| 单词 | piercingly |
| 例句 | They shone piercingly bright, and yet remote, as if out of a great depth. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z He looked up at the ceiling, so high up, so piercingly white. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z His father looked at him piercingly until he dropped his eyes. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z For a few minutes there was silence, and then, far away but piercingly clear, he heard a scream. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Three long-stemmed roses, so piercingly red I wondered if they were plastic, were in the vase. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z She could hear Calder’s voice piercingly high with fright: “If you come any closer, I’ll put my knee through it. I will. Then you’ll be in big trouble.” Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z A wail escaped from his mouth, inhuman and piercingly loud, rising in pitch and volume. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Music sounded in Doc’s ears, a high thin piercingly sweet flute carrying a melody he could never remember, and against this, a pounding surf-like wood-wind section. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Kali bent forward eagerly, quivering in her excitement, and at that moment as ill luck would have it the child woke, opened his weak, pinkish eyes, yawned and began to yell piercingly. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z It was piercingly, shockingly cold when we stepped from the car. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Instinctively she turned under her piercingly sharp talons, and stepped over the shivering eyas. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z The sound rang out piercingly shrill and sweet, and almost before the echo rebounded a joyous, answering bark rang around the surrounding hills. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Dumbledore’s long silver hair and beard, the piercingly blue eyes behind half-moon spectacles, the crooked nose: Everything was as he had remembered it. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Grandpop played and played, his cheeks inflating and deflating, his head rocking side to side, the sound sometimes really, really quiet, and other times piercingly loud. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z And on some level, Christopher will always know this, more piercingly that we can usually afford to acknowledge. 'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time' Opens on Broadway 2014-10-05T04:00:00Z They will find a piercingly clear and authoritative voice in both poetry and prose, able to assert itself on seemingly any topic, which will serve as a model for inaugurating and explaining future paradigm shifts. Two New Volumes by Adrienne Rich, Game-Changing Feminist, Poet and Essayist 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z ‘WINTERREISE’ Last year, the piercingly poignant tenor Mark Padmore sang this classic Schubert song cycle to open Lincoln Center’s White Light Festival. Classical Music to Come: A Finnish Star, Minimalism and Wagner 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z The picture is so piercingly intimate that I find it difficult even to look at it. The Most Intimate Photograph 2017-01-10T05:00:00Z As a result, “Red Birds” is a piercingly laugh-out-loud novel in a genre that doesn’t often abide comedy. Review | ‘Red Birds’ is a blistering — and funny — critique of America’s military meddling 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z But Phantom Thread is a fascinatingly unexpected and wildly subversive treat, a film about far more than initially expected, a piercingly sharp study of a relationship that turns into a pitch-black romantic comedy. The 50 top films of 2017 in the US: No 4 Phantom Thread 2017-12-19T05:00:00Z In it, he posed a question that was both rhetorical and piercingly immediate: “What is the function, the possibilities, of a writer living under this rumbling volcano?” A Traitor to His Tribe 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z At that final word — “beautiful” — the chord below, which repeats three times, is piercingly, hauntingly dissonant. Stephen Sondheim, as Great a Composer as He Was a Lyricist 2021-11-28T05:00:00Z Becker’s directorial vision catches both these refined deceptions and their underlying furies, nowhere more than in his incisively imaginative, piercingly expressive closeups. An Essential Retrospective of the French Filmmaker Jacques Becker at the Newly Renovated Film Forum 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z Instead, the claustrophobic melancholy of Nora’s world is so piercingly evoked, you sense that her fury will only isolate her further. Claire Messud’s ‘The Woman Upstairs’: reawakening, infatuation, betrayal 2013-05-08T21:18:30Z James Gray’s “Armageddon Time” is a piercingly sad, pointedly autobiographical story set in Queens in the early 1980s. At the Telluride Film Festival, ‘Women Talking’ and Other Topics of Conversation 2022-09-05T04:00:00Z Around Hamm’s neck hangs a whistle, and when he blows it to summon the beaten-down Clov, it is piercingly shrill — a sound to cut through far more noise and distance than ever separate them. ‘Endgame’ Review: A Laugh at the Apocalypse? 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z The piercingly quiet derision of Hong’s bitter ironies makes “Yourself and Yours” a comedy of sorts, but one in which the laughter leaves viewers perched embarrassingly at the glass-walled edge of a trompe-l’oeil abyss. Standouts from the New York Film Festival 2016-10-11T04:00:00Z Here it becomes so piercingly clear that you find yourself regarding it as a sort of Rosetta stone to Pinter’s body of work. | 'Being Harold Pinter': Political Theater, Brought to You by the Politically Powerless 2011-01-06T23:29:42Z After intermission she turned to Ravel’s piercingly poetic and very difficult “Miroirs” suite, playing with lushness one moment and striking crispness and clarity the next. Review: Beatrice Rana, a Young Pianist, Holds Carnegie Rapt 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z A connoisseur of classic Hollywood cinema, Haynes is piercingly aware of the connection between the oppressions and the injustices that coincided with the forging of its forms. "Carol" Up Close 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z “The writing is so lush, haunting and detailed — radiant one moment, piercingly dissonant the next — that you are continuously enveloped by the raucous beauty of the sounds.” What’s on TV Saturday: ‘The Tale’ and ‘From Here to Eternity’ 2018-05-26T04:00:00Z A virtual essay on the crushing legal mechanisms of racism and a first-person vision of the enduring force of history are interwoven with a piercingly romantic dramatic adaptation of James Baldwin’s novel. The Best Movies of 2018 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z The film, which was actually shot in Alberta, Canada, captures natural landscapes in ways that are “lush and piercingly sharp,” Glenn Kenny wrote in his review for The Times. What’s on TV This Week: ‘Breeders’ and ‘The Time Traveler’s Wife’ 2022-05-09T04:00:00Z The image of ghost Affleck trudging home, sheet dragging in the mud, is piercingly sad. David Lowery on why he made A Ghost Story: 'I was freaking out, having an existential crisis' 2017-08-09T04:00:00Z The cultural richness of “Birds of Passage” is overwhelming, its sense of detail piercingly perceptive, and its sense of drama rigorously yet organically integrated with its documentary elements. Review: “Birds of Passage,” the Tragic Story of an Indigenous Colombian Family’s Involvement in the Drug War 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z But this film is just as piercingly and authentically horrifying as before. The Look of Silence: second Act of Killing as horrifically gripping as first - Venice film festival review 2014-08-27T04:00:00Z The piece begins with highly charged, piercingly modern riffs driven by jagged brass fanfares. Music Review: Lang Lang?s Bartok With the New York Philharmonic - Review 2012-01-19T23:29:36Z Not surprisingly, it’s in her careful delineations of the quotidian that she writes most piercingly. Books of The Times: Staying Civil as the World Convulses 2011-01-02T22:21:30Z Eliot piercingly grasped the principle — obtained surely from Hindu religion — that, in dance, motion contains stillness and stillness motion. Review: Pam Tanowitz’s ‘Four Quartets’ Hits Poetic Heights 2018-07-08T04:00:00Z Barely adorned by instrumentation and piercingly beautiful, you can hear these songs in either of two ways. Ofra Haza: Madonna of the dark soul 2010-12-09T21:20:00Z But Mr. Kane laid out dresses and suits that were at once wearable and piercingly accurate in their sexual tension. Fashion Review: In London Fashion, the Olympic Glow Continues 2012-09-19T19:37:35Z That Ms. Ebersole has this gift of emotional expansiveness, too, was piercingly evident in her set at the Carlyle. ArtsBeat: Theater Talkback: A Master Class With Christine Ebersole, a Singer of Many Voices 2011-01-26T21:21:57Z In a piercingly tender scene, Zuckerman, now seventy-one and overcome with impossible longing for a younger woman himself, goes to visit the elderly Amy. The Erotic Truths of “Scary Old Sex” 2016-03-29T04:00:00Z But Ms. Egan can be such a piercingly astute storyteller that the exhilaration of reading her outweighs the bleak destinies she describes. Books of The Times: Jennifer Egan?s ?Visit From the Goon Squad? 