1 There lay the fixed threads of the warp subject to but one single, ever returning, unchanging vibration, and that vibration merely enough to admit of the crosswise interblending of other threads with its own.
2 This warp seemed necessity; and here, thought I, with my own hand I ply my own shuttle and weave my own destiny into these unalterable threads.
3 It is furnished with a small rope called a warp, of considerable length, by which it can be hauled back to the hand after darting.
4 But the mingled, mingling threads of life are woven by warp and woof: calms crossed by storms, a storm for every calm.
5 As for herself, she was busy at her loom, shooting her golden shuttle through the warp and singing beautifully.
6 The lady's charming personality must not be permitted to warp our judgment.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In XII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE ABBEY GRANGE 7 Then Aeneas bore forth two purple garments stiff with gold, that Sidonian Dido's own hands, happy over their work, had once wrought for him, and shot the warp with delicate gold.
8 Rains and spray had damped it; sun and wind had warped it; all the elements had combined to rot a thing that hung so idly.
9 In the middle of the orchard we came upon a grape arbour, with seats built along the sides and a warped plank table.
10 But here and there were warped boards and cracked metallic clasps that told the tale well enough.
11 No line like that warped his red lips.
12 Yes, everything is badly arranged, nothing fits anything else, this old world is all warped, I take my stand on the opposition, everything goes awry; the universe is a tease.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 12: CHAPTER II—PRELIMINARY GAYETIES 13 The estate had only recently been put on to the new reformed system, and the new mechanism worked, creaking like an ungreased wheel, warping and cracking like homemade furniture of unseasoned wood.