1 These tales and rumours took substance and shape, and were corroborated and re-corroborated, until they resolved themselves into a definite name.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER III. JOHN FERRIER TALKS WITH THE PROPHET 2 He stood on a raised stage, under his own loom; and, looking up at the shape the loom took, and hearing the burial service distinctly read, he knew that he was there to suffer death.
3 The table stood in the same place, close by the bedside, and on it, in its real proportions and appearance, was the shape so often repeated.
4 When the Devil goeth about like a roaring lion, he goeth about in a shape by which few but savages and hunters are attracted.
5 It had been lying there some days, for rain and dew had stained it, and the mark of its shape was on the grass where it had fallen.
6 Let me behold thee then in thy bodily shape, if thou be'st indeed a fiend," replied the dying knight; "think not that I will blench from thee.
7 Emotions that are ordered and given shape are more important than disorderly emotions.
8 Underground grey faces, whites of eyes rolling, necks cringing from the pit roof, shoulders out of shape.
9 Against the wall were ranged, in regular array, a long row of elm boards cut in the same shape: looking in the dim light, like high-shouldered ghosts with their hands in their breeches pockets.
10 This cell was in shape and size something like an area cellar, only not so light.
11 He remembered nothing of its details; but the shape and aspect of the building seemed familiar to him.
12 Mr. Giles, reminded of his unbecoming costume, snatched off and pocketed his nightcap; and substituted a hat, of grave and sober shape, which he took out of the chaise.
13 When he drew nearer he perceived it to be a spring van, ordinary in shape, but singular in colour, this being a lurid red.
Return of the Native By Thomas HardyContext Highlight In BOOK 1: 2 Humanity Appears upon the Scene, Hand in Hand with Trouble 14 It showed to advantage the good shape of his figure.
Return of the Native By Thomas HardyContext Highlight In BOOK 1: 2 Humanity Appears upon the Scene, Hand in Hand with Trouble 15 Some were distant, and stood in a dense atmosphere, so that bundles of pale straw-like beams radiated around them in the shape of a fan.
Return of the Native By Thomas HardyContext Highlight In BOOK 1: 3 The Custom of the Country