1 He had a citified air about him that ate into Tom's vitals.
2 Clods were handy and the air was full of them in a twinkling.
3 There was a brooding oppressiveness in the air that seemed to bode something.
4 The locust-trees were in bloom and the fragrance of the blossoms filled the air.
5 A white layer of ashes covered the fire, and a thin blue breath of smoke rose straight into the air.
6 The villagers conducted their concerns with an absent air, and talked little; but they sighed often.
7 By and by attention ceased from him, and the accustomed school murmur rose upon the dull air once more.
8 A whole hour drifted by, the master sat nodding in his throne, the air was drowsy with the hum of study.
9 A sweep of chilly air passed by, rustling all the leaves and snowing the flaky ashes broadcast about the fire.
10 Then the howl of a far-off dog rose on the night air, and was answered by a fainter howl from a remoter distance.
11 There was no voice of rebuke; but there were averted eyes; there was a silence and an air of solemnity that struck a chill to the culprit's heart.
12 The little girls "showed off" in various ways, and the little boys "showed off" with such diligence that the air was thick with paper wads and the murmur of scufflings.
13 Peter sprang a couple of yards in the air, and then delivered a war-whoop and set off round and round the room, banging against furniture, upsetting flower-pots, and making general havoc.
14 There was a whiz as of a missile in the air, mingled with the murmur of a curse, a sound as of shivering glass followed, and a small, vague form went over the fence and shot away in the gloom.
15 He moped to school gloomy and sad, and took his flogging, along with Joe Harper, for playing hookey the day before, with the air of one whose heart was busy with heavier woes and wholly dead to trifles.
16 Part of the little raft's belongings consisted of an old sail, and this they spread over a nook in the bushes for a tent to shelter their provisions; but they themselves would sleep in the open air in good weather, as became outlaws.
17 Away off in the flaming sunshine, Cardiff Hill lifted its soft green sides through a shimmering veil of heat, tinted with the purple of distance; a few birds floated on lazy wing high in the air; no other living thing was visible but some cows, and they were asleep.
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