2010-06-21T00:10:00Z The grain of Riley’s vision is both coarse and fine; he builds action and ideas on a large scale and then realizes them in piercingly resonant detail. “Sorry to Bother You,” Reviewed: A Wild Workplace Comedy Energized by Righteous Anger 2018-07-03T04:00:00Z At just 85 pages, Styron's account is piercingly concise. Illuminating depression 2011-03-07T12:10:36Z The effects of colonialism can be piercingly specific. Through Catastrophe, and in Community, the Art of Daniel Lind-Ramos 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z You know it’s her the minute you hear it, deceptively low in register, then piercingly high. They always said Cher (and cockroaches) could survive the end of the world. Lately, she’s not so sure about that. 2018-11-26T05:00:00Z It’s piercingly intimate, and utterly casual, everyday interactions rendered as dramatic theater. How the Blaze’s Emotional Dance Music Brings Listeners to Tears 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z “Me!” — which is mechanistic fun, but dull at the edges — skips all that in favor of a kind of uncritical exuberance that’s almost piercingly saccharine. The Playlist: Taylor Swift Wants to Start Over, and 7 More New Songs 2019-04-26T04:00:00Z When these crisp, intense, well-dressed black-and-white characters look directly and piercingly at you, their eyes a-glitter, holding your gaze, it really is very disturbing, like something by Magritte. How Enter the Void sees itself in Lady in the Lake 2010-09-22T11:15:00Z Few movies capture the surreal comedy and engulfing horror of the money-driven world as piercingly as “Stonewalling.” ‘Stonewalling’ Review: A Young Woman’s Exchange Value 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z This old issue is revisited by Gina Gionfriddo's piercingly funny play "Rapture, Blister, Burn," looking at the lives of three women from different generations and throwing in a love triangle for some added drama. Google maps, free milk: play looks at women having it all 2014-01-29T13:37:31Z His voice is still piercingly nasal, his lyrics full of tightly condensed abstractions: “Used to see the TV screen as the place to land my dream in.” A Tribe Called Quest Returns to a Changed World With Joy and Grief 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z She is piercingly honest, deeply creative and stubbornly self-confident. Jeanette Winterson's memoir of the redemptive power of books 2012-03-07T22:47:07Z She makes even the gibberish of scat syllables piercingly specific. Review: In ‘Black No More,’ Race Is Skin Deep, but Racism Isn’t 2022-02-15T05:00:00Z It was not possible to finish Don Winslow’s lean, mean, piercingly funny 2010 “Savages” without wanting more. Books of The Times: ‘The Kings of Cool’ by Don Winslow 2012-06-17T19:58:19Z Far from feeling that recovery was in my power, I felt piercingly aware how much was out of my power, starting with the results of every biopsy, scan, and ultrasound probe. We enabled Lance 2013-01-21T20:59:00Z Her publisher calls the book an “evocative and piercingly honest” journey through the life that has shaped her “very raw art.” Brandi Carlile memoir ‘Broken Horses’ coming in April 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z On the other hand, if you live in certain ZIP codes of Manhattan and Brooklyn, you probably know women whose personalities and problems are fairly accurately, sometimes piercingly, captured in the show’s portrayal of Alison. ‘The Affair’ Season 3, Episode 4: Is Alison O.K.? 2016-12-11T05:00:00Z And tonally, the book was a gift, piercingly honest, deeply painful, but funny and self-deprecating too. For Nick Hornby, adapting 'Wild' was a fast-paced uphill hike 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z It's no wonder that "A Summer at Grandpa's," a piercingly unsentimental portrait of the end of childhood, begins with a valedictory speech. Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-hsien captures life's big, small moments 2015-03-28T04:00:00Z Though this suggests a prevailing murkiness, the style of “Appropriate” is piercingly clear, with carefully drawn characters who speak in crisp and fluid dialogue. Theater Review: In ‘Appropriate,’ Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Subverts Tradition 2014-03-17T02:00:16Z It’s also worth adding that her view of men tends to be critical and sometimes piercingly satiric, focused equally on their power and their impotence. The Wild, Rangy, Unclassifiable Delights of Joy Williams’s Fiction 2020-11-18T05:00:00Z But it’s to the credit of this movie, shrewd and sardonic before it turns piercingly sad, that we see him more clearly than Gracie or Elizabeth possibly can. 'May December' is a slippery, superbly acted tour de force 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z That set a template for Roan now — a little tawdry, self-aware, over the top, yet piercingly vulnerable. Meet Chappell Roan, L.A.'s queer pop superstar in the making 2023-08-29T04:00:00Z She turned to me, sharp jawed and her eyes narrow and piercingly blue. Megan Abbott goes Gothic in ‘Beware the Woman’ 2023-07-04T04:00:00Z In just four takes, her scream - piercingly loud yet peculiarly rich - is deemed just right. How south Essex became a key player in the horror film scene 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z The unnerving sharp edges of Mariá Portugal’s piercingly dissonant score herald impending trouble. Review: A woman of conscience chooses action during the time of Pinochet in 'Chile '76' 2023-05-19T04:00:00Z In her piercingly tender new novel, “Hello Beautiful,” best-selling author Ann Napolitano catalogues the multitudes of love and hurt that families contain, and lays bare their powers to both damage and heal. Review | Ann Napolitano’s ‘Hello Beautiful’ is another tender tearjerker 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z Seabird’s naturally leavened seaweed bread — warm rolls that had been doughy, overdense and piercingly sour on a previous visit — had a delicate tang and an agreeable moist crumb. Restaurant review: Seabird got named a top national spot for 2022 — but here’s what our critic thinks 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z “Blackwater Falls” is a tense and propulsive read from the start all the way through to its surprising, piercingly sad final chapter. Review | 5 new thrillers and mysteries deliver the best kind of tension 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z “Benediction,” a portrait of the English poet Siegfried Sassoon and his struggles through love and war, is one of Terence Davies’ most piercingly personal works, built around a career-peak performance by Jack Lowden. The best movies of 2022 (so far). And where to find them 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z Jimmy Stewart recounts experiences which are piercingly harrowing - but not uncommon. Historical institutional abuse: A long-awaited apology after traumatic decades 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z It comes as little surprise that her insight into the gnarled codes and contradictions of American masculinity is no less piercingly astute. Review: 'Power of the Dog' reasserts Jane Campion's mastery and reveals a new side of Benedict Cumberbatch 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z During the rest of his summer there, he spent long moments sitting and staring out into the piercingly clear horizon, at the curvature of Earth. The Maori Vision of Antarctica’s Future 2021-07-02T04:00:00Z Fry added that Brooke-Taylor was "gentle, kind, funny, wise, warm, but piercingly witty when he chose to be". Cleese, Fry and more pay tribute to comedy 'hero' 2020-04-13T04:00:00Z He stares either piercingly or disconcertingly into the camera. Opinion | Democratic officials have reason to hope for a happy ending. The debate shows why. 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z Although recently named the year’s best movie by the British film magazine Sight & Sound, it’s the kind of exquisitely observed, piercingly sad chamber piece that can seem too quiet to draw major accolades. Inside the 2019 Los Angeles Film Critics Awards: How 'Parasite' won best picture 2019-12-08T05:00:00Z Los Angeles is at once a stereotype and piercingly its own, a mountain lion caught in traffic, a cumbia gliding through a hymn. Why L.A. is the perpetual dark heart of crime writing 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z In a state where police killed nearly 1,250 people through August — more than five per day — her death was piercingly familiar. Agatha Sales Felix death: As Rio police shootings rise, children are caught in the crossfire 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z She said it was “good” and gave me a piercingly kind, knowing smile. Why go to the theater? It’s inconvenient. It can be uncomfortable. And here’s why I love it. 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z He had the same broad face and reddish hair and piercingly blue eyes, all of which made him seem like a proxy, or a genetic ambassador. Family Medicine 2019-03-04T05:00:00Z Their musical language was compressed, gnomic, piercingly expressive. György Kurtág, with his Opera of “Endgame,” Proves To Be Beckett’s Equal 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z By the end of the third, and thus-far final scene, they piercingly wail in pitches so close together that they produce beats painful on the ear and psyche. Review: A day of fringe ritualistic opera and jazz orchestra quirkiness 2018-08-21T04:00:00Z But I’m hard-pressed to think of many performances more piercingly conflicted than the one Hawke gives in Paul Schrader’s “First Reformed,” which is by any measure one of the year’s great American movies. From 'Black Panther' to 'Incredibles 2': Times film critics assess 2018, so far, at the movies 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z I even started to take notes, long lost, about the piercingly acute things he'd say about Hollywood and the movie business, but I never thought it would be this hard. Film critic Kenneth Turan remembers Josh Greenfeld, a screenwriter who taught him about life 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z Her expressive face is brilliant at conveying ambivalence, with her piercingly warm smile an unexpectedly powerful accessory. Laura Linney on making her British stage debut 2018-05-27T04:00:00Z “To me, the world is a mystery,” Jongsu confesses in the movie’s most piercingly sad line. Cannes delivers a triumph with Lee Chang-dong’s slow-‘Burning’ masterwork 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z Hwang won, and the crowd showered him with a piercingly loud ovation. South Korea Goes Wild for Short-Track Speedskating (and Its First Gold) 2018-02-10T05:00:00Z Darja is hardly the most pleasant or charming of characters, but she is piercingly human. 'Ironbound' at the Geffen Playhouse: An immigrant's portrait, painted with piercing realism 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z In the bright light of the room, her eyes are piercingly blue-grey, topped by a slash of pink eye shadow. Chelsea Manning: 'I'm a very different person than I was 10 years ago' 2018-01-19T05:00:00Z On Tuesday, she peered piercingly into the camera, singeing the cameraman with her gaze, and schooled press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders. Opinion | That special place in hell is getting crowded 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z A few seconds later, he closed with a piercingly obvious line: “You don’t get anything for close.” Perspective | For Redskins, a 54-minute game leads only to pain 2017-11-19T05:00:00Z These paintings show that Sherlock Holmes's purported great-uncle and his great-great-grandfather share an aquiline nose and piercingly intelligent eyes — two of the characteristics featured in Paget's illustration. Crime fiction: Sherlock Holmes [mdash] a family likeness? : Nature : Nature Research 2017-10-31T04:00:00Z Many people might recognize them in the form of flash-flood warnings delivered by the National Weather Service, alerts that are accompanied by piercingly loud beeps. As a sudden wildfire approaches, how do you get people out of their homes? 