| 单词 | mousy |
| 例句 | He sat in the back of the Great Hall, not far from the horses, watching Abel, Rowan, and a mousy brown-haired washerwoman called Squirrel attack slabs of stale brown bread fried in bacon grease. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Girls can be tough, stuck-up or cheap, mousy or boy- crazy; or they can be brains and sucks and brownnosers, like boys, if they are thought to study too much. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Number 1, a mousy blonde who identifies herself as Marie F, climbs the stairs beside the stage and slouches to a microphone. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z There's a little girl next to me, bobbed mousy brown hair, strawberries on her dress collar. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Her hair was a mousy brown, her teeth, owing to an impoverished childhood, not well cared for. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The heat had softened the glue of Madam’s left mousy eyebrow, and it had begun to free itself from her face. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z And behind Javier, a shy boy, young and mousy, his hair black, his skin a light brown, peering out at Moss. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z They stared at each other, the small boy with tousled, mousy hair, the pinched pale woman with not a silver hair out of place. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z She was small and brunette and vaguely mousy. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z Tonks had appeared out of nowhere, her mousy hair wet with sleet. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z The girl had mousy brown hair and a simple brown dress. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Elodin closed the door and the mousy man flinched a little. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She didn’t recognize the two mousy white women who stood there. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I covered my own mousy hair with the curled wig trying to hide my triumph, trying to hide my smile. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z She sighs, and a strand of mousy brown hair falls in her eyes. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z He looked surprisingly plain, with mousy brown hair, tan skin, and average height, though Celaena had trouble not staring at his scar-flecked mouth. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z A young witch with a pale, heart-shaped face and mousy brown hair was sitting at the table clutching a large mug between her hands. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Her mousy hair all a-tangle on her head, her small eyes focusing first on the king, then on the table, then on the king again. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z But she pulled on her mousy brown wig anyway. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z She had always struck him as a mousy little thing, cute even, but not a girl he’d thought much about, beyond the baseline of teenage hormones that made anything female worth looking at. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The mousy woman who must be Finch’s stepmom stands next to him, her arm around a very small boy. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z He is a little man with mousy hair and misaligned pupils. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z It was her bedmaid, the mousy one with the limp brown hair. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Her mother had a skin-colored mole just to the left of her mouth and mousy, messy hair like her daughter’s. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Both the body of a vessel and its glaze changed color when fired; a vessel that went into the kiln a dull mousy color emerged a remarkable translucent green. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z She is a few inches taller than I am, with mousy brown hair and big lips. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z He had a silly sort of mousy grin on his face. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z She had curling, mousy brown hair and a pale face with two spots of color high on each cheek. