| 单词 | willowy |
| 例句 | No one would ever believe that she—small, frizzy haired—was related to willowy, sleek Lexie. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z It was really very strange that a woman as beautiful and slender and willowy and graceful, a creature as perfectly packaged, as supremely dressed as the Countess should be hung up on teeth that way. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z She was blue-eyed and fair, young and willowy. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She was tall and willowy, with legs for days and a tan that made her skin glow. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z I am broad-shouldered and well over six feet, while she is smaller than a Scholar woman, even, with a deceptively willowy form. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Her slight frame was willowy, graceful even in absolute stillness. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Those lodges weren’t very hot, but we sat in them for hours and willed the sweat to pop over our willowy arms and hairless cheeks. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Dr. Nwala raised his willowy body from his seat and came around to shake her hand. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I run my fingers along the edges of her body, smoothing her legs and hips to make her thin and willowy like the imperial dancers on their tiptoes. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Her mother was a European elf with a fiery temper and willowy figure. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z A willowy girl wrapped in a singed navy blanket stepped out into the open, moaning. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z She was tall and willowy, and the sun gave her long sandy hair a golden halo. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Cowrie shells were counted and passed from the trader with the willowy body to the men who had captured them. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z She was tall and willowy with long blonde hair and appeared to emanate a faint, silvery glow. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z She’s tall and willowy, all the things El is on her way to becoming. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Mina is short and compact to Judith’s willowy height, but they have the same teeth and the same brilliant eyes. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z These heroines were always willowy and managed to land in graceful postures of repose, and were revived with the merest passing of a decorated flagon of smelling salts under their noses. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Sweat has made her white T-shirt cling to her willowy body. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z If I was tall, my narrow build would be described as “willowy” instead of “childish,” and he might not see me as a little sister he needs to protect. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z A willowy girl with long brown hair joins us onstage. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z She was tall, willowy, with long, golden-white hair that swept to her waist. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z A warrior princess, he decided, not some willowy creature who sits up in a tower, brushing her hair and waiting for some knight to rescue her. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z His hair had grown out longer and shaggier, and his face was leaner, so he looked less like an imp and more like one of those willowy elves in the fairy tales. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Outside, a fair, willowy girl and a heavy-set woman in white were walking across the lawn. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z The sprite emerged from the fortress first, followed by one of the lithe, willowy nymphs with fingers like small branches. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z As Dewey approached them, he saw that another visitor was already there: a willowy girl with white-gloved hands, a smooth cap of dark-honey hair, and long, elegant legs. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, every day I’m forced to share the sidewalk with tall, willowy NYU students, skin taught and smooth. Soaring past my midlife crisis 2014-02-08T00:00:00Z Bonus: The willowy actress was born to wear sleek 1920s dresses. Plot spoilers pose 'Downton Abbey' challenge 2013-01-03T20:20:36Z Not just the incredible low register, with its trad-jazz intonations, but the fact that it emanates from the willowy 20-year-old kid. New band of the day ? No 779: Joe Worricker 2010-05-05T16:01:00Z Masses of willowy white Japanese anemones light up the far reaches of the garden. A European country garden on a Seattle city lot (and a half) 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z She is tall and willowy; friendly with a touch of reserve. Our messed-up relationship with food has a long history. It started with butter. 2017-03-20T04:00:00Z A willowy 5 feet 8 inches tall, Ms. McLeod-Wells seems better suited for the tents of the Tuileries than the ring at Madison Square Garden. Up Close: Smile When You Call Her a Diva 2011-03-23T18:51:38Z In certain arrangements, the lead part is delegated to a single, harmony-supported voice, be it Lambert’s tart timbre or Monroe and Presley’s willowy and reedy textures. Country’s Fierce Supergroup Pistol Annies Returns, Humor Intact (and Baby on the Way) 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z And it’s telling that part of its new strategy involves targeting not just willowy, size 2 – 12 females but men. Lululemon’s “dumpy” new image problem 2014-04-24T14:22:00Z Chamberlike and willowy, suffused with melancholy, it reflects her sly noncompliance with jazz and classical conventions, which has been a prevalent theme of her half-century career. Carla Bley, Still Improvising and Inspiring as She Turns 80 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z Ms. Howard’s willowy good looks were appealing, but it was her warm, infectious energy and quirky pinup style that snagged him. Don’t Fall in Love With Me, She Said. He Wouldn’t Listen. 2017-06-16T04:00:00Z Standing at 5-foot-8, I appeared willowy and well dressed; he probably noticed my Irish eyes first and then studied their contrast to my bronze Colombian skin. Dating while losing my hearing 2014-08-17T04:00:00Z She is a clapping, music-loving joy, and at almost 2 years old, she is also a floppy, willowy creature who cannot make most vowels or consonants and is nowhere near crawling, much less walking. Waiting to love my child 2013-05-07T23:45:00Z Tall and willowy, Hatala is a powerful dancer with a refined quality, every move beautifully clear, whether it’s a sharp pop or the flutter of an arm like a breath of wind. Janet Jackson hired her as a backup dancer. Instagram made her a star. 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z For 20 years there they were: three hip-nerdy guys and one willowy, glamorous woman. A Daughter of Kronos Revisits Quartet?s Fold 2012-02-24T20:17:42Z On a brisk Saturday in October, as giddy tracks by Destiny’s Child and Naughty by Nature blared, there were lithe fashion boys tangling on the dance floor and willowy models climbing banquettes like mantises. Up Close: Travis Bass, Impresario of the Night 2012-11-05T22:37:03Z While not the first walking path in an airport, this route incorporates art — 12 colorful floor mosaics — including Arthello Beck’s willowy “Cypress Trees” and Jane Helslander’s riot of circles, “Floating in Space, a Waltz.” The Getaway: Easing the Pain of Workouts on the Road 2012-08-01T16:30:12Z He was too willowy and lanky … He was too skinny. True Hollywood story: The producer and the Black Panther 2012-06-09T19:00:00Z Those went to the tall, willowy, impossibly blond girls. Emilia Clarke, of “Game of Thrones,” on Surviving Two Life-Threatening Aneurysms 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z A wealthy purveyor of pop music, he pulls up to the villa in a snarling Maserati with a surprise in tow: his teenage daughter Penelope, incarnated by the willowy, whispery Birkin. ‘La Piscine’ Review: Pretty, Rich People Behaving Poorly 2021-05-13T04:00:00Z A tanned, willowy woman with a cascade of light-brown hair, Naye has drawn perhaps disproportionate attention from the throngs of Internet sleuths mesmerized by the scandal. The Colorado soap opera that could be a major 2016 headache for the GOP 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z Tall, willowy and a great beauty all her life, Hill had a remarkable and unusual career. Lucienne Hill obituary 2013-01-17T18:30:51Z He admired my favorites of the sculptures: a trio of lustrous willowy nymphs. Once Around the Park, Then Farewell 2010-09-02T21:08:00Z “The role of Khaleesi is tall and willowy and blonde, I’m short and round and brown,” she said. Game of Thrones' Emilia Clarke Says She Based Khaleesi on Cate Blanchet's Elizabeth 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z “I’ve been making them for about 10 years now,” the artist said in a recent interview at her garment district studio, her willowy, otherworldly presence accentuated by pale skin and mischievous eyes. Marilyn Minter, an Artist Who Resonates and Repels 2023-04-09T04:00:00Z Tall and willowy, with an innocently upturned mouth, she is, so say style-world insiders, the latest in red carpet catnip. Katherine Waterston of ‘Inherent Vice’ Shyly Captivates the Fashion World 2015-01-02T05:00:00Z The elegant Ms. Zhang tempers her willowy line with sharp elbows and resolute arabesques that essentially nail her point shoes into the floor. Review: ‘The Red Detachment of Women,’ by the National Ballet of China, Soldiers On 2015-07-13T04:00:00Z For more than two decades she was George Balanchine’s muse, willowy, glamorous and alluringly distant, the face of not only New York City Ballet but also of ballet in America. Suzanne Farrell Ballet at Joyce Theater 2011-10-13T22:17:26Z With her hairband, willowy line and airy English style, she inhabits the role from the first. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland ? review 2011-03-06T00:10:18Z There’s something disarmingly different about Ms. Semionova, a willowy, warm dancer who grew up in Moscow, lives in Berlin and, in May, made her long-awaited debut with American Ballet Theater in “Don Quixote.” Emotions Expressed With a Glance 2011-06-30T22:13:36Z Mr. Fisher ingeniously transfigured the sound world of classical Japanese Noh drama, with a harmonium making a gently coppery wheeze and the willowy viola da gamba trading off with its more powerful descendant, the cello. A Dance Steals the Show at an Opera Festival 2020-01-19T05:00:00Z She was a dreamy, preoccupied woman, early fifties, willowy, fine-featured, draped over a chair with graceful professionalism that was part coy and part disdainful. My dinner with Alger Hiss 2017-08-27T04:00:00Z His still lifes catalog exotic blooms that are tall, willowy and weird. Uncharted seas in 'How to Build a Foghorn' at Samuel Freeman Gallery 2016-08-09T04:00:00Z The trio's three vessels are like something out of an Aubrey Beardsley drawing, their willowy vertical lines festooned with curving handles and lips. Urns, ferns and cabinets full of wonders ? Dante Marioni makes marvels out of glass 2010-08-12T20:28:00Z Sunny Wilkinson, a willowy Michigan vocalist, came across as trying a bit too hard, but had a nice moment on the ballad, "Charlie's Tune." Bebop rules at Jazz Port Townsend 2011-08-01T05:16:04Z With the willowy Jacqueline Green in the “Grace” lead, as the divine figure guiding this broadly spiritual work, Mr. Brown’s rotund, sky-and-earth-saluting movement at first seemed mellower than usual. Alvin Ailey Dance Highlights Teamwork in Recent Performances 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z Pite’s choreography rides on flow — a willowy stream of energy that sends the body bending and curving through space. Review: A Trip From Light to Dark With the National Ballet of Canada 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z As for the style — long, lean and willowy — it is fast gaining traction on Manhattan streets as a new generation of early adopters discovers the attractions of a trailing hem. Maxi Skirts Making a Comeback 2010-05-26T20:49:00Z Gamse, long-haired and willowy, with starry eyes and a relaxed smile, plays her “sizzle reel.” Keeping it real 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z Occasionally the album comes up for air, typically during another sort of Banks face-off, with male R&B singers: a blithe Ryan Leslie on “So Forgetful,” the willowy Lloyd on “Any Girl.” Critics? Choice: New CDs 2010-11-22T23:10:00Z Two, treasured for the past 60 years, have been loaned by the anonymous original owners from among the bevy of willowy titled gels, in family diamonds and pearls only slightly less splendid than the Queen's. Queen's coronation takes centre stage in Buckingham Palace's summer show 2013-07-25T23:01:00Z What I figured to be platonically ideal Isabel Marant customers were milling around in full force: tall, willowy blondes wearing big mod Army jackets and chunky high heels. | Isabel Marant: At Isabel Marant, What?s in a Label? 