1 I was more agile than they and could subsist upon coarser diet; I bore the extremes of heat and cold with less injury to my frame; my stature far exceeded theirs.
2 Before the mare had time to move, Vronsky stepped with an agile, vigorous movement into the steel-toothed stirrup, and lightly and firmly seated himself on the creaking leather of the saddle.
3 And, looking at his strong, agile, assiduously careful and needlessly wary movements, the mother felt her mind at rest, and smiled gaily and approvingly as she watched him.
4 Clifford managed to swing himself over on to the low, wheeled house-chair; he was very strong and agile with his arms.
5 He had long, quivering fingers as agile and restless as the antennae of an insect.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In Chapter 1. Mr. Sherlock Holmes 6 He was a fine figure of a man, tall, lithe, and agile, with a springy step and a pleasant, open face.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE THREE STUDENTS 7 A team of cricketers passed, agile young men in flannels and blazers, one of them carrying the long green wicket-bag.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James JoyceContext Highlight In Chapter 2 8 Towards Findlater's church a quartet of young men were striding along with linked arms, swaying their heads and stepping to the agile melody of their leader's concertina.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James JoyceContext Highlight In Chapter 4 9 While the point was being debated a tall agile gentleman of fair complexion, wearing a long yellow ulster, came from the far end of the bar.
10 Every moment the vigorous and agile young ruffian indulged in the twitchings of a wild beast caught in a snare.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 4: CHAPTER II—MOTHER PLUTARQUE FINDS NO DIFFICULTY IN EXPLAI... 11 These three others fenced against him with their agile swords.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In 2 THE ANTECHAMBER OF M. DE TREVILLE 12 These animals, though wild and agile as chamois, were too much like domestic goats, and Franz could not consider them as game.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 32. The Waking. 13 I obeyed: joy made me agile: I sprang up before him.
14 With that went the easy bow of a military man and the agile backward movement of an india-rubber ball.
15 The father, with the agility of an acrobat, seized a broken-nosed jug which stood on the chimney, and flung the water on the brands.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 8: CHAPTER VII—STRATEGY AND TACTICS