vapour
noun
vapour-like
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a word derived from
vapour.
Example Sentences
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Strange laughter wound, vapour-like, through the noise, the chirping of birds, the swearing of cats, the wailings of children at the breast.
From The Man Who Laughs by Victor Hugo
These were long, thin, fantastic coils of vapour-like material, which turned and twisted with great speed, flying round and round at such a pace that the eyes could hardly follow them.
From Tales of Terror and Mystery by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Their belief must rather have been in the existence of that shadowy, vapour-like form, comparable to the human breath, in which so many races of mankind have pictured to themselves the imperishable part of man.
From The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia by A. H. (Archibald Henry) Sayce
Thy fragrant breath and angel voice—which won My heart that from its thrall shall ne'er be free— The wind which vapour-like my frail life flies.
From The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch by Thomas Campbell
They give off fine vapour-like matter and the fierce flood of light from the sun sweeps this vapour out in an ever-lengthening tail.
From The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told by J. Arthur Thomson
