Beaten in our hibernal caves, we were venturing out with an emphatic olé oollée!. From Wordnik.com. [aubade - French Word-A-Day] Reference
Ms. Greenfield, like other young New Yorkers, felt that the city had entered a hibernal state and she could not find purchase. From Wordnik.com. [Go West, Young Babes] Reference
I envy the feathered and petaled merrymakers who bring the dull countryside to life while I remain sluggish to give up this cozy hibernal shell. From Wordnik.com. [French Word-A-Day:] Reference
After the hibernal bleakness of the Red Queen's sanctum, it was a relief to spend time in her office, which was painted in the soft colors of the American West. From Wordnik.com. [The Kaisho]
It is but little more than a quarter of a mile in length, and is remarkable for its pit of two-hundred and eighty feet in depth; and as being the hibernal resort of bats. From Wordnik.com. [Rambles in the Mammoth Cave, during the Year 1844 By a Visiter] Reference
Thus we may distribute the twelve months into six of rains, vernal and autumnal, and six of dry weather, æstival and hibernal: the following table will show the sub-sections: —. From Wordnik.com. [Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo] Reference
She stands in her house and stares into the mouths of containers, watching little diamonds of light reflect off the smooth polish of seeds, their perfect geometries, their hibernal dreams. From Wordnik.com. [Memory Wall] Reference
The hot weather at Al-Madinah appeared to me as extreme as the hibernal cold is described to be, but the air was dry, and the open plain prevented the faint and stagnant sultriness which distinguishes. From Wordnik.com. [Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah] Reference
Behind him, and to the right, the woman in the silk kimono knelt, head bowed, snow-white hands folded obediently in her lap, her eyes closed as if in the same hibernal slumber that gripped the azalea. From Wordnik.com. [Black Blade]
Moreover, there is no doubt that the militants are in their seasonal hibernal phase, making their annual return to Pakistan where they will rest until the fighting season begins again in the following spring. From Wordnik.com. [Khalil Nouri: The Frailty of the Afghan War] Reference
My conjugal partner and I, attired in our nocturnal head coverings, were about to take slumbrous advantage of the hibernal darkness when upon the avenaceous exterior portion of the grounds there ascended such a cacaphony of dissonance that I felt compelled to arise with alacrity from my place of repose for the purpose of ascertaining the precise source thereof. From Wordnik.com. [Sunlight Through The Shadows Magazine Volume 1 Issue 6 (ANSI Edition)] Reference
Jean Kalman's hibernal lighting promises more snow to come. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
But there's something equally wonderful about these long hibernal nights. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
hibernal = wintry Usage: Bears prepare for their long hibernal sleep by overeating. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
Cally had justified her flare-up; and Mrs. Heth, with eyes nobly moist, begged forgiveness for all the hibernal harshnesses. From Wordnik.com. [V. V.'s Eyes] Reference
The Summer ended when gusts of wind swept the leaves from the trees and when a number of animals crept into their holes to make ready for the long hibernal sleep. From Wordnik.com. [Ancient Man The Beginning of Civilizations] Reference
Thus we may distribute the twelve months into six of rains, vernal and autumnal, and six of dry weather, æstival and hibernal: the following table will show the sub-sections. From Wordnik.com. [Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 1] Reference
If the hibernal lethargy be observed, both in cold-blooded and in hot-blooded animals, we shall be less surprised to learn, that these two classes furnish alike examples of a summer-sleep. From Wordnik.com. [Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2] Reference
In the plains, on the contrary, many trees are stripped of a part of their leaves during the winter; and when we descend into the valley of the Tuy, we are struck with the almost hibernal aspect of the country. From Wordnik.com. [Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1] Reference
Winter setting in, the Shokas, who had by now all returned from Tibet, were beginning to migrate to their winter homes at Dharchula, and when we passed the settlement many were already at work repairing the fallen-down roofs of their hibernal habitations. From Wordnik.com. [In the Forbidden Land] Reference
Beneath the fine sky of the tropics the traveller is struck with the almost hibernal aspect of the country; but the freshest verdure again appears when he reaches the banks of the Orinoco, where another climate prevails; and the great forests preserve by their shade a certain quantity of moisture in the soil, by sheltering it from the devouring heat of the sun. From Wordnik.com. [Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1] Reference
My conjugal partner and I, attired in our nocturnal head coverings, were about to take slumberous advantage of the hibernal darkness when upon the avenaceous exterior portion of the grounds there ascended such a cacophony of dissonance that I felt compelled to arise with alacrity from my place of repose for the purpose of ascertaining the precise source thereof. From Wordnik.com. [LJWorld.com stories: News] Reference
Common hibernal genera are Stipa, Piptochaetum, Poa, and Bromus (Republica Oriental del. From Wordnik.com. [Uruguayan savanna] Reference
Stingy. hibernal adj. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
"Insufflate, insufflate, wind hibernal!. From Wordnik.com. [The Unseen World and Other Essays] Reference
But in a general way he kept track of the seasons for he had noticed that the cold winter was invariably followed by the mild spring -- that spring grew into the hot summer when fruits ripened and the wild ears of corn were ready to be eaten and that summer ended when sudden gusts of wind swept the leaves from the trees and a number of animals were getting ready for the long hibernal sleep. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Mankind] Reference
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