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- verb Present participle of
dartle .
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Examples
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Her gown, what there was of it, was of black gauze emblazoned with dartling sequins of deep blue.
The Witness Grace Livingston Hill Lutz
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And dartling bodies, -- a fire 'gainst which there's naught
On the Nature of Things Titus Lucretius Carus 1910
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The voice of the coyotes, now far, now near, boomed out on the night; great stars shot dartling pathways across the heavens; the fire snapped and crackled, died down and flickered feebly; but Margaret slept, tired out, and dreamed the angels kept close vigil around her lowly couch.
A Voice in the Wilderness Grace Livingston Hill 1906
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The lap-lap of the water, the long slow rise and fall, and the dartling flying-fish apparently claimed their attention.
Parrot & Co. Harold MacGrath 1901
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The jealous eye of Mex was constantly dartling, and her ear was alert to catch every syllable Pierce uttered.
A Dream of Empire Or, The House of Blennerhassett William Henry Venable 1878
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a stable-man; Karloff, who saw his house of cards vanish in the dartling tongues of flame, and recognized the futility of his villainy; the girl ...
Man on the Box Harold MacGrath 1901
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