An occasional blur of gray moved amongst the tendrils as one snapped out suddenly toward an intruder, but all Mermen kept well out of reach.

The watchers were at either end of the alley, and Adon could only glimpse an occasional blur of movement from the area beyond-a flash of glaring white; a huge black form darting forward, then retreating as it let out an inhuman roar.

Guido Ajmone-Marsan conducted a pit orchestra that offered some delicate string playing and occasional blurs of ensemble and intonation in the winds and brass.

Except for an occasional blur where one had worn thin, no light peeped through.

One forgave small lapses in ensemble, the occasional blur in rhythmic sharpness and the bad behavior of one oboe reed.

Minutes and minutes passed, and there was only an occasional blur.

Blackness that was unrelieved, save for an occasional, sudden blur that crossed the scene too quickly to follow.

I tried to look out of the windows to see something of where we were, but they were made of frosted glass, and I could make out nothing save the occasional bright blur of a passing light.

That accounted for the occasional noisy blur.

In the split-screen images an occasional blur slipped past - as though some outside force were confusing the instruments.