| 单词 | lustreless |
| 例句 | I see it as a night scene by El Greco: a hundred houses, at once conventional and grotesque, crouching under a sullen, overhanging sky and a lustreless moon. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Two lustreless showpieces are part of the reason why Marseille’s then manager, Raymond Goethals, is seldom recalled as a great outside France and his native Belgium despite an extraordinary career spanning nearly four decades. Raymond Goethals: Marseille's messiah who toppled mighty Milan | Paul Doyle 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z Bjørn Hansen, in “Novel 11,” lives a quiet life in the provinces, where he is troubled by the lustreless, arbitrary nature of his existence. Marginal Men Take Center Stage in the Novels of Dag Solstad 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z Behind the heavy waxen mask of his face, ambushed behind the Hanoverian nose, the little lustreless pig's eyes, the pale thick lips, there lurked a small devil of happy malice that rocked with laughter. Mortal Coils 2012-04-06T02:00:30.740Z The stagnant atmosphere burned with a lustreless, unchangeable and smouldering warmth. The Portland Sketch Book 2012-03-28T02:00:28.847Z But a few moments before, the sun, shorn of his beams by thick vapours belched forth from the crater above, rode lustreless aloft like a dim red ball. Baron Bruno Or, the Unbelieving Philosopher, and Other Fairy Stories 2012-03-28T02:00:24.407Z The room, whose high walls, dismally imposing, were supposed to hold the destinies of a hundred millions of human beings, was filled with lustreless wintry light. The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia 2012-03-18T02:00:21.430Z The hair becomes dry and lustreless in phthisis, and falls out during convalescence from many acute diseases. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z He is a most deplorable-looking man, very tall and thin, with faded, lustreless gray eyes, hollow, sallow cheeks, and a very lank, ugly, straight-haired beard, light brown in the middle. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:11.843Z She stood by the table in the full light of the lamp, her eyelids red, her eyes lustreless, her face worn; the very gloss seemed to have faded off her hair. Lawrence Clavering 2012-02-01T03:00:11.667Z It was as heavy and as lustreless as only despair can be. Istar of Babylon A Phantasy 2012-01-31T03:00:15.543Z The Ceylonese mix the lustreless pearls with other grains, with which they feed the poultry, in whose croops the pearls regain their former brilliancy after a few minutes' grinding. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume I (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-02T03:00:25.873Z A smile may over spread the face, animate the lip, and lighten up the natural eye; but there was the glass eye—fixed, lustreless, and dead. Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 2011-12-25T03:00:11.297Z For when those eyes, but a moment before lustreless and dead, lightened with that strange gleam, the dispirited clerk or discouraged gambler vanished. The Lash 2011-12-20T03:00:32.457Z The guacharo is said to build a bowl-like nest of clay, in which it lays from two to four white eggs, with a smooth but lustreless surface, resembling those of some owls. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" 2011-12-16T03:00:12.320Z Under the shade of a peepul, whose heart-shaped leaves sheltered him from the sun, sat a devotee staring fixedly into space with his lustreless eyes. The Heart of Denise and Other Tales 2011-12-14T03:00:15.733Z It was chiefly of white velvet, whose trailing heaviness blent with purple lengths of the same lustreless and sculpturesque fabric. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z His-naturally bright blue eyes are tired and lustreless; his strung frame seems to have lost all vigor and alertness; there in a look of utter despondency on his face. Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-11-12T03:00:36.860Z It was his wonted mask of impassive features and lustreless eyes that long caused Shaughnessy to be surprisingly and generally underestimated. The Lash 2011-12-20T03:00:32.457Z The rusted gates whose forgings fine Enlace a gilded coronet, Now dim in lustreless decline, Groaned as I passed the lichened shapes Of rampant griffin on each side, Stiff with heraldic, stony pride. The Call of the Mountains and other Poems 2011-10-28T02:00:27.360Z Her lustreless eyes were lifted, with a kind of ecstasy, in the sunlight, and then as no one answered, she added softly, "It makes one stop and think." The Builders 2011-09-19T02:00:09.067Z Her fair companions she outshone, As this or that transcendent star Makes all its sister orbs look wan And dim and lustreless and far. Sonnets and Other Verse 2011-09-11T02:00:08.503Z Tears gathered in the lustreless eyes of the prodigal; but he could not speak. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 21 2011-09-09T02:01:06.280Z Rather were they like a sluggish serpent's; lustreless, foreboding, unwinking and infinitely, sleeplessly sinister. The Lash 2011-12-20T03:00:32.457Z Wally got up, she was pale as death, her eyes were tearless, lustreless, like a stone. The Vulture Maiden [Die Geier-Wally.] 2011-07-25T02:00:17.960Z The lovely eyes were more hollow, more lustreless, than in former days; the silvery curls drooped more negligently about her face. A Twofold Life 2011-07-21T02:00:21.433Z For Harriet’s wonderful eyes no longer flashed with brilliancy but met her own with a dreary, lustreless gaze. Peggy Owen Patriot A Story for Girls 2011-07-17T02:00:32.837Z For one moment the chimney-gap is completely darkened: Gl�mr is looking down it; the flash of the red ash is reflected in the two lustreless eyes. A Book of Ghosts 2011-07-08T02:00:19.203Z His eyes no longer had their look of frank honesty, they were dull and lustreless, and leered morosely. The Trail of the Axe A Story of Red Sand Valley 2011-06-27T02:00:56.823Z The fugitive, twisted smile vanished away, the lustreless eyes stared into space. Linda Lee, Incorporated A Novel 2011-06-19T02:00:18.633Z In the hand specimen it is a dull, lustreless, stony-looking aggregate. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z Eunice was dressed with her usual just taste, in a lustreless mourning silk, a tiny illusion ruff enhancing the fairness of neck and face, her abundant hair arranged simply without ornament. Jessamine A Novel 2011-06-15T02:00:24.413Z "I fare well here, only I feel symptoms of ill health," said Schoppe, with lustreless eye and toneless voice. Titan: A Romance Vol. II (of 2) 2011-06-14T02:00:26.670Z "Ye are for Hennebon?" he asked in a quavering tone, rolling his lustreless eyes from one to the other. The Winning of the Golden Spurs 2011-05-17T02:00:18.050Z She was still a hearty, youngish old woman, but I don't know why all at once I suddenly pictured her with lustreless eyes, a wrinkled face, bent, decrepit.... White Nights and Other Stories The Novels of Fyodor Dostoevsky, Volume X 2011-05-07T02:00:35.433Z Her mourning gown of lustreless, thin black silk fitted perfectly the curves of her finely moulded figure, and at her throat she had fastened a spray of white star jasmine. A Speckled Bird 2011-05-06T02:00:09.097Z Only the record of long years grown green Upon the mirror's lustreless dead sheen, Grown dim at last, when all else withered there. Rose Leaf and Apple Leaf 2011-04-20T02:00:22.033Z They are lithe, active, and occasionally very good-looking, in spite of their pasty complexions and somewhat lustreless dark eyes. Cuba Past and Present 2011-04-16T02:00:18.193Z Nevertheless certain marked characteristics—large hooked nose, prominent watery eyes, thick pendulous and almost everted under lip, rough frizzly lustreless hair—are sufficiently general to be regarded as racial traits. Man, Past and Present 2011-03-28T02:00:29.283Z Her blue homespun dress lay in lustreless folds about her. The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains 2011-03-22T02:00:18.637Z The creamy foam of flowers that had sent its little pungent petals, shaped like tiny sea-shells, floating down upon their two happy heads, has changed to lustreless red berries. Doctor Cupid 2011-03-13T03:00:23.987Z The once brilliant eyes were lustreless, the once smooth brow was deeply furrowed, the dark hair was flecked with gray. Vineta The Phantom City 2011-01-21T03:00:10.377Z Their black, lustreless hair drawn very low on their foreheads gave their eyes the appearance of torches burning in sombre woods. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z When the sun rose over the mountain-tops in front, it hung lustreless and shrouded in mist. The Baron's Sons 2010-12-20T17:12:02.667Z James's eyes were fixed upon him intensely, and the lustreless orbs of his visiter repaid the looks with as intent a gaze, and made a thrill of superstitious terror run over his body. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 16 Her sharp features and sallow complexion had an unwholesome look, her hair was lank and lustreless, and the bright, dark eyes did not hold a pleasant expression. The Jolliest Term on Record A Story of School Life As the clock struck three he entered, streaming wet, with lustreless eyes, and his damp unkempt hair matted on his forehead. The Wish A Novel Mechanically she bathed and breakfasted—Miss Waddle the younger gazing askance at her white cheeks and lustreless eyes. Norine's Revenge; Sir Noel's Heir There is nothing in the shape of his head, or in his lustreless eyes, nothing but a certain elegance which age has not affected. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 16 Their lustreless eyes and leaden lips tell of ague, and their sad, thoughtful faces bespeak those who are often called upon to meet peril, and who are destined to lives of emergency and hazard. The Fortunes Of Glencore Her hair was of a lustreless black, and her figure was delicately, but superbly, formed. With Edge Tools That careworn, haggard face, that tremulous cheek and lustreless eye, were already an instalment of his vengeance. Roland Cashel Volume II (of II) With dreary, lustreless eyes he received the blandishments of the feminine throng which had elevated him to popularity; with tired, joyless heart he buried himself in his lonely home after the treadmill hours were over. Love's Usuries It possessed a quality, milky but lustreless, reminiscent of the shroud through which the shadowy figures had paraded. The Gray Mask He had lost entirely the use of one eye, and the other rolled feebly and lustreless in a watery orbit. Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. II. The eyes squinted, lustreless and opaque, the nose was squat, the chin retreated, the forehead was seamed with scars, and the mouth, that stretched to the ears, was extended with laughter. The Truth About Tristrem Varick A Novel And Adèle, turning,—in a maze of terror, as she thought of that death-clasp,—saw that her eyes had fallen open,—open, and fixed, and lustreless. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 98, December, 1865 My wig maker could not seem to satisfy me, so I finally took a short-haired black wig, and braided into it one hundred strands, made of lustreless wool. Confessions of an Opera Singer Out of the five horses one only seemed lively, and inclined to eat; the remaining four, with hanging heads, lustreless eyes, and drooping ears, seemed indifferent to all around them. Adventures of Hans Sterk The South African Hunter and Pioneer He had suddenly become an old man, with hollow cheeks and lustreless eyes. Waldfried A Novel Her eyes were no longer lustreless, they glittered like twin stars, and still she laughed, her naked breast heaving with the convulsions of her mirth. The Truth About Tristrem Varick A Novel The priest staggered back, and fell heavily into a chair; a livid hue spread itself over his features, and his eyes grew glassy and lustreless. The O'Donoghue Tale Of Ireland Fifty Years Ago Moreover, if he ever lights on a genuine gem, he cannot keep his hands off it, but paws it over and over till it is as lustreless as its companions. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 94, August, 1865 These have a short lustreless hair, and their principal value is in the oil that is extracted by the few seal hunters who seek them. The Last Cruise of the Saginaw His wasted limbs but half filled his clothes; while in his lustreless eye and quivering lip there seemed the signs of coming death. The Daltons, Volume II (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life Kate arose, and opening the door softly, beheld old Andy; his shrivelled features and lustreless eyes appearing in a state of unusual excitement. The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life Her lustreless hair, which might have been soot metamorphosed into straight broad strands, was drawn back severely, without ornament or visible pins, over her shapely skull. The Bright Shawl The other gods, mainly divinities of prey and of havoc, were lustreless as the imaginations that conceived them. The Lords of the Ghostland A History of the Ideal Never before had she noticed the lifeless hair strained from the colourless tan of the thin face, the lustreless eyes, the ill-fitting, faded calico wrapper that dropped in meaningless folds from the spare figure. The Blue Goose The great organ pipes appear cold and lustreless, and the light tints on the walls are not very comforting. Camilla: A Tale of a Violin Being the Artist Life of Camilla Urso The eyeholes were now lustreless; but the rudely-carved gap, that just before had been a mouth, still seemed to twist itself into a despairing grin, and was so far human. The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 3, March, 1852 Gazing into a piece of looking-glass that served her for a mirror, she marked with sorrowful pride her transparent skin and lustreless eye. The Plow-Woman He realised for the first time that he was alone, and that it was possible for brilliant sunshine, even on a cloudless day, to become somehow lustreless and dull. Jimbo A Fantasy Such pictures, if they do not kill everything hung on the walls with them, make even a brilliant canvas look comparatively lustreless. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 91, May, 1865 No perfect or refined form can be expressed except in opaque and lustreless matter. The Stones of Venice, Volume I (of 3) He watched as best he could from his bound position while a tall figure in robes of lustreless black appeared to stand beside him. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, December 1930 I could understand his regarding it as of small importance when I looked at it, for the metal was almost black, and the stones lustreless and dull. The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 29, May 1893 An Illustrated Monthly Presently the body became silvery white, followed slowly by alternating hues of pearl and yellow, and finally death left it of a dull, lustreless gray. Due South or Cuba Past and Present Still he kept that horrid position of his upon the chair, staring at her with his large, open, lustreless eyes. Marion Fay Iron is, however, opaque; and both it and opaque enamel may, perhaps, be rendered quite lustreless; and, therefore, fit to receive noble form. The Stones of Venice, Volume I (of 3) Thin, elastic as sheer silk web, opaque, lustreless. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 The complexion was of lustreless ivory, the black hair wound round and round. Dreamers of the Ghetto The nostrils are dry, the eyes lustreless, and the child sheds no tears. The Mother's Manual of Children's Diseases Richling went on eagerly to tell about the plain, lustreless man whose one homely gift had fascinated him. Dr. Sevier On setting out for Cairndow early next morning, all the crew had wistful, lustreless eyes, confused thoughts, and bad consciences. Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland Her lustreless light-brown hair is covered with a gauzy veil and a reddish-brown cap. Holbein Her eyes had strange depths of passion, perfumes breathed from her skin, lustreless like dead ivory. Dreamers of the Ghetto On hearing these words, the girl dropped her arms, as though struck by lightning, and stood motionless, staring at Mario with lustreless eyes. Cuore (Heart) An Italian Schoolboy's Journal When the Cape of Good Hope was doubled, these Italian centres grew comparatively weak and lustreless. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 122, December, 1867 Letty regarded the newcomer with eyes that seemed lustreless in spite of their tiny gold flames. The Dust Flower Her wedding gown was a thick, lustreless silk, of a delightful yellowish olive, her bonnet white. Quaker Hill A Sociological Study Rosemary's eyes were grey and lustreless, her hair ashen, and almost without colour. Master of the Vineyard I tell you—and I swear it——' She stopped and trembled, her eyes, from which the colour had gone, wide open and lustreless, her face pallid and ashen, her mouth hanging open. The Fifth Queen Crowned He had a great shapeless head that waggled heavily on his shoulders, his eyes were lustreless, and his mouth hung open, frequently his tongue lagged out. The Wonder She did not notice that her son's usual gravity was intensified, or that his very lips were pallid, and his eyes careworn and lustreless. The Hero She looked at the hair already gray, the hard, pinched face, the lustreless eyes. Northern Lights "Ah, dearee me," she said slowly, looking at him with lustreless eyes. Tom Brown at Oxford She saw the tears streaming down the face of the weather-beaten mariner, and watched the wrecked soul as it looked out through the lustreless eyes. Saronia A Romance of Ancient Ephesus Pearls dead and lustreless, float back to Death,-- You from the sun-dust born and starry spray, Life set you free and warmed you with his breath A day, and Night hath fallen on that day. The Masque of the Elements The eyes that met mine were dim and glazed, lustreless and dead as the eyes of a fish dragged from watery depths. Frenzied Finance Vol. 1: The Crime of Amalgamated “You want to pay a debt you think you owe,” she said, in a strange, lustreless voice, turning to him at last. Northern Lights Now and then, but very rarely, the lustreless eyes lighted up, just before he put in some steady, determining stroke which brought out the meaning of the design. Casa Braccio, Volumes 1 and 2 The nails are soft, thin and brittle, splitting easily, and are often opaque and lustreless, and may have a worm-eaten appearance. Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine The eyes, still full of hatred though they were growing lustreless and dull, were fixed on Tony's face with a blinkless stare. Colonial Born A tale of the Queensland bush And right at the foot of the staircase lay Dolly Crewe, the lustreless, trailing black dress making her skin seem white as marble, her pretty face turned half downward upon her arm. Vagabondia 1884 Yes, she was beautiful still, even although her face was drawn and haggard and the hair which he remembered so well was lustreless. The Day of Judgment He had a sad face, with deep, lustreless, thoughtful eyes, which seemed to peer inward rather than outward. Casa Braccio, Volumes 1 and 2 The hairs are involved early in the disease, become brittle, lustreless, break off and fall out. Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine The morning sun hung, a red, lustreless ball, in the dull grey sky. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1902 to 1903 The lustreless heavy folds of her black silk might contrast sharply with her white skin, but they could not bring about that subtle, almost incomprehensible change in her whole appearance. Vagabondia 1884 He could not bring himself to say that he thought so, as he observed their cracked lips, their lustreless eyes, and anxious looks. The Voyages of the Ranger and Crusader And what befell their Passengers and Crews. Miss Todd coaxed, wheedled, stormed, and finally pulled the clothes away by force and displayed the rash to the dark, lustreless eyes of Dr. Jinaradasa. A harum-scarum schoolgirl There was wool upon their crowns—they had evidently been negroes—and their eyes were still in their heads, though lustreless and dried up within the sockets like the rest of the flesh. Ran Away to Sea Fine, lustreless, silky hair was pushed back into a net glittering with shining specks under the narrow-brimmed straw hat. The Continental Monthly, Vol 6, No 5, November 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy It was dull and lustreless, but all its beauty of texture remained. The Heart of Unaga The man in question wore dead black beard, and his eyebrows were of the same intense, lustreless hue. Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the War The lids with their silken fringe dropped wearily over the lustreless eyes. A Ride With A Mad Horse In A Freight-Car 1898 His face was white as a sheet, the fair hair matted and tangled, the eyes sunken and surrounded with a dark colour, and dead and lustreless. Eric, or Little by Little When the wars began his lustreless spirit burst into brilliance. Debts of Honor In the slaty twilight the garden's verdure was lustreless, grass and foliage uniformly sombre save where dewdrops showed like beryls. Chivalry You know that men put gold through the fire to purge it of the dross that makes it dim and lustreless. 'Smiles' A Rose of the Cumberlands The sun hung low in the western sky, lustreless as a wafer, but ruddy. Julia And Her Romeo: A Chronicle Of Castle Barfield From "Schwartz" by David Christie Murray And then he bent a lustreless eye upon his own portrait, so sombre and gallant upon the wall, with the gold of the lace and epaulettes a little tarnished. Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure It moved slowly on; fat, lustreless, indolent, hueless; reached at length its den, and there squatted aloft, loving the darkness; its young swarming around, its prey held in its forceps, its nets cast about. Wisdom, Wit, and Pathos of Ouida Selected from the Works of Ouida Grief stared straight before him with lustreless eyes for a full minute, as if summoning some vision to his inner sight. A Son Of The Sun Her lustreless pupils continued to attach themselves to my countenance, and it was only her air of belonging to another century that kept them from being importunate. The Author Of Beltraffio The eyes, though heavy and lustreless, were wide, wide open, and the white little lips wavered into a ghost of a smile, as Brenton crossed the threshold. The Brentons When the party ran towards him, he looked up in their faces with lustreless eyes, and then sank fainting on the ground. Fort Desolation Red Indians and Fur Traders of Rupert's Land She kept awake until her pretty black eyes became lustreless, until her pretty brown face became expressionless, until the effort to continue awake became hopeless. The Rover of the Andes A Tale of Adventure on South America His projecting, dropping lower jaw exhibited the few decayed teeth he had in his head, which, with his lustreless eyes, made him look the very picture of decrepitude. In New Granada Heroes and Patriots “Mother!” whispered the young officer, and the light returned to his eyes, which had appeared so lustreless. Ronald Morton, or the Fire Ships A Story of the Last Naval War There were still traces of determination about his mouth, his nose was finely cut, and his lustreless eyes still retained occasional flashes of their old spirit. Roger Ingleton, Minor His smile was set, and not only curved the lips but filled the large, lustreless eyes. The Daffodil Mystery The eyeholes were now lustreless but the rudely carved gap that just before had been a mouth still seemed to twist itself into a despairing grin, and was so far human. Short Stories of Various Types The brown eyes, dull and lustreless, staring out of the drawn white face, expressed the hopeless wonderment the man had seen in the glazing orbs of a stricken deer. The Secret of the Storm Country The point is that minds should be fresh and clear, rather than stagnant and lustreless. Joyous Gard Its weakness, its limits broke upon him; tacitly blaspheming he looked with a lustreless eye at the palpable, polished, "toned" objects designed for suspension on hooks. The Tragic Muse She comes not yet! the shadowy stars seem sad and lustreless without their Queen. Alroy The Prince Of The Captivity A black handkerchief was just twined round his forehead, for his head had been shaved, except a few curls on the side and front, which looked stark and lustreless. Henrietta Temple A Love Story The lank black hair appeared lustreless by comparison. Brood of the Witch-Queen Dull, yellow, heavy, lustreless— With less of radiance than the burnished tress, Crumpled on Beauty's forehead: cloddish, cold, Kneaded together with the common mold! The New Penelope and Other Stories and Poems As it lay there, however, it appeared dull and altogether lustreless. Making the Most of Life They were colourless, and lustreless in comparison with the diamond pin in his neckcloth. Foe-Farrell An overwhelming suspense burned in the dark, lustreless eyes which met his own. The Danvers Jewels, and Sir Charles Danvers Save for the short, lustreless hair it was the face of a handsome, evil woman. Brood of the Witch-Queen The night was dark and of that dull, lustreless aspect which not even the white snow on roof and footpath could relieve. The Bastonnais Tale of the American Invasion of Canada in 1775-76 And you and I must be the hand of Christ to these lustreless or stained lives. Making the Most of Life Splendid robes, hangings, furniture, architecture, jewels, armor, appeared everywhere, and not in flat, lustreless hues, but with that brilliancy which they possess in nature. A Text-Book of the History of Painting Her eyes were very dark and lustreless against the increased pallor of her cheeks. From the Housetops The eyes are dead, sunken and lustreless, and in many cases hold in their depths a look of wild, unsettled fear that denotes rapidly approaching insanity. Manhood Perfectly Restored Prof. Jean Civiale's Soluble Urethral Crayons as a Quick, Painless, and Certain Cure for Impotence, Etc. What more repellent than the sweeping robes of lustreless crape, and the purposed hideousness of the heavy cap in which the widow laments the "deliverance" of her husband "from the burden of the flesh"? Death—and After? No gems or jewels are so precious; but as we see them in their earthly condition they are dull and lustreless, without brightness or loveliness. Making the Most of Life The Florentines were fond of lustreless fresco, architectural composition, towering or sweeping lines, rather sharp color as compared with the Venetians, and theological, classical, even literary and allegorical subjects. A Text-Book of the History of Painting As he began to read, his eye was lustreless, his gait slack and dreary; but soon his whole demeanour changed, it cannot be said for the better. Gentle Julia It would have been cruel to continue with them, they were so wasted, and even their eyes were dull and lustreless. South with Scott Just opposite where she sat was one of lustreless old mahogany, extending the width of the wall between two doors, rearing itself upon slender legs, set with multitudinous drawers, and surmounted by a clock. Jane Field A Novel Deep mourning requires the heaviest black of serge, bombazine, lustreless alpaca, delaine, merino or similar heavily clinging material, with collar and cuffs of crape. Our Deportment Or the Manners, Conduct and Dress of the Most Refined Society It was not alone the dulled, lustreless eyes, but also those hollows under them, and the drawn lips, all combining to tell the story of physical fatigue, and a heart-sickness well-nigh unendurable. Beth Norvell A Romance of the West He found Kunda's face darkened, her eyes lustreless, her body relaxed. The Poison Tree A Tale of Hindu Life in Bengal A lustreless sun stood in the sky like a moon, and its shadows were ghostly. I.N.R.I. A prisoner's Story of the Cross Only the record of long years grown green Upon the mirror's lustreless dead sheen, Grown dim at last, when all else withered there Dead, broken, lustreless! A Handbook for Latin Clubs His hair was coarse, and black, and lustreless; it hung heavily over a heavy brow. The Romance of the Coast She was of a middle size, serious and dark, with a mass of black lustreless hair. Adventures of a Despatch Rider It lay like one of the metal mirrors that we sell the Indians, a lustreless gray sheet that threw back twisted pictures. Montlivet The sun was setting behind Jerusalem, over the heights, like a huge, red, lustreless pane of glass. I.N.R.I. A prisoner's Story of the Cross His head was drooping, and his eye lustreless. The Curious Book of Birds She wore a plain white tulle dress, over a lustreless white silk, an Illusion vail, a wreath of orange buds, and white kid