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Vasan's halting, mousy demeanor complements the rest of the band's swagger, and watching her release her inhibitions through her guitar strings is a show all its own. "We Are Lady Parts," a fierce new comedy about a Muslim punk band, rocks our world 2021-06-03T04:00:00Z Toby Jones plays a mousy sound engineer called Gilderoy from Dorking in the 1970s; he has taken a job in a post-production studio in Italy, the Berberian sound studio of the title. Berberian Sound Studio – review 2012-08-30T14:30:01Z I found a few mousy bottles in this batch and did not include them among the 12 bottles, just as I would not recommend unbalanced or insipid wines, flaws more typical of mainstream labels. 12 Natural Wines to Drink Now 2022-02-15T05:00:00Z She's obviously too beautiful to be the mousy, dowdy wallflower the character demands, but by hunching her shoulders and darting her eyes, by playing up the clumsiness and never acknowledging her own beauty, she convinces. My favourite Hitchcock: Rebecca 2012-08-07T10:54:25Z “So it gave us the cue that we should not be too mousy,” Caples said, “and that this was a public building where there could be some expansiveness.” Secret No More: Louis Armstrong Center Amplifies Satchmo’s Vision 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z Ms. Serralles is convincingly meek as the younger Claire, her transformation from demanding mistress to mousy servant so complete that she seems to shrink in size. Theater Review: ?The Maids? by Jean Genet, From Red Bull Theater 2012-03-16T02:00:00Z And then the film takes a decisive turn, as Oshima’s mousy fiancée, Yoshie, who has been a mostly silent presence, suddenly moves to the center of the story. Shohei Imamura’s Documentaries at Anthology Film Archives 2012-11-09T23:03:37Z He also develops a crush on Denise, his assistant at the pharmacy, whom everyone calls mousy but whose innocent vitality appeals to an older man. Olive Kitteridge at Venice: An Our Town for Our Time 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z Frost, a mutant who can change into a diamond, was "a bespectacled, mousy child who had this power when she was young that she couldn't quite harness, the telepathy, the mind-twisting stuff," Jones said. The morning news: "Cleopatra," "X-Men" and more 2011-01-05T19:27:05Z Poppy presents herself as an introverted woman with a Bettie Page haircut and huge glasses – a mousy urban intellectual. We tried the bizarre "Only Murders in the Building" sandwich and have thoughts 2022-08-27T04:00:00Z Frustratingly "Moxie" merely plays at rioting by placing Robinson's mousy Vivian in the invisible heroine role and only granting her a semblance of psychological range. Amy Poehler's banal "Moxie" is a dream of a rebel girl made by and for her well-meaning Gen X mom 2021-03-04T05:00:00Z Even when captured, unmasked, and revealed to be mousy, his sinister presence never abates. Rating the Batman’s Riddler: Did Paul Dano surpass what’s been done? 2022-03-26T04:00:00Z On a steamy August day at the narrow space on East Ninth Street, Chloë Sevigny was in a middle chair getting her blond locks dyed “mousy brown” for a role. The New Image Makers 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z So there are rich, bossy power mums and mousy stay-at-home types. In ‘Big Little Lies,’ Liane Moriarty Finds New Complications 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z She played Bridget Fonda’s mousy new housemate whose clinginess turns into something far stranger, giving her the chance to portray antisocial behaviour escalating into convincing mania. Jennifer Jason Leigh: five best moments 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z Ms. Stewart manages the remarkable feat of being at once convincingly mousy and unmistakably glamorous. Review: ‘Certain Women’ Are Worlds Unto Themselves 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z Mousiness is only detectable retronasally, after taking some in the mouth, which allows saliva to activate the mousy compounds in the wine. The Big Reverb of Australia’s Lo-Fi Wine Movement 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z Mr. Miskell’s put-upon Toby exudes a mousy charm as he grouses about Lena’s new boyfriend. Review: ‘The Undeniable Sound of Right Now,’ a Lament for a Dying Rock Club 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z But there’s also something off, even a bit sardonic, about the juxtaposition of Laura, a mousy little blur, and this particular song, with its louche, emphatically unromantic world-weariness. ‘Compartment No. 6’ Review: Strangers on a Russian Train 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z Olivier is the saturnine widower Max de Winter who marries Fontaine’s shy and mousy lady’s companion and brings her back to his magnificent Cornish home, which is all but haunted by his first wife: Rebecca. What is the best Oscar-winning film of all time? 