1 He leaned unpleasantly close in order to convey this suggestion, and she fancied she caught a significant aroma which explained the dark flush on his face and the glistening dampness of his forehead.
2 It cannot be reported that Carol had anything significant to say to the Bohemians.
3 Like most sea-terms, this one is very happy and significant.
4 Second: It is a little significant, that while one sperm whale only fights another sperm whale with his head and jaw, nevertheless, in his conflicts with man, he chiefly and contemptuously uses his tail.
5 A significant illustration of the fact, again and again repeated in this book, that the skeleton of the whale furnishes but little clue to the shape of his fully invested body.
6 Captain Peleg's bruited reason for this thing appeared by no means adequate; though, indeed, as touching all Ahab's deeper part, every revelation partook more of significant darkness than of explanatory light.
7 He was usually cold and distant with men, but with all women he had a silent, grave familiarity, a special handshake, accompanied by a significant, deliberate look.
My Antonia By Willa CatherContext Highlight In BOOK 4. The Pioneer Woman's Story: II 8 A feeling of exultation overtook her, as if some power of significant import had been given her to control the working of her body and her soul.
9 No multitude of words could have been more significant than those moments of silence, or more pregnant with the first-felt throbbings of desire.
10 Hawkeye made no other reply than by passing his finger around the crown of his head, in a manner so significant, that none who witnessed the action could mistake its meaning.
11 Well did these barbarous warriors prove that they deserved those significant names which had been bestowed for deeds in former wars.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore CooperContext Highlight In CHAPTER 12 12 "We heard it," was the significant answer.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore CooperContext Highlight In CHAPTER 12 13 When they issued from beneath its concealment, they found the scout awaiting their appearance nigh by, and the only salutation between them was the significant gesture for silence, made by their sagacious leader.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore CooperContext Highlight In CHAPTER 20 14 The Delaware, whose name in English signified "Hard Heart," an appellation that the French had translated into "le Coeur-dur," forgot that obduracy of purpose, which had probably obtained him so significant a title.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore CooperContext Highlight In CHAPTER 28 15 "Boris, come here," said she with a sly and significant look.