Example Sentences

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And the floors seemed sometimes to droop at the corners still more steeply than the old floors did; and changefully drooped too, so that I would even seem to feel them drooping under me.

From Pierre; or The Ambiguities by Melville, Herman

Her dress, that was the colour of a dove's wing, shimmered changefully as she moved, and her aquamarine pendant gleamed like drops of sea water on its silver chain.

From Far to Seek A Romance of England and India by Diver, Maud

Still Thine image we changefully fashion, And each form we would call revelation; Each man holds his for true with deep passion,— Till it crumbles in poignant negation.

From Poems and Songs by Palmer, Arthur Hubbell

"Your rhapsodies are like most fine-sounding things, more to the hope than the heart," Kate murmured, gazing dreamily into the purple mass of color hovering changefully over the opaque water at their feet.

From The Iron Game A Tale of the War by Keenan, Henry F. (Henry Francis)