| 单词 | flounce |
| 例句 | The skirt flounces up and Lola joins me, twirling and twirling, while Mom takes our picture from the couch. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z The young women, sitting in their own clusters on the lawn, wore short- heeled pumps and rayon hose, calf-length skirts, and loose-fitting blouses with ruffles and flounces on the sleeves and at the necklines. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Taryn flounced over in her bright yellow bathing suit to where Ivy’s mom was trying to fit a pair of goggles over Ivy’s head of thick hair. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I took the skirt of my dress in my hands and curtseyed to her, the flounces sweeping the ground. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z The skirt was ruffled and flounced and draped and trimmed with knots of dark green ribbon, and nestling at her throat was a gold pin. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z On the label was a colorful picture of a woman dancing in a long flounced skirt; the box was attractive and the perfect size in which to keep one’s treasures. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z So she says nothing and settles for storming up the steps in a fine flounce. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z With a flounce of petticoats she turned away. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Then Aunt Ruby and Aunt Docia put on their flannel petticoats and their plain petticoats and their stiff, starched white petticoats with knitted lace all around the flounces. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z In one corner of the room was a dressing table with a blue- and-white-striped skirt flounced around it. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I smile at her, and she smooths out her flounces. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z The friends of my childhood—Flora, the rag doll, and Rosamunde, the wooden doll in the gown with seven flounces—nestled in their basket. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z “I forbid you to go out that way, too I” “Idiota!” the kid sister called back at him with dignity after she had flounced past. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Haley and her friends flounced away to the “cool kids” table. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z Zu took the girl’s hand and flounced over to us, grinning. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z He was dropping them into Arul’s sack when the rich girl bounded out of the house and flounced over to us in her frilly dress. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z But she turned with a flounce of her skirt and went. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z Anastasia nods with approval as I flounce out to show her. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z She smoothed her long skirt underneath her and sat down with a little flounce like a young girl. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z “Freak!” she spat at her sister, and she flounced off to where her parents stood.... Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z But she hadn’t said one word, and then flounced off without so much as a good night to Grandpa and Miss Love. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z George stared at his solitaire lay, and then he flounced the cards together and turned around to Lennie. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, one evening, she flounced into the living room, sat down, folded her arms and looked boiling mad. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z June flounced out, her red skirt flashing around the door. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Katie flounced through the living room and out the front door, which slammed shut with a thunderous bang behind her. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I flounce downstairs, half spoiling for a fight. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “The boy will have milk,” I said grandly and flounced around to the front door. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z A couple of men approached, eating up the walk with long jaunty strides that caused their heavy silk sport shirts to flounce rhythmically upon their bodies. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Lydia flipped her hair and flounced past the gawkers. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Perhaps she herself was struggling with the temptation to flounce from the room. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z She is tucked into a pretty blue frock with a big flounce in the back. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Six señoritas in long, fitted dresses with flaring skirts and castanets in their hands flounced onto the stage. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z The skirt parted in front to reveal a petticoat with three lace flounces. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Laleh flounced onto the couch on Dad’s other side and tucked her feet underneath her butt, disturbing the gravitational fields on the couch so Dad leaned away from me and toward her. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z The big green M on Stargirl’s white sweater flounced as she spun and leaped with the other cheerleaders. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z The door opened and Darlene came in wearing a satin cocktail dress and a flowered hat, flouncing her skirt gracefully as she walked. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Aunt Loma’s face flushed red as her hair, she was so mad, and she flounced off acting like a store-owner’s daughter to a hired hand. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z When Aunt Loma happened along, carrying the baby, she stared at Miss Love a minute, then flounced into the store and came over where I stood putting bars of Octagon soap on a shelf. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “Fine,” she said, then flounced out of the room. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z There was no pivotal moment of creative difference, no storming or flouncing out. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I loved my aqua shorts and matching socks with lace trim and a yellow dress with a flounced skirt. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z She shrugged and walked over to my couch, where she sat down in a flounce of her retro circle skirt, putting her wedge-clad feet on my coffee table. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z As Mrs. Predmore told it to Mama and she told it to me that night on the veranda, Miss Love had flounced into the store like she owned it. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z To my surprise, the twins flounced off the bed. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z He flounced off, swishing his tail, muttering about going outside to take the air. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Edward slapped wide the snowy linens and flounced the pillows. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Those puffed sleeves, the flounce, and the little bodice. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z There was the teasing and impossible desire to imitate the petty pride of sparrows wallowing and flouncing in the red dust of country roads. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she flounced over to the dog, kissed it with ecstasy and swept into the kitchen, implying that a dozen chefs awaited her orders there. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z And then I ran from her, down the long narrow passage to my own room, tripping, stumbling over the flounces of my dress. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Blue dress flouncing, a couple of hundred strands of pearls draped around her, an ivory cane that she didn’t really need. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “Speak for yourself,” she said crossly, and flounced to the door, pushing the perambulator so fiercely that it bumped into a bag of oysters. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z She looked from Emily to James then said, “No problem,” and flounced back to her table. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z She looked from Emily to James then said, “No problem,” and flounced back to her table. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Her stateside fame initially met with hostility in Brazil — an episode “Gimme a Band” recalls with a brief sequence in which bystanders angrily rip flounces off the star’s dress. ‘Gimme a Band’ delves into Carmen Miranda’s all-too-colorful story 2015-10-20T04:00:00Z The New York Times said Caldwell “flounces onto the stage like a sparrow with illusions of grandeur.” Actress Zoe Caldwell, Tony winner for ‘Medea,’ dies at 86 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z Did Nancy Marchand really grab Ms. Harris’s red wig and pull her back into the dressing room from which she was angrily flouncing? Books of The Times: ‘Jack Be Nimble,’ a Memoir by Jack O’Brien 2013-06-20T21:34:04Z It offsets the flounces and ruffles with needed current context. Bye to ‘Real Housewife’ Hair 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z Instead of expanding their perspective Daniels freights his work with cinematic flounces. Hulu's irksome "United States vs. Billie Holiday" is a stunning, soul-wrenching debut for Audra Day 2021-02-27T05:00:00Z She berates Newton for a bit, before flouncing off to go mess with the "Fringe" team's heads some more. "Fringe" recap: What's in the box(es)? 2010-10-01T12:30:00Z Women of our generation filed for divorce; we flounced out of restaurants; we took our heartbreak to our beds or tried talking it to death. Reflections: Jean Harris’s Cautionary Tale 2013-01-04T21:45:19Z The argument goes that small businesses in particular can’t be expected to suffer the financial consequences if a woman wilfully flounces off to procreate, leaving them in the lurch. 10 myths that blame women for sexism 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z Peplum, a flounce or flourish of fabric attached to the waist or hips of a garment, is showing up frequently in lines for this and next season. Vera Wang: Sensual and suggestive styles on runway 2012-02-14T21:32:11Z Mine were in tatters long before he came flouncing onstage for the last time, having been shredded by the comic banality of most of the material. Theater Review: ‘First Date,’ a Musical, Opens on Broadway 2013-08-09T02:00:09Z Because unlike Giselle, the unemployed, recently animated naïf flouncing around Robert’s prewar apartment, Nancy, a successful fashion designer, wants things. Someday My Prince Will Leave Me for Someone More Low-Key 2020-04-21T04:00:00Z Kristen Stewart is flouncing through a meadow, breathing noisily through her nose, when she happens upon her grandmother and vampire boyfriend, Edward. The dreams in Inception look fantastic. But what would Leonardo DiCaprio make of these? 