![]() She was keeping what I call in my shorthand the panoply of life-that which we all lived in common -in being.† Sir Grummore Grummursum was cantering up the clearing in full panoply of war.† To the south were the Varden and the men of Surda, entrenched behind multiple layers of defense, where they displayed a fine panoply of woven standards, ranks of proud tents, and the picketed horses of King Orrin's cavalry.† (source) Christopher Paolini, Eldest, 2005 (source) Eudora Welty, The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty, 1955Ībove him arched a mottled panoply of drifting leaves, supported by the thick trunks that buried themselves in the dry, bare ground.† (source) Gish Jen, Typical American, 1991Īnd her extra-long skirt, made by Mama in a nice strong red for the trip, rocked on her like a panoply as she readied herself for the opening ball, and missed it.† Theresa came home to find Helen lost in a panoply of analytical tools, all laid out on the kitchen table.† (source) Isabel Allende, The House of the Spirits, 1986 He was running the house with energetic stabs of his cane and his usual panoply of insults, and was so absorbed in his duties that when they arrived he greeted them with an indifferent kiss and forgot to ask after his daughter's health.† ![]() Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring, 1954 In panoply of ancient kings, in chained rings he armoured him his shining shield was scored with runes to ward all wounds and harm from him his bow was made of dragon-horn, his arrows shorn of ebony, of silver was his habergeon, his scabbard of chalcedony his sword of steel was valiant, of adamant his helmet tall, an eagle-plume upon his crest, upon his breast an emerald.† (source) Sara Gruen, Water for Elephants, 2007 I open my eyes and see a panoply of shifting color and forms.† (source) Ray Bradbury, Something Wicked This Way Comes, 1962 ![]() Dark came carrying his panoply of friends, his jewel-case assortment of calligraphical reptiles which lay sunning themselves at midnight on his flesh.† ![]() (source) Christopher Paolini, Brisingr, 2008 The panoply of rays outlining Eragon's hand faded into oblivion, leaving behind lurid pink afterimages streaked across his field of vision.† George Chizmar, Ewen's most artistic student, had done a small chalk sketch of gondolas on a canal at sunset and a gondolier in a huge straw fedora leaning against the tiller as a gorgeous panoply of pinks and reds and oranges stained both sky and water.† Now it dipped below, seemingly igniting the depths of storm cloud from beneath and casting a panoply of colors along the entire western edge of the world.† Paul's, upstream to Big Ben, the full panoply of tourist London in between, I felt myself to be physically well and mentally intact, give or take the headaches and a little tiredness.† I sat forward on the edge of my seat to take in my favorite view of the city, and as I turned my neck, downstream to St. (source) David Wroblewski, The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, 2008īut why had she assembled such a panoply against me, who knew nothing of combat?† Instead, his sleep was plagued by absences: Why did the night withhold its panoply of sounds?†
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