Clouded

Examples

• Hopkins's brow was clouded, and he sat down with an air of deep dejection. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• He remains in close order, clouded and depressed. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• While they had spoken the sun had clouded over and as he looked back up toward the mountains the sky was now heavy and gray. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• She stood sketching on the table-cloth, with her face clouded and set, and was silent. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• The irony faded from her eyes, and she bent a clouded face upon her friend. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• She had risen, and stood before him in a kind of clouded majesty, like some deposed princess moving tranquilly to exile. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Mr. Welland's brow remained clouded, and it was evident that his perturbed imagination had fastened at once on this last remark. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• Then her last phrase struck his ear and his face clouded. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• The day had clouded over, and a drizzling rain set in at sunset. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• If the horizon is clouded, and the sun or a known star is visible, a ship's position can still be determined by the solarmeter. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• She darkened, her soul clouded over, she turned aside. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• The brilliancy of the diamond hides these flaws when the diamond is clean, but when clouded with soap and dust these cavities fill up and show plainly. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Mrs. Peniston's face clouded perceptibly, but did not express the astonishment her niece had expected. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Such a thing was unheard of, and it clouded their superstitious minds with all manner of vague fears. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• His hand would, perhaps, be loose and chill if I put mine into it; his eye would be clouded if I sought its beam. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• The sky had clouded over again and it was raining a little. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• As he looked at Carton with clouded eyes and with an altered manner of breathing, Carton--his hand again in his breast--looked steadily at him. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• It had not been clouded, except for a passing moment, until now. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• It was moonlight, but clouded, and very windy. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• The moon was almost down now but before it went down the sky clouded over again and it was very dark. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• The clouded moon still favored us. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• The room darkened as they went out, and the sun was clouded over. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• The sky became clouded; but the air was pure, although chilled by the north-east breeze that was then rising. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• If I can do you this little service, Mr. Blake, I shall feel it like a last gleam of sunshine, falling on the evening of a long and clouded day. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Her face clouded over, but she answered: Ah, well--you will see, presently. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• I saw the brow of Idris clouded; I again felt, that we were enchained to the car of fate, over whose coursers we had no control. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• No sound came from within, and at the silence Holmes' face clouded over. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• The next day, contrary to the prognostications of our guides, was fine, although clouded. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• And yet, in the clouded, eager, seeking look that passed over him, so dreadfully like her! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• No harsh feeling ever clouded her serene brow; how did I treat her? Mary Shelley. The Last Man.

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