| 单词 | slackly |
| 例句 | When the tightness inside her finally relaxed, she lay down on the earth, her cheek pillowed on her hand, staring slackly at the faint outlines of her mother’s tombstone in the dark. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z At the entrance to the cemetery, a tall man stood in shreds and patches, his face slackly wrapped in scarves. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Her brow was beaded with perspiration now, her mouth was slackly open, and she was still paler than she had been in the dining room. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z How does my slackly chosen purchase stack up in design terms? Design: Respect for the Humble Workhorse 2011-06-27T09:38:23Z What energy it does have comes from motor-mouthed comedian Kevin Hart, who has a knack for making a slackly written line sing. ‘Ride Along’: Someone stop this genre, I want to get off 2014-01-16T00:10:53Z Jonathan Holmes's slackly directed string of events hinted at some of this, but was woefully short of detail and of individual stories. De Gabay – review 2013-03-10T00:05:36Z “The Other Woman” is absorbing — at times moving — but also frustrating, relying as it does on slackly staged, overacted, two-person scenes punctuated by uninspired New York montages. | 'The Other Woman': A Home Wrecker Faces Many Challenges, Too 2011-02-03T23:33:40Z The second thing you notice is how sour-witted and slackly focused its satire is — qualities that ultimately make it a wearying, dispiriting read. 'King of the Badgers': A media circus in England 2011-09-21T23:08:04Z Oswald died at 24, but the slackly paced show makes it feel as if he lived three times as long. Review: ‘Lee Harvey Oswald,’ an American Assassin in Puppet Form 2017-11-06T05:00:00Z Though at times pleasingly quirky, the story is too slackly written and insipidly photographed to entertain. Review: In ‘Ava’s Possessions,’ Fallout From a Lost Month of Demonic Activity 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z It seems significant that the lovers are not securely embracing but "joined slackly". Poem of the week: Modern Love by George Meredith 2012-08-13T13:24:41Z In our old shipwrecked days there was an hourWhen, in the firelight steadily aglow, Joined slackly, we beheld the red chasm grow Among the clicking coals. Poem of the week: Modern Love by George Meredith 2012-08-13T13:24:41Z “Sorry About the Demon” is too slackly paced and there’s a broad tone to the jokes and performances that skews corny. Review: COVID-19 gets the horror treatment in "Sick"; "Kids vs. Aliens" is sweetly scruffy 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z Williams later took every opportunity to dismiss his first novel, and you can see why: it is slackly written and deficient in narrative technique. John Williams and the Canon That Might Have Been 2019-03-11T04:00:00Z Elsewhere, “men lay slackly in the shade, laid out seemingly at random, as though some act of violence had only just occurred.” The 9/11 Novel That Finally Understands the Fulfillments of Faith 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z However, some acts are slackly paced, and linger too long before ramping up to the big “ta-da!” moments. In Cirque du Soleil’s ‘Volta,’ acro-bicyclists soar and an aerialist hovers in the air by her hair 2018-09-18T04:00:00Z Though it’s slackly paced, “Broken Star” holds some fascination early on as an elliptical character study. Review: Psychological drama ‘Broken Star’ burns out in the end 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z After a few moments the soldier went completely limp, his body swaying slackly with each bump the Humvee hit. Casualties mount as Iraqi troops advance in IS-held Mosul 2017-02-26T05:00:00Z Minetta snored lightly as she slept, and the black legs that issued from her pink check frock, trimmed with crimson braid, swung slackly with every jolt of the cart. Mushroom Town 2012-04-21T02:00:25.923Z Whereas a cyclone that limps slackly to the right of its normal line loses intensity at once. Reading the Weather 2012-04-19T02:00:27.487Z The men worked slackly, for although the sun was hidden the heat was extreme. Wyndham's Pal 2012-04-04T02:00:54.360Z It is the common fault and temptation of servants in all degrees to observe the master’s eye, and to work busily or slackly as they are watched or not. The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians 2012-03-20T02:00:11.133Z The gate would be unguarded: the negro never keeps watch unless he is on the war-path, and even then very slackly. Settlers and Scouts 2012-03-17T02:01:06.297Z He seemed to hold himself slackly and she had never seen him fall into that dejected attitude. A Prairie Courtship 2012-02-01T03:00:12.830Z Johnny Burke went down, crumpling slackly to the cement. Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942 2012-01-04T03:00:28.750Z Thin mist drifted about the house Don Felix had occupied, and Wyndhams' new agent leaned forward slackly with his arm on the table. Wyndham's Pal 2012-04-04T02:00:54.360Z He was replaced by two willing helpers, and, half dazed and not knowing what to do, he slackly followed the others up the middle of the floor. Harding of Allenwood 2011-12-21T03:00:21.617Z She sat down at the table as if her knees had given way, and her strong white hand fell slackly on Philippa's purchase, the old aneroid barometer, and rested there. In Mr. Knox's Country 2011-11-21T03:00:16.010Z Vacations lose their value when you study as slackly as Louie did. The Story of Louie 2011-10-26T02:00:27.053Z She was still silent; motionless she sat, with her hands lying slackly in her lap, her head slightly bowed, a smile about her mouth. Ecstasy: A Study of Happiness A Novel 2011-10-18T02:00:20.340Z Her engines throbbed slackly as she steamed in with the tide, past the dark shapes of anchored vessels. Wyndham's Pal 2012-04-04T02:00:54.360Z They looked more like brigands than soldiers, and it was hard to imagine they had been drilled, but while their attitudes were slackly negligent, their faces were resolute. The Coast of Adventure 2011-10-03T02:00:25.810Z It was by far the deadliest battle of the whole war, and it is difficult to understand why a blow so crushing should have been so slackly followed up. William the Third 2011-07-31T02:00:12.077Z For a space they all stood still, watching, while Noll growled above his victim, and Mauger, limp and senseless, rolled slackly back and forth upon the deck with the motion of the vessel. The Sea Bride 2011-07-30T02:00:14.537Z A slackly rolled turban covered half his forehead, and he leaned with his back against a cottonwood scowling upon his judge. The League of the Leopard 2011-07-23T02:00:12.490Z He was exhausted by physical effort and anxious watching, and when Rupert replaced the bandage on his comrade's face he leaned back slackly on the locker seat. Wyndham's Pal 2012-04-04T02:00:54.360Z Miguel pushed her off, and with oars splashing slackly she moved downstream. The Coast of Adventure 2011-10-03T02:00:25.810Z A professor who exercised such supervisory power slackly would make his course the resort of the indolent; one who was over-stringent would see himself deserted by indolent and earnest alike. The Teacher Essays and Addresses on Education 2011-07-19T02:00:17.220Z Their lives ebb and flow like the tides; there are days, or months, or years when matters move slackly, seem scarce to move at all. The Sea Bride 2011-07-30T02:00:14.537Z His face was worn and weary, and he stood slackly with all the springy suppleness apparently gone out of him. By Right of Purchase 2011-07-14T02:00:10.167Z That a King’s children should be so convey’d, So slackly guarded and the search so slow, That could not trace them! Dramatic Technique 2011-07-04T02:00:19.763Z The beautiful silk neckerchief, the memorial of Mariana, which had once been saved from burning, now lay slackly tied beneath this muslin collar. Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-06-22T02:00:23.137Z He turned round piteously on his knees, and his head hung slackly down from his neck. Titan: A Romance Vol. II (of 2) 2011-06-14T02:00:26.670Z Then he sprang to the pilot-house, and, looking in through the open door, saw the quartermaster leaning slackly on the small brass wheel. The Secret of the Reef 2011-04-12T02:00:26.980Z There was nobody to observe him, so he bent under the strain, riding slackly in his weariness, with all the vigour gone out of him. By Right of Purchase 2011-07-14T02:00:10.167Z She got up, her weak mouth set slackly, her blue eyes shining. The Oyster 2011-02-10T03:00:49.300Z She half fainted then, so that when David tried to lift her to her feet she swayed dizzily against him, her eyes dazed, her ashen lips hanging slackly. Girl Alone 2011-01-27T03:00:36.117Z The slackly gathered reins were held in the left hand, while from the right wrist dangled a thick stock whip. The Yellow Rose 2011-01-12T03:00:29.407Z He did not know how long he continued, but he was disturbed by a movement of the water and saw Clay swaying slackly to and fro. The Secret of the Reef 2011-04-12T02:00:26.980Z She fell back helplessly against a chair; her features, now relaxed, hung slackly, like an old woman's; her lips drooped. Dr. Adriaan 2010-12-29T03:00:33.467Z She gave a violent start, as though she had had an electric shock; her eyes closed, her head fell back, her hands fell slackly in her lap: "O God!" she thought. Small Souls One