Within about 30 seconds, the guy I was descrying focused on someone in the middle of the audience. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Or was the Prince of Astrology already above the starry ceiling of the studiolo with Paul of Middleburg, descrying signs from the heavens regarding the health of the duke and dukedom? ❋ Unknown (2008)
He has no problem descrying "moral responsibility" but he's fuzzy about legal responsibility such as the definition of slander. ❋ Ann Althouse (2008)
To my surprise, I heard no more about it for some two or three weeks, though I was sufficiently interested in the result of his endeavours; descrying a strange gleam of good sense — I say nothing of good feeling, for that he always exhibited — in the conclusion to which he had come. ❋ Unknown (2007)
But, sitting with my pen in my hand looking at those words again, without descrying any hint in them of the words that should follow, it comes into my mind that they have an abrupt appearance. ❋ Unknown (2007)
But, descrying traces of unmuddled harmony in a part-song one day, he gave his two under cellarmen faint hopes of getting on towards something in course of time. ❋ Unknown (2007)
The Athenian day-watch descrying him, signalled to the generals, and they, with twenty sail, put out to sea to attack him. ❋ Unknown (2007)
Arthur continuing to lie very ill in the Marshalsea, and Mr Rugg descrying no break in the legal sky affording a hope of his enlargement, ❋ Unknown (2007)
"When the Ship Comes In" is as good an example as any, I suppose; Dylan in his vatic mode, descrying the shape of the coming day: ❋ Bruce Schauble (2007)
The friendly breeze freshened again next day, and on we went once more before it gallantly: descrying now and then an English ship going homeward under shortened sail, while we, with every inch of canvas crowded on, dashed gaily past, and left her far behind. ❋ Unknown (2007)
Bunsby, descrying no objection, on the coast of Greenland or elsewhere, to this proposal, it was carried into execution; and that great man, bringing his eye into the present for a moment, affixed his sign – manual to the cover, totally abstaining, with characteristic modesty, from the use of capital letters. ❋ Unknown (2007)
Jim-Eng, descrying Babalatchi far away, would shake off the stupor of an habitual opium smoker and, tottering on to the middle of the road, would await the approach of that important person, ready with hospitable invitation. ❋ Unknown (2006)
The wooden Wegg looked at him with a meditative eye, and also with a softened air as descrying possibility of profit. ❋ Unknown (2004)
Analytical Chemist goes to the door, confers angrily with unseen tapper, appears to become mollified by descrying reason in the tapping, and goes out. ❋ Unknown (2004)
There could be no possibility, the breadth of the lake considered, of descrying the entrance of the narrow and low-browed cave from the other side; so that, unless the retreat had been sought for with boats, or disclosed by treachery, it might be a safe and secret residence to its garrison as long as they were supplied with provisions. ❋ Unknown (2004)
And then, descrying as many as a half dozen people in the water in the distance, at once turning and retreating in the direction of the others in order to give the necessary signal. ❋ Unknown (2004)
The third of May we passed along the coast of England, descrying some of her Maiesties ships, and they vs, whom we honoured with discharge of our artillery. ❋ Unknown (2003)
I would willingly have studied it deeply, but circumstances prevented: — the explorer too frequently must rest satisfied with descrying from his Pisgah the ❋ Unknown (2003)
