The point where we stooda huddled, shivering groupfaced the wider channels that led to the open sea and Finland.

Before this the Federal front gave way, and the disordered troops were huddled backnow only a confused and disorganized massupon Chancellorsville.

She loved the uncertain light of dancing flames, and sat huddled there in her big chair for the last time.

In an open space, striving to burrow into the snow as though for shelter from the appalling desolateness, huddled three dreary lodges.

Within its walls it presents the appearance of a Moorish city with huddled dwellings and narrow, crooked streets, which afford but scanty room even for the foot passenger.

destartalado, -a, huddled (together), incompact, promiscuous, without order.

Hundreds of old men, women and children, were found huddled together, half starved, in these places, the most wretched-looking objects I ever saw.

Maxime and his friend sat huddled up in the trench, smoking with their chins on their knees.

They were all very tired of having to remain huddled together so long on the raft, and were eager to follow the smaller creatures that seemed so happy on the new earth, even if it were not very large as yet.

Nearby rose a thin spiral of smoke and back of it was a huddled figure, Firio, preparing the morning meal.

THE NEXT MORNING Ola Serka himself, who was the most distinguished man among the Lapps, had said that he would find Osa's father, but he appeared to be in no haste and sat huddled outside the tent, thinking of Jon Esserson and wondering how best to tell him of his daughter's arrival.

But the old geese were ready with a retort and cried to their goslings: "Look at those beasts that stay at home and sleep half the year rather than go to the trouble of travelling south!" Down in the pine forest the young grouse sat huddled together and gazed longingly after the big bird flocks which, amid joy and merriment, proceeded southward.

While his father was busy with the horse and the boy sat huddled in a corner, it happened that other callers came to the farm.

The girls, huddled in a group, gazed on in frank alarm.

" "Let's have a look," said Roy, as the two boys made their way to the huddled group of girls.

The woolly herd, huddled together helplessly, made no effort to get out of the road.

He approached the car in which the two bound captives were still huddled.

Joel sat there on the steps, under the shadow of the dark building, thinking of many things, and feeling very happy and peaceful, until a long, shrill sound from the north told of the coming of the 9.48 train; then he made his way back to Masters, up the dim stairs, and into his room, where Dickey Sproule lay huddled in bed reading The Three Guardsmen by the screened light of a guttering candle.

The two friends tried to find seats on a bench; but these were all occupied by fédérés of all ranks huddled up on them and snoring in chorus.

They waited huddled together for an instant, then made a rush at me; I fired, but missed.

Instead of being huddled together in a bye place, as has mostly been the case, they are to be built on an elevated site, and ranged at regular intervals around three sides of a large square, in the centre of which a building for a chapel and school house is to be erected.

Hermia still slept, huddled under her overcoat, one rosy cheek pillowed on her open palm, her tumbled hair flooding riotously about her shoulders.

Hermia shrank back and huddled down upon the couch.

To add to the trouble, the rain began to fall, as rain is apt to do, at an inconvenient moment, and soon the half-dried garments had to be gathered out of the smoke and huddled away in a most discouraging condition.

Larry caught him by the collar and dragged him to a seat, where he huddled, his twitching hands at his throat.