Sentences with phrase «still leaden»
Post storm, the sky still leaden and the streets reeking of that just - rained - earth smell so particular to South Africa, we watched hundreds of swallows duck and dive in a display of abandon, on the banks of Lake Victoria (not that Lake Victoria, another one, but more about that later).
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Still, the fastest - growing ice cream brands are the «premium» ones - the pricier and more calorie - leaden varieties that appeal to consumers looking to splurge.
Indeed, Nispel's film is so slow - moving that it blows its one lead — it was actually completed before the battle - heavy spectacle of 300 and Apocalypto, but still manages to look and sound like a leaden knockoff.
AMG's tweaks also improve the GLC's cornering abilities, though it still doesn't entertain like a Macan and it feels heavier and more leaden than Alfa Romeo's new Stelvio.
The tall and narrow stance hints at a perched, top - heavy feeling that never materialises out on the road, yet the 2 still feels fleet of foot rather than reluctant and leaden like some of its rivals.
In weather like this, if my husband were still with me, we would not be trapped in one place, watching a leaden dawn and a sunset of dull red; we would be traveling with the king's court, on progress through the weald and downland of Hampshire and Sussex, the richest and most beautiful countryside in all of England, riding high on the hilly roads and looking out for the first sight of the sea.
The sock legs and patchwork bodies of the model from which the sculpture was cast are still perceptible in the imprint of creased fabric, but the leaden mass of the metal forms — ears flopping, trunks and tusks ramming — drags the fight to a dead, lumbering stop.