| 单词 | nerveless |
| 例句 | Once more Aragorn bruised two leaves of athelas and cast them into steaming water; and he laved her brow with it, and her right arm lying cold and nerveless on the coverlet. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z He reached up and shook Olive’s nerveless hand and walked hurriedly away. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Somehow Johnny must draw into himself something of Rab’s calm, his nerveless strength. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The sack of loot clattered from his nerveless paws. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z He stood quite still, holding the miraculous paper in his nerveless fingers while inside him a kind of quiet eruption sent joy and grief thundering in equal measure through his veins. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z His nerveless fingers fumbled for a moment with the pouch at his neck and he pulled it out. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z His eyes bulge, the spear he holds falls from his nerveless fingers, and his face turns blue. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z He becomes dizzy and utterly weak, and his spine goes limp and nerveless and he loses all sense of balance. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Fat Tom's blade dropped from nerveless fingers as the wet red point burst out through his ribs, piercing leather and mail. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z My body was in a nerveless, tireless vacuum. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z These are the component parts of rural Mid Wales' equivalent of football's World Cup: a celebration of absurdly well-trained working dogs and nerveless handlers, who'll be ushering sheep around courses with pinpoint accuracy. This week's new events 2012-07-13T23:11:49Z Already in his fourth season as music director of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Mr. Urbanski cut a dashing, nerveless figure in front of an orchestra featuring just six players younger than himself. Krzysztof Urbanski Leads the Philharmonic in Dvorak 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z With an hour to go until the performance, he seemed nerveless, his eyes closed, listening hard. Daniil Trifonov, New to Rachmaninoff, but a Bold and Youthful Echo 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z American Clark set the pace for the early starters, putting together a superb round of 67, with just one bogey, to get to nine under after some nerveless putting on the greens. Flying finish puts McIlroy in US Open contention 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z Trump refused to be beaten and dug in with a cool 107 to take the match all the way, sealing progression with a nerveless 81 break. Trump beats Hawkins to reach Masters semi-final 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z When play resumed, the ordinary looking All Blacks strayed offside and the nerveless Russell made the lead six. Scotland lose out but give sluggish All Blacks scare 2022-11-13T05:00:00Z Das' stunning knock of 60 off 27 gave Bangladesh real hope of an upset but the rain and their opponents' nerveless fielding ultimately ensured their 11th defeat in 12 T20s against India. India hold their nerve to narrowly beat Bangladesh 2022-11-02T04:00:00Z India were floundering at 45-4 after 10 overs, the top order swept aside by Pakistan's searing pace attack, but Kohli was nerveless when all else suggested he should be anything but. Kohli takes India to incredible win over Pakistan 2022-10-23T04:00:00Z However, after delivering a nerveless display to break his major duck at Brookline, Fitzpatrick says his target now is to try and emulate Sir Nick Faldo's achievement of six major championships. Key shot to US Open win hit and hope - Fitzpatrick 2022-06-19T04:00:00Z Bruce Mouat produces a nerveless final stone to help Great Britain's men's curlers beat Switzerland 6-5 for a fifth victory in six matches at the Winter Olympics in Beijing. GB men's curlers beat Switzerland with final stone 2022-02-14T05:00:00Z Australia's Jakara Anthony produces a nerveless final run to secure gold in the women's moguls in Beijing. Anthony wins moguls gold with GB's Gerken Schofield in eighth 2022-02-06T05:00:00Z Smith is known for his creativity at Harlequins, but he proved he can get the serious stuff done too with a nerveless penalty to seal victory against world champions South Africa in November. Which new faces could make a big impression in the Six Nations? 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z Astley took the fourth frame of a drawn-out affair and made a nerveless 83 before Robertson rallied with a break of 124. Reigning champion Robertson knocked out 2021-11-25T05:00:00Z A shock victory looked on the cards before Evans rattled a tricky red in the jaws of the pocket and Allen clinched the fourth frame with a nerveless 47 clearance. Allen defeats former partner Evans 2021-08-16T04:00:00Z Berrettini won the last three points of the tiebreaker against Evans with nerveless serving and relentless forehands. Berrettini, de Minaur reach Queen’s Club semis 2021-06-18T04:00:00Z Zidansek, though, delivers a gorgeous, nerveless forehand winner down the line – then another – and this is developing into a really good tussle. French Open 2021: Pavlyuchenkova beats Azarenka, Tsitsipas and Serena Williams in action – live! 2021-06-06T04:00:00Z Instead, he shapes the stream with his thumb, the end of which, by now, is virtually nerveless and slightly beveled. The Greenkeeper’s Tale - Golf Digest 2020-05-08T04:00:00Z Crystal Palace did not allow him a single sight of goal during the first half but Abraham was nerveless when he finally shook off Gary Cahill and James Tomkins early in the second half. Chelsea up to second after Abraham and Pulisic sink Crystal Palace 2019-11-09T05:00:00Z After the assault, Miller’s body is “a nerveless mannequin”. Chanel Miller on why she refuses to be reduced to 'Brock Turner's victim' 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z And she plied an long-established Williams trade, that of the nerveless sovereignty on the pivotal point. Oh, Momma, it’s a rout: Serena Williams cruises into U.S. Open final, will meet Bianca Andreescu 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z Kupcho was the first woman to win at Augusta National, in the inaugural Women’s Amateur in April, and played apparently nerveless golf until her final 4-foot putt. Jin Young Ko wins at Evian for 2nd major title of season 2019-07-28T04:00:00Z The nerveless display continued in the second set and she sealed victory on her fourth match point when Williams netted a forehand. School girl Gauff turfs Venus out of Wimbledon 2019-07-01T04:00:00Z Beating the defending champion on centre court was no small feat for Anisimova, but the unseeded American was nerveless throughout. New faces and usual suspects advance in Paris 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z Billy, nerveless as always, holed putts of 15, 12 and 25 feet to begin the back nine—all of them for winning birdies—to take a 1-up lead. The GOAT: Woods and Miller get testy, Palmer and Norman get a shot at revenge as match play begins - Golf Digest 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z As a final touch, when Amy blows kisses to the crowd and hugs Woodland, her smile glows as much as it did after holing that final, nerveless eight-footer, maybe more. A deeper look at a viral moment reveals an invaluable lesson about golf—and life - Golf Digest 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z It was another nerveless kick from the man who had taken the Rams to the Super Bowl with a 57-yard effort in overtime in the previous game. New England Patriots outlast LA Rams to win record-tying sixth Super Bowl 2019-02-03T05:00:00Z Naomi Osaka won the United States Open in September at 20, defeating Williams in straight sets in a final where Osaka’s nerveless brilliance was drowned out by Williams’s disputes with the chair umpire Carlos Ramos. One Constant of the Tennis Season: Mixed Emotions 2018-11-26T05:00:00Z In July, he won the Quicken Loans National on the PGA Tour and then lifted the claret jug at Carnoustie following a nerveless final round of 69 playing in the last group with Woods. Francesco Molinari: British Open champ, now Ryder Cup hero 2018-09-30T04:00:00Z The US Open champion was generally nerveless on day three and gained a grip on the championship which will be hard for anybody to loosen. Tiger Woods in contention but Brooks Koepka leads US PGA after third round 2018-08-11T04:00:00Z Ricciardo did so with a brilliant display of nerveless driving, in which he went on to hold the lead and ensure he made his tyres last to the end. Daniel Ricciardo keeps his composure to win Monaco Grand Prix 2018-05-27T04:00:00Z Simpson’s seven-stroke lead after 54 holes was more than useful but the 32-year-old is due immense credit for his nerveless approach to Sunday . Webb Simpson wins Players Championship as Tiger Woods’ charge stalls 2018-05-13T04:00:00Z The 2.11 meter Karlovic finally got the decisive break in the fifth set in the 21st game and held firm to complete victory with a nerveless backhand volley. Tennis: Karlovic becomes oldest man in third round for 40 years 2018-01-17T05:00:00Z Thomas appeared nerveless over the closing stretch at Quail Hollow, his margin of victory at a venue with a treacherous final three holes a relatively comfortable two shots. Justin Thomas says jealousy over Spieth’s Open win inspired US PGA victory 2017-08-14T04:00:00Z He made a nervous start, but the nineties were absolutely nerveless. Pakistan v India: ICC Champions Trophy 2017 final – live! 2017-06-18T04:00:00Z But he missed half a dozen darts for the title on double eight as Van Gerwen sealed victory with a nerveless 12-dart visit against a deflated Wright. Premier League Darts: Michael Van Gerwen beats Peter Wright to win third title 2017-05-18T04:00:00Z A 150-1 outsider at the start of the tournament, Johnson's nerveless showing allowed him to complete a comfortable 18-12 victory - one of the sport's most unexpected triumphs. World Championship 2017: Vote for your most memorable Crucible Theatre moment 2017-04-22T04:00:00Z The 2.11 meter Karlovic finally got the decisive break in the fifth set in the 21st game and held firm to complete victory with a nerveless backhand volley. Tennis: Karlovic becomes oldest man in third round for 40 years 2018-01-17T05:00:00Z Leading going into the third and final run, the World Cup leader produced a nerveless slide to stay in front of compatriot and defending champion Tina Hermann. Germany's Loelling wins world skeleton title, Yarnold takes bronze 2017-02-25T05:00:00Z Up 8-7 on Seppi’s serve, Kyrgios steeled himself and conjured a match point, but the Italian cracked a nerveless forehand winner down the line and served it out impeccably to save himself. Nick Kyrgios unravels in baffling Australian