Varicolored

His rimed brows turned to cataracts as he whirled about; his mustache, still frozen, seemed gemmed with diamonds and turned the light in varicolored rays; while the flying feet slipped on the chunks of ice which rattled from his moccasins and German socks. ❋ Unknown (2010)

A flower pattern of tank silhouettes cut out of varicolored felts is placed very effectively across the gallery from the flower design prints. ❋ Unknown (2008)

She waved a thumb over her shoulder, and Frank leaned down to peer through the eyepiece of a microscope at varicolored crystals of soil particles, dull fragments of decaying leaves, and dozens of small, wrinkled spheres. ❋ ERIN HART (2010)

An old proverb states: "When the dragon arises, the varicolored clouds follow." ❋ Unknown (2010)

Nora lifted the first lid and took out a conical shell—a black-footed limpet—turning it over and admiring all the varicolored stripes. ❋ ERIN HART (2010)

Too late, he realized, as he glimpsed through the eyes of several drones personal forcefields snapping into place, absorbing varicolored phaser beams. ❋ David R. George III (2010)

Four men, spaced along its length, their fingers twinkling over a maze of controls, their eyes alert to the flickering on and off of varicolored lights before them, were all that were required for the operation of every mechanical detail of the thousand-foot, eighty-thousand-ton ship! ❋ Johnny Pez (2009)

She found Sanji in his workshop, mounting a compass into a new casing crafted from slender strips of varicolored woods. ❋ Victoria Janssen (2009)

Watching Jesse Jackson in tears in Grant Park, pressed up against the varicolored American public, it seemed like he, at least, had received the answer he needed: only a many-voiced man could have spoken to that many people. ❋ Smith, Zadie (2009)

Far from being the Green Hell as it is described, Maia and 'Minty' finds themselves enchanted and entranced by the world of the Amazon, with the varicolored peoples, their beautiful trees and flowers, and their unique ways of embracing their world. ❋ Tanita Davis (2008)

In the boxes are seen the court uniforms of foreign diplomats, the gold braid of our own and foreign fleets and armies, the black of the conventional morning dress of American statesmen, the varicolored furs and outdoor wrapping garments of mothers and sisters come to mourn, the drab and blue of soldiers and sailors, the glitter of musical instruments and the white and black of a vested choir ❋ Unknown (2007)

There remained varicolored cotton dresses which Scarlett felt were not festive enough for the occasion, ball dresses and the green sprigged muslin she had worn yesterday. ❋ Unknown (2007)

In the early days, the cattle in a trail herd were a mixed lot—varicolored Spanish cattle with small short horns; brown west Texas cattle with slight stripes down their backs and long shiny blue horns; and the Texas Longhorns, ungainly white-patched animals with half-twisted backs, gaunt bodies, and narrow hips. ❋ DEE BROWN (2007)