Example Sentences

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White of the walls, white of her face, white of the pallet—the rest a breathless, ungleaming shadow that held a heat not from the sun, as it seemed, but from the centre of the earth.

From Son of Power by Comfort, Will Levington

Instead of answering that question he traced the ungleaming coils of her twisted hair and became fascinated by a stray lock at her neck.

From The Rescue A Romance of the Shallows by Conrad, Joseph

It chafes and frets within the cruel grasp which an ungleaming pebble might fill as well.

From Hubert's Wife A Story for You by Lee, Minnie Mary

Oh, the muskets, heavy, dull, ungleaming, weighting the fiercely aching shoulders!

From The Long Roll by Johnston, Mary