Example Sentences

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"How the isles grow and multiply around us!" cried Babbalanja, as turning the bold promontory of an uninhabited shore, many distant lands bluely loomed into view.

From Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II by Melville, Herman

Or Piscator and Viator, as they trudged together to "prevent the sunrise" on Amwell Hill—did not the reek of their tobacco trail most bluely on the sweet morning air?

From Shandygaff by Morley, Christopher

They formed an oval frame, through which the bluely boundless sea rolled like a painted one.

From The Piazza Tales by Melville, Herman

Dick looked at him, with the lighted match flaring bluely between his fingers.

From John Ward, Preacher by Deland, Margaret Wade Campbell

The pale blue flame jumped and danced, burning bluely as it was nearly extinct, and then flashed up again with regular throbs, from water collected in the pipe.

From Mad A Story of Dust and Ashes by Fenn, George Manville