advanced with forced jauntiness as far as the door of the car ahead. Once to Every Man Presently he sheathed his sword and turned with some of his old jauntiness toward the door. The O'Ruddy A Romance Much of the jauntiness had gone out of Mr. Mix, but he consoled himself with the certainty that in another two months, he would be in a position to become masterful. Rope He had recovered his old jauntiness, and swaggered before his master, clearing the way with oaths and threatenings. The Spanish Jade He had always seemed—it was one of the marks of what they called the "unspeakable" in him—to walk a little more on his toes, as if for jauntiness, in the presence of offence. The Wings of the Dove, Volume 1 of 2 Morrow observed that the man’s step lacked its accustomed jauntiness and spring, and he plodded along wearily, as if utterly preoccupied 148 with some depressing meditation. The Crevice There!" said Bob, slapping down the prospectus on the table, with the jauntiness of a Cockney vouchsafing a pint of Hermitage to his guests—"What do you think of that? Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 360, October 1845 His unshaven face was swarthy and high of cheekbone and his black hat, though shapeless and weather-stained, sat on his head with a jauntiness that seemed almost a challenge. The Roof Tree He affects a sort of creaking jauntiness which 304 sometimes falls short of its aim. The Prairie Child Her lips quivered for a second; then, with a faked jauntiness, she nodded. Tatterdemalion Mrs. Holton telephoned at eleven o'clock that Jack was on his way downtown, and William was prepared for the interview when his brother strolled in with something of his old jauntiness. Otherwise Phyllis “I came to speak of that,” he protested, forcing a jauntiness that he was far from feeling. The Lady of Loyalty House A Novel The old jauntiness had gone out of Fletcher. Lorimer of the Northwest The others nearby were busy doing the same thing, but few of them set about it with the air of cocky jauntiness that Hawkes wore. Starman's Quest “Now you can see me, you needn’t keep me waiting,” said the Sheriff, with an attempt at jauntiness which betrayed his anxiety. The Cattle-Baron's Daughter She either was incapable of comprehending the problems involved in her return or meant to face them with the jauntiness which her troubled years had increased rather than diminished. Otherwise Phyllis Major Forsyth's consuming desire was to appear juvenile; he affected slang, and carried himself with a youthful jauntiness. The Hero His face was brighter, his smile was more pleasant, and his step had a certain jauntiness in it. The Associate Hermits He walked with a new jauntiness; there was a carelessness in his demeanour, a gaiety about nothing in particular, which Bateman could not precisely blame, but which exceedingly puzzled him. The Trembling of a Leaf Little Stories of the South Sea Islands From my mother I have inherited a Highland jauntiness which comes stealing over me when sobriety would set me better. A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45 The collar, a dashing bow tie, and a speckled waistcoat that was the most daring expression of sartorial art available at the capital, gave to Amzi an air of uncommon jauntiness. Otherwise Phyllis There was a certain jauntiness about Kitty which became her, where in almost any one else it might have seemed outrageous. Peter and Jane or The Missing Heir “Burglary, arson, and little things like that,” Billy answered with a jauntiness 173 that surprised him as much as it pained his father, who continued to stare uncomprehendingly. The Madness of May His face brightened up, his crestfallen manner merged happily into jauntiness, his self‑respect was restored. The Silver Butterfly Here iss a great to-do about nothing,” she flung back with a kind of bitter jauntiness. A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45 The old man's face had lost its aggressive jauntiness. Stubble The stranger carried himself with a certain jauntiness, and he had need of what assistance artifice could lend him, for he was singularly unprepossessing. The Green Rust Bonnets and hats are tried on, and she passes and repasses before the glass to study the jauntiness or attractiveness of different styles. Floyd Grandon's Honor Though some of the names are not happily chosen, they call up many episodes of parade gaiety and jauntiness, or warlike fire. Contemporary American Composers Being a Study of the Music of This Country, Its Present Conditions and Its Future, with Critical Estimates and Biographies of the Principal Living Composers; and an Abundance of Portraits, Fac-simile Musical Autographs, and Compositions He stopped whistling and strove to control the jauntiness of his gait. Blessed Are the Meek From a distance Smith had studied Nugent Cassis on many previous occasions and knew his peculiarities by heart—also he knew that there was no single precedent for this rare display of jauntiness. Men of Affairs Her gray suit represented a compromise between fashion and her mother's opinion of decorum, thus attaining a length and fulness not enough for grace yet too much for jauntiness. The Thing from the Lake Monroe still ran springily and with the jauntiness which betokened the practised runner. The Boy with the U. S. Weather Men Rallied from his apparent diffidence by the genial jauntiness of the stranger, the youth answered with unwonted promptitude: "Yes, a person with a weed was here not very long ago." The Confidence-Man His accent took a little from the jauntiness of Katharine's bearing. The Brentons "What could have gone wrong?" asked the other lad, who, despite his jauntiness, shared in a degree the anxiety of his friend. Klondike Nuggets and How Two Boys Secured Them It is happily compounded in about equal parts of turgid fine writing, vulgar jauntiness and indiscriminate slang. