| 单词 | sombrely |
| 例句 | She looked at me sombrely: “Feed him; he is hungry. Take the rupee you will find in my sari.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z About 140 mourners attended, mainly dressed sombrely in black, to remember the life of the star, who died last week, aged 56, at his home in Barnes, south-west London. Rik Mayall funeral attended by stars of comedy 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z One firefighter is to lose his life; Jennings sombrely juxtaposes his funeral with a shot of the ammunition ship steaming down the Thames. The greatest film scenes shot on the River Thames – ranked! 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z But the piece was shared with particular urgency among members of the media, who never miss a chance to sombrely reflect upon our profession’s enormous power to effect change. It’s Never Just About the Burger 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z "Things," Emmott sombrely reminds us, "will only get worse" as the demand for food doubles by 2050, climate change intensifies and the transport system that sustains our needs grows. Ten Billion – review 2012-07-19T19:38:51Z Belshazzar reflects as much upon human folly as on faith, while its treatment of war and empire in what is now Iraq strikes a sombrely contemporary chord. Belshazzar – review 2012-12-14T17:32:12Z Then he sang “Dancing in the Dark,” quietly, sombrely. A Night of Wise, Tortured Election Anxiety with Jon Stewart and Friends 2016-11-06T04:00:00Z His unique trumpet sound and meticulously crafted, stylistically sweeping and sombrely low-register compositions represent a legacy that has yet to receive its proper due. Bill Dixon obituary 2010-07-22T17:15:00Z Later, he sombrely described his wife’s painful and protracted battle with cancer. My geriatric “catfishing” cautionary tale 2016-03-04T05:00:00Z In November last year, Barbados ditched the queen as head of state, with Charles standing sombrely in attendance as the royal standard was lowered in Bridgetown. Commonwealth's royal succession stirs unease among Caribbean members 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z Clad in a black leather coat, Kim Jong Un stood sombrely beneath a large red banner emblazoned with an image of his father, but was not shown speaking. North Korea's Kim Jong Un marks 10th anniversary of father's death 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z “May Boris and Britain get through this battle,” intoned Charles Moore sombrely in the Telegraph. The Great British Battle: how the fight against coronavirus spread a new nationalism 2020-05-16T04:00:00Z He finds it, eventually – Martin Luther King Jr – and sombrely repeats his line that “the arc of the moral universe is long, but bends towards justice”. George Soros: ‘Brexit hurts both sides – my money was used to educate the British public’ 2019-11-02T04:00:00Z “Being messy in public is something—” She stopped, adjusting her posture sombrely, like a politician who realizes that this is the question on which people will base their vote. Constance Wu’s Hollywood Destiny 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z JL was part of the thick line of legal professionals dressed sombrely in black snaking up 200 metres uphill from the court of final appeals to the offices of the department of justice. Hong Kong's lawyers march against 'political prosecutions' 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z The story is sombrely moving, and the symmetries of form resemble the ending of “Fort Bedd”: there is stasis and growth. Keeping Up with Amy Hempel 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z Which is why the executives around the table were slurping their pasta slightly more sombrely than the chef intended. How a deluge of money nearly broke the Premier League 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z “We call it the Fate Machine,” a director tells her sombrely. Ruth Prawer Jhabvala and the Art of Ambivalence 2018-12-31T05:00:00Z I’d been set back by seeing him, his still face so sombrely in repose, with a slightly grayish tinge. ‘One of so many millions gone’: how my cousin’s life was taken from him 2017-11-02T04:00:00Z It is tempting to picture the teenage Lennon and McCartney sombrely contemplating the headstone, imagining the life of Eleanor and later dreaming up the lyrics. The Beatles: What really inspired Eleanor Rigby? - BBC News 2017-09-10T04:00:00Z Only after sombrely slaughtering her beloved oinkers and turning them into sausages does she truly understand that each pig is “an intelligent, sentient, unique animal, but an animal, nonetheless”. The consolation of animals 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z Not with added smut, just with more sombrely designed covers. Twenty years of Harry Potter – the 20 things we have learned 2017-06-26T04:00:00Z The sets are lit sombrely, so that the people, the buildings, and the rooms seem cast in shadow. Death of a Dystopian 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z After some discussion, Jefferson then asks Irving, sombrely and with the tiniest bit of trepidation, “Kyrie Irving, do you believe there are aliens?” Maybe the Earth Is Flat If You Are Kyrie Irving 2017-03-29T04:00:00Z During a rare moment when he is not obscuring his voice or modulating it to outlandish glam-rock effect, he speaks sombrely and directly. Donald Glover’s New Understatement 2016-12-04T05:00:00Z His wife nods sombrely in agreement as she sits next to him. Bestselling Bangladeshi writer Raihan Abir can't 'fight machetes with a pen' 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z The family sat sombrely beside the casket watching six white-gloved pallbearers fold the Stars and Stripes in a silent, ritualistic mime. 