2010-07-09T23:10:00Z With bold sexual gestures, Schmidt presents a bawdy, flouncing impertinence that diminishes some of Hilde's mystery and menace, but she's fun to watch. Review: Spirited, sexy version of 'Master Builder' 2013-05-20T23:43:09Z A camo baby-doll gown bubbled at the hem and ruched at the sleeves dipped low in front to reveal a lace bra and flounced out over skinny black leggings hemmed in silk-satin frills. Seeing the Oscar Challenge to Fashion Week and Raising It One 2020-02-10T05:00:00Z Edie’s daughter is left to flounce off, their relationship unresolved and the strain of extended obligation — a growing concern for many in an aging population — unexplored. ‘Edie’ Review: Peak Sentimentality 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z It's presided over by a man who becomes more intolerable with every flounce. TV review ? Barbara Windsor: A Comedy Roast and Louie Spence's Showbusiness 2011-01-06T08:00:02Z Winningham effectively broods and flounces and shoots fierce glares, as Flo anxiously tries to keep her wavering daughter on track to maximize her looks and reel in a wealthy young suitor. Review: This 'Picnic' basket has a sexy drifter 2013-01-14T01:33:12Z Some shifts had a stiff, overlapping flounce at the hem, and other dresses and mini-coats came in lavender and orange. Paris: A Rounder Season 2010-03-11T15:29:00Z Rose tends to flounce through every moment of her life as though giving a command performance. Marin Hinkle of ‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ Melts Chocolate 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z In a season marked by all manner of flounces and frills, the peplum was a standout. | Trendspotting: Peplum for the People 2011-09-14T21:29:55Z He showed us photos of dancers wearing flounces and colorful ribbons. Journeys : In Mexico, Where the Waves Still Win 2013-04-12T19:01:22Z Women wear long flounced skirts, velveteen blouses, Pendleton jackets and the weighty turquoise jewelry that represents portable wealth in a culture with historically limited access to banks. Reporter?s Notebook: An Uneasy Exchange Between Fashion and Navajo Culture 2012-03-14T19:47:42Z No matter how many lovely flounces you put on top. Party People and Twisted Sisters 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z And with his eye for a gentle flounce and a keen understanding of line and silhouette, he helped them build a powerfully stylish wardrobe that never denied their femininity nor apologized for it. Robin Givhan on Oscar de la Renta: With style, he wooed women of all stripes Nemec recognizes this, to some degree, by only mentioning a central figure from the anime who is basically a flailing, flouncing mess of childish squeaks and quirks. "Cowboy Bebop" is an off-key adaptation that captures the jazzy color but not soul of the original 2021-11-20T05:00:00Z You cannot flounce out of a confrontation while wearing “manly” things such as a space suit or a pair of safety goggles. Feisty, flounce and bossy: the words used to put women down 2014-09-01T04:00:00Z Unlike pretty much every such award outing in recent memory, there were no eye-rolling clothing bloopers as designers and stylists attempted to attract ever more eyeballs with ever more flounce and frippery. The Golden Globes’ 500 Shades of Black: Did It Work? 2018-01-08T05:00:00Z He’s an outspoken misogynist and opera buff whose morning fitness routine is a flouncing dance improvised to loud classical music. | 'The Extra Man': Kevin Kline Charms on New York Social Scene 2010-07-29T22:23:00Z She flounces around but doesn't seem to do much. ‘Vinyl’ Season 1 Finale: As Confused as Ever 2016-04-17T04:00:00Z Julie soon flounces into the kitchen looking for entertainment, having tired of dancing with the friends Christine and Jean invited over for a party. Review: ‘Miss Julie’ Resets a Celebrated Drama in Putin’s Russia 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z As the Mistress, Elizabeth Debicki is a flouncing yet imposing presence. The Maids - review 2013-06-09T03:47:23Z Celebrating the release of her eponymously titled debut album, Calvi is tonight a flamenco-inspired vision – but not in feminine frills and flounces. Anna Calvi ? review 2011-01-28T18:36:02Z Then she's off, flouncing here, fluttering there, leaning in and giving this or that imaginary friend a squeeze before something shiny catches her eye across the room ... like Vice President Joe Biden, for example. "Real Housewives of D.C.": Meet the new frenemies 2010-07-31T23:01:00Z They seemed more interested in the upper silhouette, which was often loose and embellished with pleats, flounces and rich embroidery. Milan designers: Summer fashion should be fun 2012-09-24T18:09:09Z The more seasoned cast members relish their opportunities to melodramatically sneer, flounce and bluster as required. Review: Fame cuts both ways in 'The Big Knife' 2013-04-17T03:16:04Z In the lively extravaganza of a history play “Marie Antoinette,” actress Kimberly Gilbert’s Marie flounces with giddy delight, snorting a little powder up her nose and gabbing idly with her ladies in waiting. A mod ‘Marie’ in bikini and wigs at Woolly But you don't need to see Prima Donna to get operatic camp in full flounce. How I fell out of love with opera 2010-05-27T21:00:00Z The last of Armani's 44 pieces got whoops from spectators: a stunning but restrictive mermaid dress with flounces embroidered with green degrade crystals. Chanel aims sky-high, and Armani courts A-list 2012-01-24T23:03:20Z She confronts Clarence about this with a temporary and uncharacteristic burst of steeliness, but when he tells her that it is true, she flounces off, looking as if she might cry. The Hour: season one, episode four 2011-08-09T21:02:05Z In the end “back-studio pictures” like “A Star Is Born,” he wrote, “flounced offstage with protective hands over the greatest of its mysteries.” Movies: A Season of Movies About Movies 2011-12-04T03:43:05Z Bows and flounces were added to the shape. Valentino: Up in the Air 2010-07-07T22:49:00Z And then, rarely, you read poems that do not need to flounce, pose or seek attention; that have a tremendous, unshowy intent. New Light for the Old Dark by Sam Willetts 2010-04-17T23:10:00Z One of the most striking dresses was a long number in beige crepe, tied loosely at the waist, with a discreet flounce at the hem and long sleeves that were fluted at the wrists. On the Runway: Paris Couture: Valentino 2011-01-27T00:00:06Z Few people would suggest that embodied living necessitates one flounce around like a Renoir bather. Body of work: Women writers on disordered eating, writing the body and the book launch diet 2017-05-21T04:00:00Z I want to call the flounce at his neck a lavallière. The Best-Dressed Men at the Met Gala 2019: Risking Foolishness, Arriving at Defiant Good Taste 2019-05-07T04:00:00Z We’d flounce in to the restaurant and I don’t know how people’s necks weren’t broken they whipped their heads around so fast to watch us pass.” Drawn Again to the Images of the Illustrator Antonio Lopez 2012-08-29T22:01:48Z Ms. Coolidge flounced back into the store, where Ms. Vargas flourished a new treat: a whipped cream made from coconuts. Jennifer Coolidge Loads Up on Vegan Chocolate Bars and Whipped Cream 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z Filled with tropical prints, on-trend polka dots and plenty of her signature flounces, the capsule promises to transport you even if you have no plane ticket booked. Who Said Fashion People Don’t Like Food? 2018-04-11T04:00:00Z He sloshes red paint all over them and flounces off. The Agony and the Ecstasy: more passion would've been less painful 2013-05-24T08:57:47Z Girly tied-lace belting shaved years off the look of a flounce dress with chestnut bow embroidering, while diamante bow earrings put the icing on the cake of the carefree, chic gamine look. Equestrian styles on show in Paris fashion week 2012-03-04T23:49:09Z The symbol of "joie de vivre" at the turn of the century, the Folies Bergere was a palace of frivolity and popular entertainment, replete with nearly-nude showgirls adorned with over-the-top frills and flounces. Folies Bergere plumage hits auction block in Paris 2012-06-08T16:04:45Z In photo shoots, they wore outfits with a Baroque flounce: blazers and ruffled shirts, ascots and sleeve garters. Panic! at the Disco’s Flourishes Weren’t Just Dramatic. They Were Theater. 2020-09-27T04:00:00Z The Christian Dior florid New Look, giving women back their curves and flounces after the war years, was pitted against the lofty sculptures of Balenciaga. Battle of the Champions 2012-09-26T16:12:13Z Sketches by Mr. Bérard in the collection depict dancers in flounced costumes and vaulted rooms lined in fringed fabric. Collectors Still Savor Shirley Temple Black Memorabilia 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z As flounces were pinned and tucks taken, stories filled the shop. Bank of Dave: Fighting the Fat Cats; The Wedding Shop – TV review 2013-03-01T07:00:09Z When crossed, Ginny flounces and says inappropriate things; when upset, Lot goes rigid and sputters and spits. ‘Corsicana’ Review: Four Lost Hearts in the Heart of Texas 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z Unlike Britain's Got Talent, which gormlessly blundered into a dead end when Cowell flounced off this year, the show is just as noisy and self-assured as ever. The X Factor's back, so kiss goodbye to your life 2011-08-18T11:28:56Z A couple of people suggested that my "flounce" was a very weak gesture if I was back so soon, but I could see no other way to ask the questions I needed to ask. Twitter is failing to efficiently police child pornography 2012-08-13T13:47:18Z So it is with Smirnoff, whose marketing campaign flounced on for years with some preposterous airs and graces – Ten times filtered! The new Smirnoff advert 2012-11-17T00:05:22Z But with unexpected pops of red — on a feathery fringed scarf dress and on a more challenging ensemble of a blouse and pants worn with a suspended flounce skirt — the collection also had depth. Fashion Review: Fashion’s Young Guns Show Paris a Dark Side 2012-09-27T23:26:09Z On a cold rainy day in Cardiff Bay last fall several of the actors were filming a scene in which Lady Persie flounces into Spargo’s car, a vintage Humber, and plops down next to him. Television: Rose, Fetch Her Ladyship a Sequel 2011-04-01T21:46:41Z But she can picture herself flouncing around for the paparazzis' cameras, dressed in red satin and feathers, and she escapes from her pain by temporarily Photoshopping herself into that vision of glamour. Gabourey Sidibe: Playing the victim 2010-02-23T17:01:00Z Her response was to flounce out of the room and not talk to me for an hour. Feminist icon? 2010-09-17T07:00:00Z We just sit in the chairs and have tea with them,” she said, all drollery and flounce. 2010-02-11T06:20:00Z Daniel Jackson has a gift for the kind of knock-'em-dead speech, usually followed by the character flouncing off stage, that leaves the audience no option but to burst into applause. The Chooky Brae 2010-09-19T21:45:00Z The cast can move, and once Dallas Tolentino appears as the floppy Scarecrow and flounces like he’s made of rags, you figure the jaunt down the Yellow Brick Road might get interesting. Review | Little wonder in Synetic Theater’s ‘Wizard of Oz’ 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z No frippery or flounces to soften her edges. Liz Cheney: The Model of a Modern Never-Trumper 2021-05-18T04:00:00Z Well, except for one little thing that would have probably given old studio suits apoplexy: The movie’s prettily flouncing title character is biracial. Movie Review: ‘Belle’ Centers On a Biracial Aristocrat in the 18th Century 2014-05-01T22:04:13Z Oscar Wilde even flounces briefly by in all his florid glory. Review | ‘Shadowplay’ imagines Bram Stoker’s inner life and his path to ‘Dracula’ 2020-06-24T04:00:00Z Paintings, photos and prints depict people manufacturing the textiles and sometimes opting instead for Western-style flounced gowns, tailored suits and bowler hats. At the Met, Honoring Kimonos and a Scholar of the Same 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z "Kate –" "I'm going to see Snoop," she announces and then flounces, leaving through the gate to the light of a thousand paparazzi lightbulbs. Glastonbury 2010: Meet the celebrities 2010-06-28T07:00:00Z Blanchett flounces through the play-acting with gusto, parodying her mistress’s haughty airs, obsessing over her wads of makeup and lavish wardrobe, berating her sister with disdain that only barely disguises real hatred. Cate Blanchett in The Maids: Star Turnoff 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z She wore a flounced Kenzo dress in a bright yellow rosebud pattern over an otherwise unadorned black turtleneck and boots. Model Mom 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z They offered embroidered white cotton separates and muted plaids, including a terrific-looking summer dress in pale gray plaid with a flounced hem. | Fashion Review: Women?s Wear - NY Fashion Week - Review 2011-09-11T21:55:13Z With that he flounced off to see Flora. Digested read: Habits of the House by Fay Weldon 2012-08-12T18:00:00Z Strategically placed pockets and technical fabrics abound, but now so do frills and flounces. Noticed: More Frills and Flounces for Running Skirts ? Noticed 2011-10-12T21:41:29Z Statuesque with blond hair and coral-pink flounced gown, she looks part Pompadour, part Princess Grace, which gives you an idea of the production's visual eclecticism. Niobe, Regina di Tebe; Faust; The Makropulos Case; Fidelio 2010-09-25T23:06:00Z He means newspaper reports, published around the time of the move last summer, that framed it as a demonstrative emigration: a flounce out. Martin Amis: a new chapter in America 2012-06-02T23:04:03Z There are glimpses of that character in “Inadmissible Evidence” in a few of the flounces and flourishes with which Mr. Hodge drives an evening that, under Jamie Lloyd’s ceaselessly empathic direction, never goes slack. Theater Review: They're Ripping Themselves Apart Onstage, Inside and Out 2011-11-01T13:30:07Z Mr. Posen is skilled enough to deal with types, and so the uptown fur, the girlish flounce, the camp seamed stocking. 