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1
The setting sunlight gave a
dull
sheen
to the clasp with its pin.
2
His pale skin shone with a
dull
sheen
like maggot's flesh.
3
The hour was early; dawn was only a
dull
sheen
in the cloudy sky.
4
His skin had a
dull
sheen
of sweat on it.
5
Her wet flanks had the
dull
sheen
of bronze.
6
The light flicked on, and he could see the
dull
sheen
of the Bekaran tool.
7
His skin had a
dull
sheen
,
slimey from sweat.
8
They showed now as the slowly working lip revealed them, glimmering with a moist,
dull
sheen
.
9
She smiles in the darkness, her white teeth flashing, mahogany skin a
dull
sheen
in the black.
10
I could see oily rings around the stalks of the reeds; a
dull
sheen
reflected the sunlight upward.
11
Glossy concrete floors, zinc-topped café tables and aluminum chairs giving off a
dull
sheen
under the track lights.
12
A piece of the whitish cortex broke off, exposing the
dull
sheen
of the dark gray stone within.
13
It reflected in the
dull
sheen
on the metal table and seemed to touch his hands for a moment.
14
His mouth opened in a slight 'O' and he sank to his knees, a
dull
sheen
to his eyes.
15
The intervening bay was a
dull
sheen
of molten metal, whereon sailing craft lay motionless or drifted with the lazy tide.
16
Slowly, wearily, the old lid lifted, and with a last, low groan lay bare its treasure-andhe saw the
dull
sheen
of gold!
dull
sheen
dull