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Inspector Daniel and Sergeant Varney were greeted with uneffusive but evident satisfaction by the burly, shirt - sleeved landlord who was obviously a publican who could afford to welcome the local police to his bar without the fear of giving it a bad name.

She Closed Her Eyes 2010

He merely nodded by way of acknowledgment, and departed, taciturn and uneffusive as ever, and yet there was a tone in their exchange of invulnerable assurance, secure as rooted rock.

The Confession of Brother Haluin Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1988

He merely nodded by way of acknowledgment, and departed, taciturn and uneffusive as ever, and yet there was a tone in their exchange of invulnerable assurance, secure as rooted rock.

The Confession of Brother Haluin Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1988

He stooped a little, and two narrow lines were visible on either side of a mouth, cold and uneffusive; but these lines, by their trembling or contraction, showed the play of inward emotion which the rest of the face concealed.

Cavour Martinengo-Cesaresco, Countess Evelyn 1898

'You seem a little overdone to-night, my dear,' said her mother frigidly; she was naturally hurt at the very uneffusive way in which her good offices had been met.

The Talking Horse And Other Tales F. Anstey 1895

He met expressions of condolence in the same unperturbed and uneffusive manner.

Chapters of Opera Being historical and critical observations and records concerning the lyric drama in New York from its earliest days down to the present time Henry Edward Krehbiel 1888

Paul would not hear of Wilhelm making any alteration in his dress, but drew him as he was into the smoking room on the ground floor, where Malvine came to meet him, and received him in her hearty but quiet and uneffusive manner.

The Malady of the Century Max Simon Nordau 1886