Association with this Mrs. Lefevre, who died when Mary was seventeen, led the girl to declare to her father that she desired to lead a better life than one of mere amusement, begging him to allow her to be left at home when the family visited the theatre and other scenes of gaiety The opposition she met with was trying, but it served to strengthen her for the career which was to open to her in later life.
— from Fletcher of Madeley by Margaret Allen

Except for the absence of any sign of a head or face inside the dark translucence of the helmet it looked like a full-sized man.
— from The Man Who Staked the Stars by Katherine MacLean

It was one of these mornings typical of the hour; it looked like morning, smelt like morning, there was the distinct, clean, pure, inspiring feel of morning.
— from Prince or Chauffeur? A Story of Newport by Lawrence Perry