'Unknown' marine receives Arlington burial seven decades after death in battle 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z "If we die, I hope it will be on the TV and everyone will see it," he said sombrely. Aid cuts driving Jordan's Syrian refugees to risk all - BBC News 2015-09-11T04:00:00Z On the other hand, the film, by dint of its simple competence—being largely well acted, not too long, and sombrely photographed, by Seamus McGarvey—has to be better than the novel. “Fifty Shades of Grey” Review 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z The terrible news was sombrely recorded by the local paper, the Teesdale Mercury. Royal link to real Saving Private Ryan 2014-05-31T04:00:00Z Similarly, but more sombrely, you do not have to identify Maria Tambini, the protagonist of Andrew O'Hagan's Personality, as the young singer Lena Zavaroni, who became famous when she won Opportunity Knocks aged 13. From Scarlett Johansson to Tony Blair to the Queen: the noble tradition of writing real people into novels 2014-05-17T04:00:00Z In 1945, he sombrely accepts becoming “destroyer of worlds” when the US bombs Japan. Summer books 2013-07-11T15:50:23.720Z The announcement of an England squad was once an issue of grave national importance, to be intoned sombrely over the wireless like news of decisive military manoeuvres in the Baltic. England have same old faces apart from the new assertive Roy Hodgson 2012-05-16T17:14:23Z His thoughts far away and sombrely engaged, the young man watched the stream of passers, as it trickled across the distant opening. The Great House 2012-03-30T02:00:14.973Z She saw a pale grave face, barely redeemed from plainness by eloquent eyes and a wealth of hair; a face that looked sombrely into hers, and grew graver and more sombre as she looked. Sophia A Romance 2012-03-18T02:00:22.773Z "That is true," she answered, soberly, almost sombrely. Dorothy and other Italian Stories 2012-03-18T02:00:18.513Z Alas," he answered sombrely, "there is much to fear, for others if not for ourselves! Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France 2012-03-15T02:00:24.837Z Below the lawn the rivulet formed a pool among the trees He was going that way, glancing sombrely about him as he went. Laid up in Lavender 2012-02-28T03:00:28.157Z When the carriage, the lanthorn gleaming sombrely on the shining trunks, drew slowly out of the darkness, she was there with lights and brandy. Ovington's Bank 2012-02-28T03:00:25.267Z The man shook his head sombrely, bade them goodnight, and closed the door on them. The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z Yet Miss Wolfe, having recovered her self-possession, looked sombrely at the frost-crowned volcano without a tremor. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:34.177Z Miss Fripp," she said sombrely, "write 'Are you not,' twenty times on your slate after tea! Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z He looked sombrely down at her, thinking how very beautiful she was. The Black Moth A Romance of the XVIIIth Century 2012-01-31T03:00:13.827Z They dined at a window which looked out across the Straits, and all through that dinner Warriner's face darkened and darkened and his gaze was sombrely fixed towards Gibraltar. Miranda of the Balcony A Story 2012-01-28T03:00:24.760Z Micky lay quiet for some moments after awaking, palms pressed to his burning temples, swollen eyes gazing sombrely up at the ceiling of his small, plainly furnished room. The Lash 2011-12-20T03:00:32.457Z It has the same sombrely beautiful roof, the same richness of stained glass. An American at Oxford 2011-12-02T03:00:19.150Z He feels," Wetherell continued sombrely, an elbow on each knee and his eyes on the floor, "that some injustice has been done to you, and he desires to compensate you for that injustice. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z He looked down at her sombrely, telling himself that she did not really care: that it was his own foolish imagination. The Black Moth A Romance of the XVIIIth Century 2012-01-31T03:00:13.827Z It was some curious blending of crimson and black silks, that made her look sombrely clad in one attitude and luridly clad in the next. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z Now and again during the meal Brent smiled to himself as he caught the eyes of the Indian regarding him sombrely. Snowdrift A Story of the Land of the Strong Cold 2011-10-23T02:00:22.547Z A dense group of stunted cedars and one towering fir tree rose sombrely in a little enclosed corner below the church. Stage-coach and Tavern Days 2011-08-31T02:01:27.587Z She moved sombrely about the room, like one walking behind the bier of her dead. Pink Gods and Blue Demons 2011-08-31T02:01:22.827Z And thus we were still when, just as the sun was setting sombrely, a velos full of chattering natives picked us up. Caybigan 2011-08-31T02:01:21.780Z "You have not known that always," he answered sombrely—and for a moment she hung her head. Jane Oglander 2011-08-30T02:00:38.717Z A half mile away, outlined sombrely against the dusky evening blue, rose a huddle of dingy yellow walls. The Long Lane's Turning 2011-08-23T02:00:34Z "But," he added almost sombrely, "I have other fears." The Men Who Wrought 2011-07-26T02:00:16.320Z But their actions would be less opposed to Nature’s plan than mine, for it was the men who would go sombrely gay, not their woman-kind. Lodges in the Wilderness 2011-06-15T02:00:17.057Z "If I forget, will you?" he asked sombrely. Love and hatred 2011-05-13T02:00:08.103Z The hemlock and the nightshade clustered together, and the nodding cypress dropped sombrely over the runic stones beneath them. The Last of the Vikings 2011-05-09T02:00:04.200Z "It is impossible to say," he said sombrely. Rose of Dutcher's Coolly 2011-04-10T02:00:07.273Z And as they went, Ruxton, in an agony of painful conviction, gazed sombrely back at the beautiful old Elizabethan structure in its perfect setting, which was the home of the woman he loved. The Men Who Wrought 2011-07-26T02:00:16.320Z The poem begins sombrely, but almost at once there breaks in a short fanfare, which occurs repeatedly throughout