| 单词 | owlishly |
| 例句 | Sixty-three robots sat quietly in their chairs, staring owlishly at the endangered man before them. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z The guards peeked inside Billy’s car owlishly, cooed calmingly. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Bull Sparra blinked owlishly at them and yawned in their faces. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z It looked around owlishly with wide, dark eyes, but seemed unable to support its own head. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He blinked at me owlishly, as if not certain he had heard me properly. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z It wedged ecstatic improvised blues choruses inside an owlishly clever composition; improvisation and composition, it symbolised everything Brubeck believed in. The best of Dave Brubeck – in video clips 2012-12-06T11:38:57Z The family consists of his second wife, Marta, an owlishly bespectacled and beaky Mexican soprano who now directs operas for the companies Domingo runs, and their two sons. Pl?cido Domingo: 'I am a very happy man, but I love to suffer on stage' 2010-07-17T23:05:00Z “Oh, dear me, how unspeakably funny and owlishly idiotic and grotesque was that “plagiarism” farce!” he wrote to Keller of the scandal. Plagiarism Scandal Rocks The 'Souls' Community 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z It would be owlishly humourless, uncritical, not to take Tolstoy seriously. The Critical Game 2012-01-05T03:00:38.527Z Dressing with shaking fingers, he was finally ready and left the house, blinking swollen eyes owlishly in the clear sunlight. The Lash 2011-12-20T03:00:32.457Z Rentoul, who had given the advice against mixing one’s liquor, looked up owlishly. Grit Lawless 2011-12-01T03:00:18.137Z Lucca stood off at a little distance studying him owlishly for a minute or two as he was chatting to me in the wings. Memoirs of an American Prima Donna 2011-11-17T03:00:32.600Z But Brent stood and stared at it owlishly. Snowdrift A Story of the Land of the Strong Cold 2011-10-23T02:00:22.547Z “There’s nothing like proper appreciation,” he declared, beaming owlishly at Hal, who merely smiled tolerantly at this fling. Marjorie Dean High School Senior 2011-06-06T02:00:09.407Z "Why do you regard me so owlishly?" she asked, amused. The Streets of Ascalon Episodes in the Unfinished Career of Richard Quarren, Esqre. 2011-02-12T03:00:30.987Z Penny pushed it aside and blinking owlishly, climbed out into a bedroom. Whispering Walls 2011-01-17T03:00:48.373Z Blinking owlishly in the light which had been focused upon him, he was a deplorable sight. Signal in the Dark 2011-01-06T03:00:43.537Z Perhaps she noticed him jump, for she stopped at once and stared at him owlishly. Sinister Street, vol. 2 But Boone Wellver only shifted from one uneasy foot to the other, fingering his hat brim and blinking owlishly. The Tempering Don’t nod your head so owlishly and pretend to understand. The Moonlit Way The Fulls were looking at each other owlishly. The Enormous Room The world is very serious; art is the cure of that, and must be taken very lightly; but to take art lightly, you must first be stupidly owlishly in earnest over it. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 24 (of 25) Half of this money he had thought an exaggerated and cowardly bribe to buy off her importunity when she had stood in the circle of lamplight, owlishly staring. Sinister Street, vol. 2 He grinned owlishly, felt of his jaw and then bowed his head, a flush of shame overspreading his face. The Coming of the Law Baldy reflected a few seconds, blinking owlishly at the instrument, then told him. Lion Loose She blinked owlishly at me from behind her glasses. Little Brother Then the door opened and the old man, blinking owlishly, stood before me. A Mountain Boyhood "I had two drinks," Harry told her owlishly. Teething Ring Young Wheeler would refer owlishly to the Maries and Jennies of an opera troupe recently in Addington, and Ollie Hastings, the oldest bore, would tell long stories, and wheeze. The Prisoner Hogey eyed him owlishly, waggled a moralistic finger, skidded on the gravel as they stepped onto the opposite shoulder, and sprawled again. The Hoofer Captain Bingo throws his long legs off their resting-place, and sits sideways, staring rather owlishly at his young friend. The Dop Doctor She sat blinking owlishly at the two young figures. Vixen, Volume I. Mumbling incoherently, he slowly raised himself and glared owlishly around, caught sight of the picture in Leyden's hand, and grabbed for it. Gold Out of Celebes Johnny Coombs picked it up, looked at it owlishly, and put it back again. Gold in the Sky Their knock was answered by a tousled-headed man who stood, lamp in hand, and blinked owlishly at them from the shelter of the doorway. The Promise A Tale of the Great Northwest Jacky’s eyes became still more owlishly wide, and his face graver than ever. Freaks on the Fells Three Months' Rustication Burris regarded him owlishly for a second, and then went on: The Impossibles "You never can tell what will interest a woman," said Merrihew owlishly. The Lure of the Mask "You are convinced it's being done from outside?" asked Hoskins, peering at him owlishly. Breaking Point I don’t like proverbs, they always tell you in an owlishly wise sort o’ way what you know only too well, at a time when you’d rather not know it if possible. The Island Queen By degrees the conversation degenerated into disputation, for it is the manner of some men, when “in liquor,” to become intensely