was a few years older than the other two, who were obviously twins, fair and round and apple-cheeked, with bright brown eyes like little animals, and slackly open mouths. Beggars on Horseback "The King's affairs cannot be slackly done";— 'Tis thus our parents mourn their absent son. The Wisdom of Confucius with Critical and Biographical Sketches While they stowed the breakers the wind dropped, and Jimmy, watching the sails shake slackly, made a gesture of fierce impatience. The Secret of the Reef 2011-04-12T02:00:26.980Z After he had shaken hands with Mr. Spokesly his arm dropped slackly across his knee once more, leaving the cigarette-stained fingers to make expressive motions emphasizing the ghastliness of the tale he unfolded. Command The leather walls flapped slackly in the wind and there was no other sound. The Ethical Engineer He stared at her, then spoke slackly, trying to urge force into his voice. Beggars on Horseback After an interval a waiter slackly approached him. A Great Man A Frolic His mouth fell slackly open as his eyes lifted to Bentley’s face. The Mind Master Scarcely a minute passed before the rodents’ eyes clouded dully, their jaws dropped slackly open, and their bodies stiffened in almost complete rigidity. Devil Crystals of Arret That is it, spring into the saddle; nay, do not take the rein so slackly, and settle firmly in the saddle, nor use the stirrup for support. Penshurst Castle In the Days of Sir Philip Sidney The thick under-lip hung slackly, quivering from time to time in the convulsive tremors of desire that ran over him. Heart of the Blue Ridge If it is of home manufacture, it may be spun as loosely or slackly as possible, dyed and woven without doubling, which will be seen to be an economy of labor. How to make rugs Wyllard felt that he had succeeded, though he knew that there were men on the prairie who called his comrade slackly careless, instead of impulsive. Hawtrey's Deputy Still, I sympathized with Lyle who rode slackly, as it were, gazing straight in front of him with thoughtful eyes. Lorimer of the Northwest On those further slopes gaunt machines of unknown import worked slackly at the end of their spell, and the hill crest was set with stagnant wind vanes. Tales of Space and Time He reached the still figure where it lay slackly, face down. It Could Be Anything The women are very expert at platting, which is usually done with three threads of sinew; if greater strength is required, several of these are twisted slackly together, as in the bowstrings. Journal of the Third Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage As soon as Ernestine had mounted the seat the slackly held gathering showed signs of cohesion. The Convert Well, though perhaps I deserved it, you were cold and aloof enough to madden a more patient man, and I suppose I slackly yielded to wounded vanity. The Long Portage His knickers were open at the knee, and the black stockings below them were wrinkled slackly down his thin legs, being tied loosely above the calf with dirty white strips of cloth instead of garters. The House with the Green Shutters Both fleets were reinforced; for the watch on Brest was slackly kept and six ships were allowed to leave the port and sail to Toulon. The Political History of England - Vol. X. The History of England from the Accession of George III to the close of Pitt's first Administration The Federal Constitution required their return, but this task had been left to State laws and courts, and was performed slackly, if at all. The Negro and the Nation A History of American Slavery and Enfranchisement And she in my power, to let her so slackly go again! The Death Shot A Story Retold For a moment, he stared slackly at Don. The Best Made Plans Toni, having finished her tea, was sitting rather slackly in her chair, gazing dreamily out of the window; and Owen hesitated for a minute before he spoke. The Making of a Soul The watch upon their ports was slackly kept and ships constantly left them. The Political History of England - Vol. X. The History of England from the Accession of George III to the close of Pitt's first Administration Throw the thread across to the left and hold it slackly under the thumb. Embroidery and Tapestry Weaving She lifted his arms and laid them about her, but they fell slackly away. Jane Journeys On The door heaved open then, and she appeared in it; then she saw him, and her jaw dropped open slackly. Police Your Planet Running gear was slackly belayed, and swung with the rolling of the little brig like Irish pennants. The Honour of the Flag The too-long cord lay slackly along the floor near the west wall, and extended to the double outlet on the baseboard behind the bookcase.... Murder at Bridge You