2010-02-16T00:26:00Z But what Stephens and Chancellor bring out perfectly is the couple's childish egotism and the strangely androgynous nature of a relationship in which Elyot's sulks and flounces are met by Amanda's ruthless body-blows. Private Lives – review 2012-09-30T16:45:01Z A tuxedo with minutely pleated curving clown pants and a T-shirt dress finished in a mille-feuille of flounces. The Very Right-Now Allure of Going to Extremes 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z In the Bourse de la Commence, a finely tailored business-like jacket filed by above a gray skirt with a flounce cut on the bias. Paris Fashion Week goes colorful, soft and underwater 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z But if you want to shop for the ages, here’s what you do: Try on the shoes and flounce around the store in them. Social Q?s: Watch the Kids, Not the Oven - Social Q?s 2012-04-12T23:58:26Z Gould's performance is alarming at first; he flounces, he flaps, he balls his hands like a baby. 'Mulaney' feels more than a bit like 'Seinfeld' 2014-10-04T04:00:00Z But the theme was taken to the next level by “Green Book” star Linda Cardellini whose oversized flounce of red ruffles cascaded in layers down her body, cinched together with a pink belt. Red, pink and Oscar gold take a twirl in tulle down red carpet 2019-02-24T05:00:00Z After stranding runners in scoring position in each of his first three innings, Miller flexed, fist-pumped and flounced his way off the rubber. Emotional control: How Bobby Miller's rookie growth earned Dodgers' playoff trust 2023-10-08T04:00:00Z Manuel Puig’s “Kiss of the Spider Woman” is perhaps best known in the U.S. as the film that won William Hurt an Oscar for flouncing around a prison cell in a kimono. Review: A potent and intimate take on 'Kiss of the Spider Woman' enthralls at A Noise Within 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z Ana de Armas, best actress nominee for "Blonde," wore a silver column dress with a flamenco dancer-like flounce on the bottom. Stars flaunt shimmery, bold looks on Oscars 'champagne' red carpet 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z Only a generation ago, some gardener-critics thought them lacking in elegance and refinement, too conspicuous in their flounce. Perspective | A gardener’s fall ritual: Swapping flower bulbs and dreaming of spring 2022-11-15T05:00:00Z Eve, who flounces around in groovy ensembles that translate the early 1970s zeitgeist, has returned with the intention of creating a local salon for cultural and political power brokers. Review: At South Coast Repertory, 'Paris' aims to deliver what we sorely need: some laughs 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z That’s actually a costume that I just think about independently sometimes like, wow, the detail of that dress, the way that Mabel King sort of flounces around in it in that performance. Make film history more inclusive. That's Jacqueline Stewart's mandate at Academy Museum 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z The self-confident Mr Lindner overplayed his hand four years ago, and was accused of shirking responsibility when he flounced out of coalition talks. German election: Who could succeed Angela Merkel as chancellor? 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z "Rather than flouncing off", said Mr Hussain, the judge showed humour and "embraced" the fluffy intruder. Columbo the Old Bailey cat 'sensed stardom' 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z Even Alan, who has hung around out of a combination of shell-shock and sexual curiosity, develops compassion for the flouncing impish id he only a short while ago punched in the mouth. Review: The 'Boys' are back: Parsons, Quinto and Bomer bring the 'Band' party to Netflix 2020-09-25T04:00:00Z At Spurs, it’s been closer to a new manager flounce. Tottenham v Everton: Premier League – live! 2020-07-06T04:00:00Z It was a sad and perfunctory performance, ending with a racist attack on an Asian-American reporter, after which Trump flounced off the stage like a disappointed second runner-up at one of his sleazy pageants. Trump's new fakeout: "Obamagate" won't fly with 83,000 dead and millions out of work 2020-05-13T04:00:00Z This simple shape is set off by narrow sleeves set on a posture-enhancing high armhole that flounce at the shoulder and waist. Goth princess: how the new It dress won over Kate – and everyone else 2020-03-11T04:00:00Z In vintage footage from Hot Peaches shows, Wilhelmina shimmers in flounced white sateen as “drag queen superstar Belladella Bosom”, purring “I’m not a woman, I’m not a man, it’s my own game”. Warhol’s unseen drag queens 2020-03-08T05:00:00Z One morning, their mother asked Nelson to wear her loveliest dress, a dark frock with a flounce at the bottom, and then piled her and Cook into the landlord’s car while he drove. They lost each other as kids in the 1968 riots. Decades later, they’ve reunited. 2020-03-02T05:00:00Z Trump cancelled a press conference and called the Canadian prime minister, Justin Trudeau, “two-faced”, flouncing out of the meeting and throwing fresh doubt on the future of the troubled transatlantic military alliance. US briefing: Trump's Nato flounce, impeachment and George Zimmerman 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z In one scene, Smalls sprays the contents of her martini over a shagpile carpet as she flounces up from a white chaise longue with a hip-swinging swagger. High heels and an icy glare: how the Trump era brought back Dynasty dressing 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z One may flounce off, but that is about as interesting as talking about giving up carbs or moving out of London. Whose side is Twitter on: misogynists or women in public life? | Suzanne Moore 2019-05-07T04:00:00Z Even when apparently principled, Heseltine’s embarrassing flounces were the mood music of childhood for political nerds like me. Guys, it’s 108 shopping days till Brexit, and we’re grabbing maces | Marina Hyde 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z Even after the crash, Cameron declared finance to be “the national interest” and flounced out of a Brussels summit to try to save the industry from any further regulation. Ten years after Lehmans, it’s as if we’ve learned nothing from the crash | Aditya Chakrabortty 2018-09-05T04:00:00Z So he has not decided to flounce out of government following a row in cabinet. Theresa May meets new cabinet after Boris Johnson's Brexit resignation – live 2018-07-10T04:00:00Z Variations on the tulle tutu came on bodice dresses in white, light sky blue, pale yellow and in pink with sometimes exaggerated flounce, perfectly evoking the name of the fall-winter show: Swan Lake. Givenchy homage headlines first day of Paris couture week 2018-07-01T04:00:00Z But the public may be reassured to learn that flouncing off is actually an HSM cornerstone. What Trump and Kim can learn from High School Musical | Lucinda Everett 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z Chantilly, the location of the chateau that hosted the show, was referenced in flounced and pleated lace. Dior gallops back into the spotlight with a Mexican rodeo 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z January’s haute couture show closed with a wedding dress in double-faced duchess satin with a draped sweetheart bodice embroidered with Swarovski jewelled leaves, grand flounced skirt with pearlescent micro beads and scalloped lace veil. Lifting the veil: who will design Meghan Markle’s wedding dress? 2018-04-25T04:00:00Z Her dresses had little fluff or flounce and were often strapless with sheer illusion necklines. This week’s passages 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z Several women wore skirts with extra bounce and flounce; silver and red petticoats winked underneath. Picking up steps from ballroom dancers who know their cues 2018-03-19T04:00:00Z Is it possible that the organisers would like nothing more than for Berkeley to insist on reasonable measures to ensure order, before flouncing off and crying censorship? There’s no crisis of free speech. Milo’s campus crusade is rank hypocrisy | David Shariatmadari 2017-09-19T04:00:00Z But some palace lackey had erred; the vehicle was too cramped for a tall flouncing lassie and her frock. The princess myth: Hilary Mantel on Diana 2017-08-26T04:00:00Z Frills, flounces, flutters – whatever the term you use, the decidedly feminine ruffle is front and center once again this season. 12 ways ruffles can be the flirty, feminine wardrobe staple you crave this summer 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z The team are still confident there will be no flouncing. F1 Chinese Grand Prix: five things we learned from Shanghai | Giles Richards 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z The flamenco dress, a traditional costume which sprung from Andalusian festivals more than a century ago, typically features a very fitted bodice and an elaborately flounced and ruffled skirt, often beginning at the knee. Sunday Best: Flamenco fashion 2017-02-12T05:00:00Z For many, "period drama" conjures up images of Georgian ladies flouncing about in posh frocks calculating how they might marry the man of their dreams. Downton's effect on the political mood - BBC News 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z Gucci, for example, remains fully committed to its flounces and frippery. The fashion industry seems detached from the world around it. Can it reconnect? 2016-07-12T04:00:00Z I reviled dresses, spurning lace and flounces for jeans and flannel shirts. Notable & Quotable: Good-for-Nothing Gender 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z I kept waiting for someone to overturn their podium, to haul out the B-word and flounce off the stage in a maelstrom of ripped-off mics and “I’m done with this ‘bleep’” invective. The moment the GOP debate turned into 'Real Housewives' 2016-03-04T05:00:00Z The girl was timid with strangers, but exuberant at home – playing practical jokes, haranguing her parents with mock political speeches or flouncing around in her ballet costumes. Why did two parents murder their adopted child? | Giles Tremlett 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z Ruffles flounce on the front of dresses, along a trouser hemline and down sleeves. Courtney Love headlines for Plein at Milan Fashion Week 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z A black denim jacket to be exact, paired with a black stretch cotton flounce skirt. Is the fashion industry having a Don Draper, Big Sur Esalen moment? 