He opened his eyes, gazed for a moment listlessly upon her, then closed them again.Cited from Town and Country, John S. Adams
The whirlwind of excitement that had swept her companions away at the news of approaching guests, had passed over her without so much as ruffling a hair.Her golden head rested heavily against the wall behind her; her hands lay listlessly upon her lap.Her face was as white as the unmelted snow in the valleys, and the spring sun-shine had brought no sparkle to relieve the shadow in her eyes.…Cited from Thrall Of Leif The Lucky, Ottilie A. Liljencrantz
For a moment or two, after she spread it out upon the table, she looked at the many pieces to be wrought up into a well-finished whole, and thought of the hours of hard labor it would require to accomplish the task.A feeling of discouragement stole into her heart, and she leaned her head listlessly upon the table.But only a moment or two elapsed before a thought of her children aroused her flagging energies.…Cited from Lizzy Glenn, by T.S. Arthur
I went up to my own familiar, little room, and flung my hat and other out-door apparel listlessly upon the bed.I bathed my eyes and smoothed my hair, before going out to encounter any one of the household.…Cited from The Doctor's Daughter, by "Vera"
"It is a sad thing to want for happiness, but it is a terrible thing to see another groping about blindly for it, when it is almost within the grasp."She was gazing now sadly out upon the open sea, her arm resting listlessly upon the polished door-post.Hurstwood began to feel a deep sympathy for her and for himself.…Cited from Sister Carrie, by Theodore Dreiser
He did not speak, but turned his face from her and looked out of the window toward the river.Thus they sat in silence, Brandon's hand resting listlessly upon the cushion between them.Mary saw the eloquent movement away from her and his speaking attitude, with averted face; then the princess went into eclipse, and the imperial woman was ascendant once more.…Cited from When Knighthood Was in Flower, by Charles Major
When she entered, the countess was alone, propped with pillows on a low couch near the fire.Her large white hands lay listlessly upon the dark shawl that was drawn over her, and she had thrown a piece of thick black lace over her head.It was nearly four o'clock, and the light was already waning, so that, as she lay with her back to the window, Veronica could hardly see her face.…Cited from Taquisara, by F. Marion Crawford
In the drowsy afternoon Helen coaxed her father into her room and dropped the shades and ordered him to sleep, telling him that he looked like a ghost of his former rugged beauty.Then she sank down listlessly upon the doorstep, brooding, her eyes wandering through the green fields of Desert Valley.Her musings were disturbed by the clatter of shod hoofs across the rugged plateau; she looked up quickly, her eyes brightening.…Cited from The Desert Valley, by Jackson Gregory
I must confess that it required all the despair which I then felt of ever having the chance of doing anything more for our theatre, to give me the necessary courage to begin upon this new work.Until that time I simply allowed myself to drift, while I meditated listlessly upon the possibility of things pursuing their course further under the existing circumstances.In regard to Lohengrin, I had got to that point when I hoped for nothing more than the best possible production of it at the Dresden theatre, and felt that I should have to be satisfied in all respects, and for all time, if I were able to achieve even that.…Cited from My Life, Volume I, by Richard Wagner
In a big ivory-tinted bed the girl lay, a pitiful wreck of the dashing, insolent figure she had been.Her face was as white as the pillows upon which she lay, while her hands looked utterly bloodless as they rested listlessly upon the coverlet.Only her eyes held anything of her old spirit.…Cited from Revelations of a Wife, The Story of a Honeymoon, by Adele Garrison
It was by Mr. Levice's desire that these four had assembled here.He was sitting up, supported by many pillows; his face was hollow and colorless; his hands lay listlessly upon the counterpane.No one touches him; bathed in sunlight, as he was, the others seemed in shadow.…Cited from Other Things Being Equal, by Emma Wolf
Only the lawyer had as yet discovered them.Today he found the boy lying listlessly upon the window-seat, an open book in his hand, but his eyes fixed dreamily upon the grove of huge elm trees that covered the distant hills.…Cited from Aunt Jane's Nieces, by Edith Van Dyne
I took tea that evening with Mr. and Mrs. Petulengro and Ursula, outside of their tent.Tawno was not present, being engaged with his wife in his own tabernacle; Sylvester was there, however, lolling listlessly upon the ground.As I looked upon this man, I thought him one of the most disagreeable fellows I had ever seen.…Cited from The Romany Rye, by George Borrow
She bore upon her aquiline and emaciated face the traces of some recent tragedy.Her head hung listlessly upon her breast, but as she raised it and turned her dull eyes upon us I saw that her pupils were dark dots in the centre of the broad gray iris.…Cited from The Adv. Of Wisteria Lodge, A. Conan Doyle
The wide stretches of the moor seemed to draw her.At times she stood gazing at them out of a window, sometimes she sat in a deep window seat with her hands lying listlessly upon her lap but with her eyes always resting on the farthest line of the heather.Once she sat thus so long that Dowie crept out of the empty stone chamber where she had been waiting and went and stood behind her.…Cited from Robin, by Frances Hodgson Burnett
She seemed grateful for his kindness, and smiled at him once in a way, with a piteous little smile; but she had the air of one in whom the mainspring of life is broken.The pallid face and heavy violet eyes, the semi-transparent hands which lay so listlessly upon the crimson coverlet, conveyed an impression of supreme despair.Hartfield, looking down at her for the last time when he came to say good-bye before leaving for London, was reminded of the story of one whose life had been thus rudely broken, who had loved as foolishly and even more fondly, and for whom the world held nothing when that tie was severed.…Cited from Phantom Fortune, A Novel, by M. E. Braddon
It was useless for him to try riding at any high rate of speed in the uncertain light, and in any case, the boy felt that his labors for a half an hour more or less would not mean as much as when it had been a question of absolutely extinguishing a small blaze.Kit danced a little in the fresh night air, but Wilbur sat so heavily and listlessly upon her back that the mare sensed something wrong and constantly turned her wise face round to see.…Cited from The Boy With the U. S. Foresters, by Francis Rolt-Wheeler
The plain folks around Millville might speculate listlessly upon the "queer doin's" at the farm, and never get anywhere near the truth.Indeed, the strange occurrences she had just heard were nearly forgotten in the community, and soon would be forgotten altogether -- unless the quick ear of a young girl had caught the clue so long ignored.…Cited from Aunt Jane's Nieces at Millville, by Edith Van Dyne
The town was very quiet, the streets almost deserted; for it was one o'clock, the universal dinner-hour, and all suspicion had been disarmed by the energetic protestations of the Duke.The guard at the gate looked listlessly upon the cavalcade as it approached, but as soon as Anjou had crossed the first drawbridge, he rose in his stirrups and waved his hand.…Cited from Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1582-84 by Motley
The next moment they were in the presence of the Queen, who, surrounded by some half a dozen ladies, reclined listlessly upon a couch of solid gold gorgeously upholstered in richly embroidered silk.Cited from The Adventures of Dick Maitland, by Harry Collingwood