the father in years for his Child beseecheth; a virginal Zone falls slackly to earth for you, You half-fear in his hankering 55 Lists the groomsman approaching. The Poems and Fragments of Catullus Her thin hands went together on her breast and then fell slackly to her sides. Jane Journeys On In the lethargic state, the subject appears to be sunk in a deep sleep; his body is perfectly helpless; the limbs hang down slackly, and when raised fall heavily into the same position. Moral Principles and Medical Practice The Basis of Medical Jurisprudence He could faintly discern other tents and pavilions set further off, with pennons and bannerets, which the passing gust had blown flapping from the poles, but which now hung slackly about their staves. The Black Douglas He gave a little groan and his hands fell slackly from her. The Sheriff's Son Suddenly she felt intensely old, and she collapsed from her kneeling attitude on to her heels and sat there slackly. Secret Bread Here Pablo relaxed his old body, permitted his head to loll sideways and his lower jaw to hang slackly, the while his bloodshot eyes gazed amorously into the branches of the catalpa tree. The Pride of Palomar In fact, from the first he has been very apprehensive about himself—inclined to talk of divine things, of the state of his soul and God's love, and to hold this life but slackly. The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume II The plantation, always slackly managed, saw itself now on the high road to destruction. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 79, May, 1864 The grip of the big hillman grew lax, and as the man collapsed, his fingers slid slackly down the thighs of the officer. The Sheriff's Son Langside had slackly given way, and, choosing an evil part, had become a menace to the community; as Grant had said, he must go. Ranching for Sylvia They stopped for a few minutes at the foot of a crag, and then Lawrence, who had been sitting rather slackly on a log, got up with a shiver. Carmen's Messenger The women are very expert at platting, which is usually done with three threads of sinew; if greater strength is required, several of these are twisted slackly together, as in the bowstrings. Three Voyages for the Discovery of a Northwest Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and Narrative of an Attempt to Reach the North Pole, Volume 2 For twenty-six years, from 1435 to 1461, hostilities continued between the two kingdoms, at one time actively and at another slackly, with occasional suspension by truce, but without any formal termination. A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 3 But Louis persisted without wavering in his enterprise, exposing himself freely, and in person leading his infantry to the attack when the men-at-arms did not come on or bore themselves slackly. A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 2 His hand fell slackly from hers as she took it. The Three Sisters Near the middle, Lawrence stood slackly, with his back to her, and behind him Walters walked across the trunk. Carmen's Messenger If jobs were slackly done, acquiescence was easier than correction. American Negro Slavery A Survey of the Supply, Employment and Control of Negro Labor as Determined by the Plantation Regime Whilst this marriage was being celebrated, the war with England, and her new king, Richard II., was going on, but slackly and without result. A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 3 He released her hands and sank back slackly in his chair. Mary Wollaston Till then I reckoned I would be slackly guarded, for they would look on me as safe in the net ... Greenmantle His shoulders were bent, his clothes hung slackly on his powerful frame, and Featherstone thought his hair had grown whiter since he saw him last. Carmen's Messenger Then took the fiddle out, and, as I listened, Tightened and tuned the yellowed strings, hung slackly. Young Adventure, a Book of Poems His face was sad, His hands hung slackly down Along his robe; too sorrowful to frown He paced along the grassy paths and through The silent trees, and where the flowers grew Tended by Adam. Georgian Poetry 1911-12 He stooped in his chair; his long hands rested on his knees, slackly, as they had dropped there. Mary Olivier: a Life She lay stretched out slackly in the dark. The Path of Life The old gentleman let the lines fall slackly on the fat backs of his sleek horses. Under the Skylights Beneath his arm was a book; a long, distinguished hand hanging slackly. A Fountain Sealed Engaged in these pursuits he would neglect the work immediately in hand, sitting somewhat slackly on the form and projecting himself in a manner tempting to a schoolmaster with a cane.... The