| 单词 | sleekness |
| 例句 | They saw the sleekness of their children, and they noticed how calm the parents were. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z Even her mixed-breed looks better suited the part than Arnold's purebred sleekness. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z Richard liked the clean lines of her thin body, the sleekness of her raised arm. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z She had dismissed him years ago as a smooth and pretentious sleekness. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z A lawyer and a former private detective with the Burns agency, Davis had a groomed sleekness. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Only when it fairly shimmered, when it seemed in its sleekness to be alive with the potential for speed, did Pocock pronounce the boat ready for use. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z But even when the Hubbard Street dancers approached the choreography with more sharpness and sleekness than necessary, there was a rewarding side to watching their effort. Hubbard Street Dance Gets a Lift From Ohad Naharin 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z Mr. Williams also happened to be a fan of Weimaraners, a dog breed which, let’s face it, looks like it was designed by an architect — all angles and sleekness and graceful lines. ‘Spalding Gray,’ the Color? It’s a Long Story 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z To me, the sleekness of the Sander collection — and that of Céline as well — cut like an arrow through the cluttered style of many other shows. On the Runway: Picking Winners in the Fall Horse Race 2011-03-11T17:17:39Z There is the sleekness of her sentences, and the burrs. The Kathleen Collins Revival Continues With ‘Notes From a Black Woman’s Diary’ 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z The Bel Air house, fairly hideous and mostly blank to allow for its transformations, necessitates a lot of choral furniture-handling that works against the sleekness of the material. Review: ‘Merrily We Roll Along’ Returns, the Way It Never Was 2022-12-12T05:00:00Z The best of them combine richness and power with elegance and sleekness. 6 ways to pour California’s Paso Robles 2015-08-21T04:00:00Z The clear, cool acoustics of the new Geffen Hall work against textures getting too heavy; they favor breezy sleekness, which is perfect for Denève, whose music-making exudes relaxation without losing forward motion. Review: At the Philharmonic, a Taste of Holiday Bounty 2022-11-24T05:00:00Z Its sheer, intoxicating sleekness and the panache and scope of its storytelling gets The Godfather the big prize, along with the colossal, iconic performance that Coppola gets out of Brando as Don Corleone. What is the best Oscar-winning film of all time? 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z "We are in a high-tech era and the sleekness and portability of the iPad erases any negative notions or stigmas associated with reading alone." E-books make readers less isolated, more social 2010-08-26T21:32:00Z Recent renovations have transformed it with a modern sleekness. From Museums to Mountains, Pride and Patriotism 2018-02-06T05:00:00Z She mingled the muddy funk of the Delta with the cosmopolitan sleekness of the North. The soul songs that saved me: Sexuality, the South, sadness, meet Al Green and Aretha 2016-01-30T05:00:00Z Perhaps pandering to viewers who these days expect a higher yuck factor, this new iteration is more gruesome yet much less scary, its sleekness and efficiency poor substitutes for foreboding. ‘Halloween’ Review: Babysitters (and Jamie Lee Curtis) Beware! 2018-10-17T04:00:00Z It looks drastically different from anything else the chintz-loving Hampton ever did, and at the time, many were critical of its sleekness. | The Triumph of Personal Style 2014-04-04T16:38:00Z ITV’s wine list properly tilts toward France, though its various signature cocktails seem more in keeping with the barroom’s brooding sleekness. A Four-Day Feast in Philadelphia 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z Both works stretch the group’s classic-rock influences to absorb the adventurousness of Steely Dan and the sleekness of Dire Straits, greatly aided by keyboard work from the recently added Mr. Pardini. Dawes Has Been Tied to the Past. The Band’s New Album Unlocks Its Future. 