He pulled rein at the sight of her, saluted, and regarded her with his rather too protuberant eyes. From LearnThat.org. [yourdictionary.com]
Adjective : protuberant eyes. From Dictionary.com.
He has, in his account of the "Little Club," compared himself to a spider, and by another is described as protuberant behind and before. From Wordnik.com. [Lives of the English Poets : Prior, Congreve, Blackmore, Pope] Reference
He has, in his account of the Little Club, compared himself to a spider, and, by another, is described as protuberant behind and before. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes Volume the Eighth: The Lives of the Poets, Volume II] Reference
(And if anyone knows a better word for "protuberant", please let me know). From Wordnik.com. [GNOME-Look.org Content] Reference
Bonasoni, Michael Angelo appears to have had a protuberant brow; and. From Wordnik.com. [Notes and Queries, Number 41, August 10, 1850] Reference
Even with rationing in Skopentzana, he hadn't lost his protuberant belly. From Wordnik.com. [Bridge of the Separator]
Sun, Moon, and planets, on the protuberant equatorial region of the globe. From Wordnik.com. [The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost'] Reference
Such faces are still more embryonic when the forehead and eyes are protuberant. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 392, July 7, 1883] Reference
Snout rough, colours sombre, belly somewhat protuberant; found with Systomus. From Wordnik.com. [Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries] Reference
On his moon face, with his found, protuberant eyes, it made him look like a fat goat. From Wordnik.com. [Conan The Triumphant]
It was a disconcerting eye, pale blue and a little protuberant, but exceedingly clear. From Wordnik.com. [Burmese Days] Reference
The field marshal's face featured the protuberant, bony brows of a very early Cro-Magnon. From Wordnik.com. [Dirge]
His Lordship had protuberant eyes, a strong nose, full lips and an excited, energetic manner. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Devil]
These are greatly enlarged, with the skin protuberant and thickened like the sole of the foot. From Wordnik.com. [Essays] Reference
A large, heavyset man with a protuberant abdomen and gray-black hair rushed over to greet them. From Wordnik.com. [Fatal Care]
But the protuberant screened second floor viewing stations are nothing like we have in America. From Wordnik.com. [Terry Kelhawk: Turkish Delights in Istanbul: 2010 European Capital of Culture] Reference
Gibbous: hump-backed; protuberant: said of a macula when it resembles a moon more than half full. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
He laid two fine white hands, plump and stubby, over the lower buttons of his protuberant waistcoat. From Wordnik.com. [The Titan] Reference
Round eyes are indicative of innocence; strongly protuberant eyes of weakness of both mind and body. From Wordnik.com. [The Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing A Manual of Ready Reference] Reference
He is a tall man with a protuberant real eye, and the unequal effect is noticeable — or used to be. From Wordnik.com. [Cargo of Eagles]
With her long neck, poised, colourful head and slightly protuberant eyes, she looked like some exotic bird. From Wordnik.com. [A Mind to Murder]
Ed did not touch the grass at any point except one: the point where his protuberant stomach most protruded. From Wordnik.com. [Pagan Passions] Reference
The newspaperman, Pecqueur by name, had a baby face, plump cheeks, and the same protuberant eyes as Annette. From Wordnik.com. [Maigret has Doubts]
Standing, he cursed both loud and long, eyes protuberant, face purpling under the strain of vindictive oaths. From Wordnik.com. [Tropic Days] Reference
The slightly protuberant eyes studied his face as if searching for some sign of this staggeringly august lineage. From Wordnik.com. [Fortune's Favorites]
Thirty minutes later, Two-Ton Tony hurried out of the apartment, tucking his shirt in over a grossly protuberant gut. From Wordnik.com. [Fatal Care]
The long coat, as may be seen in sketch No. 92, not only apparently adds length but it conceals too protuberant curves. From Wordnik.com. [What Dress Makes of Us] Reference
No, the owner replies, looking at Max's booth, no he wasn't trying for kitschy, isn't referencing protuberant hindquarters. From Wordnik.com. [Into The Great Behind] Reference
They look like long, fat, hair-covered balloons, with minute bow legs, enormous and protuberant eyes, and long flopping ears. From Wordnik.com. [My Family and Other Animals]
Mr Winter twisted the watch-chain across his protuberant waistcoat, and his chin sank in reflective folds above his neck-tie. From Wordnik.com. [The Imperialist] Reference
To the day of his death he would be able to visualize those protuberant, glistening orbs hovering close to his twitching face. From Wordnik.com. [The False Mirror]
Although the frayed edge of the blind made the image uncertain, she saw that the man on the chair had unusually protuberant canines. From Wordnik.com. [One Thousand Incarnations and One Thousand Deaths - Part I] Reference
There was a certain childlike quality about her that not even the protuberant belly marking her final month of pregnancy could dispel. From Wordnik.com. [Saturday the Rabbi Went Hungry]
Any woman who arranges her hair as in sketch No. 16 caricatures her facial defects by increasing the too protuberant lines of her nose. From Wordnik.com. [What Dress Makes of Us] Reference
The furry pelt that is my chest stretches southward over the protuberant savanna that is my stomach, and then turns into a desert region. From Wordnik.com. [On the Limits of Self-Improvement, Part II] Reference
It was very severe on the arms, and I desired to rest myself by placing my feet on a round, but my protuberant paunch would not permit it. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 3, March, 1862] Reference
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