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to prose. Volume I (of X) - Greece She tried to be jaunty, but the jauntiness did not ring quite true. The Galaxy Primes But his jauntiness certainly ebbed a little, and he had to pull his moustache twice before he could face the situation with his customary aplomb. Jill the Reckless Her dress, too, showed unusual care, and a crisp, fresh-ironed jauntiness that jerked him back to the past with rather disagreeable suddenness. Dixie Hart Meanwhile, Heyton returned to the Hall; walking with a certain jauntiness which was not altogether assumed; for the disposal of the jewel-case had been an immense relief. The Woman's Way William Dean Howells, despite a certain jauntiness and even kittenishness of manner, was spiritually of that company. A Book of Prefaces Well," he began again, with an attempt at jauntiness, "I've found out that in my profession it's a hard struggle to get on your feet again, after illness or—or any bad set-back. The Fruit of the Tree Whenever she thought he might be looking at her, the weary shoulders straightened with a pathetic attempt at jauntiness. Steve Yeager "Me?" demanded the man with an assumption of jauntiness. Judith of Blue Lake Ranch And Miss Sarah had never anticipated her brother's clumsiest finesse with greater ease than did Steve sense, that afternoon, the weight of worry behind his employer's first effort at jauntiness. Then I'll Come Back to You His jauntiness was oppressive, dominated as it was by those perturbed and hungry eyes. The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story The lawyer's jauntiness dropped off, as if a modicum of respect for this man had found its way into his calculating soul. The Mayor of Warwick He glared savagely at his victim, who grinned back at him with an indomitable jauntiness. Steve Yeager Yes—I am inclined to think you are," responded Mr. Denner, with a jauntiness which sat strangely upon his wrinkled face,—"I think you are. John Ward, Preacher His actions belied his words, for he moved with all his accustomed jauntiness along the uncertain foot-way, barely touching the top of the palisades with one hand to guide his progress. When Wilderness Was King A Tale of the Illinois Country He chose unfrequented streets; he walked slowly; there was less of the customary spring and jauntiness of his gait. Sunrise There was a touch of unstudied jauntiness in the way the tips of her golden curls escaped from beneath the little brown toque she wore. The Big-Town Round-Up Burton asked with a touch of his old jauntiness. The Double Life Of Mr. Alfred Burton As he said this, a certain jauntiness came into his step, as though he did not include himself among those who were not "gay." John Ward, Preacher A small white-and-gold turban, even with its jauntiness, seemed just the very thing to check the austere simplicity. Caste His rough woolen suit, leather-lined, hung loosely on him, but he wore it with a jauntiness that matched the bravado of his song. Montlivet Something of the quack's glossy jauntiness faded out of his bearing as he turned to Hal. The Clarion "Now then, Inman," he said, with a poor attempt at jauntiness, "score off that if you can." Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-01-21 He turned to the girl, with heavy jauntiness: "My good right hand, Miss Eustis, I assure you!" he beamed. Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man The constable straightened himself up and approached with an affected air of jauntiness. Nicky-Nan, Reservist The very jauntiness of his stride was as a red rag to the captain. A Splendid Hazard He was elegantly and somewhat extravagantly dressed as a civilian; he carried himself with a rustic, barbaric jauntiness, strangely dashed with a superinduced touch of the Parisian salon. Israel Potter With his customary jauntiness, he took his departure; but he did not return straight to his quarters at the cantonments. The Keeper of the Door In his eyes there is a perpetual glint of humour, and in the poise of his head a certain irrepressible jauntiness. A Student in Arms Second Series There was not a trace of his old jauntiness and display. The Doctor's Dilemma He endeavoured to carry the whole thing by a jauntiness which was too easy to see through. Sketches in the House (1893) Tartar' in gold letters on the ribbons—ill-timed