2017-10-11T04:00:00Z All childhoods must come to an end, few of them as piercingly as the one in “The Florida Project,” Sean Baker’s raw, exuberant and utterly captivating new movie. Sean Baker's 'The Florida Project' is a magnificent portrait of a joyous, troubled childhood 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z The robot screams piercingly and collapses into “a huddled heap of motionless metal”. We need robots to have morals. Could Shakespeare and Austen help? | John Mullan 2017-07-24T04:00:00Z Given Morgan’s status as one of the great bebop trumpeters, it’s to be expected that the film’s soundtrack, featuring cool, piercingly played spectacular cuts from dozens of his albums, would set an impeccable tone. The jazz tragedy of Lee Morgan, exquisitely rendered 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z At the Village Voice, Melissa Anderson spotlighted Keough’s performance in saying the actress “by calibrating the intensity of her yearning gazes, makes Sarah's needs and appetites piercingly palpable.” Indie Focus: Endings and beginnings with 'Logan,' 'Lovesong,' 'Before I Fall' and 'The Lure' 2017-03-05T05:00:00Z The line gets a laugh because of Leggett’s well-timed and dismissive delivery — but for the grown-ups in the audience, it’s a piercingly sad joke. Review: ‘Into the West’ at Seattle Children’s Theatre is a glorious gallop 2017-03-03T05:00:00Z The dictionary definition of jaded feels piercingly critical: dulled or satiated by overindulgence; worn out or wearied; dissipated. Arsenal and Arsène Wenger must prepare for the hardest of decisions | Amy Lawrence 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z Some of his melodies are merely catchy and fun, but others are piercingly beautiful. Why Phil Ochs is the obscure ’60s folk singer America needs in 2017 2017-01-24T05:00:00Z This will enable us to better apply our resources and reach as many people as possible with life-saving assistance – and also answer my mother’s piercingly simple question. This Economist Will Tell You Where to Give This Holiday 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z In his review for The Times, Justin Chang called the film “eerily close to quiet” also noting that Reichardt “piercingly captured the despair and isolation of characters dwelling at the margins of contemporary American society.” Indie Focus: Problems big and small in 'Certain Women,' 'Blue Jay,' 'Aquarius' and 'Desierto' 2016-10-16T04:00:00Z In “Old Joy” and “Wendy and Lucy,” the writer-director piercingly captured the despair and isolation of characters dwelling at the margins of contemporary American society. Kelly Reichardt's triptych sheds an intimate light on 'Certain Women' 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z Dressed in a Daytona Beach-style bikini babe airbrushed shirt, she looked droll as hell while sounding piercingly beautiful on stripped-down version of songs like “Teenage Talk” and “I Prefer Your Love.” A weird, lovely night at David Lynch's Festival of Disruption 2016-10-09T04:00:00Z There were a cluster of those calamities in recent seasons, piercingly bad defeats that allowed Mourinho to deliver that cutting “Specialist in Failure” line. Arsène Wenger: 20 years at Arsenal – an incredible journey of joy and frustration | Amy Lawrence 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z With insight and a piercingly irreverent sense of humor, the athlete is keenly aware of the comical “polarities, dichotomies, juxtapositions” that characterize many of his days. Stirring 'Gleason' documents an unsentimental embrace of life, but you'll still cry 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z It is a marvel of A Boy’s Own Story that this subjective realm coexists with the piercingly exact depiction of the social worlds of the boy’s schools, his hometowns, his already divorced parents. Alan Hollinghurst on Edmund White's gay classic A Boy’s Own Story 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z Dodge mumbles humorous, pointed asides to himself and tries to ignore his nattering wife, Halie, who converses piercingly with him from her perch upstairs. Review: Family secrets dug up in harrowing ‘Buried Child’ 2016-02-17T05:00:00Z Fifteen others were wounded in the attack on Le Jardin, an Afghan-owned eatery, which caused a piercingly loud explosion and left a building engulfed in flames. Kabul restaurant hit by deadly suicide car bombing 2016-01-01T05:00:00Z The series also lacks one of racing's alluring signatures: piercingly loud noise. Long Beach ePrix, for Formula E electric cars, hits streets Saturday 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z Every day, the caregivers take him to swim in an indoor pool, where he squeals in a piercingly high pitch of delight. The Kids Who Beat Autism 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z A question asked during the “talk-back” session after the show now sounds piercingly prescient: How do you play someone who is a racist? On Religion: A Play’s View of a Bigoted Past Holds a Mirror to a Violent Present 2014-05-03T00:35:26Z His verse was a one-man soul-baring operation — honest, sometimes piercingly frank, often wry and witty — that might uncover universal truths along the way. My Story: Knocking Once Again on the Poet’s Door 2014-01-31T06:00:01Z To which King would have replied, in that piercingly truthful alto, that any organization which “continues to produce soft-minded men purchases its own spiritual death on an installment plan.” At Sochi Olympics, the podium can be a platform 2013-08-23T17:20:13Z Few writers wrote so piercingly about the first world war. The poetry of Robert Graves: After the trenches 2013-08-15T15:00:16Z The conversations were at once casual and piercingly specific. Critical Shopper: Best Made Store Opens in Manhattan 2013-06-10T20:31:13Z The sun by day has been exceedingly hot, the wind at night piercingly cold, and we have had heavy thunderstorms of an afternoon. March to Magdala 2012-04-19T02:00:32.620Z The wind was piercingly cold, and so boisterous that the commands of the pilot could seldom be heard amid the din of the elements. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 2012-04-03T02:00:31.900Z A gale of piercingly cold wind, usually accompanied with fine and blinding snow; a furious blast. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z In the near distance the heath stretched away for miles, and although it was piercingly cold, the scene was almost attractive. The Everlasting Arms 2012-03-22T02:00:37.327Z At all times it is of marvellous clearness—as I observed myself—and, except during the heats of summer, so piercingly cold, as to be altogether unbearable to the swimmer. Mathieu Ropars: et cetera 2012-03-15T02:00:28.013Z October was a dismal period with its shortening days, its gloomy skies, and high winds, which with zero temperatures blew piercingly through the wretchedly thin tents. True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World 2012-03-13T02:00:24.640Z She insisted that he recognized her step, and that the piercingly shrill cry he gave was for her ear alone. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, June 21st, 1916 2012-02-21T03:00:19.417Z For three or four weeks there was but little sunshine even in the middle of the day, and in the mornings and evenings the air was piercingly cold. The Man with the Pan Pipes and other Stories 2012-02-06T03:00:12.143Z The blinding snow fell around, and the wind blew piercingly through the graveyard. The Little Gleaner, Vol. X. A Monthly Magazine for the Young 2012-02-03T03:00:20.453Z Long Jackson, by the door, hesitated and glared piercingly at the boss, who refrained from noticing. Hoof and Claw 2012-01-28T03:00:27.507Z Now bend they low as the wind mounts higher, And its eerie voice comes piercingly, Like the plaint of humanity's misery, And its burden of vain desire. The Star-Treader and other poems 2011-12-27T03:00:09.977Z The young eyes that gazed so piercingly into hers belonged to him, the seller of her dream of years before. The Wolves of God And Other Fey Stories 2011-12-17T03:00:15.447Z “You never told me,” said Susannah after a perceptible interval, during which directly and piercingly she met Mr. Warner’s gentle gaze, “that you expected this sort of thing.” Out of the Air 2011-11-21T03:00:14.460Z I remember the bridegroom performed piercingly upon the comb. Diana Tempest, Volume I (of 3) 2011-11-12T03:00:36.223Z His fierce red eyes, staring down fixedly into the flowing amber of the current, marked piercingly every fish that passed up and down. Hoof and Claw 2012-01-28T03:00:27.507Z The sun was reflected piercingly from their glass roofs, and the girls spent the afternoons in deck-chairs under the shadow of the courtyard yew. The Story of Louie 2011-10-26T02:00:27.053Z The storms of destruction blew piercingly on every quarter. The Emigrant's Lost Son or, Life Alone in the Forest 2011-10-13T02:00:39.777Z She looked piercingly at the intruder, frowned contemptuously, and said severely: 'What do you wish for here? Count Br?hl 2011-10-06T02:00:41.430Z They touched hands languorously and sank back into their chairs, fanning themselves with palm-leaf fans and gazing piercingly at me. The Claw 2011-08-31T02:01:30.563Z Zend saw them at last; he whistled so piercingly that it rang in the ears of all, and then shouted, "Mighty lords! titmice are under the window,--titmice!" The Deluge, Vol. I. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-08-26T02:00:24.433Z Men and dogs in numbers he never approaches within gunshot, contenting himself by howling piercingly from mountains at a long distance. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z So he had to translate it, and never a feature changed in the Archduke's face, but his eyes were fixed on me piercingly. For the Right 2011-08-01T02:00:10.250Z Zinzendorf looked at Br�hl piercingly, as though wishing to penetrate into his soul, but those windows, Br�hl's beautiful eyes, through which he hoped to look within him, avoided meeting his. Count Br?hl 2011-10-06T02:00:41.430Z "What do they say?" she asked, looking at him piercingly. The Vulture Maiden [Die Geier-Wally.] 2011-07-25T02:00:17.960Z A misty drizzle filled the air, and it was piercingly cold. The Ruby Sword A Romance of Baluchistan 2011-07-05T02:00:28.367Z Towards dawn they halted for a short rest, and now the air became piercingly cold, for they were at a considerable elevation. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z The question was so piercingly put that Helen recoiled slightly. The Old Blood 2011-06-13T02:00:22.897Z At this, Faustina screamed piercingly, covering her face with her hands; the rest stood silent. Count Br?hl 2011-10-06T02:00:41.430Z He looked at her sadly and piercingly with his shrewd eyes. The Vulture Maiden [Die Geier-Wally.] 