1 Half an hour later he was disappearing behind the Douglas mansion on the summit of Cardiff Hill, and the school-house was hardly distinguishable away off in the valley behind him.
2 The steamer soon disappeared, and in an hour afterwards, as the count had said, was scarcely distinguishable in the horizon amidst the fogs of the night.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 113. The Past. 3 Whether the path was hardly distinguishable, whether it disappeared, or whether it lay beaten and plain before him, made no sensible difference in his speed or certainty.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore CooperContext Highlight In CHAPTER 10 4 Then he reappeared, creeping along the earth, from which his dress was hardly distinguishable, directly in the rear of his intended captive.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore CooperContext Highlight In CHAPTER 21 5 Fanny would rather have been silent; but being obliged to speak, she could not forbear, in justice to the aunt she loved best, from saying something in which the words "my aunt Norris" were distinguishable.
6 He appeared of a russet hue, not more distinguishable from the scene around him than the green caterpillar from the leaf it feeds on.
Return of the Native By Thomas HardyContext Highlight In BOOK 4: 5 The Journey across the Heath 7 The building was a sort of ruin, where dismantled chambers were distinguishable, one of which, much encumbered, seemed to serve as a shed.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 5: CHAPTER VI—THE BEGINNING OF AN ENIGMA 8 His face, which was in the shadow, was not distinguishable.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 5: CHAPTER IX—THE MAN WITH THE BELL 9 Their arms had slipped apart and they stood motionless, each seeking to distinguish the other's face.
10 She braced her shoulders and went down among them, straining her eyes among the upright figures to distinguish Dr. Meade.
11 She could distinguish nothing but a volume of sound that rose and fell.
12 And she sometimes wondered if he'd ever learn to distinguish between planking and sills.
13 For a long time Mammy strained her sharp ears but she could distinguish nothing except the clatter of silver on china, and the muffled soft tones of Melanie's voice.
14 It was not, after all, opportunity but imagination that he lacked: he had a mental palate which would never learn to distinguish between railway tea and nectar.
15 Only when she was in the motor car did she distinguish the three people who were to accompany them.