Boulders and trees continued to slide into the caliginous void and vanish. From Wordnik.com. [Cyber Way]
Ahead, the sun began to emerge from hiding, and it was as caliginous as the misbegotten stars. From Wordnik.com. [The Howling Stones]
Yet, as she turned weakly, she saw Camon looming above her in the caliginous room, drunken fury showing in his face. From Wordnik.com. [Mistborn] Reference
Noblemen weren't supposed to be afraid of such things, but that didn't change the fact that the deep, caliginous mist was just plain creepy. From Wordnik.com. [Mistborn] Reference
“It was a dark and stormy night” might become “It was a caliginous and raving night” or “It was an obscure and disorderly night” – not exactly conveying what the original does. From Wordnik.com. [2009 October « Hyperpat’s HyperDay] Reference
Anaxagoras, that the reason of the inequality ariseth from the commixture of things earthy and cold; and that fiery and caliginous matter is jumbled together, whereby the moon is said to be a star of a counterfeit aspect. From Wordnik.com. [Essays and Miscellanies] Reference
"Was it very caliginous in the Metropolis?" he asked. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XIX No 4] Reference
"French Press," opposing the song's caliginous verses. From Wordnik.com. [Independent Weekly: All Recent Stories] Reference
Enclosed by the seat and chairs is a biggish rectangle marble umber fare in a business caliginous emancipationist marble convolution. From Wordnik.com. [amp; Pressemeldungen kostenlos] Reference
Were one content, like Gibbon, to take one's history like snuff there would be to hand a mass of caliginous detail with which to cause shuddering in the unsuspecting reader. From Wordnik.com. [She Stands Accused] Reference
I had expected 'food' an 'wouldn't have hardly batted an' eye at 'viands,' an 'the caliginous part of it is good, only, if you aim to obfuscate my convolutions you'll have to dig a little deeper. From Wordnik.com. [The Texan A Story of the Cattle Country] Reference
And yet so sure is Blanche of her own innocence that they never trouble her dreams in her lone little room, full of caliginous corners and nooks, with the winds moaning round the desolate ruins, and the casements rattling hoarse in the dungeon-like wall. From Wordnik.com. [The Caxtons — Complete] Reference
Alice looked into the Texan's face with a peculiar little puckering of the brows, and laughed: "See here, Mr. Tex," she said, "of course, I know that java must be coffee, but if you will kindly render the rest of your remarks a little less caliginous by calling the grub by its. From Wordnik.com. [The Texan A Story of the Cattle Country] Reference
Beautiful and flattering. caliginous. From Wordnik.com. [2009 January 28 | NIGEL BEALE NOTA BENE BOOKS] Reference
Conan slipped into the caliginous night. From Wordnik.com. [Conan The Invincible]
To exhaust with attacks. caliginous. From Wordnik.com. [GeekLikeMe.net] Reference
"Somewhat caliginous," Lawerence replied gravely. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XIX No 4] Reference
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