I would labour, but my master has taken away from me the anvil, the fire, and the hammer, and I sit without the door like an armless beggar.
Saadat, I would labour, but my master has taken away from me the anvil, the fire, and the hammer, and I sit without the door like an armless beggar.
She is an orphan," says the armless one, "and she is half-mad.
The only reply is a vacant but not unpleasant smile; and the armlesswastrel then volunteers the information that the child--for she is little more--is not a boy but a girl.
Think of armless dolls smiling in the midst of decayed vegetables!
That moment the phantom faced him; and Pierre saw Enceladus no more; but on the Titan's armless trunk, his own duplicate face and features magnifiedly gleamed upon him with prophetic discomfiture and woe.
A crescent-hilted sword is girt at his side; in his left hand he holds a double-headed axe, and in his right a staff topped by an armless doll with the symbol of the cross-barred oval instead of a head.
He held the containers for the armless man and handed them to the other.
The armless man came alongside and was lifted beside Lefty.
Armless Wonders may be rare, but there was certain to be a road-mender at work in one spot and a horse down in another, so all was well!
As for me, I like to become a member of a crowd as much as anybody, but the Armless Wonder's poor toes looked so desperately cold on this particular nipping day that sheer personal discomfort urged me onwards.
He still lives, but an armless sleeve furnishes constant reminder of the terrible experience of that June day.
Is tips is 'andsome, and it don't give 'im no pleshure to repport an 'armless lad.
The armless boy appeared in wrinkled boots, and a red shirt and vest.
She sat now, still and watchful, on the armless rocker by the window, waiting for him to disclose the object of his visit.
She came back, unhurried, imperturbable, and sat down again in the armless rocker before she answered his question.
Mrs. Brace resumed her place on the armless rocker after she had moved a chair forward for him.
Mrs. Brace moved slowly to and fro on the armless rocker, her swift, appraising eyes taking in her visitor's distress.
Illustration: Armless Soldier Learning to be a Carpenter.
That's Billy Thorpe, theArmless Wonder," the performer informed him.
Is that another armless or footless wonder next to Billy Thorpe?
This is where the Armless Wonder has the best of us today," nodded Teddy, with his usual keen eye for humor.
Finding that the armless little lady really possessed artistic talent, he showed the portrait to George III.
Charley," he said softly, "you're an Armless Wonder.
He was an Armless Wonder, a born freak, the top of the carny ladder, with a good job wherever he cared to look for one.
He could feel the muscles of his shoulders and back bunching up when he tried thinking what to do about the sabotage that had struck him; but an Armless Wonder has one very real disadvantage.
Incredible as it seemed to the professor, Charley was content to remain a freak, an Armless Wonder.
Charley thought of the armless man in the Flea Museum, and decided slowly that no explanation would be good enough.
And you've killed off the Armless Wonders and the Legless Wonders, professor.
You forget this," said Conway, pointing to his armless sleeve.
The headless and armless trunk, of fearful aspect, dyed Jalasandha's elephant with blood.
He taketh me for the armless Bhurisravas in battle.
Again his finger travelled slowly down the page to the clause in which three freaks connected with the side shows were especially commended to his care--an armless dwarf and the Wild Twins of Borneo.
Guardeen to an armless dwarf and two wild twins of Borneo!
But she had heard wild rumours in the meantime--the possibility of his adopting the armless dwarf and the wild twins of Borneo, in case the show business did not pay.
She tossed the glass aside, and, holding out her flowing skirts with both hands, executed a swinging pirouette in front of the gravely beautiful statue of the armless woman.
Meanwhile, inside there, "the iron man" is sitting in his wife's room on a small embroidered armless chair.
Upon laying an unconscious little girl in the arms of the first mate, she turned back to descend to the boat again, but found the way barred by Bulke and one of the sailors of the trader, hauling up the armless actor, Arthur Stoss.
This you have accomplished, you poor armless man, that hundreds, though they had two arms, perished, while you are privileged to appear on the stage this evening as if nothing had occurred.
Arthur Stoss, championarmless marksman, helped into life-boat by faithful valet," and so on.
I obtained your address from Mr. Stoss, the armless marksman, you know.
He paid no attention to the armless man, who jestingly shouted an ironic remark to him.
He looked sidewise at the armless trunk, and his soul writhed in humiliation at the thought of his own ridiculousness.
Frederick told the artists about Arthur Stoss; and Willy Snyders, the man of initiative, proposed that they go together to Webster and Forster to see the armless actor's performance.
The applause refused to end, and the armless trunk made a moderately profound bow.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "armless" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