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z Next you could proceed half a block west on 57th Street to Marian Goodman, where the Spanish sculptor Cristina Iglesias has installed a series of works combining Minimalist sleekness and illusory naturalism. Art Review: Uptown, a Jumble of Treasures 2011-04-22T03:31:19Z With its white walls and blood-red leather, the restaurant epitomizes sleekness, but the menu is down to earth. A Catalan Christmas 2011-12-16T18:49:33Z Their combs and wattles are pruned to sleekness and their spurs are shorn down to make way for the knives cockers strap to either or both legs. Baby chimpanzee killed by adult at L. A. Zoo 2012-06-27T13:33:00Z The patronage of Warhol and the others helped Mr. Loughlin win over many New York collectors to the simple line, laminated sleekness and functional yet beautiful form in Modern and midcentury modern design. Obituaries: Robert Loughlin, 62, Artist and Design Expert, Dies 2011-10-11T04:45:24Z Appealing as that is, the contemporary sleekness of the campus sets it apart from the gritty, red brick surroundings. At Columbia’s $600 Million Business School, Time to Rethink Capitalism 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z Within the kaleidoscopic mélange of Art Deco sleekness and 1970s glam, tuxedoed waiters stride across the marble floor to deliver steak tartare, French toast dessert and other jazzy riffs on Continental classics. In Paris, the Bastille Neighborhood Recaptures Its Cool 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z “We are in a high-tech era and the sleekness and portability of the iPad erases any negative notions or stigmas associated with reading alone.” Noticed: E-Books Make Readers Less Isolated 2010-08-20T20:10:00Z As a tween, she coveted fake manes in a wig store for their sleekness and eminent manageability, compared with the vigorous multitexture hair she’d inherited from her Black father and white mother. Now’s the Time for Wigs. If You Can Get the Hair for Them. 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z But “Everything Is Awesome” does gently lampoon the antiseptic sleekness of Radio Disney pop. ‘Everything Is Awesome’ for Shawn Patterson, the most unlikely of best original song Oscar nominees 2015-02-20T05:00:00Z But most of the trio’s hallmarks are here: resonant lyricism, floating locomotion, a harmonic approach that brings depth to simple structures and sleekness to the more complex ones. New Music: New Albums From VCMG, Brad Mehldau Trio and Henry Cole 2012-03-12T22:32:55Z All the sleekness and fast-talking polish make House of Lies feel ultimately a little cold and stagey, which probably makes a meta-point as well, but remains cold and stagey nonetheless. TV Weekend: Scenes from the Class Struggle, with Downton Abbey and House of Lies 2012-01-06T16:54:11Z To properly frame the singer’s plaintiveness, the band conjured future-funk with a sleekness that felt completely organic. Perspective | Jason Moran is making jazz history. Don’t miss it. 2020-01-01T05:00:00Z There’s no intermission, and the attractive and easily transformable wooden shack set by Derek McLane lends the production an unencumbered sleekness. Review: Ossie Davis' 'Purlie Victorious,' back on Broadway, hasn't lost a farcical step 2023-10-06T04:00:00Z Set in the mid-1990s and in limited supply of the visual sleekness that distinguishes so much of Apple’s programming, it often looks and feels like a throwback. Review | ‘Black Bird,’ another true-crime drama, is half-terror, half-autopilot 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z And for all its hi-tech sleekness, it also adds to, and becomes symbolic of, Alice's disorientation, as she struggles to even find the fridge. Finding Alice: How Keeley Hawes drama offers 'authentic' image of grief 2021-01-14T05:00:00Z The dogs holding back out of strange respect for their sleekness, their sharpness, their airborne exits. Overcoming fears, discovering nature ... what I have learned from lockdown 2020-06-13T04:00:00Z But the new production, directed by Jamie Lloyd with a fashionable sleekness containing genuine depth, may be the best I’ve seen. Commentary: Everyone wants a piece of Broadway, but what is Broadway these days? 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z It has the pedantry of “The Newsroom,” minus its screwball zest, and the sleekness of “The Good Wife,” minus its canny wit. Mixed Débuts on Apple TV+ in “The Morning Show” and “Dickinson” 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z Charles McNulty pays tribute to the man who “made the musical modern,” reinvigorating the art form “with sex, politics and a conceptual sleekness that seized the imagination of a more liberated generation.” Newsletter: Essential Arts: Why are four L.A. spaces celebrating a radical San Francisco gallery? 