turbidly

Deprived by his position of opportunity of taking part in the discussions, which his genius and experience fitted him to illustrate, he nevertheless did much to direct the current of legislation which flowed smoothly or turbidly before him.

History of the Thirty-Ninth Congress of the United States William Horatio Barnes

The clock ticked through the minutes of a half-hour and the afternoon outside began to thicken and darken turbidly.

Alexander's Bridge 1912

The clock ticked through the minutes of a half-hour and the afternoon outside began to thicken and darken turbidly.

Alexander's Bridge Willa Sibert Cather 1910

To these eligibilities—to this limitless aperture, the race has tended, en-masse, roaring and rushing and crude, and fiercely, turbidly hastening—and we have seen the first stages, and are now in the midst of the result of it all, so far.

Foundation Stages—Then Others. Notes Left Over 1892

These currents of troubled feeling streamed together and bore her turbidly onwards whither her desires pointed.

The Whirlpool George Gissing 1880

When his 'set' was formed, the currents of argument and rhetoric had once more free course, but they were beginning to flow less turbidly.

A Life's Morning George Gissing 1880

To wrath and dread had succeeded a wretched torpor, during which his mind kept revolving the thoughts prompted by his situation, turbidly and to no issue.

Born in Exile George Gissing 1880

The results, again, are examined in the light of the Vedas, the Egyptian monuments, and generally of everything that, to the unscientific eye, seems most turbidly obscure in itself, and most hopelessly remote from the subject in hand.

In the Wrong Paradise Andrew Lang 1878

The gondolas moved turbidly upon the face of the waters.

Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series John Addington Symonds 1866

The gondolas moved turbidly upon the face of the waters.

Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Complete Series I, II, and III John Addington Symonds 1866