He examined the winter-tight buds critically, then tossed it aside and glanced up at the sky, where a feeble sun poked its way through the light cloud layer.
The feeble sun rose slowly behind them and cast dim light and shadows on the rugged landscape.
Fog still hung thick over the river behind them, a gray wall resisting the efforts of the feeble sun to burn it away and hiding the Two Rivers from view.
A feeble, cold sun sent leprous shafts down through even colder grey clouds.
The sky hung heavy and grey before them, though a feeble sun still shone upon this stretch of their way.
After so many generations of darkness, this Morlock would be more vulnerable, even to the feeble sun of England, than would the palest redhead in the Tropics.
It was empty of observers at the moment, the sun too feeble to take the chill from the breeze at that altitude.
A feeble sun cast streaks of amber light on lapping caps of grayish-green water.
It was a decaying gray world with a feeble sun, dim and forbidding, but to an archaeologist's eyes, the sight was stunningly beautiful.
The feeble sun was almost warm when it came out.