| 单词 | shrivel up |
| 例句 | The flower beds had shriveled up and were crawling with the fattest, slimiest slugs I'd ever seen. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z His skin gets all shriveled up and his whole face just kind of melts. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z In November, the grass will shrivel up and become sharp like pins. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z According to him, a majority of the cancer victims who’d been prayed for were out whooping it up on the town, while their counterparts in the control group had shriveled up and died. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z We used to leave notes on smokers’ doorsteps saying, “Excuse me, but did you know your lung cells are shriveling up?” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z It was a tiny sprig, shriveled up after two months, but I could still smell the faint scent of the enchanted garden. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z I pictured a person shriveling up and crumbling to dust like the apple on my nightstand. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Hatching from their black eggs, they detected the dry, indoor air and the false sun of the lightbulbs, and began to shrivel up. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I thought of us shriveling up like pieces of sliced mangoes. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Then I took my own bath, lay there until the steaming hot water turned cold and my skin shriveled up. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z It was hard to believe that he was the same blood as Old Nan.,Bran wondered if he would shrivel up as small as his great-grandmother when he was old. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z His eyes are shriveled up inside the puffy flesh of his face, as if the light is too bright for him. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z My left thigh had shriveled up to be as thin as my right shin. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z “Isn’t that just typical,” Maria said.11 We can shrivel up in the heat, but the machines get a first-class hotel room.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z His body was completely twisted, shriveled up into himself. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “I hope they fall into pieces or shrivel up like bats.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z By the time Ma came to pick me up, I felt like my brain was as shriveled up as my leg. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z At the girl’s outburst, Gwystyl shriveled up in his robe and looked more dismal than ever. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z In the sitting room Lee was shriveled up like a leaf in the chair beside the lamp. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Everything shriveled up and begged me not to go in even one more inch. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z He tried to start a fire but the empty chip bags just smoked and shriveled up. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z La Llorona’s gaunt face shriveled up like a pale raisin, becoming sallow and ashen, creased by centuries of wrinkles and dark blotches. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z “You will always be alone! Your body and soul will shrivel up and you’ll die like a dog!” The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z An angel had put a curse on her: “Dance in your red shoes till your skin shrivels up and you are a skeleton!” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z “I remember. I tasted a couple, and I couldn’t spit them out fast enough—so sour my tongue wanted to shrivel up and leave!” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z She wouldn’t eat and she wouldn’t drink and her fat little belly shriveled up against her spine, and even her tail showed the articulations through the skin. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “I am really bad with plants,” said the 34-year-old actor, recalling how rapidly the orchids and other flora occasionally sent his way seem to shrivel up and die. Jonathan Groff Is a Seymour at Heart 2019-10-02T04:00:00Z First, assess which plants are completely shriveled up, parched, or collapsing, and thus clearly dead, and which ones only show wilting and other signs of heat stress. What to do after extreme heat wrecks your garden 2022-07-31T04:00:00Z It finally meant some good news in a town so often described as hollowed out, shriveled up and abandoned. Detroit Symphony Returns to a Giddy Reception 2011-04-10T22:10:58Z Outside the tiny terrarium of their creation, they shrivel up. Review: ‘Emotional Rescue’ Ruminates on Life and Music 2016-08-14T04:00:00Z I’m glad we went — doubly glad in hindsight when the whole travel landscape shriveled up immediately after that. How an old passport gave me the chance to recall a lifetime of adventures 2020-10-15T04:00:00Z They magically keep their vivid gold color and don’t entirely shrivel up when cooked or dressed with vinaigrette, unlike some edible flowers. Add a gorgeous burst of color to dinner with edible squash blossoms 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z “Every time I see one my soul shrivels up,” he said. The Delicious World of Bruno, Chief of Police 2017-07-24T04:00:00Z “If I stayed home alone,” she says, “I’d shrivel up and die.” Perspective | Why people are traveling despite the coronavirus surge — and what it means 2021-08-18T04:00:00Z The game went on, the fans cheered, masculinity did not shrivel up and die. The Super Bowl was a win for feminism 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z Temperatures are climbing, shores are flooding, fields are shriveling up. In Maya Lin’s ‘Ghost Forest,’ the Trees Are Talking Back 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z "I think you learn by what goes wrong," she says, explaining that some of her mushrooms shriveled up and dried in her arid New York apartment. The rising interest in growing mushrooms at home 2021-06-22T04:00:00Z Enev also has a strong lyrical streak, which the poet Kassabova renders beautifully: "Suddenly her face shrivelled up and darkened like burning paper." Circus Bulgaria by Deyan Enev ? review 2010-10-15T23:15:00Z Knox doesn't expect the industry to shrivel up anytime in the foreseeable future. Georgia’s peach crop loss is about more than just fruit 2023-08-09T04:00:00Z How long until my will shriveled up and I handed the trip over to Disney Junior and “Jake and the Never Land Pirates”? My children had registered their complaints — loudly. Unplugged Along the California Coast 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z Across the country this is a tough time for small arts groups because state grants have largely shriveled up. States Slash Arts Funds, Sometimes to Zero 2011-08-01T12:00:03Z When you see the suit on the ground, it's kind of shriveled up, it's just spandex, it looks like, 'Oh God, that's not going to be cool.' Henry Cavill pushed for Geralt to talk more in "The Witcher" season 2 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z On the “Ice Loves Coco” premiere, his big beef is with Richard Belzer, who plays his partner on “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,” and who looks as if he were shriveling up into jerky. Critic?s Notebook: ?Ice Loves Coco? and ?Khlo? & Lamar? 2012-02-18T01:11:34Z I spray thoroughly, then the next day they shrivel up, and the day after, they are usually gone. Perspective | Hints From Heloise: Watch weeds wither with application of vinegar 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z When Chéri returns from a physically depleting stint in World War I, Mr. Cornejo marvelously manages to suggest an old soul shriveled up inside a still-young body, wrapping his overcoat around himself like a shroud. Theater Review: Alessandra Ferri and Herman Cornejo in ‘Chéri’ at the Signature 2013-12-09T03:00:11Z It's not always successful: the chickens escape, the strawberries are bitter, the tomato plants shrivel up and die, the squirrels get to the walnuts first. How to Live a Simple Life 2010-05-07T22:05:00Z If the thought of working the same schedule in an office every day makes your soul want to shrivel up and die, it might be the job for you. Ask a Flight Attendant: Middle-Seat Etiquette, Drunk Passengers and Jet Lag 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z Asked to raise a hand if they believed that human behavior was causing climate change, they shriveled up onstage, as though they had been told to remove their clothes before the Fox News viewing public. Commentary: GOP debate made it clear that cutting humanities from universities is a danger to humankind 2023-08-24T04:00:00Z Today, it is a mere 200,000 acres, which is less than it sounds, shriveled up by surrounding agriculture and development. Tourists could ruin California's once-in-a-decade "superbloom" 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z "To be honest, it makes me want to shrivel up and cry if I think about training for another four-year cycle," he added. Ryding targets world medal after funding cut 2023-02-17T05:00:00Z Thanks to scorching temperatures and persistent drought, this year some of the world's largest rivers shriveled up like worms in the sun. 2022 was a historic year for climate change reform — and for natural disasters 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z When a pathogen like a virus crosses the blood brain barrier, a shield around the brain to filter out unwanted substances, it can start causing damage, infecting neurons and forcing them to shrivel up. Like a "fire in the brain": COVID can cause brain inflammation that mimics Parkinson's symptoms 2022-11-02T04:00:00Z Following consecutive seasons of poor rains, rivers and water pans have dried up and grasslands have shrivelled up in the game reserves. Kenya's famous matriarch elephant dies 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z But add too little water, and the vines shrivel up and die, or the berries don't grow to full maturity. Northeast drought endangers Massachusetts’ cranberry harvest 2022-09-18T04:00:00Z A cell placed in a solution with higher salt concentration, on the other hand, tends to make the membrane shrivel up due to loss of water into the hypertonic or “high salt” environment. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z On the contrary, when Ms. Ferguson attempted to hug him, he’d “shrivel up,” she said, as if afraid of catching a disease. Jeffrey Epstein, a Rare Cello and an Enduring Mystery 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z As a result, seedlings shrivel up and die before they can put down strong roots. California Joshua tree is not threatened, regulators say. It could bring more development 2022-04-13T04:00:00Z Stuart said his three older kidneys would now have "shrivelled up like a peanut". 