A tinge of wildness in her aspect was derived from the black veil hanging like a rag against her cheek, and from the
fixity of her black gaze where the light of the room was absorbed and lost without the trace of a single gleam.
She paused, then, without giving any sign of distress, added, "It's so difficult," and looked at me with a strange
fixity, as if watching for a sign of dissent or surprise.
And before the normal
fixity of her enigmatical eyes the smoke of the cigarette ascended ceremonially, straight up, in a slender spiral.
In his functions, or in presence of strangers, he never laid aside the majesty that time had impressed upon his person; and the habit of frowning with his heavy eyebrows, contracting the wrinkles of his face, and giving to his eyes a Napoleonic
fixity, made his manner of accosting others icy.
The
fixity of her mood was broken by the action of walking.
Suppose we turn from outside estimates of a man, to wonder, with keener interest, what is the report of his own consciousness about his doings or capacity: with what hindrances he is carrying on his daily labors; what fading of hopes, or what deeper
fixity of self-delusion the years are marking off within him; and with what spirit he wrestles against universal pressure, which will one day be too heavy for him, and bring his heart to its final pause.
Her victim tried to turn away, hiding her face in her hands and kneeling behind a woman; but the reptile, with unblinking eyes, stared on with such
fixity that I could have sworn her vision penetrated the woman, and the girl's arms to reach at last the very center of her brain.
They stood looking into each other's eyes with a strange
fixity, for what seemed an eternity, before any dared to move; and then, as though they feared what they should see, they bent over the form of the Outlaw of Torn for the first time.
He listened as well, but he stared, unconscious of the
fixity of his gaze or of the fact that all that was essentially masculine in his nature was shining in his eyes.
Britain supported the Confederates' secessionist cause and the
fixity of Blacks' thraldom in the South for the sustenance and growth of its cotton-dependent industry in Leeds and Manchester.
That's when exchange rate
fixity was the order of the day.
From these strains, the percent
fixity and recovery are defined as:
Compared to devices manufactured using traditional techniques, 3D printed gadgets can be made to individual specifications, while functioning better in terms of
fixity, fitness, and breathability, ITRI official Hong Chi-pin noted.
Shape
fixity (f), and shape recovery (RR) ratio of the blends was determined by the following equation [25, 26]