2010-04-20T22:26:00Z The applause begins even before Ms. Danner’s willowy form flutters into view. Blythe Danner Stars in ‘The Country House’ 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z Though undeniably seductive, the tall, willowy and hoydenish Ms. Best, a reigning goddess of the London stage, couldn’t pass for Taylor even in dim light. London Theater Journal: A Weekend of Hedonism and Hope 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z But what often arrives is an entree sprinkled with a few willowy fronds of fennel or accompanied by two lonely stalks of asparagus or, worse, a swipe of puree. Not all sides deserve a plate of their own 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z At the audition, I tried not to look when I spotted another actor––tall, blond, willowy, beautiful––walking by. Emilia Clarke, of “Game of Thrones,” on Surviving Two Life-Threatening Aneurysms 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z Both tall, willowy dancers, they moved as one body. Uncommonly intimate ‘Giselle’ at the Kennedy Center He adapted the willowy nude from an earlier painting of the mythological goddess. Martin Luther broke Europe in two, and Albrecht Dürer painted it back together 2016-11-21T05:00:00Z Another onlooker improvised a swirling duet with the willowy Leah Morrison. Review: ‘SILENT dialogue,’ From Dia Jian, Dances From Room to Room at the Met 2015-06-29T04:00:00Z At Sebastian Izzard Asian Art, for example, you’ll find an immaculate hanging scroll painting by Katsushika Hokusai depicting a willowy Edo beauty cradling an avid pet cat. Art Review: Big Continent, Much to See 2011-03-17T22:21:07Z The New York Times praised her “willowy elegance.” Patricia Morison, star of Broadway and Hollywood, dies aged 103 2018-05-20T04:00:00Z Try not to disturb the willowy egrets in nearby coves. Collectors Find Historical Value in Broken Glass 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z Works are loosely clustered according to theme: wan and willowy youths, mystical landscapes and Baudelairean fever dreams, to name a few. Art in Review: ?INVITATION TO THE VOYAGE? 2011-09-22T22:00:09Z Ms. Seo and Ms. Lane are on the understated side: Ms. Seo, willowy and refined, is the epitome of elegance, while Ms. Lane, smaller, even dainty, possesses a vivid expressiveness. Wanted for ‘Don Q’: 2 Ballerinas, Experience and Comic Skills a Plus 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z Mezzo-soprano Magdalena Kozena, who is married to Rattle, captured the look of the lovely, doomed Melisande with her tall, willowy figure. Simon Rattle leads 'Pelleas' in Met debut 2010-12-18T18:31:05Z The willowy Courtin-Clarins sisters wore combinations that were both prim, with high necklines, and slightly provocative, with see-through panels. On the Runway Blog: At a Vuitton Celebration, Concerns About an Era's End 2011-09-22T16:19:23Z Back above Broadway, doors opened to a disproportionate number of tall, willowy women with flawless skin and a blasé, “I-just-have-more-fun-without-it” attitude toward alcohol. Happy Hour Without the Booze 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z Mr. Welser-Möst seems to favor voices more willowy than plummy; his singers tend to blend with the instruments — beautifully — rather than soar over them. Review: ‘Ariadne,’ the Most Operatic Opera, Bows in Cleveland 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z In this version, embodied by the willowy Emily Davis, she often talks contemporary girl talk, sounding sulky, self-conscious and awesomely hyperbolic. Theater Review: ‘Seagull (Thinking of You),’ at New Ohio Theater 2013-01-16T22:35:06Z If you remove the camera and the willowy model, can you still convince people you are in the middle of an Elle magazine shoot? Today's must-see viral videos 2011-08-16T20:30:00Z Stare into a garden of flaming roses long enough and tall, willowy cats, standing upright as if on stilts, emerge – and they’re wearing butterfly masks. Raven Servellon's 'Velvet Sunflower' is a trippy art party 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z To the willowy Ms. Dvorovenko, the show gets under the skin of each character in a way that feels genuine. In ‘Flesh and Bone,’ Moira Walley-Beckett Leaps Darkly Into Ballet 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z At their best they tell us how we stand and carry our bodies; whether we want to be tall, willowy, athletic, busty, Amazonian, and if we need to pay attention to our arches. The World of Mannequins 2010-05-05T21:23:00Z An extremely tall, willowy figure, Kouyaté's career was extraordinary even before leaving for Europe. Sotigui Kouyat? obituary 2010-05-02T17:25:00Z The sound is big and round and willowy — and loud! Korean traditional flute as expressive and exciting as jazz 2011-05-11T19:25:04Z He said that the magazine’s lack of racial diversity so far was an unfortunate oversight, not meant to signal that the Kinfolk lifestyle was for only young, willowy white people. Kinfolk Magazine, the Martha Stewart Living of the Portland Set 2014-04-25T22:19:56Z She was tall and willowy; he was short and alert. Review: ‘Martial Bliss,’ a Loving Memoir About a Bookstore for Military Buffs 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z To be light is critically always looked down upon - it's willowy, it's wispy, it's nothing. McConaughey: From rom-coms to Oscar 2014-03-03T15:42:44Z Lingo’s “Finale” delivers some gorgeously spacey songs, some willowy/acrobatic dance … and some very vague intentions. Niehoff/Lingo’s ‘Collision’: pretty parts, vague impact 2013-04-19T21:57:25Z They play three new songs, including The Bells of Burford, an organ-heavy tribute to the medieval town in the Cotswolds, and Wide Majestic Aire, a willowy lament named for the river in Leeds. Trembling Bells – review 2012-08-30T14:07:38Z From the same year, the same auburn-haired and willowy woman is holding a fan with a Hiroshige print on it in “Symphony in White No. 2: The Little White Girl.” A change in visual language signals a bigger cultural shift A willowy, haunted beauty who looks far younger than Ante and could pass as Julija’s older sister, Nela serves as a bridge between her husband and daughter. ‘Murina’ Review: Hunting for Independence on Her Terms 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z A recent afternoon found her in Benyam, an Ethiopian restaurant near her Harlem apartment, wearing black jeans, high-top sneakers, and a loose sweater that hung around her tall willowy frame. Jordan Casteel Won’t Let You Look Away 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z The willowy starlet trying on something that resembles a real person's body for a part -- and the media fascination with her journey -- is nothing new. Is gaining 15 pounds really "torture"? 2011-08-12T19:35:00Z A few seconds after Christopher Grant began circling his willowy partner, Clara Miller, 18 — the lead saloon girl in George Balanchine’s “Western Symphony” — he was cut off by a round of aggressive clapping. Lessons of Old Are Still in the Air at the School of American Ballet 2014-05-26T04:00:00Z But in my bathing suit, I was a tall and willowy clean slate with mile-long legs and breasts like half-oranges: not huge but cheerfully proportioned. The day I put my bikini away 2017-03-18T04:00:00Z In a walk-through a few weeks before the event, she marched through the produce section, followed closely by her willowy French intern, Philo, and her event planner, Rachael. How to Make Salad Into Art 2017-05-21T04:00:00Z There’s no tidy resolution here, no willowy woman on the book jacket holding the waistband of her old pants an arm’s reach from her new body. Roxane Gay decided to write about being overweight. It took her to some painful places. 2017-06-10T04:00:00Z His name is Strat, and he is played with beguiling epicene virility and lungs of steel by the willowy Andrew Polec. Retrogressing in London With Meat Loaf and Adrian Mole 2017-08-15T04:00:00Z I am 95% sure that the willowy blonde hiding under her poncho while waiting to pay for her vegetables is Taylor Schilling, the star of Orange is the New Black. Why isn't there a Grindr for straight people? 2016-05-22T04:00:00Z But her body, outgrowing the willowy Balanchine ideal, soon gave her cause. Books of The Times: Jenifer Ringer and Misty Copeland Have New Memoirs 2014-03-16T21:00:25Z She herself — willowy with wide green eyes — had just had a breakup with a boyfriend. It?s Love at First Kill 2011-04-22T18:21:33Z "To me, ramps look like willowy scallions all dressed up in translucent pink stripes and feathery green headbands," adds senior editor Jess Kapadia. OK, I'll bite: What's all the fuss about ramps? 2021-04-20T04:00:00Z Tall, blond, willowy, sort of ripples when she walks... Honey from the Forbidden Planet: Remembering Anne Francis (1930-2011) 2011-01-08T14:05:00Z “Hotel Madrid,” the resulting 100-second film, features a montage of willowy models posing, dancing and bathing in her latest bridal gowns. Gordon von Steiner Brings Artistry to Fashion Videos 2015-08-26T04:00:00Z Steinfeld — a striking, smiling, willowy teen who exudes a kind of naive chic — fully resides inside the skin of a 19th century character very different from her. True Grit Review: Trading the Dude for the Duke