the work. Shakespeare and Music 2011-04-01T02:00:29.867Z "I see that now," he said sombrely, "but I did not see it then, mother." Love and hatred 2011-05-13T02:00:08.103Z Perhaps not, after all; but, because of the stormy night wind, sombrely sending its howl over the sombre heaths, he was not able ... to read his own thoughts plainly.... Dr. Adriaan 2010-12-29T03:00:33.467Z “Could he know ... about his wife?” asked Ida, sombrely, her great eyes filled with black velvet tragedy. The Hidden Force A Story of Modern Java 2010-12-24T03:00:34.823Z "My affairs have no interest just now," he said, almost sombrely. The Men Who Wrought 2011-07-26T02:00:16.320Z The prelude opens slowly, sombrely, and piano, with occasional sudden crescendos and sforzatos, and significant tremolo string passages, marked "stormy" in the score. Shakespeare and Music 2011-04-01T02:00:29.867Z "You'll break your neck some day, riding like that," he told her, sombrely. The Pioneers 2010-12-20T17:12:11.787Z Or, rather mine," his friend declared sombrely, so dismally, indeed, that Gage said— "Come, you are not going to repent? A Poached Peerage She too continued to look at him, at first sombrely, then in smiling humility. Majesty A Novel George stopped, drew back, and thought of dodging behind the procession of worried, sombrely clothed Freshmen; but there wasn't time. The Guarded Heights Very handsome, and yet a trifle out of sorts, too; for the dark, slender brows are contracted, and the brown, luminous eyes gaze sombrely enough into the depths of the fire. Norine's Revenge; Sir Noel's Heir “So do I,” nodded Barres, sombrely gazing at the carpet. The Moonlit Way Tommy jingled the coins in his pockets, and whistled sombrely through his teeth. The Furnace But the marquis did not recognize her, for, startled by the great light, he quickly turned his face away and bent, sombrely, protectingly, over the emperor and the crown-prince.... Majesty A Novel "They wish to kill us, these cattlemen," he said, sombrely, in conclusion. The Captain of the Gray-Horse Troop "You take a gloomy view of the situation," said Beresteyn sombrely. The Laughing Cavalier The Story of the Ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel “I suppose,” said Westmore sombrely, “that deep in each man’s heart there remains a glimmer of hope that he, at least, may come out of it.” The Moonlit Way "Yes, I have been drilled," answered Margaret, sombrely, looking at the graceful figure on the shawl. East Angels She had drawn a dark veil over her hair, and her enormous and tragic eyes were turned sombrely on Renfrew. Bye-Ways He took a seat and looked at her sombrely. The Captain of the Gray-Horse Troop It is too late, Gilda," he retorted sombrely, "even if I were so minded, which please God! The Laughing Cavalier The Story of the Ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel The reign opens sombrely enough—Richard in prison, and twenty-five suits of cloth of gold left, among other of his butterfly raiment, in Haverford Castle. English Costume As he entered the mountains, the roll as of an approaching storm had boomed sombrely away on his left. Aletta A Tale of the Boer Invasion The meal progressed sombrely and heavily, with much ceremony, although they were so few. The Mountain Girl "All that is ended now," she said, sombrely. The Captain of the Gray-Horse Troop It is not of our preparations or of our arrangements that I am thinking, Nicolaes," said Stoutenburg sombrely, "these have been thought out well enough. The Laughing Cavalier The Story of the Ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel Ember smiled sombrely at the drooping ash of his cigar. The Destroying Angel He haunted the doors of theatres, the courts and alleys of East London, looking sombrely for a face which he would not have known if he had seen it. A Life Sentence A Novel He tied the shawl up sombrely, oppressed by the conviction of mischance he had expressed to Andr�s, and despatched it. The Bright Shawl At the Mission bungalow where Honor dismounted, a group of missionaries were sombrely discussing in whispers the necessary details connected with the funeral. Banked Fires "A wrong unavenged would weigh my soul down with bitterness," he said sombrely. The Laughing Cavalier The Story of the Ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel She pondered this an instant, looking at me sombrely the while and then illumination came, and she flashed a glance of vivid answering intelligence and nodded. Aliens Staff abandoned argument and resting his forearms on the rail, stared sombrely out over the darkling waters for a moment or two. The Bandbox “That was a real desert,” the immigrant told us sombrely. Gold "I'm a bad hand at writing, anyway," he said, sombrely. The Beggar Man It was a small room, luxuriously but sombrely furnished. The Moving Finger Wiley sank down in the sand and gazed up sombrely as he wetted his parching lips from his canteen, and the evening star gleamed like a torch, looking down on the world he had fled. Shadow Mountain He paused an instant, seeming to review the case sombrely. The Bandbox “I’ve seen it worked out in my part of the country,” he explained sombrely. Gold While still she sat sombrely looking out over the city's roofs, Humiston's card was brought to her, and at the moment, in her loneliness and doubt, he seemed like an old friend. Money Magic A Novel He was sombrely delighted at the rapidity with which the tide of dollars was flowing across his dingy counter. The One-Way Trail A story of the cattle country The cowboy regarded her sombrely, took a nip or two with his rope’s end, jerked the cords tight, and sat down deliberately on the bundle. Hidden Water "Peace!" said I sombrely, and began to search my luggage thoroughly for my missing inheritance. The O'Ruddy A Romance The mellow music of a drizzle seemed to respond sombrely to the melancholy echo of the choir. The Book of Khalid "How you can look at another woman," he said