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z She writes about how easily a mousy, domesticated man can get lost and how joyously he can be refound. Books of The Times: ‘The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry,’ by Rachel Joyce 2012-07-29T21:26:22Z Leanne befriends Claire, which is to say that she quickly comes to find the younger woman — who somehow manages to be both mousy and pushy — intensely annoying. Movie Review: ?The Innkeepers,? a Paranormal Film Directed by Ti West 2012-02-02T22:50:06Z Cinderella, a mousy type downtrodden by her ebullient stepbrothers and stepsisters, is danced by Kerry Biggin, a touching performer with something of the young Judy Garland in her sturdy vulnerability. Matthew Bourne's Cinderella ? review 2010-12-12T00:07:00Z Claire’s transformation from mousy victim to gun-toting gangster overnight may strain credulity, but it is rewarding to see her fend off a harasser on the street. Haddish, McCarthy and Moss take charge in "The Kitchen," which gleams through the grit 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z In contrast, the death Sally experiences is slow and metaphorical; she's rotting away in her mousy version of an ever-after that may not be entirely happy. Bill Hader gives "Barry" his made-for-TV movie hero wish 2023-06-04T04:00:00Z And Blunt is hardly the mousy wreck I imagined the novel’s demented protagonist to be. What, no Whistlestop? Why The Girl on the Train should have stayed in bleak backyard Britain 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z "With 'Breaking Bad,' you have a lead character who is a mousy high school chemistry teacher and also a ruthless drug dealer," he says. Emmy's actor race a (mostly) level playing field 2010-08-04T03:51:00Z She was a mousy woman with a perpetually scared expression. ‘Reality shrivels. This is your life now’: 88 days trapped in bed to save a pregnancy 2017-10-24T04:00:00Z Alas, the poor Black Prince, son of the Lion … in Mr. Raz’s movie he’s muddled, moody and even a bit mousy. Review: A Poor, Little Rich Maharajah in ‘Black Prince’ 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z With a well-selected collection of scenes Ms. Halberstadt, an acclaimed French writer and producer, recalls her early life as a mousy, overlooked little girl. New Books by M. L. Stedman, Yvvette Edwards and More 2012-07-25T21:57:20Z I was an awkward kid, with braces and glasses and mousy brown hair, smart but struggling in school: in other words, exactly like Meg. Ava DuVernay’s Fiercely Feminine Vision for ‘A Wrinkle in Time’ 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z The title character is a mousy, socially inept Englishman stuck in a rustic Georgia fishing lodge. At Village, a fresh take on ‘The Foreigner’ 2014-01-30T20:18:12Z He was being himself, trying new ideas, giving kooks and aliens and girls with mousy hair permission to try things, too. Growing Up with David Bowie 2016-01-11T05:00:00Z In “The Designated Mourner,” first staged in 1996, the main character, a mousy Shawn stand-in named Jack, is much more dangerous than the people he hates. From the Schlump With the Shiv, Two Plays Turned Podcasts 2021-07-07T04:00:00Z So much for the mousy, ineffectual witch who can’t seem to summon up any power when the chips are down and the apocalypse looms. 'Sleepy Hollow' recap: 'Awakening' of Katrina 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z One mousy blond client whom Christo saw recently hadn’t shampooed with sulfates in six months. Skin Deep: Sulfate-Free Products Have Some in a Lather 2010-09-29T19:27:00Z Her playing was diffident, her sound mousy and lackluster. Review: A Perfectly Acceptable Slice of Bach 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z Foster sweats through his formal shirt, but his dancing and mousy warbling bring to mind the worst stereotypes of a white guy trying to get down. Lollapalooza Day 1 in review 2011-08-06T06:57:00Z But even the rackety dance music could not ratchet up this plain-to-a-fault show in mousy colors — apart