Some weary and travel-stained, some busy and bustling. From Wordnik.com. [The Hard Way]
Yamato there turned up a shabby travel-stained old fellow. From Wordnik.com. [The Yotsuya Kwaidan or O'Iwa Inari Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 1 (of 2)] Reference
A battalion of brawny Scotchmen, travel-stained and sleepy. From Wordnik.com. [From Aldershot to Pretoria A Story of Christian Work among Our Troops in South Africa] Reference
His clothes were worn and travel-stained, though not so dirty as Hethor's. From Wordnik.com. [The Shadow of the Torturer]
It's in good shape, I'll guarantee that, though it is rather travel-stained. From Wordnik.com. [Joe Strong, the Boy Fish or Marvelous Doings in a Big Tank] Reference
Miss Du Prel looked startled, as she caught sight of the travel-stained figure. From Wordnik.com. [The Daughters of Danaus] Reference
Stourbridge brought in an endless procession of ragged and travel-stained seamen. From Wordnik.com. [The Press-Gang Afloat and Ashore] Reference
Beneath, he wore the old travel-stained black leathers he preferred for night work. From Wordnik.com. [Curse of the Shadowmage]
It was parked tight to the curb, locked up, still and cold, a little travel-stained. From Wordnik.com. [Bad Luck and Trouble]
It was a weary and travel-stained man that drove a dog-sled into Dawson a fortnight later. From Wordnik.com. [Colorado Jim] Reference
Emperor himself instead of the worn, faded, travel-stained cloak of a wandering tent-maker. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Missionary Heroes] Reference
His clothes were travel-stained, his weak chin unshaved, his eyes red-rimmed from weariness. From Wordnik.com. [Lord of the Silver Bow]
Well-nigh as travel-stained were we, and torn, as Hereward the Wake when he returned to Bruges. From Wordnik.com. [With the Guards' Brigade from Bloemfontein to Koomati Poort and Back] Reference
He carried on his arm a shawl, gray and travel-stained, and in one shaking hand a Scotch bonnet. From Wordnik.com. [The Lincoln Story Book] Reference
They had been especially travel-stained, soiled; they had still an air of soil and travel-stain. From Wordnik.com. [Miss Theodosia's Heartstrings] Reference
His car, travel-stained and looking as though it had seen hard service, stood close to the curb. From Wordnik.com. [Juggernaut] Reference
A weary, travel-stained group the captives looked -- with their unkempt locks and unshaven faces. From Wordnik.com. [The Siege of Kimberley] Reference
They formed a striking contrast to us, travel-stained wayfarers in linsey dresses and sun-bonnets. From Wordnik.com. [The Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate] Reference
In America a lady may alight in what is called a tavern, weary, travel-stained, and with a headache. From Wordnik.com. [Manners and Social Usages] Reference
I found a very travel-stained little woman, down whose dust-covered cheeks tears had left their sign. From Wordnik.com. [Letters of a Woman Homesteader] Reference
His slate-colored doublet was well kept, but over it he wore a travel-stained cloak of midnight blue. From Wordnik.com. [Curse of the Shadowmage]
A mild-visaged woman responded and surveyed the travel-stained children with something like compassion. From Wordnik.com. [Rabbi and Priest A Story] Reference
At the tall gilded gates of the Palace, Elayne rode forward alone in her travel-stained gray riding dress. From Wordnik.com. [The Path of Daggers]
They were dishevelled and travel-stained but I knew before they spoke that they were the bearers of good news. From Wordnik.com. [The Reluctant Queen]
He wore a travel-stained garment, carried a staff and held against one shoulder some branches of flowering green. From Wordnik.com. [The Coming of the King] Reference
These last were nearly new, and very clumsy, and, like the rest of her costume, travel-stained and bespattered with mud. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
Two snow-besprinkled, travel-stained men, came in out of the darkness and stood revealed in the glowing fire-light as Sandy. From Wordnik.com. [Neville Trueman, the Pioneer Preacher : a tale of the war of 1812] Reference
Truly, there was no sight so sweet to "mother" as that of her ragged, travel-stained son; and Timoteo, the strong man, wept. From Wordnik.com. [Through Five Republics on Horseback, Being an Account of Many Wanderings in South America] Reference
It was the afternoon of a hot, dusty August day when a worn, travel-stained pilgrim drifted laggingly into the office of the. From Wordnik.com. [Mark Twain: A Biography] Reference
Then suddenly Marco rose from the table and, going out of the room, returned with the three coarse, travel-stained garments. From Wordnik.com. [A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole] Reference
When the New York train reached there the young man found his guest in the smoking-car, travel-stained and distressingly clad. From Wordnik.com. [Mark Twain: A Biography] Reference
Towards night, the door of Rabbi Winenki's house was suddenly thrown open, and Joseph Kierson, haggard and travel-stained, entered. From Wordnik.com. [Rabbi and Priest A Story] Reference
Dregara, like his travel-stained men, was carrying a cavalry carbine that he now raised so that its barrel gaped into Sharpe's face. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Devil]
His handsome violet silk tunic reminded Simon that his own surcoat was travel-stained and that Thierry had not polished his mail in days. From Wordnik.com. [The Saracen: Land of the Infidel] Reference
Broke, travel-stained, and tormented by the thought of parting, Jim could find little conversation, though Angela seemed cheerful enough. From Wordnik.com. [Colorado Jim] Reference
'I'll call some of my men to do it,' he said, and in a few moments twelve jovial, sun-burnt, travel-stained sailors had climbed the ladder and entered the enclosure. From Wordnik.com. [Chatterbox, 1905.] Reference
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