| 单词 | semidarkness |
| 例句 | I wished I could see better; walking in semidarkness left me helpless. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Brushing snow out of her eyes, she rolled over to try and see what was happening, for the semidarkness seemed to be overflowing with confusion and noise. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z She had been lying in the semidarkness nursing this palatable sadness for half an hour when she heard the sound of the police car parked below her window starting up. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Juanita put the knife down and shook a cramp out of it in the semidarkness. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z I shuffle quickly sideways, one foot crossing over the other, squinting to see through the semidarkness. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z After the semidarkness it’s ferociously bright, and my brother stands blinking as the image clears to sand and sea, a happy vacation postcard. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The story passed among us that night, in the semidarkness, under our breath, from bed to bed. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, good, because day-old sandwiches taste way better when you eat them in semidarkness.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Women were using these toilets anyway, squatting over them in the semidarkness while a line of strangers watched and held their noses. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z He crouched there for a long moment in the semidarkness, listening. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z I keep a fast pace in the semidarkness, my breath coming out in a cloud, and when I find the turn off the main road, the sun is only just beginning to thaw the air. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z In the semidarkness we could stretch out our arms, when the Aunts weren’t looking, and touch each other’s hands across space. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z The room was in semidarkness; the flames were the only source of light. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z I stayed awake in the semidarkness, watching Otto try to fend off his exhaustion. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z I took out the book Parvathi Teacher had given me and strained my eyes, trying to read in the semidarkness, but I could hardly make out the words. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z He took out his wand and gave a great sweeping wave with it; at once, all the candles except those inside the carved pumpkins were extinguished, plunging them into a state of semidarkness. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z In the semidarkness of my parents’ bedroom, I flipped the pages to the table of contents. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Harry could see him now, see the red eyes, the flattened, serpentine face, the pallor of him gleaming slightly in the semidarkness. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z It was a relief when six o’clock arrived and they could slip out of their sleeping bags, dress in the semidarkness, then creep out into the garden, where they were to meet Hermione and Griphook. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z We spoke that way almost every evening, remaining in the synagogue long after all the faithful had gone, sitting in the semidarkness where only a few half-burnt candles provided a flickering light. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z She likes walking through the streets so early, had liked rising by herself in semidarkness, liked the sense of promise it lent the day. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z They settled to work in the smallest bedroom, which was kept, according to Griphook’s preference, in semidarkness. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Vines dotted with cruel thorns ran through the semidarkness like barbed wire. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z But what was truly remarkable, for a band of 17 playing a kaleidoscopic variety of repertory, was that it was all done from memory: necessarily, given the almost constant movement and the occasional semidarkness. ArtsBeat: Star-Studded Early Music in Toronto 2011-03-04T20:30:25Z He sat on a chair in the semidarkness under a cluster of microphones. To Save the Sound of a Stradivarius, a Whole City Must Keep Quiet 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z Instead of an authoritative voice-over, characters who can hardly be distinguished from one another because of their goggles and scuba suits yell in semidarkness, their voices obscured by a pounding musical soundtrack. Movie Review: Halle Berry in ?Dark Tide? 2012-03-29T23:00:09Z At vulnerable moments, disturbed by sounds outside the van, she cowers like a frightened animal under