jauntiness—some fifty soldiers and volunteers, and two or three railwaymen, we started, surrounded by the active Boer horsemen. London to Ladysmith via Pretoria He spoke with a kind of nervous jauntiness. The Street Called Straight With assumed jauntiness he strolled from the outlaws' den and safely reached the street. Somewhere in Red Gap Friends and well-wishers took the jauntiness all out of him in no time. Ma Pettengill And he was sensible of his age, his infirmity, his isolation, and his jauntiness was eclipsed. The Frontiersmen Lord Chesterfield's Letters produced an airiness and jauntiness that were quite foreign to his nature. The Parish Clerk Still jauntily—Rose-Marie realized that jauntiness was his keynote—the young man entered the room. The Island of Faith So that he entered the town on that fine morning with a certain conquering jauntiness. The Matador of the Five Towns and Other Stories It was a mixture of dignity and jauntiness. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 90, June, 1875 "Oh, Arthur, Arthur!" she cried, sweetly reproachful, as with an assumed jauntiness he entered the bedroom. Mr. Prohack He spoke with jauntiness, in his role of male who is easily equal to any situation. The Roll-Call Scupper, sure that he was not actually going to be hit, escaped with an ease and jauntiness which he was far from feeling. The Penalty At the mosque we met Mr. Buckle, a little careless in his dress,—in this respect affording a not disagreeable contrast to the studied jauntiness which Englishmen are apt to affect in their travelling-gear. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 66, April, 1863 Heads were thrust forth and greetings followed, some shy and low-toned, some with feigned man-of-the-world jauntiness. The Wrong Twin Each was at once sensible of the contrast between them, and each was at once affected by it: the captain to a greater jauntiness, a more effusive affability; the other to a stonier sternness. The Lions of the Lord A Tale of the Old West He wears it with more easy negligence or jauntiness, by which he may be recognised at some distance, even from behind. The Zincali: an account of the gypsies of Spain With unnecessary jauntiness he chuckled, "Some nice flannels, them samples, heh?" Main Street There was no attempt at jauntiness; they all realized now. Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise He mounted the seat, on his first essay alone, with the jauntiness becoming a master of vehicular propulsion. The Wrong Twin Lockyer the son dyed his hair and affected jauntiness, but was in fact not many years younger than Benchley and had the stiffening jerky legs of one paying for a lively youth. The Grain of Dust The General sprang into his saddle, and the altitude it gave him seemed to bring back some of the jauntiness he had lost. Soldiers of Fortune "Of course," retorted Bertram, trying in vain to give an air of jauntiness to his reply. Miss Billy — Married He flitted away down the path, his head held high, with an air of somewhat jaded jauntiness. Beasts and Super-Beasts The assurance and jauntiness which generally marked his demeanour and dress were, however, wanting. A Study in Scarlet He nodded with something of his old jauntiness and swung out of the room. The Box with Broken Seals He took himself out with a jauntiness that sat upon him awkwardly. The Highwayman I whispered, with a timid show of jauntiness. The Best British Short Stories of 1922 His middle-aged jauntiness considerably awry, he moved slowly down the heedless street, subject to the most gloomy reflections. The Sturdy Oak A composite Novel of American Politics by fourteen American authors The scherzo architecture of Villon's Paris, the gabled caprice of Shakespeare's London, the Rip Van Winkle jauntiness of a vanished New York, these are ghosts that wander among the skyscrapers and dynamo beltings of modernity. A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago In fact, the way he looked, I should say he had finished with metropolitan jauntiness for the rest of his life. The Man with Two Left Feet And Other Stories That face was long and angular, with a heavy chin and an expression of sardonic complacency oddly increased by the jauntiness of its shabby brown wig. The Highwayman It would be too little to say that his bearing was confident: he comported himself with the care-free jauntiness of an infant about to demolish a Noah's Ark with a tack-hammer. The Adventures of Sally For the moment all the jauntiness and exuberance had been drained out of him. Mike There was a jauntiness about his stance on the fourth tee which made me a little uneasy. The Clicking of Cuthbert He had certainly shown courage and had done his deed with jauntiness. Hidden Creek "I am flattered by your admiration, pardieu," says the Pretender, with a rueful grin down at the shabby clothes which were so tight upon him, and a clutch at the bob-wig's jauntiness. The Highwayman When I withstood the shock with unexpected jauntiness, for I usually fall dead at once, she looked at me with severity and said: "Mr. Grayson, you are a materialist." Adventures