Lonely creeks are opal in the dawn, sword-blue in the sun, greyly silver under misty moons. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
A jumble of letters stood out greyly on the surface. From Wordnik.com. [The Grell Mystery] Reference
We drifted on quietly through the greyly opaque world. From Wordnik.com. [When Eight Bells Toll]
The leathery eyelids were creased greyly over their eyes. From Wordnik.com. [A Haunted House, and other short stories] Reference
The drizzle of rain drifted greyly past upon the darkness. From Wordnik.com. [Lady Chatterley's Lover] Reference
She woke up greyly, and watched, but without making a sound to disturb Sir. From Wordnik.com. [Lady Chatterley's Lover] Reference
Yowford Lane dripped greyly between its hedgerows and was choked with mud and slush. From Wordnik.com. [Death of a Fool]
After a silence he'd risen greyly to his feet to leave and told me to look after myself. From Wordnik.com. [Longshot]
It was a greyly opaque world, a blind world, with nothing to be seen but the thinly driving snow. From Wordnik.com. [Where Eagles Dare]
They gave him fealty in a ritual as old as An, their molder-ing blades flashing greyly in the moonlight. From Wordnik.com. [Harpist in the Wind]
One moment I was greyly aware that I was lying on something hard and wet, the next the awareness was gone. From Wordnik.com. [The Satan Bug]
I thanked him again and he went greyly away, leaving me on my own with his notes and a feeling of nakedness. From Wordnik.com. [Hot Money]
The morning came greyly, under a sky lightly clouded over but lofty, and threatening no further falls of snow. From Wordnik.com. [The Confession of Brother Haluin]
Sunday morning crept in greyly on a near-freezing drizzle, enough to test the spirits of all would-be survivors. From Wordnik.com. [Longshot]
He lowered himself into a chair, and he was still there, motionless before a dead fire, when morning dawned greyly. From Wordnik.com. [Then I'll Come Back to You] Reference
An example: “The grey voice of the grey Seaforth glided greyly on to their ears, like a tide of putrescent grey molasses.”. From Wordnik.com. [More Odd Books : Edward Champion’s Reluctant Habits] Reference
The night closed around them - small sounds, light sighing wind, stars showing in sparkling bunches between greyly drifting clouds. From Wordnik.com. [The Elvis Latte] Reference
She awoke just as the day was pinkly breaking and the night stealing greyly away, awoke under the impression that John Brown was cutting off her foot. From Wordnik.com. [An Australian Lassie] Reference
It dawned calmly and coldly and greyly at Ingleside. From Wordnik.com. [Rilla of Ingleside] Reference
Lionel Varick's face turned a curious, greyly pallid tint. From Wordnik.com. [From out the Vasty Deep] Reference
The path showed greyly in front of her out of the dimness. From Wordnik.com. [The Experiences of Loveday Brooke, Lady Detective] Reference
Though the danger gleamed greyly, they galloped to beard it. From Wordnik.com. [Right Royal] Reference
A rictus of cruel malignity lit up greyly their old bony faces. From Wordnik.com. [A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man] Reference
The interior of the kitchen we now saw greyly for the first time. From Wordnik.com. [The War of the Worlds] Reference
They went forth to battle, Mr O'Madden Burke said greyly, but they always fell. From Wordnik.com. [Ulysses] Reference
Dawn was now flowing slowly into the sky, and objects stood out greyly in a grey mist. From Wordnik.com. [Hurricane Island] Reference
For unexpectedly and greyly something was coming up all round the four sides of the carpet. From Wordnik.com. [The Phoenix and the Carpet] Reference
The light fell away greyly, the cold descended on the ruin, and it became very strange and mysterious. From Wordnik.com. [The Land of The Blessed Virgin; Sketches and Impressions in Andalusia] Reference
Of limited intelligence, they fulfilled their duties without inspiration, tediously, greyly, and dully. From Wordnik.com. [The Created Legend] Reference
I got a compartment to myself, and sat with folded arms, looking greyly at the sunlit devastation that flowed past the windows. From Wordnik.com. [The War of the Worlds] Reference
You're not up yet owing to the difference in time -- I can imagine the quiet house with the first of the morning stealing greyly in. From Wordnik.com. [Carry On Letters in War-Time] Reference
He looked with one eye at the light that stole greyly through the window, and recognised that it could not in justice be called light. From Wordnik.com. [Irish Fairy Tales] Reference
Graham’s enlarged ideas, and Beachy Head rose greyly to the left of them. From Wordnik.com. [When the Sleeper Wakes] Reference
They went forth to battle, Mr O’Madden Burke said greyly, but they always fell. —. From Wordnik.com. [Ulysses] Reference
The evening stretched greyly ahead. From Wordnik.com. [Blood Sports]
Spread greyly eastward, thus a chorus sang. From Wordnik.com. [Endymion A Poetic Romance] Reference
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