Open defeat to Andreas Seppi 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z An ace brought up a third chance and again Raonic survived with a nerveless volley. Murray digs deep to down Raonic in thriller and reach London final 2016-11-19T05:00:00Z A nerveless Alex Noren continued his fine year by winning the European Masters on Sunday after pipping overnight leader Scott Hend to the title with a lengthy birdie putt in the first playoff hole. Golf: Noren pips Hend in playoff to win European Masters 2016-09-04T04:00:00Z Necid drilled a nerveless penalty down the centre of Subasic’s goal as Croatia spoiled their performance in more ways than one. Czech Republic comeback marred by Croatia flare and fan incidents 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z Murray could take a huge step towards a two-set point here; but Wawrinka comes up with a nerveless forehand winner to force deuce. Andy Murray beats Stan Wawrinka to reach French Open final – as it happened 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z Both a nerveless goalscorer and the hare that made an entire team run behind him. Premier League 2015-16 review: Our writers’ best and worst 2016-05-15T04:00:00Z But Holt, who has often talked of his mental struggles on the big stage, recovered with a nerveless 115 and also took the next two frames. World Snooker Championship: Mark Selby wins despite Milkins fightback 2016-04-19T04:00:00Z Yet that nerveless first strike set the tone for what followed. The psychology of the penalty shootout: why movement is key and hesitation can be fatal | Paul Wilson 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z Stewart rattled the bar, they were nerveless at the back and Harkins waltzed round opponents, the mud no obstacle to his dancing feet. Dundee 2-0 St Johnstone 2016-02-12T05:00:00Z Murray could take a huge step towards a two-set point here; but Wawrinka comes up with a nerveless forehand winner to force deuce. Andy Murray beats Stan Wawrinka to reach French Open final – as it happened 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z He took his chance with nerveless precision, sending a low right-footed drive in off the far post. Arsenal back to winning ways at Bournemouth thanks to Mesut Özil 2016-02-07T05:00:00Z But in the performances of those nations, and in particular the last two standing, New Zealand and Australia, came the perfect definition of perfection: producing nerveless rugby when nerves should be shot to pieces. Six Nations: Scotland v England mirrors the past once again 2016-02-06T05:00:00Z A baseline rally ensues and Federer is nerveless, ripping a forehand down the line, forcing a flailing Nishikori to knock the ball into the air. Roger Federer v Kei Nishikori: ATP World Tour Finals – as it happened 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z He made up for it with another break of serve in the 12th game, however, urged on by most of the 8,000 watching as he sealed the set with a nerveless drop shot. Murray sends GB into Davis Cup final 2015-09-20T04:00:00Z His nerveless approach under rising and intense pressure was a joy to behold. The Open 2015: Paul Dunne dares to dream while thoroughbreds jostle 2015-07-19T04:00:00Z Meanwhile Chesters, having gone close for birdie at 6, bumps up from the side of 7 to eight feet, and knocks in a nerveless par saver. The Open: round three – live! | Scott Murray 2015-07-19T04:00:00Z Two months after winning The Player Championship to end a three-year title drought, Fowler produced another nerveless display down the stretch to capture the Scottish Open on Sunday for his first victory on European soil. Fowler Overhauls Kuchar to Win Scottish Open 2015-07-12T04:00:00Z A baseline rally ensues and Federer is nerveless, ripping a forehand down the line, forcing a flailing Nishikori to knock the ball into the air. Roger Federer v Kei Nishikori: ATP World Tour Finals – as it happened 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z And Chambers Bay, for all its supposedly freakish nuances, will not faze this nerveless 21-year-old. Jordan Spieth brings local knowledge to his US Open campaign 2015-06-13T04:00:00Z He showed his renowned spirit to get back to within three frames, but a seemingly nerveless McGill finished the match with a stylish 82. McGill can win world title - Selby 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z Meanwhile Chesters, having gone close for birdie at 6, bumps up from the side of 7 to eight feet, and knocks in a nerveless par saver. The Open: round three – live! | Scott Murray 2015-07-19T04:00:00Z It is a potent reminder of Woods at the same age, winning his debut Masters by exactly the same score and in the same nerveless fashion. Champion with a 'jeweller's touch' 2015-04-12T04:00:00Z Further birdies followed on the 10th, 13th and 15th as a nerveless display with the putter followed relentless accuracy with his irons. Superb Spieth in control at Masters 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z Bellowing with emotion, Williams rolled on and pounced as Sharapova served to stay in the match at 5-4, creating a match point that the nerveless Russian slapped away with a searing forehand down the line. Serena continues mastery of Sharapova for magical 19th 2015-01-31T05:00:00Z Behind the scenes, the usually nerveless Lombardi, who had led the Packers to three championships in five previous seasons, was chafing under the pressure he felt to demonstrate the N.F.L.’s superiority over the A.F.L. upstarts. Before the Bowl Was Super 2015-01-24T05:00:00Z Federer then completed a remarkable two hour 48 minute victory in the coolest manner possible, producing a nerveless drop volley to end the contest. Federer beats Wawrinka in thriller to set up dream final 2014-11-15T05:00:00Z But McDowell turned the tide with a superb run of four holes in a row from the 10th to the 13th and sealed victory with a nerveless putt on the 17th. Ryder Cup final day: How Europe won 2014-09-28T04:00:00Z He was nerveless, unblinking almost, and when the match ended at past 10pm, under the roof, he described it as “a miracle”. Rafael Nadal is prepared to meet his Wimbledon nemesis Lukas Rosol again 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z And he justified his manager's faith with an energetic performance and a nerveless spot-kick that extended Mourinho's unbeaten home Premier League run to 66 matches. Chelsea 2-2 West Bromwich Albion 2013-11-09T17:13:57Z A nerveless smash saved set point and the Spaniard clinched victory after two hours and 12 minutes when Wawrinka made his 23rd forehand error of the afternoon. Nadal ends year as world number one 2013-11-06T16:42:25Z Adam Ashley-Cooper's try, Christian Leali'ifano's nerveless conversion, and Leigh Halfpenny's lack of length on his last-minute long-range penalty changed all that. Have the Lions missed their chance to be legends? 2013-06-29T19:42:05Z Appropriately, a nerveless Johnson won the final by reeling off four frames in a row, breaks of 40, 54, 46 and 64 clinching a barely believable title for the likeable outsider. How a 150-1 outsider won the 1986 World Snooker Championship 2013-04-17T11:26:18Z But the Irish reckoned without the nerveless Farrell, who kicked his 14-man team back in front with two more angled penalties. Ireland 6-12 England 2013-02-10T16:56:25Z Much, of course, will depend on Brodeur’s ability to provide his usual nerveless consistency. Martin Brodeur of Devils Eager to Lead Team Again 2013-01-19T06:41:38Z Taylor, nerveless, nailed double top to level the match at 2-2. Phil Taylor shows Michael van Gerwen the power of experience 2013-01-01T23:37:11Z British fans never took to him, but I'll remember the nerveless brilliance with which he splashed through the Silverstone puddles to win last season's British Grand Prix, on the way to his second title. Premier League's riches bring poor prospects for average England 2012-11-12T22:00:01Z A nerveless eight-foot putt from Donald on the 15th restored a two-hole advantage with three to play before Woods conjured up yet another birdie on 16 to leave Europe just one up. Late fightback gives Europe hope 2012-09-30T00:06:50Z A nerveless Michele Frangilli, needing a perfect 10 with his shot to win the archery gold for Italy, hit the centre of the target. Champions rise and dynasties fade 2012-07-30T16:17:32Z But it was those moments of scurrying, stunningly nerveless retrieval that drew the initial gasps. Andy Murray releases David Ferrer's iron grip to reach Wimbledon semis 2012-07-04T20:34:08Z The most nerveless player in today's tennis double-faults and is done for. Choke therapy: the sports stars who blew their big chance 2012-06-22T21:59:00Z Owen Farrell was once again nerveless with his kicking and full of impishness with his kicking from hand. England must be bold and switch to width and pace against South Africa 2012-06-09T20:27:30Z Now they had dwindled and shrunk to this—nerveless arms, bloodless hues, and frozen silence. Mrs. Thompson A Novel 2012-04-25T02:01:10.557Z Somehow, its worn and nerveless aspect was menacing. The House 'Round the Corner 2012-04-14T02:00:22.063Z Pod small, orbicular, with only one or two wingless seeds in a cell; valves nerveless, somewhat convex, the margin flattened. The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee 2012-04-12T02:00:30.140Z Rufus looked at his antagonist for a moment in silence, then staggered away, feeling limp and nerveless. A Gamble with Life 2012-04-11T02:00:33.587Z And from their nerveless hands the stones fell to earth. Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z A dog crept out, and licked my hand as it hung nerveless by my side. The Story of Francis Cludde 2012-03-30T02:00:16.347Z There is in such faith a security and a vigour of action that the faith of mere sentiment and emotional impression, with its nerveless grasp, its hectic and impulsive fervours, cannot impart. The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians 2012-03-20T02:00:11.133Z Pod mostly globular or inflated, with a broad orbicular to ovate hyaline partition nerved to the middle, the hemispherical or convex thin valves nerveless. The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee 2012-04-12T02:00:30.140Z The look of the Janitor’s prominent eyes, however, disturbed him, so that he expounded the plan in a rather nerveless way; when he had finished, the Janitor declared: “He’s certainly crazy.” The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia 2012-03-18T02:00:21.430Z A few more blows and the shovel dropped from his nerveless fingers. The Iron Boys in the Mines or, Starting at the Bottom of the Shaft 2012-03-11T03:00:13.327Z This fear in my sick state was so terrible that I struggled to get up, and with reeling brain and nerveless hands did get out of my berth. The Story of Francis Cludde 2012-03-30T02:00:16.347Z His left arm hung limp and nerveless; in his right hand he clutched a broad-pointed dagger. Samba A Story of the Rubber Slaves of the Congo 2012-03-07T03:00:16.567Z Pod linear, flattened, usually opening elastically from the base; the valves nerveless and veinless, or nearly so; placentas and partition thick. The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee 2012-04-12T02:00:30.140Z Every vestige of sensation left his frame--his hands, perfectly nerveless, seemed glued to the levers. Ralph in the Switch Tower 2012-03-02T03:00:11.847Z This last effort palsied the engineer, his fingers relaxed, and he slipped again to the floor, nerveless but writhing. Ralph of the Roundhouse 2012-03-02T03:00:11.217Z It shook him severely during several days, and then, as sometimes happens, left him suddenly, limp and nerveless in mind and body. Long Odds 2012-03-02T03:00:08.670Z Farrell knocked over another nerveless penalty to extend the lead to six points and the choruses of "Swing Low" rippled around the packed stands. England 12-19 Wales 2012-02-25T18:08:35Z Petals with a little scale at the base, yellow; achenes nerveless. The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee 2012-04-12T02:00:30.140Z He thought upon his mother, and an icy chill made him nerveless—he painted his own portrait, and stood apart from the work, and gazed upon it with a critic’s eyes. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852. 2012-02-24T03:00:24.390Z But then again, breathless,—nerveless, I might say, for I could not distinguish my sensations,—we rushed on, or I did, it was all the same; I was not myself yet. Charles Auchester, Volume 1 of 2 2012-02-23T03:00:42.347Z "And so the day came when I sat by Bethel's bedside and held his weak, nerveless hand in my own." Out of a Labyrinth 2012-02-17T03:00:38.887Z Their thrones are empty, and long ago the sceptres dropped from their nerveless hands. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 11 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:52.627Z Pod broadly linear or oblong, flat; the valves nerveless, but minutely reticulate-veined. The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee 2012-04-12T02:00:30.140Z Even a stolid, nerveless dog hates a muzzle. Lad: A Dog 2012-02-08T03:00:19.720Z He held an unlighted pipe in his limp and nerveless hand, and the cabin reeked with unsavory odors. Thrice Armed 2012-02-03T03:00:24.970Z He could now allow himself a brief relaxation, and for once his grip was nerveless, for his heart was overfull. A Prairie Courtship 2012-02-01T03:00:12.830Z This was he who, one hour before, had left Istar's side; he who now stood, ghastly pale, heavy-eyed, and nerveless with anxiety, at the sanctuary steps. Istar of Babylon A Phantasy 2012-01-31T03:00:15.543Z Pod a short silique or a silicle, varying from oblong-linear to globular, terete or nearly so; valves strongly convex, nerveless. The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee 2012-04-12T02:00:30.140Z Equally, of course, Baby always lost her temper at his stupidity, and pummeled him, by way of chastisement, with her nerveless fists—a punishment Lad accepted with a grin of idiotic bliss. Lad: A Dog 2012-02-08T03:00:19.720Z You read how my father—Jimmy's father—died, but you do not know how he came to be living in that sordid shanty, an infirm and nerveless man. Thrice Armed 2012-02-03T03:00:24.970Z I took my husband's hand and it dropped back from my clasp, waxlike and nerveless. A Woman of Genius 2012-01-18T03:00:09.517Z A moving, nerveless hand clutched the hem of her garment. Istar of Babylon A Phantasy 2012-01-31T03:00:15.543Z Mostly very slender; spikes few, 3–10-flowered, usually tawny; perigynium small, lance-ovate, nerved on the outer face but usually nerveless on the inner, erect or spreading, the beak rather long or prominent. The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee 2012-04-12T02:00:30.140Z When she could hit no more, the woman dropped the pan from her nerveless hand, and staggered, trembling, to the squab. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z At last it is over, and the saw drops from his nerveless hand. Bert Wilson at the Wheel 2012-01-14T03:00:19.827Z His amazement first, and next his mortification, would have left him nerveless, but Chitta was fighting like a tigress. The Azure Rose A Novel 2011-12-31T03:00:18.657Z Pain, mental and physical, she learned in every stage, from slight discomfort to nerveless agony. Istar of Babylon A Phantasy 2012-01-31T03:00:15.543Z Culms 8–15´ high, weak; leaves flat, rather wide; panicle of few spreading branches; awn stout, twice longer than the nerveless truncate ciliolate-denticulate glume. The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee 2012-04-12T02:00:30.140Z Such a desperate expedient was beyond the nerveless old jurist. The Lash 2011-12-20T03:00:32.457Z If he rests too long beside the still backwaters of life in fairylike dales, they’re apt to atrophy, and he finds himself slack and nerveless when he goes out to face the world again.” The Protector 2011-12-14T03:00:17.460Z Poor Fenn turned a sickly color, and the rifle fell from his nerveless hands. Bart Keene's Hunting Days or, The Darewell Chums in a Winter Camp 2011-12-11T03:00:12.153Z Pale and nerveless the living stream suffers itself to be swept on, and embarks. Autumn Glory The Toilers of the Field 2011-12-11T03:00:11.417Z They become peevish, these poor nerveless creatures, if one speak of their weakness and combat the shameful spirit of lies in them. Thoughts Out of Season (Part II) 2011-12-07T03:00:18.847Z The open watch slipped unheeded from his nerveless hand to the floor, striking the rug with a muffled thud. The Lash 2011-12-20T03:00:32.457Z A swinging blow of the Captain's ponderous fist, and the ruffian's arm fell nerveless to his side; and a second blow stretched him lifeless on the ground. The Quest of the 'Golden Hope' A Seventeenth Century Story of Adventure 2011-12-06T03:00:23.443Z Such men do not simper and dangle nerveless fingers before a stranger. A Boy of the Dominion A Tale of Canadian Immigration 2011-12-05T03:00:47.097Z At times he stopped plaiting, the white osier remained motionless, and his hand sank nerveless to his side. Autumn Glory The Toilers of the Field 2011-12-11T03:00:11.417Z Mechanically he raised a nerveless hand, and passed it over his eyes. The Heath Hover Mystery 2011-12-01T03:00:22.357Z When Robins came into this person's presence he was attacked as with paralysis, and transformed into a nerveless coward. A Second Coming 2011-11-29T03:00:16.693Z The next moment Frank saw her, heading, it seemed, straight for them, blazing with tiers of lights, and in almost nerveless haste he pulled up his tiller. The Boy Ranchers of Puget Sound 2011-11-24T03:00:42.877Z If so, society is an imperfect and nerveless organism. Social Value A Study in Economic Theory Critical and Constructive 2011-11-19T03:00:28.253Z It soon had her under its influence, and when she became limp and nerveless he laid her on the grass. An Oregon Girl A Tale of American Life in the New West 2011-11-17T03:00:31.330Z The smoke came curling out at his collar, and something dropped from his nerveless hand and lay gleaming on the grass. Diana Tempest, Volume III (of 3) 2011-11-12T03:00:34.213Z The hapless victims lie limply, or sit hunched upon the woman's lap, nerveless, wasted, apathetic; faces white and hopeless, abdomen lax and tumid; the blenched limbs soft as butter, weak and dangling. Feminism and Sex-Extinction 2011-11-11T03:00:29.100Z Again his eyes sought the pistol drooping from his nerveless right hand. “—eight—nine——” A note of hesitancy crept into Slade’s accents, and he looked expectantly at The Phantom. The Gray Phantom 2011-11-04T02:00:21.427Z I don't believe any Angler would purposely hook his game otherwise than in the lip—a nerveless center where there is no pain—though the plain fisherman may resort to any method in his pursuit. The Determined Angler and the Brook Trout an anthological volume of trout fishing, trout histories, trout lore, trout resorts, and trout tackle 2011-10-28T02:00:26.687Z On the floor, distant a couple of yards, lay the shawl that Virginia had let fall from her nerveless arm when Rutley entered the room. An Oregon Girl A Tale of American Life in the New West 2011-11-17T03:00:31.330Z The upheld lamp slipped from his nerveless fingers and fell clattering upon the gunwale. The Wireless Officer 2011-10-24T02:00:17.560Z His mouth opened loosely, he seemed to grow suddenly limp, and his cigar shook visibly in his nerveless fingers. A Damaged Reputation 2011-10-17T02:00:16.117Z Guy Fawkes raised his weapon, and was about to strike, but his resolution failed him, and his arm dropped nerveless to his side. Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason 2011-10-15T02:00:27.517Z The book drops to the floor from his nerveless fingers and he buries his head in his arms, sobbing. Of All Things 2011-10-09T02:00:26.957Z The document dropped from her nerveless hand, and with wildly beating heart she flew up the stairs after Constance. An Oregon Girl A Tale of American Life in the New West 2011-11-17T03:00:31.330Z Passively the savages allowed Mr. McKay to remove their weapons, which had fallen from their nerveless grasp. The Nameless Island A Story of some Modern Robinson Crusoes 2011-10-08T02:00:20.880Z His rifle dropped from his nerveless grasp, fortunately without exploding. The Fight for Constantinople A Story of the Gallipoli Peninsula 2011-10-04T02:00:17.837Z A wild light shot into his face; his hat fell from his nerveless hand. Campaigning with Crook and Stories of Army Life 2011-09-21T02:00:34.517Z The old man is Albion seated on the Rock of Ages, his legs immersed in the sea of Time and Space, his nerveless arms supported on the tables of the Law. William Blake A Study of His Life and Art Work 2011-09-13T02:00:35.943Z My whole being shudders, I hear the men's harsh voices, I feel their hands close upon my wrists—and the pen falls from my nerveless fingers.... My Memoirs 2011-09-13T02:00:28.713Z The would-be murderer's weapon fell from his nerveless grasp and immediately his hands were raised high above his head. The Nameless Island A Story of some Modern Robinson Crusoes 2011-10-08T02:00:20.880Z Beldi's nerveless arm dropped the hilt of his sword, and he tore himself from his daughter's embrace. 