Blurred

Examples

• Biddy cried; the darkening garden, and the lane, and the stars that were coming out, were blurred in my own sight. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• And there, on the margin of the page, were the partially blurred imprints of four wee fingers and the outer half of the thumb. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• The myriad noises of the jungle seemed far distant and hushed to a mere echo of blurred sounds, rising and falling like the surf upon a remote shore. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• It's a steamer, Miss Abbey,' cried one blurred figure in the fog. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• In consequence objects look blurred. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• The mark was not yet blurred out by the rain--and the girl's boot fitted it to a hair. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• High above this to the right, and much nearer thitherward than the Quiet Woman Inn, the blurred contour of Rainbarrow obstructed the sky. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Charley wiped his own eyes, which were rather blurred with moisture, and stepped closer to the casement. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• There were, as he had said, marks upon the bed, but they were hopelessly blurred and vague. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• If the water in a pond is absolutely still, we get a clear, true image of the trees, but if there are ripples on the surface, the reflection is blurred and distorted. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• The name caught her eye and the blurred look of the lines made her sure that tears had fallen on it. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• So absorbed was he that he did not note the approaching dusk, until it was quite upon him and the figures were blurred. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• A benign though tardy Providence blurred my vision and my mind as I sank into unconsciousness across the lifeless body of my only son. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• It flashed strangely through the tears which still blurred her eyes, and smote on the white ruin of Lily's face. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• She drew it out, holding it in the palm of her hand for a moment with tear-blurred eyes bent upon it. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• The last form neither augments nor diminishes visible objects; the concave diminishes them, the convex increases them, but both show them blurred and indistinct. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• The rain, which was fast wetting me, dripped over the glass, blurred it, and prevented her from seeing anything. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Puillet was much interested, but he was troubled with a squint which presented to his anxious gaze but a blurred mixture of images. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.

Edited by Alison