sombrely, "while Elsa is near you I cannot imagine." A Bride of the Plains "When I have let him out, I will," she answered, her eyes glowing sombrely as she nursed her wrist. The Wild Geese The drawing-room was sombrely lighted by three low standard lamps which threw the upper half of the room into shadow. The Education of Eric Lane Frank held his little girl's hand and looked sombrely at Raoul. Shaman The girl sat down in the doorway and gazed sombrely out over the summer land. Tharon of Lost Valley "Only this, man," said Andor sombrely, "that it is you who are mad—or drunk." A Bride of the Plains But I tried with Berlin, and found it a drearier Boston; with Paris, and found it a blonder and blither Boston; with London, and found it sombrely irrelevant and incomparable. Imaginary Interviews But Sim, who had never served for love, found the collar of his slavery, just then, galling almost beyond endurance, and his eyes were sombrely resentful. The Roof Tree The Indian smoked without answering for so long a time that the boy feared that he would never speak, but after a while he removed the pipe from his mouth and regarded the boy sombrely. Connie Morgan in the Fur Country Chinamen in long boots, much too large for them, came and went sombrely, buying gold sacks and picks. The Trail of the Goldseekers A Record of Travel in Prose and Verse What I'm thinking of," said the King sombrely, "is how the Court and the populace will take this business. In Brief Authority The brilliancy of Louis de Gonzague showed more sombrely, as melting gold flows in a crucible. The Duke's Motto A Melodrama Every word was sweet to her, yet she answered sombrely: "But we are not free." The Invader A Novel She extended a sombrely gloved forefinger towards Isobel, who met her gaze unflinchingly. The Master Mummer In the days that followed they discussed the matter in subdued voices, sitting in the sun on the great wharf, sombrely looking out upon the bay. The Trail of the Goldseekers A Record of Travel in Prose and Verse His servant stood discreetly in the background, talking to the other domestic—a sombrely clad young person carrying a flat jewel-case, obviously the maid of the young Frenchwoman. The Double Four He waited, sombrely and hopelessly, for her to speak again. The Dop Doctor He looked gaunt and sombrely dark in the low, awning-shaded room, with its heavy beams and floor of wavelike unevenness. The Invader A Novel It may be so," said the old man, sombrely, "but the graybacks should not have forgotten already the lesson we taught them at the Golden Cove the year of the red comet. The Doomsman "I don't like this morning, and I don't like this course," stated Rupert, sombrely definite, through the roar and rattle of irregular reports from the cut-down motor. From the Car Behind On the other side of Mr. Portal was a short, thick-set man, with olive complexion, keen black eyes, black moustache and imperial, and sombrely dressed in City clothes. The Double Four “Yes,” he replied sombrely, “we must part now.” A Woman's Will On many afternoons the sombrely clad figure of a tall, gaunt woman would stand at the open casement of a window in the larger room, and keep a mystic vigil that sometimes lasted for hours. The Wonder "I could have gone out, met him face to face and killed him," he said, sombrely, "only for you and your Esmay." The Doomsman "You couldn't have put it over me so easy," he announced sombrely, "if I'd had the feed I bet you got this morning." From the Car Behind Fate—in such a story—must assume a half-human, half-personal shape, and must brood, obscurely and sombrely, over the incidents and the characters. Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations "Excuse me for asking you to come here," she said, looking at him sombrely. The Trembling of a Leaf Little Stories of the South Sea Islands Nay, perhaps others of our Faith, strangers, will settle here——" "Strangers?" repeated Charles Nagle sombrely, "I wish no strangers here. Studies in love and in terror She let it pass, and went sombrely on with her preparation for departure. Judith of the Cumberlands "He stopped his machine as soon as he could, and put Isabel out," Mr. Rose continued sombrely. From the Car Behind On the other hand, how sombrely clad are the deer, the rabbits, and the mice; gray and brown and white being the usual hue of their fur. The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year "It might take him different ways," said the philosopher cautiously though sombrely. Simon When the curtain fell, they rose and went sombrely out. A Spoil of Office A Story of the Modern West And the cedar tree, swayed in the raw autumn air, talking to itself sombrely of the empty nest in its heart, sounded upon her wakeful ears a note of desolation and despair. Judith of the Cumberlands It flames over false Harold’s head and he remembers sombrely that it is an omen of a change of rule. The Tapestry Book Of a sudden she caught sight of Nina's eyes in the glass regarding her sombrely. The Creators A Comedy "But when it does," broke in de Marmont sombrely, "your Castlereagh will rave and your Wellington will gather up his armies to try and crush the hero whom France loves and acclaims." The Bronze Eagle A Story of the Hundred Days She stared sombrely at Angel and me, but I believe The Seraph sealed our fate, for, after a moment's deliberation, she said curtly; "I shall have to beat you for this." Explorers of the Dawn He smiled sombrely as he pulled out his watch. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, November, 1878 of Popular Literature and Science "She'll probably go all wrong," he said, sombrely; and of course I could not tell him that it was of no consequence if she did. Comedies of Courtship Then he sombrely assented, and they turned towards the City. Robert Elsmere The day had begun sombrely in gray cloud and mist, but it ended in a pomp of scarlet and gold. