| 单词 | lusterless |
| 例句 | Her hair was a lusterless brown, and her face was long and solemn. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Her hair is lusterless, the flesh of her face pasty. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Her hair was a lusterless brown, and her face was long and solemn. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Put a simpler way, he’s clearly in shock, by which I mean the actual medical condition: rapid pulse, confusion, lusterless, staring eyes. Boston bombing: We would have been standing right there 2013-04-30T00:00:00Z Mrs. Beegan is a scheming and superficial Mrs. Bennet doppelganger, criticizing everything, including her daughter’s lusterless pearls and her choice in men. ‘Everybody Rise’ review: A witty tale about a high-society wannabe 2015-08-12T04:00:00Z In some ways, the White Sox resemble the 2021 Nationals — a club with shiny parts and a lusterless record — minus the World Series pedigree. The Dodgers have a flawed roster. What team will help them upgrade at the trade deadline? 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z It is as indistinctive and lusterless a name as one might expect to emerge from 18 months of focus groups, marketing surveys and a massive amount of lawyering. Opinion | ‘Commanders’ may not be that exciting, but it represents progress worth celebrating 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z Foliage varies in texture from rough to smooth, glossy to lusterless. All-green woodland gardens can provide serenity | Produced by Advertising Publications 2019-06-28T04:00:00Z Finally, after almost two months of bad basketball, the Washington Wizards made a significant trade to do something about their lusterless state. Perspective | Wizards’ trade for Trevor Ariza is a short-term fix. Long-term issues remain. 2018-12-15T05:00:00Z Indeed, a perfect cap to this lusterless proceeding was the recent news that AT&T hired New York taxi entrepreneur and fixer Michael Cohen to explain the Trump administration to it. Why the AT&T Case Suddenly Matters 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z The spruceness had left him; all the color, too, had gone from his face, which was now sickly white—an evil face with its sandy mustache streaked with gray and its lusterless green eyes. The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z His head was like a cocoanut set on its smaller end, and covered with thick, stiff, lusterless black hair, cut close and growing in a rounded point on his forehead. Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z The lusterless surface produced when tung oil varnishes are dried in vitiated air would tend to confirm the conclusion that the oil is very subject to atmospheric influences. Paint Technology and Tests 2011-09-15T02:00:12.263Z Her large and lusterless eyes gazed at them with indifference. Throckmorton 2011-07-25T02:00:15.900Z The arm rose higher until the muzzle of the pistol glared, like a baleful lusterless eye, into Kent’s face. The Secret of Lonesome Cove 2011-06-07T02:00:12.563Z After a long, lusterless history, 45-47 Park Place became the focus of contention after locals learned that a developer wanted to turn it into an Islamic community center and mosque. | A Quest Cut Short by a Bus Crash 2011-03-22T12:31:27Z The pulsing of a muffled engine came with them, a prow took shape, a shine of wood and brass above the lusterless tide. Miss Maitland Private Secretary 2011-03-08T03:00:39.100Z The house was set against the side of a cliff of solid, black, lusterless coal. Polaris of the Snows 2011-03-02T03:00:28.900Z Now one hand patted Granny's fat cheek, and another smoothed the lusterless gray hair. A Maid of the Kentucky Hills 2011-02-04T03:00:15.877Z Under their heavy lids his sightless eyeballs, whitely opaque and lusterless, turned mutely toward the sound of the horse hoofs. The Valiants of Virginia Her eyes were deep wells, shaded but luminous, under the lusterless dark of her hair, and her smile flashed a girlish benignity upon him. Ewing\\'s Lady She might have been young, but she was old in the native way, flabby, coarse-grained, with sagging wrinkles, with lusterless hair streaming about her face. Where the Pavement Ends But his eyes dominated his entire personality, for they were a cold chilling black, lusterless and unwinking, as unrevealing as twin diamonds. Death Makes A Mistake A large man stood over the recumbent figure, his lusterless eyes regarding the crimson-puce incision, but he did not move. Elegy Her heavy coat no longer shone with gloss but lay flat and lusterless. The Whelps of the Wolf And all was white and lusterless save the warning dusk of her eyes and the flash from her parting lips. Ewing\\'s Lady After a year and a half or two years, crêpe-de-chine, lusterless silk, etc., may be worn in place of the crêpe-trimmed gowns, with black hats or bonnets, and dull jet ornaments. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 1 March 1906 She was too big and strapping for a woman, but otherwise not unattractive with her lusterless hair, slightly thick-featured face, small sagging bosom and heavy-calved legs. The Dictator In the gray, drawn face, the dull, lusterless eyes, she recognized Elijah Berl. The Vision of Elijah Berl Some to whom he administered the last rites of the Catholic church, showed by the glassy expression of their lusterless eyes, that the grim visitor already held them within his grasp. In and Out of Rebel Prisons It was pale under the dark hair—her hair stopped short of being black, and was lusterless—with only a bit of scared pink in her cheeks, after that ride of the day before. Ewing\\'s Lady Aren’t you happy?” she abruptly added, unable longer to withstand the appeal which issued mutely from the lusterless eyes before her. Carmen Ariza Her hair was disheveled, large, dark rings encircled her heavy, lusterless eyes, now swollen with weeping, and there was a look of helpless and hopeless despair in her glance that aroused Houston’s pity. The Award of Justice Or, Told in the Rockies A Pen Picture of the West His eyes were lusterless, his two rough hands clenched nervously. The Twins of Suffering Creek Their emaciated forms and lusterless eyes, told a painful story of the starvation and suffering they had endured for the preservation of their country, and for their loyalty to the flag. In and Out of Rebel Prisons A stern mouth—steady, lusterless, severe eyes, a dignity—yes, even a majesty of mien which she did not attempt to soften into graciousness; black, trailing draperies; a haughty pride of movement. The First Violin A Novel Still her great black eyes, her coarse, uncombed, lusterless black hair falling over her sun-burned face, her red arms and feet streaked with the red soil, were all familiar to him. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. X (of X) - America - II, Index No matter what the size, or how perfect the shape, it is nothing, if dead and lusterless. A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public Their fierce depths were dull and lusterless as they rolled vaguely around. The Twins of Suffering Creek His eyes were lusterless; he raised them and looked slowly round the court. The Brothers Karamazov Arthur lifted up his head in a fright, and saw a pallid face and lusterless eyes. The Art of Disappearing The plumes of the wings are set studiously in their places,—they, also, lusterless. Ariadne Florentina Six Lectures on Wood and Metal Engraving Her eyes were large, lusterless and of a weak and faded blue, but Josephine had read novels and knew what speaking eyes meant. Hester's Counterpart A Story of Boarding School Life Fencing in the enclosure at twenty-yard intervals and reaching upward to the ceiling were slender posts of some lusterless black metal. Zehru of Xollar The whole of it lay under a four-foot layer of snow and gleamed dead white and lusterless, but even so its aspect was more inviting than the gloomy forest through which they had come. The Yellow Horde Her lusterless eyes were fired by the only thing that could fire them: her bitter jealousy. Hidden Gold The description of the untamed faun as he then appeared is not flattering: his complexion sallow, his hair stiff, his figure slight, his expression lusterless, his manner insignificant. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. I. (of IV.) It is constructed either of cotton or wool, or of an intermixture of these fibers, and is a coarse-threaded, loosely woven, light-weight fabric, more or less spongy and elastic, with an unfinished, lusterless surface. Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades The entire skull and face were covered with small, closely overlapping scales of lusterless gray. Zehru of Xollar “What’s the matter with him?” asked Lydia, rubbing her hand luxuriously over the satin-smooth, lusterless wood of the sofa’s high back. The Squirrel-Cage These cases go on from bad to worse; the horse constantly and rapidly loses in condition, becomes very much emaciated, the eyes are hollow and lusterless, and death occurs from inanition. Special Report on Diseases of the Horse Seen from without, these apparently tame and lusterless lives rouse pity rather than envy. The Simple Life Everything about this lady was black, from her shoes of suède to the hat that she had discarded; lusterless black covered her to her bare throat. The Woman in Black Large they were, and black—the dull, opaque, lusterless black of platinum sponge. Skylark Three Fong Wu, for the first time, looked fully at the white man, marking the sallow, clayey face, with its dry, lined skin, its lusterless eyes and drooping lids. The Spinner's Book of Fiction The front of the iris has exchanged some of its dark, clear brilliancy for a lusterless yellow, and the depth of the eye presents more or less of the greenish-yellow shade. Special Report on Diseases of the Horse He had been clay and earthenware before, now he was a dear-bought pearl; a dull and lusterless stone before, now a ruby glowing. Memorials of the Faithful From beneath a slightly receding forehead two lusterless eyes peered apprehensively about the room, and each time the door opened the man started violently in his seat. The Substitute Prisoner They were of sadly similar appearance, tall, thin, shoulders stooped, hair dull and lusterless, eyes dry and bright. Sunny Slopes He was at one end where a shadow cloaked him, but he lighted a cigarette and the match that flared up threw an orange-red light on his face, showing eyes which were lusterless. The Lighted Match The animal becomes poor in flesh, the coat is rough and lusterless, and the skin tight and harsh, producing a condition termed "hidebound," with considerable "tucking up" of the abdomen. Special Report on Diseases of the Horse Mourning silks should be perfectly lusterless, and the ribbons worn without any gloss. Our Deportment Or the Manners, Conduct and Dress of the Most Refined Society His hair and beard were unkempt and matted, and his eyes and cheeks were lusterless and sunken; but I will describe him no further. When Knighthood Was in Flower or, the Love Story of Charles Brandon and Mary Tudor the King's Sister, and Happening in the Reign of His August Majesty King Henry the Eighth Gunmetal shoes are preferable for everyday wear, for such shoes are lusterless and can be cleaned with oils instead of polish, which is destructive to the best leather, even when sparingly used. Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada His eyes, MacRae thought, were disagreeably like the eyes of a dead fish, lusterless and sunken; a cold man with a suave manner seeking his own advantage. Poor Man's Rock One of the men was awake; and, catching Desmond's lusterless eyes fixed upon him, he sat up and returned his gaze. In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India He was well dressed and groomed—Denholm saw to that—and his face composed, though very pale; the eyes lusterless. The Fur Bringers A Story of the Canadian Northwest Wood that looks lusterless is usually defective, because the lack of luster is generally due to disease. Studies of Trees If the disease continues long the hair becomes dry, lusterless and falls out. Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada Rose Stillwater wore a navy blue, lusterless silk traveling dress, with hat, veil and gloves to match, all very plain, but extremely becoming to her fresh complexion and ruddy hair. For Woman's Love Walls and pavement were of unpolished marble, lusterless white. The City of Delight A Love Drama of the Siege and Fall of Jerusalem Digestion, or rather assimilation, is impossible; and pasty face and lusterless eyes become the rule. The Easiest Way in Housekeeping and Cooking Adapted to Domestic Use or Study in Classes His face was wan and drawn with anguish, his cheeks were hollow, his eyes sunken, heavy and lusterless; his form was bowed, his steps feeble and faltering. Mona A lusterless silk is sometimes employed, also crepe de chine. Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada Cora wore her widow's dress of lusterless black silk with mantle, bonnet, veil and gloves to match. For Woman's Love The man shifted his great bulk uneasily in his chair and fastened his lusterless little eyes upon Armitage. The Port of Missing Men They looked at him with wan smiles and lusterless eyes, and hovered past shadowlike, leaving behind for him nothing but dust, nothing but a hardly cicatrized wound. The Youth of the Great Elector On this was stretched an old man whose face was sunken, whose eyes were lusterless, whose hand was long and thin and bony, and whose voice was attenuated and pitched in a falsetto key. By the Golden Gate Mr. Wilbur had arrived the night before, together with his sister, whose marble cheek and lusterless eye even then foretold the lonely grave which awaited her far away 'neath a foreign sky. 