from one red coat and some scarlet ballet shoes. Special Report: Fashion: Taking the Long View 2010-10-04T18:40:00Z As James, Sutherland admirably plays against type in an unshowy role as a mousy, unappreciated man - he's even lost his teeth - who aspires to more in life. Starry cast is smooth in 'Championship Season' 2011-03-07T03:11:09Z The story tells of mousy Tatiana, who falls in love with Onegin, a wealthy young poseur, and is cruelly spurned by him. Onegin – review 2013-01-27T00:06:11Z As Jennifer, Maslany played a version of herself, though she noted that she has never worn more makeup to play a supposedly mousy character. As She-Hulk, Tatiana Maslany Is Beautiful When She’s Angry 2022-08-17T04:00:00Z Lloyd Parry is only 42, but looks uncannily like James did in late middle-age, with huge shoulders crammed into a waistcoat and jacket, thin-rimmed round spectacles and a slicked-down flick of receding mousy hair. In search of a very British, and rural, kind of horror 2013-02-05T11:33:50Z The Producers soared when Wilder’s mousy character let loose. Why Gene Wilder Trusted Mel Brooks 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z She starts out as Susan Cooper, a mousy, cheerful desk jockey at C.I.A. headquarters where, despite her training and her status as a full-fledged officer, she is ignored and belittled. Review: In ‘Spy,’ Melissa McCarthy Is a C.I.A. Drudge Who Goes Rogue 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z And when she did, she was very mousy. Lupita Nyong’o: ‘Under the makeup, Star Wars is just human wants and desires’ 2015-12-12T05:00:00Z The gentle, brilliant “Hunky Dory,” for example, where he sang tenderly to the kooks and the pretty things and the girl with the mousy hair. Growing Up with David Bowie 2016-01-11T05:00:00Z Thus begins a list of prohibitions that Ms. Kujawska, egged on by the mousy but aggressive Aurora Lubos, presents to the audience with mounting hysteria. Dance Review: Vincent Dance Theater in ?If We Go On? 2010-04-16T22:37:00Z We’d like to think, most of us, that we are essentially quiet; that is, considerate of our fellow human beings without being mousy and limp and blah. Books: Meditations on Noise in 3 Books About Silence 2010-05-17T22:17:00Z Far better than the mousy, introverted kind who resolutely refuse to scamper around doing jetés and arabesques. Isherwood and Macaulay Spar Over ?Come Fly Away? 2010-03-31T22:26:00Z Unthinkable as it seems, Edna was dowdy then, given to mousy brown hair and pillbox hats. Barry Humphries (Dame Edna to You, Possums) Is Dead at 89 2023-04-22T04:00:00Z Her intentionally mousy hair and no makeup are the mark of a woman who relies on more than looks to get her way. T Magazine: Phoebe Philo’s Prophetic Fashion 2014-02-14T16:47:28Z Onstage, however, she looks unexpectedly small and unimposing: a pretty, rail-thin actress, dressed in fashionably faded jeans and sneakers, trying to impersonate a mousy, thirtysomething Midwestern homebody in Theresa Rebeck’s new comedy Dead Accounts. Katie Holmes Trapped on Broadway 2012-12-04T13:00:27Z Ms. Chimo, so superb as the mousy nerd in Annie Baker’s “Circle Mirror Transformation,” proves equally terrific as this cold, confident but emotionally brittle manipulator. | 'Bachelorette': Wedding Trash Talk in Leslye Headland?s Comedy 2010-07-27T02:04:00Z I very much enjoyed her early scenes as the young Eva Duarte, a scrappy, mousy girl who is set apart from the crowd only by pure force of ambition. Theater Review: ?Evita,? Starring Elena Roger, at the Marquis Theater 2012-04-06T02:00:09Z The other day, it smelled pretty mousy, rodents having taken over in recent years since Mr. Handelsman moved on. House Proud: Jared Handelsman and Portia Munson Make Their Own Museum at Home 2012-09-19T21:51:29Z Nonetheless, the young woman catches Maxim’s eye, amuses him with her mousy naïveté and in due course becomes Mrs. de Winter. ‘Rebecca’ Review: A Classic Tale, but There’s Only One Hitch 2020-10-21T04:00:00Z I’d had this image of myself as a mousy kid, but as I worked on the book, I was shocked at the things I did. Rush's Geddy Lee: 'I had a childhood full of stories about death and murder' 2023-11-13T05:00:00Z She didn’t expect her mousy stepdaughter to marry so well, but mother dear has grown accustomed to the perks of the palace. Review: The Tony-nominated 'Into the Woods' revival — maybe the best in my lifetime — lands in