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 to 1922 The man halted on the crest of the hill and looked sombrely down into the long valley below. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1905 to 1906 Judith looked sombrely down at the Marshall homestead. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1904 “Nay, nay; let be,” interposed Winter, speaking quite calmly, but his lips white, and his eyes glowing sombrely like smouldering fires. Two Gallant Sons of Devon A Tale of the Days of Queen Bess The justice of the King was without mercy, and sombrely he asked himself, Was he so sure that in his failure he had no need of forgiveness? The Justice of the King "And as for that psychiatric cripple, their mouthpiece," he concluded sombrely, "that maimed man who broods over battle-fields, he would find a creeping horror in his brain like death made visible." The Best Short Stories of 1919 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story They gazed sombrely at Union Square, and uttered curious reminiscences of the venerable days when one of them had worked, actually toiled for a living, upon the shores of that expanse. Pipefuls "What I want to know," pursued Kenna sombrely, "is—why, if Diana Vernilands jumped overboard, does this girl go masquerading under her title?" Blue Aloes Stories of South Africa “I blame myself very, very much,” he said sombrely, “for not having insisted on your putting that money into English or Colonial securities.” Good Old Anna It had a pleasant look-out, too, on to the quiet green Close, and was altogether a contrast to the dark sombrely furnished room Pennie had been occupying. Penelope and the Others Story of Five Country Children "You can't tell from a first night audience," said Mr. Pilkington sombrely, giving out a piece of theatrical wisdom he had picked up at rehearsals. Jill the Reckless He sombrely watched them pass through the door and disappear. Marriage à la mode "Do you know that I have killed a man tonight?" he said sombrely. Blue Aloes Stories of South Africa And the darkness of the night overhangs the army like a vast tent, sombrely flickering. The Drummer Boy "Yes," said Jack sombrely, for he was very disappointed. Jack Haydon's Quest He wheeled abruptly as a soldier on drill, and stared sombrely from under frowning brows. The Guests Of Hercules It stood at the head of a profound valley; a valley clothed in ferns waist deep, and sombrely guarded by ancient trees, the remnants of a primeval forest. The Triumphs of Eugène Valmont "It's the paradise I have lived in for three years," said April Poole sombrely, "and any one who likes it can have it, and give me their hell instead." Blue Aloes Stories of South Africa For the rest, Jorce was dressed sombrely in black cloth, was extremely voluble and vivacious, and impressed Lucian with the idea that he was less a fellow mortal than a changeling from fairyland. The Silent House "Why, having once escaped, did she ever go back to him?" asked Vanderlyn, sombrely. The Uttermost Farthing She looked sombrely before her into the green vistas. Franklin Kane The brothers rode on for some time without speaking, Valerius rather sombrely, it seemed, absorbed in his own thoughts. Roads from Rome She looked up sombrely from the wound she was dressing and replied, 'So they said in the first hours of Neuve Chapelle.' On the King's Service Inward Glimpses of Men at Arms He passed through several large halls, scantily and sombrely furnished, in the last of which stood the throne chair, turned to the wall, beneath a red canopy. Marzio's Crucifix and Zoroaster She waited, and gently she added, "I wish I could understand you—" "I wish I understood myself," he said sombrely. The Chink in the Armour He was staring sombrely into the fire, almost as if he had forgotten his companion. The Safety Curtain, and Other Stories And his eyes travelled rather sombrely from Nan's face to that of the artist. The Moon out of Reach Lapierre's face became at once grave, and he gazed sombrely into the fire. The Gun-Brand "Day by day," exclaimed the minstrel sombrely, "I travel the summer roads in quest of health." Diane of the Green Van "Supremely squalid, sinisterly sebaceous, sombrely sociable Smell!" he pursued violently. The Day of Days An Extravaganza He was standing in the level sun-rays gazing sombrely down into the valley from which already the mists were beginning to rise. The Safety Curtain, and Other Stories We two had gained the bull's-eye window at the nose of the train and sombrely watched the sparkling panorama of lights along the track. Plum Pudding Of Divers Ingredients, Discreetly Blended & Seasoned But when at last Marie looked up, with tears salt and bitter on her cheeks, it was to reply sombrely: "There's nothing to tell." Married Life The True Romance Yes," said Carl sombrely, "there are fine, big splendid women like that. Diane of the Green Van They begin sombrely, but after a time the wit lightens, and towards the end it is playing continually. Books and Persons Being Comments on a Past Epoch 1908-1911 The doctor reached for the key and studied it sombrely. The Ragged Edge Against the darkening skyline before him the Last Ridge country reared itself sombrely. The Desert Valley With a hitch of her shapely shoulders she resumed her seat by the fire, brooding sombrely on the way in which this Gentile had rejected her love. Red Money "It has served its purpose," reminded the Greek sombrely. Diane of the Green Van That is nothing," the man replied sombrely; "before they kill me I shall have won many more. Out To Win The Story of America in France Her eyes were sombrely glowing, dark with pain; and Keith was leaning towards her as he might have leant towards any girl who was half fainting. Nocturne "I wonder if she will?" the surprising James Polder sombrely speculated. The Three Black Pennys A Novel I have called myself," said Major Edward sombrely, "a Spartan and a Stoic. Lewis Rand Sometimes he stared sombrely at a ghostly palmetto, tall and dark against the