Example Sentences

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There was no one, even in her order, who had her skill at seeing the secrets half-revealed and half-concealed within the sacred flames.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

That half-revealed shadow waving good-bye to Julian, as he stepped into the frosty night, was a shadow on fire.

From Flames by Hichens, Robert Smythe

A faint mutter of a half-revealed world, that could not quite leap out of the darkness!—Then there again stood a sweep of pallor for the land, dark shapes looming, a range of clouds hanging overhead.

From The Prussian Officer by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)

Her one aim was to reach those glowing peaks that glittered far above the floating mists like the glories half-revealed of another world.

From Greatheart by Dell, Ethel M. (Ethel May)

Perhaps in that meeting there came to him some premonition of the future, some half-revealed, half-blurred picture of prophecy.

From The Book of All-Power by Wallace, Edgar