L.A. 2023-07-03T04:00:00Z “No fabrics that look beige, gray or mousy or gravy-like,” he recalled to another interviewer. Carleton Varney, ‘Mr. Color’ of interior design, dies at 85 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z Mr. Segal, as a young college professor, and Sandy Dennis as his mousy wife, join George and Martha for drinks after a party and get caught up in their maelstrom. George Segal, actor of roguish charm and wide dramatic range, dies at 87 2021-03-24T04:00:00Z Time Magazine called him "the mousy little man from Missouri" after the selection, the New York Times called him a rube. Joe Scarborough on Harry Truman, Donald Trump and what the hell happened to the Republican Party 2020-12-05T05:00:00Z Time called FDR’s 1944 selection for vice president “the mousy little man from Missouri”; others mocked Roosevelt’s pick as “the Second Missouri Compromise.” Opinion | What Joe Biden can learn from Harry Truman 2020-11-23T05:00:00Z Those who did speak up mostly delivered mousy statements that called for “legal” votes to be counted but didn’t mention the president’s remarks. Editorial Roundup: North Carolina 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z “Often when we see teenage girl characters who feel like outcasts, they’re quiet and mousy and wallflowers,” she says. How these four engaging series take teen angst to all new levels 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z A mousy novelist goes to Colombia for her sister and joins a mercenary on a treasure hunt. Movies on TV this week: 'Giant' on TCM 2019-11-29T05:00:00Z The mousy grandmother, played by a transformed Meryl Streep, looked so neutral when she arrived on “Big Little Lies” six episodes ago that she may as well have been a clump of seagrass. 'Big Little Lies': How Meryl Streep redeems a mediocre season 2019-07-14T04:00:00Z In person, he seemed mousy and uncertain, and he apologized constantly. Social-justice personality Eugene Gu has a history of abuse 2019-03-05T05:00:00Z The caddish Stan Binstead and his mousy wife, Millie, are childless, even though when they married he expected her, having “no other interests and no other plans,” to get pregnant right away. The Hallucinatory Realism of Rachel Ingalls 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z Shaw made a spectacular transformation from mousy and abused into radiant and regal, while Monaghan kept the pilot’s essential sweetness as convincing as his dangerous disorientation. Review: Matthew Bourne's 'Cinderella' dances into WWII with a profound beauty 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z How lovely to hear from Hermione Farthingale, the girl with the mousy hair and muse of David Bowie for his 1971 song Life on Mars. How uplifting to hear David Bowie’s ‘girl with the mousy hair’ tell her story | Stuart Jeffries 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z "I say to her, 'Look, your girlfriends are all going to see this movie. What would you rather be, the little mousy wife or the girl who gets shot on the staircase?' She agreed." Paul Schrader wrestles with the sacred and profane in his new 'First Reformed' 2018-05-16T04:00:00Z Acting alone, Mr. Bissonnette also raised a difficult question: How did a mousy and soft-spoken chess-obsessed student from a middle class family become a killer? Quebec Mosque Shooter Was Consumed by Refugees, Trump and Far Right 2018-05-05T04:00:00Z The Seattle Times described Ridgway as “so quiet that no one who knew him … glimpsed a hint of the killer who lurked behind the nerdy glasses and mousy smile”. Why does it seem like serial killers all wear the same glasses? 2018-05-01T04:00:00Z If we go back to the who-has-a-bigger button tit for tat, Kim will be the mouse trap with dangling the cheese in front of Trump's pouty mousy mouth, never having needed to chase the mouse. Trump’s Abrupt ‘Yes’ to North Korea: The 45 Minutes That Could Alter History 2018-03-10T05:00:00Z How lovely to hear from the girl with the mousy hair, who escaped from a song to become a woman in her own right. How uplifting to hear David Bowie’s ‘girl with the mousy hair’ tell her story | Stuart Jeffries 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z There was also our general manager-to-be, who looked like every mousy accountant ever portrayed in the movies. U.S. Open: Previewing Erin Hills - Golf Digest 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z He never just eased out of being mousy and quiet — he busted out like it was Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and suddenly this new person would be yelling and commanding our attention. Loud and lively at 90, Mel Brooks talks about Gene Wilder, political correctness and his classic movies 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z Bell, as herself, reads an audio version of a novel written by a mousy straight-laced librarian who moonlights as an E.L. 