Like a man who is drowning, and close to death, he saw with surprising distinctness a kaleidoscopic view of his past life. From Wordnik.com. [The Third Degree A Narrative of Metropolitan Life] Reference
One, namely the distinctness of specific forms, and their not being blended together by innumerable transitional links, is a very obvious difficulty. From Wordnik.com. [On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. (2nd edition)] Reference
Her very words had a sort of distinctness which is sometimes produced by sharp, bodily pain. From Wordnik.com. [Night and Day] Reference
They were outlined with that sharp, black distinctness which is seen when at night a fireman runs along the outer walls of a burning building. From Wordnik.com. [Adrift in the Wilds or, The Adventures of Two Shipwrecked Boys] Reference
He turned his face toward her and replied slowly and with distinctness. From Wordnik.com. [The Last Woman] Reference
The Major spoke slowly, pronouncing each word with exaggerated distinctness. From Wordnik.com. [Lucile Triumphant] Reference
The white lack on his temple gleamed with a sinister distinctness amid his black hair. From Wordnik.com. [The Maid of the Whispering Hills] Reference
Each movement magnified its distinctness and indispensability for the progressive cause. From Wordnik.com. [‘The Bulldozer and the Big Tent: Blind Republicans, Lame Democrats, and the Recovery of American Ideals’] Reference
Mr. Stevens announced his opinions on reconstruction with great boldness and distinctness. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Thirty-Ninth Congress of the United States] Reference
With startling distinctness he could hear them, and the cry went ringing through his brain. From Wordnik.com. [The Hero of Garside School] Reference
In two or three minutes, however, the maximum of distinctness will not fail to be obtained. From Wordnik.com. [Photographic Reproduction Processes] Reference
“In no case should plumpness be so predominant as to destroy the distinctness of parts.”. From Wordnik.com. [The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources] Reference
The words came back to her with a startling distinctness and a great sob rose in her throat. From Wordnik.com. [Heart of Gold] Reference
The shiny stone reflected oneself so perfectly that there was no mistaking one's distinctness. From Wordnik.com. [Animal Park (Part II)] Reference
"I'll be glad to leave some people in this neighborhood," stated Sarah with peculiar distinctness. From Wordnik.com. [Rainbow Hill] Reference
"Grady" came up in my mind with as much distinctness as though some one had whispered it in my ear. From Wordnik.com. [One Thousand Secrets of Wise and Rich Men Revealed] Reference
The sound of the brush striking sharply and with metallic distinctness on a dustpan came from the room beyond. From Wordnik.com. [Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905] Reference
The light came upward like the rays of the setting sun, revealing the setting of the stage with vivid distinctness. From Wordnik.com. [Mizora: A Prophecy A MSS. Found Among the Private Papers of the Princess Vera Zarovitch] Reference
The memory of the scene alongside the road, where the machines had collided, came back to him with vivid distinctness. From Wordnik.com. [The Motor Girls] Reference
All these scenes, with the distinctness of the voices, have the effect of making her homesick to return to the village. From Wordnik.com. [Short Sketches from Oldest America] Reference
On two of these stones, somewhat apart, but facing the same way, Mary could see the black lines with gloomy distinctness. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Homestead] Reference
Against the deepening gold of the west, a black speck showed, emerging rapidly into distinctness as the vehicles approached. From Wordnik.com. [Other People's Business The Romantic Career of the Practical Miss Dale] Reference
Its tones rang out upon the night air with startling distinctness, and were heard high above the rude clamor of the keepers. From Wordnik.com. [The Martyr of the Catacombs A Tale of Ancient Rome] Reference
These instruments had cheated time of its prey, and lay there in their pristine distinctness a link binding the past with the future. From Wordnik.com. [The American Family Robinson or, The Adventures of a Family lost in the Great Desert of the West] Reference
The motions of loading and firing, and as we were in the line of direction, the shell itself, could be seen with terrible distinctness. From Wordnik.com. [Red-Tape and Pigeon-Hole Generals As Seen From the Ranks During a Campaign in the Army of the Potomac] Reference
It appears as dark brown spots, streaks, or freckles, on the top of the mushroom caps, and increases in distinctness and breadth with age. From Wordnik.com. [Mushrooms: how to grow them a practical treatise on mushroom culture for profit and pleasure] Reference
The little scene had been a vivid picture which stamped itself with curious distinctness on his brain, yet failed to convey any meaning whatever. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, December 1878] Reference
It was so dark that the youths could not see any very great distance with distinctness, but they were confident that there was nobody in the back yard. From Wordnik.com. [The Dare Boys of 1776] Reference
It brought out with startling distinctness the details of the towns and villages over which they passed, and distant landmarks were also made plainly visible. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Swift and His Great Searchlight; or, on the border for Uncle Sam] Reference
And now he tiptoed forward to the door beneath which the light shone, and, getting upon his hands and knees, held his ear down where he could hear with more distinctness. From Wordnik.com. [A Woman at Bay Or, a Fiend in Skirts] Reference
The interval is not an empty gap, however, for, as we have seen, all volitions do not stand out upon the background of our consciousness with the same unmistakable distinctness. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Ethical Theory] Reference
In this biography the single purpose has been to present the living man with such distinctness of outline that the reader may have a sort of feeling of being acquainted with him. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Abraham Lincoln] Reference
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