2019-08-03T04:00:00Z When the Golden Age was in danger of losing some of its luster, he reinvigorated the art form with sex, politics and a conceptual sleekness that seized the imagination of a more liberated generation. Appreciation: From 'Cabaret' to 'Phantom of the Opera,' Hal Prince made the musical modern 2019-07-31T04:00:00Z The sleekness of the comfortable room — knotty hardwood floors, bright white walls, sculptural art and starry, Midcentury Modern-esque chandeliers — encourages a drawn-out lunch or dinner. Review: Does Jiang Nan Spring have the SGV’s best Shanghainese food? 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z That cabinet-like tower of sleekness nestled into the corner is an actual refrigerator. An architect remodels her own West Seattle rambler, putting her skills — and heaps of elbow grease — to excellent use 2019-01-04T05:00:00Z Her real hair is explosively curly, when it hasn’t been coaxed into sleekness for an event. Julia Louis-Dreyfus Acts Out 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z "This new iteration is more gruesome yet much less scary, its sleekness and efficiency poor substitutes for foreboding," said Jeannette Catsoulis in The New York Times. Mixed reviews for Halloween reboot 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z Comically covered in unidentifiable bits of machinery — a mishmash of handmade tubes and gears — the prop eschews high-tech sleekness and tumbles together like the closing of a vaudeville curtain. On the set: The new crew takes us behind the scenes on set for the revival of 'Mystery Science Theater 3000' 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z It also suggested the duo’s greatest obstacle was their musical ambition, a quality that led them away from the sleekness and energy that made Settle shine. Disclosure's new EP is good enough to win you back 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z But its sleekness came with a sacrifice: reviewers knocked it for its performance, and deservedly so. MacBook 2016 review: all of the possibilities, all of the realities 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z The 1967 animated versions of these characters also move with a liquid and believable animal sleekness, earned by careful study of real animals in the Disney studio. The Jungle Book is Disney’s first live-action remake with a strong point of view 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z Cons: Thin on data, charts and editorial information, Slacker's minimally designed interface opts for sleekness over substance. Grading the streams: The pros and cons of five popular services, from Spotify to Tidal 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z Teens — and it’s fine for most of them — may be carried along by the sheer designer sleekness of it. Family Filmgoer reviews ‘The Peanuts Movie’ and ‘Spectre’ 2015-11-04T05:00:00Z Among the Batmobile’s traits she cited in her ruling were sleekness and power, which allow Batman to maneuver quickly while he goes after bad guys. DC Comics wins copyright protection case over Batmobile knockoffs 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z Among the Batmobile's traits she cited in her ruling was its sleekness and power, which allow Batman to maneuver quickly while he goes after bad guys. Holy court order! Batmobile entitled to copyright protection, judges rule 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z Though he was not in the spotlight, he had on a fitted navy suit and wore his graying hair slicked back to the sleekness of a duck breast. Patrick Lynch, Police Union Leader, Faces Election Fight 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z There’s a brainy sleekness to this production collective’s clinical new album, and some mischief, too. Month’s best music: Metro Boomin, Jib Kidder, Colleen Green and more 2015-02-24T05:00:00Z The silver and black theme is unmistakably Dell, but this time a bit more angular and exuding all kinds of sleekness. Dell XPS 13 (2015) Laptop Review - 'Now If It Only Ran OS X' 2015-01-26T05:00:00Z Whereas Hong Kong in the past contrasted with Chinese cities by its sleekness, increasingly the opposite is true. Swan Song In Hong Kong? 2014-12-02T05:00:00Z Nothing on the neo-neo-soul singer’s new