'Midst the Wild Carpathians 2011-09-09T02:00:57.830Z Turning slightly round, and lifting up her right arm, she clasped the poor, limp, nerveless hand in hers.... The Red Cross Barge 2011-09-05T02:00:20.603Z Bent and crippled shapes with tottering knees, crooked necks, nerveless arms, quenched eyes, and soulless faces, tottering along like drunkards; a host of miserable, withered skeletons. Tales From J?kai 2011-09-02T02:00:19.183Z Dainty had no suspicion of his having diamonds on his person, until he dropped his knife, and sat pale and nerveless. An I.D.B. in South Africa 2011-08-31T02:01:33.733Z Many thousands of the best sword-arms in Castile lay stiff and nerveless on that fatal field. The Moors in Spain 2011-08-29T02:01:09.183Z The nerveless one was a young man who sat in a rear seat staring intently out into the inferno of heat and sand, apparently absorbed in his thoughts and unaware of any physical discomfort. The Ranchman 2011-08-27T02:00:21.017Z All at once he flung up his great head with a low howl, then, crouching, licked the nerveless hand that hung down. The Long Lane's Turning 2011-08-23T02:00:34Z Too often we allow to one side of religion a development which is not excessive, but disproportionate, and we are punished when contemplation becomes nerveless, or energy burns itself away. The Gospel According to St. Mark 2011-08-20T02:00:14.427Z Charlotte, who had turned very white, sat nerveless and trembling like a leaf. The Locusts' Years 2011-08-16T02:00:41.777Z As she released her hold of the hand it dropped nerveless. The Lost Heir 2011-08-07T02:00:09.367Z Whatever judicial dignity had been his had been whelmed by the paralyzing fear that had gripped him, and he stood, holding to the door-jambs, nerveless, motionless. The Ranchman 2011-08-27T02:00:21.017Z And so the once great house of the Pelops Is weak and nerveless. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z They're also as nerveless as Germany in a penalty shoot-out, which might actually force Paraguay to do something interesting in this match. Copa Am?rica 2011: Uruguay v Paraguay - live! 2011-07-24T17:46:50Z He helped her to her room, where she fell on her bed nerveless. The Locusts' Years 2011-08-16T02:00:41.777Z Lilian let the paper fall from her nerveless hands, and lay motionless, shivering in her chair. The League of the Leopard 2011-07-23T02:00:12.490Z I felt as if I had crushed out the reptile's life; and the two pieces—their living identity gone—lay nerveless, and devoid of terrors, in the candle tray. Humorous Readings and Recitations In prose and verse 2011-07-20T02:00:16.323Z Not in dumb resignation, We lift our hands on high; Not like the nerveless fatalist, Content to do and die. Religion and the War 2011-07-18T02:00:22.307Z His final-round 70 was nerveless, his smile infectious and his joy boundless. Darren Clarke ? the joker who finally got serious at the 2011 Open 2011-07-17T20:58:35Z The perspiration stood on his forehead in great drops as he continued to make the effort, and presently the spoon fell with a clatter from his nerveless fingers. Peggy Owen at Yorktown 2011-07-17T02:00:35.830Z As household names struggled, a new prodigy announced his arrival with nerveless golf. The Open 2011: Tom Lewis upstages his father's idol, Tom Watson 2011-07-14T20:45:36Z Seeing the letter lying upon the table where it had fallen from his wife’s nerveless hand, Gideon picked it up and hurriedly read it through. A Vendetta of the Desert 2011-07-05T02:00:32.510Z The nerveless fingers relinquished their hold, and it fell back to its place and shut out the sight. The Trail of the Axe A Story of Red Sand Valley 2011-06-27T02:00:56.823Z The lances fell from the nerveless hands of the astounded Teutons, and with machine-like precision they raised their hands above their heads. The Dispatch-Riders The Adventures of Two British Motor-cyclists in the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:22.377Z He fixed the silver obol tightly in the nerveless hand; he propped up the head with a flat stone; he spread the long deep-gold hair over her body from the forehead to the knees. Ancient Manners Also Known As Aphrodite 2011-06-13T02:00:23.863Z But Tsonga saved it with nerveless second serve in a match when Ward's position outside the elite was finally exposed, but only just, against a player of real class. Britain's Ward denied by Tsonga 2011-06-11T15:13:00Z The paper fluttered from the man’s nerveless fingers, but the woman caught it as it fell. Dangerous Ground or, The Rival Detectives 2011-06-11T02:00:11.853Z The horror of the night was telling upon her pale, drawn face, her bloodless lips, and nerveless hands. Faithful Margaret A Novel 2011-06-10T02:00:21.627Z She pulled her trigger then, but with nerveless fingers, and her ball whizzed just above the bear's head, cutting off one-half of his right ear. Donald McElroy, Scotch Irishman 2011-06-04T02:00:12.520Z Now, weak and nerveless, let the foe possess it, For it can harm them in the field no more. The Inflexible Captive A Tragedy, in Five Acts 2011-05-31T02:00:32.980Z Nothing said—and the cowboy sat nerveless in his place—but Mr. Bowles felt rebuked. Bat Wing Bowles 2011-05-20T02:00:33.310Z Their slaveholding fellows are, in some respects, in a still more unhappy condition—helpless, nerveless, ignorant, selfish; yet vain-glorious, self-sufficient and brutal. The Impending Crisis of the South How to Meet It 2011-05-10T02:00:59.100Z "Tell me—tell me quick, where is McGill now?" she panted, her hat dropping from her nerveless hands and falling at her feet. The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky 2011-05-08T02:00:04.810Z Then she sat down beside me, and held my nerveless fingers in her warm, soft clasp, till I was dreaming an odd jumble of pleasant visions through all of which flitted Ellen's face and form. Donald McElroy, Scotch Irishman 2011-06-04T02:00:12.520Z The bow has fallen from the nerveless grasp of the generous chieftain. Memoirs of Orange Jacobs 2011-05-01T02:00:10.143Z There stands no spirit in the closeness of a sick-chamber to awaken a cheering smile on that nerveless, colorless countenance; but only confessors, lawyers, and doctors, who order everything, and relatives who lament at everything. The Campaner Thal and Other Writings 2011-04-26T02:00:29.827Z Not for long did he keep hold of the ghastly fragment; and as he attempted to lay it on the table, it dropped out of his now nerveless grasp. The Finger of Fate A Romance 2011-04-21T02:00:43.830Z The ball broke Johnse's left arm and his pistol slipped from a nerveless hand to the ground. The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky 2011-05-08T02:00:04.810Z At last she sank back in her chair with a little gasp, and Appleby, who knew he had never spoken in that fashion before, felt suddenly nerveless and embarrassed. The Dust of Conflict 2011-04-14T02:01:04.343Z Clay fell into it heavily, and began fumbling at his vest pocket, but he soon let his hand drop in a nerveless manner. The Secret of the Reef 2011-04-12T02:00:26.980Z But it was cold—damp—and nerveless—trembling;—it suffered, not returned, his ardent pressure. Tales from Blackwood Volume 8 2011-04-09T02:00:09.087Z His nerveless fingers dropped the belts and daggers on to the table, and the silver and the steel clinked as they fell. The Deemster 2011-04-08T02:00:08.197Z She clung to him, with supplication in her white face and drooping, nerveless figure; and Pound looked on speechless. At Large 2011-03-27T02:00:14.907Z Her skirt dropped from her nerveless fingers, her eyes, a moment before dull, with an infinite and pitiful emptiness, were lit now with a new light. Mysterious Mr. Sabin 2011-03-24T02:00:10.087Z It was necessary to write several letters, and he found his fingers nerveless and composition difficult. The Secret of the Reef 2011-04-12T02:00:26.980Z "Listen to me!" he said, laying his hand upon the shaking Percy's nerveless arm, and speaking quietly and naturally with the intention of calming the other's hysteria. The Daughter Pays 2011-03-19T02:00:09.513Z The glass he had held in his hand fell from his nerveless fingers and broke on the table. The Deemster 2011-04-08T02:00:08.197Z While the rifle cracked and the cannon roared, And the blood of the friend and foeman poured, He dropped from his nerveless grasp the sword That erst was the nation’s pride. Songs and Ballads of the Southern People 1861-1865 2011-03-06T03:00:22.800Z A woman's eye in such cases is seldom sure, and now the stone meant for his head falls short, and, hitting his arm, knocks the gun from his nerveless fingers. Mrs. Geoffrey 2011-02-27T03:00:29.460Z His strength was almost gone; exhaustion was nigh at hand; and he floated, a helpless, nerveless mass at the mercy of the tide. Tom Clark and His Wife Their Double Dreams, And the Curious Things that Befell Them Therein; Being the Rosicrucian's Story 2011-02-25T03:01:12.293Z Rome herself, the original home of empire, lay "nerveless, dead, unsceptred," open to any takers; and takers came. A Short History of Italy (476-1900) 2011-02-24T03:01:00.630Z Stock markets also lost some of their previously nerveless poise. Stock markets have been slow to react to oil price danger 2011-02-22T20:29:21Z Then, waken from thy nerveless sleep, Gird on thy well-tried armor, And soon the braggart North will feel That Right has strength to harm her. Songs and Ballads of the Southern People 1861-1865 2011-03-06T03:00:22.800Z The barkeeper, frightened, stupid, vaguely nervous, in his slow nerveless way, gathered the strange intelligent dog to him, and the two slept. The Westerners 2011-02-14T03:00:39.347Z Apparently he had wired for me instinctively, finding himself suddenly in the toils of some dilemma, which left him dazed and nerveless. That Affair at Elizabeth 2011-02-14T03:00:36.587Z He was found with the pencil just falling from his nerveless hand. In the Onyx Lobby 2011-02-14T03:00:31.897Z He silently bent down and took up his hat, which had dropped from his nerveless grasp, and with bowed head he went silently out into the shielding dusk. Oldfield A Kentucky Tale of the Last Century 2011-02-13T03:00:19.953Z "You shall see for yourself," replies she, handing to him the letter that all this time has lain crumbled beneath her nerveless fingers. Airy Fairy Lilian 2011-02-11T03:00:31.760Z His verses, say Chaudon and Delandine, are perhaps the most nerveless, incorrect, obscure and flat in French poetry; yet the author had been the friend of Moli�re, and had acted with him in comedy. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" 2011-02-06T03:00:53.093Z And then all of a sudden the brimming glass slipped from his nerveless hand, and was dashed into a thousand pieces. Vestigia Vol. I. 2011-02-04T03:00:23.340Z The duc sank back nerveless upon the pile of cordages close by. Lord Tony's Wife An Adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel 2011-01-31T03:00:13.650Z There was a slight movement of her hand, and although the nerveless, cold little fingers fell powerless on the old blue quilt, the girl who hung over her knew what the movement meant. Oldfield A Kentucky Tale of the Last Century 2011-02-13T03:00:19.953Z A compact figure in an ordinary black business suit, it was instantly apparent from his nerveless voice that, for all his athleticism, he was tired to the bone. The Invisible Censor 2011-01-29T03:00:20.267Z The nerveless creature of the school became a fury. Ghetto Tragedies 2011-01-27T03:00:46.507Z Deane, whose self-control was one of the personal characteristics which had counted for something in his rapid access to prosperity, felt a nerveless exclamation break from his lips. The Golden Web 2011-01-15T03:00:38.007Z He yanked the sled-stake out of the nerveless grasp of the sweating and discomfited MacLeod, and raised it. King Spruce, A Novel 2011-01-15T03:00:34.400Z His muscles turned into pulp, his chest became hollow, his arms and legs were mere nerveless attachments, and his whole body assumed the shapelessness of a sack of potatoes. Rowing 2011-01-15T03:00:32.313Z She flung up her arms, and burst into hysterical laughter, which ended in a wail as she sank, a nerveless heap, in the officer's arms. '?19,000' 2011-01-14T03:00:45.303Z The sneering hunchback took the Holy Scroll from the nerveless hands of the Lithuanian, and waved it as in derision. Ghetto Tragedies 2011-01-27T03:00:46.507Z When he tried to scream, a limp, nerveless hand, as soft as a huge toad, was placed upon his mouth, shutting it up entirely, and impeding all power of utterance. The Pobratim A Slav Novel 2011-01-11T03:00:27.460Z Then the blood that had blazed in her face spread suddenly to her nerveless hands, and she began to pluck at the crape ruffles on her gown. The Sick-a-Bed Lady And Also Hickory Dock, The Very Tired Girl, The Happy-Day, Something That Happened in October, The Amateur Lover, Heart of The City, The Pink Sash, Woman's Only Business 2011-01-04T03:01:00.723Z The second showed his inner calm as he curled a nerveless penalty around the Gers goalkeeper. Bitter Scottish Rivals Soften in Remembrance of 1971 Tragedy 2011-01-03T02:20:59Z He took hold of the other's hand and, bending Essarès' nerveless fingers round the revolver, forced him to point it towards his own face. The Golden Triangle The Return of Ars?ne Lupin 2011-01-01T03:00:23.890Z She hung against him unconscious, like a white bundle of clothes, with her nerveless arms hanging slack and limp. Dr. Adriaan 2010-12-29T03:00:33.467Z The latter, coolly and deliberately, stepped forward and removed the rifle from the nerveless embrace of McGable; then, stooping gently, pulled his knives from his girdle. The Frontier Angel A Romance of Kentucky Rangers' Life 2010-12-20T17:12:29.603Z Here and there one finds a nerveless Amiel who can speak fine phrases, but who shrinks from responsibility. With God in the World A Series of Papers 2010-12-20T17:12:19.523Z “What!” cried Humphrey, starting back, as the sword fell from his nerveless hand, and a flash, as of a revelation, enlightened him as to the meaning of much that had before seemed strange. Commodore Junk 2010-12-20T17:12:13.450Z Holding his game together under extreme pressure to card a gritty 74 on a tough track, using up the slack he'd bought himself with a superb second-round 68, G-Mac secured a nerveless maiden major. The Joy of Six: Memories of 2010 2010-12-17T09:43:19Z How nerveless she became, how nerveless, when she saw her husband and her son come in, those two who ...! Dr. Adriaan 2010-12-29T03:00:33.467Z His brother, David, said: "I thought that was a very strong speech, a speech of a conviction politician, and also a nerveless speech." Ed Miliband tells Labour conference: We are the optimists 2010-09-28T16:03:00Z Watson played it with about as much nerveless ease as a nerd on a first date with a supermodel. Watson and Johnson add power to USA 2010-09-25T23:07:00Z The hand that had grasped his throat dropped nerveless, and the weapon fell from his breast as the shouting of men increased. Commodore Junk 2010-12-20T17:12:13.450Z He enhanced his reputation here, with two headed finishes and a nerveless penalty. Bring on Real Madrid and Inter, says Crouch after Spurs stroll 2010-08-25T23:52:00Z South African Oosthuizen, at 27, stunned the golfing world with a seemingly nerveless display at St. Andrews to clinch last month's British Open by a staggering seven strokes. Kaymer breakthough brings young guns another major 2010-08-17T04:35:00Z It was left to Trott to score the 10 runs required from the last over, which was bowled by the nerveless Shafiul Islam. Bangladesh stun England to level series 2010-07-10T19:13:00Z Meanwhile 20 yards away, those in red and white began a long and tearful victory charge towards Cardozo, whose nerveless penalty settled a highly nervy encounter. World Cup day 20 - live! 2010-06-30T07:30:00Z The hands seemed like steel bands about his wrists, and his struggle sent the blood coursing once more through his nerveless arms. Commodore Junk 2010-12-20T17:12:13.450Z But it looked as if it would be to Jackson to finish things off, his career and the match, when his nerveless penalty put Saracens in front with barely three minutes to play. Dan Hipkiss seals Sarries' sorrow and gives season a fantastic finale 2010-05-29T19:51:00Z Suddenly it was Toulouse who looked a little sluggish while the visitors clawed their way back to 9-6 via another nerveless penalty from Berne the boot. Toulouse 26-16 Leinster 2010-05-01T19:10:00Z An ace and a nerveless drive volley saw off the danger and the champion was back in the match. 2010-01-30T10:51:00Z Spurrier hung up the phone and sat in a nerveless trepidation which was new and foreign to his nature. The Law of Hemlock Mountain Mr. Morley's letter fluttered from his nerveless hand to the floor, and, despite its severity, was forgotten before it touched the handsome rug beneath Hopkins' table. Toppleton's Client or, A Spirit in Exile Did'st thou, as day by day, Rolled heavily away, And left thee anxious, nerveless and dejected, Wandering thro' bowers beloved, Roving where he had roved, Yearn for his presence, as for one expected? Heathen Mythology Besides all this, an icy wind blew from the north, and the hands of the rowers grew numbed and nerveless. A Lady's Captivity among Chinese Pirates in the Chinese Seas Leo answered, laughing, "It's simply laziness--an attack of laziness, that's all," and he gave his friend's hands a pressure that was nerveless and limp. The Undying Past With a little sigh his hands dropped nerveless into his lap and he fell back on the shabby eiderdown, his face pale and his breath coming in short, uneven gasps. The Princess Galva A Romance He staggered to the side of a large tapestried easy-chair, and limp with fear, toppled over its broad arm into its capacious depths an almost nerveless mass of flesh and bones. Toppleton's Client or, A Spirit in Exile None but a maniac would have entrusted the nerveless, sensual mob of Rome with the destinies of the world. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius Father!" he cried, and seized his nerveless hand--it was damp and cold; "Father, you alarm me! Four Phases of Love The demoralization caused by feeble ministries in England had its baleful effect in America; nerveless government at home strengthened the centrifugal tendencies of the colonies. A Historical Geography of the British Colonies Vol. V, Canada—Part I, Historical At five o'clock in the morning Wardrop came back exhausted and nerveless. The Window at the White Cat The tiller broke from his nerveless hands, and like a log he fell. The Unknown Sea She bound his wounds in vain, That nerveless heap would never speak again. Provocations The army was composed either of inexperienced youths or of nerveless old men. The History of Cuba, vol. 1 The pistol fell from the nerveless fingers, and dropped clattering to the flagstones. The Key to Yesterday Masters raised a pair of nerveless hands in a deprecatory gesture. The Tempering She was not gentle then, nor cared for his hurts; with quick mastery of him while he cowered and winced in nerveless collapse, she discovered and plucked away his naked paramour. The Unknown Sea Ted staggered after with a flaming pine knot flickering in his almost nerveless hand. Unexplored! Tashkend She was tired to tears, and yet there were no tears, Only the dead seas of indifference Meeting the languors of a nerveless sense, For she had played the rôles for twenty years. Sonnets from the Patagonian The bone snapped, and the knife fell from the nerveless fingers. The Missioner At last a rapid thrust by Ligurius severed a tendon in the sword-arm of his foe, and it fell nerveless by his side. Valeria The Martyr of the Catacombs Upon reaching the library each member of the party sank into easy-chairs with sighs of deep relief, relaxed and nerveless. The Captain of the Gray-Horse Troop Dropped from her nerveless grasp the shattered spear, Closed her bright eye and curbed her high career; Hope for a season bade the world farewell, And Freedom shrieked, as Kosciusko fell! Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. VIII The blue veins stand out upon his nerveless hands. Faith and Unfaith The bone snapped, and the knife fell from the nerveless fingers. The Missioner There is hardly any outstanding question in the Church about which there is such confusion and therefore so nerveless an appeal as the subject of stewardship. The Call of the World or, Every Man's Supreme Opportunity He had taken the other and was fumbling it in his nerveless fingers. Shadows of Flames A Novel He could have screamed with the pain, and the sword which he held falls out of his nerveless fingers. The Laughing Cavalier The Story of the Ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel Involuntarily, he stepped back, and the heavy hammer fell from his nerveless grasp. By Right of Conquest A Novel It might have dropped there from nerveless fingers or been wilfully hurled. Just Around the Corner Romance en casserole She could not even gain the relief of a real scene with this flabby nerveless creature. Helena Brett's Career “His eyes will be blind and his hands nerveless, and his voice silent.” Bye-Ways The rifle fell from Phil's nerveless hand, as weak and faint he leaned against a friendly tree trunk. Harper's Round Table, June 4, 1895 Wix had gone out, and Gilman was still holding in his nerveless fingers the check that had saved him, when Smalley appeared at his side. Young Wallingford No wonder that the spectators stood spell-bound, powerless, with a nerveless, unconquerable repulsion. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War The drink fell from his nerveless fingers with a crash. Death Makes A Mistake Now, surely, after my illness, my arms would naturally be nerveless, useless things. Bye-Ways He stood still, his sword dangling from nerveless fingers, on his face the expression of a man bound by the spells of a mesmerist. Red Nails One of the first things Mr. Beckley did was to walk up to Anderson and shake his nerveless hand with great vigor. The Auto Boys' Mystery The pink "wrapper" fell from his nerveless hand, and the gambler's-plaids in which he was clad became as slack and empty-looking as a fallen tent. Sube Cane The colour fled from his cheeks and the cigar dropped from between nerveless fingers. The Heart of a Woman Lunch had been prolonged to the utmost extent of its vitality, and the participants were in the state of nerveless leaves in Indian summer, ready to float away on the first breeze. Anne If Eleanor had been a mere sybarite, a nerveless devotee of pleasure, she might have lived in obscurity and borne with the puritanism of her husband. Women of Mediæval France Woman: in all ages and in all countries Vol. 5 (of 10) Her limp body was slipping to the floor in a nerveless heap, her muscles slack and unresponding. The Time Mirror But when he took off his cap the hairbrush dropped from his nerveless fingers. Sube Cane She affected to be as nerveless as the countess; her hands were as weak—they could not break a chicken bone. Black Diamonds The leader dropped his plunder and for a moment he stood in nerveless dread; then, rushing to the window, he threw up the sash. The Spy Condensed for use in schools I could faintly smile when he would bend his head, and kiss my nerveless hand, and I wondered if he knew how much I liked to lie quietly and look at him. The Galaxy, April, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—April, 1877.