1 The house loomed obscure and uninhabited; only an oblong gleam above the door spoke of provisional occupancy.
2 The Narwhale has a very picturesque, leopard-like look, being of a milk-white ground colour, dotted with round and oblong spots of black.
3 The form of the enclosure was an oblong square, save that the corners were considerably rounded off, in order to afford more convenience for the spectators.
4 At length Thomasin reached a hollow and began to discern through the rain a faint blotted radiance, which presently assumed the oblong form of an open door.
Return of the Native By Thomas HardyContext Highlight In BOOK 5: 8 Rain, Darkness, and Anxious Wanderers 5 Stephen looked coldly on the oblong skull beneath him overgrown with tangled twine-coloured hair.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James JoyceContext Highlight In Chapter 5 6 The oblong skull beneath did not turn to meet this shaft of thought and yet the shaft came back to its bowstring; for he saw in a moment the student's whey-pale face.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James JoyceContext Highlight In Chapter 5 7 The despatch box, an immense oblong coffer, was placed behind the vehicle and formed a part of it.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 7: CHAPTER V—HINDRANCES 8 At the same moment a little oblong packet, enveloped in blue paper, fell from one of the pockets of the great-coat.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VIII—MARBLE AGAINST GRANITE 9 At that moment I saw the reflection of the visage and features quite distinctly in the dark oblong glass.
10 The envelope was of paper as thick as bark; on the oblong yellow paper there was a huge monogram, and the letter smelt of agreeable scent.
11 After being severed from the whale, the white-horse is first cut into portable oblongs ere going to the mincer.
Moby Dick By Herman MelvilleContext Highlight In CHAPTER 94. A Squeeze of the Hand.