album eclipses the seductive sleekness of its lead single, “Don’t Wait,” but don’t you want to hear her try? The month’s best music: Aphex Twin, Lori McKenna, Prince and more "You want them to be invisible, and lend you sleekness; it's not about trying to squeeze into that dress," explains Walsh. Emmys fashion envy? Here's how to get a red-carpet-worthy look 2014-08-17T04:00:00Z Samsung tells me that its designers were inspired by minimalist architecture when building the tablets and the goal is attain "ultra sleekness and slimness." Samsung's Galaxy Tab S is its latest attempt at beating the iPad 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z He lamented the sleekness of the redesign and the disappearance of the tchotchkes and fixtures, like the pendant dining room lights “that Elaine told me she got from a funeral parlor.” Reviving Elaine’s Without Elaine 2013-12-06T20:21:54Z California's new technology lords are not quite so flamboyant but there is no denying the sleekness of the citadels springing up across San Francisco. Geek-driven gentrification threatens San Francisco's bohemian appeal 2013-03-05T17:15:39Z In his power and sleekness, he is a tribute to sports science as much as to any coaching. Euro 2012: Cristiano Ronaldo energy epitomises this classic competition 2012-06-20T10:41:46Z They are not lazy nor idle, but are quite willing to use their strength so long as they are not overdriven out of their sleekness. The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Genesis 2012-04-08T02:00:21.793Z Even now there was a suggestion about him of the sleekness of a well-kept pigeon. Mademoiselle Blanche A Novel 2012-04-07T02:00:33.037Z In the long term, she says, the systems’ sleekness and ease of use could end up diminishing the value of slower, messier, real human connections. Nuance Communications Wants a World of Voice Recognition 2012-03-31T15:25:05Z "He has a lithe sleekness about him that seems marvellously fitted for slipping into any nest he fixes his mind on." The Five Great Philosophies of Life 2012-03-09T03:00:19.413Z A Locust bloom is a fringe of sweetness; and how very doubtful is the touch of the Lily—an unpleasant thick sleekness. Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth 2012-03-06T03:00:22.850Z Its skin was, so far as it could be seen, altogether devoid of scales, appearing rather to resemble in sleekness that of a seal. Scientific American, Vol. XXXVII.?No. 2. [New Series.], July 14, 1877 A Weekly Journal Of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, And Manufactures 2012-01-05T03:00:29.743Z The aerial songster moults his plumerie, To vie in sleekness with each feathered brother. Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 2011-12-25T03:00:11.297Z It was so odd to get any bit of beauty here, and each bird was a true bit of beauty, with its flexible irised neck, its rounded sleekness, and its rosy feet. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z She knew his passion for her, she knew his will and it came to her then that beneath his sleekness he was ruthless. The Last Straw 2011-06-27T02:00:58.100Z The long, thin, smooth-shaven face, the little, deep-set eyes, the abnormally low brow, which was accentuated by this odd arrangement of his hair, the pasty complexion, all gave one the impression of dignified sleekness. The Red Mouse 2011-05-30T02:00:14.700Z But the lean, yellow face, and the stringy throat were in horrible contrast with the plumpness and sleekness of this monstrous growth. The Man from Archangel and Other Tales of Adventure 2011-01-01T03:00:24.903Z Barmies, many approaching middle age and of uncertain sleekness and sobriety, but with the wherewithal to be able to afford several weeks in Australia, were also mercilessly barracking the hapless Australian fast bowler Mitchell Johnson. England's Barmy Army revel in new-found respectability in Melbourne 2010-12-28T20:36:27Z Located near Los Angeles International Airport, the building’s lobby has the sleekness of a boutique hotel. 