It showed the familiar scene of the street with the distinctness of mid-day, but also with the awfulness that is always imparted to familiar objects by an
unaccustomed light The wooden houses, with their jutting storeys and quaint gable-peaks; the doorsteps and thresholds with the early grass springing up about them; the garden-plots, black with freshly-turned earth; the wheel-track, little worn, and even in the market-place margined with green on either side -- all were visible, but with a singularity of aspect that seemed to give another moral interpretation to the things of this world they had ever borne before.
He looked upon all things un-European as rather more than less impossible, still he was not at all averse to enjoying the novelty of unaccustomed places, and making the most of strangers indigenous thereto, however unspeakable they might have seemed to him at home.
Meriem, entirely unaccustomed to the companionship of such as Baynes, was fascinated by him.
As he pushed the massive obstacle aside, its great hinges shrieked out in weird protest against this unaccustomed disturbance.
From there on the homeward journey was slow, as these proud fighting men were unaccustomed to the duties of porters.
A few tried to rise to the emergency, and got out an awkward "My lord," or "Your lordship," or something of that sort, but the great majority were overwhelmed by the
unaccustomed word and its dim and awful associations with gilded courts and stately ceremony and anointed kingship, so they only fumbled through the handshake and passed on, speechless.
We walked with a regular step, which rang upon the ground with astonishing intensity; the slightest noise was transmitted with a quickness to which the ear is
unaccustomed on the earth; indeed, water is a better conductor of sound than air, in the ratio of four to one.
From this it came to pass that Italy fell partly into the hands of the Church and of republics, and, the Church consisting of priests and the republic of citizens
unaccustomed to arms, both commenced to enlist foreigners.
We distort a dozen sickly trees into
unaccustomed shapes in a little yard no bigger than a dining room, and then surely they look absurd enough.
That he had been able to turn his hands at all to such
unaccustomed labor was a source of mild wonder to him.
KARACHI -- Test batsman Asad Shafiq shone in an
unaccustomed bowling role as Omar Associates whipped Agha Estate by 73 runs in the Brighto presents Osaka Naya Nazimabad Ramazan Cup fixture at the Naya Nazimabad Stadium late on Friday.
Three suspects were arrested and are expected in court today for being in possession of
unaccustomed goods.
This suggests a broader appeal to consumers who are
unaccustomed to buying luxury cars, the analyst says.
Some, like Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks and Henry Kissinger, are well-known, but many others are not, and, being
unaccustomed to appearing on camera, deliver emotional and deeply moving monologues as they recall the events that shaped their lives.
Summary:
Unaccustomed physical effort can trigger a cardiac episode among those with risk factors for heart disease, doctors warn
