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单词 squint-eyed
例句 squint-eyed
One of the travellers, a squint-eyed ill-favoured fellow, was foretelling that more and more people would be coming north in the near future. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z
They gave me a puzzled look, decided I was incomprehensible, and continued their reminiscing about old squint-eyed Shirley. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z
Presently he slipped out of the door, followed by the squint-eyed southerner: the two had been whispering together a good deal during the evening. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z
Jem, sitting beside him, was squint-eyed, miasmal, and mute, as he always was in the morning. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z
He couldn’t see who they were, and his face had the squint-eyed look it always had when he took aim with a marble. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z
Merry himself slew the leader, a great squint-eyed brute like a huge orc. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z
With all his outside-the-box creative ventures, detractors see Franco with a permanent, squint-eyed wink, as if this were all some kind of bizarre performance art. James Franco defends himself against the haters: “I can’t and won’t let it kill my spirit” 2017-03-04T05:00:00Z
We look at them looking, and we look at the fruit, too, as if the squint-eyed girl, Laval and ourselves might each find the answer to some mystery there. Paul Gauguin: guilty as charged 2010-09-27T20:31:00Z
“A manic, gibbering, squint-eyed ragefest by America’s worst president,” Rick Wilson wrote in the Daily Beast. Bluster, distraction, denial: Trump follows Chavez's successful template 2020-04-19T04:00:00Z
“By the 21st Century our people doubtless will be squint-eyed, hunchbacked and fond of the dark,” the writer predicted. 7 of the Craziest Predictions for the Future, From the Past 2015-01-01T05:00:00Z
A late-fiftysomething, squint-eyed behind owlish spectacles, managerially dressed—Schmidt’s dour appearance concealed a machinelike analyticity. Assange: Google Is Not What It Seems
“Just listen to the squint-eyed devil!” began the woman, who was evidently not averse to his attentions; but, having caught sight of me, she exclaimed angrily, “Who are you looking for?” What Shall We Do? 2012-01-29T03:00:11.167Z
A squint-eyed baggage she be, too, who'd ne'er look aught, whatever she might clap on her head. A Terrible Tomboy 2012-01-21T03:00:07.003Z
The squint-eyed woman was not so hard to manage. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z
Guidi was squint-eyed, humpbacked, and of a delicate constitution, but possessed undoubted literary ability. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" 2011-12-16T03:00:12.320Z
"What do you wish, monsieur?" said a young, squint-eyed girl, with a flat nose, thick lips and crooked chin, whose dark-red skin seemed covered with a coat of varnish. The Barber of Paris 2011-09-18T02:00:25.547Z
She speaks unwillingly to the other squint-eyed passenger, a young woman who also wears a black-rabbit fur, but without pretensions. Sea and Sardinia 2011-08-28T02:00:30.857Z
Part of this the hostage turned to account by trying to win over the good offices of the squint-eyed cross-breed. The Ruby Sword A Romance of Baluchistan 2011-07-05T02:00:28.367Z
Bartholin's management of squint-eyed people is founded on the same principles. Lachesis Lapponica A Tour in Lapland, Volume 1 2010-12-31T03:00:11.350Z
The fellow that wrote the piece—'twill be that little squint-eyed runt Labatt—is not the fool I thought him. The Night Operator
Young P—— laughed as he bent, squint-eyed, to take a bearing on a destroyer zigzagging jauntily with high-flung wake in the van of the approaching fleet. Sea-Hounds
I have the good luck to be neither crook-backed, lame, blind, nor squint-eyed. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second
He was a dark Mestizo named Albino, short and thick, and so near being squint-eyed that at the first glance I thought him a subject for Doctor Cabot to practise on. Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. I.
Donnert Davie was a stout, ill-made, squint-eyed being, who stammered in his speech, and seemed particularly useful in carrying on the culinary operations, under the direction of Helen, in the retreat. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. 9
The young man opened his lips and spoke illuminating words concerning Monte Carlo, gambling generally, number five table in the Rooms, and the squint-eyed croupier particularly. Jacob's Ladder
Short, overfed, bandy-legged and squint-eyed, the whole lot of them. Dave Dawson on Guadalcanal
Beyond them was a squint-eyed man who trotted untiringly to and fro, mixing and pouring. The Plow-Woman
I could not but smile, when speaking to Doctor Cabot of his kindness, as the latter, rolling and tossing with fever, replied, that if the cura had any squint-eyed friends, he could cure them. Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. I.