her bedclothes in semidarkness. Review: In ‘The Lady in the Van,’ Maggie Smith Homesteads in the Driveway 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z As a haunting a cappella score builds momentum, they descend, twisting slowly through the semidarkness, until their chairs come to rest on the floor. ‘Access as an Ethic’: Giving Dance Myriad Points of Entry 2022-08-17T04:00:00Z He is often seen in semidarkness, his face turned down in contemplation of possible, terrible defeat, or the certain terrible cost of victory: like the Shikler portrait of Kennedy. Lincoln – review 2013-01-24T15:30:01Z The final work, “Voyages,” a seven-section travelogue by Mr. Wainrot, begins as eight men, crouching in semidarkness, writhe and undulate before skulking along on an imaginary jungle floor. Dance Review: Richmond Ballet at Joyce Theater 2010-04-08T21:51:00Z Here, in my first live experience of his playing, he performed in semidarkness with a mien studiedly devoid of expression — not so much as a smile, heaven forfend, even after seven encores. The Verbier Festival Revels in Mixing It Up 2015-07-27T04:00:00Z Standing on the concrete floor in semidarkness, he played one long, unbroken improvisation that defied the conventional limitations of the instrument, if not the laws of physics. With Peter Evans on Trumpet, Only the Shape Is Familiar 2016-12-16T05:00:00Z I looked into semidarkness at the man I love, the man I once left, and said, “I’m glad I didn’t lose you, too.” Modern Love: A Second Embrace, With Hearts and Eyes Open 2014-03-13T19:16:35Z From its first painterly images, of the face of Meryl Streep, sad and tender and lovely in the semidarkness, the film declares its artistry, its sensitivity and its theme. How to watch every best picture winner from 1970 through 1979 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z Many were clustered inside the terminal, which was cast in semidarkness because of an island-wide blackout. In Bahamas, Battered Residents Ask: Where Is Our Government? 2019-09-07T04:00:00Z Feeling as though I were walking through a Victorian cabinet of curiosities, I groped in semidarkness past enigmatic exhibits to the sound of chirping crickets and waterfalls. Surreal Los Angeles: Touring the City’s Strangest and Most Strangely Compelling Museums 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z “I carefully patrolled the fence in the semidarkness until I came upon a beautiful sight: six feet of stout rope dangling onto the ground from the fence,” Bagdikian wrote. Fact checking ‘The Post’: The incredible Pentagon Papers drama Spielberg left out 2017-12-23T05:00:00Z In the semidarkness of the cell, Pope Francis sat alone for five minutes to pray before an image of the saint. Pope Pays Tribute to Auschwitz Victims 2016-07-29T04:00:00Z The moments of semidarkness between the play’s brief scenes are accompanied by acoustic guitar music that lends a new-age atmosphere to the show. Review: Annie Baker’s Drama Is First Show in Mile Square Theater’s Hoboken Home 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z So we were really in semidarkness, which I expect is what the authorities wanted, better security.” Jane Fawcett, British Decoder Who Helped Doom the Bismarck, Dies at 95 2016-05-28T04:00:00Z The houses fade into semidarkness during the courtroom scene, when a few extra pieces of furniture fill the front of the stage. A Review of ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ in Sag Harbor 2014-11-15T05:00:00Z A permanent semidarkness and a constant waft of smoke from chain-smoking gamers are hallmarks of PC bangs. South Koreans Buck 'PC Bang' Crackdown 2014-01-28T03:47:39Z The light from his phone was visible in the semidarkness. A Movie Date, a Text Message and a Fatal Shot 2014-01-22T03:11:08Z In the semidarkness he upset a chair with appalling clatter. Comrade Yetta 2012-02-15T03:00:24.213Z The bedroom was separated from the sitting-room by a folding door, overhung by a heavy crimson curtain, and this part of the room was in semidarkness. The Heart of Denise and Other Tales 2011-12-14T03:00:15.733Z Pleading ignorance of the way, however, I gave him the pass, and followed him up a narrow and very dark stairway, which opened into a long gallery, likewise in semidarkness. The Honour of Savelli A Romance 2011-12-10T03:00:15.560Z In the semidarkness he had been merely aware that the girl was wearing a dress which he would have characterized as "something white." On Secret Service Detective-Mystery Stories Based on Real Cases Solved By Government Agents 2011-11-26T03:00:14.947Z Looking about him with eyes grown accustomed to the semidarkness, Clearchus saw a slightly raised platform of white marble toward the rear of the temple. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z Then she fled upstairs and found her aunt lying still in the semidarkness of her room. Playing With Fire 2011-06-29T02:00:30.590Z Instantly the headlights were dimmed, and in the semidarkness the car plowed on through the mud. The Black Star A Detective Story 2011-04-14T02:01:01.883Z "Let's get moving, then," Gramps said, and started off in the semidarkness with Bud behind him. The Black Fawn 2011-03-07T03:00:09.513Z Meanwhile Véronique's eyes were growing accustomed to the semidarkness and she distinctly saw a woman's hand upon the door, which opened inwardly. The Secret of Sarek 2011-01-14T03:00:49.903Z I could see the black shape of Massignac, who himself always remained in semidarkness. The Three Eyes 2010-12-20T17:11:46.430Z So he went to Lady Cramer's house and found it in semidarkness; consequently she was out. Playing With Fire 2011-06-29T02:00:30.590Z In the semidarkness the engineer of the launch would believe him to be one of the plain-clothes men returning with orders. The Black Star A Detective Story 2011-04-14T02:01:01.883Z As he reaches work, the pebbles on the facility's driveway crunch softly in the semidarkness of a nippy October morning. Akshaya Patra and Mid-Day Meal Scheme Feed India's Students 2010-11-19T08:45:00Z Her face was illumined by the light from the window, and her pillow gleamed round her like an aureole, while the rest of the bed was bathed in purple, semidarkness. The Undying Past Starlight was enough to see him by, for he glimmered with running sweat even in the semidarkness, but it was plain from his high head and inquisitive muzzle that he was neither winded nor down-hearted. The Garden of Eden Her face was a white blot in the semidarkness of the black lights and Lee felt the weak, but reassuring pressure of her hand upon his arms. The Brain “Then you think they must be the Germans come after us, do you, Rob?” asked Hanky Panky tremulously, as he started to dress as fast as he could in the semidarkness. The Big Five Motorcycle Boys on the Battle Line Or, With the Allies in France They stared at each other in the semidarkness. The Coyote A Western Story Without answering, the two were retreating into the semidarkness of the dining-room. Nan of Music Mountain As far as they could see in the semidarkness, others were falling. The End of Time To sit alone in the semidarkness of this egg-shaped little room with strange and fascinating things to play with as he willed was the fulfillment of a childhood dream. The Brain Even in the semidarkness of the wickiup White Bear could see pain in her eyes. Shaman It must be maddening to sit down here in semidarkness and do nothing while a battle raged above. The Saracen: Land of the Infidel Instead, in the semidarkness a strange face bent over him. Nan of Music Mountain The single spotlight above the desk lit it brilliantly, in harsh contrast to the semidarkness of the rest of the room. The Next Logical Step There was no blazing fire or warm room as there would have been in an English inn, only semidarkness and dampness. Diversions in Sicily Gefty stepped through the door into the wide, short entrance passage beyond it, turned to the right and peered about in the semidarkness of the vault. The Winds of Time In the semidarkness Simon could not see the hole in the cuirass, but Grigor's hand went to his chest, and then he toppled over. The Saracen: Land of the Infidel He peered, in the semidarkness, at the battered door behind the bar. Nan of Music Mountain Immediately the intruder glowed in the semidarkness with an unearthly blue shine and sparkles crackled off of his face, hands and feet. The Stutterer The first was a saloon, brilliantly lighted in comparison to the semidarkness of the other, which seemed to be a general store. Kid Wolf of Texas When she woke up next she was in semidarkness. Legacy The sun was no longer visible, and the valley was plunged in the semidarkness of twilight. The Girl in the Golden Atom But she only stood, staring about her in the semidarkness. More Tish When their eyes became adjusted to the semidarkness, they moved, searching for another door in the huge room. Treachery in Outer Space Into the semidarkness of the room where she was came her husband. The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story The performer takes up the instrument as the whim prompts him and in the semidarkness plays his rude, melancholy tune. The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir Then he limped along under the shore trees, up a little hill, and dropped out of sight into an open cavern, where Flea, a candle in her hand, sat in semidarkness. From the Valley of the Missing I remember how their white teeth shone through the semidarkness of that candle-lighted hut, and how their eyes gleamed, and how their bodies swayed as they sang the old plantation melodies. Soldier Silhouettes on our Front So she explained, feeling that certainty would be less harmful to him now than a continual struggle to penetrate the curtain of semidarkness obscuring his memory. The Bells of San Juan