A deserted stone jetty swung out into a small bay with several offshore rocks over which a heavy swell pounded.
A mixture of pounded brick, clay and ashes was then ground finely in water to the consistence of cream, and successive coats of this mixture were then applied with a brush, till a second skin was formed all over the wax, fitting closely into every line and depression of the modelling.
Accompanied by two guards, she mounted her favorite bay horse and pounded through familiar roads and intersections to the southern wall., The chill of the ocean crept into its walls.
An alloy was formed of two parts silver, one-third copper and one-sixth lead; to this mixture, while fluid in the crucible, powdered sulphur in excess was added; and the brittle amalgam, when cold, was finely pounded, and sealed up in large quills for future use.
As he worked his way back up her neck, her heart pounded wildly - and then his lips were on hers, warm and questioning.
As made by the Indians it was composed of the lean parts of the meat, dried in the sun, and pounded or shredded and mixed into a paste with melted fat.
As she plunged a foot into the last boot, someone pounded on the door.
Blair pounded the pavement, stopping in at local clothing stores only to sell a single black raincoat.
Blood pounded in her ears.
Blood pounded in his ears, and he found he was trembling uncontrollably.
C. t has for its subject pavements and roads, their construction, mosaic floors; c. 2 is on white stucco for walls (opus albarium); c. 3 on concrete vaults, gypsum mouldings, stucco prepared for painting; c. 4 on building of hollow walls to keep out the damp, wall decoration by various processes; c. 5 on methods and styles of wall painting, the debased taste of his time; c. 6 on fine stucco made of pounded marble - three coats to receive wall paintings; c. 7 on colours used for mural decoration; c. 8 on red lead (minium) and mercury, and how to use the latter to extract the gold from wornout pieces of stuff or embroidery; c. 9 on the preparation of red lead and the method of encaustic painting with hot wax, finished by friction; cc. to-14 on artificial colours - black, blue, purple;, c. to white lead and ostrum, i.e.
Czerno pounded on the door.
Dean pounded his fist on the desk in disgust just as Andy Sackler entered the room.
During the short drive to Lydia Larkin's quarters, Dean's brain pounded with the question of the siren that preceded the horrible accident—and his glimpse of a white vehicle.
Feeling returned with a vengeance and her head pounded mercilessly.
He paced, shouted, and pounded the walls until his body was depleted of energy.
He pounded away on the keyboard.
He pounded his fists on the hood of a car, putting deep dents in the metal.
He pounded on her door before opening it.
He rang the doorbell again and pounded on the door.
Her breaths quickened, and her heart pounded.
Her heart lurched and pounded unmercifully.
Her heart pounded and she rolled over on her back, dislodging his hand.
Her heart pounded as he moved over her and claimed her lips.
Her heart pounded as it swung its head to face the room.
Her heart pounded wildly as she pressed closer.
Her heart pounded wildly.
Her heart pounded, and her body shook.
Her magic was but a trickle, and her head pounded with fatigue.
Her pulse pounded like a drum in her ears.
His headache pounded, tangled skeins of explosive truth binding him.
His heart pounded in his chest, and he tried to look nonchalant.
I had a strange feeling in my head, my heart pounded wildly.
I have vague recollections of beating the crap out of you while you cried your eyes out and pounded your fists in despair.
If there were two erasers, the chosen student went outside of the school and pounded the two erasers together.
In many satires the philosophers were pounded, as in the " Burial of Menippus " and " Concerning the Sects " (IIEpi aipeahwv).
In preparing the rice for use it is pounded in a wooden mortar to remove the husk, this work being almost always done by the women.
In the oases of Sahara, and in other parts of Northern Africa, dates are pounded and pressed into a cake for food.
It ex pounded in terse and significant teaching the doctrine (1) of God, (2) of original sin, (3) of the Son of God, (4) of justification..
It is pounded with an ivory or wood mallet which may be incised with cross-hatch or linear grooves to produce a subtle textured surface.
It is said that Nicocreon, tyrant of Cyprus, commanded him to be pounded to death in a mortar, and that he endured this torture with fortitude; but the story is doubtful, having no earlier authority than Cicero.
It pounded so hard, I think it wanted to reach through the bones, muscle and skin to feel the touch of your fingers.
Its warplanes pounded parts of the eastern Bekaa Valley.
Jenn pounded into the punching bag.
Jilian's men pounded down the hall.
Lana's heart pounded as she left the forest.
Laristan is famous for the condiment called mahiabeh (fish-jelly), a compound of pounded small sprat-like fish, salt, mustard, nutmeg, cloves and other spices, used as a relish with nearly all foods.
Like Baggy Point, this is a surfing beach pounded by rolling Atlantic breakers.
Little feet pounded across the living room into the kitchen and Destiny interrupted them in an excited voice.
Muffled steps hurried down the hall toward her door and Katie pounded on the door.
Nishani pounded a fist on the table and made a loud sound that was most likely a curse on her planet.
One smote the threshold with an axe, another with a pestle, the third swept it with a broom - three symbols of culture (for trees were hewn down with the axe, grain pounded with the pestle, and the fruits of the field swept up with the broom) which Silvanus could not endure.
Other cultures believe that the werewolf can be cured by being struck on the forehead with a knife, or by having nails pounded into its hands.
Pierre pounded on the door with the discretion of a jackhammer.
Quinn lit the large stove to stave off the cold as rain pounded the metal roof above us.
Quint knew he should quell the ire that surged up and pounded in his neck.
Rage pounded through his body and he threw himself into the air, relishing the pain the shapeshifting brought.
Resorts in California get pounded with Sierra Cement, or dense snow with high water content, while resorts in Utah and Colorado enjoy drier snow, called Champagne Powder.
She pounded him on the arm.
She pounded his chest with her fists and tried to scream.
The blood pounded in her neck and temples.
The hot water pounded over her body.
The inner bark is twisted into ropes, and, like that of the spruce, is kiln dried, ground up, and mixed with meal in times of scarcity; in Kamchatka it is macerated in water, then pounded, and made into a kind of substitute for bread without any admixture of flour.
The wind screamed around the eves and pounded on the windows.
There was a compressed peel of thunder as eight powerful hooves pounded across the wooden drawbridge.
They are pounded by surf created from the mighty Atlantic Ocean, which has the momentum from 3000 uninterrupted miles.
They said that afterwards, an entire group of the creatures attacked their cabin with rocks and pounded on the building.
This time when he released her, the blood pounded in her neck.
Thunder rattled the windowpane and hail pounded on the roof.
While they are being pounded by a fierce storm, clutching the life raft, he is shooting at them like sitting ducks.