But in the repeated curve of her thigh and calf he saw shapes like sea shells, with the luminescence and faint muscular rays of the great chambered nautilus.
On a recent Sunday morning, after services at the tiny Lebanon Lutheran Church in Amidon, local farmers talked about their plight with a mixture of exasperation and faint hope.
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There was no moon, and the stars were high and faint, but the rails shone clear and far, as if they were gathering, out of the poverty of darkness, the light that had been scattered in the gloom.
But give it the Glacial treatment and what you are left with is just a sensation rather than a flavour, a cool, snappy, crisp crackle of biscuity malt and a faint impression of hops, and all of the sweetness and flavour flattened by serving it just above freezing.
The sky beyond is washed with strokes of cobalt and cerulean blue, and a faint but perceptible smell of aniseed and wild garlic hangs in the air.
Screeches, squeaks, and a faint muttering filled the forest, perhaps indicating bliss and satisfaction, perhaps indicating that someone had perished.
"Don't try to be like them, " said the 26-year-old with a round face and a faint mustache.
Ravens strut and croak on the medieval ramparts, and a faint peal of bells echoes from the church.
To discourage counterfeiters, Hours are printed on good-quality paper and have faint graphic elements that are hard to reproduce.
Tyres hang on the wall, rusty chains coil around the place and a faint smell of oil permeates the air.
Only the chimney on the roof and the faint smell of burnt hydrocarbons betray its status as the centrepiece of Britain's greenest local council.
It smelled ridiculously good -- sage, I guessed, and butter and garlic and onion, and maybe some thyme, and the faint sweetness of the fruit.
Under the perfume, the odor of hospital, fresh paint, and air-conditioning, and the faint cigarette smell of someone who took her habit out to the balcony.
Liverpool were comfortably in command throughout the rest of the half, and despite faint signs of a Chelsea recovery in the early stages of the second period, it was Benitez's side who looked more likely to add to their lead.
On the fresh surface, Malskat repainted apostles and saints that had previously been only faint and incomplete.
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Emma found her 30-year-old brother Graham in the darkness and had started to pull him up the ladder when she felt faint and lost consciousness.
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This declaration was a little obvious and overcompensating, faint praise disguised as a grand gesture.
The veteran broadcaster later told the Guardian newspaper website he had "felt faint and woozy".
Moreover, the political fall-out overseas seems likely to be faint and controllable.
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Greenwich Village has delightful, leafy streets filled with townhouses and the extremely faint whiff of the neighborhood's bohemian past mingles with the well-heeled queuing in front of Magnolia Bakery.
For a moment I focus on the glass and catch the faint, honest reflection of my eye staring back at me, a lock of gray straggly hair in its way.
And there is a faint possibility that it will lead to much more than that.
The finale is as quick as it is awful, and not for the faint of heart.
Sussex's run chase began poorly with Chris Nash caught at mid-on and Yardy getting a faint edge pushing forward.
CCDs are much more efficient at imaging very faint objects and are far less likely to be foiled by Earth-based light.
Entrepreneurship remains an act of faith, and never for the faint hearted.
He described a man who, though he frequently wrestled with doubt, gave voice to the voiceless and courage to the faint of heart.
Nothing is ironed, and there is a faint stain on the skirt that is yesterday's lunchtime soup ineffectually rubbed off with a Kleenex.
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