2010-02-15T21:21:00Z Her fingers met the cold sleekness of his face, then caught in his tangled hair, and, drawing herself up backwards against the rock-ledges, she pulled him with her, step by step. Beggars on Horseback The oxen are feeding quietly round the vlei; the Boer’s eye follows them with contentment, for water and the rich veldt have brought fat and sleekness to their great frames. Tales of South Africa Henry Duryea's tall stature, coupled with a slenderness of frame and a sleekness of muscle, gave him an appearance that was unusually gaunt. Doom of the House of Duryea Too bad, too bad!” sympathized Sir Charles, feelingly, and, possibly, would have said more but that Cleek’s voice broke in softly, but with a curiously sharp note underlying its sleekness. Cleek of Scotland Yard Detective Stories The fur is somewhat crisp, altogether lacking the sleekness which characterizes the fur of the typical cats, and the tail is long and somewhat bushy at the extremity. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" He took him at once across the yard, and pointed out to him, in his clumsy, babbling way, the fine glossy appearance of the cows and the appetising sleekness of the pigs. Jena or Sedan? In the world of literature and thought the dogs are better bred, showing each other new hunting-grounds, and by example and precept often helping to restore a famished comrade to sleekness and vigour. Fifteenth Century Prose and Verse Yet, as compared with the wild folk, every sort of animal which lives with men has a certain kind of sleekness or softness about it. Finn The Wolfhound Her sleekness then was that of the cat; but she had had no claws for him. The Spanish Jade This suggestion of frightful things endured was more lamentable by contrast with the shining sleekness, the drenched splendor of her attire. The Combined Maze They show no disposition to wallow in mire or swamps, like the Buffalo; a habit, indeed, which the sleekness of their skins renders not at all probable. Delineations of the Ox Tribe The Natural History of Bulls, Bisons, and Buffaloes. Exhibiting all the Known Species and the More Remarkable Varieties of the Genus Bos. The damp sea breeze had ruffled her hair into rebellion against the sleekness Simeon approved, so that, in spite of her efforts, some effects of the holiday still lingered. Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905 Not that they were merely handsome; despite their small and graceful build, and the glossy sleekness of their coats, they were both strong and spirited, and could cover twenty-five versts without a pause. Werwolves It has none of the sleekness of many horticultural forms, nor the fragility of peaches, sour cherries and plums. The Apple-Tree The Open Country Books—No. 1 Finally she smoothed her hair to an extreme sleekness, put on a clean apron and went down-stairs. The Creators A Comedy There was no breaking contact between his fingers and an unknown material which had the sleekness of polished metal but—and the thought made him slightly queasy—the warmth and very slight give of flesh! The Defiant Agents All the dash, all the sleekness was out of him. Stubble She just liked the bland look of the man, was pleased by the sleekness of his white marble. A Son of the Immortals It felt hard and rough like Nurse's old velvet bonnet; there was indeed no sleekness about it anywhere, and it was so thin that its sides nearly met. The Kitchen Cat and Other Stories That pretty Greek has a lithe sleekness about him, that seems marvellously fitted for slipping easily into any nest he fixes his mind on.” Romola They had an air of sleekness and delicacy that made them seem out of place. The Relief of Mafeking How it Was Accomplished by Mahon's Flying Column; with an Account of Some Earlier Episodes in the Boer War of 1899-1900 This gentleman was of the City class; he carried an air of sleekness. Nights in London He hated the sleekness of the men in livery who preceded him up the stairs, the trimness of the maids waiting on the threshold of hushed boudoirs. Mistress Anne It felt hard and rough like Nurse’s old velvet bonnet; there was indeed no sleekness about it anywhere, and it was so thin that its sides nearly met. The Kitchen Cat, and other Tales Had she not consented to eat the veriest scraps of food in order that those three brats might be fed into sleekness to satisfy their mother's eyes? Orley Farm After an age of peace do your sons wax soft, their weakness Shown in a love of ease, of sensuousness, and sleekness; Then, lest a nation die, Loud rings my battle-cry! New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 5, August, 1915 His predominating characteristic was an oily sleekness; the very voice of him was smooth with unctuousness. Nicanor - Teller of Tales A Story of Roman Britain Unwrinkled beauties bathed in milk, to preserve the softness and sleekness of the skin. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 The fur, instead of possessing that sleekness which distinguishes the feline race, is peculiarly crisp. The Young Rajah Mallalieu suggested solidity and almost bovine sleekness; in Cotherstone, activity of speech and gesture was marked well-nigh to an appearance of habitual anxiety. The Borough Treasurer Freddie Rooke pushed a tousled head, which had yet to be brushed into the smooth sleekness that made a delight to the public eye, out of a room down the passage. Jill the Reckless There is a sleekness about it quite foreign to the other, and a brilliancy of skin with a distinctness of spots which the longer, looser hair does not admit of. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon Even after the broad sleekness of Sheridan Road stretched before him he could do little more than try to realize the shock which had numbed him.... Murder at Bridge His dark hair was smoothly brushed, almost to sleekness. The Triumph of John Kars A Story of the Yukon Before breakfast they made the toilet of the six chosen kittens, brushing them with the Terror's hair-brush till their fur was of a sleekness it had never known before. The Terrible Twins Deepen a few lines and her expression would be one of contented sleekness. Visionaries "And yet, confound her—confound her!" he thought, as he walked into the loose box to look the mare over and pat her sleekness. Emily Fox-Seton Being "The Making of a Marchioness" and "The Methods of Lady Walderhurst" Her complete loss of that smooth sleekness which life with humans gives deceived the vet more than a little. Jan A Dog and a Romance She was like a serpent upon a rock, that casts its slough, and appears again with the brilliancy, the sleekness, and the elastic activity of its happiest age. Memoirs of the Author of a Vindication of the Rights of Woman We have now more Evangelicism, and consequently more sleekness and hypocrisy, more external decorum, and, I would also trust, more internal spirituality. Valentine M'Clutchy, The Irish Agent The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two Through the glass door Rosario was plainly visible, his sleekness ruffled, his white face distorted with terror. The Lighted Way Her hair was beautiful—it had no sleekness, but, even in its coils, looked rough and abundant, and it had the same rich, apple-red colours in it as her skin. Joanna Godden No shoes upon her feet she had, And scantly were her shoulders clad; Through her brown kirtle's rents full wide Shone out the sleekness of her side. Poems By The Way & Love Is Enough Her barbaric beauty seemed to hold sleekness in contempt. Jaffery And she was quite unfitted to be the goddess of these rustic beauties, for all her mind could feel in that softness and sleekness and clear calling was their alikeness to artificiality. The White Riband Or, a Young Female's Folly The look of sleekness and refined elegance had disappeared —his face, his hands, his attitude were contorted by a revolting expression of something between horror and agonizing physical pain. The Schoolmaster When the horses are looking rough, the Natives feed them with a mixture of coarse brown sugar and ghee, which they say gives sleekness to the skin, and improves the constitution of the horse. Observations on the Mussulmauns of India Descriptive of Their Manners, Customs, Habits and Religious Opinions Made During a Twelve Years' Residence in Their Immediate Society They lost their sleekness and grace, and were soon purchased at half the value. The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 03 The Rambler, Volume II Besides, when they had stripped me naked, though my dress was so shabby my skin had all the sleekness of a gentleman. Caleb Williams Or Things as They Are Under his hat, worn with a slight backward tilt, his hair had been carefully brushed into respectful sleekness; for his business was with an Embassy. The Secret Agent a Simple Tale The first regained his expression of sleekness and his refined elegance. The Schoolmaster Yet these cares did not in the least interfere with Mr Carker's watching of his chief, or with his cleanness, neatness, sleekness, or any cat-like quality he possessed. Dombey and Son He has all the dignity of an ancient saint with the sleekness of a modern bishop; he is always the same; he is always the archdeacon; unlike Homer, he never nods. The Warden I noted with a seaman's admiration its lightness, elasticity, and supreme sleekness, its marvellous buoyancy and fairy-like "lines," and after some minutes' consideration it suddenly