2011-07-25T02:00:17.960Z The peak of the overhanging mountain took on more than one cap of powdery snow, and the air, at nights, became piercingly cold. The Ruby Sword A Romance of Baluchistan 2011-07-05T02:00:28.367Z Often at altitudes of four or five miles the sky is very dark and the sun is piercingly bright. Visual Illusions Their Causes, Characteristics and Applications 2011-06-02T02:00:25.247Z I shall not forget the gaze of those eyes, the most piercingly blue, under yellow shaggy brows, that I have ever seen. The Letters of Ambrose Bierce With a Memoir by George Sterling 2011-05-26T02:00:19.673Z Bramham regarded him piercingly, and at the moment a boy entered with the morning papers. Poppy The Story of a South African Girl 2011-05-20T02:00:25.147Z It seems to me only piercingly sad in its wildest tumult. From the Easy Chair, series 3 2011-05-14T02:00:12.237Z Through the boiling surf, piercingly cold, Christian struggled bravely. She's All the World to Me 2011-04-09T02:00:16.923Z At this Thorkell turned white with wrath, and clenched his fists and stamped his foot on the turf, and looked piercingly into the faces of the Bishop's followers. The Deemster 2011-04-08T02:00:08.197Z The weather was piercingly cold, and we may be sure that the obsequies were not unnecessarily prolonged. The Canadian Portrait Gallery - Volumes 1 to 4 2011-03-23T02:00:23.527Z The moon had just gone down, and the morning was pitchy dark, and, as usual, piercingly cold. The Bible in Spain Vol. 1 [of 2] 2011-03-23T02:00:19.910Z Stop, stop—you must stop!" she cried piercingly, "or I don't know what will happen! The Daughter Pays 2011-03-19T02:00:09.513Z "Really, do you love me much, papa?" said she once, and looked at him in astonishment piercingly at his moved face. Boris Lensky 2011-03-07T03:00:10.233Z It was a grim, cold morning—piercingly cold, with a wind cutting like a knife across the snowfields. From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 2011-03-04T03:01:00.007Z Dark, sullen clouds came rolling ominously over the heavens; the wind blew piercingly cold, accompanied with a thin, drizzling rain that froze ere it fell. Sharing Her Crime 2011-03-04T03:00:54.907Z And through her mind vibrated, piercingly and cuttingly, the mysterious succession of tones from the Arabian folksongs which echoed lamentingly through all his compositions--the devil's music: Asbe�n. Asbe?n From the Life of a Virtuoso 2011-02-27T03:00:30.780Z I had an eerie feeling as if he had cast an evil eye upon me, it seemed sometimes as if he were staring piercingly at me out of the dark with his only sound one. Withered Leaves. Vol. III.(of III) A Novel 2011-02-25T03:01:13.983Z "Yet I have said nothing insulting to you," says he, violently, and looks piercingly at her, as if he expected that she would reply something. Boris Lensky 2011-03-07T03:00:10.233Z He took no notice of my question, but continued to glance piercingly in every direction. The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 4, April, 1852 2011-02-23T03:00:33.760Z The gush of melody so piercingly sorrowful threw Miriam into a melancholy mood. A Woman's Burden 2011-02-13T03:00:21.253Z When they stood up to carry him bodily, he screamed so piercingly that the storm of bullets was immediately doubled about them. The Secret Battle 2011-02-06T03:00:59.983Z “Sir, the habiliments of jest do not become me,” returned Shea, his cavernous eyes piercingly steady. The Mesa Trail 2011-01-27T03:00:37.207Z She leaned forward a little and looked intently, piercingly straight into her face, and Sybil noticed that the woman's hand resting on the box ledge clenched itself hard. A Pasteboard Crown A Story of the New York Stage 2011-01-26T03:00:25.590Z It was piercingly cold, but, despite the stinging freshness of the morning, he was sweating. Lost Farm Camp 2011-01-23T03:00:16.437Z The storm had abated considerably, but it was still piercingly cold, and Miss Jerusha's fingers and toes tingled as she walked rapidly over the hard, frosty ground. The Actress' Daughter A Novel 2011-01-23T03:00:14.117Z It was fine weather, piercingly bright and warm. Sentimental Education Vol 1 2011-01-04T03:01:07.467Z Although the thermometer had not settled below 50°, we felt the cold quite piercingly—our clothing being constantly saturated with moisture. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z He was forced to listen to piercingly loud music and the screams of other prisoners while locked in a pitch- black cell. 2010-02-10T16:04:00Z Johanna fixed her eyes on her piercingly, as if she expected a new trick. The Undying Past The woman stood gazing at her piercingly as Gertrude cast herself at her feet. A Double Knot Just then the pony lifted its lean head, fringed over with the long ragged mane, and pointing its nose to the blast, neighed shrilly, piercingly, as only an Indian pony can neigh. Dick's Desertion A Boy's Adventures in Canadian Forests Soon, so soon, his jealousy, his honest, blameless jealousy, came to be piercingly sweet to the girl's heart. The Unknown Sea The streak became plainer: a gig; the scream rang out again, piercingly. Majesty A Novel "Aye, the devil take your fine speeches," he shouted, staring piercingly in her face with eyes full of hate. The Undying Past Then hearing what that knight said whom Sir Gareth had rescued she burst out laughing very shrilly and piercingly and she cried out, "Sir Knight, wit you who this is who hath saved your life?" The Story of Sir Launcelot and His Companions "That's exactly how it is," said Waters, closing one eye to look more piercingly astute. Tony Butler The rain was not heavy but very piercingly cold, and the daylight was beginning to fade. Carrots: Just a Little Boy The fog returned at sunset, and as the wind was piercingly cold, and we had neither fire nor room for exercise, we crept between the blankets, as the only means of keeping ourselves warm. Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea While the pastor almost shrieked forth these last words till they echoed shrilly through the church, his small rolling eyes were fixed piercingly, and angrily, upon him. The Undying Past There was something piercingly pathetic in the thought of the good cheer he had anticipated, and the lost pleasure of sitting opposite Elsie made his heart ache. The Captain of the Gray-Horse Troop All along, the killdeer were darting about, calling loudly and piercingly. Across the Continent by the Lincoln Highway Thick set with keen, rather jerky movements, and a habit of looking at people suddenly and piercingly. John Dene of Toronto A Comedy of Whitehall Fagan drank in every word with eagerness, his gray eyes piercingly fixed on the speaker all the while. Sir Jasper Carew His Life and Experience The Jew again looked piercingly at the young man; but it was plain enough that the ability was not in him to invent this as a fiction upon the spur of the moment. The Sapphire Cross We remained but a few minutes immediately on the top, as the wind blew hard and piercingly cold. Narrative of a Journey to the Summit of Mont Blanc She puffed out her feathers, raised her pointed bill, and piercingly into the shadows rang out her trembling voice again. The Three Mulla-mulgars Instead of looking at the delicious morsels, there in plain, alluring view, he scanned piercingly the shadows and drooping branches which encircled the glade. The Haunters of the Silences A Book of Animal Life Martella stood quietly near me; only once did she look up at me, and her eye was piercingly brilliant. Waldfried A Novel A beak that was a needle-pointed tube stabbed his shoulder before he could flinch aside: the quick pain of it was piercingly sharp.... Brood of the Dark Moon A man's skull may be so dense that not even female arguments piercingly delivered may penetrate to his brain; but if arguments be too subtle, there is still the convincing thumb and finger. Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) But every time they wheeled beneath their lids piercingly towards him he closed his own, and feigned to be asleep. The Three Mulla-mulgars Severinus approached the Prefect so closely that he touched his knee, and looking piercingly into his eyes, he answered: "She said, 'A curse, a curse upon Cethegus, who poisoned my child!" A Struggle for Rome, Vol. 2 (of 3) "You were?" she asked, and looked piercingly at Johnny. Do Unto Others As he led out the other three horses in turn, a lad brought us steaming glasses of tea, and I was glad of mine, anyhow; for the night, though still and clear, was piercingly cold. The Red Symbol As he said this, he looked piercingly at the lad, who cast down bashful eyes of blue. The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. While I was speaking, Dolores turned me toward the moonlight, and fixed her great dark eyes piercingly upon me, as if she wanted to read my soul. The Pearl of Orr's Island A Story of the Coast of Maine It stood, divinely still in the perishing violet light, a world withdrawn and unsubstantial, yet piercingly, intolerably near. The Immortal Moment The Story of Kitty Tailleur The sharp crack of a gun broke the stillness outside, and Tira tore her hand from his and screamed piercingly. Old Crow The air was piercingly cold, but the sky was clear, like a canopy of velvet spangled with great stars. The Red Symbol It was a piercingly cold day when I landed in New York–such cold as I had not felt since I had finished my last American visit, four years ago. The House by the Lock "You must have found it piercingly cold in the winter?" Ellen Middleton—A Tale At which Madame Gala raised her straight brows and looked piercingly at Miss Summers. Coquette And he called so piercingly to Martin to drive along, to "Hurry, for God's sake, hurry!" that Martin did whip up, and the wagon whirled away, and Raven hurried on alone. Old Crow A keen frost had succeeded the snow, and the wind blew piercingly cold; but the gloom had passed away. Ringan Gilhaize or The Covenanters A scream of agony shrilled piercingly above the din of the fighting. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, December 1930 The place was piercingly cold too in the winter. Callista : a Tale of the Third Century It rose piercingly over the clatter of their march. The Missourian He was a man of lofty bearing; his countenance was strong and benign as the western wind; he had a gentle smile, but eyes which piercingly regarded me. The Gates Between Now that I come to set it down I see that it is altogether trivial, and I cannot explain how it is that it is to me so piercingly significant. The Passionate Friends We should have been most comfortable but for the piercingly cold draughts. The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' Bucks saw under the visor of a cloth cap, a straight white nose, a dark eye piercingly keen, and a rather long, glossy, black beard. The Mountain Divide The man turned and his shrewd eyes fixed themselves piercingly on the little man’s face. The Twins of Suffering Creek These had an unusual fire in them, and glanced quickly, restlessly, piercingly in all directions. Two Arrows A Story of Red and White She looked once, piercingly, at Manvers, then surrendered herself to him who touched her on the shoulder, turned, and went out of the court. The Spanish Jade Yet I continued to need to share Christ with humanity, piercingly, pressingly. The Prodigal Returns The Russian lowered his voice so that it squeaked piercingly like a rusty hinge. The End of Time “Zane,” he replied, piercingly, “what you need for your hat is a head!” Tales of Fishes Towards the close of the massacre, a child's voice was heard piercingly on the night air—a scream it was, and seemed to come from no great distance. Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland But the first singer I ever heard who made me feel upborne by the music and floated as by the sweep of wings was a man with a high, melancholy, piercingly sweet tenor voice. Lippincott's Magazine, September, 1885 At nightfall they were high among the rocks, and it was piercingly cold, but they got a few hours' sleep in a clump of junipers and struck the valley late next day. Blake's Burden The air was piercingly raw, and the city looked dust-colored and cheerless under the cold, gray sky. The Boy Settlers A Story of Early Times in Kansas The heavy rain pattered, the hollow bones clattered, The traveller's teeth chattered—with cold—not with fright; The wind it blew hastily, piercingly, gustily; Certainly not an agreeable night! Bygone Punishments "Lucy!" he called, and his voice seemed to come piercingly from a far-off place. Valley of Wild Horses He was exceedingly tall and thin; his hair was white, and his bright blue eyes stared piercingly at Black Hawk. Shaman Then, reaching far around past the Boy’s face, she fixed the stranger piercingly with her unwinking gaze, and emitted an ear-splitting shriek of laughter. The Backwoodsmen They waved their long trunks, and trumpeted piercingly, but hesitated to try the descent. In the Morning of Time Bobby had to stand on his tiptoes to draw this, and the chalk screeched piercingly as he bore on it heavily. Four Little Blossoms at Oak Hill School "Blink, grab their guns!" yelled Pan piercingly, and leaping over the bodies he confronted the stricken group of men with leveled weapon. Valley of Wild Horses He paused abruptly before her, and, eyes half-closed, stared piercingly into her face. Counsel for the Defense Once fairly out among the fields of northern Illinois everything became so homely, uttered itself so piercingly to me that nothing less than song could express my sense of joy, of power. A Son of the Middle Border The woman opened her eyes and essayed a smile, but at the same moment there rode piercingly through the still air the long and hideous challenge of a war-whoop. The Roof Tree His eyes looked piercingly at the little red-haired man before him, who, in his terror, had lost his tongue altogether. An Obscure Apostle A Dramatic Story The high-standing loop of alien life was before him, every detail piercingly clear. Deathworld He bent nearer and looked her piercingly in the eyes. Counsel for the Defense A few wretched cabins are scattered at remote intervals over the desert plains, in which the shepherds seek shelter from the inclemency of the weather, which even in midsummer is often piercingly raw. The Land of Thor I could see masses of snow on some of the summits, from which a piercingly cold air came rushing down upon the plains. Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber Or The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge Too often they noticed that the dogs rooted up the earth, and, as if scenting death, howled piercingly, which was an omen of famine or of war. Pan Tadeusz Or, the Last Foray in Lithuania; a Story of Life Among Polish Gentlefolk in the Years 1811 and 1812 With blanket muffling the lower part of his face, he looked piercingly at Pine Coulee—at Robert Burroughs. A Man of Two Countries The day was piercingly cold, and to remain there long would have been unpleasant enough. Bruin The Grand Bear Hunt The sun disappeared beneath the horizon in a heavy squall of rain, the wind breezed up fiercely, and it was piercingly cold. Under the Ensign of the Rising Sun A Story of the Russo-Japanese War Far away on the southern horizon a gleam of dazzling white betrayed the presence of a small iceberg, and the air was piercingly cold. Dick Leslie's Luck A Story of Shipwreck and Adventure For a day and night they wound through this, hardly pausing to rest, for it had become piercingly cold. The Sign of the Spider The stranger reined up sharply as he came within talking distance and looked piercingly at the ranchers as he called out: "Anything I can do for you?" The Boy Ranchers on Roaring River or Diamond X and the Chinese Smugglers But in spite of these figures the islands can become sultry under a blaze of sunshine; and in winter the winds are sometimes piercingly keen. The Cornwall Coast Henry H. Rogers looked piercingly into my eyes and said: "There's the account, Lawson." Frenzied Finance Vol. 1: The Crime of Amalgamated Estelle and Edouard are now whirling, whirling, and all the while his dark eyes look down piercingly into her blue eyes. The Merry-Go-Round A sense of recognition so piercingly sweet that it stirred his pulses like wine was in his heart as he moved towards her. Virginia The scent of freesias filled the room, delicate, piercingly sweet, yet not oppressive. The Mistress of Shenstone The painter got up from his chair, came over to Uniacke, and looked piercingly into his eyes. Tongues of Conscience Again his eyes bored piercingly into mine, and I felt as though all the man's mental faculties were ranged to assail me, but I guess I ran the gauntlet. Frenzied Finance Vol. 1: The Crime of Amalgamated Madame de Ruth ceased laughing and looked at her piercingly. A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg He was small and wiry, with a hawk nose and piercingly intense eyes. The Judas Valley Mile after mile they galloped, but mile after mile they kept to the track, just in front of our engine, which whistled piercingly and let off steam as though in frantic anger. With the Guards' Brigade from Bloemfontein to Koomati Poort and Back The water here flowed with extreme violence, and was piercingly cold, but I unhesitatingly plunged in, and waded across. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851 Therefore," she drew herself up and looked piercingly at the young man, "I have come to see after the property. The Opal Serpent Such a woman would have made me a thousand times more successful than I—” Lydia broke in with a loud voice of anguished questioning: “Do they make them better men?” she asked piercingly. The Squirrel-Cage Her face was all wrinkled up, yet there was a fresh colour in her cheeks, and her eyes, though much sunk, seemed piercingly bright. Out in the Forty-Five Duncan Keith's Vow It was piercingly cold, and she grew numb with it, and then drowsy. Gudrid the Fair A Tale of the Discovery of America Quite too piercingly cold, I call it!” and even Mellicent had not the courage to contradict. About Peggy Saville Then he moved around to his own desk, keeping his eye fixed piercingly on the astonished Creel's bewildered face. The Sheriffs Bluff 1908 Someone has been hurt in their infernal squirrel-cage, and I can help—” The older man was looking at him piercingly, as though struck by a sudden thought. The Squirrel-Cage Out of the great green timber mounted the tenor notes, piercingly sweet, pure, true, like a bird-call: "A tater's good 'ith 'lasses." Sally of Missouri She screamed piercingly and with the sound of her own voice recovered her presence of mind. The Lady Doc The women shrieked so piercingly that their voices could be heard above all other sounds, and were by far the maddest and most mournful of all. Grace Darling Heroine of the Farne Islands Well do I remember that night; it was the beginning of December, and the weather for some time past had been piercingly cold. Lavengro The Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest This long, sideways look happened to fall upon Lydia, and she turned cold before the profound unconsciousness of her existence in those eyes apparently fixed so piercingly upon her. The Squirrel-Cage "This is incredible!" cried Monte-Cristo, gazing piercingly at his companion and half suspecting that he was drawing upon his vivid Italian imagination for some of his graphic details. Monte-Cristo's Daughter Francis, King of France!” he continued hoarsely; and then a peculiar smile, mocking, bitter, and almost savage, came upon his, lips as he gazed piercingly at his companion. The King's Esquires The Jewel of France Mother Bab's tired face relaxed as she leaned back to listen to the piercingly sweet melody. Patchwork A Story of 'The Plain People' It echoed piercingly through the hotel, and the sheriff started and demanded with a frown: "What did you do that for?" Jack Wright and His Electric Stage; or, Leagued Against the James Boys She regarded him piercingly, a startled look in her eyes. Blue Aloes Stories of South Africa The night was piercingly cold, and, although there was not a breath of wind, the keen and frosty air penetrated into the lonely signal-box. A Master of Mysteries I now noticed for the first time, so overwhelmingly had my discoveries occupied my attention, that the wind had freshened and was blowing briskly and piercingly. The Frozen Pirate Nowhere do we feel the inadequacy of the sense-philosophy more piercingly than in this matter of conscience. Morality as a Religion An exposition of some first principles There was no door to shut out the wind, which blew piercingly cold, and after a time he found himself so chilled that he could not sleep. The Children of the New Forest At last there arose a dreadful shriek, which, although from a distance, was piercingly clear. The Two Supercargoes Adventures in Savage Africa The wind was still piercingly cold, and at any moment the snow might again come down and overwhelm me. Snow Shoes and Canoes The Early Days of a Fur-Trader in the Hudson Bay Territory At length we reached a place near trees and water, which would supply us with the only necessaries we required; so we built a rough shelter with boughs, for the wind was piercingly cold. In the Rocky Mountains The Chumleys were fast asleep; the wood fire had burned down into a faint glow that played over the white ashes, and the air seemed to be piercingly cold. Yussuf the Guide The Mountain Bandits; Strange Adventure in Asia Minor Our clothes were wet through, and the night had become piercingly cold. The Rifle Rangers Mason mopped his forehead with his handkerchief, although the wind was piercingly cold; the gun was reloaded, and then Mason pointed and levelled it with the utmost care. The Log of a Privateersman For answer the king stood up and, laying his hand upon Mafuta’s shoulder, looked piercingly into the man’s eyes for the space of a full minute or more. The Adventures of Dick Maitland A Tale of Unknown Africa It seemed but a matter of a few breaths of piercingly cold air before we were circling Hazlehurst Field. Story Hour Readings: Seventh Year The sun was shining brightly, and warmed the stones where they sat, but the air seemed to be piercingly cold, and Mr Burne shivered more than once, and got up to walk about. Yussuf the Guide The Mountain Bandits; Strange Adventure in Asia Minor That done, the cup returned with a smile piercingly