'I was shocked to find out I now have four kidneys' 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z Mrs Garfield said unfortunately Charlie would have to be euthanised in order for the insect to be properly studied in the future, as once they have died naturally, they "shrivel up and lose their colour". Natural History Museum confirms stick insect is male and female 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z Moreover, such people are cowards who mostly like to bluster and threaten and intimidate, but when push comes to shove they are going to shrivel up and do nothing. Investigative reporter David Neiwert: Rittenhouse verdict a "green light for right-wing extremists" 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z Sacrifice bunts would shrivel up and automatic intentional walks to face the pitcher would vanish, too. Swing, then miss it: MLB pitchers could bat for final time 2021-10-31T04:00:00Z Every indication, she said, points to wheat kernels that are tiny, dry and shriveled up little things. Farmers and experts anticipate worst wheat harvest in years after extreme heat and drought levels fields 2021-07-17T04:00:00Z There was a sense among many that they couldn’t sit around and watch their investments and their businesses just shrivel up and die. Independent restaurants lobbied hard for targeted economic relief. Now, they’re finally getting it. 2021-03-09T05:00:00Z I recite antivirals and antifungals to my computer screen as I click through Anki flash cards, one after another, hoping my vocal cords don’t shrivel up and turn to dust. A Medical Student Contemplates Pandemic-Era Isolation...and Connection 2020-10-23T04:00:00Z "Some leaves of some species, such as the elms simply shrivel up and fall, exhibiting little color other than drab brown," the agency notes. Fall colors in Midwest spotted from space as autumn arrives 2020-10-01T04:00:00Z It’s in the pepperoni — they’re thin little slices that shrivel up into little cups when baked, creating perfect repositories for grease, red pepper flakes and nubbly bits of Parmesan cheese. You’ll want to spend at least a whole day working through this list of tasty things to eat in West Seattle 2020-09-02T04:00:00Z Several fingers and his thumbs are “all shrivelled up” as result of medication given to keep him alive. Man given 'almost zero chance' of Covid-19 survival due to return home 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z “My legs were black and shriveled up, my toes looked like raisins,” she recalled. Texas mom loses both feet after high-risk pregnancy complication leads to sepsis 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z A renewed “reduction vs. elimination” debate offers some hope - assuming it doesn’t shrivel up in the heat of next year’s state legislative elections. Editorial Roundup: Pennsylvania 2019-12-25T05:00:00Z Thinking of that little white kitten clinging on for dear life with its tiny claws, then shrivelled up and dead. Abandoning a Cat 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z Bridget Baron said she watched splotches of mold colonize a wall to the right of her desk until, one day, “they all shriveled up and died.” ‘We can change something’: These 13-year-olds found mold in their schools and did something about it 2019-06-30T04:00:00Z “Like I was when we met, I mean. Not now when I’m shrivelled up like a monkey.” “The Escape” 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z “It’s a self-inflicted wound based on a refusal to understand that people are not just going to shrivel up and go away,” he says. Real Change: How Seattle’s street newspaper plans to survive in the digital age 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z My guess on the effect of such a withdrawal of coverage: he’d shrivel up and die. The Donald and the “Fake News Media” 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z With these changes, it’s not hard to see the program shriveling up and dying within a decade. The FCC is having a terrible month, and consumers will pay the price 2017-11-15T05:00:00Z And then there was Detroit’s economic downturn, when auto companies fled, public spending on schools and services shriveled up, people lost their homes to foreclosure, and investment in the city was almost nonexistent. Opinion | Life for Detroit’s blacks over the years: vibrant and volatile 2017-08-11T04:00:00Z And, when dehydrated, our cells are shriveled up and can make wrinkles we have appear more prominent. HEALTH: Water is foundational, offers vital benefits 2017-05-05T04:00:00Z If you think about a specimen that is postmortem, it’s going to start to shrivel up. Everything you always wanted to know about dolphin sex—but were afraid to ask 2017-04-23T04:00:00Z “You are going to see the workshop business shrivel up and blow away,” said DaMota, who estimates there are about 30 casting workshops on offer in the L.A. area. L.A. city attorney charges operators of five casting workshops with violating scam law 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z As the market for home run hitters shriveled up, Carter considered playing overseas for a year. Yankees Complete Deal With Brewers Slugger Chris Carter 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z Maybe the next president should just shrivel up like a turtle and retire to Fortress America, letting our allies in Eastern Europe fight their own fights. Vladimir Putin meets his match with Donald Trump 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z “Progressiveness does not last through the winter here. It shrivels up.” Activists who oppose new youth jail in Seattle file appeal 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z There’s also fruit – oranges – they look pretty bad because they’re kind of shrivelled up, but they smell amazing. Living in space puts Earth in a new light: 'I'd never seen that shade of blue before' 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z The hairs then shrivel up and dry in a spiral shape, which anchors the plant to its location. Inspired by nature: the thrilling new science that could transform medicine | Laura Parker 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z For this they had to be appealing before they were 30 and their eggs shrivelled up. The backlash against feminism has hit a new low with Donald Trump | Suzanne Moore 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z "Be bold," says Baroness Lane Fox, "even if you're shrivelling up inside." In pictures: Women Create Change - BBC News 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z Your puritanical perspective is that they should shrivel up or divorce? Kenneth Starr, Who Tried to Bury Bill Clinton, Now Only Praises Him 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z The criticism made Haggerty “shrivel up” and avoid the public eye. He wouldn’t make a mistake like that again, he decided, because he wouldn’t put himself out there. Macklemore and Ryan Lewis: ‘Systemic racism isn’t going to get clicks’ 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z If it were removed at this point, any replacement would simply shrivel up and die under the canopy already developed by its neighbours. Could a plastic punch revolutionise the lives of palm oil subsistence farmers? - BBC News 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z Seventy percent of the economy is driven by consumer spending, but what happens if consumers’ capacity to buy starts shriveling up? The sharing economy will screw us all — and it’s retirement we have to be really worried about 2016-05-07T04:00:00Z “That’s what distinguishes me from other people is I don’t shrivel up and die,” Decker said. Appeals court affirms guilty verdict of UW protester 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z She points to other small communities in the area that have seen their post offices almost shrivel up completely. Lane woman’s cafe serves multiple purposes for small town 2015-08-31T04:00:00Z When the financial crisis hit and business cut back on their legal spending, jobs at law firms shriveled up. Why The Nation’s Lawyers Might Be Getting Dumber 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z It was gnawing at me, shriveling up around my hair follicles, so itchy I had to tense my entire body to keep from scratching it. Clone Boys at the End of the World 2015-08-16T04:00:00Z She recalled observing rats as they “shriveled up and died.” Frances Oldham Kelsey, heroine of thalidomide tragedy, dies at 101 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z If I can’t drink my bowl of coffee three times daily, then in my torment I will shrivel up like a piece of roasted goat! The secret history of caffeine: Starbucks science and the back story of everyone’s favorite morning habit 2015-03-29T04:00:00Z “This is comfortably the actor’s worst film since ‘Alice in Wonderland,’ and even dedicated fans will find their hearts shrivelling up like week-old party balloons at its all-pervading air of clenched desperation,” says the Telegraph. What happened to Johnny Depp? How ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ made him, and ruined him. 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z What you need from Strasburg is domination, intimidation, the kind of pitching performance that makes, as Giants pitcher Tim Hudson might say, whatever it is that is between their legs shrivel up from fear. LOVERRO: Stephen Strasburg settles for ‘fine’ in long-awaited postseason debut 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z If they don’t do that, investors will turn to other places to invest their money , and the companies will shrivel up and either be sold to another company or die. "Do Drug Companies Make Drugs, Or Money?" 2014-07-29T04:00:00Z Which perhaps explains the birthday party for a shrivelled up piece of pork. What happens if you eat 112 year-old ham? 2014-07-14T04:00:00Z “Praise people and people flourish; criticize and they shrivel up,” Branson once said. The Maya Angelou Quote That Will Radically Improve Your Business 2014-05-31T04:00:00Z Obviously, it is a perishable process being a ski racer and I think until you are all rotten and shriveled up you should keep going. Clock ticking down on Miller time 2014-01-22T17:00:13Z The study, published in the journal Science, also reveals that the brain’s cells shrivel up by 60% while we sleep to wash away the cellular garbage more effectively. The Incredible Shrinking Brain 2013-10-17T23:05:23Z Australia captain Michael Clarke brought his fielders into the ring to starve England of runs and they just seemed to shrivel up in the face of the pressure. Australia build on Old Trafford showing 2013-08-09T19:21:30Z The flipside of that was that unemployment on her watch rose and old industries such as coal mining began to shrivel up as she focused on privatization and boosting the service sector and home ownership. Thatcher's legacy: citadel of finance atop once-derelict docks 2013-04-16T14:51:28Z Darwin thought the appendix, which juts off of the cecum, is one of its former folds that shriveled up as the cecum shrank. Appendix Evolved More Than 30 Times 2013-02-12T21:35:00Z "I'm pretty shrivelled up but I'm not all the way rotten yet." Clock ticking down on Miller time 2014-01-22T17:00:13Z When it's green and growing well, it's good ground cover and then it shrivels up and becomes poor ground cover. Pacific Ocean Hacker Speaks Out 2012-10-28T20:20:26.867Z Durant passed over the bottled waters and sodas at a table of snacks and beverages, punched a mini straw into a Capri Sun and contently slurped away until the container shriveled up. Kevin Durant: ‘My time is now’ 2012-08-25T23:45:24Z It is rare, then, for an enterprise that successful to simply shrivel up and disappear, no matter how harsh the scrutiny. With Fears About Safety, Football Faces Uncertain Evolution 2012-06-21T01:16:50Z The sudden shrivelling up of a hydrogen balloon is inexplicable to a child; it looks everywhere for the large body which was just there but is now gone. Popular scientific lectures 2012-04-24T02:00:17.273Z “Even the last remaining trump card of the theologian, ‘Why is there something rather than nothing?,’ shrivels up before your eyes as you read these pages,” Dawkins writes in an afterword to Krauss’s book. Science Will Never Explain Why There's Something Rather Than Nothing 2012-04-23T20:45:33.007Z I thought that he would kill Amos with a single blow; for the one was so big and bony, and the other so frail and shrivelled up. Treasure of Kings Being the Story of the Discovery of the \\"Big Fish,\\" or the Quest of the Greater Treasure of the Incas of Peru. 2012-04-09T02:00:30.007Z Though the grass spring up in the morning; yet in the evening it shall shrivel up and die. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z I thought that you hated me, and it hath grieved me, for love is the air I breathe, and without it I shrivel up from chill and suffocation! A Pilgrim Maid A Story of Plymouth Colony in 1620 2012-04-02T02:00:24.090Z I had been so free and without fear for so long that it was beyond my ability to shrivel up and drop as he continued to look me over. The Conquest The Story of a Negro Pioneer 2012-03-26T02:00:32.910Z Ulceration or gangrene of the parts may develop, and whole extremities may shrivel up. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z When he could speak and tell what had befallen him he began to shrivel up. Naples Past and Present 2012-03-13T02:00:23.473Z The potatoes won't amount to much, and the corn is just shriveling up with the heat. Two Boy Gold Miners or, Lost in the Mountains 2012-03-12T03:00:19.777Z His cheeks became loose and horrible; his lips shrivelled up above his teeth. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z I kept them, purposing to see what would emerge, but nothing has rewarded my watch, and they seem now to be shrivelling up. Eye Spy Afield with Nature Among Flowers and Animate Things 2012-02-24T03:00:23.760Z Trevalga studied her with amazement; he felt withered, shrivelled up, in body and soul, beside her magnificent acceptance of the world; she vitalised him, drew him away from himself; and he feared her. Spiritual Adventures 2012-02-17T03:00:27.070Z And all the joy which had been in her heart shrivelled up and cowered. Comrade Yetta 2012-02-15T03:00:24.213Z A gleam from No-Kami's wrathful eyes and he would shrivel up. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z A retribution follows him even within the heavenly gates; for if he does not suffer, still that bad life has so shriveled up his moral nature as to diminish his power of enjoyment. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:04:02.353Z If he shrivels up like a burnt sausage the moment he puts his foot on the beach he shall be left there to shrivel. Poor Relations 2012-02-11T03:04:00.973Z There are no preservatives used on the leftovers, but apparently that hasn’t caused mold — some items are simply shriveled up. Fame Worship Reaches an All-Time High at Museum of Celebrity Leftovers 2012-02-01T10:35:40Z The eyes had shrivelled up into the skull, and were by no means gleaming and crystal-like as is alleged of those found in Indian graves, and offered for sale to strangers. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume III (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-04T03:00:31.713Z It was when they reached the last limits of depression and despair that they began to stoop, to shrivel up, and become wrinkled. The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) 2012-01-02T03:00:27.980Z And the Pigs shriveled up until one might as well have eaten straw. The Sa'-Zada Tales 2011-12-14T03:00:18.457Z Look to God, mistress; His breath can shrivel up Mr. Pryse like a leaf in an east wind.' The Making of William Edwards or The Story of the Bridge of Beauty 2011-12-07T03:00:17.867Z Without it they shrivel up, grow morose, full of evil thoughts, such as envy and malice, and instead of an example are a warning. The Life of Thomas Wanless, Peasant 2011-11-27T03:00:11.777Z But first, before the sea went entirely dry, its place was taken by the lakes and swamps into which it shrivelled up. The Adventures of a Grain of Dust 2011-11-22T03:00:12.257Z While he slept, skin and little legs shrivelled up and fell away from him, and a new skin, hard and thick and scaly, took their place. The Sun's Babies 2011-11-21T03:00:12.963Z The horror-stricken officers and men saw it change from a face to a skull, watched his fur cap shrivel up and vanish, the hair and flesh on his scalp disappear. The World Masters 2011-11-18T03:00:31.543Z They fell on the ground and shrivelled up. Psyche 2011-11-15T03:00:18.293Z In some bamboos they are very numerous from the lower nodes of the erect culms, and pass downwards to the soil, whilst those from the upper nodes shrivel up and form circles of spiny fibres. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" 2011-11-13T03:00:13.177Z But, as he looked at her, his wife of yesterday, the woman whom he loved, she seemed to shrivel up before his eyes, and sank upon the floor. Between the Dark and the Daylight 2011-11-11T03:00:37.893Z The child looked like a monster in a magic glass, shrivelled up, yellow skinned, with sunken but staring eyes, and wrinkled, though scarcely yet two years of age. The Danes Sketched by Themselves. Vol. II (of 3) A Series of Popular Stories by the Best Danish Authors 2011-10-25T02:00:24.180Z Then their clothing shrivelled up into tinder, and all three dropped together in an indistinguishable heap of crumbling bones. The World Masters 2011-11-18T03:00:31.543Z Through the diamond lenses she saw sun systems, spirals of fire, shrivel up through the illimitableness of the universe.... Psyche 2011-11-15T03:00:18.293Z She was shrivelling up in some unaccountable way. The Open Question a tale of two temperaments 2011-10-25T02:00:22.173Z The industry quickly needs to find additional forms of revenue as print shrivels up. NY Times boosts digital subscribers; ad rev drops 2011-10-20T13:57:05Z A portion of a toe or finger or a whole foot or hand may shrivel up. Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. 2011-10-11T02:01:07.890Z The Shape did smile; and, wildly, with a start, Did shrivel up, as when a fire is spent, Whereof the smoke obscured the firmament. Love Letters of a Violinist and Other Poems 2011-10-08T02:00:23.627Z She looked about: in the wind, which was blowing, her wings whirled away, shrivelled up, whirled away like dry leaves. Psyche 2011-11-15T03:00:18.293Z The shadows shrivelled up into the corners and disappeared. Chance in Chains A Story of Monte Carlo 2011-10-03T02:00:32.613Z A mighty shout arose from the walls of Tyre as the spectators saw the flames wrap themselves around the tower, shrivelling up the green skins of cattle that had been hung to protect it. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z On the other hand, however, they enjoy the cool refreshing shade of the tree foliage, which prevents them from being shrivelled up. Beautiful Bulbous Plants For the Open Air 2011-09-10T02:00:24.197Z "If you order the snakes to shrivel up and die, and restore all your victims to their natural shapes, I will give you the mantle," said Ha'penny firmly. The Old-Fashioned Fairy Book 2011-09-09T02:01:11.180Z Donald’s cigar fell from his mouth, and he seemed to shrivel up in his chair. An I.D.B. in South Africa 2011-08-31T02:01:33.733Z As she had watched the paper burn, as she had seen Athena's delicate, graceful monogram vanish in the flame, Jane had felt as if her heart was shrivelling up with it. Jane Oglander 2011-08-30T02:00:38.717Z He had shrunk—“shrivelled up” might be more accurate. Haruki Murakami: “Town of Cats.” 2011-08-29T04:00:00Z They were such innocent-looking things—pinched and shriveled up, as if they had fainted at sight of the hot water and died in great agony. The Other Fellow 2011-08-23T02:00:31.420Z Annette wept to see the lovely leaves and blossoms shrivel up, but in a short time they vanished entirely from sight. The Old-Fashioned Fairy Book 2011-09-09T02:01:11.180Z But this generation be nice in bacon, and likes a wafer rasher as shrivels up dry without a lick of grease.” Greene Ferne Farm 2011-08-14T02:00:22.210Z Pretty soon a spider went crawling up my shoulders, and I flipped it off and it lit in the candle; and before I could budge it was all shrivelled up. Americanisms and Briticisms with other essays on other isms 2011-08-12T02:00:23.033Z But tell him that that flower which was her face Is shriveled up and lean as any hag's. Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-08-08T02:00:15.947Z These people have brilliantly expressive eyes, with handsome teeth and mouths, though half shriveled up and undeveloped in body. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z A few seconds after she had left the room he watched the letter shrivelling up in the fire, and he asked himself, "In what do I differ from those creatures I despise?" Judith Trachtenberg A Novel 2011-08-03T02:00:13.470Z The bush burned fiercely, hissing and crackling as the fibres of the green wood and the pointed needles shrivelled up. Greene Ferne Farm 2011-08-14T02:00:22.210Z I seem to shrivel up in this alternation of dampness, heat and cold. Concerning Lafcadio Hearn With a Bibliography by Laura Stedman 2011-07-20T02:00:12.413Z The body was shriveled up, and nothing of it remained but the skin and bones. Old Deccan Days or Hindoo Fairy Legends Current in Southern India 2011-07-12T02:00:31.917Z The magnificent new church had shrivelled up to the original mean little edifice Anna had known all her life. A Book of Ghosts 2011-07-08T02:00:19.203Z My heart beat violently, I breathed in gasps, and I knew that if a wind arose I should be shrivelled up as feathers would be in a fire. A Claim on Klondyke A Romance of the Arctic El Dorado 2011-07-03T02:00:07.507Z I crouched in the corner, and fought the flames that shrivelled up my flesh. My Little Sister 2011-05-27T02:00:14.023Z You should look upon me as a fat old spider stowed away in a box to shrivel up in time into a precious gold nugget or jewel. Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces; or, the Wedded Life, Death, and Marriage of Firmian Stanislaus Siebenkaes, Parish Advocate in the Burgh of Kuhschnappel. 