3.All of the examiners looked around to watch its progress and when it dissolved into silver mist Professor Tofty clapped his veined and knotted hands enthusiastically.
5.It is a very beautiful species, the large oval lip white, delicately veined with purple; the other petals and the sepals purple, strap-shaped, and elegantly curled and twisted.
6." I'll permit you to earn the right to unsheath it, " Stilgar said, and, as a mutter of protest sounded around the table, he raised a thin, darkly veined hand.
7.The china of the whites was now veined with red. It was like looking at two blackcurrants poached in blood. The rest of the wide face was yellowish except where a thick black stubble covered the moist skin.
8.But at length we were off, the tug was shed, the lighthouse passed, and Raffles and I leaned together over the rail, watching our shadows on the pale green, liquid, veined marble that again washed the vessel's side.
9.In proper novels, people say things like: " I am veined with iron, with silver, and with streaks of common mud. I cannot contract into the firm fist which those clench who do not depend on stimulus." What does this mean?
10.For a moment he silently scrutinised the attentive group out of his filmy blue eyes overhung by old veined lids;then he gave his moustache a thoughtful twist, and said simply: " I didn't think the Mingotts would have tried it on."