The mud was thick and sticky underfoot, but we squelched through it nonetheless.

This wall is badly built, he went on in a careless tone; look, there is another space there at the back; and he actually came up to it and held the lantern close to the airhole in such fashion that its light shone through into Jess's eyes and nearly blinded her.

The sand was a beautiful gold colour and completely unlittered by kelp or shells, suggesting to me that the waters around Kauai cannot be very productive.

disaffirmance of judgement