And there’s two of Duke Morgan’s cowboys with them, boozing old Bull Page, and that squint-eyed Sassoon––he’s worse than the others, that fellow––a fine bunch to allow in this town.” Nan of Music Mountain
Wry-mouthed and squint-eyed, he was the incarnation of the cubist ideal. Hepsey Burke
Although the child squints, it must not be called squint-eyed, but love-eyed, and even a wart must be thought to become it. Epistle Sermons, Vol. II Epiphany, Easter and Pentecost
The squint-eyed man shut the door behind him as he pointed at Squaw Charley. The Plow-Woman
I guess I was looking at things squint-eyed. Colorado Jim
What is that you say, you squint-eyed dude? Montezuma's Castle and Other Weird Tales
Every teacher looks at me squint-eyed as if I were a hopeless case, which I am!” Five Little Peppers at School
Something in this style: 'Oh, no, I traded it for luck with a squint-eyed, humpbacked biter-off of puppy-dog tails that got it out of Rockefeller's ashcan.' The Varmint
Looking up, the squint-eyed man, David Bond, and The Squaw saw a face peering down upon them. The Plow-Woman
One midnight, as she was getting into bed, this good woman was summoned by a strange, squint-eyed, little, ugly old fellow to follow him straightway, and attend upon his wife. The Science of Fairy Tales An Inquiry into Fairy Mythology
The woman and the squint-eyed man dragged Ruth into the bush. Ruth Fielding and the Gypsies The Missing Pearl Necklace
For Prayers also are the daughters of supreme Jove, 317 both halt, and wrinkled, and squint-eyed; which following on Ate from behind, are fall of care. The Iliad of Homer (1873)
"And I'm not freckled and I'm not squint-eyed." Just Patty
Mr. Hubbard gazes squint-eyed at the waiter and sniffs. Shorty McCabe on the Job
Am I the captain of this ship, or are you, you long-jawed, squint-eyed, whining son of a wood-chopper you? Kilgorman A Story of Ireland in 1798
Only, in this case, Queen Zelaya sent the squint-eyed man and the ruffian who had so frightened Ruth to either shore of the island to keep watch. Ruth Fielding and the Gypsies The Missing Pearl Necklace
"I can give you that little squint-eyed feller." The Best Short Stories of 1917 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story
The train reached Twin Lakes at about sundown, and even then the girls had discovered no positive evidence as to the “squint-eyed man’s” purpose in taking the trip they were taking. Campfire Girls at Twin Lakes The Quest of a Summer Vacation
The world itself and the void spaces of its wanderings, together with the elements of our celestial neighborhood, have been viewed by man with dark suspicion, with rather a squint-eyed prejudice. Journeys to Bagdad
As if she could repair the ravages to self and features squint-eyed she stood and gazed. The Yotsuya Kwaidan or O'Iwa Inari Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 1 (of 2)
Then the door was opened, and Garrison beheld a squint-eyed, thin-lipped old man, who scowled upon him and remained there, barring his way. A Husband by Proxy
Then he sought the squint-eyed landlord and paid a week's room rent in advance, thereby saving fifty cents. The She Boss A Western Story
Still no words were exchanged among them relative to the purpose of their visit or the mysterious, squint-eyed passenger concerning whom all of them felt an irrepressible curiosity and not a little apprehension. Campfire Girls at Twin Lakes The Quest of a Summer Vacation
Farrell's notion of Paris, was of course, the Moulin Rouge, and the kind of place on Montmartre where they sing some kind of blasphemy while a squint-eyed waiter serves you cocktails on a coffin. Foe-Farrell
We have blind men, one-eyed men, squint-eyed men, men with long sight, short sight, clear sight, dim sight, weak sight. Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary
It was not his fault, she argued, but that of his companions and especially of the squint-eyed, foul-tongued man who no sooner saw that the bottle was getting low than he ordered another one. Madame Flirt A Romance of 'The Beggar's Opera'
The result was that a squint-eyed man came from a door marked "office" and yawningly asked him his business. The She Boss A Western Story
Thersites is described as "squint-eyed, lame-legged, with bent shoulders pinched over his chest, a pointed head, and very little hair on it." History of English Humour, Vol. 1 With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour
Officers—callow, heroic, squint-eyed, supercilious, superb, of any and every Allied country—officers were the quarry, and they the hunters. The Parts Men Play
But the princess did not care for pedigrees that were squint-eyed or bow-legged. The Princess Elopes
One was a squint-eyed little Cockney that misplaced his aitches, but was always on hand when you wanted anything. Wilt Thou Torchy
An eyewitness of this piece of information confirmed this, who declared that he had seen and known certain Indians who were almost squint-eyed from the effect produced by the glance of those monstrous men. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 21 of 55 1624 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century.
