Meanings of pass athwart in English

The allusion to his lost son caused another cloud to pass athwart the brow of the Genoese.

Quasimodo, motionless and attentive, beheld a throng of lively, dancing shadows pass athwart the many-colored painted panes.

Ideas are often poor ghosts; our sun-filled eyes cannot discern them; they pass athwart us in thin vapour, and cannot make themselves felt.

Ideas are often poor ghosts; our sun-filled eyes cannot discern them; they pass athwart us in thin vapor, and cannot make themselves felt.

A gleam of fierce delight passed athwart the dark features of Peter.

Now a shooting meteor passed athwart the sky, and vanished behind the hill.

And as he passed athwart my hawse he hailed me long and loud:

Then a cloud passes athwart his brow.

Shadows passed athwart the flame.

"Ware round, sir-ware round and pass athwart the brig's wake," interrupted the captain.

A shadow passed athwart the sweet face of my companion, and a moment of deep, and, as I fancied, of painful thought succeeded.

A flush, that was visible even in that light, passed athwart the countenance of the Bravo; but he stilled every other exhibition of feeling.

A bishop in full canonicals passed athwart Graham's vision, conversing with a gentleman dressed exactly like the traditional Chaucer, including even the laurel wreath.

Presently a vague fancy passed athwart his mind, that perhaps the crawling worms would annoy him, and he felt uneasy, but yet not afraid.

They stood by the marble basin, and the dim lights and scarce dimmer shadows from many an upper window passed athwart them as they stood.