" This streak of bitterness came from a plenteous source, and kept widening in the current of his thought as he neared Lowick Gate.
" The slight streak of contempt in this hasty reply offended Dorothea.
She did not really see the streak of sunlight on the floor more than she saw the statues: she was inwardly seeing the light of years to come in her own home and over the English fields and elms and hedge-bordered highroads; and feeling that the way in which they might be filled with joyful devotedness was not so clear to her as it had been.
She was not looking at the sculpture, probably not thinking of it: her large eyes were fixed dreamily on a streak of sunlight which fell across the floor.
Her shrewdness had a streak of satiric bitterness continually renewed and never carried utterly out of sight, except by a strong current of gratitude towards those who, instead of telling her that she ought to be contented, did something to make her so.
He found a long streak from wrist to elbow when he went to bed that night.
"I am looking," said the Mole, "at a streak of bubbles that I see travelling along the surface of the water.
"I can tell when a streak of humidity the size of a table-cloth starts from Florida on its way to New York.
When she found the entire fence white-washed, and not only whitewashed but elaborately coated and recoated, and even a streak added to the ground, her astonishment was almost unspeakable.
Sighing, he dipped his brush and passed it along the topmost plank; repeated the operation; did it again; compared the insignificant whitewashed streak with the far-reaching continent of unwhitewashed fence, and sat down on a tree-box discouraged.
In transition, Westbrook will streak past scrambling opponents at full speed.
That trend tracks to even before the current six-game winning streak started with a road win over the Warriors, when Paul had 23 points and 17 assists to lead Houston to a victory without Harden.
They have a mean streak, know what they want and when having just produce piglets and in mom-mode they can be very aggresive.
The Rockets have surged thanks to James Harden's monstrous scoring streak, while young superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo has carried the Bucks to the top of the east with a 35-13 record.
At this moment, a tiny thrill shoots through the leaves and flowers, like a streak of lightning, straight across the forest of lotuses.
It's the longest such streak since Wilt Chamberlain had 20 straight 30-plus-point performances in 1964.
Yet he did nothing of the sort at the difference of the look was a faint streak of melancholy.
Former US first lady Michelle Obama has been named America's "Most Admired Woman" in 2018, ending Hillary Clinton's 17-year winning streak.
8 assists during Houston's five-game winning streak.
economy is in its 10th year of expansion, the second-longest such period on record, and October marks the 100th straight month of hiring, a record streak.
