with an air of造句

with an air of triumph

with an air of finality

He answered with an air of detachment.

He spoke with an air of exultation.

She go to meet him with an air of expectancy.

He is tired, delicate with an air of childlike innocence.

She said with an air of no emotion whatever.

The ancient castle was invested with an air of mystery.

"High!" said Andy, with an air of instant appreciation.

The young woman spoke with an expression of deep tenderness, while the count replied with an air of gentle gravity.

She sat picking at her small plate of rice salad with an air of martyrdom.

He has described them as "places of huge human drama" with an air of "macho glamour".

They stood there with an air of defiance, or at least of contention.

His sisters were fine women, with an air of decided fashion.

He listened quietly to the arguments with an air of aloof detachment.

His mother stared at me with an air of supercilious manner.

Nello held up the shaving cloth with an air of invitation.

When he saw me, he took off his hat with an air of gorgeous servility.

The girl made no answer, but she dropped on one of the seat with an air of lassitude.

The girl wore the sad clothes of a prisoner with an air of repose and well-being.

Philosophy consistently emerges with an air of "retrospection". What is she against will be the deviation of self from reality.

"Less than superlative?" said Giles Gosling, drinking off the cup, and smacking his lips with an air of ineffable relish.

It has the wisest way, however perilous it might be, to retire with an air of confidence.

She went to meet him with an air of expectancy, ie as if expecting him to bring sth.

These villains were submitting to their fate with an air of sulky indifference which accorded ill with the baffled fury that gleamed in their sombre eyes.

He took the sailor's notes and deliberately folded them, and put them with the shillings in a high remote pocket, with an air of finality.

"Good!" said the mender of roads, with an air of mystery. "Thetall man is lost, and he is sought - how many months? Nine, ten, eleven?"

The wife lowered her head and tinkly washed the dishes and chopsticks, with an air of old-fashioned dignity that she didn't care about.

She ate like a horse until the last plate was clean, and then she placed her silverware down with an air of conclusion .

We can only accept them and because they're tinged with an air of mystery and strangeness-perhaps treasure them all the more.

Let him meet with a young woman once and he would approach her with an air of kindly familiarity, not unmixed with pleading, which would result in most cases in a tolerant acceptance.

The rabbit is believed to be one of the happiest signs, with people born in that year renowned for their kindness, reliability and loyalty, though with an air of mystery and propensity to cry.

"You see," said the young man, with an air of sorrowful resignation, to Faria, "that God deems it right to take from me any claim to merit for what you call my devotion to you.

"You see," said the young man, with an air of sorrowful resignation, to Faria, "that God deems it right to take from me any claim to merit for what you call my devotion to you."

Cokane, not at all abashed, resumes his place at the other table with an air of modest good breeding, and calls to Trench, who is prowling irresolutely in the background

"The second had sloping shoulders and a slender waist. She was tall and slim, with an oval face, well-defined eyebrows and lovely dancing eyes. She seemed elegant and quick-witted with an air of distinction. To look at her was to forget everyting vulgar."

Behind the folding table, the judge sat in a tight seat, with an air of dignity, and the waiter stood around, beating flies with a fan from time to time. Then, in the name of the King of England and His Majesty the Indian Emperor, he began to exercise his power to hear cases.

"There is something nicer in store for her today," Secretary Li smiled with an air of mystery and went on, "Director Wang has managed to get your daughter transferred to the Provincial Drama Troupe with the help of Lao Ma of the Cultural Bureau."