His face, thin almost to emaciation, was flushed to a deep, feverish red, but his lips took on a more unbending line than ever and his eyes burned like bits of phosphorescence in the semidarkness. The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story Isabel Penny returned to the drawing room, and moved about, her flowered silk at once gay and obscure in the semidarkness. The Three Black Pennys A Novel The squatter saw her first; but in the semidarkness did not recognize her. From the Valley of the Missing There the utter silence and the semidarkness quickly convinced them that they were on the wrong track. With Links of Steel In the semidarkness she could see the amusement in his eyes. Lady Connie He was late and the palace was a very small palace indeed; it was with difficulty that he spied in the semidarkness an empty seat in a side section. The Desire of the Moth; and the Come On When his eyes grew used to the semidarkness he saw that the bed lay flat, that the door to the boudoir was shut, that the room was empty. Somewhere in France Then Tarzan and Abdul stepped into the semidarkness of the court. Return of Tarzan Half dazed, I went on, groping my way through the semidarkness. Under the Andes It would tumble the room into darkness as the candles fell—a semidarkness, for there would be a sputtering lantern still. Way of the Lawless Poor child! in the semidarkness of the lonely night-hours phantom voices had haunted him. A Versailles Christmas-Tide When they were quite near the place, the semidarkness had come, and Quade began to shout in his tremendous voice. The Rangeland Avenger But nowhere was there a sign of life, and would not be until semidarkness brought the unwilling workers back to the tents. Gunman's Reckoning Even in the semidarkness the mark of man's hand was apparent. Under the Andes Always the two walls grew closer and closer together, until at last Billie could see, despite the semidarkness, a heavy growth of vegetation on the opposite wall. The Devolutionist and the Emancipatrix Around in the semidarkness I could see the faces as necks were craned to watch us. The Film Mystery Love of life had returned with my escape from that awful prison-house, and I halted in the semidarkness into which I had plunged, thanking Heaven for the thunder peal which had drowned my loud cry. Dark Hollow Sitting beside her like this, in the semidarkness, morbidly aware of the perfume of her hair and dress, he suddenly forgot that he had been rude, and she indifferent. Maurice Guest I was just rising to my feet to run to the scene when suddenly he appeared in the semidarkness. Under the Andes The sudden transition from sunlight to semidarkness bewildered him for a moment, doubtless, for he stood there without speaking. The Rise of Roscoe Paine He could see it looming up in the semidarkness, a sort of box, covering a stairway that led down into the building. Tom Swift and His Airship For an hour after the shades were drawn he sat there in the semidarkness, silently pondering on his situation. Main-Travelled Roads He broke off suddenly, gave a hasty look around and bolted off the end of the porch into the semidarkness of the lawn. Red Pepper Burns In the semidarkness it was difficult to calculate our rate of speed, but I judged that we were moving at about six or seven miles an hour. Under the Andes The men rapidly picked out their horses in the semidarkness, tightened their saddle girths, and formed companies. War and Peace "But it seems to me that in this semidarkness, amid this liquid that's so dense in comparison to the atmosphere, a gunshot couldn't carry far and would prove fatal only with difficulty!" Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea She crept away into the corner behind the curtain, and there on her couch in the semidarkness she lay with strained heart, and a resurging, unconquerable tumult in her mind. To the Last Man Despite this evidence of a hasty toilet in semidarkness, he was not unprepossessing. Keziah Coffin Suddenly, as I sat gazing dully into the semidarkness of the cavern, I saw that which drove the apathy from my brain with a sudden shock, at the same time paralyzing my senses. Under the Andes Natasha lay on the bed and in the semidarkness of the room scanned Princess Mary's face. War and Peace The place was in semidarkness, objects being but dimly discernible. The Yellow Claw Simultaneously he was conscious of a familiar odor in the air of the chamber, which a quick glance revealed in the semidarkness as of considerable proportion. Tarzan the Terrible "Yes, a new happiness was revealed to me of which man cannot be deprived," he thought as he lay in the semidarkness of the quiet hut, gazing fixedly before him with feverish wide open eyes. War and Peace Harry and I stood gazing at each other blankly in the semidarkness of the cavern. Under the Andes |
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