—No. 4. With arm unnerv'd the listless soldier lay And own'd the influence of a nerveless sway: The stern Castilian drew the vengeful brand, And strode proud victor o'er the trembling land. The Lusiad or The Discovery of India, an Epic Poem Mighty fingers contracted, and the knife dropped from his nerveless grasp to clatter against the stone floor. Warrior of the Dawn She did not go out with her sister, she stood still in her place, her head gunk on her breast, her arms hanging nerveless by her side. Gertrude's Marriage The torch dropped from the Greek's nerveless hands and expired with a hiss. Guy in the Jungle A Boy's Adventure in the Wilds of Africa It was Nicholas who, with clattering teeth and nerveless fingers, dragged a blanket from the bed and covered the woman's figure. The Crimson Gardenia and Other Tales of Adventure The girl rose from her knees, gently withdrew her hand from Hubert's nerveless fingers, and signed to Mrs. Jenkins to take her place. A Life Sentence A Novel For he saw what was going to happen, and pushed a chair beneath the nerveless limbs just in time. Leonore Stubbs She felt the keys put into her nerveless hand--had she not been bowed down into the dust? Gertrude's Marriage A nerveless parry in tierce brought out a tempestuous support— His arm was as heavy, as numb, as lead, the conventional period had been ignored, and his torment went on and on. The Bright Shawl The dogs began to trot as the sled overran them; they rushed blindly into gullies, fetching up at the bottom in a tangle, and Johnny followed in a nerveless, stupefied condition. The Crimson Gardenia and Other Tales of Adventure Groaning, I doubled up, weak and nerveless, for the instant, from the vicious, unexpected blow. Astounding Stories, June, 1931 Isabel longed for the time when she should enter them and pick up the threads dropped from her mother's nerveless fingers. Ancestors A Novel "I shall not remember it to-morrow," replies she, in a strange, dreamy tone, her hands falling nerveless at her sides. Portia or By Passions Rocked Rosie, feeling suddenly sick and weak, crumpled down into her chair, a nerveless little mass that gaped and blinked and waited for the world to come to an end. The Rosie World She allowed her daughter to climb over her without moving, and when Parker appeared she wiped one long yellow hand on her apron, and gave it to him in a nerveless grasp. Stories of the Foot-hills It was too dusky in the closely curtained apartment to see any object so small, but he swept his hand across the carpet and picked up the key that had slipped from her nerveless fingers. Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part However, his words were consolation to the nerveless manager, who, from that time on, was quite servile. A Canadian Bankclerk The pistol dropped from the police driver's nerveless hand and Scotty leaped. The Egyptian Cat Mystery With blinking eyes and a crimson embarrassment that mounted to ears and scalp, Tom passed about a nerveless, sodden hand. The Rosie World He gave one weak blow on the side of the bell, and the instrument fell out of his nerveless hands upon the bench. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume III His cheek, once ruddy with health, had grown thin and pale; his limbs were shrunken, and his hands, once so strong and sinewy, had become cold and nerveless. Marguerite De Roberval A Romance of the Days of Jacques Cartier A deep, hollow peal followed my nerveless little pull at the chain bell-rope, and almost immediately the door opened. A Monk of Cruta It has no conception of the difference between working with a clear brain and a steady hand, and working with a dull and nerveless tool. Euthenics, the science of controllable environment a plea for better living conditions as a first step toward higher human efficiency Monica, raising her head, sees the two Misses Blake standing side by side, with folded, nerveless hands, and fixed eyes, and horror-stricken faces. Rossmoyne Fear made her a coward, a helpless, nerveless creature. Banked Fires The men in the boat lost their courage, and their nerveless hands refused to grasp the oars. Marguerite De Roberval A Romance of the Days of Jacques Cartier You, who should have been the most zealous upholders of religion, have drifted down the stream of fashion, nerveless and indifferent. A Monk of Cruta She looked at him with wistful eyes: her nerveless fingers tried to press his hand. Under False Pretences A Novel The "spell" was over for the time, but her escape from the shadow of it left her nerveless and almost indifferent to its returning; apathetic, too, to her tormentor. Old Crow Mapfarity ran up then and took the book from his nerveless hand. Rastignac the Devil He made no sound, his eyes stuck out, his nerveless hands tried to grapple the rail to prevent a tumble, and then he vanished. The Monster and Other Stories And thus together we slurred over the fact of that pendulous, nerveless body which had hung from the crutches like an old stocking. A Diary Without Dates No more hard words could fall from those stricken lips: no more bitter sentences be written by those nerveless fingers. Under False Pretences A Novel More than once Natalie saw the brush suddenly fall from his nerveless fingers. Stories by American Authors, Volume 3 It is the nervousness that nerveless youth suffers in inactivity. "And they thought we wouldn't fight" It had slipped from her nerveless finger when they took her to her room. The Galaxy, Volume 23, No. 2, February, 1877 He relapsed into his former comatose state, nerveless and lethargic. Coquette When the orchestra had finished playing “The Awakening of the Lion,” the curtain rose, disclosing the nerveless Signore in purple tights and high-topped boots. The Real Latin Quarter His hand stopped suddenly as his wrist met the deadly stick, but the blackjack kept on going, bouncing harmlessly off the nearby wall as it flew from nerveless fingers. Nor Iron Bars a Cage.... He stood back from her, his hand falling from her arm as if it had grown nerveless, and for a moment there was absolute silence. The Beggar Man Shame! it hath rusted in its scabbard, till The nerveless arm can scarce withdraw it thence. Eidolon, or The Course of a Soul And Other Poems If the sermon be simply and solely an intellectual effort it will be cold and nerveless and ineffective. The Message and the Man: Some Essentials of Effective Preaching I hate my pen; I hate my stool; What am I but a nerveless tool? Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. CLVIII, January 7, 1920 She drew a deep, quick breath—her fingers were suddenly nerveless. Berenice Anne’s hands and feet became nerveless bits of ice. The Gorgeous Isle A Romance; Scene: Nevis, B.W.I. 1842 The belaying-pin dropped from his nerveless hand, his arms dropped, his knees sagged. Fire Mountain A Thrilling Sea Story The small, wasted hand, lying nerveless on the sick girl's breast, clasped as usual her jealously-guarded treasure. Shirley I saw as brain-blurred drunkards see; I felt, yet could not feel; I seemed in moving time to be In nerveless immobility As dust upon a wheel. Ioläus The man that was a ghost When he had finished, and the pen slipped from his stiff, nerveless fingers, there were lines and marks in his face which had never been there before, and which could never altogether pass away. Berenice For hours she would sit with her hands dropped nerveless in her lap, glancing over the wide sea out to the farther horizon. Hope Mills or, Between Friend and Sweetheart Martin's arms fell to his sides, nerveless, and he stood panting, tongue-tied with emotion. Fire Mountain A Thrilling Sea Story Then it ceased, and I was alone in the silence, sinking down nerveless beside the table, my face buried in my hands. Beyond the Frontier A Romance of Early Days in the Middle West He was too nerveless of fingers to put the sheet back within its envelope, and so thrust it, a crumpled mass, into his pocket. Money Magic A Novel It shows typically the cold deadliness, the prompt repaying of a blood debt, the nerveless daring that were the outstanding qualities of this almost legendary figure. Hawk Carse His nerveless fingers are no longer on the rope; he stands like a stalled ox in front of his homicidal assailant. Orphans of the Storm Suddenly a dozen rifle shots, in quick succession, rang out in the air and the cards fell from our nerveless fingers as a stray ball rattled against the iron shutters of our windows. Liége on the Line of March An American Girl's Experiences When the Germans Came Through Belgium I felt the clammy touch of Cassion’s hand on my nerveless fingers, and I must have answered the interrogatories of the priest, for his voice droned on, meaningless to the end. Beyond the Frontier A Romance of Early Days in the Middle West She took Haney's big nerveless hand in her firm grasp, and together they listened to the solemn words which made them husband and wife. Money Magic A Novel He took her hands, which were hanging nerveless at her sides—took them and held them close. East of the Shadows The key fell from her mother’s nerveless grasp. Daisy Brooks Or, A Perilous Love Bissolo was a fellow-labourer with Catena in the Hall of the Ducal Palace in 1492; he is soft and nerveless, but he copies Bellini, and has imbibed something of his tenderness of spirit. The Venetian School of Painting The bloody ax was wrenched from his nerveless fingers, and he was down, smothered by innumerable trampling bodies. Slaves of Mercury He's putting on weight, he tells me, but feels cold and nerveless. Money Magic A Novel Philippa sank upon it overwhelmed and almost nerveless under the stress of his emotion. East of the Shadows The despairing father now strove to raise his daughter in his arms, when something fell from her nerveless grasp. Gómez Arias Or, The Moors of the Alpujarras, A Spanish Historical Romance. He could have rushed upon that listless figure, and startled the life half out of the nerveless slovenly frame. The Doctor's Family Instead, it fluttered from his nerveless fingers, and he sank back with a groan. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, October, 1930 Bertha went back to her room, still in nerveless and despondent mood, not knowing what to do. Money Magic A Novel The revolver fell from his nerveless grasp—he clutched at the detective's arm and tried to tear it from his throat, all the while groaning and sputtering at a great rate. The Ivory Snuff Box I caught hold of the horn, settled down nerveless in the saddle, and looked around me. Dwellers in the Hills He had taken the tone of command with me—a tone I would have resented at any other time; now, nerveless and weak, relying on him solely, I obeyed him like a sick child. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 2, August, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Suddenly his attenuated frame straightened, his hand shook violently and, the glasses fell from his nerveless fingers. The Strollers "He is still the boy, while I am old and wrinkled and nerveless," she bitterly confessed. Money Magic A Novel But the man made no move to defend himself; he was struck numb and nerveless, not through fear, but through that horror which comes with seeing one's most gruesome superstitions come true. The Finding of Haldgren Great as thou wert, and feared from shore to shore, The wrath of Heaven o'ertook thee in thy pride; Thou sitt'st a ghastly shadow; by thy side Thy once strong arms hang nerveless evermore. Poetical Works of William Cullen Bryant Household Edition Huntington’s big revolver, slipping from her nerveless fingers as she fell, struck the Navajo rug with a muffled thump, bounced and rolled over, and settled down harmlessly on a patch of barbaric red. The Heart of Thunder Mountain And such nerveless or nervy creatures as they were! A Mountain Boyhood But the curtains dropped from his nerveless fingers and he turned back to the living room, sick in mind and heart. The Twins of Suffering Creek Then the empty pistol slipped from Spud's nerveless hand; and his other, that had clung with unshakable grip to a sharp edge of rock, relaxed, while he plunged headlong toward the floor below. The Finding of Haldgren Pachmann, white with pain, was nursing a numbed and nerveless hand. The Destroyer A Tale of International Intrigue She dropped her hands inertly from her face, and let them lie in her lap, nerveless, helpless, while she gazed upon the well-loved features, so pale under the grime and tanning of the skin. The Golden Woman A Story of the Montana Hills Over him and reaching from his feet to his breast, was drawn a sheet, and on that sheet lay one of his thin, wrinkled and nerveless hands. Shoulder-Straps A Novel of New York and the Army, 1862 He uttered a low cry of horror, and fell back in the chair, nerveless, speechless. The Bondwoman Worn down by exhaustion and famine, her nerveless arm failed her, and she sank beneath the waves. King Philip Makers of History Under pressure of this continued wretchedness I sank into a nerveless condition of mere dumb endurance—a passive acceptance of the miseries of life "as willed by God," I assured myself. The Prodigal Returns Alone, helpless, almost nerveless, Joan waited that end which she felt could not long be delayed. The Golden Woman A Story of the Montana Hills So nerveless were they with fatigue that, when they went by the bend, Spurling forgot to be afraid of the thing which he had seen there; he had not the strength to remember. Murder Point A Tale of Keewatin He took the ticket and the clipping from Pinny's nerveless fingers and compared them. The Trimming of Goosie The fingers of his gun hand grew suddenly nerveless; the weapon dropped unresistingly from his paralyzed hand. Pirates of the Gorm Suddenly a puff of wind came, and the sheets where whipped out of his nerveless hand, while the sail thus loosened blew forward. Among the Brigands It was hot, hotter than the Dome, hot as it was in the surta mine, where only the nerveless Venusians could work for any length of time. The Great Dome on Mercury The newspaper lay on the floor, where it had fallen from her white, nerveless fingers. The White Lie The reaction from his long-sustained rage had left him dazed and nerveless. Out of the Depths A Romance of Reclamation The phrase, self-coined, repeated itself in his brain even when he was not thinking of the shaken, nerveless body which he had tried to revive. The Education of Eric Lane They had found him too late, pitifully propped against a stone, the cigarette, he had tried to light to comfort him, dead in his nerveless hand. Tharon of Lost Valley With fumbling, nerveless fingers they scaled its bare sides, flung themselves down among the scant but wholesome herbage, which clothed its top, and filled their lungs with the clean, reviving air. In the Morning of Time He took her hand as he spoke; it felt weak and nerveless. Lover or Friend His accustomed step, quick, firm, and expressive, was changed to that of the nerveless, aimless boy—a sort of shuffle. The Boy Broker Or, Among the Kings of Wall Street Born weak and nerveless, he must go to society's ambulance wagon, and so impede the onward march. A Man's Value to Society Studies in Self Culture and Character And the fair child-face grew whiter and whiter, but she only took the nerveless hands in hers and kissed them. Wee Wifie Maitland rejected this with scorn as a dangerous and nebulous kind of religion—"nerveless and flabby, without bone or sinew." Beside Still Waters There was Friend Browne, bent and white-haired, who looked sourly at the soldier trappings and gave him a nerveless hand. A Little Girl in Old Philadelphia His energy waned, his limbs grew heavy, nerveless, his brain clogged and dulled. Rimrock Trail Soon as the youth the monstrous beast beheld, Black poison sweating, and with crooked sting Threatening fierce wounds, he nerveless dropp'd the reins: Pale dread o'ercame him. The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II He slumped down into his chair, his arms clubbing the table, his gun falling from his nerveless hand, his forehead striking the wood like the sound of an auctioneer's gavel. A Man to His Mate Not in dumb resignation We lift our hands on high; Not like the nerveless fatalist, Content to do and die. Poems with Power to Strengthen the Soul Seeking refuge in his room, he faced his future in nerveless dejection. The Light of the Star A Novel She held out her hand to me—such a delicate soft little hand, but quite cold and nerveless. The Belovéd Vagabond They said the incantations of the rival medicine men were bewitching them, were making their hearts like children's, and their arms nerveless as women's. Legends of Vancouver The weapon slipped from Hodges’ nerveless fingers, and fell on the turf with a soft thud. Heart of the Blue Ridge Half an hour later, when Billy could walk a little—it was a dead, nerveless intoxication with him nowadays—Eleanor and the foreman took him home in a cab. The Readjustment “What on earth––” The suitcase fell from her nerveless hand; she swayed a little where she stood. The Dark Star As he lay back with his hot, fevered head upon the cushion of the long cane chair, his dead cigar between his nerveless fingers, a thousand bitter thoughts crowded upon him. Hushed Up! A Mystery of London A moment later Doctor Murray had her pulse between his nerveless fingers. The Beloved Woman I rose and walked to the window; then, nerveless and depressed, I went out into the garden again to smoke a cigar. The Maids of Paradise And so, at last, woman steps forward, tipping the symbols of despotic power—sceptre and crown—from the nerveless hand and dishonoured brow of her recent lord and master! The Gay Rebellion The bronze Barye lion dropped from Golden Beard’s nerveless fist; the towering figure, stiffening, fell over rather slowly and lay across the velvet carpet as rigid as a great tree. The Dark Star She looked at me, and the pen slipped from my nerveless fingers. The Master Mummer The following day a broken, nerveless, shivering wretch would be dragged into their midst, blood-stained, faint, and with the gashes of a blood-hound's teeth covering his face and throat. Sword and Pen Ventures and Adventures of Willard Glazier Dandy's arm, which had before been prudentially soft and nerveless, suddenly hardened into solid muscle, and one of his heavy blows came full and square upon the region of Archy's left eye. Watch and Wait or The Young Fugitives He laid the cool, delicate, nerveless hand back upon her knee, and rose, for the Sister was folding up her sewing. The Dop Doctor The last bell rang; people crowded down on the planks; Russell hastened back to the carriage, and took the nerveless, gloved hand. Macaria He knew his favorite grandchild, and smiled as Ulick respectfully raised and kissed his hand, that hand in whose hollow had lain the world, now shrunken and nerveless, scarce able to crush an impertinent fly. The Doomsman She drowned in my very grasp, and at last she dropped from my nerveless hands to leave my sight forever. The Johnstown Horror!!! or, Valley of Death, being A Complete and Thrilling Account of the Awful Floods and Their Appalling Ruin At this all my strength seemed to ebb away from me, and my hands became nerveless. The Birthright His paddle fell from his nerveless hand and floated away on the stagnant water just as a dark, shapeless mass crept out of a bunch of reeds and struck the canoe with a gentle thud. The Boy Chums in the Forest or Hunting for Plume Birds in the Florida Everglades The Spanish government was nerveless, and sacrificed its true interest to the family ambition of the king Philip V., who wished to establish his younger sons as ruling princes in Italy. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" She shrunk before those terrible eyes of his, and gripped the pillow with nerveless hands. Colorado Jim Up to his time the blank verse line always, and the semi-couplet in heroics, or member of the more complicated stanza usually, were either stiff or nerveless. A History of Elizabethan Literature A moment later I had started to my feet and seized the pistol which I had bought at Truro, but my hand became nerveless. The Birthright The Archbishop opened his nerveless hands before him; they were pale and wrinkled as if they had been much soddened in water. The Fifth Queen Crowned Muldoon's fingers became suddenly nerveless, and he dropped the brief case. Lease to Doomsday Isn’t it funny?” he added, with a nerveless laugh. A Young Man in a Hurry and Other Short Stories When at last he succeeded and slumped there, mouth twisted and face bathed in perspiration, her knees were shaking and she felt limp and nerveless. Shoe-Bar Stratton And after a while her nerveless hand relaxed; she looked down at the crushed thing in her palm for a long time before she smoothed it out and finally opened it. Athalie They rolled him over on his back, but he was limp and nerveless as a rag. The Riflemen of the Miami Bud reached over and slowly took the paper from the Kid's nerveless hand. The Boy Ranchers on Roaring River or Diamond X and the Chinese Smugglers They walked on, he clasping his gun with nerveless hands, she breaking the sapless twigs as she passed, with delicate, idle fingers. A Young Man in a Hurry and Other Short Stories Colonel Parsons escaped with only the remnants of the fine force he had commanded, and they were nerveless, broken, almost panic-stricken. The Hero Lifting up the drooping head, he moistened the nerveless lips and bathed the cold temples and pallid cheeks. The Rider of Waroona For some minutes she sat motionless in the saddle, stunned and nerveless. The Trail to Yesterday When the Judge came to, it was with an excruciatingly painful struggle that left him shrinking and nerveless, lying in a corner, blinking at the light of a kerosene lamp. 