unshining

That these, and all stars, will become invisible to our telescopes, and ultimately be dark unshining bodies, is the logical conclusion to which the evolutionary processes will lead.

Popular Science Monthly Oct, Nov, Dec, 1915 — Volume 86 Anonymous

Several times they turned, terrified by that tread, and could make nothing more of it, till the rays of a lamp showed them a tall Chinaman with a flat yellow face and a slimy pigtail drooping with a dreadful waggish school-girlishness over the shoulder of his blue nankin blouse; and long black eyes staring but unshining.

The Judge Rebecca West 1937

On the left he caught a glimpse of the river, solid and smooth and unshining; a knot of men passed shouting hoarsely, and a wave of heat swept over him like a choking cloth.

The Happy End Joseph Hergesheimer 1917

That these, and all stars, will become invisible to our telescopes, and ultimately be dark unshining bodies, is the logical conclusion to which the evolutionary processes will lead.

The Scientific Monthly, October-December 1915 Scientific Monthly 1915

He saw her as a study in gray and white, with colorless, unshining hair, a body so thin and flexible that it was difficult to believe it contained nerves like a network of steel and muscles capable of prolonged endurance, a face that was haggard in its white beauty, eyes that looked enormous and fixed in the twilight.

In the Wilderness Robert Smythe Hichens 1907

Round her throat was clasped an antique necklace of dull, unshining gold, and dim purple stones, which looked beautiful, but almost weary with age.

In the Wilderness Robert Smythe Hichens 1907

Her unshining, curiously colorless hair was partly covered by a small hat of burnt straw, turned sharply and decisively up on the left side and trimmed with a broad riband of old gold.

In the Wilderness Robert Smythe Hichens 1907

He saw her pale and haggard face, her haunted cheeks and temples, the lovely shape of her head with its cloud of unshining hair, her small tenacious hands.

In the Wilderness Robert Smythe Hichens 1907

Heyst noticed the good form of her brow, the dignity of its width, its unshining whiteness.

Victory Joseph Conrad 1890

A photo of his shining blue eyes reminded me that they were closed and unshining.

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