That first glimpse was surprising — the stout, pale-skinned woman in sturdy sandals, standing squarely a half-step ahead of the lithe, darker-skinned figure to her left.
Mr. Lane is sturdy-looking but pale.
As saltwater turns to freshwater, the mangroves are replaced by huge cohune palms, their quills of green leaves held high in the warm air, and by sturdy cotton trees, with pale, gnarled roots stretching down to the shore.
And creamy buttermilk dressing tied together a farmhouse salad of sturdy baby lettuce, chopped dill and pale carrots the size of a child's pinkie.
And if you thought that was in the sledgehammers-and-nuts category, it pales next to the sturdy ring of steel to protect the reflector on the mudguard from those who take pleasure in destroying such things.
Usually around a foot high, they were made of copper alloy, a sturdy metal with a lustrous matte surface of pale gold (rich but not too rich).
The species can be differentiated by the fact that L. lubrica fruit bodies are more sturdy, and those of C. confusa are much paler in colour.
"Most kids are so stupid," adds Daniel, a sturdy kid with a dark-blond brush of hair, pale skin, and red cheeks.
With its pale pink and untidy, straggling petals it looks a poor relation of the sturdy red campion, which in the dry wood has been long out and new is the most noticeable flower.
The pair were seated on an ornate settee, and my attention was drawn to the woman's sturdy legs in beige stockings, the right knee uncovered where the skirt of her pale-blue silk dress had hitched up a bit as she settled her ample figure into the settee; and to her feet, in patent-leather pumps planted firmly on the fancy hotel carpet.
