halfclosed

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Entering the bedroom he halfclosed his eyes and walked through warm yellow twilight towards her tousled head. —

Ulysses 2003
Thea, too, was drowsy, and lay looking through halfclosed eyes up at the blazing blue arch over the rim of the canyon.

The song of the lark 1915
Entering the bedroom he halfclosed his eyes and walked through warm yellow twilight towards her tousled head.

Ulysses James Joyce 1911
Thea, too, was drowsy, and lay looking through halfclosed eyes up at the blazing blue arch over the rim of the canyon.

The Song of the Lark Willa Sibert Cather 1910
Mr. Parker fled, putting his head back through the halfclosed door to explain that he only knew what that reporter told him.

Roosevelt comes—Mulberry Street’s Golden Age 1901
[Regarding LATTER quizzically with his halfclosed eyes]

The Eldest Son John Galsworthy 1900
[Regarding LATTER quizzically with his halfclosed eyes]

Plays : Second Series John Galsworthy 1900
[Regarding LATTER quizzically with his halfclosed eyes]

Complete Plays of John Galsworthy John Galsworthy 1900
[Regarding LATTER quizzically with his halfclosed eyes]

Complete Project Gutenberg John Galsworthy Works John Galsworthy 1900
- in order to clarify Schubert's tangled family relationships, she cannily halfclosed her mascaraed lids and cattily proclaimed there must be "a little bit of insect in that family."

An Autobiography Peter, Ustinov 1977