Shaded

Examples

• Beyond the boundaries of the plantation, George had noticed a dry, sandy knoll, shaded by a few trees; there they made the grave. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• But the difference is but one of emphasis; the meaning that is shaded in one set of words is illuminated in the other. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• Before its introduction it was not possible to reproduce cheaply in printers’ ink shaded pictures like photographs, brush drawings, paintings, etc. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Eustacia turned, entered the house, and ascended to the front bedroom, where a shaded light was burning. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Good morning, reddleman, she said, hardly troubling to lift her heavily shaded eyes to his. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Not the least disguise toned down or shaded off that uncompromising fact in the landscape. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• When they came to some heavily shaded spots, the fine trees were marked T to indicate that the work in getting through them would be tough. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• But seated in the half-light of the diningroom, sitting stiffly before the shaded candles on the table, she seemed a power, a presence. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Its belly was white, and its legs shaded from the slate of its shoulders and hips to a vivid yellow at the feet. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• She shut the book and remained for a little time with her face shaded by her hand. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• I hastened before Bessie; I softly opened the door: a shaded light stood on the table, for it was now getting dark. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Chancing for an instant to look down, his glance rested on an uplifted face, flushed, smiling, happy, shaded with silky curls, lit with fine eyes. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• I opened my eyes in the day, and, sitting on the window-seat, smoking his pipe in the shaded open window, still I saw Joe. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• She shut her book and slowly looked up; her hat-brim partially shaded her face, yet I could see, as she raised it, that it was a strange one. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• He shaded the dinner, cooled the wines, chilled the gravy, and blighted the vegetables. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Dixon opened the door very softly, and stole on tiptoe up to Margaret, sitting by the shaded window. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• The Doctor shaded his forehead with his hand, and beat his foot nervously on the ground. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• The first person whom I saw, to my surprise, by the sober light of the shaded lamp, was Uriah. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• We were seldom shaded from the declining sun, whose slant beams were instinct with exhausting heat. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• If a face so shaded can brighten, his face brightens somewhat; and by little and little he eats the slice of bread he had so hopelessly laid down. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• The illumination from a shaded oil lamp is soft and agreeable, but the trimming of the wicks, the refilling of bowls, and the cleaning of chimneys require time and labor. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• She touched his lips with her hand, and shaded her eyes with that same hand as she went back to her work and her little low song. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• The red-headed man raised his body, shaded his eyes with his hand, and stared, long and coolly, at Mr. Pickwick and his companions. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• When I had done, he shaded his face, and continued silent. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• If the light is near, have it shaded. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• And if from a speculative angle the Marxian tradition has shaded too heavily the economic facts, it was at least a plausible and practical exaggeration. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• Her face looked sallow and swollen in the dreary light, and her dull hair shaded imperceptibly into the tones of her skin. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• The shaded light showed Miss Keeldar's form but imperfectly; yet it revealed her in elegant attire. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Mr. Peggotty, looking round upon us while she was so engaged, said in a low voice, which he shaded with his hand: 'The old 'un! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• It was a shaded lamp, to shine upon a book, and its circle of light was very contracted; so that he was in it for a mere instant, and then out of it. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.

Typist: Meg