The broad steely sea, marked only by faint lines, which had a semblance of being etched thereon to a degree not deep enough to disturb its general evenness, stretched the whole width of his front and round to the right, where, near the town and port of Budmouth, the sun bristled down upon it, and banished all colour, to substitute in its place a clear oily polish.
— from Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy

[Pg 150] As the first direction is given Eva steps to the table and takes a yellow bow which is pinned to her left shoulder: the others follow as called upon.
— from Special Method in Primary Reading and Oral Work with Stories by Charles A. (Charles Alexander) McMurry