gloves and gaiters. The Lost Lady of Lone His eye of fire was dim and lustreless—drops of agony fell from his drooping front, while from his labouring and mangled sides the mingled blood and foam poured in a thick and clotted stream. The Yankee Tea-party Or, Boston in 1773 Then the little one, abashed, at once became very quiet, and relapsed into gloomy stillness, with his lustreless eyes fixed on his potatoes, which, however, he did not eat. His Masterpiece Black, red, and gold—lustreless black of coke, lurid crimson of fresh blood, bright glaring yellow of gold new-minted—were the predominant notes in a colour scheme at once sombre and violent. The Day of Days An Extravaganza Already the brightness had gone from the sunset, leaving a dull red ball hanging lustreless between the clouds. Joanna Godden He wore a drooping brown moustache, and a lustreless brown beard, trimmed to an Elizabethan point. Grey Roses All day he could not drive the picture out of his head—the bounteous, graceful form, the heavy, dark, lustreless hair, the fascinating face, and the smile. Bressant The drops were no longer clinging to the leaves, they were spattering dull and lustrelessly to the ground. The Miracle Man At last she took all the flowers—dry, yellow, lustreless—and opened a sheet of white paper. Trumps To fill the pan with unscraped and unrinsed dishes, and pour half-warm water over the whole, is a method too often adopted; and the results are found in sticky dishes and lustreless silver. The Easiest Way in Housekeeping and Cooking Adapted to Domestic Use or Study in Classes Her gown was a lustreless black silk, trimmed with gold and made as plain as her modiste would—and the styles permitted. The Cab of the Sleeping Horse The rich black hair grew rusty, and the dark, delicate complexion became dull and lustreless. Bressant Her lustreless eyes fixed themselves again on the fire. Red Pottage Far as the eye could see was a lustreless green world of unbroken forest. The Man in the Twilight She was at the opera last night in peacock blue when every other woman was wearing that dead, lustreless white. The Wheel of Life The old lady thought this over, her lustreless eyes on Anna-Felicitas's face. Christopher and Columbus The eyes which Derek had always seen sad and lustreless glowed with a fire like the amber's. The Inner Shrine Her strong white hands became thinner; her lustreless eyes and haggard face betrayed her. Red Pottage But go where he would, he felt that the dim, lustreless eyes of the old man were following him. The Emperor of Portugalia Mrs. Payne fixed upon her a painted pair of eyes set in lustreless vacancy between two flashing diamond earrings. The Wheel of Life To be explicit, use lustreless frames and faded colours with old furniture and tapestry. The Art of Interior Decoration The heiress was attired in lustreless black silk elaborately trimmed with jet. The Bell in the Fog and Other Stories She was a pretty child, with great, startled eyes, and a wilderness of short, dark hair on her little head: Raissa had also dark, lustreless hair. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 101, May, 1876 So now we know that those who to us are the ancients had a way of making diamonds and precious stones out of black and lustreless charcoal, a fact which approaches the incredible. After London Or, Wild England His hair, which should have been black, looked lustreless and bleached, and his skin seemed as if his blood had lost all colour and generosity, as if nothing but serum flowed in his veins. Master of His Fate For no message is flashed from the lustreless eyes, When clos-ed so languid and weary, And no voice from the darkness re-echoes our cries, In response to the agonized query! Mountain idylls, and Other Poems He looked at the pictures with unseeing, lustreless eyes, except when the boy asked him a question. Lady Rose's Daughter They turned their lustreless eyes upon the visitors, and a portly woman in a red waist with a little American flag in a buttonhole issued to them a nasal command to rise. Romance Island His head is heavy and his eyes are lustreless from yesterday's drinking-bout; he sighs and groans, trembles and coughs. The Cook's Wedding and Other Stories His nickname in the town was "the Mummy," as he was tall, very lean and scraggy, and always had a solemn air and a fixed, lustreless eye. The Party The lady chattered on, while the director gazed at her with lustreless, stupefied eyes like a man on the point of fainting, gazed and smiled from politeness. The Schoolmaster Shtchiptsov made no answer, but simply stared at the comic man with lustreless eyes, under which there were smudges of paint. The Horse-Stealers and Other Stories His hair and long, full beard were white, his gray, lustreless eyes sunken, his face singularly seamed with wrinkles which appeared to belong to two intersecting systems. The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce — Volume 2: In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians It opened full upon me its dull, glassy, lustreless eyes; stark, cold, and hideous it stood before me. Fifteen Years in Hell The Raphael surfaces are as a rule hard, dry, and lustreless, while Rembrandt's heavy, troubled paint is no mate for the airy touch of the Mercutio of Haarlem. Promenades of an Impressionist Though she leaned back in her chair, and courteously stopped painting, while he talked so earnestly, the light in her eyes faded to a lustreless gleam, like that of the black pearl. The Wild Olive There was no gleam of silver, even in the light—it was as lustreless as a field of snow upon a dark day. A Spinner in the Sun It lay in cloudy masses about her temples—wonderful hair, quite lustreless, so abundant that it seemed almost too much for the little head that bore it. The Way of an Eagle He came round to the side entrance now with two shining tin buckets and two lustreless eyes. The Mettle of the Pasture He turned toward those sharp and withered features, he saw the fallen jaw and lustreless glazed eye. Fort Lafayette or, Love and Secession The eye must become habituated to this rude, lustreless coloring, before we can discern its beauties. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 5 Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Switzerland, Part 1 He had never seen such wondrous perfection of line and feature, nor such a crown of splendour as her lustreless white hair, falling loosely about her shoulders. A Spinner in the Sun As Phosphor leads the kindling glory on, And fades, lost in the day-god’s bright excess, So didst thou in Redemption’s coming dawn, Grow lustreless, The fading herald of the Sun of Righteousness. The Poets and Poetry of Cecil County, Maryland "I will try," murmured Emmeline, struggling to smile; but oh, it was so unlike herself, so lustreless and faint, that Mrs. Hamilton hastily turned away to hide emotion. The Mother's Recompense, Volume 2 A Sequel to Home Influence Something of that mother-love in her which had so long been cheated showed in her lustreless eyes. The Top of the World His face was white as a sheet, the fair hair matted and tangled, the eyes sunken and surrounded with a dark color, and dead and lustreless. Eric At the sound, she sat up in bed, her heavy, lustreless white hair falling about her shoulders. A Spinner in the Sun In the slaty twilight the garden’s verdure was lustreless, the grass and foliage were uniformly sombre save where dewdrops showed like beryls. Chivalry Here and there on the high places the sparkling white was giving way to a dull, lustreless brown. Where the Trail Divides His usually lustreless eyes were gleaming with something more than despair; there was the wild light of unmistakable relief in them. The Man from Brodney's He bent over to look into her eyes, and found them fixed and lustreless. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 38, December, 1860 Since the "white night" which had turned her hair to lustreless snow, nothing had hurt her so much. A Spinner in the Sun Presently the dead maiden received a supernatural vitality, but her cheeks were wan, her lips livid, her eyes lustreless, and her lap-dog howled when it saw her. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook Faces dull, eyes lustreless, they listen in a sort of trance. Cheerful—By Request His hair had grown quite white, and his form was emaciated in the extreme; there was a broad scar across his forehead, and his dull, lustreless eyes were deeply sunken in his head. The Garies and Their Friends The ghastly paleness of her face could not, however, entirely rob it of its beauty, and her dark eyes were glazed and lustreless. Old Saint Paul's A Tale of the Plague and the Fire Far past the promise of her girlhood, the noble, transfigured face, with its glory of lustreless white hair, set his pulses to throbbing wildly. A Spinner in the Sun I could understand his regarding it as of small importance when I looked at it, for the metal was almost black and the stones lustreless and dull. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes In white persons there are spots or blotches of pale, lustreless appearance either irregular or symmetric, scattered over the body. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine Her countenance was long and haggard; Her cheeks and lips were bloodless; The paleness of death was spread over her features, and her eyeballs fixed stedfastly upon me were lustreless and hollow. The Monk; a romance The amber beads were trying to her complexion, or her dress was perhaps unbecoming: her face looked lustreless and almost ugly, and he had never loved it as he did at that minute. The Age of Innocence And, half revealed among the smoke, a yellow visage bent its lustreless eyes on Mother Rigby. Mosses from an Old Manse and other stories There would be a moon later, but at present even the stars seemed only so many pinpoints of dull metal, lustreless, without illumination. The Mountains He looked like a brigand that day, as he looked now, but he called every man his brother, and his eye, while black and lustreless as night, was as brooding and just as kind. Hell Fer Sartain and Other Stories The thing turned round—it had for a face and front those of my enchantress, but now of a pale greenish hue in the light of the morning, and with dead lustreless eyes. Phantastes, a Faerie Romance for Men and Women She felt very down-hearted; her hair was of that order which, glossy and smooth normally, is dry and harsh and lustreless for several days after being shampooed. The Golden Road The eyeholes were now lustreless; but the rudely-carved gap, that just before had been a mouth still seemed to twist itself into a despairing grin, and was so far human. Mosses from an Old Manse and other stories Thorpe's lustreless eye suddenly twinkled with mirth as he reached this conclusion; his heavy face brightened into a grin of delight. The Market-Place Life faced her; she looked the huge stone image squarely in the lustreless eyes. The Octopus : A story of California The shields upon many were quite loose, and removable by the hand, their lustreless surfaces still indistinctly exhibiting the name and title of the deceased. A Pair of Blue Eyes Why, he was literally skin and bone, and his fur was dull and lustreless. The Golden Road Mrs. Bread stared solemnly and then stretched her hands over her lustreless satin skirt, as if the perilous side of her situation were defining itself. The American The quick-silvery glaze on the rivers and pools vanished; from broad mirrors of light they changed to lustreless sheets of lead, with a surface like a rasp. Tess of the d'Urbervilles Over all, beneath a low and lustreless sky as flat as a plate, violet evening shadows were closing in like spectral skirts of the imminent night. The Bronze Bell He was an unhealthy, dissipated-looking young man, with lustreless eyes, a characterless chin, and an underfed moustache. Viviette It was the last day of November, cool and crackling outside, with a lustreless sun peering bleakly in at the windows. The Beautiful and Damned Mr. Shaynor in his chair, never moving, looked through and over me with eyes as wide and lustreless as those of a dead hare. Traffics and Discoveries Her gown was not satin, like the other, but of a soft, lustreless stuff, whose delicate lavender folds fell into the sweetest of violet shadows. In the Valley There Cerberus howls, and o'er the Stygian flood The dark ship goes; while on the clouded shore With hollow cheek and tresses lustreless, Wanders the ghostly throng. The Elegies of Tibullus Being the Consolations of a Roman Lover Done in English Verse "You see," she said, and sitting down, on a straight-backed chair, looked at me with lustreless eyes. The Vicar's Daughter And Eleanor, too … she would have to struggle with penury until she grew tired and lustreless!… The Foolish Lovers She had a round, peasant face, not without comeliness, and a lustreless shock of black hair. Helbeck of Bannisdale — Volume I Her eyes were lustreless, and her hair was besprinkled with gray, and yet the right man did not offer himself. Olaf the Glorious A Story of the Viking Age But then they are only the lustreless setting in which that jewel the seventh shines so gloriously. Birds of Prey She was sitting there before him—the mother of his children, of the sleeping ones, of the buried ones—the butterfly broken on the wheel of years: lustreless and useless now in its summer. Bride of the Mistletoe She had never been seen by the visitors at Hilton House in any other costume than this lustreless velvet. Run to Earth A Novel This was a youth, still quite young, with a wasted face, and sunken, lustreless eyes. A Desperate Character and Other Stories With withered cheeks and lustreless eyes she walked about, never uttering a sound of complaint, doubly pitiful in her silence. Dame Care After that she wears lustreless silks, trimmed with crape and jet, and goes to court if commanded. Manners and Social Usages The subtle aims that had inspired me were not perceived; the thoughts that had seemed new and beautiful to me fell flat and lustreless on the soul of others. The Pilgrims of the Rhine He looked at the ceiling with lustreless eyes. Barlasch of the Guard He kept his black, lustreless eyes fixed continually on Stavrogin with a calm but warm and kindly expression in them. The Possessed (The Devils) The constraint which weighed on every one began to lessen, the president turned over his papers, and Elsbeth gazed across at him with big lustreless