Lashless

Lena looked past them, to the tiniest of tiny birds, all curled limbs and pointed bottom, the blue pulses visible, the waxy pink lips, the dry skin of a wizened elder, the heaving chest, the huge lashless eyes. ❋ Carol Edgarian (2011)

As he forced his way forward a man passed him up the wooden box that King had used to stand on; he seized it in both hands with a grin and a jest and went to stand behind King and Ismail, in line with the lashless mullah, facing Yasmini. ❋ Dj Barber (2010)

"Words at the gate -- proof in the cavern!" howled the lashless one. ❋ Dj Barber (2010)

The mullah in the arena, blinking with his lashless eyes, held both arms up for silence in the attitude of a Christian priest blessing a congregation. ❋ Dj Barber (2010)

"Many have entered!" sang the lashless mullah in a sing-song chant. ❋ Dj Barber (2010)

"Kurram Khan!" the lashless mullah howled, like a lone wolf in the moonlight, and King stood up. ❋ Dj Barber (2010)

He went back to his men with a shiver between his shoulder-blades, and the mullah, standing in the gap of the mosque wall, blinked at him with lashless eyes. ❋ Dj Barber (2010)

He approached until he could see the pattern on the covering rugs, and the pink rims round the mullah's lashless eyes. ❋ Dj Barber (2010)

Though the head was scuffed and its nose and prominent features worn to near smoothness, the minute, lashless eyes still blinked, and the mouth moved spastically, though no sound could be heard. ❋ Unknown (2009)

She was always well put together, and even though she looked pale her lashless eyes were still piercing. ❋ Richard Paul Evans (2009)

She closed her eyes, and tears spilled from under those lashless crescents and rolled silently down her cheeks. ❋ Patterson, James (2008)

My eyelashes are actually still pretty full, but one day I will wake up and be lashless. ❋ Chandra (2006)

She moved to keep the mercurial droplet from colliding with her lashless eyes. ❋ Gier, Scott (2005)

For a time he hesitated, the lashless lids half closed. ❋ Unknown (2004)

They were a curiously light blue, bloodshot, almost lashless, their pupils small black pinpricks, inhuman in their lack of emotion, their coldness. ❋ Karen Robards (2003)