sweet, the Lady rose. Little Novels of Italy Like a threatened trouble, the sound comes nearer, piercingly near; then it dies out in a mangled silence, complaining to the last. The Promised Land On the way a man struck against him, scanned him piercingly, and then shuffled off. Better Dead Allen, sitting so close behind them, was forced to overhear, so piercingly sweet was her voice. Other Main-Travelled Roads The water was piercingly cold, and I went and changed my clothes, and when I returned to see how the poor man was, Dr. Lowther had pronounced him dead. The Hero of the Humber or the History of the Late Mr. John Ellerthorpe Allen, sitting so close behind them, was forced to hear her, so piercingly sweet was her voice. Wayside Courtships In health he looked authoritative, leonine, very sure of himself, piercingly observant, sometimes melancholy, but not anxious. The Call of the Blood Her eyes were piercingly bright and on her lips was etched a sardonic smile. Old Fogy His Musical Opinions and Grotesques Her scream rang out piercingly, and the boys ran in a body into the garden. Ted Strong in Montana With Lariat and Spur Although the wind blew piercingly cold from the north, her Majesty and the Princess remained a considerable time, viewing the sports with evident interest. The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales She looked at him piercingly, evidently disturbed at the suggestion. Ethel Morton's Holidays Julian paused on those words, and tried piercingly to read my thoughts. Everyman's Land The leader had stared long and piercingly into his eyes and Hanlon, wondering and puzzled as to what the man was seeking, merely stared back dumbly. Man of Many Minds The emperor turned his stern eyes slowly and piercingly from one to another. Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia He can still speak from the fullness of his heart, cry his sorrows piercingly, produce himself completely. Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers In the seventh month the child at one time screamed piercingly, in very high tones, from pain. The Mind of the Child, Part II The Development of the Intellect, International Education Series Edited By William T. Harris, Volume IX. He took it, held it, looking piercingly into her eyes. Kate Danton, or, Captain Danton's Daughters A Novel The superintendent looked at him piercingly for a long moment, as though trying to decide whether this was genuine or subtle sarcasm. Man of Many Minds Then, bending her gaze one moment piercingly on his face, she sharply tapped his wrist and uttered the single word, "Wake!" Double Trouble Or, Every Hero His Own Villain Mr. Clendon looked steadily, piercingly at Derrick; and Derrick, as if answering the look, shook his head slightly and shrugged his shoulders. The Woman's Way Miss Henderson's keen eyes fixed themselves, for a minute, piercingly and unflinchingly, on the minister's face. Faith Gartney's Girlhood He came to a stand perforce in front of it, and looked her full and piercingly in the eyes. The Swindler and Other Stories Captain Newton looked at the two boys piercingly for a second, then turned and entered the air lock, slamming the hatch closed behind him. Sabotage in Space "Do you know the value of money?" he said at length, looking piercingly at her. A Crooked Path A Novel They set about devising means to repair the hut, which, from the cracks and crevices produced by the weather, let in the piercingly cold air in various directions. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 433 Volume 17, New Series, April 17, 1852 A cry, in which were uttered the fear, the horror, that were now first fully felt, as a possible safety appeared, and the joy, that itself came like a sudden pang, escaped her, piercingly, thrillingly. Faith Gartney's Girlhood Instead, he looked at her, looked at her long and piercingly, while she stood erect and waited. The Swindler and Other Stories He shaded his eyes with his hand and looked piercingly into the shadows. The Adventures of Akbar Even in the semi-darkness, Rankin felt the other's eyes fixed piercingly upon him. Ben Blair The Story of a Plainsman Everybody says so."—"You lie!"—"I see you dying this minnyt... before my eyes... as good as dead already."—"Help!" shouted Jimmy, piercingly.—"Not in this valley.... look upwards," howled the other.—"Go away! The Nigger Of The "Narcissus" A Tale Of The Forecastle She had not seen it yet, for now she was gazing up at the sky, which was peopled with myriads of stars, those piercingly bright stars which look down from African skies. Bella Donna A Novel Just below the bold bluff on which this hotel stands the piercingly blue Bow River throws itself down in a string of foaming white cataracts to mate with the amber and rapid-rushing Spray. The Land of Contrasts A Briton's View of His American Kin It was broken by an affrighted howl below: and Seraphina's voice cried piercingly: "Father!" Romance Simultaneously with his fall the pretty servant girl shrieked piercingly; but the old maiden lady at the window ceased her scolding and with great presence of mind began to cross herself. The Point Of Honor A Military Tale Jimmy kept up a distracting row; he screamed piercingly, without drawing breath, like a tortured woman; he banged with hands and feet. The Nigger Of The "Narcissus" A Tale Of The Forecastle These gales have ceased to be baking hot, and in another month or two they will be piercingly cold. Letters from Mesopotamia in 1915 and January, 1916, from Robert Palmer, who was killed in the Battle of Um El Hannah, June 21, 1916, aged 27 years His head was manly and handsome, his nose aquiline, his eyes large, dark, and piercingly bright, and shaded by strongly-marked eyebrows. The Lion of Saint Mark A Story of Venice in the Fourteenth Century What was, then, the situation? he continued, looking at me piercingly above Williams' cropped head. Romance "Live around here, bub?" asked the man with the glass eye, as he looked piercingly at Paul. The Banner Boy Scouts Or, The Struggle for Leadership Those voices and sounds were piercingly sweet and familiar to Frederick. Atlantis His eyes still shone piercingly down, but they read but little, for the dancer's were firmly closed against them, even while the dark cropped head nodded a strangely vigorous affirmative. The Safety Curtain, and Other Stories The sun's rays, diffusing abnormal heat through the atmosphere, reflected piercingly upward from the water, had played havoc with him. Burned Bridges Below, with eyes grown accustomed to the darkness, she could discern figures running to and fro, and lanterns flashing, while shouts and cries rose piercingly above a continuous low undertone of moaning. The Splendid Folly The night had turned piercingly cold, but so great was my mental anxiety and excitement that I seemed unaffected in body by the severity of the weather. Under the Dragon Flag My Experiences in the Chino-Japanese War She started—an inquiring and tearful doubt rose into her eyes, as they settled piercingly upon his own; but the information they met with there needed no further word of assurance from his lips. Guy Rivers: A Tale of Georgia His capacious forehead, aquiline nose, and piercingly brilliant eyes, black as night, with a large, flexible mouth, Grecian in form, made him extremely handsome as a youth. The Memories of Fifty Years Containing Brief Biographical Notices of Distinguished Americans, and Anecdotes of Remarkable Men; Interspersed with Scenes and Incidents Occurring during a Long Life of Observation Chiefly Spent in the Southwest The procession had paused, and the piercingly bright eyes of each one of the little Mexicans seemed also to be asking why. The Little Colonel's Chum: Mary Ware She pursed her lips and uttered a whistle, piercingly shrill and high; and instantly she became the object of intense astonishment on the part of the other diners. The Ragged Edge But even as it dropped, before Sampson could recover to leap as he surely intended for the gun, I covered him, called piercingly to him. The Rustlers of Pecos County Her dark eyes looked piercingly among grey, unbrushed hair; her hands were encrusted with much immersion in dirty water. Captivity "Tell me the truth," said he abruptly, his eyes fixed piercingly upon mine, "how Tom met his death." Philip Winwood A Sketch of the Domestic History of an American Captain in the War of Independence; Embracing Events that Occurred between and during the Years 1763 and 1786, in New York and London: written by His Enemy in War, Herbert Russell, Lieutenant in the Loyalist Forces. The eagle eye of their brave leader was piercingly bent on the mute assemblage; the momentary gleam of hope that lighted his noble countenance faded away. Inez A Tale of the Alamo It was piercingly cold, a bitter wind swept across the snow, making us glad to find even this poor shelter against the coming night. The Great Lone Land A Narrative of Travel and Adventure in the North-West of America He looked piercingly at the woman as if expecting to see her quail. Jess of the Rebel Trail These first hours are piercingly cold, for it is now mid-winter with us. With Rimington "Monsieur Abbé," she exclaimed piercingly, "tell him no woman will love him for throwing away a kingdom!" Lazarre She looked up to find his eyes piercingly upon her. The Keeper of the Door He could have no idea how piercingly bright his eyes looked when he fixed them on a speaker like that. The Brimming Cup This was the bird that had been seen arriving at the Cosmopolitan about a week before by the lawyer, and it had piercingly sung ever since. Christopher and Columbus Life, which had been merely placid a few hours before, had become suddenly poignant—every instant was pregnant with happiness, every detail was piercingly vivid. Life and Gabriella The Story of a Woman's Courage Ted looked piercingly at his friend, but Richard's face was perfectly grave. The Twenty-Fourth of June The stones glinted in the morning light, the diamonds white and intense, the emeralds piercingly green. The Keeper of the Door As usual, the gulls were troubled in their minds, and wailed piercingly, for they seem to be mercurial in temperament, and no better weather prophets can be seen. A Dream of the North Sea At nightfall they were high among the rocks, and it was piercingly cold, but they got a few hours' sleep in a clump of junipers, and struck the valley late the next day. The Intriguers The women screamed with laughter, or giggled piercingly as they were banged and trodden on in the tumult. Flames The sky was gray, the wind piercingly cold. France in the Nineteenth Century He turned his eyes straight upon her; they were piercingly green in the morning light. The Keeper of the Door The window, as he had seen it before, was wide open to the water-fall just beyond it, and the temperature was piercingly cold and damp. The Marriage of William Ashe Jacqueline stood very still, making no effort to loose the hot clasp of his hands, but all at once her gaze concentrated piercingly. Max