2010-12-22T19:25:00Z He's incredibly physically strong, a muscly bloke, not a willowy thing. Bowie and me 2013-02-23T08:00:24Z She was a willowy, ash-blond fashion model when veteran film director Howard Hawks plucked her from the pages of Harper’s Bazaar in 1943 and molded her seductive screen persona. Lauren Bacall dies at 89; iconic film legend known as ‘The Look’ A willowy mustached French soldier with doe eyes and a timid manner who traveled from Paris to Germany, this mysterious stranger is first spotted by Anna while laying flowers at Frantz’s grave. Review: ‘Frantz,’ a Mysterious Frenchman and the Wounds of War 2017-03-14T04:00:00Z Her blondish brown hair fell in an enviable natural wave, and her figure was willowy. Amanda Brooks Is Taking Her Leave 2012-05-30T21:48:56Z Allyson's willowy, fetchingly hoarse alto wafted through the room like a robust perfume. Karrin Allyson shows she's at the top of her game in Jazz Alley set 2012-08-17T19:18:04Z “In my mind’s eye I’m 6 feet and willowy and about 39,” she told the Guardian in an interview that year. Judi Dench says degenerative eye condition is making it ‘impossible’ to act 2023-02-17T05:00:00Z A French 75 slurped from a plastic red party cup just isn’t the same as a French 75 sipped from the willowy glass it comes in at Arnaud’s French 75 bar in New Orleans. You don’t need fancy cocktail glasses to make great drinks 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z A willowy form brushed in a lavender hue, totally unlike the bold primary colors that describe the other revelers, Simone stands to one side and a few steps back. Review: In a must-see L.A. show, painter Bob Thompson uses art history to consider social injustice 2022-10-12T04:00:00Z Catching a fish the size of a small person with a willowy fly rod and a fly the size of your thumb is no easy matter. A majestic game fish draws anglers to the waters off Campeche, Mexico 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z In it, a battered boxer falls for a willowy ballerina. Monstrosity, kooky Christmas, longings and love: The animated shorts of Oscars 2022 2022-03-15T04:00:00Z Her willowy physique, husky voice, full lips and mane of sun-kissed blond hair gave her a raw sensual appeal. Monica Vitti, multifaceted actress who symbolized Italian mystique, dies at 90 2022-02-02T05:00:00Z As of 2018, Miss America claims not to judge participants by their appearances at all — it is only by happy accident that its participants are willowy and symmetrical. What Is Miss America, if Not a Beauty Pageant? 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z In the decade that followed, her willowy figure and striking looks led to a career in modeling, taking her from Boyle Heights to Australia, then New York. Are skateboarders really solving the world's problems, one trick at a time? 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z White nylon string hanging through the net, along with green fiber optics that run through branches on the grid, create the willowy effect overhead. How the Academy Museum created its most magical moment with plain ol' string 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z But he was built more like a willowy basketball forward than a football lineman. Carl Nassib Is Seeking His Path as an Out Athlete 2021-06-25T04:00:00Z Her chiseled face and willowy frame, striking even in her 90s, became familiar to millions in more than 100 film, television and stage roles, including some that had traditionally been given only to white actors. Cicely Tyson, an Actress Who Shattered Stereotypes, Dies at 96 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z Regal in bearing, with willowy beauty and delicately chiseled features, Ms. Tyson was known for embodying women of great poise striving under great pressure. Cicely Tyson, actress who gave electrifying portrayals of resilient Black women, dies at 96 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z I had expected a tall, willowy man with flowing gray hair, pulled back in a ponytail. The Spirits of Abandoned Ambitions 2020-11-10T05:00:00Z That is, until tall, willowy arching stems with pendant chains of plum-colored bell-shaped blooms appeared and took my breath away. This year, the annual garden assessment takes on a positively rosy hue 2020-08-22T04:00:00Z King compared her willowy grace and power to that of Venus Williams, and film confirms it. Audacious to the end, on and off the court: the remarkable Angela Buxton | Kevin Mitchell 2020-08-18T04:00:00Z The paintings featured willowy, faceless women, a style Corbin used in her design for the mural. Artists create mural honoring South Carolina suffragists 2020-07-26T04:00:00Z She was tall and willowy, an immigrant from Niger. Opinion | White Supremacy Was Her World. And Then She Left. 2020-07-17T04:00:00Z This willowy body is still relatively new to her. What if Doctors Stopped Prescribing Weight Loss? 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z With her pulse-quickening visage, tantalizing purr of a voice, and willowy physique toned by boxing and judo, Ms. Blackman gained a foothold in British films in the late 1940s. Honor Blackman, actress who played Pussy Galore in ‘Goldfinger,’ dies at 94 2020-04-06T04:00:00Z Other instructive synonyms for women include: “delectable bohemian little kumquats”; “little amuse-bouche”; “willowy lingerie models”; “cute little bluestockings”; “stacked miracles”; “dynamite blondes”. Brought to book: Woody Allen's memoir is the most damning indictment yet 2020-03-29T04:00:00Z He is a handsome boy with his father’s fine flushed skin and red-blond hair: a tender plant, willowy, a boy who has not yet grown into his great height. The Mirror & the Light by Hilary Mantel – read the exclusive first extract 2020-02-22T05:00:00Z His willowy frame is bound by a ribbon striped with the Mexican tricolor of red, white and green, while his lips pout under his distinctive curved moustache. Nude portrait of Emiliano Zapata in high heels sparks fury in Mexico 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z But there was Mr. Rees-Mogg, nicknamed “the honorable gentleman from the 18th century” for his old-world tics and antiquarian poshness, looking like a Degas model, with his willowy frame and long, angular face. Jacob Rees-Mogg Takes Brexit Lying Down 2019-09-04T04:00:00Z It also understandably irked Williams that, for years, Sharapova, being blond, willowy, and white, brought in more endorsement money than she did, even as Williams was throttling her on the court. Serena Williams Routed Maria Sharapova Again, at the U.S. Open, and Looked Ready for More 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z She wore a willowy black kurta and cast a disapproving glance at the five pain physicians-in-training huddled behind Dureja, the founder of the Delhi Pain Management Centre and one of India’s pioneering pain physicians. Facing fire over opioid crisis, US drugmakers eye a booming new pain market in India 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z Bell, who is thirty-four, is willowy and soft-spoken, with closely buzzed hair and tattoos that peek out from beneath his cardigans. The Lonely Work of Moderating Hacker News 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z Kokei nudges a subtly monstrous undercurrent from the actor’s portrayal of an otherwise lovely, willowy maiden. Review: At USC Pacific Asia Museum, portraits of actors done the Tsuruya Kokei way 2019-04-23T04:00:00Z Folkies of that era at the Seattle club Inside Passage were astonished to encounter the electricity of Ms. Waterfall’s alternately penetrating and willowy soprano, as well as her eccentric approach to guitar chords and harmony. Linda Waterfall, beloved and talented Seattle singer-songwriter, dies at 69 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z They are woven into our lives like freeways, infusing our skylines with a willowy grace. What to do with palm fronds, the stubborn garden waste that defies composting 2018-12-28T05:00:00Z “Perhaps because they are evergreen, willowy and high they are ideal for camouflage,” he said. Green-feathered immigrant surge prompts Greek parakeet count 2018-12-27T05:00:00Z Give a little for the shrinkage factor, but I am still pretty willowy and tall. After I lost my amazing husband of 47 years, should I settle for anything less? - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-06T04:00:00Z Each container of the store-bought bottled water weighs more than 40lb, so a little over a year ago, Thomas, a slight, willowy woman, began supplementing them with rainwater collected from her rooftop gutters. While Nestlé extracts millions of litres from their land, residents have no drinking water 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z “I believed you when you said all the empowerment and all the strength that you were looking for is inside of you,” she tells Lilah, a 30-ish willowy blond inmate played by Sarah Carter. Heading into its 20th season, 'Law & Order: Special Victims Unit' is as relevant — and addictive — as ever - Los Angeles Times 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z Hay, a willowy redhead with a quietly assertive manner, grew up in a secular Jewish family in Kew Gardens, Queens. Batsheva Hay Rethinks the Traditions of Feminine Dress 2018-09-03T04:00:00Z The pastel hues and willowy figures in her works lend them a feminine aesthetic. Beyond Picasso: 6 Female Artists Who Turned Modern Art On Its Head 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z His willowy frame took nine bullets from police pistols. A Father Asks, ‘Why Did They Have to Just Kill Him?’ 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z But as the snowboarders flipped in the air, performing gravity-defying tricks, many of the cameras were instead facing the stands, trained squarely on the willowy blonde in the red ski suit and Team USA beanie. ‘Where is Ivanka?’ First daughter seeks control in dual role as White House aide 2018-03-11T05:00:00Z The repetitive operations left Sally with permanent curvature of her spine; but, like the rest of her barrage of medical issues, the willowy, petite teen doesn’t let that slow her down. Pueblo teen with health woes thriving in online school 2018-02-24T05:00:00Z In court Friday, the willowy former hedge fund executive sported a light beard and wore a dark-blue prison uniform. Judge rejects Martin Shkreli motion to throw out some of his securities-fraud convictions 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z Butter chicken, that international ambassador of North Indian cooking, coasts on a thin tomato gravy at Royal Nepal, its willowy body built by cashew nuts and butter, not yogurt. Review | Alexandria restaurant gives Nepali cuisine the royal treatment 2017-10-30T04:00:00Z Then the story jumps to an extensive sequence on a bright paradise planet of willowy, iridescent humanoids, about to suffer a cataclysmic fate. Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets is a fan project, in the best and worst ways 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z Diet and nutrition aside, the image of the tennis champion as willowy and slight is a vision of the past. How Venus Williams roared back at 37: diet, brains and bloody mindedness 2017-07-17T04:00:00Z The running, jumping character you control is a tall, willowy former priest with a grim visage named Ted. Review | ‘Pinstripe – An Adventure Through Hell’ is an indie game funded by Kickstarter and worth your attention 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z The broth — a ginger-scented liquid simmered 48 hours with pork and beef bones — is so opaque and creamy that you can’t even see the school of willowy wontons that hover just below the surface. A guide to the most delicious dumplings in Washington 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z What was more, the notoriously willowy midfielder looked muscular, as if he was finally ready to add a necessary physicality to his undoubted skill. Arsenal need stuttering Mesut Özil to find early-season form for Bayern test 2017-02-12T05:00:00Z He was accompanied by an exceptionally tall and willowy young man with long, center-parted black hair and wide, ascetic eyes. 600 Miles in a Coffin-Shaped Bus, Campaigning Against Death Itself 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z The original Superman and Batman look almost willowy compared to our muscle-bursting modern-day versions. The Body Image Epidemic Facing Men 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z Le is short and willowy and soft-spoken, with a quick, enigmatic smile and shiny black penny loafers. The Great A.I. Awakening 2016-12-14T05:00:00Z For miles and miles, farmers were harvesting the willowy, thin-leafed stalks that make hashish, a mainstay of the local economy. After the Islamic State 2016-12-04T05:00:00Z A willowy woman from Bonn wandered in, trailing a guy from Peru who wore a fedora. Imagining a Cashless World 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z Their house-made wrappers for the pork dumplings and the willowy bundles submerged in the Shanghai wonton soup are soft and supple, each one concealing a lush filling that illuminates with brief flashes of ginger. Reren Lamen review: A fresh source for noodles in Chinatown 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z But that never stopped Aye, willowy with an infectious smile, from practicing alone every day for eight long years. Beethoven, Bach and Bond to win over Myanmar's generals - BBC News 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z The party started at 11 p.m., and by midnight the room was filled with bearded young men in dark sweaters and willowy young women in heels. The Daredevil of the Auction World 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z They sat out by the communal pool, watching a willowy neighbor execute laps. Fraying at the Edges: Her Fight to Live With Alzheimer’s 2016-04-30T04:00:00Z International Airport, where a group of people — the posse — was waiting for us along with a willowy, handsome stranger who looked familiar. Now You See Him, Now You Don't 1462-09-14T05:00:00Z She’ll repeat the motion thousands of times over the next 12 hours as she transforms from a willowy blond artist to dark-haired Superman for viewers following along online. Canadian artist transforms into comic characters online 2016-03-29T04:00:00Z She'll repeat the motion thousands of times over the next 12 hours as she transforms from a willowy blond artist to dark-haired Superman for viewers following along online. 