It undoubtedly prolonged the war, as all those squint-eyed enterprises are certain to do. Drake, Nelson and Napoleon
The young girl who admired her own facile adjectives said to a casual acquaintance: "How can you go about with that moth-eaten, squint-eyed, bag of a girl!" Etiquette
I'm not going to have that squint-eyed girl on the stage any more to-night. Mr. Prohack
You ain't going to quit so easy for a squint-eyed little hank that—that your old woman found for you. Every Soul Hath Its Song
The oldest of the lot, and their undisputed leader, was a peasant boy of remarkable ugliness, squint-eyed and snub-nosed, with tufts of yellow hair always falling over his face and several teeth missing. The Soul of a Child
Sir, two men, one bald, one squint-eyed, Met one day . The Two Lovers of Heaven: Chrysanthus and Daria A Drama of Early Christian Rome
A thin-faced, evil-looking, squint-eyed Hindu whose large, thick, gold-rimmed goggles accorded ill with the sword that lay athwart his crossed legs, addressed him in English. Driftwood Spars The Stories of a Man, a Boy, a Woman, and Certain Other People Who Strangely Met Upon the Sea of Life
All I know is that I've finished with that squint-eyed woman, and you can choose right now between her and me. Mr. Prohack
You can't throw me over after all these years for a little squint-eyed hank and get away with it! Every Soul Hath Its Song
"Aw, go on!" was all the retort the squint-eyed one could think of to make. Tom Swift and His Electric Runabout, or, the Speediest Car on the Road
Tommy," proffered Billy Ellis dreamily, "when you go to Tucson next you watch out until you sees a little, squint-eyed Britisher. Arizona Nights
I have some copies of the rude printing-press productions, inexpressibly quaint, grotesque, a kind of literary horse-play, yet with a certain squint-eyed, sprawling genius in it, and innocent childish Rabelaisian mirth of a sort.  Robert Louis Stevenson: a record, an estimate, and a memorial
I can tell you that," said the squint-eyed one mournfully, "but I guess you might as well go in and wait until she wakes up. Calvary Alley
When a father shall swear his squint-eyed child is more lovely than Venus? The Praise of Folly
"Look at me!" cried the bully, more squint-eyed than ever. Tom Swift and His Electric Runabout, or, the Speediest Car on the Road
Perverseness is really moral strabismus, and I am shocked to think what a multitude of squint-eyed souls there will be, when we come to look into one another's faces in the "undress of immortality." Lessons in Life A Series of Familiar Essays
The squint-eyed imp rushed in all red-faced and out of breath with snow all in her hair. L'Assommoir
Why has he showed such excessive partiality for squint-eyed Italian saints? Modern Painting
He tells me of a squint-eyed man, who was a good deal about the house, doing Jervy's dirty work for him. The Fallen Leaves
Reaching the other room I found the squint-eyed maid had set forth our supper—a goodly joint of cold beef flanked by a loaf, cheese and a jug of ale. Peregrine's Progress
The squint-eyed woman contemplated the figure with the most intense satisfaction. Dawn
She had to let Madame Putois go, leaving only her apprentice, squint-eyed Augustine, who seemed to grow more stupid as time passed. L'Assommoir
You see that tall gentleman with dark whiskers, somewhat squint-eyed, dressed in black—he’s Judge A ——, an intimate friend of the wife of Colonel B ——. The Reign of Greed
Well, sir, the people he lives among—the squint-eyed man, for instance!—don't stick at trifles. The Fallen Leaves
"Peregrine," said he, tossing his hat into a corner, "while you remain here to observe the squint-eyed maid, I will forthwith investigate." Peregrine's Progress
And the whole village believed that it was no one but old Seden his squint-eyed wife that had brought forth such a devil's brat. Sidonia, the Sorceress : the Supposed Destroyer of the Whole Reigning Ducal House of Pomerania — Volume 2
And she vented her rage on the apprentice, that squint-eyed Augustine who was ironing some stockings and handkerchiefs beside her. L'Assommoir
How dare you contradict your future mother-in-law, you dirty squint-eyed, yellow-faced monkey? Jess
I told her a squint-eyed man had brought it to the house—and then she left directly. The Fallen Leaves
He was a villainous-looking person of uncertain age, humpbacked like the picture of Punch, wizened and squint-eyed. Allan and the Holy Flower
