Thickened
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The emerging stew of Weltpolitik
thickened
even more with Israel’s pre-emptive move in international waters to stop a flotilla supposedly bringing relief aid to blockaded Gaza.
The drama
thickened
for another ten months, until the Supreme Court unanimously ordered Nixon to surrender the tapes.
And here the plot has
thickened.
And it seemed that the darkness was an unknown blackness,
thickened
by the floating coal dust, made heavy by the gas which weighed on the eyes.
The potatoes were cooked, and the coffee,
thickened
by a good half of chicory, was passing through the percolator with a singing noise of large drops.
They could sup later on; as yet nobody was hungry, with their stomachs soaked in coffee and
thickened
with beer.
These chunks weighed less than the water, and by an unusual effect of specific gravity, each chunk took wing, as it were, to the roof of the tunnel, which
thickened
above by as much as it diminished below.
The Ice Bank's side walls and underbelly had visibly
thickened.
CHAPTER IXA moment gazed adown the dale, A moment snuffed the tainted gale, A moment listened to the cry, That
thickened
as the chase drew nigh; Then, as the headmost foe appeared, With one brave bound the copse he cleared, And, stretching forward free and far, Sought the wild heaths of Uam-Var.
Amid the grey swirl of the tobacco-smoke I could catch a glimpse of a blue coat and gold epaulettes, with a crowd gathering thickly round them, while a hoarse murmur rose from the group which
thickened
into a deep-chested cheer.
Then, the glade passed, the underwood
thickened
again, and became almost impenetrable.
Although the tide was at present low, no beach could be seen, and the waves,
thickened
by the volcanic dust, beat upon the basaltic rocks.
So that I had now a double wall; and my outer wall was
thickened
with pieces of timber, old cables, and everything I could think of, to make it strong; having in it seven little holes, about as big as I might put my arm out at.
In the inside of this I
thickened
my wall to about ten feet thick with continually bringing earth out of my cave, and laying it at the foot of the wall, and walking upon it; and through the seven holes I contrived to plant the muskets, of which I took notice that I had got seven on shore out of the ship; these I planted like my cannon, and fitted them into frames, that held them like a carriage, so that I could fire all the seven guns in two minutes’ time; this wall I was many a weary month in finishing, and yet never thought myself safe till it was done.
That beck itself was then a torrent, turbid and curbless: it tore asunder the wood, and sent a raving sound through the air, often
thickened
with wild rain or whirling sleet; and for the forest on its banks, _that_ showed only ranks of skeletons.
Left alone, I walked to the window; but nothing was to be seen thence: twilight and snowflakes together
thickened
the air, and hid the very shrubs on the lawn.
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