'I want to paint myself as Superman:' Canadian artist transforms into comic characters online 2016-03-29T04:00:00Z The apartment I lived in with my mother had a patch of backyard with a swing set and an avocado tree with willowy branches. Drew Barrymore, Child Star of ‘E.T.,’ Finds Her Way Home 2016-01-05T05:00:00Z Tora is unusually tall for that part of the world, and is slender in a way that in a woman might be called willowy. Clinic in the Clouds 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z The willowy daughter of Meryl Streep is starring in a new play as a badly burned Afghan war veteran, and Gummer endures a lengthy process to get ready. Mamie Gummer ‘recalibrates’ her career, returns to stage 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z Venus was the more willowy and mature player initially at 6 feet 1, but with the milder voice and temperament. Venus and Serena: They’re all grown up and still got each other’s back 2015-09-08T04:00:00Z Her lean, muscular body still doesn’t fit many people’s ideal image of a delicate, willowy ballerina. Michaela DePrince’s journey from war to ballet stardom 2015-07-26T04:00:00Z In a different scene, the addition of a short, stocky woman as a laughingstock among a bevy of willowy chorus girls seems meanspirited. Get-Rich Scheme Goes Comically Awry in ‘The Producers’ 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z Clara would have corrected my lipstick and my posture, encouraging me to look more like a willowy seductress and less like a baseball umpire. “The Prospectors” 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z Adjacent to me was one of New York City’s willowy, statuesque women, languidly placing each six-inch spike-heeled shoe smartly in front of the other. Life's Unfairness, Pothole Division 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z The willowy actor is a multi-lingual “NY/NO,” dividing time between her Greenwich Village apartment in New York and her voice-over studio in New Orleans’ Central Business District. New Orleans storyteller’s happily ever after 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z His coach thinks Curry’s willowy frame and youthful face, coupled with the razzle and dazzle, explain Curry’s mass appeal. Steph Curry shows Wizards why he’s an MVP candidate 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z Lee is tall and willowy and was dressed that day in a sleeveless knit jersey dress. Meet the Unlikely Airbnb Hosts of Japan 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z So when duty calls this California singer on her superb second album, she uses a willowy voice and an acoustic guitar to ferry us between wakefulness and dreamtime with magnetic strangeness and maximum magic. The month’s best music: Bjork, Jessica Pratt, Rae Sremmurd and more 2015-01-27T05:00:00Z Once upon a time, however, I was willowy, graceful, succulent—pretty in a strange, dark, off-kilter sort. Passing On the Beauty of Youth to My Daughter, and Letting Mine Go 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z So you, your son and his coach might wish to consider whether he wants to be the most willowy player on the field and adjust his diet accordingly. Ask Well: Can Athletes Be Vegans? 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z Many observers applauded the tag line, "Average is beautiful," which embraces the larger message that women should be celebrated for their accomplishments, not willowy waists. 'Normal Barbie' Lammily brings average body to holiday toy season 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z Thinking Slender Man was real, the two Wisconsin girls stabbed a friend 19 times, reportedly to prove themselves to the willowy nightmare. Slender Man Halloween Costume Horrifies Wisconsin Town Where Attack Occurred, Pulled from Shelves A willowy figure in a black robe rushed up. Setting Times stories to music: From Searchers to Jagwar Ma 2014-08-16T04:00:00Z In her near-cameo appearances, Swift manages to evoke an older, less stolid world by just looking fundamentally wrong for the film’s aesthetic, with her sharp, delicate features and willowy frame. 'The Giver' review: to live is to suffer 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z Like Cooley, the farmer was white, willowy and bearded, and he wore a look-alike checked flannel shirt. The Post-Post-Apocalyptic Detroit 2014-07-11T04:00:00Z Height and a willowy build remain paramount, though Ford was disdainful of the "waif" look — typified by British model Kate Moss — popular in the early 1990s. Eileen Ford, founder of Ford Model Agency, dies 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z Today, height and a willowy build remain paramount, though Ford was disdainful of the “waif” look - typified by British model Kate Moss - that swept the industry in the early 1990s. Eileen Ford, founder of Ford Model Agency, dies 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z “A willowy blonde, she was quiet and diffident, but she was the killer in the left court when at play alongside duPont,” he wrote in “Bud Collins’ Modern Encyclopedia of Tennis.” Louise Brough Clapp, Tennis Champion, Dies at 90 2014-02-05T22:34:27Z That film, “Picture Me,” released in 2009, shows Ms. Ziff and other willowy models at parties and fashion shows, but it also highlights their 18-hour days on runways in New York, Paris and Milan. Reworking Labor: A New Alliance Steps Up to Protect the Next Generation of Models 2013-12-24T02:09:32Z He and Ashley, a willowy former media executive, talked about London. Tech entrepreneur’s renovation of Hickory Hill signals new business guard remaking D.C. 2013-12-02T00:19:18Z The joggers are more relaxed in their fluorescent running gear, sharing the path with willowy girls on skates, opinionated pensioners, amateur fishermen. In Israel, a Dream Made Real 2013-11-29T23:55:43Z People who knew him in Seattle accepted that as the flaw in that apparently perfect equipment — the willowy shortstop with power, who worked so hard and innately understood the game but not life. Sports of The Times: Bedeviled by Life’s Curveballs, Rodriguez Misses the Guideposts 2013-08-04T20:06:24Z A dozen men, some quite elderly, climb nimbly into the willowy trees; it is a precarious business. Kenyan farmers fear UK khat ban 2013-07-12T23:22:13Z Closer looking reveals that one has vast thighs, while the other is tall and willowy. Are nuclear trains and cars made of skin the future of travel? 2013-04-30T17:18:20Z Around late May and early June, it transforms into a willowy stalk with pointy, triangular leaves and white cross-shaped flowers. | Garlic Mustard 2013-04-25T20:15:15Z Robinson, a fluid, willowy athlete, excelled in Dallas last season, but injury problems contributed to making him an underachiever for four years before that. The Fifth Down: Jacksonville Jaguars, 2012 N.F.L. Season Preview 2012-08-27T11:05:54Z Journalists were greeted at the door by a willowy waitress offering bottled water and fruit smoothies. Does the Olympics Need Fast-Food Sponsors? 2012-07-30T18:35:28Z We let our craft glide almost effortlessly with the current, past a shore thick with willows up to their willowy waists in the flood waters. Forcing the Danube to go straight 2012-06-23T10:45:54Z The sort of lightning that spends itself illuminating the clouds in serpents and willowy branches confines itself to the altitudes and is very beautiful and harmless. Reading the Weather 2012-04-19T02:00:27.487Z She ran up the path, wondering if her tall slight figure looked as willowy as it felt. Mrs. Balfame A Novel 2012-04-15T02:00:04.827Z She was a slender, willowy girl in those days, with a complexion clear yet pale--a maiden all bending and gracefulness, yet with a great store of secret firmness, as I was to learn. The Story of Francis Cludde 2012-03-30T02:00:16.347Z She is more willowy than erect, and has no higher cheek-bones than the plaster Venus in your chambers. The Portland Sketch Book 2012-03-28T02:00:28.847Z He was a handsome Merlin, with a touch of the charlatan and a touch of Liszt in his tall, willowy figure, small waist, and heavy head of hair. Unicorns 2012-03-14T02:00:26.677Z The Western goldenrod, with its slender, willowy stems and small flower-clusters, may be found in wet places in late summer and early autumn. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits 2012-02-17T03:00:37.163Z The girls are remarkable for the willowy languor and lightness of their movements, the voluptuousness of their attitudes—beating the exactest time with tapping heels. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" 2012-02-11T03:03:39.807Z But she still remained lily-like and willowy, and her attire adapted itself to that style; there was a gleam of the lavender still—she wore long shawls and scarfs. The Front Yard 2012-01-09T03:00:23.183Z Her airy, undulating litheness had become less willowy, giving her person the calm tranquillity of bodies that are beginning to crystallize in their definitive form. The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) 2012-01-02T03:00:27.980Z Passing a long, willowy hand through his waving hair, he swept away a stray curl-paper with the nonchalance of a D'orsay. Oscar Wilde 2011-12-10T03:00:14.120Z The newcomer was a slender, willowy woman, of a meridional cast of countenance—hair rich and dark in hue, features proud and delicately chiselled, and complexion swarthy. Mated from the Morgue A tale of the Second Empire 2011-11-15T03:00:23.507Z That game lives forever because of endless video of the willowy, patrician New Englander, hopping. Sports of The Times: World Series: As Game 6 Echoes, Here Comes Game 7 2011-10-28T14:34:23Z She was slight, willowy, with the eyes of an Attic antelope, yet braver and more commanding than any woman-eye that ever bewitched me. Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z A willowy receiver, still only 34, could not have totally rusted away in prison. Sports of The Times: Burress Finds Redemption Within His Sizable Reach 2011-10-24T00:42:46Z The lithe and willowy form of the young girl of Spain, which Montaigne has called "un corps bien espagnole," was frequently to be found among the Cuban women. The History of Cuba, vol. 2 2011-10-11T02:01:01.423Z Though willowy still, you have a plumper person than before you were married, and your face has lost the Amazonian tense look which it sometimes wore when you were a maid. Search-Light Letters 2011-10-06T02:00:43.957Z Her tiny feet were shod with silken sandals and her yellow chiton disclosed the rounded grace of her delicate limbs and the willowy suppleness of her figure. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z Slender, beautifully formed, willowy, small feet and hands, high instep, big, dreamy eyes, and light-brown hair touched with gold. Ann Boyd 2011-09-29T02:00:14.220Z Miss Hinman was pretty, was very slender—what a school-girl writer would call willowy or lissom or, possibly, svelte—and was wildly devoted to her little nephew, of whom she had the chief care. The Cassowary What Chanced in the Cleft Mountains 2011-09-24T02:00:16.927Z A slender, willowy form was more in accordance with Will's taste than a fat chubby one, and in Ellen Howland his idea of a beautiful woman was, if possible, more than realized. Jessie Graham 2011-09-21T02:00:30.653Z A tree, with willowy bending sprays such as only Blake could draw, arches over a green sward, whereon a ram with woolly fleece and heraldically curly horns, lies sleeping. William Blake A Study of His Life and Art Work 2011-09-13T02:00:35.943Z I discovered that the Colonel and his wife were childless, and the slender willowy figure I had seen across the garden wall was that of Lilian Roseblade, their niece and adopted daughter. The Black Poodle And Other Tales 2011-08-30T02:00:37.963Z She had seen it change from a youthful, willowy shape to a solid, substantial, middle-aged figure during these years. Carolyn of the Corners 2011-08-10T02:00:14.997Z This slender, delicious, willowy thing he held was Letty Lane, the adored star London went mad over: the triumph of it! The Girl From His Town 2011-08-05T02:00:50.677Z She moved with willowy grace and had an ease of manner that accentuated the Pot-Boiler’s embarrassed movements. Blue Robin, the Girl Pioneer 2011-07-28T02:00:09.363Z Andrea Bonisoli-Alquati, a willowy Italian biologist, is sitting with a team of his colleagues in one of the very few restaurants in Chernobyl. Chernobyl's fall-out 2011-07-26T00:12:32Z There is the tall, willowy frame staring down at the ground intently and the contemplative stroll towards square leg. Vic Marks on Kevin Pietersen's 202 2011-07-22T19:00:50Z This young lady was tall, slender, willowy, had a sweet, Madonna-like face, and like Joseph himself was constitutionally shy; and she was unconscious of her personal and pecuniary attractions. A Book of Ghosts 2011-07-08T02:00:19.203Z Not slim and willowy and pensive was she in my mental picture of her: I figure a matron of sterner stuff and solider build. Mary Wollstonecraft's Original Stories 2011-06-26T02:00:10.173Z “Who is it, Belle?” and she hurried to the window from which the tall, willowy Robinson twin was gazing toward the spot where the auto had been left. The Motor Girls at Camp Surprise The Cave in the Mountains 2011-06-16T02:00:18.377Z Mary was fragile in form, willowy and graceful in motion, soft and winning in manners. In Both Worlds 2011-06-08T02:00:17.360Z “And sweeter than the gentle south-west wind, O’er willowy meads and shadow’d waters creeping, And Ceres’ golden fields.”— Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z Tatius looked at the willowy figure and the common, rather pretty face with its greedy eyes and eager smile, and agreed, with a laugh. The Childhood of Rome 2011-06-02T02:00:22.297Z For a second the lithe, willowy golden thing gathered there as gracefully as a coiled snake filled him with swift loathing. The Slayer Of souls 2011-06-01T02:00:26.487Z Bess was plump, and Belle tall and willowy, inclined to indolence which she imagined was graceful. The Motor Girls at Camp Surprise The Cave in the Mountains 2011-06-16T02:00:18.377Z The gentleman did so, noting with those wicked side glances of his the magnificence of the surroundings, and stopping short before a picture of a brunette, willowy girl that rested on an easel. Told In The Hills 2011-05-30T02:00:15.530Z And the long, willowy Schmidt stood at the head directing, proud as a general commanding his column. From the Easy Chair, series 3 2011-05-14T02:00:12.237Z Annie is rather sentimental and wishy-washy in her compositions, willowy maidens in the moonlight with garlands of flowers. Back at School with the Tucker Twins 2011-05-14T02:00:10.887Z The slight willowy form of Joan swaying with easy grace, the poise of the head, the movement of the arms, all in perfect harmony with the rest of her actions. Corianton A Nephite Story 2011-04-28T02:00:14.830Z The stately pavane suited the movements of her willowy figure, which appeared quite untrammelled, easy and full of spring, even within the narrow confines of the fashionable corslet. Petticoat Rule 2011-04-18T02:00:14.507Z Yonder the shields for the head, are with willowy branches surrounded; Others the armour of ore, are to shining polish restoring, There, the protecting greaves, of glittering silver are forged. Ekkehard. Vol. I (of II) A Tale of the Tenth Century 2011-04-14T02:00:55.273Z Mrs. Weldon’s slight, willowy form was still almost childlike in its lines, and the sunny, happy smile upon her face seemed that of a school-maid. Aunt Jane?s Nieces on the Ranch 2011-04-14T02:00:48.280Z A willowy lass, one would say a "summer boarder," pokes her parasol musingly through a knot-hole in the porch floor. Peeps at People 2011-03-26T02:00:17.597Z AT 62, Bernard Arnault is a trim, willowy man with piercing blue eyes and an easy smile. Off the Catwalk, the Battle for Herm?s 2011-03-05T23:40:33Z She stood silent for a moment, her tall, graceful, willowy figure erect and tense. Comrades A Story of Social Adventure in California 2011-03-03T03:00:52.327Z Lawrence saw that she was good to look at, tall, willowy and fair of face. The Courier of the Ozarks 2011-02-09T03:00:43.267Z Bella was aristocratic in her looks, as tall and slim and willowy as a young sapling. The Solitary Farm 2011-02-04T03:00:21.943Z This was just too short for management, who allegedly only wanted “women who appear to be willowy, svelte and statuesque runway models,” the lawsuit reads. Cocktail Waitresses Fired For Being Too Short? 2011-01-29T02:05:00Z I think those serpentine, willowy, tigerish, squirmy actresses are perfectly splendid. Concerning Belinda 2011-01-21T03:00:12.087Z De Jong launched at the willowy Frenchman with both feet off the ground. Global Soccer: Different Standards, and Penalties, for Rough Play 2010-10-05T14:51:00Z Many others were young and willowy, just getting going. Trees in the Thousands Killed by NYC Storm 2010-09-17T23:27:00Z Friend, buoyantly serene, settled himself into an overstuffed leather chair in his living room, while his assistant du jour, a willowy woman named Margaret, padded in and out, dispensing water and taking notes. The Yoga Mogul: John Friend, Creator of the Anusara School 2010-07-23T03:00:00Z We left our Archimedes Ridge camp at 9 a.m. and now are set up at a willowy encampment some hundred yards away from the river. Paddling Against the Wind 2010-06-25T22:18:00Z As far as the other injuries, my opinion has always been that they are probably more due to Tiger's intense workout regime and the lengths required to transform himself from willowy to muscular. Swing Shift? 2010-05-11T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, Princess Katherine posed at the center of the crowd, a seemingly endless succession of willowy socialites and Jersey girls following her like an amoeba. Getting the Royal Treatment 2010-04-24T19:23:00Z What the audience of 11,771 at Pacific Coliseum had witnessed was an unprecedented combination of technical difficulty and willowy sophistication as Kim became the first South Korean skater to win an Olympic gold medal. Inside the Rings: As Kim Raises the Bar, South Korea Delights 2010-02-26T08:14:00Z Asian skaters are often small and willowy, which can be an asset when jumping. 2010-01-24T08:17:00Z Oh! lightly, lightly tread; Revere the pale, still brow, The meekly drooping head, The long hair's willowy flow. Heathen Mythology It was from them that he learned to swim, to row and, when the river was low, to wade across its rocky bed to the willowy islands and set fish-traps. The Home Life of Poe Michael attempted to be willowy at school once, but gave it up on being asked if he had fleas. Sinister Street, vol. 1 She held out a cool firm forearm for his inspection and he was in this intimate position when Doris came down the great stairway, with her willowy, trailing elegance. Making Money God! what was this gracious, willowy figure, with the wonderful sheen on the fresh hair, and the girlish rounded cheeks! An Engagement of Convenience A Novel But the slim arms, the spare willowy body, the little white sandalled feet of the little girl—these overcame him with a pitifully amused sense of the disproportion of means to end. The Firebrand Dulcie was the first to reappear and descend the stairs of the north wing—a willowy white shape in the early dusk, slim as a young spirit in the lamplit silence. The Moonlit Way Everyone was very willowy in his movements, whether he were smoking or drinking or looking for a box of matches. Sinister Street, vol. 1 It was a pretty sight to see the black satiny birds perched on one of the delicate sprays of the willowy pepper-trees, hanging over the grape-like clusters, to pluck the small pink berries. A-Birding on a Bronco Tall, willowy hounds with wire tails will be much affected by slender young ladies and hydrophobia. Cordwood She was tall, willowy, with a face such as those one used to see in keepsakes—delightful things which now, like so many other delightful things, are seen no more. The Perfume of Eros: A Fifth Avenue Incident She was a willowy and rather attractive blonde, not yet in the thirties, but with a complexion somewhat the worse for rich foods, old wines, and late hours. By Right of Conquest A Novel For the vast marsh dozes, And waving plough-lands and willowy closes Creep and creep up the soft south steep; In the pallid North the grey and ghostly downs do fold away. Hastings and Neighbourhood All of a sudden out go hoops, full skirts, high hair, powder, buffons, broad-brimmed hats, patches, high-heeled shoes, and in come willowy figures and thin, nearly transparent dresses, turbans, low shoes, straight fringes. English Costume “Make her slim and willowy, with grey eyes; rather wistful-looking, not exactly pretty, but with ‘a way with her’ that simply mows ’em down!” The Daughters of a Genius Clare was in splendid physical form, and walked with a straight willowy swing from the hips, rejoicing in the sheer physical exercise of her youth and strength. In the Whirl of the Rising Reaching over the edge of the canvas platform with outstretched hand was a single, willowy, sun-baked oldster in a purple loin-cloth. Forsyte's Retreat As Kirk watched and the bear slapped the grinning tiger with a playful paw, the opaque glass cleared and the tall, willowy figure of Naia North appeared in miniature. Twelve Times Zero Even as it was she had a kind of fascination, and I thought her the most graceful, willowy creature I'd ever seen. The Brightener Mine be a cot beside the hill; A bee-hive's hum shall soothe my ear; A willowy brook that turns a mill, With many a fall shall linger near. The Golden Treasury Selected from the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language and arranged with Notes "But I don't want a divorce from my Robert," sobbed the "willowy" and now weeping Gertrude. Belford's Magazine, Vol 2, December 1888 Belle, or Isabel, as she had been christened, was plump and rosy, and her sister Bess, tall, willowy and fair, her rather light hair contrasting with the brown locks of Belle. The Motor Girls on the Coast or, The Waif From the Sea A quadrille was in progress; a stream of willowy girls, fresh for the better part, well-dressed and exceptionally plain, were moving about the floor. Eden An Episode She was tall, graceful, willowy, with a wealth of dark hair, which was used in the most subtle manner to enhance the beauty of her face. The "Genius" He knocked lightly at the door, which in a moment was opened by a young woman, whose girlish face and willowy figure presented a vision of loveliness to those in the outer room. Belford's Magazine, Volume II, No. 8, January, 1889 Certainly in a gingham frock two seasons old, and faded by frequent washings, Peggy 29 did not remotely suggest those large-eyed ladies of willowy figure, so seldom met with outside the sheets of fashion periodicals. Peggy Raymond's Vacation or Friendly Terrace Transplanted She was as willowy and alive as he remembered her, and a great deal more vital and beautiful. A World Apart For my part, I think I am the prettier of the two on account of my long, willowy tail-feathers. Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography, Vol. 2, No. 5 November 1897 Come, my willowy asparagus," replied Frederick in horrified tones, "we must have troops to find us work to do. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. CLVIII, January 7, 1920 Mine be a cot beside the hill; A beehive's hum shall soothe my ear; A willowy brook that turns a mill With many a fall shall linger near. Eighth Reader And what they said was true––Belle Endicott was now tall and willowy, and exceedingly pretty to look at,––so much so in fact, that Phil Lawrence could hardly take his eyes from her. Dave Porter and His Double Or, The Disapperarance of the Basswood Fortune Some esteemed themselves willowy while others acknowledged Junoesque forms. The Peace of Roaring River She never raised her head from her bosom, and her eyes, once sparkling like fountains of light, were hidden beneath their willowy lids. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 4 October 1848 At each turn his wrist flexed and his back swayed with a willowy suppleness but except for that he was like a herculean statue planted upon the point. Hidden Water "Thank you," she murmured as she turned to watch the willowy youth and maid go through some very beautiful movements of the dance that was entirely unobjectionable. Blue-grass and Broadway They made a striking couple; the tall, handsome man and the slight, willowy girl, with her beautiful face flushed with the exercise, and many were the enquiries made as to who and what they were. Australia Revenged A tall, willowy girl entered, notebook in hand. Poisoned Air Just as its light came stealing on through the willowy fringe to touch the waters of the pond there arose, from the dark grove opposite the mill, a rapturous song. Treasure Valley They had been taken for an occasional walk along its banks, and had greatly envied the young men and maidens who might be seen punting up its willowy reaches. The Madcap of the School She was tall too, and her figure had a certain willowy grace that was most uncommon; but what attracted people most was a frankness and unconsciousness of manner that was perfectly charming. Not Like Other Girls She was tall and willowy and just like a flower, and she died a week before the wedding day. The End of the Rainbow But, for example, I wouldn't mind being rushed by that willowy blonde over there. The Gay Rebellion And so, though it wrung her heart to see him go alone, she merely watched him with loving eyes, until his bowed head and thin, stooped shoulders disappeared from view in the willowy ravine. 'Lizbeth of the Dale Tims could not fail to recognize that willowy figure, with its rare grace of motion, that amber hair, those turquoise-blue eyes that gleamed through the swathing veil with a restless brilliancy unusual even in them. The Invader A Novel With poor little Lady Lucy Hawting's willowy figure and the same nymph-like droop of the little head, with its rich twists and coils of dead-leaf-coloured hair, shaded by the big black hat. The Dop Doctor Mine be a cot beside the hill; A beehive's hum shall soothe my ear; A willowy brook that turns a mill, With many a fall, shall linger near. Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature As for her, she moved as one on springs, her slender, willowy figure beautiful in motion. Brand Blotters There was one in particular that I remember—a slender, willowy thing with an apricot-colored skin and an oval, piquant face framed by masses of blue-black hair. Where the Strange Trails Go Down Sulu, Borneo, Celebes, Bali, Java, Sumatra, Straits Settlements, Malay States, Siam, Cambodia, Annam, Cochin-China It was early on such a shining festival morning that Mildred, a willowy, brown-clad figure, came down to a piece of ice in an outlying meadow. The Invader A Novel She was tall, slight, and willowy, with a sweet head that drooped a little, and round brown eyes that were extremely pretty and wore a perpetual expression of surprise. The Dop Doctor Then the nixies stormed in fierce wrath, their willowy figures swaying to and fro as if blown by the wind. Fairy Book The Austrian woman grows fat, matronly and rather coarse as she matures: the Hungarian lady of forty is still as willowy, graceful and capricious as she was at twenty. Lippincott's Magazine, December 1878 But the chief charm of these island Eves is found, after all, not in their faces but in their figures—slender, rounded, willowy, deep-bosomed, such as Botticelli loved to paint. Where the Strange Trails Go Down Sulu, Borneo, Celebes, Bali, Java, Sumatra, Straits Settlements, Malay States, Siam, Cambodia, Annam, Cochin-China One was of manly dignity, the other of willowy grace. A Pessimist In Theory and Practice He thought her very pretty as she stood there, a slender willowy creature with the golden shadow of her rough straw-hat intensifying the clear amber of her thoughtful eyes. The Dop Doctor I'd speak to many a sonsie maid, Or willowy or obese, Were I not fearful, and afraid She'd yell for the police. Something Else Again One is tall and willowy, while the other is short and dumpy. Odd Numbers Being Further Chronicles of Shorty McCabe A scarlet sash was tied loosely round her willowy waist, and a scarlet ribbon held back the rippling masses of her bright hair. Vixen, Volume I. Elsa Berg was a brilliant, vivacious girl, rarely beautiful, with lively blue eyes, chestnut hair and a tall, slender, willowy figure. The Devil A Tragedy of the Heart and Conscience She was strong, salient, resourceful—no longer the shy willowy girl. The Dop Doctor Her sister was just the opposite—tall and willowy, so that the two formed quite a contrast. The Motor Girls on Crystal Bay or, The Secret of the Red Oar I couldn’t object any to the style of the young ladies when they showed up; for they was both in the queen class, tall and willowy and sweet faced. Odd Numbers Being Further Chronicles of Shorty McCabe They were tall, willowy girls, with soft, brown hair and lovely complexions. The Automobile Girls in the Berkshires The Ghost of Lost Man's Trail In the final mêlée I had lost my lady to Mr. De Lancey, who now carried her off, leaving me with a willowy maid, whose partner came to claim her soon. The Reckoning We pictured her as tall and graceful, with a lovely willowy figure and an expression all sad tenderness when it wasn't all sweet smiles. Over the Fireside with Silent Friends She was so tall and slender and willowy. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1907 to 1908 The black lace dress, with the pinkish sheen of its slip beneath, suited her slim shape to perfection and clung around her in lovely, filmy curves that made her look willowy and girlish. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1905 to 1906 In her uniform she appeared willowy and slim, built like a boy, and with nothing of that graceful awkwardness which almost inevitably betrays such masqueraders. Special Messenger A tall, willowy man in pajamas answered him surprisedly. Those Who Smiled And Eleven Other Stories She dressed simply, inexpensively, yet with a certain style that well became the willowy grace of her figure. A Tame Surrender, A Story of The Chicago Strike I would rather refer to her as lissome and willowy, and tell how her sorrow for the dead wrapped her 'round with weeds and becoming sable—but in the interests of truth I dare not. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Orators What will do for the fat, dumpy Miss Plump will make a human joke out of the lank, willowy Miss Slender. The Woman Beautiful or, The Art of Beauty Culture Anglice possessed the wild, strange beauty of her mother—the bending, willowy form, the rich tint of skin, the large tropical eyes, that had almost made Antoine's sacred robes a mockery to him. Père Antoine's Date-Palm Diantha's willowy height woke in her a sense of exasperated fear. Other People's Business The Romantic Career of the Practical Miss Dale Tall, willowy, with a perfect air, her wonderful eyes, in which there was a touch of Moorish fire, were calculated to set a young man's heart to beating responses to her mood. Dave Darrin on Mediterranean Service or, With Dan Dalzell on European Duty "Well, how's everything?" was the usual form of greeting, as the tall willowy figure passed round behind the counters and came opposite the new-comer. Peak and Prairie From a Colorado Sketch-book In this last particular you will have an immense advantage over the woman who would sell the shoes off her feet to be thin and "willowy." The Woman Beautiful or, The Art of Beauty Culture And as the boat-head wound along The willowy hills and fields among, They heard her singing her last song, The Lady of Shalott. English Songs and Ballads Beyond doubt she was beautiful, with a willowy, wild grace which could not but arrest attention, and all the other girls immediately owned to a sense of inferiority in her presence. A Modern Tomboy A Story for Girls Even William Philander was pleased, for he had discovered a tall, willowy girl who exactly suited him and who thought him charming. The Rover Boys on the Farm or Last Days at Putnam Hall Maudie certainly gave the ships a rough time of it with her willowy left arm. The Second Chance The canal, deep between willowy banks, a moat to be overpassed without drawbridge, lay ahead of the foremost horse and rider. The Long Roll This particular bassoon was of an appearance that bordered upon the somber, the polished white of his keys emphasizing the solemn black of his long, willowy body. The Holy Cross and Other Tales The enemy, notwithstanding what had been done at Yazoo Pass, were taken by surprise, not having believed that even gunboats would try to penetrate by those marshy, willowy ditches. The Gulf and Inland Waters The Navy in the Civil War. Volume 3. There on the very topmost twig, that rises and falls with willowy motion, sits that ridiculous, sweet-singing bobolink, singing as a Roman candle fizzes, showers of sparkling notes.—Ibid. Bird Day; How to prepare for it For, without I mistake, the girl is not made of such willowy stuff as—some folks be.” All's Well Alice's Victory It’s always been my ambition to be slim and willowy, like the people in fashion plates. More about Pixie It’s hard lines, for I should so love to be slim and willowy. Pixie O'Shaughnessy A tall, willowy brunette had seen the two physicists as she entered the saloon, and came over to their table, a hand outstretched to each in cordial greeting. Spacehounds of IPC The other is a slim, willowy young lady with a lot of home grown blond hair, a cute chin dimple, and a pair of big dark eyes with a natural rovin' disposition. Torchy Their coming seemed to renew his strength; for with the full weight of an antagonist hanging from his neck, the willowy form squirmed first on his knees, then to his feet. Lords of the North He saw a sharp, though still young face, a thin and willowy figure, attired in white silk, a pince-nez on the high-pitched nose, and a cool smile. Marriage à la mode Also she was rather tall and willowy, as Mr. DeVere had been before he had taken on flesh with the passing of the years; and she was cast for parts that suited her type. The Moving Picture Girls in War Plays Or, The Sham Battles at Oak Farm The stream was not broad, but its numerous isles, willowy banks, and verdant meadows, formed a line for the eye to follow. Recollections of Europe It was a tall figure in a long cloak the colour of a duck's egg, and it gave the effect of willowy slimness despite the disguising mantle. The Heather-Moon There we were, twenty craft strong, with clerks, traders, one steersman and eight willowy, copper-skin paddlers in each long birch canoe. Lords of the North "Hello, girls," greeted Will Ford, the brother of the willowy Grace, "what's doing?" The Outdoor Girls in a Winter Camp Glorious Days on Skates and Ice Boats "No, I'm just too nervous to eat any more," said the tall, willowy one. The Outdoor Girls in a Motor Car The Haunted Mansion of Shadow Valley