The morning air was filled with the sweetish odor of new-spilled blood, the acrid stench of frightened horses, and the bitterness of burned powder.

He was a big man, wearing a neat flannel shirt against the cold foothill air.

Every plane that could fly was sent into the air.

When our eyes met the air was filled with an unuttered message of `` Me, too ''.

There was a shattering, cracking sound as the concrete started to buckle, the air filled with dust and flying debris, and everyone in the room -- men and women hit the floor and used the desks as turtlebacks, as ordered.

This was the big man with the proprietory air and the beetling, shaggy eyebrows.

The air, he said, was just right ; ;

The street that is full now of traffic and parked cars then and for many years drowsed on an August afternoon in the shade of the curbside trees, and silence was a weight, almost palpable, in the air.

He said that Mr. Wright was not in, and so could not be arrested on something called a peace warrant that Miriam was waving in the air.

the pope was playing a dangerous game, with so many balls in the air at once that a misstep would bring them all about his ears, and his only hope was to temporize so that he could take advantage of every change in the delicate balance of European affairs.

Recently the secretary of the Friends Committee on National Legislation was interviewed on the air.

She was so beautiful with her rosy mouth and haughty air that she had to be wicked.

The music drove them off, or away, and he was free to walk on air in a very few moments, humming and jiving within, beating the rhythm within.

The air was cooler here, and the lacy pattern of the trees threw a dappled shadow on the grass, an effect which he found pleasant.

The boundless blue air was stretched over the zenith like the skin of a drum.

There was the smell of the coast, like a primeval memory, composed of equal parts salt water, clams, seaweed and northern air.

a pile of wire cages for mice from his time as a geneticist and a microscope lying on its side on the window sill, vertical steel columns wired for support to the open ceiling beams with spidery steel cantilevers jutting out into the air, masonry constructions on the floor from the time he was inventing his disastrous fireplace whose smoke would pass through a whole house, visible all the way up through wire gratings on each floor.

There was an air of blindness in her gray eyes, the startled-horse look that ultimately comes to some women who are born at the end of an ancestral line long since divorced from money-making and which, besides, has kept its estate intact.

But just when she seemed to have sunk into some depravity of peasanthood she would disappear and come down bathed, brushed, and taking breaths of air, and even with her broken nails her hands would come to rest on a table or a leaf with a thoughtless delicacy, a grace of history, so to speak, and for an instant one saw how ferociously proud she was and adamant on certain questions of personal value.

There was the suggestion of ice water, and -- in spite of the protest `` We're not really thirsty '' -- Linda Kay, to escape the stuffy air and the smothering soft voices, hurried to the kitchen.

The doctor, he noticed, was attempting a transverse movement towards the stairs, but before the movement could be completed a distinct and audible cluck ruffled the air in the hollow of the stair-well.

Another strategy -- bolder and tougher -- was also attracting notice in Washington: a naval and air blockade to cut Cuba off from the world, destroy Castro.

When air travel was in its infancy, the sky was considered big enough and high enough for all.

A crew of the Minas Gerais with full air complement consisted of 1, 300 officers and enlisted personnel.

The full version ran for 60 seconds, though only around 30 seconds were usually shown on air.

During the festival, artists come from all over the world to erect their sculptures in the open air, in full view of passers by.

In the counter-insurgency context, " boots on the ground " are even more important than technological prowess and massive firepower, although anti-guerrilla forces should take full advantage of modern air, artillery and electronic warfare assets.

Both endorse full self-ownership, but they differ with respect to the powers agents have to appropriate unappropriated natural resources ( land, air, water, etc .).

Discontinuous technology allows the entire kiln charge to come up to full atmospheric pressure, the air in the chamber is then heated, and finally vacuum is pulled.

She is described as having heavy blonde hair which fell past her knees, a beautiful complexion, hazel eyes which changed colour, a full, high bosom, and a natural grace which made her appear to " walk on air "; these were the physical attributes that were highly appreciated in Italy during that period.

Because the knees come up to the chest when the lungs are empty, this technique allows the rower to reach a little bit further than if the lungs were full of air.

The pilot needed to set the throttle to the desired setting ( usually full open ) and then adjust the fuel / air mixture to suit using a separate " fine adjustment " lever that controlled the air supply valve.

What characterizes a scuba set is its full independence from the surface as a breathing device, by transporting breathable air or other kind of breathing gas.

Fernez's goggles didn't allow a dive deeper than ten metres due to " mask squeeze ", so, in 1933, Le Prieur replaced all the Fernez equipment ( goggles, noseclip and valve ) by a full face mask, directly supplied with constant flow air from the cylinder.

Bangkok city buses come in various sizes, types, and prices, from half size, full size, double length, open window, fan, and air conditioned.

However, since the charge in the cylinders is being pushed in by this air pressure, it means that the engine will normally produce only half-power at full throttle at this altitude.

Also, the on air IDs in the mid 1990s were the UPN shapes evolving into the next shape then the full logo followed by a blue bar appearing, which has 2 variants.

A system may be able to evacuate nitrogen ( the main component of air ) to the desired vacuum, but the chamber could still be full of residual atmospheric hydrogen and helium.

A hesitation is basically a halt on the standing foot during the full waltz measure, with the moving foot suspended in the air or slowly dragged.

On August 8, 1709, in Lisbon, he managed to lift a balloon full of hot air about 4. 5 meters in front of King John V and the Portuguese court.

* At a receiver facility, the power required for all receivers and auxiliary equipment that may be operated on prime or spare antennas simultaneously, those in standby condition, multicouplers, control and keying equipment, plus lighting, ventilation, and air conditioning equipment required for full continuity of communications.

* At a transmitter facility, the power required for all transmitters and auxiliary equipment that may be operated on prime or spare antennas or dummy loads simultaneously, those in standby condition, control and keying equipment, plus lighting, ventilation, and air conditioning equipment required for full continuity of communications.

This means that most of the electrons are stopped by collisions with air molecules before they can complete one full circle of its spiral around the Earth's magnetic field lines.

Fuel is introduced into the air stream through small holes at the narrowest part of the venturi and at other places where pressure will be lowered when not running on full throttle.

At least one full game of Mornington Croissant was played on air.