'Lena Rivers They drove up silently through a lusterless midnight with a threat of rain in it, hitting loosely against each other in a shiver-my-timbers taxicab. The Vertical City Her long, lusterless, brown hair was twisted around a high-topped tortoise-shell comb; it was so heavy and so carelessly twisted that the comb started backward, threatening to fall out. The Morgesons Sylvia came up close to her, looking into her lusterless eyes with deep entreaty. The Bent Twig You will get the jaded face, and the dull, lusterless eyes, and the untidy hair with the dye showing on it. Evergreens Faces dull, eyes lusterless, they listen in a sort of trance. One Basket The men fell down as if lifeless, with slack faces and lusterless eyes, as though some one had turned off the current that had fed those dead creatures with strength from some unknown source. Men in War My hair was faded and rough; my eyes were a pale, lusterless blue. The Morgesons Her hair was dry and thin, her eyes lusterless, her complexion thick, with brown patches on it, and her conversation was of a domesticity unparalleled in Sylvia's experience. The Bent Twig He was, in short, a man completely broken—tall, thin, with a cadaverous face, out of which shone two huge, lusterless eyes. A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago The pale cheek, the lusterless eye, the languid step, speak but too plainly of oxygen starvation. Hygienic Physiology : with Special Reference to the Use of Alcoholic Drinks and Narcotics He had sprained one hip badly in his fall, and could not rise from the cot Mukoki was often at his side, his face thinner, his eyes more lusterless. Isobel : a Romance of the Northern Trail Still her great black eyes, her coarse uncombed lusterless black hair falling over her sunburned face, her red arms and feet streaked with the red soil, were all familiar to him. The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales With Condensed Novels, Spanish and American Legends, and Earlier Papers "No," said the "pirate," turning on Owen his lusterless sea-green eyes, faded by much grog to a dimness that reminded one of the faint lights set in ships' decks and known as "dead-eyes." The Perils of Pauline One was never looking forward to Winkelberg, and thus the sight of his wan, determined smile, his lusterless eyes and his tenacious crawl was invariably an uncomfortable surprise. A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago She saw in response only a dull, lusterless glow that was not like the Jan who had pursued her that day on the mountain-top. The Honor of the Big Snows Her lips were bloodless, her eyes lusterless; deep suffering seemed to have put hollows in her cheeks. Flower of the North A Modern Romance One of Pierrot's hands was done up in a sling, his face was thin and pale, and his dark eyes were sunken and lusterless. Philip Steele of the Royal Northwest mounted Police The fever had died out, the cheeks were very pale, and the unnaturally large, sunken eyes lusterless. Beulah He who had been so gloomy and lusterless and dead showed a bright eagerness. Wildfire Out of the twilight shone a wan, round, lusterless ring that Rea said was the sun. The Last of the Plainsmen His jet black lusterless hair was not shaven in the national manner, but worn long, and brushed back from his slanting brow with no parting, so that it fell about his white collar behind, lankly. The Yellow Claw In the center of it lay a deep bowl, wondrously symmetrical, and of a dark lusterless hue. The Call of the Canyon What charm is there in her maudlin love, in her hollow chest, in her lusterless eyes? The Schoolmistress, and other stories She looked at him from the depths of her still, lusterless eyes. The Vanished Messenger Stepan Arkadyevitch took the letter, looked with incredulous surprise at the lusterless eyes fixed so immovably on him, and began to read. Anna Karenina Still, her great black eyes, her coarse, uncombed, lusterless black hair falling over her sunburned face, her red arms and feet streaked with the red soil, were all familiar to him. Selected Stories of Bret Harte |
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