The Texas black walnut has beautiful willowy foliage and grows very late in the fall and holds its leaves much longer than the other walnuts and it is of dwarf habit of growth. Northern Nut Growers Association, Report Of The Proceedings At The Tenth Annual Meeting. Battle Creek, Michigan, December 9 and 10, 1919 She darted away from us, her figure as tall, more youthful, more willowy, and more charming than the other, though singularly like in movement and in outline. The Heather-Moon "Tell her to come right up, if she will," Betty directed the maid, and the tall, willowy one entered with a rush and a rustling of silken skirts. The Outdoor Girls at Ocean View Or, The Box That Was Found in the Sand Mine be a cot beside the hill; A bee-hive's hum shall sooth my ear; A willowy brook that turns a mill, With many a fall shall linger near. The Golden Treasury Of the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language "I don't see why you assume that I always have candy," remarked the tall, slender girl, whose willowy figure added to the charm of her face, framed in a wealth of light hair. The Outdoor Girls in a Motor Car The Haunted Mansion of Shadow Valley Ruth was tall, and of that desirable willowy type, so much in demand of late. The Moving Picture Girls First Appearances in Photo Dramas If you are a free man," Virgie herself exclaimed, her slight, nervous, willowy figure expanding, "are you afraid to go into a freer state than Maryland? The Entailed Hat Or, Patty Cannon's Times His willowy figures, delicate and refined in drawing, are more passionate than powerful, more individual than comprehensive, but they are nevertheless very attractive in their tenderness and grace. A Text-Book of the History of Painting The hat was of grey straw with willowy feathers drooping softly from it. Swirling Waters From all the world to pick out a tall, blond, willowy man like Pollen! The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story She always wore her hair straight down her back; she was very willowy and pliant in figure, and had something of the grace and coloring of a daffodil. Polly A New-Fashioned Girl Hulda asked, sitting before the fire, while the Colonel ran over her straight feet and tall, willowy figure, and stopped, a little chilled by her clear, dewy eyes. The Entailed Hat Or, Patty Cannon's Times The favourite haunt of beavers, otters, fishers, minks, and muskrats is a marshy region containing little lakes and streams; while for lynxes, a willowy valley interspersed with poplars is the usual resort. The Drama of the Forests Romance and Adventure She was a slight, willowy creature with black eyes, profuse dark hair, and sallow complexion. A Crooked Path A Novel For ages, on our river borders, These tassels in their tawny bloom And willowy studs of downy silver Have prophesied of spring to come. Some Winter Days in Iowa They only say, "She was tall, willowy and lissome; and Sir Joshua Reynolds painted her picture as a peasant beauty, bearing on her well-poised head a sheaf of corn." Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 04 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Painters There was at least one fair damsel—a slight, willowy creature with violet eyes and flaxen ringlets, who treasured the graceful lines he dedicated to her with a feeling warmer than friendship. The Dreamer A Romantic Rendering of the Life-Story of Edgar Allan Poe Then she had turned from Venus to Diana, and Gretchen became evolved: a Diana, slim and willowy. Arms and the Woman She's a tall, willowy young woman, who waves her bare arms around vivacious when she talks and has lots of sparkle to her eyes. On With Torchy Of course; but do not ask me for description, other than that she was medium in height, willowy in figure and dark blonde in type. The Colonel of the Red Huzzars There can be no beauty in unwholesomeness, there can be nothing attractive in a delicate pallor caused by the disregard of hygiene, or in a willowy figure, the result of lacing. A String of Amber Beads Her eyes were as blue as fresh spring violets, and her slight, willowy figure gave promise of much grace when fully developed. Miss Dexie A Romance of the Provinces Suddenly, Ashman felt both of the willowy arms about his own neck, and she returned his caresses with a fervor equal to his own. The Land of Mystery Her senses were tingling; her lithe, exquisite, willowy body thrilled and quivered in his embrace. Beyond The Rocks A Love Story Miss Bartlett, a tall and willowy blonde, still in her teens, was the daughter of a retired lieutenant in the United States Navy. Fifth Avenue Far away from nasty noises, full of unexpected wooded valleys and willowy streams. Letters to Helen Impressions of an Artist on the Western Front It was not her intellectual capacity which concerned him greatly, but the sunny aureole of her hair, the smiling curve of her lips, the willowy pliancy of her well-developed body. Burned Bridges Mine be a cot beside the hill; A bee-hive's hum shall soothe my ear; A willowy brook that turns a mill With many a fall shall linger near. Poems Every Child Should Know The What-Every-Child-Should-Know-Library A pallid-faced, willowy lad, this, of perhaps seventeen, who, sinking to his knees, threw up an arm across his face, then raised both hands above his head. The Definite Object A Romance of New York In women you have the sweep and wave of drapery, gentle undulations, summer-cloud floatings, soft, sinuous movements, the fluency of pliant forms, the willowy bend and rebound of lithe and lovely suppleness. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 70, August, 1863 We were in a wide, level country, in green water-meadows, with a full stream brimming its grassy banks, in willowy loops. The Child of the Dawn To be sure Mary's dress did not trail, and she was not tall and willowy outwardly, but it made no difference as long as she could feel that she was. The Little Colonel's Chum: Mary Ware As they wound through the cañon, charming birds disported upon boughs and sprays, and sober quails piped from the alders; the willowy water-courses gave a musical utterance, and the long grass whispered on the hill-side. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 72, October, 1863 She was black, and lithe, and tall, and willowy. The Quest of the Silver Fleece A Novel She was slowly picking to pieces, leaf by leaf, a pale-pink rose, which she had stolen away from somewhere about her willowy, white throat. The Inner Sisterhood A Social Study in High Colors Other willowy creatures were lazy enough to be still in filmy "princess" petticoats and long, weblike, silk corsets ensheathing their figures nearly to their knees. Winnie Childs The Shop Girl The lad had little difficulty in deciding upon his steed, which was a coal-black mustang, lithe and willowy, and apparently of a good disposition, although that was necessarily a matter of conjecture, for the present. The Cave in the Mountain A Sequel to In the Pecos Country / by Lieut. R. H. Jayne At nineteen she had been a belle and beauty of the willowy sort; but at thirty she had relapsed into one of the women whom men admire in theory and despise in reality. Life and Gabriella The Story of a Woman's Courage A great sheet of dazzling sunlight swept the place, and beneath lay a mighty mass of olive green, thick, tall, wet, and willowy. The Quest of the Silver Fleece A Novel She is too slight, too thin; she looks fragile, willowy, as the cheap novels call it, as though you could break her in halves like a switch. Esther It was either on one foot or on both feet, or she draped herself along the furniture to show how willowy she could be without its hurting. Ma Pettengill Two willowy maidens in simple brown were fanning her with huge palm leaves. Nedra She is very charming, tall and willowy, and has a pleasant word and smile for every one. The Sunny Side of Diplomatic Life, 1875-1912 "Why, there's the vicar!" said Janet Leighton, perceiving the tall and willowy figure of Mr. Shenstone, as its owner stopped to speak to one of the boys with the guns who were watching the game. Harvest She was a delicate, willowy woman, still young in figure, with a fresh colour, belied by the grey circles under the eyes and the pinched sharpness of the features. Marcella She was skinny, if you know what I mean, lots of tendons and so forth, though I learned later that Vernabelle called it being willowy. Ma Pettengill Nid-nods its tufted summit like three ostrich plumes; its beetling crags, bent poppies, shadows, willowy shores, all nod; its streams are murmuring down the hills; its wavelets hush the shore. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I Mine be a cot beside the hill, A bee-hive's hum shall sooth my ear; A willowy brook, that turns a mill, With many a fall shall linger near. Poems The mere sight of her--the slim willowy creature, with her distinguished head and her beautiful eyes--revived in him the memory of some of his happiest and most sacred hours. Lady Connie So thin! so frail and willowy in her black dress—monstrous! Marcella She saw a tall and slender woman, in black, bending toward her, with a willowy appealing grace, and eyes that beseeched. The Testing of Diana Mallory Yon stream is small—full slow its wending; But winning is sweet, but right is fine; And shoal of trout, or willowy bending— Though Law be costly—I'll prove them mine. Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume II. I observe him in a close embrace with a willowy young thing, dipping gracefully in the distance. The "Goldfish" A popular soprano is said to have a voice of fine timbre, a willowy figure, cherry lips, chestnut hair, and hazel eyes. Toaster's Handbook Jokes, Stories, and Quotations Anglice possessed the wild, strange beauty of her mother--the bending, willowy form, the rich tint of skin, the large tropical eyes, that had almost made Antoine's sacred robes a mockery to him. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 1 Before the year ended, he noticed that the ruddy tinge had fled from her cheek, that her eyes had grown languid, and her slight figure more willowy than ever. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 56, June, 1862 The Lady Ysolinde stood before them, strangely different from the slim, willowy maiden I had seen her. Red Axe The sprays of this tree are particularly beautiful, and 'willowy' is often used for 'graceful,' as meaning the same thing. Among the Trees at Elmridge "Is she short or is she tall, slender, willowy?" Toaster's Handbook Jokes, Stories, and Quotations In a large easy-chair reclines her rather small, slender and willowy form, starting slightly forward when she speaks, and sinking back when she listens. Not Pretty, but Precious Anglice possessed the wild, strange beauty of her mother,—the bending, willowy form, the rich tint of skin, the large tropical eyes, that had almost made Antoine's sacred robes a mockery to him. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 56, June, 1862 She was tall, lithe, slender, sinuous, willowy, hideous. The Slim Princess That wordy, willowy fool, and the sturdy, hard-headed girl in the chair, with her crisp, gripping mind. Potterism A Tragi-Farcical Tract The river itself is almost a moving mass of white and yellow sand, broad, clear, shallow, and abounding in small woody islands, and willowy sandbars. Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers She was a slender, willowy woman, whose brown eyes Bessie's were, and likewise her tender ways. The Cruise of the Dazzler The noise of thy battle is over, Thy sword is hung up in its sheath; Thy grave has been decked by its lover With beauty of willowy wreath. The Poems of Henry Kendall With Biographical Note by Bertram Stevens During this voyage we passed many willowy islands and saw several beautiful towns. Frankenstein The trees had utterly vanished, and studding the moss-carpeted plains were only clumps of a willowy shrub from which hung, like grapes, clusters of white waxen blooms. The Moon Pool There she was, tall, round-bosomed and willowy, in her starched muslin and flapping Leghorn, as he had seen her under the orange-trees in the Mission garden. The Age of Innocence Just then his eye caught a tall, willowy figure hurrying toward him on the narrow path. The Souls of Black Folk All eyes were fixed on the slender, willowy figure, and the dark head touched with silver. A Writer's Recollections — Volume 1 And at that moment he felt that he hated the willowy, intangible creature who had just treated him with contempt. Delia Blanchflower The Chevrotte was an excuse for his passing entire days there, on its willowy banks, bending over the stream, in which he seemed to be watching the floating of the clouds. The Dream She came in—a slender willowy creature, with a gentle smile of contrition—was she late? His Hour The island above had turned the waters aside, until they found an outlet under each bank—shooting along their willowy shores, with the velocity of arrows. Satanstoe She was of a ghostly and willowy slenderness. A Writer's Recollections — Volume 1 The once willowy outlines of her figure had rounded vulgarly. Tales from Bohemia And her bare feet fell to telling her clad sides of the sweet coolness of the water, and waited for no naysay, but lightly bore her toward the willowy bight. The Water of the Wondrous Isles Her body was a slender poem in willowy, graceful lines. The Man in Gray My slender, willowy grace and mellow, bird-like voice never seemed to melt his stony heart. Remarks As I passed down the hall, a tall willowy figure stepped from the shadow of the stair. Blindfolded She was beautiful, and there was something about her willowy grace of attitude that made the soft and clinging lines of her gown fall about her in charming drapery effects. The Call of the Cumberlands Beauty, too, though with remorse,Its seat had half relinquished on a cheekLong time its boast, and on that willowy form,So yielding now, where once in strength upsoaredThe queenly presence. The Legends of Saint Patrick She was tall, well developed, with willowy figure. Une Vie, a Piece of String and Other Stories In figure he was long and willowy, and reminded me irresistibly of an unhealthy cellar-grown potato plant. A Girl Among the Anarchists He stands and watches Edith dance—this country girl has the lithe, willowy grace of a Bayadere, and she is laughing now, and looking very bright and animated. A Terrible Secret The house, even the lovely landscape smiling under his windows, the pastoral valley, smooth lake and willowy island, seemed hateful to him. Phantom Fortune, a Novel Revere the pale still brow, The meekly drooping head, The long hair's willowy flow! The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 344 (Supplementary Issue) They were not dumpy like so many Indian girls, but were slight of build, and willowy of motion. The Story of Louis Riel: the Rebel Chief Tall, willowy form, with deep blue eyes, soft as a gazelle's, long, silken lashes and arched eyebrows, with golden hair, and so graceful that every movement might be set to music. Sustained honor The Age of Liberty Established Swiftly they pass out from among the houses, away from the dim oil lamps of the street, out into the broad starlit commons, and enter the willowy jungles of the haunted ground. Old Creole Days Her tall, slender form was exceedingly graceful and willowy, her personality dainty and refined, her temperament under ordinary conditions essentially sweet and agreeable. Aunt Jane's Nieces on Vacation Tall, willowy and strong, of free and independent manners and habits, she was the direct antithesis of the usual German woman. The Secrets of the German War Office She gained in symmetry too, being taller than her red mother, while she preserved the soft, willowy motion of the prairie-elk. The Story of Louis Riel: the Rebel Chief Her lithe, willowy figure, neither slight nor stout, was peculiarly adapted to her style of movement. Barriers Burned Away Frank drew his fishing-pole around and upward, until its willowy end rested against the straw-like strands by which the hornets' nest was attached to the limb. The Boys of Bellwood School Coleridge was indebted to Sir Philip Sidney for the third and fourth lines, excepting ‘o’er willowy meads,’ but these three words and the first and last two lines are his own. More Pages from a Journal Tall and willowy, superb of figure, great dark-blue eyes, masses of blue-black wavy hair, full red lips forming a perfect Cupid's bow. The Secrets of the German War Office As they wound through the canon, charming birds disported upon boughs and sprays, and sober quails piped from the alders; the willowy watercourses gave a musical utterance, and the long grass whispered on the hillside. The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales With Condensed Novels, Spanish and American Legends, and Earlier Papers She was an out-of-door woman, tall, lithe, willowy. A Fool There Was She was tall and willowy in form, while Lottie was of medium height. From Jest to Earnest In summer, its willowy thickets, its groves of tamarack and forests of pine, are the favorite haunts and nesting places of the quail and grouse. History of the Donner Party, a Tragedy of the Sierra But she had taught him a lesson, and proved that she was not a weak, willowy creature that would cling to him no matter what he was or did. Opening a Chestnut Burr The Captain was now stealing longing glances at the willowy figure of the beautiful woman whose glistening dark brown eyes were turned to him with a languid glance, as Alan Hawke leaned forward. A Fascinating Traitor An Anglo-Indian Story She warmly agreed that of course as regarded the figure, etc., the illustration was misleading, because she, of course, could never look so beautifully willowy as that. The Professional Aunt At last they agreed on a picture of another of Patty's school friends, who was of the willowy, die-away kind. Patty's Suitors She was still slender, and her willowy figure had gained soft curves without losing its dainty gracefulness. Patty's Butterfly Days Yes, I'm thinner, if possible," said Aladdin, "almost willowy. Aladdin O'Brien Gavin smote once and once only with the willowy metal strip. Black Caesar's Clan : a Florida Mystery Story The willowy lady, in the same shimmering clothes and with the same pretty expression of eagerness, is beside him. The Hohenzollerns in America So may the stream of Life's long dream Flow gently onward to its end, With many a floweret gay, Adown its willowy way: May no sigh vex, no care perplex, My loving little friend! The Game of Logic Pushing past his comrades, he tore his way through the tangle of twining willowy arms and gained the side of the chief. The Thrall of Leif the Lucky A Story of Viking Days The figure was willowy and graceful; the shoulders sloping, the arms tapering to the wrists. Peter: a novel of which he is not the hero And at the end of three minutes he was strengthening and testing a willowy five-foot strip of metal. Black Caesar's Clan : a Florida Mystery Story A willowy lady in a shimmering gown leaned over the rail of a tessellated pig-sty, in which an impossibly clean hog stood in an attitude of ill-mannered immobility. The Hohenzollerns in America It was a dim phantom of willowy outline, swaying capriciously to and fro, like a black feather tossed by the wind. South Wind The hero folded her willowy form in a loving embrace murmuring fondly Sheila, my own. Ulysses The artist noted every graceful line of her willowy figure. The Rosary The other, of very noble proportions, of a fine, willowy height, with coiled ropes of hair of a colour such as I had never dreamed could be found upon human being. The Strolling Saint; being the confessions of the high and mighty Agostino D'Anguissola, tyrant of Mondolfo and Lord of Carmina in the state of Piacenza Slender, willowy party, with a lot of blond hair that looks as if it might be indigenous? The Register As she spoke a youth of willowy figure, languishing dark eyes and ladylike manner drew near. Corporal Cameron of the North West Mounted Police; a tale of the Macleod trail The lovely face grew rigid, and the gracious willowy form seemed to erect itself. She She was undeniably spare, and ponderably light, and proveably tall; when people had wished to distinguish her from the other two Miss Archers they had always called her the willowy one. The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 1 We make picturesque backgrounds, don't we? you and I, especially you, the soft, tender, lithe and willowy; and I, the frowning, rugged and adamantine, so to speak. The Red Acorn As they wound through the canyon, charming birds disported upon boughs and sprays, and sober quails piped from the alders; the willowy water-courses gave a musical utterance, and the long grass whispered on the hillside. Legends and Tales The proudness of her bearing was no less marked than ever, but in the willowy sway of her body there was a yielding of mere sorry pride. The Man Like the skies, I was perfectly sober, As I stopped at the mansion of Shear,— At the Nightingale,—perfectly sober, And the willowy woodland down here. Complete Poetical Works At that moment I got the impression that she was willowy. The Mutiny of the Elsinore In women you have the sweep and wave of drapery, gentle undulations, summer-cloud floatings, soft, sinuous movements, fluency of pliant forms, the willowy bend and rebound of lithe and lovely suppleness. Gala-days Besides, she was a clean-limbed, willowy creature, possessed of much grace which had not hitherto been realized. The Son of the Wolf Down their sides ran the streams, down busily, hasting away through every valley to the Daur, which bore them back to the ocean-heart—through woods and meadows, park and waste, rocks and willowy marsh. Sir Gibbie As if to emphasize her statement, she grasped one of the long willowy branches of the enormous rose-bush where she stood, and shook it lightly. A Ward of the Golden Gate And willowy she was, with a normal waist and with, in addition, always that informing bodily vigour that made her appear rounder and robuster than she really was. The Mutiny of the Elsinore I discovered that the colonel and his wife were childless, and the slender willowy figure I had seen across the garden wall was that of Lilian Roseblade, their niece and adopted daughter. Stories by English Authors: London (Selected by Scribners) No doubt it was to the Greek blood in her veins that she owed the classical lines of her profile, her full-lidded soft eyes, and the willowy grace of her form. The Lock and Key Library The most interesting stories of all nations: French novels Her slight willowy figure, her pale oval face and gentle brown eyes, her pleasant voice, her kindness, seemed to us boys and in those days, to sum up all that was womanly. The House of the Wolf; a romance The waist, which could be spanned by the hands, had a charming willowy ease; the bare shoulders sparkled in the twilight like a white camellia. Beatrix And in the years that followed they were passing back behind the prime of life, becoming willowy juveniles. And Even Now I AM I am willowy boughs For coolness; I am gold-finch wings For darkness; I am a little grape Thinking of September, I am a very small violet Thinking of May. Poems By a Little Girl She is slim and willowy like her; she has madame's coloring and the same fair hair. The Hated Son Roads ran in every direction, and she saw countless farmhouses of which she had never dreamed when sailing on the lonely river a few feet the other side of the willowy fringe. The Valley of the Moon The light, willowy machines are subject to every caprice of the wind. Aeroplanes She was dark like her mother, but not of the same willowy type; she had more of her father's sturdy build, and she had developed her shoulders at hockey and tennis. Soul of a Bishop It is one of the commonest delusions among fat men that horseback riding will bring them down and make them sylphlike and willowy. Cobb's Anatomy |
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