2011-05-20T02:00:42.297Z It seemed to Poppy that while she stood watching this man, something inside her shrivelled up and blew away from her like a leaf in the wind. Poppy The Story of a South African Girl 2011-05-20T02:00:25.147Z The bacon, under the heat, shriveled up and rolled off into the fire, but not until the flavor had been given to the steak. The Comstock Club 2011-05-18T02:00:16.367Z When the daylight dawns upon the city, it seems to shrivel up and shrink into the mouths of the yawning black cellars and foul alleys whose very breath is a deadly poison. Odd Bits of Travel with Brush and Camera 2011-05-17T02:00:17.310Z Her withered face seemed small, and more shrivelled up than ever; but her eyes, usually sharp and piercing as those of a rattlesnake, were now hard as steel. Silent Struggles 2011-05-05T02:00:16.850Z As he looks at the mountains the ego, which is 99 per cent. of him, begins to shrivel up. Abroad at Home American Ramblings, Observations, and Adventures of Julian Street 2011-04-27T02:00:23.800Z Their solution involves not only successfully regenerating the blood vessels, but doing so in a way that prevents them from “shriveling up.” Could Bypass Surgeries Become a Thing of the Past? 2011-04-18T13:34:45Z It was, then, in that moment of awful doubt, when the will of a strong man might have shriveled up, that nature herself seemed to give the answer. The Deemster 2011-04-08T02:00:08.197Z The dirt was in many cases no more than the placenta already described, which shrivelling up took, like all vegetable fibre, a dark tint. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" 2011-04-03T02:00:20.883Z It was one of goodly dimensions, somewhat shrivelled up between the fingers of the ex-footpad, that were clutching it with firm muscular grasp. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z I had a satin slip--y'know how they shrivel up if you try to iron them with your iron too hot? Four and Twenty Beds 2011-03-30T02:00:13.610Z Mr. Lazenby was wonderful, talking about the awful casualty lists, and the way sheer hate is shriveling up men's minds. The Messenger 2011-03-26T02:00:14.523Z His arrogance sickened, shrivelled up; even his possessions suddenly seemed to him insignificant. 'Gloria Victis!' A Romance 2011-03-26T02:00:13.597Z Nevertheless, as they oppose law, they will at last shrivel up and become as if they were not. A Rational Theology As Taught by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 2011-03-14T03:01:04.693Z Stella's heart beats, her boasted courage shrivels up to nothing. Erlach Court 2011-03-12T03:00:24.407Z I positively shrivelled up inside, if you know what I mean; felt like a fish on the end of a fork thrust suddenly into a blazing fire. The Man Without a Memory 2011-03-09T03:00:45.963Z She did not reason—she felt; reason was shrivelled up in the fire of emotion. Anna of the Five Towns 2011-03-08T03:00:38.117Z I felt kind of shriveled up inside—the way you feel when someone you love is sick. The Girl at Central 2011-03-08T03:00:37.413Z But today she looked sort of peaked and shriveled up, the way those frail little wisps of girls do at the least jar. The Black Eagle Mystery 2011-03-07T03:00:12.497Z On every hand crowded houses of indescribable clumsiness and ugliness; I was depressed by the mere eight of them, and suddenly experienced the most painful sensation of shrivelling up. 'O Thou, My Austria!' 2011-03-04T03:01:01.630Z His method of shriveling up a name by merely pronouncing it is something that transcends my power to describe. The High Heart 2011-03-04T03:00:52.683Z He is now a dry, shrivelled up, scoffing spirit. The Three Devils: Luther's, Milton's, and Goethe's With Other Essays 2011-03-03T03:00:54.067Z Dempster shrivelled up, and hung flaccid on his spinal column, like a hooked worm that has been long in the water. A Practical Novelist 2011-02-19T03:01:38.957Z Real old age begins then, inward as well as outward; and one's soul, that kept so bravely young for years after one's face got its first wrinkles, suddenly shrivels up. Fr?ulein Schmidt and Mr. Anstruther 2011-02-17T03:00:18.413Z Ignorant, incurious, narrow, with an intelligence gradually shrivelling up to the dimensions of a childhood with which they have nothing else in common! The Crooked Stick or Pollies's Probation 2011-02-06T03:01:00.547Z Don't get me wrong, that software won't shrivel up and die, but it also won't be involved in what is clearly going to be the main event for developers: multi-tenant applications. A Fatal Flaw For Open Source 2010-06-15T10:00:00Z Time is no object to him; his inwards may be shriveling up for want of food, but there he remains. Canadian Wilds Tells About the Hudson's Bay Company, Northern Indians and Their Modes of Hunting, Trapping, Etc. The tongues of fern growing along the edge of the water were nipped and shrivelled up, and they looked as they stood there like little wrinkled old women in their blurred brown rags. The Undying Past Our thirst parched and shrivelled up our throats. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 4 Long after the flesh part of the fish has rotted and fallen away, the skin ring will be yet in evidence shriveled up dry on the stick, but yet useful as bait. Mink Trapping A Book of Instruction Giving Many Methods of Trapping—A Valuable Book for Trappers. His line of defence was to maintain a haughty and contemptuous silence, at the same time to shrivel up his very common-place judges by focussing upon them in turn his most ferociously fascinating glare. A Poached Peerage Then, as I stood there, Margharita, love shriveled up, and hate reigned in its place. To Win the Love He Sought The Great Awakening: Volume 3 “If God should wink at a single act of injustice,” says the Arab proverb, “the whole universe would shrivel up like a cast-off snake-skin.” The Arena Volume 18, No. 93, August, 1897 "My legs are about to shrivel up and drop off," he said.... Last Words The Rose Slugworm is much more common, and most destructive, eating the upper surface of the leaves and leaving the lower to shrivel up. Roses and Rose Growing Does our own human will shrivel up and become powerless under the compulsion of that immutability with which we are strangely brought into contact? The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus It seemed to me as though my skin was shriveling up, and every once in awhile the waves of smoke would almost submerge us in their acrid, stifling vapor. The Frontier Boys in the Grand Canyon A Search for Treasure They will not be broken, nor through their unsoundness and insolvency will the “heavens roll away as a scroll,” nor “the universe shrivel up as a cast-off snake-skin.” The Arena Volume 18, No. 93, August, 1897 Paul was naturally of a frank chivalrous disposition, but these good qualities shrivelled up in the glow of ambition, fanned by his teachers. Klytia A Story of Heidelberg Castle The fine scorn with which he spoke would have made the word shrivel up and disappear, had it been a material organism. Thirty In a year or two he would be shrivelled up into an irritable bunch of nerves, his ability wasted, his hopes stifled. Years of Plenty "Then you have made the acquaintance of that incarnate, shrivelled up darkness—that miserable mannikin, who is fond of being styled an ancient Greek?" Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine Their skins began to shrivel up and crackle, and fall off, and none of those who were high up on the mountain side were left alive. My Dark Companions And Their Strange Stories Klytia however, punished by the God with a look of fiery contempt, shrivelled up, her beauty died, and she turned into a wayside plant, trodden by every passer-by under foot. Klytia A Story of Heidelberg Castle I counted about 150 bodies along the parapet; there they lay, shrivelled up like mummies, while rats and mice had made their homes in them. Ten Years' Captivity in the Mahdi's Camp 1882-1892 But as long as our ammunition lasted their formations were immediately shrivelled up. The Goddess of Atvatabar Being the history of the discovery of the interior world and conquest of Atvatabar And so she sat and shrivelled up until she became a hen indeed, and was never anything else, and died one. Legends of Florence Collected from the People, First Series Even, woman’s heart, with its gushing sympathies, has become dead and shrivelled up, where that relentless scourge—that demon of our time, the monotony of civilization—has been suffered to intrude. About London Small men shrivelled up when he spoke to them. The Romance of the Reaper It cannot see, but it is sufficiently sensitive to light to avoid the sun, the rays of which would shrivel up its moist skin. Earth and Sky Every Child Should Know Easy studies of the earth and the stars for any time and place The large shamrock under the shelter of which she had lived was now rolled together and shriveled up; nothing remained but a yellow, withered stalk. Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales First Series Yet, as each fragment flew away from the main body, it shriveled up so that there was no blood, and no bystander suffered the inconvenience of messed-up clothing. "And That's How It Was, Officer" The crimsons turned to russet and brown, the hickories grew paler and paler until their gold had degenerated and their leaves shriveled up. Helen Grant's Schooldays The tentacles were already shriveling up, the emanation of energy that surrounded the living orbs was gone. The Buttoned Sky She walked along through that flat, almost unpeopled, half desert country and it seemed that the whole world had shrivelled up. Fidelity A Novel Whenever they did this the sugar-canes seemed to shrivel up and vanish. The City Curious As she drew nearer, the air grew so hot that the red leaf shrivelled up, and Ripple would have died if she had not quickly unfolded the snowflake and wrapped herself in that cool cloak. Lulu's Library, Volume II Pretty soon a spider went crawling up my shoulder, and I flipped it off and it lit in the candle; and before I could budge it was all shriveled up. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Tom Sawyer's Comrade Cancer sacs shrivel up and practically disappear under its action. A Brief Account of Radio-activity When I awoke, what was my astonishment to see my groom wrapped up in my mare's blanket, and snoring like a pig, while the poor mare stood shrivelled up, and looking almost frozen to death. Memoirs of the Extraordinary Military Career of John Shipp Late a Lieut. in His Majesty's 87th Regiment Now he beheld her in faded calico, sallow, wrinkled and grey; and she looked upon a white haired, shrivelled up, little old man. Little Wolf A Tale of the Western Frontier The intestines had shriveled up with the heat into little, hard balls, which were thrown away. Si Klegg, Book 3 (of 6) Si And Shorty Meet Mr. Rosenbaum, The Spy, Who Relates His Adventures Some carry an atmosphere in which all unkind thoughts shrivel up and cannot grow into expression. Kept for the Master's Use "Has your old heart grown cold, shriveled up, or what's the matter?" Cupid's Middleman During the fourth day these vesicles dry and shrivel up, and the scabs fall off, leaving as a rule no scar. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" The doctor said the man was terribly emaciated, his stomach was shrivelled up for want of food, he could have eaten nothing for two days before death.... Orientations People have to buy what the ad-men are selling, or the ad-men shrivel up, and already the trend seems to be showing up. Martyr Senile youths whom the sun of Wagner has dried and shriveled up! The German Classics, v. 20 Masterpieces of German Literature On limbs badly affected on one side, the bark will turn black and shrivel up. Soil Culture "But every time I mention it to her she seems to shrivel up, so you'd best go in of your own accord, and I'll know nothing about it." The Beggar Man He, who had formerly been so stout, now shrivelled up and grew yellow and thin, and was always hoarse, and did not relish his food any longer. Absolution I went, and she was shriveled up to not much of anything. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Texas Narratives, Part 1 Such creatures, when treated in an ordinary way, by dropping them into alcohol, shrivel up, coming to resemble nothing in particular, and ceasing to have any value for the study of normal structures. A History of Science, Volume 5(of 5) Aspects Of Recent Science "If you do, Robert, I'll take Shakespeare away; and I'll shrivel up within myself, and put on my bonnet and go home." Shirley Banjo contracted his muscles under the application, shriveling up on himself like a snail in a fire, for it was hot and heroic liniment, and strong medicine for strong beasts and tougher men. The Rustler of Wind River The man's wrinkled face shrivelled up more than ever, and his figure became quite small. Absolution "Right-o," exclaimed Babe Wilson, "I know it's getting late because my stomach feels all shriveled up for want of something to eat." The Boy Scout Fire Fighters The only noble things in this world are great hearts and great brains, There is no virtue in a starveling piety which turns all beauty into ugliness and shrivels up every natural affection. Arrows of Freethought There is no virtue in a starveling piety which turns all beauty into ugliness and shrivels up every natural affection. Flowers of Freethought (First Series) Five persons tried the experiment before the sixth illustrated the fact that touch was not absolutely necessary to cause the leaves to shrivel up or shrink through seeming fear. Due South or Cuba Past and Present They would shrivel up in horror at a nude model. Amaryllis at the Fair He paused in the vestibule and gazed searchingly at the trembling little woman with a fierce glare that made her feel as if she were being shrivelled up where she stood. Mlle. Fouchette A Novel of French Life But the big brother was shrivelled up by the sun. The Chinese Fairy Book Make her lean and shrivelled up, because she is continual dissolution. Thoughts on Art and Life And where the balls fell, conflagrations of cold fire seemed to start and run like mercury, and shrivel up everything they touched. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, May, 1930 But one time the crops failed—grew smaller and smaller—and began to shrivel up and die. Legends of the Wailuku He was an undersized man with a small face, which seemed somehow to have shrivelled up like a dead leaf. The Hound From The North He stepped back and caught up the incineration tube of concentrated fire ... and Bentley saw the body of the murdered man shrivel up so quickly it seemed as though it had dissolved before his eyes. The Mind Master Thus saying, the old man shrivelled up into a snail and crawled away. Japanese Fairy World Stories from the Wonder-Lore of Japan The wisps of steam darkened still more, and seemed to shrivel up, as though the fires that fed them had been exhausted by the travail of a new continent. The Terror from the Depths "Tell her," cried Norman, in a wild burst of eloquence, "that, like two grasshoppers in a volcano, we are shrivelled up in the presence of Her Spangled Vehemence!" A Tangled Tale It would need but a short time to reduce the earth to the condition of the moon, where there is nothing to shrivel up, nothing to freeze. The Children's Book of Stars Then I discovered that the little trees were mimosa, which shrivel up when you touch them. Round the Wonderful World When baking a poor joint of meat, before it has been half baked I have seen it start from the bone, and shrivel up scarcely to be believed. The Cook's Oracle; and Housekeeper's Manual Are the little birds the babies, and are there cousins and aunts and grandmothers all faded and shriveled up? A Little Girl in Old Philadelphia We talk of fire-proof buildings nowadays, which are mere shells of iron and brick and stone that shrivel up like writing-paper in a great fire. Ave Roma Immortalis, Vol. 1 Studies from the Chronicles of Rome For a brief spell he shrivelled up with shame and horror; he could not look any one in the face. What's-His-Name Likewise, as the beans become heated, they shrivel up until about half done, or at the "developing" point. All About Coffee These wicked giants pinched the leaves and buds till they all shrivelled up, stripped the trees bare, shrouded the earth in a great white coverlet, and veiled it in impenetrable mists. Myths of the Norsemen From the Eddas and Sagas "Probably it sinks into the cracks or fissures which form in the crust of the planet when it begins to shrivel up with the cold." Harper's Young People, March 9, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly Deprive Young of this antithesis, and more than half his eloquence would be shrivelled up. The Essays of "George Eliot" Complete Then, when the Flies have been well dusted, the hairs shrivel up, leaving a clear road, and the prisoners are permitted to escape. The Beauties of Nature and the Wonders of the World We Live In Every human instinct seemed to have shriveled up and died—all save the love of money and his passion for flowers. The Scarlet Feather He calls me crippled, but I am not, only my legs are swollen like barrels, and I am shriveled up myself. The Brothers Karamazov Said the canoe would shrivel up, like a piece of hide in a fire, if it touched that beach; said they'd turn white and be blown away like puffs of smoke. It, and Other Stories The few nymphs which I obtained about the middle of June shrivelled up without attaining the perfect form. The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles Towards morning these wither away, the flower shrivels up, ceases to emit scent, and looks as if it were faded. The Beauties of Nature and the Wonders of the World We Live In I shall be shrivelled up to nothing for want of nourishing earth, and shall do good to no one. Parables from Flowers Hence it does not last long, and the critical shriveling up of the inflated bubbles is greater in proportion to what the previous dimensions of these bubbles were. Principles Of Political Economy Yet, it was so pretty here, last night; and now the leaves over the windows are all shrivelled up, while this border on the tablecloth is as crooked as can be. Reels and Spindles A Story of Mill Life Then he seemed to lose his strength and to shrivel up, consumed by the flame of his bitterness and disappointment. The Free Range I promptly shrivelled up to nothing, and developed acute suspended animation. 'Brother Bosch', an Airman's Escape from Germany Dance you shall," said he, "dance in your red shoes till you are pale and cold, till your skin shrivels up and you are a skeleton! Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen A man who's spent the last twenty or thirty years on low-gee asteroids just shrivels up after a while when he tries to live on Earth. The Risk Profession The fruit carries well, but will not keep for any length of time, as it shrivels up. Fruits of Queensland Then you begin to shrivel up, and 67 you keep right on shriveling till you feel like Alice in Wonderland. Caps and Capers A Story of Boarding-School Life I should shrivel up, I am sure,—grow old and sour and sad. The Jessica Letters: An Editor's Romance The large clover leaf under the shelter of which she had lived, was now rolled together and shrivelled up, nothing remained but a yellow withered stalk. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen They do not easily decay, but shrivel up in dry weather, and revive in wet weather, or when placed in water. Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. All shrivelled up as we were by the heat—for we were almost past the sudatory stage—we drank in some refreshment from the scenery. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847 In a disease, called “thrush,” of the sensitive part which secretes the frog, the cleft forms a deep, damp and foul-smelling fissure, and the frog becomes more or less shrivelled up. The Horsewoman A Practical Guide to Side-Saddle Riding, 2nd. Ed. There were Hindoo keepers aboard, but these fellows are useless in cold weather; they shrivel up and move slowly, paralyzed by the cold. The Grain Ship The air must not be too dry, as dryness causes them to shrivel up. Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study It seemed to hang poised a moment, then it shriveled up, turned black, and floated slowly down until it rested on top of the sphere. The Fire People Let either get afore the other, and the man is no longer a perfect man; but a man with one limb grown out, and another shrivelled up.” Joyce Morrell's Harvest The Annals of Selwick Hall "Perhaps it is in my blood, perhaps—— I don't know; anyhow, I think my hand would shrivel up if I tried to sign my name as a soldier." All for a Scrap of Paper A Romance of the Present War The kind that, as you may recollect, kept the whistle in them over night, and did not shrivel up. When Grandmamma Was New The Story of a Virginia Childhood The general complaint was that it had all dried or shriveled up, and as some claimed, evaporated. Twenty Years of Hus'ling Thus flickered out a flame which threatened to shrivel up British rule in Ireland. William Pitt and the Great War All the great blossoms of the hope that had shed beauty and fragrance over his rough life seemed suddenly to shrivel up into black unsightliness. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1905 to 1906 The frost had withered all the flowers, which were now brown and yellow and fast being shrivelled up by the sun. The Basket of Flowers In the bud stage they are usually small and after the opening of the flower they shrivel up and are inconspicuous. A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses The cotton was all shriveled up, and the corn looked as if it would catch a-fire, it was so dry; even the cow-peas turned yellow. Little Mr. Thimblefinger and His Queer Country Ultimately the flames shrivelled up the colonies of France; but, for the present, they were more formidable than her fleets and armies. William Pitt and the Great War She might shrivel up until I was the only student, yet I should still be happy in my nearness to Gladys Todd. David Malcolm We have passed several on the way as we started this morning, but I noticed none with the flowers thus shrivelled up.” Gaspar the Gaucho A Story of the Gran Chaco If it weren't for the creek yonder the whole post would shrivel up and blow away. Tonio, Son of the Sierras A Story of the Apache War The cruelty in my nature seemed to shrivel up. The Return Of The Soul 1896 Fill the end of the nose and around the nostrils nicely, no live deer ever had a shriveled up nose. Home Taxidermy for Pleasure and Profit A Guide for Those Who Wish to Prepare and Mount Animals, Birds, Fish, Reptiles, etc., for Home, Den, or Office Decoration "I feel sometimes as if I had been born again," Sulie said quaintly; "like a flower that had shriveled up and grown brown, and suddenly found itself blooming in the spring." Mistress Anne We pass examinations, and shrivel up into clerks, lawyers and police inspectors, and we die young. Creative Unity To see those little white gloves shrivel up in the flames, the high heeled little slippers crumple and split? The Lady of the Basement Flat If you planted her in, well, in even your artistic world, she would either die, shrivel up, and be finished, or she might spread her roots, and finish you! Janet of the Dunes At sight of her face, his heart gave one painful thump, and shriveled up. Little Miss Grouch A Narrative Based on the Log of Alexander Forsyth Smith's Maiden Transatlantic Voyage "Anyway, it's better than being lost in a dust storm—we won't shrivel up and die of thirst." Prairie Flowers When he blew off it was super-heated steam and you could see the sinners who were in range fairly sizzle and parboil and shrivel up. Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son Being the Letters written by John Graham, Head of the House of Graham & Company, Pork-Packers in Chicago, familiarly known on 'Change as "Old Gorgon Graham," to his Son, Pierrepont, facetiously known to his intimates as "Piggy." We've been shut up all winter long Within our narrow rooms; We're sort o' shriveled up an' dry— Ma's cranky-like an' quick to cry; We need the blue skies overhead, The garden with its blooms. The Path to Home His boots seemed to shrivel up and tighten round his feet. Dusty Diamonds Cut and Polished A Tale of City Arab Life and Adventure Ere long some of these clouds of sand enveloped them, and they were accompanied by hot winds, which seemed to shrivel up, not only the skin, but the very vitals of the travellers. Digging for Gold Adventures in California Old Robin’s nose seemed to be entirely shrivelled up into his face by it, as he drove his ox-cart to the river to fetch his daily supply of water. The Young Fur Traders “Lives!” interposed Little Tim, with emphasis, “I should think she does, an’ flourishes too, though she has shrivelled up a bit since you saw her last. The Prairie Chief So long as we have false standards of gentility I suppose the sight of a shrimp in conjunction with the tea-pot will cause us to shrivel up. The Making of a Soul She did not answer him, but her livid countenance began to look shriveled up, as if all her nerves and muscles had been twisted out of shape. The works of Guy de Maupassant, Vol. 5 Une Vie and Other Stories During the remaining months of the year, arid scorching north-east winds blow so frequently and so long that everything green becomes parched and shrivelled up. Digging for Gold Adventures in California The piercing blasts quite shrivelled up our poor unclad conductors, who crouched in an inert mass round log fires which they made. Southern Arabia Some were only wounded in the arm or leg; but the scathed member was shrivelled up, and they were borne down the hatchway, howling with intolerable pain. The King's Own It can stand a good deal in the way of unkindness or neglect without shrivelling up. The Making of a Soul In a lazy fashion it opened one eye, and discovered that an old, shrivelled up little man, with a brown face, was standing by the counter. The Skipper's Wooing, and The Brown Man's Servant There is nothing which will so shrivel up a man; and contract his capacity for happiness as selfishness. Pushing to the Front Abraham Johnson said, "Does such a shrivelled up old slaveholder as you own such a nice, genteel young man as I am?" The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 101, March, 1866 And all the heroic and passionate grandeur of Parnell’s furious career shrivelled up to mere sordidness before the inability of one narrow-minded and ignorant but vigorous woman to appreciate its quality. Clayhanger It’s poison to you, as I’ve seen it poison to scores and scores, eating out manhood, withering out womanhood, crushing down childhood, shrivelling up babyhood. Frank Oldfield Lost and Found As soon as the fish are nearly ready for spawning, all their digestive parts shrivel up, so that they can't eat. The Boy With the U. S. Fisheries But this one fairly sneers at us as she takes our order; although I kind of shrivels up in the chair and acts as humble as I know how. Shorty McCabe on the Job But it is better to tear it than to cut it, because when torn the edges are jagged and it shrivels up more. The Big Brother A Story of Indian War Course it was my cue to shrivel up and do the low salaam; but all I can think of at the minute is to look him over and grin. Torchy The nettles shrivelled up dry, and the wool did not stick to them, but could be gathered easily. Round About a Great Estate Parchment bags shriveled up and stuck in the vent, purpling many a good gunner's face. Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America They usually appear at the base of the chains of conidia, causing the basal cell to enlarge to many times its original size, and finally kill the young conidia, which shrivel up. Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses With advancing age the muscles shrink, the skin shrivels up until an individual of 40 to 50 years usually has the decrepit appearance of an octogenarian; in fact, 50 is old age with the Aeta. Negritos of Zambales Indeed, she was of all others the person who most shrivelled up the man whom she had always treated like a poor dependent, till her politeness became still more p. 38embarrassing. That Stick Experiments in the psychological laboratories have shown that nerve cells shrivel up and lose their vitality under loss of sleep. The Mind and Its Education Is all that penetrating intellect, that creative fancy, that vaulting ambition, those noble passions, those far-reaching hopes, to come to nothing, to shrivel up into a pinch of dust? The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia Almost as soon as the umbrella opens, the spores are shed, and the whole structure shrivels up and dissolves, leaving almost no trace behind. Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses All faith in God or man, all grandeur of purpose, all nobility of thought, and all beauty of sentiment, withered and shrivelled up. Tancred Or, The New Crusade She got old; she shrivelled up; she stooped over. Queer Stories for Boys and Girls He shriveled up, Ántonia said, until he looked like a little old yellow monkey, for his beard and his fringe of hair never changed color. My Ántonia Indeed any fruit that he even touches with his foot in passing, shrivels up. The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia The flowers usually open but once, and the petals shrivel up as the flower fades. Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses A few illusions shrivelled up that wintry morning under that murky sky. Cobwebs and Cables They may shrivel up and drop off unheeded. A Book of Quaker Saints You stand there gazing down the raw, red gullet of that great gosh-awful gorge, and you feel your self-importance shriveling up to nothing inside of you. Roughing it De Luxe The fiends of fury gallop past with flanks outstretched and wide; Around the city's storehouses they wreathe and twine and dance, And wealth and splendor shrivel up before their swift advance. Poems Teachers Ask For, Book Two At once their legs began to shrivel up, and soon became thin and red. Tales of Wonder Every Child Should Know It is evident that the live stock industry is shriveling up. Northern Nut Growers Association, Report Of The Proceedings At The Tenth Annual Meeting. Battle Creek, Michigan, December 9 and 10, 1919 There, as I have shown, it probably indicates the Maya word choco, “heat, warmth,” alluding to the hot, dry season which parches and shrivels up the growing corn. Day Symbols of the Maya Year Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-1895, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 199-266. A very few years of such wandering shrivelled up her plump "pig-beauty," so that in her little sallow, weather-beaten face her own mother would scarcely have recognised pretty Isabella Reid. Strangers at Lisconnel It is an anxious moment, for they may merely shrivel up sullenly without catching fire, and in that case some men lose their tempers. My Lady Nicotine A Study in Smoke The body was shrivelled up, and nothing of it remained but the skin and bones. Tales of Wonder Every Child Should Know A little, yellow, shrivelled up old man with no liver, and a dreadful temper, and a black servant. With Clive in India Or, The Beginnings of an Empire No wonder that sitting on cold and wet stones had threatened to shrivel up their thin legs, which looked wonderfully shaky at best. Life in Morocco and Glimpses Beyond When the fox-spirit entered her body, her feet suddenly shrivelled up and became very similar in shape and size to the feet of the animal who had her in his power. A Chinese Wonder Book As they did not appear to shrivel up, it looked as if the grub or insect, or whatever did the mischief, had attacked, not the leaves, but the bough itself. Nature Near London He be but a feeble shrivelled up whey-faced little gentleman, thin as a thread paper an' not much taller than you yourself. Madame Flirt A Romance of 'The Beggar's Opera' An' all th' dirt o' me shrivelled up an' th' mud in m' manhood, way yours did when y' looked in her eyes! The Freebooters of the Wilderness Well, it simply made me shrivel up and have shivers down my spine. Contrary Mary His arms began to shrivel up and his hands changed little by little until they made an excellent pair of fins, just as good as those of the king himself. A Chinese Wonder Book Here, in all this emptiness and glory, her shallow soul would have shrieked in agony; she would have shrivelled up and died. The Courage of Marge O'Doone For the instant his very blood ran cold; he appeared to shrivel up. Bob Hampton of Placer Those as like to be shrivelled up wi' thirst, may have it! The Freebooters of the Wilderness She is, of course, an old, shriveled up woman, as I guessed, but she is a specialist. The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume 3 Effects of Alcohol and Tobacco upon the Kidneys.