pugnacious as well as owlishly philosophical. The Young Trawler The prophets of the land now began to hold up their heads and look owlishly wise, for their predictions were evidently about to be fulfilled. The Red Man's Revenge A Tale of The Red River Flood To be sure, she went about looking owlishly wise, but she offered no comment concerning Kathleen's unpleasant attitude. Grace Harlowe's Third Year at Overton College While you loyal Sempers were out on the lawn this afternoon, stringing lanterns, I was shut up in a third-story room peering owlishly down at you through the shutters. Grace Harlowe's Golden Summer She beamed owlishly at Grace, and laughter routed the sorrowful face she had turned to Emma only a moment before. Grace Harlowe's Problem Taken aback at suddenly finding herself on the defensive Lady Ryehampton blinked at him somewhat owlishly: "That's all very well," she said in a less severe tone. The Terrible Twins Black Doctor Hugo Tanner was large and florid of face, blinking owlishly at Dal over his heavy horn-rimmed glasses. Star Surgeon His delight reached the merman, who sat up to gaze owlishly at the coils the stranger pulled from concealment. Star Born Hedin acknowledged the introduction with a solemn bob of the head, and as he stared straight into Wentworth's face he blinked owlishly. The Challenge of the North Now and then he weakly attempted to catch the other's eye, but as Mike studiously refused to be caught, Cassidy could only blink owlishly and fumble again with the tangled ends of the skein. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 31, No. 1, May 1908 The notion of the fat, sleepy Williams, sitting up all night to consider, owlishly, the durability of my love, cooled my excitement. Romance "Time, unlike our watches, never has to go to the jeweler's for repairs," said I owlishly. The Princess Elopes Paul blinked owlishly through the stupidity of his condition, and upon his delicate features the unaccustomed and swollen flush dwelt in a disfiguring blot. Destiny His note of laughter joined hers as they sat staring owlishly at each other through the dark of the after-storm. The Palace of Darkened Windows He took a step forward; but I could only stand still and blink, owlishly. Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man I sat on the divan and stared at him owlishly. A Woman Named Smith The wine appeared, seemed to blink owlishly through the facets of its decanter, like some hoary captive dragged forth into light after years of subterraneous darkness—something querulous in the sudden liberation of it. A Christmas Garland I could only stare owlishly at my four grave gentlemen. The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies The naturalist woke up, and sat all in a heap, staring owlishly. An Outcast of the Islands Winter noons he wandered out and stared owlishly at the car. Main Street By the time Grace had finished speaking Emma was standing in the doorway, peering owlishly at her. Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus Its waistline was quite impossible, and its eyes, as it owlishly scrutinized me over its superfluous food, showed from a face already quite as puffy as the Honourable George's. Ruggles of Red Gap A moment of silence, Theophilus Opperdyke, gathering from Hicks' arm, across his shoulders, that the cheery youth was not so awfully wrathful at his base betrayal, adjusted his big-rimmed spectacles, and stared owlishly at Hicks. T. Haviland Hicks Senior He wore spectacles, through which he peered owlishly at Mike. Mike Some thought of the same sort may well have troubled Nogam's mind as he sat in an otherwise untenanted third-class compartment blinking owlishly over the example of Victor's command of the intricacies of Chinese writing. Red Masquerade He picked these up and examined them owlishly. The Coming of Bill When she recovered consciousness she found that she was lying fully dressed, on her bed, at the foot of which Soft Wind and Sam Singer were standing, gazing at her owlishly. The Long Chance "All turned in," said the captain, gazing owlishly at the deserted deck. Many Cargoes Dogs barked at him, for he was a stranger in his own camp; children, playing in the dust, gazed upon him owlishly. The Valley of the Giants He was so plainly an outdoor man that the air of erudition lent him by the pair of gold-rimmed spectacles owlishly perched upon his sunburned nose was strangely incongruous. Heart of the Sunset "Some men are never satisfied," she said owlishly. Half a Rogue His face was clean-shaven, rosy, and of cherubic fulness; his eyes beamed owlishly through spectacles which nobody had ever seen him take off. South Wind He then finished the brandy which he had brought up with him, and gazed owlishly at the Kentish shore. Many Cargoes He noted covertly the slender lines of her body and the dainty, firm, brown hands flung protectingly about the shoulders of her little friends, who were peering at him owlishly from their shelter. The Barrier As it was, he nodded owlishly and waggled his fingers. Who Cares? a story of adolescence Oh, dear me, how unspeakably funny and owlishly idiotic and grotesque was that "plagiarism" farce! Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 5 (1901-1906) He gazed on solemnly, almost owlishly, out of his fading mask. The Return Trenchard shut one eye and owlishly surveyed his companion with the other. Mistress Wilding Then Babbitt saw Professor Pumphrey laboriously crawling up hill, afoot, Staring owlishly at the revelers. Babbitt |
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