eyes. Dame Care She was dressed in a lustreless black satin gown with a short train. A Passionate Pilgrim The lids with their silken fringe drooped wearily over the lustreless eyes. The Junior Classics — Volume 8 Animal and Nature Stories How dull and lustreless his dark eyes had become! Shallow Soil He was a young man, about twenty-seven, decently dressed, well made, slender and dark, with a pale, rather muddy-coloured face and black lustreless eyes. The Possessed (The Devils) This was the result of the house-cleaning of a common, edible rock oyster, and the pearl, dirty green and lustreless, merely a thin casket, for the noisome mud had not solidified. Tropic Days The gorgeous figure turned a lustreless eye upon the Duke, and said in a dead voice— "She was my mother!" The Prince and the Pauper, Part 8. That red, wrinkled, toothless face, those lustreless round eyes and touzled grey hair, those jerks and capers, that senseless halting speech! Knock, Knock, Knock and Other Stories Their pretty, dark feather dresses became rough and lustreless, and their eyes were riveted with hopeless longing on the sky without. The Wonderful Adventures of Nils I glanced at Leith as I spoke, and I fancied I detected a glint of amusement in the lustreless eyes that were turned in my direction. The White Waterfall The ancients treated lustreless gems differently, placing them before doves, under the belief that they could be polished by being pecked and played with by the gentle birds. Tropic Days By degrees a faint trace of colour began to flush Victor's cheeks, a smile modified the set of his mouth, the heavy-lidded eyes lost their lustreless opacity and glimmered with uncanny light. Red Masquerade I made no answer and only looked at him as he sat facing me, bent, round-shouldered, and clumsy, with his drowsy, lustreless eyes fixed on the ground. Knock, Knock, Knock and Other Stories Her unbrushed, lustreless hair hung about it in a dull mat, one of her hands was clutched in it—the hand was dirty. Up the Hill and Over A pale and ineffective wraith beside Eve, whose beauty, relieved in candleglow against the background of melting darkness, burned like some rare exotic flower set before a screen of lustreless black velvet. Alias the Lone Wolf The rose-colour in her cheeks would turn to ashen grey; her starry eyes would become dim and lustreless. Patty at Home Victor turned weary eyes his way, and under their black and lustreless regard the smile merged swiftly into a grin of nervous apology. Red Masquerade On the other hand, subthyroidized eyes tend to be sunken and lustreless. The Glands Regulating Personality He had a great, broad forehead, and an eye that did not gleam nor express the beauty of his creative mind, but was dull, and lustreless, matching his broken, flattened nose. Pictures Every Child Should Know A Selection of the World's Art Masterpieces for Young People Those sad, lustreless eyes of his Sovereign seemed to pierce his soul! Temporal Power How can I make you realize the glorious, bountiful, sun-steeped tropics under our cold grey skies, and amidst our pale, monotonous, lustreless greens? The Hawaiian Archipelago A full moon drenched the road to the lustreless colour of platinum, and late-blooming harvest flowers breathed into the motionless air aromas that were like low, half-heard laughter. Tales of the Jazz Age The old man was a little disturbed, and for a moment some slight sign of nervous excitement revealed itself in his lustreless eyes. The Revolution in Tanner's Lane Its windows being all to the north and long unopened, it was lustreless, dark, and musty with decay. Warlock o' Glenwarlock The M. P. stuck out a square jaw; he had a sallow skin, puffy under the eyes that were grey and lustreless. Three Soldiers For a long time she sat motionless, in the blank dreary silence of profound grief, her eyes fixed upon vacancy, dry and lustreless. Out of the Primitive The master never looks at me: he says I am heavy, dull, lustreless, useless. Bimbi Her face was unnaturally thin, with disfiguring hollows underneath her cheekbones; her lips lacked colour; even her eyes were lustreless. The Evil Shepherd All Brown's men had sprung up and crowded at his back with lustreless eyes. Lord Jim Her hair was lustreless, snowy white, and beautifully, though simply, dressed in a bygone fashion. Old Rose and Silver They were not dead and lustreless, but gleamed out of the shadowy caverns into which they had sunk, unyielding, indomitable in torment,—eyes of a spirit rebellious in the fumes.... The Inside of the Cup — Complete They were not dead and lustreless, but gleamed out of the shadowy caverns into which they had sunk, unyielding, indomitable in torment,—eyes of a spirit rebellious in the fumes . The Inside of the Cup — Volume 08 She was pale and lustreless from her disturbed night and early rising; and no opportunity offered to tell a melting tale. The Story Girl Then she laughed—actually laughed—and he had a vision of flashing white teeth, of a mouth breaking into pleasant curves, of dark mirth-lit eyes, lustreless no longer, provocative, inspiring. The Tempting of Tavernake Madame came in gowned in lustreless white, with heliotrope at her belt and in her hair. Old Rose and Silver Brave in the new gown, whose lustreless black velvet made even more brilliant her matchless skin, Harriet went to find Ward. Harriet and the Piper Again the strange attention, as if he was listening to something far off in the distance; the pupils of his hollow, worn, lustreless eyes were pin-points. The Blind Spot Her white forehead was low and broad, the lustreless black hair was swept back from it with almost startling simplicity, the line of her mouth was long, her lips a living red. The Heart of Rachael Oh! what a wreck she presented, with her pale, shrunken countenance, hollow, lustreless eyes, and bent, feeble body. Ten Nights in a Bar Room There is a splendour in upright life, beside which gems are lustreless; and a fineness of spirit whose beauty outvies the glitter of diamonds. Words of Cheer for the Tempted, the Toiling, and the Sorrowing Mrs. Grant looked at her narrowly from across the table, and noticed that her eyes, which had appeared large and glittering when she came home, were now lustreless, with the lids drooping heavily. All's for the Best Her face was colourless, her cheeks slightly hollowed, in her eyes he saw now the lustreless glow which frequently comes with a fatal sickness. God's Country—And the Woman "You must be frozen," she went on, fixing lustreless eyes on him. Ethan Frome Finally, he caught sight of the round, lustreless pebble hanging at her neck suspended by its strings of pearls. A Romance of Two Worlds His eyes, between sandy lashes and under thick sandy brows, were of a sea-blue in colour, his head was covered with a cap of thick, lustreless, sand-coloured hair. Martie, the Unconquered If lustreless at home, it was royally red abroad. Imperial Purple They found him at home and alone, and Fredersdorf saw from his pale countenance and lustreless eyes that his sensitive, easily excited nature had been deeply wounded by the late events. Berlin and Sans-Souci; or Frederick the Great and his friends He now lay burning with fever; a dark purple covered his cheek, and his