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z Erin Fetherson’s latest collection flaunted nothing short of ethereal spirit and cool, girly flounce; it was a fancy fairytale that was all dressed up in whimsical femininity. Erin Fetherson's Muses For Fall '15: Taylor Swift, Fairytales And Polished Pixies 2015-02-24T05:00:00Z The archetypal samba dancer flounces a bounty of curves, from her cascading curls to her wide, barely-covered hips. Confessions of a British Carnival dancer in Rio 2015-02-14T05:00:00Z My room had a bed with a triangular whitewashed headboard under a flounce of diamond-patterned fabric. A Luxe Country Inn That Drips With Southern Charm: The Fearrington House In North Carolina 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z To make the fantastical creations at Dior – with the corsets, flounces and full skirts of period dressing – Galliano has an impressive skill set honed by working with some of Paris’ best ‘petites mains’. John Galliano joins Martin Margiela: a 'second chance' for fashion's most controversial designer 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z A military green anorak jacket cinched over a blue print flounce miniskirt at Marissa Webb. New York Fashion Week: Optimism and eclecticism are in full bloom 2014-09-12T04:00:00Z She worked with Stratasys to develop a collection of garments featuring intricate, spidery ruffles and flounces created on a printer. 3D print your racing car 2014-09-08T04:00:00Z Our favorite looks on the women’s side included the range of swirling patchwork dresses and a white and violet flounce slip dress layered over a pewter-colored tank mini dress that demonstrated elegance at ease. New York Fashion Week: Richard Chai shifts things up for spring 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z Warsi was poised to flounce, they groan, once her hopes of shaping UK policy were exposed as delusions. Sayeeda Warsi’s departure exposes David Cameron’s most basic flaw 2014-08-05T04:00:00Z It's tempting to read this as a sort of corporate-scale flounce, but there are obvious considerations. Xbox One: has Microsoft made the right decision? 2013-06-20T14:06:18Z To the couple's relief, the woman eventually backed down, merely flouncing out with the guitar before disappearing in a blue Jaguar. Being Jimi Hendrix's 'Foxy Lady' 2013-02-03T02:41:34Z Patient alliance-building and rational argument will serve Britain best, he says, not threatening to flounce out. Papers reflect on Cameron's challenges 2013-01-13T06:32:45Z The Danes only needed 45 minutes to complete the rout, as their hosts flounced off in a huff at half-time, and didn't come back. The Joy of Six: Olympic football tournament stories 2012-07-20T08:30:01Z Over half of the squad had been playing league football four days before their opening game, while their best player Michael Laudrup had flounced because he didn't like manager Richard Moller Nielsen's tactics. The Joy of Six: Great European Championship finals 2012-06-29T11:35:28Z The next day, we splashed her picture across page one, her middle-aged thighs flouncing across more than 300,000 newspapers. Mitt: The real European 2012-04-27T12:00:00Z And with this she flounced out of the room, upsetting a spider-table, and a case of stuffed birds that stood on it, as she passed. Barrington Volume II (of II) 2012-04-09T02:00:32.490Z She presently flounced out of the room, putting on her gloves and smiling. Mademoiselle Blanche A Novel 2012-04-07T02:00:33.037Z It was an affair of many flounces and furbelows, the colour nankeen and ivory, the material very fine silk with a profusion of Mechlin lace. Rich Relatives 2012-04-05T02:00:45.670Z Scarcely had they reached this height of discomfort, when another morning visitor was introduced—Miss Lovelace, with a multitudinous number of light ringlets and narrow flounces. Mabel, Vol. III (of 3) A Novel 2012-04-04T02:00:58.490Z His chief pleasures seemed to be—a ride into the country to a grinning match, a jolly dinner with a drinking bout after it, and a mad scamper home with a flounce in the mud. Curiosities of Human Nature 2012-04-03T02:00:27.167Z In America they load a bride with lace flounces on a rich silk, and even sometimes with ornaments. The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in all his Relations Towards Society 2012-03-30T02:00:17.867Z The dresses are made with several flounces, narrower than last year, and more numerous. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 2012-03-21T02:00:31.390Z When he was excited he sputtered out his sentences in volleys, growling at his listener and seemingly about to flounce off. The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia 2012-03-18T02:00:21.430Z They were all flaps and angles and flounces—these women. Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul 2012-03-18T02:00:19.567Z He gave a cry of delight, but on seizing them, and discovering petticoats and flounces, his face fell. The Making of a Saint 2012-03-16T02:00:25.243Z An enthusiastic painter might have deemed it an invisible Fairy's aureole; a sentimental milliner would have set it down as the flounce of her unseen robe. Mathieu Ropars: et cetera 2012-03-15T02:00:28.013Z Oh!" she exclaimed, flouncing from me with impatient contempt, and walking on the other side of the way, "if you are going to be a cry-baby, thank you for nothing! Shrewsbury A Romance 2012-03-15T02:00:22.177Z Lady from East Broadway, came in a robe cut low in the neck, and trimmed with five flounces. Doesticks, What He Says 2012-03-14T02:00:27.940Z To buy a yard of a flounce or a pair of broad ruffles was a serious matter for the purchaser unless he was wealthy. Lace, Its Origin and History 2012-02-26T03:00:15.360Z They come up the arm and accompany the trimming of the pagodas; the flounces on the arm have an excellent effect. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852. 2012-02-24T03:00:24.390Z Mrs. Clayton’s coach, with six flouncing Flanders mares, was not “out-looked by any equipage except the Duke of Dorset’s, for she would not be outshone by her neighbours, a thing not easily done here.” The Commercial Restraints of Ireland 2012-02-13T03:00:20.483Z The other train is a pale pink satin with raised dark red flowers and velvet leaves, all the front my old point de Venise flounces which look handsome. Letters of a Diplomat's Wife 1883-1900 2012-02-12T03:00:13.210Z Fashionable little girl on the left—two flounces on her pantalettes, and a diamond ring over her glove. Doesticks, What He Says 2012-03-14T02:00:27.940Z These laces are made for flounces and shawls, and were used both in America and Europe. Lace, Its Origin and History 2012-02-26T03:00:15.360Z The trout plunged and flounced over the shallow water, got into another deep pule, and ran into the bank, in the hollow of twa big stanes that were lying there. The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion 2012-02-11T03:03:41.800Z The busy sempstresses plied their needles with double speed; and various were the flounces and furbelows, pinkings and quiltings, they invented. Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume I (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day 2012-02-09T03:00:15.267Z The crowd and heat was something awful—the staircase was a regular bousculade, and I was thankful those big Russian spurs merely tore my flounces, and didn't penetrate any further. Letters of a Diplomat's Wife 1883-1900 2012-02-12T03:00:13.210Z The god is bearded, clothed in a flounced robe, and has his hair looped up behind. The Old Testament In the Light of The Historical Records and Legends of Assyria and Babylonia 2012-02-02T03:04:35.567Z As soon as she was dressed, she flounced downstairs, bent on finishing the quarrel. The Black Moth A Romance of the XVIIIth Century 2012-01-31T03:00:13.827Z None of my goodies for you!" and she flounced off, murmuring: "What's to be done? Great Opera Stories Taken from Original Sources in Old German 2012-01-25T03:00:33.660Z Then Mrs. Clinton said that she didn't want them to work on Saturdays, especially to-day, because of the meet, and the friend of your childhood flounced out of the room without another word. The Eldest Son 2012-01-24T03:00:28.780Z After various consultations, I decided that I would go in my black dress; so I have had some lace put on top of the flounce of "crépon de laine," which is really very deep mourning. Letters of a Diplomat's Wife 1883-1900 2012-02-12T03:00:13.210Z Newspaper paragraphs will begin thus: "The lovely wearer of the lace is about thirty-four years of age, but looks much older—in fact, nearly as antique as her own flounces," etc., etc. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z Close to the southern end of the bay is a detached rock called The Irish Lady, which with some imagination may be likened to a mincing dame flouncing out to sea. Cornwall 2012-01-20T03:00:16.790Z But Nora was not feeding the animals this morning, instead, she flounced her lace sleeve in a most courtly gesture and passed on to the cedar tree grove. The Girl Scouts at Rocky Ledge Nora's Real Vacation 2012-01-20T03:00:14.427Z She flounced about more than a little, not to let the rest of us escape the inference that she was not used to being kept waiting. A Woman of Genius 2012-01-18T03:00:09.517Z Oh, the feeling sweet and thrilly That these blossoms flounced and frilly From soft plains and headlands hilly Bring my breast in Piccadilly! Mr. Punch's Cockney Humour 2012-01-17T03:00:15.233Z I got a pretty silk for $17, and had it made by a Boston fashionable dressmaker, with three pinked flounces—it looked unkimmon. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z Furbelow, fur′be-lō, n. the plaited border of a gown or petticoat, a flounce. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) 2012-01-11T03:00:23.770Z And so that's the plan—I'm to be left alone here with an idiot while you go flouncing your heels round Assisi! The Front Yard 2012-01-09T03:00:23.183Z Nobody saw him except Bill the Weasel Old Mother Snipe flounced up As soon as Robin had recovered his breath, he also recovered his curiosity. Robin's Rambles 2012-01-07T03:00:14.617Z The flounced bell skirts had swung airily on gracious silk clappers. San Crist?bal de la Habana 2012-01-01T03:00:08.773Z Her flounces were of gold, And her slippers were of ermine; And she looked a little bold When she rose to lead the Germin; Oh! Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z The hardy phlox sways to some garments' flow; The salvia there with sudden scarlet streams, Caught from some ribbon of some throat that gleams, Petunia fair, in flounce and furbelow. The Melody of Earth An Anthology of Garden and Nature Poems From Present-Day Poets 2011-12-31T03:00:17.930Z But don't tell anyone I have written, because it will be sure to reach the ears of my dear relatives and will cause them to sniff the air and flounce! Notes of a Son and Brother 2011-12-29T03:00:14.087Z And Mrs. Grobstock flounced out of the room with a rustle of angry satin. The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies 2011-12-28T03:00:34.587Z A beautiful style of Evening Dress is a robe of white cachmere, trimmed with very deep flounces, each finished with stripes of silk woven in the material. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 2011-12-27T03:00:07.217Z The skirt is composed of two insertions and two embroidered flounces. Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 2011-12-25T03:00:11.297Z "Well, if you like it or not," said Venturita, flouncing to the door, "I shall marry him." The Fourth Estate, vol.1 2011-12-25T03:00:10.170Z The cradle was covered with a pretty piece of flowered chintz; a flounce of the same material about the base concealed the little straw mattress on which children usually lie. Fr?d?rique; vol. 2 2011-12-19T03:00:37.437Z But you have bought those cambrics by the piece, and also pi�as, thin, gossamer fabrics, of all degrees of color and beauty, sometimes with pattern flounces,—do you hear? A Trip to Cuba 2011-12-05T03:00:49.610Z The skirt has three flounces; the first, six inches below the waist, is ten inches deep; the second is twelve, and the third fourteen inches. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 2011-12-27T03:00:07.217Z The skirt has three flounces, each edged with two rows of black velvet ribbon, of the width of half an inch. Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 2011-12-25T03:00:11.297Z May wore something white and fluffy, with frills and flounces and blue ribbons, and her brown curls were bound back by a snood of blue. The Twa Miss Dawsons 2011-12-05T03:00:37.413Z A friend told her she looked thin, stylish and beautiful before flouncing off. Nocturnalist: At Queen Sofia Spanish Institute?s Gala, a Missed Opportunity 2011-12-03T03:49:16Z There was less flouncing and fanning, methought, than in the larger town; but no doubt the usual telegraphy was carried on, only in a more covert manner, as became the severer exigencies of village decorum. A Trip to Cuba 2011-12-05T03:00:49.610Z Each of these flounces, already a little 432 drawn, is trimmed at bottom with two vandyked frills of two inches in width. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 2011-12-27T03:00:07.217Z Another dress, composed of deep violet or puce-color silk, has the flounces edged also with rows of black velvet. Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 2011-12-25T03:00:11.297Z Up the hill she struggled, leaving in her path many fluttering pieces of muslin where eager feet had torn the frail flounces. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z Of course, lavish colorature seems appropriate and is considered imperative; but Donizetti's florid fancies are mere plumes and flounces draped upon a melody, whereas with Thomas these form the texture of the theme. Stars of the Opera 2011-11-29T03:00:15.563Z At last his step came slowly along the garret gallery, and Lindo, who approved of nursery tea, walked in first, his dignity somewhat impaired by a brier hanging from his back flounce. Diana Tempest, Volume III (of 3) 2011-11-12T03:00:34.213Z I would sooner have designed this flounce than won the Battle of Waterloo. Plays: Lady Frederick, The Explorer, A Man of Honor 2011-11-11T03:00:30.420Z Three lace flounces decorate this skirt, and each falls on the edge of the puffs. Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 2011-12-25T03:00:11.297Z Jack saw, too, that his “little sister” was growing up, and even in her summer plans there were things other than flounces and frills to be considered. The Motor Girls at Lookout Beach In Quest of the Runaways 2011-11-04T02:00:22.360Z What signifies it to her that her embroidery, her flounces, her caps, are always beautiful; that her bonnets look quite as fashionable as those of the court milliners? The Danes Sketched by Themselves. Vol. III (of 3) A Series of Popular Stories by the Best Danish Authors 2011-10-25T02:00:26.667Z After which, at the end of ten minutes, I had positively flounced from the room, after the manner of our grandmothers, and left him sitting there. Mavis of Green Hill 2011-10-12T02:00:41.317Z In front of these sliding-doors is a long high backed sofa, completely covered in chintz, the flounce of which touches the floor. The Brass Bottle A Farcical Fantastic Play in Four Acts 2011-10-11T02:01:04.737Z They flirt and flounce with many a quack and blow, Those ducks intoxicate with summer rain; Then deeply dive, and hidden long below, From unexpected places rise again. A Century of Emblems 2011-10-08T02:00:24.280Z Both of these ladies were arrayed in black silk dresses, p. 362much ruffled and flounced, and if elegance were all a matter of trimming they would have been elegant. Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales 2011-10-06T02:00:37.063Z A plump figure enters, surrounded with a multitude of rustly flounces and scarcely able to squeeze an enormous hoop through the door. Women's Bathing and Swimming Costume in the United States 2011-10-03T02:00:33.640Z "How I hate milliners!" exclaimed Augusta; and ringing for the maid that always assisted her in undressing, she flounced out of the room and went to bed. Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners 2011-10-01T02:00:32.597Z "I reckon folks are still talking about Ann Boyd and her flouncing out of meeting like she did," the widow remarked. Ann Boyd 2011-09-29T02:00:14.220Z Herrick flounced impatiently and, "But season your solicitude awhile," the other added. "Persons Unknown" 2011-09-28T02:00:23.683Z Look at that green dress with blue flounces. Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales 2011-10-06T02:00:37.063Z This remonstrance enraged Miss Piner more than before; and she flounced out of the garden, declaring she would no longer stay to be so insulted. Jemima Placid or, The Advantage of Good-Nature 2011-09-25T02:00:16.800Z Instead of scarlet crape frocks trimmed with satin, or white muslin with six flounces, their figures were enveloped in flannel dressing-gowns. Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners 2011-10-01T02:00:32.597Z “Humph!” was all she granted him, and flounced along to the other seats. Polly and Her Friends Abroad 2011-09-18T02:00:29.443Z We pitied them as we flounced past the snaking line into the V.I.P. area, we swear. Nocturnalist: A Trump Family Reunion at an Andrea Bocelli Concert - Nocturnalist 2011-09-17T04:25:24Z An off-the-shoulder dress with a flounce around the neckline was also quite pretty. Tadashi Shoji?s spring collection is all about the season?s flowers 2011-09-08T20:51:29Z Miss Minchin’s voice rose until it almost thundered, then suddenly she sprang up from her chair in impotent indignation and flounced out of the room, leaving Miss Amelia to arrange the matter. A Little Princess Being the whole story of Sara Crewe now told for the first time 2011-09-09T02:01:08.700Z Immediately upon his feeling the steel he plunged madly, flung himself into the air, dived again into the depths, and flounced about in the most active and courageous style imaginable. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 21 2011-09-09T02:01:06.280Z Whereat Kitty flounced indignantly out of the room, and we saw her no more that night. Kitty's Conquest 2011-08-30T02:00:36.270Z She flounced her posterior round the table, planking down the lumps of bread on the foul cloth with an air of take-it-as-a-condescension-that-I-wait-on-you, a subdued grin lurking somewhere on her face. Sea and Sardinia 2011-08-28T02:00:30.857Z She appeared to me at that moment a faceless figure with flounces, just as most of the servants at Baldry Court appear to me as faceless figures with caps and aprons. The Return of the Soldier 2011-08-26T02:00:23.937Z The Director of the Midland Supply Dep�t got into her parent's motor in silence, and with a movement that might have been fairly described as a flounce. The War-Workers 2011-08-25T02:00:32.260Z And thereupon Miss Mary Miller turned her back upon Miss Patty and flounced out of the room before Patty should make any suitable reply. Concerning Sally 2011-08-19T02:00:14.430Z She meant her flounces; she thinks of nothing but her flounces. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z When the q-b can stand it no more she flounces up, though the clock from the Campanile has struck seven only a few minutes before. Sea and Sardinia 2011-08-28T02:00:30.857Z The organdy sash and flounced peplum are designed particularly for her. Appropriate Clothes for the High School Girl 2011-08-10T02:00:14.783Z No, not white, but that pale, very pale, rose-colored silk with all the little trimmings and flounces.” A Very Naughty Girl 2011-07-27T02:00:30.947Z “I shall go right to father with that,” cried Harriet, and in turn she flounced out of the room. Peggy Owen Patriot A Story for Girls 2011-07-17T02:00:32.837Z “Nothing but a flounce would save me, so I’ll have to go around at high water mark; but I’ll soon be in a uniform, I hope.” Molly Brown of Kentucky 2011-07-16T02:00:18.603Z She gave me a hurt look, turned, flounced into the kitchen. The Scapegoat 2011-07-14T02:00:09.903Z "I was just thinking of you, dearie," she exclaimed, putting the iron on an upturned tin, and straightening out the flounces of the dress she was at work on. The Black Opal 2011-07-13T02:00:16.323Z Then, glaring at the speaker, she flounced away without a word, though, amid the bustle and flurry attendant upon the collecting of wraps and bundles, the offenders could catch such jerked-out phrases as “Abominable rudeness?” Fordham's Feud 2011-07-05T02:00:31.267Z “Oh, all right,” with a pout and flounce. The Ruby Sword A Romance of Baluchistan 2011-07-05T02:00:28.367Z And then she flounced away, while they made scathing remarks to one another about her at the top of their voices. Baby Jane's Mission 2011-07-03T02:00:10.693Z I speak not of the stitching, flouncing, puckering, and embroidering ... but of the devotion of the maternal hearts dedicated to it.... The Widow Barnaby Vol. I (of 3) 2011-07-01T02:00:16.980Z Suppose we could see the London milliners' bills, simply for unnecessary breadths of slip and flounce, from April to July; I wonder whether £14,000 would cover them. Unto This Last and Other Essays on Political Economy 2011-06-29T02:00:26.763Z The flounce is 16 inches deep, and the width of the bands, beginning with the top one is 2, 2¾, 3½, 4¼, 5, and 5¾ inches. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol 1-98, 1850-1899 None 2011-06-27T02:01:02.870Z Ceasing to speak, she flounced away, but Wilbrow's voice brought her back. Joan Thursday 2011-06-25T02:00:19.897Z On holidays they add to their ordinary attire a large muslin cap, and an apron of the same material, adorned with a wide flounce. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z Bellamy asked, as the woman took herself off with an aggrieved flounce. Linda Lee, Incorporated A Novel 2011-06-19T02:00:18.633Z Her dress was a walking advertisement of her pretensions to this intelligent homage, being mauve satin, flounced with point lace. Jessamine A Novel 2011-06-15T02:00:24.413Z Each of these bands falls over the gathering of the other, the last covering the top of the flounce which runs round the skirt. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol 1-98, 1850-1899 None 2011-06-27T02:01:02.870Z She went out of the room in a manner that, had she been thirty years younger, could have been called “flounced”—head tossing and skirts swishing with resentment. Ruth Fielding In the Red Cross Doing Her Best For Uncle Sam 2011-06-14T02:00:23.757Z Visiting Dress of glace or rich silk, with three flounces, embroidered. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, September, 1851 2011-06-14T02:00:20.590Z Jane flounced into the tent and throwing off her bathrobe tumbled into bed, where she was soon sound asleep. The Meadow-Brook Girls Across Country The Young Pathfinders on a Summer Hike 2011-06-13T02:00:31.687Z It was not his mind that made this effort; only a body detached from his mind, acting involuntarily like the flouncing of a fish out of water. The Old Blood 2011-06-13T02:00:22.897Z Her black lace dress, richly flounced, swept the floor; her white neck was exposed, and her superb arms uncovered to the shoulder. Wives and Widows; or The Broken Life 2011-06-12T02:00:07.963Z And if sometimes she comes in in very wet garments and flounces down on one’s velvet-covered couch, why, she may be described as adding injury to insult. A Word to Women 2011-06-08T02:00:18.457Z I. Morning Dress of white muslin, with flounces, ornamented with needlework. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, September, 1851 2011-06-14T02:00:20.590Z He also turned around, in an exaggerated pantomime, to eye one of the provocatively-dressed waitresses as she flounced past our table toward the back of the restaurant. City Room: A Candid, and Prophetic, Interview With Weiner 2011-06-07T19:51:21Z Ignoring the amused group of boys and girls, she flounced into the runabout without a word to the innocent betrayer of her carefully-concocted scheme. Marjorie Dean High School Senior 2011-06-06T02:00:09.407Z I learnt a little algebra, a little Of the mathematics; brushed with extreme flounce The circle of the sciences, because She misliked women who are frivolous. Witch Winnie's Mystery, or The Old Oak Cabinet The Story of a King's Daughter 2011-06-06T02:00:08.460Z The tarnished piece was drawn out of the theatrical wardrobe; once in vogue, and now neglected, the body, not yet moth-eaten, might be flounced with new scenes. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z From a deep yoke of Russian sable depended the long cape of pale green satin covered with graduated flounces, from eight to fourteen inches deep, of Venetian point. A Cry in the Wilderness 2011-06-01T02:00:28.933Z Larger articles than borders, collars, and cuffs were made of the new filmy material, and lace flounces, veils, loose sleeves, curtains, and bed-covers were produced. Arts and Crafts Essays by Members of the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society 2011-05-30T02:00:17.247Z Though Mrs. Palmer had come off a journey in semi-hysterics, she was beautifully dressed in a black silk dress, all over rippling waved flounces, that flowed to her feet. Old Kensington 2011-05-29T02:00:09.797Z And the young woman flounced off, leaving Molly and Judy feeling very much mystified, to say the least. Molly Brown's Post-Graduate Days 2011-05-27T02:00:15.860Z Their dresses consisted of long full skirts made of bright colors with a deep white flounce at the bottom, that swept the ground and covered their bare feet. Nan Sherwood on the Mexican Border 2011-05-26T02:00:20.467Z That flounce is at least an inch too high! Rachel Gray 2011-05-20T02:00:39.547Z But Charles catches a glimpse of Cinderella behind the door, and loves and marries the humble, grateful girl, to the disappointment and deep disgust of her flounced and jewelled sisters. A New Atmosphere 2011-05-20T02:00:35.903Z "She is so busy all day with her flounces and her furbelows, that she has no time to think of her work." Amy Herbert 2011-05-20T02:00:31.467Z The front of the skirt was trimmed with lace flounces, headed with garlands of lilies of the valley and orange blossoms. The Comstock Club 2011-05-18T02:00:16.367Z “Well, let them,” Bess flounced away from Nan and into the house. Nan Sherwood on the Mexican Border 2011-05-26T02:00:20.467Z The second skirt was trimmed at the bottom with two gathers of ribbon, and one lace flounce with a ribbon gathering at the top; the body was an intermixture of gathered ribbons and lace flounces. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:14.897Z And she flounced out of the house, repeating 'Take a spoon, pig, was what you meant to say.' The Parent's Assistant Stories for Children 2011-05-18T02:00:12.733Z Dolly gave a quick glance at the speaker, hesitated a moment, as if waiting for something further, then jumped up and flounced out of the room with an angry impetus that there was no mistaking. Hope Benham A Story for Girls 2011-05-16T02:00:18.193Z Mrs. Ryle was expecting company that afternoon, and Nora was at leisure and en grande toilette: a black silk gown, its flounces edged with velvet, and a cap of blonde lace trimmed with white flowers. Trevlyn Hold 2011-05-16T02:00:12.977Z "I don't care about your old fortune-telling, thanks!" and she flounced out of the room. A Fortunate Term 2011-05-12T02:00:10.623Z We have seen capotes of taffeta, and ribbon applied like flounces as ornaments to the crown; these ribbons are cut into teeth or plain, but with a narrow border of much brighter shade. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:14.897Z The offended Janet, in a furious temper, flounced out of the room in search of her form mistress. For the School Colours 2011-04-28T02:00:12.693Z I should like her better if she didn't bounce and flounce so. Hope Benham A Story for Girls 2011-05-16T02:00:18.193Z But the lace flounces had "come out splendidly," as the photographer remarked. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 1 2011-04-26T02:00:29.063Z Wait in the churchyard on Sunday when service ends, and you will see many a gay skirt, hung with flounces and outspread by crinoline, come flaunting forth from the church. A Month in Yorkshire 2011-04-24T02:00:10.977Z On each of these flounces was a trimming of Brussels application lace, with a gather of ribbon at the top, of the same width as those of the extremity. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:14.897Z The fascinating Miss L——, of Pennsylvania, was superbly robed in an attire of costly material, with expensive flounces. The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers, Series 1 2011-04-21T02:00:47.647Z Then breaking off, and transferring her spleen to the peccant Jehu, she flounced into the carriage, and was whirled off out of my sight. The Finger of Fate A Romance 2011-04-21T02:00:43.830Z With that Mrs. Hugh flounced clattering up the little steep stairs, and hurled herself like a compressed earthquake-wave into her bedroom. Humours of Irish Life 2011-04-19T02:00:16.057Z “We must all give what service we can——” But Mrs. Fairley had flounced down the aisle and out of the church. The Bail Jumper 2011-04-16T02:00:19.103Z At concerts, many dresses are seen either with flounces or apron-shaped fronts; that is to say, the front breadth has a much richer pattern, and different from the other breadths of the skirt. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:14.897Z The bewitching Mrs. G——, from Missouri, was splendidly dressed in a breastpin and lace flounces, and wore her hair brushed back from a forehead like Mount Athos. The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers, Series 1 2011-04-21T02:00:47.647Z Sprays of perennially overeager pyracantha flounced down the stone walls of the 79th Street transverse in Central Park, branch tips almost mingling with small snowdrifts at the walls’ base. From Sandal-Wearing Weather to Chilly, in Less Than a Week 2011-03-25T01:46:52Z From across the room, a piercing spotlight meant to bathe an extravagant flounce of flowers shined instead directly into my eyes. | Bedford: A Rural Setting for Urbane Nights Out 2011-03-20T03:59:22Z Then the half-finished wedding dress was taken out of its box, and held so high that its immaculate cream-colored flounces should not touch the floor. Jane Lends A Hand 2011-03-20T02:00:32.553Z Gram answered by glaring at Gramps and flouncing out of the room. The Black Fawn 2011-03-07T03:00:09.513Z The women’s clothes were remarkably modern in spirit; they wore corsets and flounced dresses. A Short History of the World 2011-03-04T03:01:03.147Z But while, so snugly sure that all things were secure, They flounced about like porpoises or whales at play, Some young unlucky imps, who prowl’d about for shrimps, Stole up to reconnoitre the one-horse chay. Tales from Blackwood Volume 4 2011-03-04T03:00:58.347Z No alteration to the tax regime is contemplated for long, if it becomes apparent that this might upset our apolitical political master, the financial sector, and cause it to flounce off. Yes, Mervyn King, we know the banks are to blame 2011-03-03T09:00:00Z Aunt Gertrude’s wedding dress was made of silk, with a tight little bodice and a huge skirt, brave with flounces and gathers; and above its mellow ivory-colored tones Elise’s flaxen hair shone like gold. Jane Lends A Hand 2011-03-20T02:00:32.553Z "A pleasant journey to you, Mr. D.," said she, flouncing out of the room, and leaving me the field of battle, but scarcely the victory. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. II 2011-03-03T03:00:54.950Z The girl flounced back through the door; and shortly after Lenore, with half of a smile on her beautiful face, entered the room. Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone 2011-03-03T03:00:50.847Z "And did you notice that little flounce at the bottom of her dress?"——&c. &c. A Charming Fellow, Volume II (of 3) 2011-03-02T03:00:26.237Z She held lofty theories that little girls should not be made vain by curled hair and flounced frocks. The Little Vanities of Mrs. Whittaker A Novel 2011-03-01T03:00:46.487Z The way he flung away my hand, as if he detested me, and flounced down that hill, as if he hoped never to set eyes on me again! Mrs. Geoffrey 2011-02-27T03:00:29.460Z I wore a very becoming dark blue silk, with three deep flounces, and as many falls of Valenciennes lace on my sleeves. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. II 2011-03-03T03:00:54.950Z With which last word Miss Chatterwits had flounced away, and for a time spoke somewhat depreciatingly of the Bruces, although in her heart she envied them their Revolutionary ancestor. Miss Theodora A West End Story 2011-02-26T03:00:48.940Z But the guests were noisy, and the subject was a pleasant one to gentlemen over their wine, with the door closed on skirts and flounces. Mattie:?A Stray (Vol 2 of 3) 2011-02-17T03:00:19.937Z “Marry your grandmother!” replied the jelly-fish in a very rude manner; and off it flounced under the water. The Joyous Story of Toto 2011-02-16T03:00:35.520Z A novel style of drawn bonnet for mourning, is composed of half ornaments of black and white hair, and half narrow flounces of rose-leaf, small-striped ribbons. Harper's New Monthly Magazine No. XVI.?September, 1851?Vol. III. 2011-02-15T03:00:16.383Z "Indeed he will not!" and Miss Prall rose and flounced out of the place. In the Onyx Lobby 2011-02-14T03:00:31.897Z The Good God protect and bless you——I will find an opportunity to add a handbreadth of flounces to the bottom. The Awakening of Spring A Tragedy of Childhood 2011-02-13T03:00:19.567Z But I am not in the mood for flounced virtue set in Scotch, nor for all the solid worth which the fashion follows. The Oyster 2011-02-10T03:00:49.300Z "I shall feed no Yankees," cried a shrill voice, and a young lady flounced out of the door, her face red with anger. The Courier of the Ozarks 2011-02-09T03:00:43.267Z Or, of course, on the other hand he could simply flounce off to Old Trafford. The Fiver: Reina's flammable shoulder pads, and TalkSEXISM 2011-02-08T16:48:17Z She was stuck with her elaborate flounces in a corner of the corridor. The Promise of Air 2011-02-02T03:00:23.997Z If you are short and plump, do not wear flounces, because they are fashionable, and avoid large plaids, even if they are the very latest style. The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness A Complete Hand Book for the Use of the Lady in Polite Society 2011-02-01T03:00:13.500Z For her, the accent on frills and flouncing is a missed opportunity to show contemporary Traveller culture as it really is. Why is My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding so popular? 2011-01-28T18:48:03Z "And where were your eyes that you didn't see the bill on the window; as if I'd nothing to do but stand talking to you!" and away she flounced. Dilemmas of Pride, (Vol 2 of 3) 2011-01-26T03:00:28.110Z Their petticoats, short enough to display a well-turned ankle, were richly laced and embroidered, and striped and flounced with gaudy colors, of which scarlet was the most common. The Life of Bret Harte With Some Account of the California Pioneers 2011-01-14T03:00:47.427Z Mother flounced down proudly, as though the cost, the risk, were hers. The Promise of Air 2011-02-02T03:00:23.997Z Quilted petticoats were much worn, but flounces are not a feature on the skirts till the latter part of this period. Dress design An Account of Costume for Artists & Dressmakers 2011-01-11T03:00:34.680Z In the middle of the present century crinolines were again to the fore, skirts were proportionately wide and generally flounced to the top. The Evolution of Fashion 2011-01-06T03:00:44.710Z "Ah! because——" They went on side by side, she leaning on his arm, and the flounces of her gown kept flapping against his legs. Sentimental Education Vol 1 2011-01-04T03:01:07.467Z "There are booties, flounces and ribands in the shops of Fort de France," Charter replied with delight. She Buildeth Her House 2011-01-04T03:01:05.167Z Either that or he's a flouncing soft-shoe midfield twinkler who wears gloves. Football transfer rumours: Liverpool to sign David Bentley? 