sky. Diane of the Green Van The great coach of gold, with its half score of horses, rolled sombrely beneath nature's canopy of green, surrounded on all sides by proud members of the Royal Guard. Truxton King A Story of Graustark And Julian was thinking, too, rather sombrely of himself. Flames He regarded her sombrely from the step, his chin cupped in a hand. The Three Black Pennys A Novel It was not," he said sombrely; "it was not meant to wound you, sir. Lewis Rand They were all sombrely clad, their faces blurred in the darkness. Helmet of Navarre He looked at her sombrely, remorse struggling with his will. The Mating of Lydia She put out the palms of her hands towards where misty evening banked sombrely across the park. If Winter Comes When he had left her, she sat for long on the sofa, playing with some flowers she had taken from her dress, or sombrely watching the child, as it lay on the floor beside her. The Marriage of William Ashe The furnishings were sombrely elegant and the dim lights caught the dull polished surface of mahogany and glinted on the gold-lettered backs of the shelf on shelf of books that hid the walls. The Adventure Club Afloat And even then, sombrely, under the shadow of his destiny, her passion for him revived; his very strangeness quickened it to violence, to perversity. The Tree of Heaven "You have had plenty of chances since Winnipeg of making yourself known to me," said Anderson sombrely. Lady Merton, Colonist He answered her sombrely as he turned away, "I used to have a wife that I honoured before all creation." The Lamp in the Desert "Yes, if I can drag the words out," he said, sombrely. The Marriage of William Ashe Frank looked at her sombrely—a queer mixture of expressions on the face, in which the maturer man was already to be discerned at war with the powerful young animal. Marcella And, on the other hand, since those years of disaster, the Frenchman has learned the lesson of humility; he is prepared now sombrely for a sombre struggle; his is the gravity that precedes astonishing victories. New York Times, Current History, Vol 1, Issue 1 From the Beginning to March, 1915 With Index Those few words, sombrely spoken, checked her wild outburst as surely as a hand upon her mouth. The Tidal Wave and Other Stories Douglas sombrely set himself to study the picture catalogue, and sat smoking and making notes till nearly midnight. Lady Connie I don't know what's wrong with me," she said, sombrely; "but I remember saying to you that sometimes my brain was on fire. The Marriage of William Ashe "It was not what you have said all through," she replied, looking sombrely away from him, her chin on her hand, "it is what you have done." Marcella "I shall be only too glad to remember it, when you give me the opportunity," he said, sombrely. The Testing of Diana Mallory Twenty round eyes stared at me, sombrely at first, not understanding, and then with horror slowly growing in them. Christine At the end of two or three minutes, Schwarz again amended the figures on the scrap of paper, and handed it sombrely to Falloden. Lady Connie He spoke sombrely, without anger; yet in the very utterance of the words there was that which made her realize that she was beaten. The Top of the World Their opinions were seldom in agreement; Corinne was characteristically and brightly Italian in her views, Oswald characteristically and sombrely English. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 08 — Fiction "I wish you'd written and told me about it when it happened," he said sombrely. From out the Vasty Deep For a space there was silence between them while his eyes dwelt sombrely upon the litter of books upon the table, and still his arms enfolded her though he did not hold her close. The Obstacle Race She folded her arms in front of her, her little chin fell forward on her white wrappings, and she stared rather sombrely into vacancy. Lady Connie He paused a moment, then very sombrely he ended. The Top of the World The day had begun sombrely in gray cloud and mist, but it had ended in a pomp of scarlet and gold. Anne's House of Dreams On occasion she answered with vigour, but in general sombrely and with lowered eyes. She Stands Accused He looked at Philip and saw him staring at him sombrely. Of Human Bondage He lay frowning, his blue eyes sombrely fixed and strained. Lady Connie He flung back sombrely, "You don't even put it conditionally then?" The Touchstone "To Pendragon Park, sir," said the servant, rather sombrely, and began to close the door. The Wisdom of Father Brown He sounded so cheerful, that I perforce laughed too, and then I gazed at him sombrely. The Man from the Clouds One, sombrely dressed in legal black, with a pale face and fiercely inquiring eyes, half rose to his feet as the newcomer entered. The Pawns Count Here, as well as I might, I told him of Sir Richard's cruel murder; at this he was silent a great while, staring sombrely into the fire. Martin Conisby's Vengeance When they reached the gray house he went to his own room and, his mind still wrestling helplessly and sombrely with what he had done, fell into a deep stupor on his bed. The Beautiful and Damned Kellogg regarded him sombrely for a moment, then in silence returned his attention to his plate; and in silence, for the most part, the remainder of the dinner was served and eaten. The Fortune Hunter Delia was of course in black, her face sombrely brilliant in its dark setting of a plain felt hat, like the hat of a Cavalier without its feathers. Delia Blanchflower "No," he says sombrely, "no, Nancy, I have brought you no good news, and I am beginning to fear I never shall." The End of Her Honeymoon Fontenoy hurried on to look for the young viscount with the curls and shoulders, and the two men stood about the inner lobby together, Fontenoy sombrely watching everybody who came out or in. Sir George Tressady — Volume II The piano, gleaming sombrely in the hushed light, reminded her of it. Mary Olivier: a Life