She was squint-eyed and mischievous, and was always making trouble with the other employees. A Zola Dictionary; the Characters of the Rougon-Macquart Novels of Emile Zola;
When Gervaise went back into the shop, the squint-eyed Augustine was being properly chastised by Clemence because of a dirty iron that Madame Putois had used and which had caused her to soil a camisole. L'Assommoir
It was the truth, for, more than once had Tom, in his motor-boat, proved more than a match for the squint-eyed bully and his cronies. Tom Swift and His Airship
Unfortunately for the expression—being put up by a squint-eyed mason, who, at the time, had a bad stitch in the same side—the new nose stands a little awry, in the same direction. I and My Chimney
The confounded little squint-eyed nuisances yawping like a flock of steam pianos, and stuffing themselves like aldermen with grass seeds and bugs, while a man sits on a bench and goes without his breakfast. Waifs and Strays Part 1
"A youth about twenty years old, a sickly, squint-eyed creature, who cherished an implacable hatred against his cousin Miette." A Zola Dictionary; the Characters of the Rougon-Macquart Novels of Emile Zola;
That squint-eyed Augustine had tyrannized over them all during the dessert, pilfering their strawberries and frightening them with the most abominable threats. L'Assommoir
"We ought to lick him good and proper," growled the squint-eyed lad. Tom Swift and His Airship
Then, as it came nearer, Tom saw a familiar figure in it—a red-haired, squint-eyed chap. Tom Swift and His Motor-Boat, or, the Rivals of Lake Carlopa
For they awaken distrust in great things, these subtle false-coiners and stage-players:— —Until at last they are false towards themselves, squint-eyed, whited cankers, glossed over with strong words, parade virtues and brilliant false deeds. Thus Spake Zarathustra A book for all and none
He was hollow-chested, squint-eyed, and rather shambling, but spry enough withal. The Financier, a novel
That squint-eyed Augustine who had to look after the stoves was to eat off her knees. L'Assommoir
"Well, I seen Tom Swift hanging around this bank with burglar tools in his possession last night, just before it was robbed," exclaimed the squint-eyed lad triumphantly. Tom Swift and His Airship
Andy was bending over the wheel and Tom had begun to turn his, in order to get well out of the way of the insolent, squint-eyed lad and his friends. Tom Swift and His Motor-Boat, or, the Rivals of Lake Carlopa
He, for all the sacrifices he made to a squint-eyed law, died execrated alike by populace and police. A Book of Scoundrels
That squint-eyed Augustine was cackling like a hen, suffocating with her mouth wide open. L'Assommoir
It was that squint-eyed Augustine who had just given it an outlet by thrusting a spoon through the strainer. L'Assommoir
"Don't you dare lay a finger on me!" blustered the squint-eyed one. Tom Swift and His Airship
"Well, I offered sixty," said the squint-eyed bully, while his crony, Sam Snedecker, was vainly, pulling at his sleeve. Tom Swift and His Motor-Boat, or, the Rivals of Lake Carlopa
The former had not meant to hit so hard and he certainly did not intend to knock the squint-eyed youth down. Tom Swift and His Motor-Boat, or, the Rivals of Lake Carlopa
"No, I think that would hardly do," continued the lad, who tried not to smile at the picture of the red-haired and squint-eyed Andy Foger making one of a party with the girls. Tom Swift and His Motor-Boat, or, the Rivals of Lake Carlopa
That squint-eyed Augustine almost burst, the joke seemed to her so funny. L'Assommoir
Clearly the squint-eyed youth had not been the mysterious visitor to the boathouse and had not unlocked the forward compartment. Tom Swift and His Motor-Boat, or, the Rivals of Lake Carlopa
"Haven't you got any money you can lend me?" inquired the squint-eyed one, scowling in Tom's direction. Tom Swift and His Motor-Boat, or, the Rivals of Lake Carlopa
"And I didn't touch it," interposed the squint-eyed lad quickly. Tom Swift and His Motor-Boat, or, the Rivals of Lake Carlopa
Tom had an idea that Andy felt a little timid about going in pursuit of the thieves, but naturally it would not do to mention this, for the squint-eyed lad considered himself quite a fighter. Tom Swift and His Motor-Boat, or, the Rivals of Lake Carlopa
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