'Firebrand' Trevison He was not a weak and nerveless preacher of righteousness, but a man of strength, of dauntless resolve, and of courageous action. The Gospel of Luke, An Exposition The multitude, dumb and nerveless with amazement at the daring deed, made no effort to rescue their victim from her deliverer. History, Manners, and Customs of the North American Indians "Raise his head gently," she said, and slowly poured the mixture between the old man's nerveless lips. The Rider of Waroona And in practical life it is either a nerveless sentimentality or a sensualism without bounds. The Will to Believe : and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy From the foot of the stairs Agatha saw him, and she stood, nerveless and shaking with dread over the picture he made. 'Firebrand' Trevison For twenty minutes his hand never falters, then the charcoal drops from his nerveless fingers! Uncanny Tales The hand which the man had been holding hung limp and nerveless at her side. Anna the Adventuress The novelty and excitement of the last two days had left me nerveless and tired out, and to tell the truth, I was feeling the first touch of "home-sickness." The Story of a Common Soldier of Army Life in the Civil War, 1861-1865 How could the natives of all classes fail to look upon this as another evidence that the reins of power were dropping from our nerveless hands? The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886 The cold savagery in it had paralyzed him, and he gasped as Trevison’s eyes found him, and the pistol that he tried to raise dangled futilely from his nerveless fingers. 'Firebrand' Trevison Beside the man, on the flat-topped division of the seat, a pistol lay; but the fingers of the small white hand which held it were nerveless. A Sheaf of Corn But hark! a sound—the faint Breathing of one who swims with pain, the plash Of nerveless hands nearer and nearer comes, Yet ever fainter. Chronicles of Strathearn She opened them, and with a nerveless finger, touched the paper as if to make sure that it was real. The Gold Girl The grasp of his strong warm hands, all manacled as they were, upon the other's nerveless clammy fingers, sent, more than the words, something of the speaker's own courage to his friend's wrung heart. The Light of Scarthey The hand of Deerfoot became nerveless and dropped to his side. Footprints in the Forest "If you knew," he said, "the things you say——" His hands made a sudden movement, as if they would have taken hers that lay nerveless and helpless, almost within their grasp. The Creators A Comedy She fumbled with nerveless fingers at the buttons of her waist. The Devil A Tragedy of the Heart and Conscience The breath whistled from his tightly drawn lips, while he fought with his nerveless legs for support. Gold Out of Celebes Prescott felt suddenly limp and nerveless; now that help was near at hand, he wanted to sit down; but he held on until he limped into the hut, where two men stood awaiting him. Prescott of Saskatchewan The clear, nerveless moonlight lay over the bush like a flood of white transparency, revealing everything it touched with the distinctness of day, and hiding everything that escaped it in a veil of impenetrable shadow. Colonial Born A tale of the Queensland bush After that the sentences came in jerks; they gasped for breath; they reeled and fell; they dragged on, nerveless and bloodless, to an unspeakable exhaustion. The Creators A Comedy Gently, he took it from her nerveless fingers and caught her supple body as she fell. The Judas Valley Frank takes the key, mechanically, turns it about with nerveless fingers, scarcely glances at it. The Diamond Coterie The knob under Genevieve's nerveless fingers clicked sharply, and Miss Hart raised her head with a start. The Sunbridge Girls at Six Star Ranch Instantly his sinewy arm fell, the heavy sword dropped from his nerveless fingers, and he stumbled backward and fell to earth like a log. The Great White Queen A Tale of Treasure and Treason She whirled toward the man in frightened silence, and her clenched hands dropped nerveless at her side. Tabitha at Ivy Hall With a chill despondency, like one awaking, all nerveless, from an ugly dream, he yielded himself to the physician, and was led away. The Scarlet Letter With one mind five hundred imaginative workmen dropped their weapons from nerveless hands and fled, bumping, tumbling, fighting each other. The Return of Blue Pete He tried to raise his hand, and his revolver fell from the nerveless fingers that were still grasping it. The Flag I remember that a dead German lay in the trench close behind me, and that his rifle had fallen from his nerveless hand. "The Pomp of Yesterday" The trundle-bed was drawn out to half its width and I was laid upon it, wrapped in my little dressing-gown, a bottle of camphor in my nerveless hand. When Grandmamma Was New The Story of a Virginia Childhood The operator almost sank on his knees with terror, while the weapon fell from his nerveless hand. Historical Tales, Vol. 2 (of 15) The Romance of Reality The one-eyed conqueror is nerveless in the silent grave! The Roman Traitor, Vol. 1 The shock of the surprise, the sudden revulsion of feeling, left him nerveless. The Flag He fell on his knees, caught that nerveless right hand, and pressed it to his lips. A Son of the Immortals The energetic, the daring, the high-spirited go, leaving the residue more abject and nerveless than ever. Glances at Europe In a Series of Letters from Great Britain, France, Italy, Switzerland, &c. During the Summer of 1851. Then the hypodermic fell from his nerveless hand and he fought to break away. The Monster He felt the shock terribly, and for a moment or two was motionless and nerveless. The Ebbing Of The Tide South Sea Stories - 1896 Ross struggled to his feet, and, though still weak and nerveless, found some spun yarn in a locker, with which he tied the unconscious victim's hands behind his back, and lashed his ankles together. The Wreck of the Titan or, Futility There were individual instances of bravery on the part of the foe; but, as a whole, the attack upon the Riverlawns was feeble and nerveless. A Lieutenant at Eighteen "Sylvia see—" The girl gasped again, and impulsively knelt also, trying with nerveless fingers to unfasten the cruel pin which sealed the man's lips. The Opal Serpent The king is dead but the people rejoice as the scepter falls from his nerveless hand and a new monarch ascends the throne. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Eleventh Annual Meeting Washington, D. C. October 7 and 8, 1920 Every tongue seemed to be paralyzed, every limb nerveless, as they, with horror depicted on their swarthy faces, saw him approaching. The American Family Robinson or, The Adventures of a Family lost in the Great Desert of the West When he tried to think of Shirley a sickening qualm rushed over him, leaving him weak and nerveless. The House of Toys She tried to embroider, as she sat alone and waited for something to happen, but her nerveless fingers would not hold the needle. Mary Louise Solves a Mystery Saxe raised his arms, which had felt nerveless the moment before, took a fresh hold, and began to climb desperately. The Crystal Hunters A Boy's Adventures in the Higher Alps And she kneels down, taking the nerveless hands in hers. Floyd Grandon's Honor Then the glass fell from his nerveless hand. The Return of Peter Grimm Novelised From the Play His nerveless fingers let them drop, and a hasty search of the hard, stony ground proved futile. The Camp in the Snow, or, Besieged by Danger The torch dropped from the Greek’s nerveless hands and expired with a hiss. The River of Darkness, or, Under Africa They often drank much more than was good for them, smoked inordinately, were up half the night, and came in the morning to work with heavy heads and nerveless hands. A Girl of the Commune With fumbling, thick, and nerveless fingers he took up the purple-lettered ribbon of his trade. The Tyranny of the Dark He sat sipping coffee, feeling languid and nerveless. One Man's Initiation—1917 He is undecided as to what to do; is weak and nerveless; can not tell whether he is better or worse. The Right Knock A Story Detective Sergeant Fitzgerald gaped, his mouth dropped open and his gun held laxly in a practically nerveless hand. The Ambulance Made Two Trips He did not, could not reply, and presently sank, utterly subdued, nerveless, panic-stricken, into a chair, with his white face buried in his hands. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 459 Volume 18, New Series, October 16, 1852 Under its blight the "successors" of Mohammed became capricious tyrants or degenerate harem puppets, whose nerveless hands were wholly incapable of guiding the great Moslem Empire. The New World of Islam The first glume is very small, membranous, glabrous, broader than long, cordate or triangular, broadly but shallowly emarginate, nerveless or very obscurely 1- to 2-nerved. A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses It was Black, an old Jacksonian, who in the moment of peril held the nerveless hands of the President firm to the tiller. A History of the United States Come, Eva, buck up—buck up, I say, or we’ll never get out of this!” for Eva, terrified, bruised, and half fainting, was now hanging limp and nerveless to Lena’s arm. The Torch Bearer A Camp Fire Girls' Story “No, I didn’ know nothin’ ’tall ’bout it,” he said, turning away and reaching for his hat, but with such nerveless hand that he almost dropped it before placing it on his head. At Fault Then M. Destournier, recovering, reached out and took the girl's slim, nerveless hand. A Little Girl in Old Quebec The first glume is very small, hyaline, suborbicular, nerveless and truncate. A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses Her right arm was out over the sheet, her thin hand nerveless. The Squirrel-Cage Again he lifted the uneasy figure and placed it upon the reclining chair, into which it collapsed helplessly with a nerveless huddle. The Flaw in the Sapphire The letter did not “fall from her nerveless clasp.” At Fault Blind, deaf, nerveless, brainless—just a mechanism, and yet—immortal! A Martian Odyssey The first glume is lanceolate and nerveless or ovate-lanceolate and 1-nerved, half as long as the third glume, hyaline and acute. A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses |
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