A man who had once been for some years at the court of the expected visitor saw him enter the city, sombrely clad, on foot. The Best British Short Stories of 1922 "Oh, I admit you did your best—you did your best," said Gertrude sombrely. Delia Blanchflower "You were in such haste to reach this spot?" said the old man, sombrely, "what is your crime?" The Strong Arm As they crossed the river, Mrs. Conry stopped, and remarked sombrely, "A bargain is a bargain the world over, is it not?" Together A large pond, almost round and strewn with dead leaves about its edge, lay sombrely on their right hand, without a movement, without a gleam. The Misses Mallett The Bridge Dividing They carried staves, such as messengers bear in those lands, and seemed sombrely clad when the dancers all came round them with their green and lilac dresses. A Dreamer's Tales He stared sombrely at the young people before him, in an attitude which, as usual, was the attitude of an actor. The History of David Grieve Through the empty arches the dark waters of the lake caught the reflection and sombrely relighted the scene. The Web of Life "Yes, poor old Colonel!—he must get away—he's awfully broken up," and she added sombrely. Together He brooded sombrely on what might have been. The Adventures of Sally An hour after, the passing bell tolled sombrely through the darkness from the steeple of Chesholm Church, telling all whom it might concern that Sir Victor Catheron had gone home. A Terrible Secret Then, suddenly, he was conscious of the church standing sombrely without, spectator as it seemed of his thoughts and of his mirth. The History of David Grieve "Take care you do not wake the devil in me again, ma belle," he said sombrely. The Sheik The sheriff looked sombrely on the little square of white. The Untamed "I couldn't have expected you to care for me, I suppose, anyway," he said, sombrely. The Adventures of Sally She paced in awe and wonder down the vast portrait-gallery, where half a hundred dead and gone Catherons looked at her sombrely out of their heavy frames. A Terrible Secret He, too, was sombrely dressed, and, instead of the vivid necktie he had worn from the courthouse, a jet-black scarf was perfectly arranged beneath his collar. The Abandoned Room The Sheik's dark eyes glanced sombrely around the tent and without a word he went through into the inner room. The Sheik Presently I was moving sombrely off through the darkness, Jeeves at my side, Aunt Dahlia calling after me something about trying to imagine myself the man who brought the good news from Ghent to Aix. Right Ho, Jeeves "We are a tragic family," said Piers sombrely. The Bars of Iron "So that is what comes of asking," said Esther sombrely. Up the Hill and Over He allowed himself half a pipe of tobacco—tobacco, like food, was going to run out soon—and smoked sombrely. The Everlasting Whisper He was correctly, if sombrely, dressed in dark clothes, and he wore a black tie—probably as a symbol of mourning for his friend. The Hampstead Mystery The hours marched sombrely towards midnight, while we stayed every man by his post. Salute to Adventurers She looked at me sombrely, and then a light suddenly seemed to illuminate the interior of her eye. Venus in Furs "You can't tell from a first night audience," said Mr Pilkington sombrely, giving out a piece of theatrical wisdom he had picked up at rehearsals. The Little Warrior Nutty, meanwhile, had found another pebble and was kicking it sombrely. Uneasy Money There was something sombrely contemptible to each one in the idea of being forced into the pretence of eating, for the sake of the hired attendants who carried the dishes. Greifenstein "You do not care about people," she is saying, sombrely. Love's Pilgrimage As they embarked upon the final stage of their travels, Seaman leaned forward in his seat in the sombrely upholstered, overheated compartment. The Great Impersonation They would work on just the same though a little sombrely, as though some good thing had been grudged them. Tales of War His gaze was bent on the ground at his feet; the girl, erect and slight on his arm, stared sombrely beyond my shoulder with black, clear, motionless eyes. Lord Jim Then Montague set his cup aside, and sat gazing sombrely into the fire. The Metropolis They entered, descending by two steps into a confined and sombrely picturesque interior. The Old Wives' Tale Corona was in her dressing-room, a high vaulted chamber, somewhat sombrely furnished, but made cheerful by a fire that blazed brightly in the deep old-fashioned chimney-piece. Sant' Ilario “And I fear me that she has placed herself beyond our reach,” said Déroulède sombrely. I Will Repay "You are not out of the woods yet," he said, sombrely. The Hidden Children She eyed the cool porchway sombrely, the opened casement windows, the blazing geraniums in their boxes. Undertow "But is this right, is it fair?" she asked herself sombrely while she was slowly disrobing. The Heart of Rachael "Julia!" he said sombrely, coming forward, his eyes only for her. The Story of Julia Page And it glowed sombrely there on the wall, a few splashes of colour on a morsel of canvas, and it was Simon Fuge's unconscious, proud challenge to the Five Towns. The Grim Smile of the Five Towns Then the General asked for my report; and I gave it as exactly as I could, the General listening most attentively to my narrative, and Boyd deeply and sombrely interested. The Hidden Children To the left, stone castles lifted themselves sombrely in the soft day. Mr. Achilles She stared sombrely at the fire, and there was a moment's silence. The Heart of Rachael Jim's glance did not meet hers, he looked sombrely past her at the fire. The Story of Julia Page "They repose," said he, sombrely, and made a hopeless gesture with his hand. Yama: the pit "I go not back again," he said, sombrely. The Hidden Children But that is no answer, for the dark shadow lies as sombrely over irresponsible nature, which groans over