2010-12-20T10:30:39Z The attraction to the thirties was the happy effects gained by the bow and flower looping on the flounces, and these ripened in fancy and variety through the forties. Dress design An Account of Costume for Artists & Dressmakers 2011-01-11T03:00:34.680Z Fletcher, who must now report for duty on Monday, flounced from court saying: "I'm glad I have to pay my tax to do jury service." Football transfer rumours: Wigan's Charles N'Zogbia to Marseille? 2010-10-01T09:01:00Z Under the lowest flounce of her gown, her foot showed itself encased in a dainty silk boot of maroon shade. Sentimental Education Vol 1 2011-01-04T03:01:07.467Z The new chancellor hopes to improve the final version by negotiation, not by flounce. Cameron flies into burning Europe to embrace the paper tiger 2010-05-20T10:09:00Z North Korea flounced out of the NPT and tested a bomb, too. New start 2010-03-27T06:40:00Z As is customary for the Williams sisters at the start of a tournament, Venus unveiled a new outfit — a corset with spaghetti straps and a flounce. VWilliams wins opening match at Key Biscayne 2010-03-26T02:47:00Z Remember last November, when Sir Dave flounced out of England's World Cup bid at almost the worst possible moment? The untouchable Sir Dave Richards claims another scalp at the FA | Marina Hyde 2010-03-24T23:00:00Z Martin stalked down a runway, yanked off his jersey, flung it and flounced into the locker room. West Virginia coach Bob Huggins is older, wiser ? but don't mistake that for softer 2010-03-23T21:17:00Z Tall ladies may wear flounces and tucks, but they are less appropriate for short persons. Dress as a Fine Art With Suggestions on Children's Dress She had on a woman's bodice, a long flounced skirt pinned up to keep her from tripping. The Sentimental Adventures of Jimmy Bulstrode Elf Stratus wore a grayish robe flounced with bands of divers colors, many of them edged with bright silver and golden fringe like the rays of the setting sun. Old Farm Fairies: A Summer Campaign In Brownieland Against King Cobweaver's Pixies She flounced out of the room, and all the way home in the car shocked Miss Bennett by her epithets. Manslaughter The upper flounce, also of black lace, though narrower, is fastened on each side with bouquets of natural flowers. Godey's Lady's Book, Vol. XLII., May 1851 These Court toilettes are never-ending, and this road from Paris to Versailles very fatiguing, especially where one is in continual fear of rumpling her petticoats and flounces. Dress as a Fine Art With Suggestions on Children's Dress I believe it was a single flounce, though yards in length. Witching Hill The corsages of some of these dresses are made close to the figure, and with basques; the latter, like the flounces, having a scalloped or vandyked edge, trimmed with a quilling of ribbon. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 4, July, 1851 She flew up the steps like a bird, so that all the lace and flounces of her elegant mourning dress stood out and blew behind her. A Sister's Love A Novel The corsage is plain, with a berthe to match the flounces, also fastened by bouquets. Godey's Lady's Book, Vol. XLII., May 1851 If your stature be short, you should not allow a superfluity of flounces upon the skirt of your dress: if you are tall, they may be advantageously adopted when fashion does not forbid them. A Hand-book of Etiquette for Ladies With a saucy sparkle she said, 'Do not flounces become a girl's wear, then? The Unknown Sea Dresses of white crape have been made with double jupes, or with three flounces, the latter edged with pink-ruches, or with four or five rows of narrow ribbon. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 4, July, 1851 And now the old woman took from the trunk a little black dress, evidently quite new, and trimmed with bows, flounces, and the Lord knows what! A Sister's Love A Novel I asked Beatrice, as I pulled up the tiger-skin over her flounces. Beatrice Boville and Other Stories The lower-class women of London do wear a semblance of a toilette: fur mantles in rags, battered, greasy hats with faded flowers, flounced skirts in tatters—an apology for a costume, in short. Friend Mac Donald I cannot subscribe to a sentiment so ruffled and furbelowed with—shall I say tawdry flounces? A Yankee from the West A Novel Other dresses of the same material have drawn corsagas, and then the top flounce is set on at the lower end of the waist, and by that means serves as a basque. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 4, July, 1851 Gertie glowered for a moment, wasted another look of scorn on her opponent and flounced out of the room into a cupboard-like dark place, whence issued sounds like the growl of an angry cat. A Bed of Roses Her face hardened, her eyes leisurely scorched up and down my poor linen gown, then she turned frowningly to the glass, patted her bustle into shape, and flounced out again. Life on the Stage They are all licensed to deal in stuffs, colors, frippery, and flounce. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. V, October, 1850, Volume I. She flirted about the branches, whipped up in front of the nest, couldn't make up her mind to go in, and flounced off again. A-Birding on a Bronco The flounce may be open or not in front. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 4, July, 1851 And Belle flounced away down the hill with anything but a sweet expression or a "Parisian" manner. Bosom Friends A Seaside Story Mother screamed to the driver, a gentleman sprang to the horses, stopped them, picked me up, and even then had to thrust the drunken man's feet from my torn flounce. Life on the Stage They are decorated with festooned flounces, cut in deep square vandykes; the muslins are richly embroidered. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. V, October, 1850, Volume I. "You know I'm not always such a fool I appear," she added quite seriously, "and I do sometimes think of other things than frills and flounces and chocolates." Patricia Brent, Spinster She flounced out; and she passed me with angry eyes and her head erect. The Great Miss Driver I felt the carriage following fast after; the other two horses pulled back with all their power, 26 but the leaders were dragging them down, dashing, and plunging, and flouncing, in the water. Lives of Celebrated Women "Oh, well!" he exclaimed angrily, flouncing to the door. Shadows of Flames A Novel The skirt is long and full, and has a rich lace flounce at the bottom. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. V, October, 1850, Volume I. "That would buy two sleeves and maybe a few flounces," said Frieda, quietly. A Top-Floor Idyl I can dress myself—one does not need to go brave only to see the King of France playing monkey tricks in a turban and woman's dressing-gown, scented of musk and flounced in the fashion! The White Plumes of Navarre A Romance of the Wars of Religion And Linda held out her scissors, which had caught in a flounce. Five Minutes' Stories And she flounced back to her berth, and cried till the Captain went to console her. Flora Lyndsay or, Passages in an Eventful Life Vol. II. She opened the first long drawer with a quivering intake of breath and pulled out a shirt-waist, another, and yet another, and a coarse white petticoat with a large-holed embroidery flounce. Just Around the Corner Romance en casserole Tristrem had risen mechanically with the others, and when the ultimate flounce had disappeared he sat down again and busied himself with a cup of coffee. The Truth About Tristrem Varick A Novel What do you mean by flouncing like that, miss? Her Season in Bath A Story of Bygone Days "Oh, rats!" cried Jenny, flouncing angrily from the room. Carnival Miss Thompson was about to speak rather sharply in defence of Mrs. Winter, when Miss Block cut her short by flouncing noisily out of the shop. The Eagle's Nest He rose and jerked her by her two wrists so that she flounced toward him, her hair awry and the breath jumping out of her bosom. Just Around the Corner Romance en casserole The top of the skirt is plain for a depth of six or seven inches, and all the lower part is trimmed with vandyked blond flounces. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, February, 1852 She had folded up her manner in her flounced parasol, which she seemed to drag after her as a sorry soldier his musket. The Sacred Fount "Oh, who cares?" cried Jenny, flouncing upstairs out of the room. Carnival The skirts were of a soft, quaker grey, edged with a little foam of flounces. An Unknown Lover She made an impatient movement—something, we believe, of the nature of that which our grandmothers called a ‘flounce.’ The White Hand and the Black A Story of the Natal Rising These ribbons are sewed flat on the flounce, which is not gathered in that part; the gathers of the flounces are preserved between the flat parts. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, February, 1852 Come on, Fannie,” and she flounced away with her companion, turning into the gate of the hotel garden. Young Wallingford These last words were lost in the drift, whilst Willie Wilson, with his faithful follower, Rover, were penetrating, and flouncing, and floundering their way towards the place pointed out. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume I Historical, Traditionary, and Imaginative No one wore flounces in that summer of hobble skirts! An Unknown Lover In the ball-rooms they are sometimes worn in the flounces of the ladies' dresses, and they seem nearly as brilliant as diamonds. History of Cuba; or, Notes of a Traveller in the Tropics Being a Political, Historical, and Statistical Account of the Island, from its First Discovery to the Present Time The skirt of terry velvet like that of the basquine, is trimmed with five flounces lying one on the other. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, February, 1852 Miss Forsythe was there, in her pink silk, with cascade after cascade of ruffled flounces to take away the appalling height and thinness of her figure. Young Wallingford And now, the hooped petticoat over which was worn a silk skirt with flounces and all kinds of indescribable trimmings up to the knees. Women of the Teutonic Nations Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 8 (of 10) Men and women, lads and maidens, boys and girls, if we may call the little dolls dressed up in crinoline and flounces, and the young gentlemen in patent-leather boots, such, are all alike. About London They not only wear it in gowns, but they use it for trimming, in bands and flounces, in ribbons, in feathers. The Galaxy, May, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—May, 1877.—No. 5. On these flounces are sewed satin ribbons and plaid velvet bands, the top one No. 12, the two others, No. 16, the bottom one No. 22. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, February, 1852 A rabbit works its ears, and tries To watch you with its rabbit eyes; Its saucy little tail it flounces, And when it hits the ground it bounces! A Little Freckled Person A Book of Child Verse Frank never knew—till after the wedding—what a squeezing and pinching and doubling and twisting they had undergone, when they were peeping out under the flounces for his special eye. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 95, September 1865 Helen didn't remember about skirts except that Mrs. Van Dorn's light silk had a beautiful black lace flounce. Helen Grant's Schooldays The stola hung in large folds reaching to and covering the feet; around the bottom was sewn a broad flounce, called the instita. Roman Women When did flounces come into fashion, and state the lowest and the highest number a lady could wear? Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) To women alone pertains that marvellous freemasonry that scans character at a glance, and investigates the sincerity of a disposition and the value of a lace flounce with the same practised facility. Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day Under their hats their hair fell in long plaits over their shoulders: they had very fine white blouses, short jackets, embroidered in bright coloured silk, and skirts with flounces. Tales of Troy and Greece It was something strange to us to see long silken skirts entirely destitute of crinoline, ruffle, or flounce, trailed here through mud and mire, or raised displaying low Congress gaiters, destitute of heels. An American Girl Abroad Varieties of the gown and sacque remained in fashion, the petticoat being still much in evidence, flounced or quilted, or festooned with ribbons. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" The fat boy’s teeth came together with a click, and, with face flaming, he flounced over to his bunk. Under Boy Scout Colors To match, or rather to exceed, this ludicrous representation, Dürer has painted the expulsion of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden by an angel in a dress fashionably trimmed with flounces. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 4 June 1906 The divan probably would not be used; beneath it, screened by the flounce, he might lie and hear all that was said. Barclay of the Guides What does he mean by 'treating a flirt like a flounce' Jekyl says that the police have stopped his passport, or he should have been after you to Vienna. The Daltons, Volume II (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life She moved slightly as he drew forward his chair, and, then, as she drew back her flounce, Norwood saw that it was of deep black lace. The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life She flounced out with assumed asperity, halting at the threshold for a last admonishing look. The Song of the Wolf "I suppose it must," said Mrs. Ellis, flouncing out of the room, and muttering to herself, "everything turned topsy-turvy for the sake of that little upstart!" The Lamplighter A few seconds after he entered the room he was under the divan, with the flounce pulled down, not a movement of it to betray that anything had happened during the men's absence. Barclay of the Guides She sat down in her flounces, and Mrs. Wheaton rose and seconded the motion. Ancestors A Novel And, with a very impudent stare at the two sisters, whose dress imposed no restraint upon her insolence, mademoiselle flounced past. The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life She left the room with something as like a flounce as her figure would permit. McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 4, August 1908 She was dressed in white, he noticed, with a band of golden brown ribbon pulled through the loops above the flounces at the bottom of her dress. The "Genius" There are no lappets, fringes, furbelows, and tawdry ornaments; no trains, turbans, and flounces, fluttering about my cheese and butter. The Shepherd of Salisbury Plain and Other Tales The flounces were so full and fluffy that he held his knees back nervously lest he should disturb a puff. Ancestors A Novel And with that she went, or rather flounced, away. Eyes Like the Sea I had not been gone ten minutes when a stage fairy, all frills and flounces, whisked into the office and asked for Miss Wynton’s address. The Silent Barrier Three deep embroidered flounces, and such frills and frills of lace! Cupid's Middleman In order to lower Cynthia to the ground without bringing her muslin flounces in contact with his dripping clothes he had to stoop somewhat. Cynthia's Chauffeur It flounced him into the seat from which he had half started and faced him to the horses. John March, Southerner Cicely walked with the old starling, who lifted her flounced skirt over her square-toed kid boots, as one who expected to find dew where she found grass, even in the hot August noonday. The Squire's Daughter Being the First Book in the Chronicles of the Clintons Lull flounced out of the room, and Jane was left standing in the middle of the floor. The Weans at Rowallan Carriage Costume.—Dress of bright apple-green silk; the skirt with three deep flounces pinked at the edges. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, July, 1850. Frills, flounces, and sashes are easily imitated in this material, and if the colors are well chosen the result is very pretty. What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games and Pastimes In the other figure is presented a walking dress of silver gray silk with a darker large plaid—skirt very full, and five flounces. The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 3, March, 1852 Certainly Mrs. Tomlinson was always dressed in the height of fashion, though it was a very simple fashion when compared with the flounces and furbelows of her neighbors. Free Joe and Other Georgian Sketches The niece, who followed her, presuming on “Auntie’s” high spirits, was flounced out of the apartment with small ceremony, and retired, smarting and half tearful, to bury her woes in the byre among the hay. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XIX (of 25) The Ebb-Tide; Weir of Hermiston Dotty flounced away, and Dolly walked home with an exaggerated dignity. Two Little Women At the top of the steps stood Mrs. Crumble, the new and highly recommended cook-housekeeper in her best black silk flounced and expanded, and behind her peeped several neat maids in caps and aprons. The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman A bouquet of white roses is attached to the second flounce. The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 3, March, 1852 She didn’t mind a bit; so this morning I began to play to myself, and she 269 flounced in, and flew up, and carried on no end about Sunday!” The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) Her dress was of blue calico with a white yoke and heavy flounces or panniers; around her neck was a black velvet ribbon; on her head was a big leghorn hat with red roses. Gold "No," she went on, "Dotty isn't a spitfire; but when she gets mad she just flounces off and gets over it." Two Little Women “Can you not take your handkerchief, your neckcloth, anything?” she cried; and at the same moment, from her light muslin gown she rent off a flounce and tossed it on the floor. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 7 (of 25) "Yes, go, go!" and the woman dragged her dress so violently away from the clinging hands that a flounce came undone. Absolution A big, bustling, bold old lady, she flounced about our market-place with insufferable airs of patronage and condescension. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) A nice library might be bought for the price of a set of laces, or a beautiful house built at the cost of a single flounce.” Happy Days for Boys and Girls He recoiled a step, then rushing at his betrothed, notwithstanding her Court plumes and flounces, got Bice in his arms. Sir Tom “Take up that flounce,” she said; “the man may die.” The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 7 (of 25) And I left him standing there, with his grin, and flounced out. Aurora the Magnificent That Grecian bend to her crisp skirt was evidently an extreme from the Rue de la Paix, foretelling the end of stupendous flounces. The Missourian Upon my objecting to this, she flounced away, disgusted, I presume, with my fastidiousness, and appeared no more. Records of Later Life ‘You may rely upon it I shall do nothing unusual in the Privy Council,’ and then he flounced off in high dudgeon. The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. II She wore a full flowing skirt of pink satin, with little flounces of lace and rosettes on the front, puffed tight sleeves, and a corsage of white illusion, pink bands, flowers, and rosettes. The Gorgeous Isle A Romance; Scene: Nevis, B.W.I. 1842 Imagine that—the instincts—whereupon Betty, of course, flounced off and left him.” Outside Inn From beneath the billowing, flounced skirt the two satin points of her slippers showed. Astounding Stories, April, 1931 "Those gowns may be beautiful to look at, but for comfort, give me my short dress with no flounces or trains." The Merriweather Girls and the Mystery of the Queen's Fan Look at her skirt––flounced at the knees, and full in the back so’s to give a bustle effect. Carmen Ariza The recollection of my fall in the dance, of the crying lips of the pretty girl in pink tarlatan, while she stood holding her ruined flounce, became positive agony. The Romance of a Plain Man Now she was happy to make my acquaintance, and dragged a double winrow of worked flounces, topped off with a muslin skirt and scarlet training jacket, across the room to tell me so. Phemie Frost's Experiences If the latter, it is usually elaborately trimmed with flounces and lace. Our Moslem Sisters A Cry of Need from Lands of Darkness Interpreted by Those Who Heard It I am too hard, I s’pose, with the child in sending her off among these primpy city gals, with their flounces and furbelows, with only three plain muslin frocks. Daisy Brooks Or, A Perilous Love In the ballroom they are worn in the flounces of ladies' dresses, where they glisten very much like diamonds and other precious stones. Due South or Cuba Past and Present "I should not be likely to go out in this dress," she replied, glancing down at the point lace flounces that floated over the snowy satin of her train. A Noble Woman So they have to do the very best they can with such wives as they have got, and furbish them up with diamonds, laces, flounces, and a dancing-master, till they answer to begin with. Phemie Frost's Experiences So soon as they were settled, out flounced Mrs. Iden into the dairy: "The lazy lot of people in this house—I never saw anything like it!" Amaryllis at the Fair Forgetful of her flounces Beatrice crumpled them in her hands, saying sharply: “Are you taking this way of getting out of it?” The Gorgeous Girl “I’ve heard that stepmothers were horrid, but I believe real mothers are just as bad!” and she flounced out of the room. Kristy's Rainy Day Picnic "Thank heaven I've got rid of it at last," she exclaimed, shaking the flounces of her dress as if the note had left some contamination behind. A Noble Woman Her dress had three colors; blue satin in front, wreathed across with a wreath of rosebuds and leaves over each flounce. Phemie Frost's Experiences Oh, isn't it perfectly delicious to meet a real, frank, merry, wise sort of a girl, who doesn't wear spectacles or blue stockings, nor disdain the Lancers or a new frock with nineteen flounces? Continental Monthly, Vol. III, No IV, April 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy She sat up and began smoothing her injured flounces. The Gorgeous Girl Then there was always a petticoat and a train; and these, in full dress, were trimmed with the same silk in plaits and flounces, pinked and puckered, and I know not what else. The Fairchild Family No," said Elsie, with mock resignation, "Bessie insists upon having him for groomsman, and I shall let him put his foot through my flounces with perfect equanimity, by way of showing my affection for her. A Noble Woman I came from my room like a moving picture, with my black alpaca newly flounced, and surmounted by that fleecy white jacket with great buttons and double-breasted in front. Phemie Frost's Experiences The girl gave a final angry flick at an imaginary crumb and flounced off in the direction of the kitchen. The Hound From The North Clanking spurs, brilliant chaps, fur-trimmed trappers' jackets, thudding moccasins, gaudy Indian blankets and gay feathers, voluminous feminine flounces swinging from demure, snug-fitting basques—all whirled above me in a kaleidoscopic blur! A Mountain Boyhood |
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