Both Uses of
periphery
in
Interview with the Vampire
- For a long time he had stood on the periphery of the gathering, his hands clasped, his large, dark eyes very still.†
Part 3 *
- Someone was near, on the periphery of my vision; someone who had outsmarted my hearing, my keen anticipation, which penetrated like a sharp antenna even this distraction, or so I thought.†
Part 3
Definition:
the outside boundary or surface of something;
or more rarely: outside the area of main activity
or more rarely: outside the area of main activity