Their eyes were close together and non-protruding; their ears were high set, but more laterally located than those of the Martians, while their snouts and teeth were
strikingly like those of our African gorilla.
She seemed
strikingly homely, standing there in the afternoon light.
The effect of different modes of life upon the human frame and human character is
strikingly instanced in the contrast between the hunting Indians of the prairies, and the piscatory Indians of the sea-coast.
The length of her body was
strikingly out of proportion to her short legs.
The picture was
strikingly beautiful; it was the very scene itself, transferred as if by magic to the canvas; but I expressed my approbation in guarded terms, and few words, for fear of displeasing her.
Perhaps his imperturbable character was never more
strikingly developed, for he preserved his usual equable smile notwithstanding that his body was dangling in a most uncomfortable position, all loose and limp and shapeless, while his long peaked cap, unequally balanced against his exceedingly slight legs, threatened every instant to bring him toppling down.
This character --which showed itself so
strikingly in everything about him, and the effect of which we seek to convey to the reader--went no deeper than his station, habits of life, and external circumstances.
"All that, my dear friend, is
strikingly true," replied Athos.
A multitude of small considerations in connection with this subject--trifling enough in themselves, but
strikingly important when massed together--had latterly led my mind to a conclusion which I resolved to verify.
-- that my own features were partly repeated in her face, and so
strikingly that the world might see them!
Her forehead had been
strikingly expressive of an engrossing terror and compassion that saw nothing but the peril of the accused.
Though more than sixty years had elapsed since the pilgrims came, this crowd of their descendants still showed the strong and sombre features of their character perhaps more
strikingly in such a stern emergency than on happier occasions.