undeserved suffering. At Large So passing from the southern into the western road, they saw the town-lights beneath an amber sky burning out sombrely over the woods of Copsley, and entered the town, the postillion following. Diana of the Crossways — Complete "If Anna and I could only run away from it all!" said Julia sombrely. The Story of Julia Page "Well, what's the good of it?" he would at times say sombrely to his colleagues by profession. Yama: the pit So passing from the southern into the western road, they saw the town- lights beneath an amber sky burning out sombrely over the woods of Copsley, and entered the town, the postillion following. Diana of the Crossways — Volume 2 The endless minutes wore away, she and Rodney playing with their empty plates, Len also waiting hungrily, her father watching them sombrely. Martie, the Unconquered The road wound its way among the trees rising sombrely from the snow. Maria Chapdelaine She sombrely watched the departing surreys and phaetons. Poor, Dear Margaret Kirby And so, while taking the light grey overcoat off Yarchenko, he sombrely and with much significance snarled back in answer to Lichonin's banter: "I am no citizen here, but the bouncer." Yama: the pit There was no porch at the main entrance, and the heavy nail-studded door greeted a visitor somewhat sombrely. Demos "I did not think that when I was thirty I would be a clerk in a furniture house, Martie!" he said sombrely, after awhile. Martie, the Unconquered Mr. Gryce's expression, as he took a seat and beckoned me to do the same, may have had something to do with this strange sensation, it was so mysteriously and sombrely expectant. The Leavenworth Case "And if I were not the man you believe?" said Lupin sombrely. Arsene Lupin The sky stretched sombrely away in every direction. The Lamp of Fate There was a little disturbance among a group of boys crowded about the door; a young fellow pushed through and halted on the threshold, looking about him rather sombrely. Rilla of Ingleside But when in a sudden return of modesty he belittled his usefulness and talked sombrely of his mature years he was told that he "wad never be auld wi' sae muckle honesty." Huntingtower Thomas, who had opened the door, was sombrely glad to see his mistress again. The Leavenworth Case He sat frowning sombrely, lost to the world. Indiscretions of Archie In this bright land, with its rose-coloured distances, it is strange to see them, all so sombrely clothed, spots of mourning, as it were, in the gay fields and the flaring desert. Egypt (La Mort de Philae) He shook his head sombrely, his brows furrowed. The Strolling Saint; being the confessions of the high and mighty Agostino D'Anguissola, tyrant of Mondolfo and Lord of Carmina in the state of Piacenza "It happens," he added sombrely, "that we may require your testimony in this grave matter that is toward." The Sea-Hawk My eyes followed his trim figure, richly though sombrely clad, then fell with a sudden dissatisfaction upon my own stained and frayed apparel. To Have and to Hold "He is—" He stopped and tugged at his mustachios, his eyes regarding her sombrely. Saint Martin's Summer His eyes stared down sombrely at his niece. Villa Rubein, and other stories Gone now was the last vestige of his habitual silkiness; the pomander-ball hung neglected, and his delicate fingers tugged viciously at his little pointed beard, his great sapphire ring flashing sombrely. The Strolling Saint; being the confessions of the high and mighty Agostino D'Anguissola, tyrant of Mondolfo and Lord of Carmina in the state of Piacenza Here he was shown into a small room, richly furnished after a sombrely ornate fashion, the drapery and coverings much faded, worn even to shabbiness. Donal Grant, by George MacDonald "This," said Plummer sombrely, gazing over the rail into the darkness, "is the place where that fellow what's-his-name jumped off in the reign of thingummy, isn't it?" A Damsel in Distress "Mr. Sleuth won't never come back no more," she said sombrely, and then she felt both glad and angry at the extraordinary change which came over her husband's face. The Lodger Mr. Hamilton was sombrely but fashionably dressed and wore a gold eyeglass on a black ribbon, because he fancied that a monocle adroitly used was a formidable weapon in debate. The Path of the King Her dark brown hair was coifed in a jewelled net of thread of gold, and on her white neck a chain of emeralds sparkled sombrely. The Strolling Saint; being the confessions of the high and mighty Agostino D'Anguissola, tyrant of Mondolfo and Lord of Carmina in the state of Piacenza Retaining it, he spoke, his eyes sombrely, wistfully considering her. Captain Blood And meanwhile the caleche was slowly passing, La Tour d'Azyr's fine eyes sombrely yet intently meeting her own anguished gaze. Scaramouche "He don't take no heed of heat nor cold," said Bunting sombrely. The Lodger Pride's troopers were everywhere, riding in grim posses or off duty and sombrely puffing tobacco, vast, silent men, lean from the wars. The Path of the King The next thing she knew she was blinking in the light, Cutty, his arms folded, staring down at her sombrely. The Drums of Jeopardy “No, it wouldn’t do, it wouldn’t do at all, sir, an’ you a captain,” the steward continued to reiterate, rolling his head sombrely. Michael, Brother of Jerry "It is quite easy to tell her," answered Diana sombrely; "it makes no impression at all." Manalive He conducted him through a corridor and an anteroom into a spacious chamber, where a melancholy man, sombrely dressed, sat brooding in a great, leather-covered chair. Roads of Destiny The desert's grim noon shone sombrely on flat and hill. The Virginian, a Horseman of the Plains But take it when it is most sombrely grey, where is another such grey city?' Penelope's Experiences in Scotland And yet love of freedom glowed sombrely and steadily in his dim soul. The Iron Heel |
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