flashed across me that it was all of gourd rind. Gulliver of Mars But the lean, yellow face and the stringy throat were in horrible contrast with the plumpness and sleekness of this monstrous growth. Round the Red Lamp And she rose up therewith and threw her arms about the oak-bole and kissed its ruggedness, while Ralph as he lay kissed the sleekness of her feet. The Well at the World's End: a tale Those who came across Sanin in later years, when life had knocked him about a good deal, and the sleekness and plumpness of youth had long vanished, saw in him a totally different man. The Torrents of Spring Others of them were interspersed with sheep that exhibited the face of sleekness and ease, their fleeces large and ponderous, and their wool of the finest and most admirable texture. Imogen A Pastoral Romance For all temporary sleekness, for metropolitan comfort and fatness, the bill has to be paid sooner or later in ignorance, poverty, and oppression. The Life of Cicero Volume One And meseemed that the sleekness and fairness of her body was worsened since yesterday, and she was pale and haggard, and her eyes were wandering and afraid. The Water of the Wondrous Isles Or, if to tickle your vanity, someone spoke of "rich and sleek Athens," in return for that 'sleekness' he would get all, because he spoke of you as he would have of anchovies in oil. The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1 The door opened, and there came in a stout, short man of fifty, with a bull neck, goggle-eyes, extraordinarily round cheeks, and his whole face positively shining with sleekness. A Sportsman's Sketches Works of Ivan Turgenev, Volume I King Palmarin was much pleased at their beauty, sleekness, and elegance of equipment. Filipino Popular Tales His light hair was brushed back into a smooth sleekness on which the electric lights shone like stars on some beautiful pool. The Man with Two Left Feet And Other Stories But still she walked the floor, and whiles looked out of window, and whiles she looked on her limbs, and felt the sleekness of her sides, and she said: O my body! how thou longest! The Water of the Wondrous Isles For the three years preceding his twenty-fifth birthday, restricted means and hard work had kept his figure in check; but with money there had come an ever-increasing sleekness. The Adventures of Sally Grace and ardour, sleekness of coat and buoyancy of limbs are gone out of them. Alone He had assumed an ill-fitting suit of store clothes, in which he unaccustomedly writhed, and evidently, to judge from the sleekness of his hair, had recently plunged his head in a pail of water. The Claim Jumpers She had a kind of settled look, almost a sleekness, as though anxiety never came near to her pillow. The Broken Road The beasts too, camels, oxen, donkeys, showed signs of the fertility of the soil in their sleekness. Letters and Journals of James, Eighth Earl of Elgin Freddie Rooke pushed a tousled head, which had yet to be brushed into the smooth sleekness that made it a delight to the public eye, out of a room down the passage. The Little Warrior There should be means enough for present sleekness and present luxury. The Way We Live Now Then she set to work to bring the cats into their proper condition of sleekness, and, that done, to put them through a systematic course of training. Simon the Jester No shoes upon her feet she had And scantly were her shoulders clad; Through her brown kirtle’s rents full wide Shone out the sleekness of her side. Poems By the Way Such men charm fortune by the sleekness of their aspects and the goodly rotundity of their honest faces, as the others scare away poverty by their wan, meagre looks. Table Talk Essays on Men and Manners But the head shining and flat, the wide parting, the sleekness of the hair falling thinly and flatly away from it—angry, dreadful skull. Pointed Roofs Pilgrimage, Volume 1 He had them coming up to the pasture gate every day for the few handfuls of grain he purloined for them, and their sleekness was a joy to behold. Cow-Country Well, I think," said Rupert, with a sardonic sleekness, "that Lieutenant Keith wants to speak to you. The Club of Queer Trades Lionel Hezekiah's beaming face was scrubbed clean, and his curls fell in beautiful sleekness over the lace collar of his velvet suit. Chronicles of Avonlea And there was an Amanda with a striking passion for the sleekness and soft noses of horses. The Research Magnificent |
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