History of Mr. Polly The agreement to accept no British imports was but slackly kept, in spite of protests from South Carolina and elsewhere. The History of the United States from 1492 to 1910, Volume 1 From Discovery of America October 12, 1492 to Battle of Lexington April 19, 1775 He worked on again, but slowly, very slackly. The Path of Life He drank and then held his glass slackly poised while he mused. The Buccaneer Farmer Published in England under the Title "Askew's Victory" At the moment of our arrival the balloon was drawn down so near the earth that its distorted bottommost extremity dipped and twisted slackly within fifty or sixty feet of the grass. Paths of Glory Impressions of War Written at and Near the Front The reins dropped slackly on Bucephalus's back and he slowed to a walk. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, September 12, 1917 In their original form, in 1661, they had involved no serious injury to the colonies, and had, moreover, been so slackly enforced that they were almost a dead letter. The History of the United States from 1492 to 1910, Volume 1 From Discovery of America October 12, 1492 to Battle of Lexington April 19, 1775 He merely walked in front holding the bridle slackly. The Heart of the Range The air was heavy, the men on deck moved slackly, and Lister's skin was wet by sweat. Lister's Great Adventure For, perhaps a minute, I stand, with my arms hanging slackly, by my sides. The House on the Borderland The sleeping waggoners, wrapped in woollen cloaks, striped black and grey, and grasping the reins slackly in their closed hands, were stretched at full length on their stomachs atop of the piles of vegetables. The Fat and the Thin If we take him literally and on a hasty first glance we should believe he discharged them slackly and languidly. Literary and Philosophical Essays: French, German and Italian Lanpher turned to his horse without another word, slid the reins over the animal's neck and crossed them slackly. The Heart of the Range The perspiring crowd in Main Street moved slackly, the saloon bars were full, and the groups of holiday-makers flocking to the station wore a languid look. Lister's Great Adventure He had been writing slackly, and with intervals of abstraction, since the shots. The Invisible Man Mrs. Seddon, thin, careworn and slackly good-natured, ever lamented the loss of an astonishingly brilliant husband; Jane was markedly the more competent of the two. The Fortunate Youth The fireglow fell on his heavy, rather bowed shoulders, he sat slackly crouched on the fender, his face was uplifted, weak, perhaps slightly disintegrate, and yet with a moving beauty of its own. Women in Love The horses were big, valuable Percherons, but they were exhausted and stood slackly, with steam rising from their foam-flecked coats. The Girl from Keller's At length, Learmont called him one morning to the bridge, and he leaned slackly against the rails. Lister's Great Adventure With wings slackly quivering, softly they die and drop from the wires. The Life of the fly; with which are interspersed some chapters of autobiography His chin trembled, his lips fell apart slackly; he lowered his eyes after an instant's contact with the staunch gaze of his brother. Defenders of Democracy; contributions from representative men and women of letters and other arts from our allies and our own country, edited by the Gift book committee of the Militia of Mercy On the last bench of all Hilary came on the little model, seated slackly by herself. Fraternity Half an hour later he found Festing sitting slackly by the fire. The Girl from Keller's XVI In our old shipwrecked days there was an hour When in the firelight steadily aglow, Joined slackly, we beheld the red chasm grow Among the clicking coals. The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2 He thinks first and foremost of the markets; when one kind of goods begins to go off slackly, he is ready with something new and appetising. New Grub Street That a king's children should be so convey'd, So slackly guarded, and the search so slow, That could not trace them! Cymbeline In our old shipwrecked days there was an hour, When in the firelight steadily aglow, Joined slackly, we beheld the red chasm grow Among the clicking coals. Poems — Volume 1 Uncertain—as his gravity often left her—precisely what he meant by what he said, Molly proceeded with EMMA, slackly at first, but soon with the enthusiasm that Miss Austen invariably gave her. The Virginian, a Horseman of the Plains The war was quite burdensome enough! it had cost too much, and from pride the patricians belonging to his faction supported him but slackly. Salammbo |
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