[…] a woman, tall, and strong of aspect, of some thirty winters by seeming, …

It stared at the audience with wide white eyes, then tapped the side of its throat, producing a drawn-out metallic squink.

He will only drink purified water.

It has been said that the metallographic microscope is an instrument for seeing only what you want to see, and this slur on the good faith and credibility of metallographists will only be strengthened by such statements as that of the authors that their photomicrograph No. 3, magnified 225 diameters, shows segregation, while No. 4 does not.