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  • Her legs and limbs have atrophied into curled bundles, but her cataracted blue eyes, like milky sapphires, are staring around blindly with a tinge of fear; we cannot explain to her why or where she is, but the aseptic halls of the nursing home are always new and frightening to her.

    Way To Go, Ferrett 2005

  • The Glimmer Moon was a cataracted eye burning behind sultry clouds.

    Time Streams King, J. Robert 1999

  • Sunlight cataracted over a long upward slope and the snowpeaks beyond.

    The Stars Are Also Fire Anderson, Poul, 1926-2001 1994

  • It must be hot; light cataracted from a sky empty of clouds.

    The Stars Are Also Fire Anderson, Poul, 1926-2001 1994

  • It must be hot; light cataracted from a sky empty of clouds.

    The Stars Are Also Fire Anderson, Poul, 1926-2001 1994

  • What sort of viper's nest seethed behind those cataracted eyes?

    The Tower of Fear Cook, Glen 1989

  • Al Assad tottered forward, trusting his ears far more than his cataracted eyes.

    The Fire In His Hands Cook, Glen 1984

  • And then, frantically, she was kissing him, and he her, and they were clasping and feeling each other while the waltz melody sparkled and the flowers breathed and Jupiter's glory cataracted over them uncaring whether they existed.

    The Unicorn Trade Anderson, Poul and Karen 1984

  • The sky was so milky now that the sun looked like a cataracted eye.

    Hoodwink Pronzini, Bill 1981

  • Rebecca moved quietly towards the door, and the young Burches cataracted after her as if they could not bear a second's separation.

    Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm 1903

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