—A piece of beef placed in alcohol soon becomes dry and hard, and shrivels up as though it had been burned. First Book in Physiology and Hygiene "And for the sake of your principles," she went on, almost angrily, "your stupid, canonical and dry-as-dust little principles, you've let your life shrivel up." Nobody's Man How many iniquities shriveled up in his presence! The Investment of Influence A Study of Social Sympathy and Service A sharp howl, like a flogged hound's, broke from the sick man as he saw his treasure shrivel up in the flame. Guy Livingstone; or, 'Thorough' Feeling like my lungs were all shriveled up into raisins. Eastern Standard Tribe In a few seconds they would be so shrivelled up that no one could tell that they had ever been the beautiful little corpuscles which are so necessary to health. First Book in Physiology and Hygiene For he must be born again many times, and must torture his body until it shrivels up, is freed from sin, and is without desires. I.N.R.I. A prisoner's Story of the Cross Why did not that boastful, gold-withered, shrivelled up old man, pause? May Brooke It will soon begin to sprout or send out new stems, and as these new stems grow the potato shrinks and shrivels up. The First Book of Farming His bulk has become mastodonian in proportions and his influence has shrivelled up the energies of the people. Black and White Land, Labor, and Politics in the South He was a man who would have shrivelled up, become atrophied, in an atmosphere of decency—he would have died. Caste It was this broken branch, of which the leaves had shrivelled up, that had first drawn her attention to the fact that someone must have been there, and recently. The Chink in the Armour They have shriveled up in the presence of the bayonet, and fled in disorder at the first glimpse of naked steel. Tommy Atkins at War As Told in His Own Letters Men and women drink themselves into the gutter from sheer loneliness, while other men and women shrivel up in isolated comfort. The Business of Being a Woman The climate of that region has a bad effect on the heart, and his had shriveled up until it was quite small and mean, and hard and cold, at that. Jewel's Story Book I saw how big you were, and I just—shriveled up. The Gay Cockade The only exception I noticed was that the fiat, leaf-like joints of the nopal cactus shrivelled up a little on the surface, but the fleshy inside seemed as juicy as ever. Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan Trees were torn up by the roots; many houses were levelled to the ground; others were unroofed; the leads on the churches were ripped off, and "shrivelled up like scrolls of parchment." Jack Sheppard A Romance "They have stripped bare the soul of man with a realism that shrivels up our civilisation and proves—Two coffees, please." The Amateur Army Burned and shriveled up as I was with shame in the glare of that lady's scornful look, I would not save myself at such a cost to him and—to her. Ishmael Or, In the Depths Whether the energy and resource which he displayed would not have been more profitably expended in a vigorous effort to shrivel up the line between Bloemfontein and the Orange is a matter for speculation. A Handbook of the Boer War With General Map of South Africa and 18 Sketch Maps and Plans A withering change came over face and figure: she was cold and hard; her youthful ardor, warmth, and freshness, had been shrivelled up or worn away. Bressant He seemed to shrivel up, to grow old while I watched him. The Rustlers of Pecos County Ever since the Western powers' hope of speedy decisive blows on the part of Russia have shriveled up, they would like to lure the Japanese Army, two to four hundred thousand men, to the Continent. New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 2, May, 1915 April-September, 1915 One spoke, as did still Prof. Pomme at the end of the eighteenth century, "of the shrivelling up of the nerves." A Psychiatric Milestone Bloomingdale Hospital Centenary, 1821-1921 Apparently she was very old, for her figure had shrivelled up into a diminutive monkey form, and she looked as though a moderately high wind could blow her about like a feather. Red Money As they came nearer they could see it was a dwarf, with a shrivelled up face and a snow-white beard an ell long. My Book of Favorite Fairy Tales From May the absence of rain, together with the night frosts, shrivel up the herbage, giving the country a pale-brown aspect. Origin of the Anglo-Boer War Revealed (2nd ed.) The Conspiracy of the 19th Century Unmasked Finally there were some cold, sharp frosts, so that the tomato and other vines were all shriveled up when Hal and Mab went out to the garden to look at them. Daddy Takes Us to the Garden The Daddy Series for Little Folks Everybody had on summer clothes, and we all felt ourselves gradually expanding after being shrivelled up by the cold of the last month. A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months The moss that thatched the red banks was burned, and all the ferns were shrivelling up. Lewis Rand No wonder her soul had been scorched and shrivelled up. Jaffery If you and I had never met again after my marriage, and if I had gone on living with the man they had married me to, my soul would have shrivelled up and died. The Woman Thou Gavest Me Being the Story of Mary O'Neill If you cut a hard-boiled egg the yolk very soon gets discoloured and brown round the edge, shrivels up, and becomes most unappetising in appearance. Cassell's Vegetarian Cookery A Manual of Cheap and Wholesome Diet What was the malign power which made the boons we had conferred shrivel up, "like fairy gifts fading away"? Handbook of Home Rule Being articles on the Irish question No, thank heaven, he doesn't, for he is a shriveled up little man, of whom neither his clan nor Walter Scott would be particularly proud. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 12 If he had suspected that in reality he was playing the part of an animated conscience, he would have shriveled up through fright and confusion. Septimus A splendid piece of invective; almost literally shrivelled up poor JOKIM, at whom some of the scorching flame was pointed with outstretched forefinger. Punch, Or The London Charivari, Volume 102, March 12, 1892 It is a well-known law in the natural world about us that whatever hasn't use, that whatever serves no purpose, shrivels up. What All The World's A-Seeking The Vital Law of True Life, True Greatness Power and Happiness All the explanations she had intended shriveled up before the scorn in his eyes. A Man Four-Square "Then I think she will shrivel up," said the old witch, with much content. King Alfred's Viking A Story of the First English Fleet As she opened her door, she saw advancing towards her from the farthest extremity of the hall, a little, shrivelled up woman, with wild flashing eyes, and hair hanging loosely over her shoulders. The English Orphans Perpetual solitude dries up the springs of existence, and true manhood is shrivelled up. Men of the Bible; Some Lesser-Known Characters Mrs. De Peyster, in her dim corner, tried to shrivel up into yet darker obscurity. No. 13 Washington Square Nina Ivanovna looked much older and plainer and seemed shrivelled up, but was still tightly laced, and still had diamonds flashing on her fingers. The Schoolmaster It is a story of long days under burning skies, by whose fierce glare our brains seemed shriveling up and the world went black before our heat-bleared eyes. Vanguards of the Plains It would be nice to be new again; but my old skin would lie on the ground looking just like me; and Adam would see it shrivel up and— THE SERPENT. Back to Methuselah The poor beasts have all the hair singed off; even the skin in many places is shrivelled up and terribly burned, and their eyes are swollen and closed fast. Pioneers in Canada “Then the spectre caught her by the wrist, exclaiming—‘Unto thee shall this be a token!’—when the sinews of that wrist immediately shrivelled up, and the apparition, laying his hand on an escritoire, vanished! The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 486, April 23, 1831 Dignity, common sense, justice are shrivelled up and destroyed. The Human Machine "I suppose she told you so herself!" said Eve, with an irony that might have shrivelled up a husband less philosophic. Mr. Prohack Scholarship had not shrivelled up his humanity, for he had a genial fund of humor and a gentle play of satire and loved his neighbors for their folly and narrowmindedness. Children of the Ghetto A Study of a Peculiar People Beside his high-flowing, romantic, imaginative writings, the tradition of the eighteenth century seemed to shrivel up into something thin, cold and insignificant. Landmarks in French Literature General interests have grown, private interests have shriveled up, but thereby, indeed, the original types of the old days have become impossible. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 08 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes The result of these straight-forward and out-spoken remarks is set forth by Mark Twain himself: 'When the musing spider steps upon the red-hot shovel, he first exhibits a wild surprise, then he shrivels up. Society for Pure English, Tract 05 The Englishing of French Words; the Dialectal Words in Blunden's Poems In his confusion he felt himself shrivelling up to his normal size—shrivelling and frying. The Court of Boyville There is, you must know, in that region a species of very juicy mushrooms which live only a few days and then shrivel up and emit an insufferable odor. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 07 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes Every thing in which he had so long and so trustingly confided, fell to pieces, and shrivelled up in the flame of indignation. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 331, May, 1843 For the first hundred years all went well, but after that she began to shrink and shrivel up, till at last she could neither walk nor stand nor eat nor drink. Balder the Beautiful, Volume I. A Study in Magic and Religion: the Golden Bough, Part VII., The Fire-Festivals of Europe and the Doctrine of the External Soul Your bones grow brittle and break, or they go all soft, you shrivel up and become white, or swellings come out on you and you get bigger and bigger until you die. A Tramp's Sketches In an atmosphere of suspicion men shrivel up; but in that other atmosphere they expand, and find encouragement and educative fellowship. The World's Great Sermons, Volume 10 Drummond to Jowett, and General Index Upon the largest finger he wears a ring—once, no doubt, before his hand had shrivelled up—the property and ornament of the smallest. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 330, April 1843 How marvelously fire, din and smoke shriveled up the time, which the captain's small clock so mincingly ticked off. Kincaid's Battery There is no man whose mind is shrivelled up into pure intellect; there is no woman whose intellect is completely absorbed by her emotions. George Eliot; a Critical Study of Her Life, Writings & Philosophy One feels as if all common things must vanish and shrivel up before his style of wit. The Reflections of Ambrosine A Novel But above all he is the microcosm, the tiny percipient centre upon which the immense cosmic circle focusses itself as the sun upon a burning-glass—and he is not shrivelled up by the miracle! Poetry Yes, the diamond eyes entered everywhere, and into every form but that one where the red heat of revenge might have been expected to shrivel up and harden the issues of tears. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXII The great realities of death pass through the Riders to the Sea, till the language takes on a kind of simplicity as of written words shrivelling up in a flame. English Literature: Modern Home University Library of Modern Knowledge Suddenly the space is filled with smoke, the tent-curtains shrivel up in flames, and the Pasha and his comrades find themselves encircled in what they well know is their funeral pyre. The Book of Enterprise and Adventure Being an Excitement to Reading. for Young People. a New and Condensed Edition. It was a shriveled up little chap, with a weazened face that looked like a sun-dried apple. A Minstrel in France With a few hundred such women in that state, possessing a fair degree of good looks, the color-line would shrivel up like a scroll in the heat of competition for their hands in marriage. The Wife of his Youth and Other Stories of the Color Line, and Selected Essays He could even maintain the delusion for several days—for intervals each time appreciably longer—before it shrivelled up again in a scorching blast of disenchantment. The Custom of the Country The outstretched wings fell limp, the great body seemed to shrivel up, and, with a crash, the bird fell into the underbrush, breaking the twigs and branches with its weight. Tom Swift and His Big Tunnel, or, the Hidden City of the Andes After spinning for four or five days their supply of silk becomes exhausted and they shrivel up and apparently die. Two Years in the Forbidden City McGaw seemed to shrivel up; the crowd stood still in amazement. Tom Grogan To shrivel up the miles and to stretch out the minutes—this has been one of the master passions of the human race. The History of the Telephone Mrs. Rolliver reproachfully repeated; and all Undine's superiorities and discriminations seemed to shrivel up in the crude blaze of the other's solid achievement. The Custom of the Country And the fire, likewise, Will melt the copper and will fuse the gold, But hides and flesh it shrivels up and shrinks. On the Nature of Things Doth he not dry and shrivel up filth and rottenness, and give light to dark places, himself the while unharmed and incapable of receiving any defilement? Barlaam and Ioasaph I saw the feathers on one of the dead swans begin to twist and shrivel up; but I would not give in. Allan Quatermain He had her in his arms, her face like a wet flower at his lips, and all their vain terrors shrivelling up like ghosts at sunrise. The Age of Innocence "Right, right," said he, his effusiveness shrivelled up. The Woodlanders They develop freely just where others shrivel up and disappear. Worldly Ways and Byways Well, everything had sort of shriveled up just like that. Buttered Side Down: Stories His appearance also was dreadful, for he bore traces of having touched the pillar of fire -- one arm being completely shrivelled up and all his hair being burnt off. Allan Quatermain Her white soul withered in the mire As paper shrivels up in fire, And Hawk laughed, and he kissed her mouth, And her body he took for his desire. Young Adventure, a Book of Poems The furled leaf of the fig-tree, in front of their house, and the writhing vines, sympathize with her heart and her spirit:— "My heart shrivels up and my spirit shrinks curled." An Introduction to the Study of Robert Browning's Poetry He shrivelled up, Antonia said, until he looked like a little old yellow monkey, for his beard and his fringe of hair never changed colour. My Antonia As he shut the door he felt as if he were enclosed in a square box, and instantly shrivelled up. The Voyage Out And so I was a bit surprised to find—after I had been with him for a time—that every now and then he sort of shrivelled up. The Yellow Streak One blossomed and withered, then, or one shriveled up without having flowered. K My heart shrivels up and my spirit shrinks curled. An Introduction to the Study of Robert Browning's Poetry His lips shrivelled up a little, his eyes narrowed. The Pawns Count The little jokes, the chatter, the inanities of the afternoon had shrivelled up before her eyes. The Voyage Out The figure seemed to wilt and shrivel up, all the power and resistance had gone. The Crimson Blind Of course, in either case, they lose their color, become shrunken, and the movable appendages about the mouth shrivel up. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 57, July, 1862 When you stroked them they shook and swayed from you; when you held them tight their heads dropped, their backs broke, they shrivelled up in your hands. Mary Olivier: a Life My hands were all shrivelled up like a washerwoman's, and so benumbed that I was obliged to carry my stick under my arm. Reminiscences of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey There it shrivels up in a moment, and the fire burns, or rather glitters, just as before. The Magician's Show Box and Other Stories She spoke feverishly, and by a sudden impulse she plucked up the paper, but as suddenly let it drop again, for, looking at his grave face, her little fame seemed to shrivel up. The Christian A Story My hands were all shrivelled up like a washer-woman's, and so benumbed that I was obliged to carry my stick under my arm. Biographia Epistolaris, Volume 1. The Gospel has not really touched the depths of their natures, their wills, their reason, and so they shrivel up when they have to face the toil and self-sacrifice inherent in a Christian life. Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Luke One shape of light she sped into the black bosom of fathomless space, and its solitude shrivelled up her soul. The Ghost Kings He did look white, he shrivelled up by the chimney-piece, and she—well, she looked as if she could have killed me, only there was nothing to kill me with. Esther Waters After a short interval, she returns in the greatest agitation; a little tuft of wool which she had anointed with the monster's blood had caught the sunlight and shrivelled up to dust. Authors of Greece Of a bitter satirist,—of Swift, for instance,—it might be said, that the person or thing on which his satire fell shrivelled up as if the Devil had spit on it. Passages from the American Notebooks, Volume 2. By all means; only take all the facts into account, and if you have joys which shrivel up at the touch of this thought, then the sooner you get rid of such joys the better. Expositions of Holy Scripture Isaiah and Jeremiah Shall I not shrivel up when His fiery finger is laid upon me? Expositions of Holy Scripture Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, and First Book of Samuel, Second Samuel, First Kings, and Second Kings chapters I to VII The grass springs up in the morning: at evening-tide it shrivels up and dies. Purgatory Then, suddenly, he would fall back: he would shrivel up into sulky silence: and Christophe would find him hostile once more. Jean-Christophe Journey's End To shrivel up souls will be my business henceforth. Dutch Fairy Tales for Young Folks Cara stood twisting a spray of maidenhair fern round and round her fingers till the tiny pale green leaves shrivelled up and dropped off and only the wiry stem remained. The Vision of Desire If he knew that she could see him as I do, his love would shrivel up like a flower in a drought. Snow-Blind All the reasons that seemed so strong and living within her—she saw them suffocated and shrivelled up under her husband's breath. Daniel Deronda No sooner had he touched her than she shrivelled up and shrivelled up, till she became a huge ugly toad, with bold staring eyes and a horrible hiss. English Fairy Tales It was believed by some people that such shrivelled up wretches had no bowels. Dutch Fairy Tales for Young Folks With the first cold, however, she seemed to shrivel up, and the bad nights extended into the days. Chantry House "My legs are about to shrivel up and drop off," he said…. Men, Women, and Boats When he got to camp with us he was very skinny and shriveled up from� being so long in the salt water. The Biography of a Rabbit Then he rolled up a piece of paper and held it in the flame, and we saw it burn and glow and shrivel up and fall in black dust. Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush Let suffering come to our house; let the best in me shrivel up and become black; but let this infatuation not leave me—such seems to be my prayer. The Home and the World The delicate bond which unites us in happy communion with God shrivels up, as if scorched, at the touch of sin. Expositions of Holy Scripture The corn stood there and shrivelled up; the potatoes—the wonderful potatoes—they did not shrivel up, but flowered and flowered. Growth of the Soil Treated in that way it shrivels up at once, and when compared with the results of other causes of death, looks quite insignificant. Concerning Animals and Other Matters He thought that he shrivelled up before them. The Wonderful Adventures of Nils I see the walls tottering, the canvases fall from the frames and shrivel up; the "Marriage of Canaan" is in flames! Paris under the Commune The Seventy-Three Days of the Second Siege; with Numerous Illustrations, Sketches Taken on the Spot, and Portraits (from the Original Photographs) At this moment, then, I felt myself slowly but surely shrinking and shriveling up. Adventures in Friendship Under the illimitable desire of passion the magic skin would shrivel up in an hour. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 01 — Fiction That astringents shrivelled up the flesh and puckered the mouth, even when their taste was not perceived. A Voyage to the Moon The juices of the system will flow from every pore to dilute and weaken it, and to prevent its shriveling up the delicate membranes with which it comes in contact. Hygienic Physiology : with Special Reference to the Use of Alcoholic Drinks and Narcotics His hair was tousled, his face shriveled up and pinched by his heavy nap, his eyes watery and vague. Colonel Carter of Cartersville Now, he had put a fresh rose into the glass only last night, and to-day it was faded, shrivelled up, dead, with its head drooping. In Midsummer Days, and Other Tales She felt the skin tickling her hand as it rapidly shrivelled up. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 01 — Fiction Then only will these poor miserable prowlers shrivel up and crawl under ground. Hold Up Your Heads, Girls! : Helps for Girls, in School and Out Marry her as soon as you can," said he, as he took himself off, "if you do not wish to see her shrivel up entirely. Theresa Raquin "I'll wager he was in love with this Alsatian, for it is since her departure that he has shriveled up so!" Mysteries of Paris, V3 With the decrease in the use of its function, the organ itself shrivels up gradually, and finally disappears. The Evolution of Man — Volume 1 |
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