in Contentment Indeed, I felt a lift of the spirit, the kind of jauntiness with which one meets a crucial adventure. Great Possessions He had rather an indiarubber-like elasticity and jauntiness than stateliness, or dignity, or grace. Life of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen — Volume 1 Braith turned square around and looked at him in a way that caused a still further diminution of his jauntiness and a proportionate increase of respect. In the Quarter But she stood straight before him and as he met her eyes his affected jauntiness dropped from him. The Battle Ground But his jauntiness certainly ebbed a little, and he had to pull his mustache twice before he could face the situation with his customary aplomb. The Little Warrior A touch of the old jauntiness cropped out here and there, a tinge of the old irony marred his otherwise perfect mien as a soldier. Beverly of Graustark Her chin, small like the rest of her, was strong; and in the way she held herself there was a boyish jauntiness. Uneasy Money "It ain't," said the pink flaxen-haired youth opposite him, who wore his broad-brimmed hat on the side of his head with a certain jauntiness: "I got a pass tonight," said Fuselli, tilting his head vainly. Three Soldiers Indeed, a certain jauntiness in dress that verged toward flashiness would not naturally predispose them in his favor. A Day of Fate Well, Skinner, my dear boy," he announced with just a touch of his old-time jauntiness, "little Matthew just arrived! Cappy Ricks Retires She tried to hide her mortification under a somewhat quivering jauntiness, but Mr. Flanders went rudely to the bottom of the matter. Mr. Bingle There is an indescribable jauntiness about him apparent in every word and gesture. The Recreations of a Country Parson The jauntiness of the brassy notes ringing up through the silence was agony to him. Three Soldiers In derision of this famous prosecution, Henry James with studious jauntiness, asserts that in the heat of his first admiration he thought what an excellent moral tract it would make. The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters "There's got to be a certain broad-mindedness in these matters," he blundered on, with what seemed to her outraged senses an abominable jauntiness. The Unspeakable Perk "No one but yours truly," said Mr. Bingle, assuming a jauntiness he did not feel. Mr. Bingle He picked up his hat and stick, nodded knowingly to Garnett, and walked toward the door with an air of creaking jauntiness. The Hermit and the Wild Woman "There's nobody else to go to," explained Collaton, with an attempt at jauntiness. Five Thousand an Hour : how Johnny Gamble won the heiress But Dr. Rogers, to whom this last inquiry had been intrusted, returned to the hotel with a careful jauntiness of manner which ill accorded with a disturbed mind. The Window-Gazer There was a queer jauntiness in his walk as he made his way over the sand, carrying his hat, and a flippant note in his voice when he arrived at her side. Who Cares? a story of adolescence She spoke with an effort at jauntiness after Merton had greeted her. Merton of the Movies And, Nathaniel Chapman, there’s a jauntiness in your manner of singing which is not quite becoming. Two on a Tower All that appearance of low-bred jauntiness which used to belong to him seemed to have been washed out of him. The Last Chronicle of Barset His voice was raised slightly, with a high comedy jauntiness, for the benefit of the Chinese waiters who might be lingering to see the "Mellican man" assume their functions. A Protegee of Jack Hamlin's and Other Stories He might have added, too, that the colonel, in his general outward bearing and jauntiness, gave no indication of his internal irritation. Trent's Trust, and Other Stories In appearance he was subdued, but he managed to make a temporary jauntiness as he said : " Oh, I don't know." Active Service Perhaps the jauntiness of Sir Orlando, which implied that the Coalition was too strong to regard attack, somewhat irritated outsiders. The Prime Minister Out in Piccadilly its heartening warmth seemed to infuse into traffic and pedestrians alike a novel jauntiness, so that bus drivers jested and even the lips of chauffeurs uncurled into not unkindly smiles. Something New He picked up the test-tube, put it in his pocket with a certain jauntiness, and left the room again. Piccadilly Jim He moved with a nervous jauntiness, and looked about him with a vacant smile. Armadale "Oh,—SEVERAL, if you must know the truth"; and Patty's tone was cruel in its jauntiness. Story of Waitstill Baxter But inside the building he lost some of his jauntiness. The Breaking Point The vision of Joan Valentine came to her—of Joan as she had seen her yesterday, strong, cheerful, self-reliant, bearing herself, in spite of adversity, with a valiant jauntiness. Something New His voice dropped from boastfulness to a note of wistful melancholy, the look of strained jauntiness fell from his face like a mask, and for an instant she saw the real man, old, ruined, lonely. The Glimpses of the Moon |
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