'iZombie' recap: Lascivious Liv in 'Fifty Shades of Grey Matter' 2016-02-03T05:00:00Z Those who knew the couple well were aware that Porto could be capricious and demanding and some saw Basterra as a mousy, dominated man. Why did two parents murder their adopted child? | Giles Tremlett 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z A former legal academic and trade expert, her somewhat mousy, low-key air seems to engender trust—and, no one doubts, conceals an iron will. Not trying to cause a big sensation 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z It was a no-nonsense gal with unflattering frames and a mousy brown bob. Oscars 2016: How a wig helped Kate Winslet snag her nominated 'Steve Jobs' role 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z Before filming, she let her typically highlighted hair become a mousy shade and she stopped washing her face and shaving her armpits. Coming into awards season, ‘Room’ star Brie Larson might be the actress to beat 2015-10-20T04:00:00Z Unfortunately, there's not much real chemistry between the handsome, imposing Samba and the mousy, neurotic Alice. Charm, goodwill and distinct pleasures reside in overlong 'Samba' 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z She was wearing Pink pyjamas and a white shirt with long mousy hair. North Wales Police appeal for missing Rhyl girl, 6 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z To head this off, Carey recently dyed her blond hair mousy brown and dresses down, not up. What Silicon Valley Thinks of Women The little peninsula of dozens of tents in Causeway Bay also evolved its own fauna with a reputation for mousy earnestness. Hong Kong Protest Camp That Whispered Melting Back Into City 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z By contrast, a neighbor testified that Arthur was “very gentle, very polite — kind of mousy, really.” Arthur J. Walker, Part of Family Espionage Ring, Dies at 79 2014-07-12T04:00:00Z Still, I was impressed with how carefully director Alex Timbers builds the relationship between Rocky and his mousy girlfriend Adrian. REVIEW: Rocky Musical Lands A Solid Hook on Broadway 2014-03-14T15:15:25Z Emery went from the mousy handling of Brian Urlacher to replacing him with a problem that might cost the Bears defense big. Emery's move puts Bears in a risky spot 2013-03-25T14:34:00Z The Tomb Raider reboot charts Lara Croft's transformation from mousy scholar to confident adventuress. Tomb Raider hands-on preview 2013-01-04T13:08:42Z A Romance That Isn’t What It Seems She is a mousy millinery assistant, consigned to the back room because she is not considered attractive enough to deal with customers. | Connecticut: A Review of ‘Tryst,’ at TheaterWorks Hartford 2012-08-19T02:50:04Z Meet the new Chuck E. Cheese, the mousy Pied Piper that the 35-year-old chain hopes will lure a new generation of children into its pepperoni-and-cheese paradise. New look for Chuck E. Cheese mascot 2012-07-03T22:50:00Z They were kept on plates on sideboards in the sun, or thrust into mousy cupboards. Notwithstanding 2011-10-19T02:00:22.340Z A mousy light lingered in the shrubbery; bats were flying against a salmon-tinted sky as they took the path homeward. The Slayer Of souls 2011-06-01T02:00:26.487Z Then for a few mousy years we take on quite a nice bunch of sense. The Son of his Father 2011-06-01T02:00:21.287Z She wasn't as developed as she is now, kind of mousy maybe, but you know how those things are—he liked her. Forget Me Nearly "You have mousy ways and, if you were black, I should say you were a rat." The Old Willow Tree and Other Stories His small, mousy eyes blinked at the workmen. In the Heart of a Fool No one paid any attention to the mousy little Asian girl who got off a few stops before the BART. Little Brother Rather liking the sound of the words—albeit in his mind—he repeated them over again, adding embellishments like "pompous" and "mousy" and "squirrel-eyed." Minor Detail But, all the same, I’d rather you didn’t call me mousy.” Girls of the Forest For the broad, furry thorax bears a skull, and the big, mousy body the yellow ribs of a skeleton. Barbarians It's better to be yourself with mousy hair and freckles than somebody else who is ever so beautiful. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 to 1922 A bat was flying somewhere near—he felt the wind from its mousy wings. Lorraine A romance There was a third person at the table: a mousy, inconsequential thing with an excruciatingly bad sartorial taste. The Capgras Shift Is there anything more demure and innocent than a pinky girl in a mousy gown? Jewel Weed Her hair was rather pretty, though too mousy, yet just in the nape of the neck, where it met the lawn of the collar it was very attractive. The Best Short Stories of 1919 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story "Nobody will ever want to adopt me, because I've mousy hair and freckles," she said. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 to 1922 Her brown hair looked a little mousy now, and her face was merely pretty instead of being gloriously beautiful. Pagan Passions She was a mousy, inconsequential thing with an excruciatingly bad sartorial taste. The Capgras Shift For this mousy methodical little man had his great romance. From Place to Place You’ve got swelled lips, and mousy eyes rising, and your noses are a bit puffy. Burr Junior Emily was dressy, wore a false front, and always took precedence of her sister, who was small and mousy in demeanour. Betty Trevor She is one of those gentle, mousy people who have an immense influence when they choose to exert it.” More About Peggy “Hush, my dear boy!” she said, in her soothing way, as if she were stroking me down the back like she stroked her tabby Tom—one of the mousiest and most petted of cats. She and I, Volume 1 In the first place, it is likely to have a slight musky or mousy odor about it. A Handbook of Health Contains the poisonous principle coniine, a volatile liquid alkaloid with a mousy smell; insoluble in water; soluble in alcohol, ether, and chloroform. Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology His hair, fighting a stubborn rearguard action against baldness, was an indeterminate mousy gray-brown. Murder in the Gunroom But after a little the small mousy one's curiosity overcame her diffidence. The Title Market The whole plant has a curious mousy odor. Scientific American Supplement, No. 829, November 21, 1891 Though I was out for the mere joy of being out, I had really come with a hope of discovering this mousy mite of a wren, and of watching her ways. Roof and Meadow The mousy scent of the animals mixed with the scent of sawdust, which to adults was so objectionable, was characterised by us as delicious. Aylwin She had a dark, creamy complexion, dark eyes that slanted slightly and hair of a queer mousy shade of brown. The Motor Maids in Fair Japan Anthea closed the door very mousily, and instantly went downstairs and ordered what she liked for lunch. The Phoenix and the Carpet H. O. thought they were like white mice; but afterwards we got to know them very well, and in the end they were not so mousy. The Story of the Treasure Seekers Janet continued her inventory: mousy brown hair—no style, blue eyes. Wild Justice The people are charming, and the house is a mousy, ratty, ramshackle place hundreds of years old. The Roof of France Gaston picked up one of the flowers, and crushed it between his fingers, upon which it gave out a peculiar mousy odour eminently disagreeable. Madame Midas Besides, it was second nature to Polly to efface herself, to steal mousily away. Australia Felix Her hair needs washing rather badly: its mousy color can hardly be natural. Pygmalion As targets, I don't regard my fellow-creatures with great enthusiasm and, moreover, I could easily have made two of this mousy champion of a warlike race. The Firefly of France Then the two mice, after bargaining for a reward, offered to go over sea and mountain, and, taking leave of his mousy majesty, they set out. Stories from the Pentamerone After a bit we could make out the doctor's short-tailed, mousy mare and him powdering along at a sort of hand gallop. Robbery under Arms; a story of life and adventure in the bush and in the Australian goldfields |
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