Never had Nature's material loveliness been more vividly, piercingly present to him. The Divine Fire She extended her hands and placed them in his, gazed upon him piercingly, but without speaking, or indeed seeming able to utter a single word. Nick of the Woods "Who put you on that trail?" she asked, piercingly. The Mysterious Rider The day was piercingly cold; the sun's rays were reflected from a crust of glittering snow. The Downfall Through the outward flow of talk and amusement, of wanderings on lake or hill, ugly hidden forces of pain and strife, regret, misery, resistance, made themselves rarely yet piercingly felt. Lady Rose's Daughter And she, in her sweet unfamiliar beauty, only half real, though so piercingly present to him, was an incarnate dream. The Divine Fire "Tell me what frightened you!" he said, looking down at her with keen blue eyes that shone piercingly in his dark face. Rosa Mundi and Other Stories "Hello, you-all!" cried a girl's voice, with melody in it that vibrated piercingly upon Wade's sensitive ears. The Mysterious Rider The incident, with all it suggested, did but intensify the horror and struggle in which the girl stood, made her mood more strained, more piercingly awake and alert. Marcella "Son Adam and daughter Martha," said the venerable Father Ephraim, fixing his aged eyes piercingly upon them, "if ye can conscientiously undertake this charge, speak, that the brethren may not doubt of your fitness." Twice Told Tales His attitude was openly threatening, but Carey's eyes were piercingly upon him, and, in spite of himself, he paused. The Tidal Wave and Other Stories But, before it could be made, a fierce yell rang suddenly from the cliffs above them, echoing weirdly through the savage pandemonium, arresting, authoritative, piercingly insistent. Rosa Mundi and Other Stories "Collie!" came the call, piercingly and strangely after her. The Mysterious Rider His grey eyes were the most piercingly direct that she had ever encountered. The Rocks of Valpre Though the breeze was moderate this morning the air was piercingly keen. The Journey to the Polar Sea His face was very pale, but his eyes were steady and piercingly keen. The Tidal Wave and Other Stories "Missis," he whispered piercingly, "Beelzebub see the white man yesterday." Rosa Mundi and Other Stories Faint, but piercingly shrill shrieks were sounding from above, while the footsteps were racing, some down, some up— The bey flung shut the door behind him and hurried towards the confusion. The Fortieth Door He only looked full and piercingly into her face. The Rocks of Valpre He held her there before him and watched it, and she saw that his eyes were piercingly bright, with the brightness of burnished steel. Greatheart Now it was his son's turn to fix his eyes piercingly upon him. The Youth of the Great Elector It came at last with the effect of something uttered from an immense distance that was yet piercingly distinct. Rosa Mundi and Other Stories And through this cloud he could feel that hundreds and hundreds of eyes were piercingly fixed upon him. The Card, a Story of Adventure in the Five Towns They both looked piercingly at the women and exchanged a few words with each other. Rescuing the Czar Two authentic Diaries arranged and translated Not to be outdone, the Hawks, led by Walter Osborne and Blake Merton, lifted their voices in a shrill "Kree-kree-eee," which rose piercingly above the Wolves' "How-ooo-ooo!" The Boy Scouts of the Geological Survey "If I believed you, Senor Reade—" began Don Luis, bending his head low as he thrust it forward and gazed piercingly at Tom's face. The Young Engineers in Mexico Or, Fighting the Mine Swindlers He put his hand upon Ronnie, and twisted him round to face the light, looking at him piercingly. Rosa Mundi and Other Stories The air was piercingly cold, and the bear skins in which we were wrapped soon had a white fringe, where fell the fast congealing breath. Sketches and Tales Illustrative of Life in the Backwoods of New Brunswick Gleaned from Actual Observation and Experience During a Residence Of Seven Years in That Interesting Colony He placed the palms of his hands on the two shoulders of the boy, and, examining his countenance more and more piercingly, exclaimed,— "Do not laugh any more!" The Man Who Laughs The common sense which he considers the basis of all philosophy—"If it isn't common sense, it isn't philosophy"—he has the gift of expounding in a language which is piercingly individual. Contemporary American Novelists (1900-1920) He made a queer grimace at her words, and for the second that her hand lay in his, she knew that he looked at her closely, piercingly. The Way of an Eagle As we ascended the mountain, the weather became piercingly cold, and we even had a considerable fall of snow, which covered the whole country round about. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 04 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time Something within her seemed to sing piercingly for joy, as though she had been a strange wild bird escaping from captivity to wing her way westward to the open spaces by the sea. The Moon Rock He looked at me piercingly, paused an instant, and then rang the bell. In the Days of My Youth Then he checked his mirth and stared piercingly at the other to make out if there were a secret mockery. The Night Horseman Then, involuntarily, his eyes rested questioningly, piercingly, on the man beside him. Fenwick's Career His smile too, though it reminded her piercingly of Guy, sent a glow of comfort to her chilled and trembling heart. The Top of the World All day long squads of soldiers went flick! flack! up and down the street and bugle-calls sounded piercingly from the citadel. A Volunteer Poilu The foreman fixed his eyes piercingly on the witness. Round the Block Oh, that in sleep, some cry of joy or pain From forth those lips had bursten piercingly, When that sad Man his daring hand had lain, Maddened with hours of musing, on his death! The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 534, February 18, 1832 Worse still, because sharper and more piercingly staccato, was my experience close to a battery of French cent-vingt. The Soul of the War She spoke with most unwonted force, and again the squire's steely eyes shot upwards, regarding her piercingly. The Obstacle Race I directed my eyes piercingly to every part of the curtains; and at length I perceived that the window had been let down at the top. A Grandmother's Recollections While reading this letter, Marcus was conscious that the eyes of the inventor were fixed piercingly upon him. Round the Block The air was piercingly cold, and his majesty had been engaged in the sport from six in the morning, without intermission. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 354, January 31, 1829 He wore excellent gray clothes of the same shade as his hair, and out of this neutrality of tint his bright, brown eyes sparkled piercingly. The Happiest Time of Their Lives Forgive me if I startled you; of course you think I'm queer; No doubt you wonder who I am, so solitary here; You question why the passers-by I piercingly review . Ballads of a Bohemian In the dark patches of the orbits the eyeballs glimmered piercingly. The Secret Agent a Simple Tale The strong wind was piercingly cold, and the atmosphere rather hazy, so that we did not stay long on the top of the mountain. The Voyage of the Beagle Instantly, as though it had divined the neighbourhood of help, the poor beast began to neigh most piercingly. The Black Arrow And again the shrieks sounded shrilly and piercingly from the dark street outside. The Phoenix and the Carpet Once, during my own wanderings in Italy, I rested at nightfall by the side of a kiln, the air being piercingly cold; it was about four leagues from Genoa. The Zincali: an account of the gypsies of Spain He faced the wind in full light, with his great silvery beard blown forcibly against his chest; the eyebrows overhung heavily the shadows whence his glance appeared to be staring ahead piercingly. The End of the Tether The root of a small scrubby plant served as fuel, but it made a miserable fire, and the wind was piercingly cold. The Voyage of the Beagle "Son Adam, and daughter Martha," said the venerable Father Ephraim, fixing his aged eyes piercingly upon them, "if ye can conscientiously undertake this charge, speak, that the brethren may not doubt of your fitness." From Twice Told Tales By this time the wind was piercingly cold. Desert Gold "The old dodging Devil," he screamed piercingly and burst into such a loud laugh as I had never heard before. The Shadow Line; a confession Sarah continued a little piercingly, "for everything we do"—and in short she wouldn't give herself the least little scrap away. The Ambassadors As he rides in his chariot, he shines upon men and deathless gods, and piercingly he gazes with his eyes from his golden helmet. Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica At Mary Garland she looked fixedly, piercingly, from head to foot, as the slow pace at which she was advancing made possible. Roderick Hudson Gale thrilled as he gazed piercingly into the wonderful eyes of this Indian. Desert Gold As she said these words, Maria Nikolaevna positively bent her head a little on one side so as to look more intently and piercingly into Sanin's eyes. The Torrents of Spring And then, all of a sudden, I was roused wide awake again by hearing faintly, but quite distinctly, a long and piercingly shrill cry. In the Sargasso Sea A Novel His laugh was ever a hearty, low guffaw, and his tones in preaching would reach to the piercingly pathetic. Thomas Carlyle An awkward pause ensued, when LEICESTER, fixing his aquiline eye piercingly upon ELIZABETH'S face, replied, in a tone of the deepest respect, "YOU, BET!" Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 13, June 25, 1870 Except in so far as his quick-breathing silence, his look of dry, hollow-eyed exasperation spoke—more piercingly than words. The Coryston Family A Novel Williams fixed him with eyes now fully lifted, and piercingly bright. Helbeck of Bannisdale — Volume II Her voice came piercingly from her temporary seclusion. Meadow Grass Tales of New England Life Mr. Gunthorpe was being affable, according to instructions, to the old gentleman, while an old lady in a bonnet looked on piercingly. The Best British Short Stories of 1922 We could not get a start till 9.15, the horses having strayed to a distant bank for shelter from the wind, which was piercingly cold. Explorations in Australia The Journals of John McDouall Stuart There was wild clamor, the clash of weapons and the shouting of battle-crazed men but there was not enough to drown the sound of a scream which rose piercingly above the din. The Story of Ab A Tale of the Time of the Cave Man Perched on the brick pier of an entrance gate, a robin uplifted its voice in piercingly sweet song. The Far Horizon Moans and shrieks, grindings and roarings, howlings and babbling cries that were human yet were piercingly inarticulate filled the air with an inhuman din which drove him to a frenzy. The Puritans The pink vapor became so dense that the lump of gold was no longer visible, although the eye of violet light glared piercingly through the colored fog. The Moon Metal The whistle of the approaching train shrilled piercingly through the air and, startled back to a realisation of the present, Ann glanced hastily up the line. The Vision of Desire Prince Davidov looked at him piercingly but calmly, perhaps too calmly. The Created Legend But before he could pull trigger the strange two-pronged torch was tossed on high by somebody behind the messenger, and through the dull and foggy gloom a wild, fierce, penetrant cry wailed piercingly. Darkness and Dawn The door held two iron rings, which I sounded piercingly. Autobiography of a Yogi One of the girls shrieked piercingly, “Horace!” and everyone sprang up. The History of Mr. Polly It was a piercingly cold night, the ground was covered with snow, and she picked her way carefully up the steps and then felt in her pocket for her passe-partout. The Letter-Bag of Lady Elizabeth Spencer-Stanhope — Volume 1 The doctor came and stood close by the bed, looking down keenly, but Cherry roused once more and looked at them, her sharp little voice stabbing out into the silence piercingly, "Is that—all?" The City of Fire Next morning a man walks into their camp—a pale, haggard man who looks at them frowningly, piercingly. Growth of the Soil This wind is getting to be piercingly cutting, and the night is hard upon us. The Headsman The Abbaye des Vignerons The air was piercingly cold and keen, and I could scarcely bear the water of the Sihoon on my sun-inflamed face. The Lands of the Saracen Pictures of Palestine, Asia Minor, Sicily, and Spain And nothing in the world else was ever so piercingly solemn as his keen weary old eyes. Young Lives But no! we had to turn out at that early hour of a morning piercingly cold, and get a breakfast where we could, or remain without. American Scenes, and Christian Slavery A Recent Tour of Four Thousand Miles in the United States All this had passed so quickly that Dame Bragwaine hardly knew what had befallen; but now, upon an instant, she suddenly fell to shrieking so piercingly that the whole castle rang with the sound thereof. The Story of the Champions of the Round Table He raised his head and regarded her piercingly. The Bars of Iron It was a region of great extremes of temperature,--the summers being hot, and the winters piercingly cold. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 01 The Old Pagan Civilizations "You've got a visitor," she whispered piercingly through the same medium. Up the Hill and Over His face seemed a black flash—his eyes piercingly black, staring, deep, full of terrible shadow. The Desert of Wheat Only that the piercingly brilliant jewelled wonder of a ship was set in the midst of a swirl of vari-coloured radiance such as I can't begin to describe. The Mystery Sir Beverley looked at him from under his thick brows piercingly but without condemnation. The Bars of Iron It was now drawing towards evening, and the air began to be sensibly and piercingly cold. Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands, Volume 2 It was piercingly cold, and I had my cape on, which dearest Albert settled comfortably for me. Life of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen — Volume 1 Then he gazed piercingly at her, as if realizing a will opposed to his, a conviction not in sympathy with his. The Desert of Wheat "I wish you were going in my stead, Carrie," I whispered, as she wrapped me in mother's warm fleecy shawl, for the night was piercingly cold. Esther : a book for girls "Who is that woman, Piers?" he said, regarding him piercingly. The Bars of Iron Women frantic between hope and fear, were running hither and thither, looking piercingly into the face of every child, to find their own, which, perhaps, had died—and then such shrieks of agony! Woman on the American Frontier A Valuable and Authentic History of the Heroism, Adventures, Privations, Captivities, Trials, and Noble Lives and Deaths of the "Pioneer Mothers of the Republic" Wrapping themselves up in their blankets—for here the air was piercingly cold—they lay down beneath the shelter of some bushes to sleep till dawn. The People of the Mist His eyes swept piercingly over, and apparently through, the men nearest at hand. The Desert of Wheat He seemed slightly exasperated, bent his dark eyes on her piercingly. Tales of the Jazz Age His eyes looked down upon Piers, dominant and piercingly intent. The Bars of Iron She remembered the piercingly shrewd look Arabian had cast at her by the river, a look which had surely included her with him in the region which lies outside all the barriers. December Love There was no door to shut out the wind, which blew piercingly cold and after a time he found himself so chilled that he could not sleep. The Children of the New Forest With that Kurt dove into the wheat, and, sweeping wide his arms to make a passage, he strode on, his eyes bent piercingly upon the ground close about him. The Desert of Wheat I would have wagered a good deal that it was the 'female' eyes that she felt most piercingly. Queen Victoria, her girlhood and womanhood Dr. Tudor regarded her piercingly for a moment or two, then without a word turned aside. The Bars of Iron And he sang so piercingly sweet that pity filled the King's heart, especially when he saw it was nothing but a bone after all. Tales of the Punjab They sang, or rather screamed, a hymn, and so frightfully loud and piercingly that the very windows shook. The Solitary Summer "Yes, but you could not help that," she said, piercingly. The Desert of Wheat Her eyes gleamed with more than their wonted fire, and her glances were more piercingly wild and unsettled than usual. Peveril of the Peak Mr. Townsend did come out of the house on the little sweep before the door to help Miss Letty up on the car, though it was dark and piercingly cold. Castle Richmond Annas looked piercingly at the Traitor, and his lips puckered—which indicated that he was smiling. The Crushed Flower and Other Stories The skylark's song, piercingly sweet, seemed to penetrate his soul. In Secret Still, when obliged to bivouac on its bare surface, without any covering, by a scanty fire of buffalo-chips, they found the night-blasts piercingly cold. The Great Salt Lake Trail The weather had been piercingly cold for a week, although no snow had fallen, and the river was frozen solid from bank to bank. Jim Cummings Or, The Great Adams Express Robbery The shriek was so piercingly frightening that one instinctively let him go, as though one had been shoved. The Prose of Alfred Lichtenstein Mr. Marshall took it and held it in his, looking so steadily and piercingly into her face that even her frank gaze wavered before the intensity of his keen old eyes. Kilmeny of the Orchard Chester's dog whined suddenly and piercingly on the doorstep outside. Further Chronicles of Avonlea "Could he by any means have had the banns cried?" she demanded of Christie, who looked piercingly at their visitor for the answer. The Imperialist But it was piercingly cold, and there was, from time to time, a splutter of rain like the splutter of the spray, which seemed almost to freeze as it fell. The Ball and the Cross "Shore I'm glad to see you," he said, and the eyes that piercingly fixed on Shefford were now as keen as formerly they had been mild. The Rainbow Trail But there were throbs and thrillings too piercingly sweet to last undeveloped in her soul. The Lilac Sunbonnet The bright morning of another new year at length arose, clear and piercingly cold, and Henry crept early from his bed, and went down stairs to make the fires as usual. Lizzy Glenn or, The Trials of a Seamstress She looked at him with an unchanged countenance, steadily, coldly, piercingly. After the Storm The chief replied by a direct question, as he leaned back against the maple and eyed his young rebel piercingly. The Thrall of Leif the Lucky A Story of Viking Days The passion of that moment, the consciousness of its fateful portent and her situation, as desperate as Cleve's, gave her voice a singularly high and piercingly sweet intensity. The Border Legion All the time she kept a pair of very black eyes piercingly fixed on the girl's face, as though she would read her very soul. The Secret Passage Shriek after shriek burst from him, and rang wildly, piercingly, thrillingly upon the air of night. Lost in the Fog But the wind blew piercingly, and when at length he moved from the parapet, he found that his arms were quite numb; doubtless he had stood longer than he thought. Thyrza He pulled her round, and looked straight and piercingly into her innocent face. Wives and Daughters The next witness was Mrs. Sampson, who crackled into the witness-box dissolved in tears, and gave her answers in a piercingly shrill tone of anguish. The Mystery of a Hansom Cab His throat ached with a desire to cry aloud, the cry of a hawk or eagle on high, to cry piercingly of his deliverance to the winds. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man The king stood near the coffin, and Sophia Dorothea looked at him so steadily, so piercingly, that he had not the courage to meet her glance, and fixed his eyes upon the ground. Frederick the Great and His Court The air was cold; it blew at moments piercingly from the river. Thyrza And Colin heard his own name spoken in accents piercingly clear and sweet. Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land: a story of Australian life Harry heard a bird singing on a bough among red leaves directly over his head, and the note was piercingly sweet to ears used so long to the roar of cannon and rifles. The Star of Gettysburg A Story of Southern High Tide His eyes were the extraordinary feature of his face, piercingly brilliant and enormously magnified by the spectacles that he wore. The Gates of Chance The queen ceased and looked piercingly at the young girl, who was still leaning against the door, silent and dejected. Frederick the Great and His Court One of the officers broke the seal, and now that he unfolded the paper, Marianne turned her head toward the prince, and fixed her burning eyes piercingly upon his countenance. Louisa of Prussia and Her Times The snow at first felt piercingly cold as it penetrated our snow-shoes, but before we reached the top, we had little to complain of in the way of chilliness. Diary of a Pedestrian in Cashmere and Thibet As she looked piercingly into Alaric's eyes, he caught the full significance of the suggestion. Peg O' My Heart The king fixed his eye so piercingly upon the murmurers, that they felt his glance upon them, without daring to meet it. Frederick the Great and His Family The morning came at last, piercingly keen and bright, when Dale saw that the heights were impassable; the realization brought him a poignant regret. The Man of the Forest |
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