eyes, which, but a few moments before, were dull and lustreless, now sparkled with fire. Frederick the Great and His Court The lanes that fed it were already thick with dust as in thirsty August, and instead of eglantine, wild-roses, and the rest, a smell of petrol hung upon hedges that were quite lustreless. The Garden of Survival I like it, this lustreless day," said Ned, "and those swallows pursuing their food up and down the lustreless sky. The Untilled Field Her hair, so long, hidden from the light and air by the veil she had worn, was flaccid and lustreless. The Lamp of Fate Skinning him was an easy process, but unfortunately his beautiful colouring soon disappeared, the old gold turning to white and the bright green to lustreless black. The Man-Eaters of Tsavo and Other East African Adventures The king sat with his hands folded on his knees, and his lustreless eye fixed on the windows, trembling incessantly from the roar of artillery and the rattle of musketry. Napoleon and Blucher The marble, the schist, the limestone, and the sandstone were giving way to a dark and lustreless lining. A Journey to the Interior of the Earth He looked pale; his form was bent, and trembling as if shaken by an inward fever; and even more singular appeared his down-hanging under-lip and the gloomy, morose expression of his lustreless blue eyes. Andreas Hofer Her long, light hair was lustreless, except Upon the ends, where burnished sunbeams slept, And on the earlocks; and she looped the curls Back with a shell comb, studded thick with pearls, Costly yet simple. Maurine and Other Poems Cornelius Doyle is an elder of the small wiry type, with a hardskinned, rather worried face, clean shaven except for sandy whiskers blanching into a lustreless pale yellow and quite white at the roots. John Bull's Other Island He stood more firm and upright; a dull, tawny hue overspread his face; his eyes, so sunken and lustreless in other days, were now distended and bright with the glare of insanity. Antonina Now I saw that where the radiant lances struck they—killed the blocks blackened under them, became lustreless; the sparkling of the tiny eyes—went out; the metal carapaces crumbled. The Metal Monster His head sank heavily back upon the pillow, and his eyes became more lustreless and fixed. Andreas Hofer Even as they looked, the fire went out in his eyes, spark by spark, until they were lustreless as ashes, and at last he put up his hand and wiped great drops from his forehead. The Ward of King Canute; a romance of the Danish conquest "Her golden tresses?" yes, they may be fair, And yet to me each shining silken tress Seems robbed of beauty and all lustreless - Too many hands have stroked Helena's hair. Poems of Cheer Raven dark hair, lustreless and dull, framed a pale, emaciated face from which ill-health had stripped almost all that had once been beautiful. The Hermit of Far End Their grooms were all sick, and wandered in a dazed and witless fashion about the castle, their faces deadly pale and their eyes lustreless. The Tavern Knight His beard was yet scarcely touched with gray, and his black, lustreless hair fell from under a round hat of felt with ragged tdges and uncertain color. A Mountain Europa With round, blood-shot eyes he gazed at the sky; they were dull and lustreless, as those of an idiot, and his chest heaved unevenly and with difficulty. The Man Who Was Afraid What else could be seen of the apartment by the faint light that struggled through the pall of fog outside the lustreless windows presented the ordinary aspect of a business sanctum. A Protegee of Jack Hamlin's and Other Stories A policeman pulled the little soldier by the arm; his drab figure with eyes fixed and lustreless, passed down and away. Five Tales Indeed, her tall, erect figure in black lustreless silk, appearing in a heavily shadowed doorway, or seated in a recessed window, gave a new and patrician dignity to the melancholy of the hacienda. The Bell-Ringer of Angel's She is a human poppy, her fuzzy dark hair is like a poppy's lustreless black heart, she has a poppy's tantalising attraction and repulsion, something fatal, or rather fateful. Villa Rubein, and other stories Everything about this lady was black, from her shoes of suede to the hat that she had discarded; lustreless black covered her to her bare throat. Trent's Last Case There was a gleam of fire in his lustreless eyes; he seemed to be glad to think that he was still proud. Crime and Punishment His emaciated face with the lustreless eyes retained but one expression: submission to his fate and firmness. Virgin Soil Mr. Arnold stared at the boy with lustreless eyes and hanging checks. David Elginbrod The furniture, originally rich and elegant, was now worn threadbare and lustreless. A Ward of the Golden Gate The eyes were lifeless, and lustreless, and seemingly pupilless, and I shrank involuntarily from their glassy stare to he contemplation of the thin and shrunken lips. The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 2 Then for a moment the face of the applicant lost its stolidity; the lustreless, staring eyes dropped. Ben-Hur; a tale of the Christ I saw her turning her lustreless eyes upon Jeanne; I saw her long wrinkled face, her toothless mouth, and that pointed chin of hers— like the chin of some puissant old fairy. The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard These are lustreless in ordinary use, but if touched by the vril wand they take a clear lambent flame, which illuminates, yet not burns. The Coming Race The door opened to a tall, white-haired woman in lustreless black silk. A Ward of the Golden Gate His face wore a leaden hue; the eyes were utterly lustreless; and the emaciation was so extreme that the skin had been broken through by the cheek-bones. The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 2 Though a dark man, he has an extraordinarily fair complexion; his jet-black hair contrasts finely with the lustreless tints of the neck and forehead. Letters of Two Brides Disraeli, with his lustreless eyes and face like some seamed Hebraic parchment, came also, and whispered behind his hand to the faithful Corry. The Works of Max Beerbohm The tones that were always so sweet for me will be troubled at times; and your eyes that lighted up with radiance from heaven at the sight of me, will often be lustreless for her. The Deserted Woman "I should like to see it through," Jorgenson muttered to himself ardently; and his lustreless eyes would flash for a moment. The Rescue A Romance of the Shallows A lustreless protrusive eye Stares from the protozoic slime At a perspective of Canaletto. Poems But the eyes were black and lustreless, and seemed not to see him. The Story of an African Farm, a novel The two students saw how dead and lustreless the eyes beneath had grown. Father Goriot Now you, my daughter"—the lustreless eyes again sought Rita's flushed face—"are vivid—intensely vital. Dope On Monday morning Penrod's faith in the coming of another Saturday was flaccid and lustreless. Penrod and Sam “I never ’ad none,” was the Cockney’s comment, as he gazed with lustreless, hopeless eyes into mine. The Sea Wolf She is thin and lustreless, But I love her. Sword Blades and Poppy Seed |
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