Jessie regarded her through lazy, half-closed eyes. From Wordnik.com. [Lucile Triumphant] Reference
"Charles V!" came through Triboulet's half-closed teeth. From Wordnik.com. [Under the Rose] Reference
The maid-servant took the card, and half-closed the door. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851] Reference
Madeline stared at her for a moment, her eyes half-closed. From Wordnik.com. [Betty Wales Senior] Reference
Her eyes were no longer half-closed, and her colour never varied. From Wordnik.com. [Peter and Jane or The Missing Heir] Reference
Next she fell to watching Madeline, through half-closed eyelashes. From Wordnik.com. [Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter] Reference
The setting sun reddens my half-closed curtains with its last rays. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
There he stopped to peer into the room through the half-closed door. From Wordnik.com. [A Son of the City A Story of Boy Life] Reference
It came from between the half-closed curtains of his father's study. From Wordnik.com. [The Scarlet Feather] Reference
She was leaning forward, her head a little back, her eyes half-closed. From Wordnik.com. [The Seventh Noon] Reference
He looked through half-closed lids with longing eyes at the peaceful Bolter. From Wordnik.com. [Queensland Cousins] Reference
Pierre feigns slumber, but from shaded, half-closed eyes intently watches his son. From Wordnik.com. [Oswald Langdon or, Pierre and Paul Lanier. A Romance of 1894-1898] Reference
'May I come in?' said master Joe, thrusting his head in at the half-closed doorway. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3 No 2, February 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
When she came to Madge she halted, staring at her through insolent, half-closed eyes. From Wordnik.com. [Madge Morton's Secret] Reference
She viewed him through half-closed eyes, knowing that the pose has always allured him. From Wordnik.com. [Hidden Gold] Reference
He recalled the time when he saw those charming gray eyes gleam under half-closed lids. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
The eyelids are half-closed and bloodshot, and the animal occasionally grinds the teeth. From Wordnik.com. [The Veterinarian] Reference
Marjorie needed no second invitation; in a second she had pushed open the half-closed door. From Wordnik.com. [The Girl Scouts' Good Turn] Reference
His eyes were half-closed, drooping serenely, as if he was enjoying his dreams before dying. From Wordnik.com. [Even the Good Days] Reference
He stopped as Paul entered, and regarded him in his usual manner -- through half-closed eyes. From Wordnik.com. [The Hero of Garside School] Reference
Donaldson for some time, observing him through half-closed eyes, before he ventured to speak. From Wordnik.com. [The Seventh Noon] Reference
He threw himself back upon the warm sands and with half-closed eyes lay dreaming of the future. From Wordnik.com. [The New Land Stories of Jews Who Had a Part in the Making of Our Country] Reference
Mr. Rowlandson held his wine-glass to the light again, and looked through it with half-closed eyes. From Wordnik.com. [Old Valentines A Love Story] Reference
SEEDS should be removed from the mouth with the aid of a fork, or dropped into the half-closed hand. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Good Manners; a Guide to Polite Usage for All Social Functions] Reference
She also looked her best with fiddle in her arms, a rapt, far-off expression in her half-closed eyes. From Wordnik.com. [Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905] Reference
Groping his way with half-closed eyes back to the bed, he falls again into a heavy, dreamless slumber. From Wordnik.com. [Uncanny Tales] Reference
Juana sat upon her heels, swaying from side to side with half-closed eyes and outstretched tremulous hands. From Wordnik.com. [The Fifth Ace] Reference
Eloisà drew herself impetuously away from her companion who was watching her through long, half-closed eyes. From Wordnik.com. [The Royal Pawn of Venice A Romance of Cyprus] Reference
"I understand that you've visited Hibbert once or twice," he began, regarding Paul through his half-closed eyes. From Wordnik.com. [The Hero of Garside School] Reference
"I'll call 'er Eleanor!" and marches away well satisfied, to re-open a half-closed wound in her mother's breast. From Wordnik.com. [When the Birds Begin to Sing] Reference
The afternoon sun shines brightly upon the strip of garden as she opens the gate and walks up to the half-closed door. From Wordnik.com. [Only an Irish Girl] Reference
Mr. Weevil's hand went gently, lovingly over the boy's brow, and he watched him anxiously through his half-closed eyes. From Wordnik.com. [The Hero of Garside School] Reference
"You weren't in any way concerned in it?" demanded Mr. Weevil, suddenly opening his half-closed eyes and fixing them on Paul. From Wordnik.com. [The Hero of Garside School] Reference
They sat in silence, and presently he saw that her eyes were again half-closed and the dreaming look had settled back in them. From Wordnik.com. [The Maid of the Whispering Hills] Reference
The lamb had toppled over in a little heap and was looking patiently and with half-closed eyes into Naomi's face bent above him. From Wordnik.com. [Christmas Light] Reference
A few tears stole from under my half-closed lids, and I was very miserable and forlorn, when suddenly I felt a hand laid upon mine. From Wordnik.com. [Margaret Tudor A Romance of Old St. Augustine] Reference
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