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The house is big and gloomy; my niece is nervous, vaporish; her husband—well, he's generally away; and the two children are dead.
From The Descent of Man and Other Stories by Wharton, Edith
Through the hazy atmosphere a cloud of dun, vaporish red could be seen trailing over the dim fells.
From A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time by Caine, Hall, Sir
And, though my bedroom was dark, I distinctly saw a white vaporish form passing over me as if someone had blown a cloud of tobacco smoke in my face.
From Possessed by Moffett, Cleveland
When Greta set out, the atmosphere was yellow and vaporish.
From A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time by Caine, Hall, Sir
I took up, idly, a little book that was lying on a table near, because my silly heart had begun to beat again, like Lydia Languish or any vaporish young lady in an early romance.
From The Reflections of Ambrosine A Novel by Glyn, Elinor
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