| 单词 | hem |
| 例句 | She would do anything from putting up a hem to making a ball gown. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z He started tugging at the hem of his shirt again as if he were trying to drag himself down through the earth and disappear. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z She leaned forward with the hem of her skirt bunched in her hand, and wiped blood from the sole of her foot. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z I dried my hands on the hem of my dress and leaned against the sink. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Violet and Queenie donated a flowered rug that had been laying around in their extra room going to waste, and Mabelee sewed blue-and-white polka dot curtains for the windows with fringe balls along the hem. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She stands a few feet away on the other side of the tower, also out on the ledge, dark-blond hair waving in the breeze, the hem of her skirt blowing up like a parachute. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I just stared at her soft knees, where they peeked out from beneath the perfect hem of her skirt. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Cara has the hem of her shirt pinched between her fingers, and she is moving her thumb over the fabric, frowning. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z He high-stepped through the pluff mud, the hem of his pants rolled up to his knees, fishing for treasures. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z I got grease stains on the hem and arrived after the bell. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z I reached out my crooked arm and touched the hem of her royal blue robe and her matching cloth slippers. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z The streets are so narrow, and the buildings so tall that you feel hemmed in when you walk here. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z I pulled several straws from the broom and held them to the fire until they blazed; I rushed to the window and brought the flame in touch with the hems of the curtains. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z A length of pink ribbon was woven in and out all around the top of the hem, wasted, pure waste where no one would ever see it. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z “La Virgen de la Cueva,” she whispered as she pulled on the hems of our shirts trying to make us follow suit. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z The girl tore a strip from the hem of her robe and began binding Taran’s wound. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z I forced myself to look at Hassan, but his head was downcast, his shoulders slumped, his finger twirling a loose string on the hem of his shirt. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Dobby went scurrying in after him, crouching at the hem of his cloak, a look of abject terror on his face. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z A group of children surrounded him, clutching the hem of his loose shirt. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Nyame could feel it, too, I knew, because the adinkra on the hems of his robes flared with golden light, and his eyes did the same. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z I saw her legs and the hem of her dress moving swiftly about the back yard. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “How are you today?” he asked, reaching for the hem of Princesse’s dress. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z A silver stag erupted from the end of Harry’s wand and galloped toward the dementor, which fell back and tripped over the hem of its robes. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z I played with the hem of my shirt and waited for the tea to finish. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z The frilly hem of the dress scratched her calves. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The hem of my best dress is already coated in dust and grime. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z In the moonlight she could see pain move across her mother’s face, and then she saw her reach under the dark wet hem of her nightgown. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z He took hold of the lower hem of the blanket and towed it ofF the bed and shook it out and folded it under his arm. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z The tide pushes a low riffle through the pool, and it washes over her shins and dampens the hem of her dress. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I see only the hem of her garment now and her leather-shod feet I would kiss them if doing so would persuade her to let me stay. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Emily’s mom dug through her purse, the hem of her patchwork sundress chasing itself around her ankles in the breeze. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z But when I arrived, she threw a decanter that shattered at my feet and stained my hem green with absinthe. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well,” he hemmed, “if it’s a toy, you won’t mind putting it away in your toy chest.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z The Owner noticed something peeking out from the bottom hem of the man’s gray jacket. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z From the way he tugged at his beard and hemmed in his throat, I knew he had other matters on his mind. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z She wore a thin white cotton nightgown, with a high, lace neck, and a hem that swept the ground. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z All across Paris, people pack china into cellars, sew pearls into hems, conceal gold rings inside book bindings. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He shoved it into my hands and dashed for the doorway, tripped himself up in his hem, recovered, hoisted the skirts in a very unladylike fashion, and burst through the curtain onto the stage. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Horrified, I watched the glass shatter on the ground, spattering tea across the hems of our skirts. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z My hands fiddle constantly with the hem of one of my new dresses. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z They were reaching for her, touching her, tugging at her cloak, the hem of her skirt, her foot, her kg, her breast. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I felt a breath of wind catch the hem of my cloak and curl underneath to cool the sweat between my shoulder blades. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I would hold up my dress hems so Mama could throw up into it, so we wouldn’t make a big mess in Father Benedict’s house. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Despite the fact that I hated hem, Denna’s men taught me a lesson that I might never lave learned otherwise. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Es hem,” she said, nodding in case the words hadn’t come out right. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The old blue dress she wore was trimmed with the teeth of fox at the collar, beaded halfway around the scraggly, ripped hem. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z I can tell you’re thinking about it, too, because you keep touching your hem. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z I dig the envelope out from the hidden pocket I’ve sewn into the hem of my day dress. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “I lost my notebook at the gym,” Ivy said, playing with the hem of her mother’s T-shirt. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I realized that my suit was just touching the hem of his jacket. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But after some hemming and hawing, he growled, “Of course. He’s my child.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Her sari, a different pattern each day, fluttered below the hem of a checkered all-weather coat. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z I wiped my mouth on the hem of my dress. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Her shalwar kameez is wrinkled, with smudges of turmeric dotting the hem. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z It had red dots on white puffy sleeves, a white bodice, a white skirt with a stripe of red dots at the hem, and two dotted heart-shaped pockets. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Ammu, quiet outside, shaking inside, wouldn’t look up from her unnecessary hemming. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The gown was too long and the hem was caked with dried mud. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z The hem of his little coat was burning. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z A huge man, taller than Ser Jorah and wide enough to make two of him, the priest wore scarlet robes embroidered at sleeve and hem and collar with orange satin flames. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She laughed and flapped the hem of her elegant costume. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Nan sewed those hems for my seventeenth year-fall, to brighten up my otherwise drab clothing. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z It was too long, and trailed behind her, its hem worn to a sheen from dragging over the floor, back and forth, back and forth. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z But unlike the church, which stood alone, this building was hemmed in close on either side by ordinary structures. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z A small breeze kicks up, lifting the hem of my skirt and playing through my hair. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z The hem of her dress drips; her shoes squelch out water; to both sides rise sheer walls. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “Leave it to me. And watch your hem.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z She turned around and swatted the hem of my skirt. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z When I got back downstairs, Darryl was sitting in his chair in the living room with a needle and thread, finishing up fixing the hem of his jacked-up pants. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Below him spread the city of Bologna—a jigsaw puzzle of red-tiled buildings in a valley hemmed by green hills. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Then he rubbed the fog off the windows and watched the snow pelt the church and gather beneath the hems of its white skirts. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z His trouser hems were fraying to bits, but he had nice leather boots that hardly looked broken in. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z I wipe my face with the hem of my shirt and walk to the opposite door, leaving my black box with its syringe and needle behind. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z She wades to her knees and soaks the hem of her dress. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “Our prospects look brighter this evening. The mountains, that have so long hemmed us in, seem to be falling away from the river. The river seems to be broadening.” Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z Lord Roke leapt for the hem of her coat and ran up to her shoulder. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Cecil straightens up and adjusts his checked waistcoat, tugging the hem with both hands. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z He reached out from the groggies, lifted the hem of the shade two inches. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z The soles of his boots were caked with dirt and there was trail dust on the hem of his long jacket. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z “High time they put the RAF in kilts,” she remarked, flipping the hem of her uniform skirt disdainfully. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z The hem of Ben’s robe and his naked calves peek out. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z I knelt on the bed and picked up the hem of my dress to wipe her running nose. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z They were often the first sign of a storm, the frayed hem of cloud heavy with weather. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z “Yes,” I heard him breathe out, and then his mouth was on mine again, his hands at the hem of my top, edging it up over my stomach. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z One by one, the pairs of feet in front of Harry took the weight of their owners once more; hems of cloaks swung into sight, and Madam Rosmerta’s glittering heels disappeared behind the bar. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z She rifles through her closet: the turquoise silk blouse with red buttons, the pale pink flowered dress with a ruffled hem. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z In her black shirt that hangs below her bottom and pants that are frayed at the hem, she looks smaller than the rest of the group. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She stepped carefully to avoid tripping on the gown’s long hem and opened the door. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z I sat in the brightness of the afternoon and watched the hem of light under the Venetian blinds. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Her hem caught on a loose nail in the splintered wooden bench and ripped as she fell. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She runs a fingertip down the center of my chest and stomach and slips a hand under the hem of my shirt. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z Beside him stands a Tribal girl clad in sheer, rose-colored robes, their hems embroidered with tiny round mirrors. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z She was sitting between her parents on the overstuffed sea-foam-green sofa, a large girl herself, wearing a white crinoline dress with a ruffled hem and puffed sleeves. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z In his great haste, he tripped on the hem of his robe and ran right into the cauldron he had been boiling for us. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z I pull on the hem of the vintage X-Files tee I liberated from my mom’s closet years ago. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z With her hem, she wiped away the wood filings, then made slightly wider cuts, curving away layers of casing to deepen the drum’s sound. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Then Octavia drops to her knees, rubs the hem of a skirt against her cheek, and bursts into tears. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Then suddenly, like a summer rain, Sister Monroe broke through the cloud of people trying to hem her in, and flooded up to the pulpit. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z His hands fidgeted with the hem of his shirt, but considering the way he studied the Romans, noting their positions and their weapons, Jason figured this satyr had been in combat before. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Her jacket, her gloves, even the hem of her gown. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Trotter took the hem of the striped pajama top and gently wiped Gilly’s eyes and nose. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z Bending, Shae took her gown by the hem, drew it over her head, and tossed it aside. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Waterfalls gush out of the many hems on the outfit, and, as I hobble out of the lake, more secret pockets release their water. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z The slashes on the hems of her jeans looked suspiciously like daw marks. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z I checked the curtain hems, the chair upholstery, inside the phone—everywhere. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z She hemmed and hawed awhile longer before finally coming out with it. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Dilsey led Ben to the bed and drew him down beside her and she held him, rocking back and forth, wiping his drooling mouth upon the hem of her skirt. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Ere long they were hemmed in in the narrows of the gorge, and all were slain or driven shrieking into the chasm of the Deep to fall before the guardians of the hidden caves. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z I wipe the crusted blood from the edge of my lip with the hem of my T-shirt. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z They were standing by the curving staircase, hemmed by an ornate balustrade. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z They fanned their wings in slow motion as they made their way up her long, pale dress from the hem up to her neckline, forming an intricate floral pattern. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Jenna yanked the thread so hard it came off and made a tiny hole in the hem of her shirt. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z He blushes and fidgets with the hem of his sleeve. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z This rosiness disappeared under the hem of her nightgown but, a minute later, peeked out the collar. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Carefully I stored the toy matches in the hem of my new wool bathrobe. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Rainwater dripped from the hem of the master's cloak, but he stood stout as a winebarrel on his bit of decking and looking down at Ged he asked, “Can you abate this wind, lad?” A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z I adjust the hem of my T-shirt and straighten my hair. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z The tear along the leg ran from the hem to the waist. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z I scooped up each careful stack of coins and dumped them into my shirt, holding up the hem like a net. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z She bent down to adjust the hem so it did not tangle around her ankles. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z Across this circle, a quiet finger of water, hemmed in by concrete, marked the corner of a narrow area where people thronged, eating, talking, sitting and watching one another. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z I want to help him, want to go to him, but I am hemmed in. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I yank at the ragged hem of my shift, wishing desperately for the shapeless, ankle-length skirt I wear during the day. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z They fit her snugly about the hips, although the hems come up to her shins. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally he found an opening and delivered an edge blow that would have sorely wounded Falconer except that he absorbed its force with the hem of his cloak. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z When I stepped on the hem of his gown, he aimed a blow at me. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Mama ripped two strips from the hem of her tunic. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z As the door was slowly battered down, to control the trembling of her hands, Ammu would hem the ends of Rahel’s ribbons that didn’t need hemming. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She closes the gate, lifts the hem of her dress, and wades into the shallow pool, praying she does not crush any creatures as she steps. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I put the brush down and wiped my face on the hem of my skirt. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z And instead of sitting next to me, he lingers at the foot of my bed, his fingers fumbling over the hem of his shirt. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z The rubakha had red embroidery around the sleeve ends and the collar, matching the design of black embroidery on the sarafan’s hem. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Nok twisted the hem of her tunic as she watched Dee walk away, taking their imaginary future friendship out the door with her. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z The hem is a little shorter than could be considered modest, hitting me just above the tops of my knees, right where I like it to be. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z The giant backed away, but my shadow children kept him hemmed in so he couldn’t escape. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The moon sets and the eastern sky lightens, the hem of night pulling away, taking stars with it one by one until only two are left. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He pushes the knife in farther, slow, and blood stains the hem of his shirt. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z She had responded by showing up with her dresses hemmed from the bottom and scalloped from the top, threatening, as Mr. Turner lectured her, “to meet somewhere in the middle.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “But she was always terrible at hems!” she snapped. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Sleeps as Richard surreptitiously flicks a lighter and touches it to the hem of that gauzy white skirt. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Miss Montana knocked her knees together and yanked down the hem of her skirt. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z They could raise hems of second-hand dresses with stitches so tiny there was barely a line. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z Luckily, Capricorn’s men were watching the old woman as she crossed the square, walking so fast the girl stumbled over the hem of her dress a couple of times. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Lark whispers, twirling her finger at the hem of her shirt. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Emily’s mom dug through her purse, the hem of her patchwork sundress chasing itself around her ankles in the breeze. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z When I watched, I looked at their hems cut so short and their necklines so low, I wondered if there was a clothing shortage in the United States. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z A foot above the lower hem there was a slash. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z He placed the leg under the hem of her plaid dress and spread his jacket over her. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Now the pleats had come out and the hem dragged loose around her sharp, jutting knees. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z He dropped the spool and took off running, the hem of his green chapan dragging in the snow behind him. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I stare at the hem of his T-shirt. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z We go up the stairs, single file, being careful not to step on the trailing hems of each other’s dresses. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z “For the next few weeks,” she says, “you’ll learn stitching techniques. How to hem, how to sew a band, and how to make pockets,” she tells us. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Tiara sat on the cot, her fingers worrying the hem of her new MermaidTopia shirt. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Lord Roke climbed down hand over hand in the thick fleece of her coat, until he reached the hem at the level of her knees. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Before they reached the street though she stopped and lifted her skirt and dried her eyes on the hem of her topmost underskirt. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z She crawled under the hem of the cloak and there she crouched. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The hem of my dress was ripped, and my face and neck were sunburned from the morning sun. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z His jeans are dark and frayed at the hems. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z We lowered the hem, but I still couldn’t button it. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Night was fading over the fields as if the rain had washed the darkness out of the hem of its garment. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Fast as she took out a hem, I grew some more. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z Koffi made a rude sound before tripping on the hem of her dress. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z When she took a few steps in it she trod on the hem. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z I nodded and played with the hem of my shirt. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z It came to the hem of the Archmage's robe and stood there all black with its dagger beak and eyes like pebbles, staring sidelong at Ged. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z There is nothing to clean the desk with but the hem of my doublet. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z She was looking around the hem to see if the quilt maker had stitched in her initials, but the edges were all raying away. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z I would hold open the hem and pray an unusually stupid fish would swim into the trap. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Only the ruffled hem of her dress and her white boots give any indication that she is the same girl who was performing in the same spot moments ago. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I’d have asked her more but was thrown off when she held up a pattern for a bib apron with a ruffled hem. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Juanita wore a white dress too, with pale pink flowers along the hem. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z She kissed me, brushed my tears with her fingertips, and dried my nose with the towel, or the hem of her dress. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z I played with the hem of my Team Meili jersey, twisting it around and around my index fingers. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z He wiped his sweaty hands on the hem of his shirt and then went and got the large book from the shed. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He felt weighted down with sadness, as if there were stones tied to the hem of his robes. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Laila sat in a corner and draped her knees with the hem of her dress. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z I wipe my hands on the hem of my shirt as I inch toward the dresser. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Edna and Robert both sat upon the ground— that is, he lay upon the ground beside her, occasionally picking at the hem of her muslin gown. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z She fingered its hem, just a little heavier than the rest of the fine cloth. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z Celia walks through a hallway full of snow, sparkling flakes of it catching in her hair and clinging to the hem of her gown. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Sitting here now she felt the night air tickle the hem of her dress against her shin. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, green golf slacks extended from the hem of his white coat and a pair of tinted aviator-style glasses gripped his hairless head. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I stop the blood with the hem of my T-shirt and sort more carefully through the cards. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z There in the corner, worked in faded thread, initials had magically appeared on the fraying hem: M-T-L- Suddenly, Mrs. Weidenbach appeared, gripping the preacher’s stovepipe hat. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z But now, even though the cold already bit in the mornings, she wore only her one earth-colored dress with the raveled hem. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z The small boy ran over to his mother, who was inspecting one of the ubiquitous Santa Clauses—OVER 6000 ON DISPLAY! the signs said—and he tugged urgently at the hem of her coat. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Patch on the back hem of her dress. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Except for a hem of light under the kitchen door, where a card game was in progress, there was no sign of any other tenant. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z They circled slowly, hemming him in; bars of light forming a prison, a wall between him and the rest of the world; bars weaving a shifting wall of light into which he dared not go. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z I slide my arm underneath the hem and up through the bottom. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z I take the hem of my wide skirt with both hands and move it about like a wave. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z She dipped the hem of her dress into the bowl of water they had set out for Frolic, and wiped the wounds. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z One of our sloth bears became seriously ill with severe hemorrhagic enteritis after being given fish that had gone putrid by a man who was convinced he was doing a good deed. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z But each one who heard the stories, each one who told all of them, or only parts of I hem, would feel stronger because of her existence. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z She knelt by Ultima’s path and touched the hem of her dress as she passed by. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead of immediately responding, Brandon began playing with the hem of his T-shirt. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z She looked intently at it, then bit her lip, reached out, and pulled the hem of his trouser leg down over his knee. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z The girl wears a long shirt, which is an excuse for a dress; its frayed hem kisses the tops of her feet. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Gingerly he lifted the hem of the cape, under which I was wearing a sweater and a zipped fleece jacket. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z I looked at him and believed he spoke the truth, he seemed less fettered than he had been before, more modern, more human, he was not hemmed in by shadows. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z We leave it at the store so they can take down the hem. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z In the mornings Bibi arrived in the storage room wearing cracked plastic slippers and a housecoat whose hem stopped some inches below the knee, a length we had not worn since we were fifteen. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z “We called for help,” she said, bending over slightly, the hem of her flower-print dress swaying below her knees. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z They were hemmed in on either side, with no room to stop. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Ashes billow up around me, and I pull the hem of my shirt up over my mouth. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z She took it gently and lifted the hem of her blouse. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z She deftly rolled the hems a few times so I could stand. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z I opened the map flat, inserted it between the lining and the woolen layer, then quick resewed the hem. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Afterward, as I wiped my mouth on the hem of my shirt, I heard a sound break through the darkness, a cry so piercing it made the bottom of my heart drop. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I bunched up my skirt, tied the hem around my waist, and waded through the water toward the bottle. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z I’d let out the seams of the bodice as much as I could and taken out the hem of the skirt. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Soon we were hemmed in with trees, which in places arched right over the roadway till we passed as through a tunnel; and again great frowning rocks guarded us boldly on either side. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Under the hems of their skirts their ankles and their feet were as brown as their faces. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z A gray-haired woman sits on a brown chair, perfectly erect, hemming a calico skirt. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z "Mrs. Baumbach, could you hem my witch's costume? I need it for tonight." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z “I like to dance,” Laney repeated as she took another penny from the cup and tried to scrub it clean with the hem of her jacket. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Matt pulled at the man’s shirt and showed Kira the hem, at the back, from which he had torn the piece of cloth. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The child’s pink nightie, the stacks of white pillow slips edged with embroidery, the sheets with top hems picked out with blue cornflowers. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Aru was used to seeing her dressed like a shabby professor, in a blazer with scuffed elbows and a worn skirt with the hem coming undone. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z She glanced at Slopper, whose shirt hem didn’t quite connect with the waistband on his jogging pants. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z At the far west end, a man paced, cleaning his glasses on the hem of his shirt, again and again. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z The bone ships surged closer, hemming us in, and I looked around wildly for some way to escape. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The coach had hemmed and hawed and looked uncomfortable. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z The hems of her jeans were smudged with dirt, and she carried a journal under her arm that Virgil was desperate to read. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z You once wanted me to tell you everything, and now you care only about Chuck Taylors and the hem of your dress and whatever it is you see when you look in the mirror. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z She reached down to the hem of her thin roughspun gown and pulled it up over her head in one smooth motion, tossing it aside. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z At dusk, she sat up and dried her eyes on the hem of her new dress. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z The girl ran into a corner, half-stooped and gathered the hem of her slip into both of her hands and held it tightly over her knees. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z There's a pause on Sonia's end this time, and Ranee waits, crushing the hem of her sari into her fist. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Somkit shrugged and rubbed his tattoo against the hem of his shirt. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z He had on a loose black T-shirt and jeans that were frayed at the hems. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z She’s wearing black leather sneakers, but I can see the hem of her purple housecoat hanging below her beige overcoat. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z She pulled at the hems of her shirtsleeves and balled the ends into her fists. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Basta stepped back, examined the blade of his knife closely as if he had discovered a mark on it, then rubbed it clean on the hem of his black jacket. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z I lean back and carefully pull the hem of my shirt down so it covers me again. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z A quick basting stitch lets her know where to set her seams, her cuffs, her hem. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z They were glad to touch the brown backs of the fence that hemmed in the terror and made it governable. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Her cheeks were staining a dusky purple as she tugged the hem of her dress, as if she could will it longer simply by sheer physical strength. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z My fingers find the hem of his T-shirt, and slide beneath it, spreading wide over the small of his back. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z I took the scissors out of the sewing basket in the kitchen and snipped the threads of the hem of my cloak. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z She fingered the hem of the red dress, then lifted a shoe in either hand. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z She began to wipe an amber glass with the hem of her scarf. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Using his razor-sharp fangs he began gnawing into the ancient tapestry, working from the tasseled hem upwards. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Ishmael moved his hands beneath the hem of her dress, then slowly up her thighs and over her underpants to the curves of her waist, where they stayed. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z She had awakened when Lazlo did, then collapsed back on her pillows, squeezing her eyes tight shut to block out the sight of the mesarthium walls and ceiling that hemmed her in. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z She was wearing an orange dress with silver sequins at the hem and gold sequins sprinkled around its gauzy sleeves. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z With her collar turned under, her dress is more adult-looking, but the hard hand of a warning grown-up shows everywhere else: in the hem, the waist-centered belt, the short, puffy sleeves. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I wheeled around to look and, through a screen of branches, caught a flash of blurred movement—the hem of a white dress. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z She ran her hand further back and brought out a moire silk dress with a pleated bodice and scalloped hem—a safe choice since the pink was muted and musty enough for evening wear. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Still, I wished she’d use her wings to soar up closer to the divine hem of our Blessed Virgin instead of to flutter towards things not worthy of her attention. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z His teeth caught the hem of her dress. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z A girl dressed in rags pawed at the hem of my skirt as we walked by. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z My hands shake and I grab the hem of my shirt to steady them. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z His mouth moves against mine, and his hand slips under the hem of the T-shirt, and I don’t stop him, though I know I should. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Nick and Leah end up talking about Doctor Who, and Leah tucks into the video game chair, tugging the frayed hem of her jeans. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z My dress is dirty and tattered at the hem, my feet are sore and cold. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z As though something was pulling at her, tugging at her hem. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z The frown when the hem could not be taken down further; the waistband refused another stitch. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I balled my fists in the hem of my sweatshirt. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z The hem was torn and she folded it so the raggedy place wouldn’t show. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z “Great. So much for keeping a low profile! Now I’m going to smell like a wet diaper,” Delia said, mopping over her saliva-slathered hair with the hem of her T-shirt. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Cold iron and splintery wood closed off the only holes through the piled stones that hemmed them in. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z When I sweep the color along the hem of the woman’s torn dress, I know I’m being too careful. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z When he sniffled again, she wiped his nose with the hem of her dress. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Behind the woman, following at the hem of her dress, was a big white cat, pacing without sound. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Filled with gratitude and relief, I seized the hem of her skirt, dusty though it was, and buried my face in its folds, crying like a sorry child that I had ever mistrusted her. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z His fingers find the hem of my shirt, then slip under it, warm and insistent. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z She hemmed several times, as if mulling over how to tell me whatever it was she was about to tell me. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally, she’d open the box just enough to see like the hem of the skirt or whatever. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Hiroshi floats away like a phantom, the hem of his white dress trailing behind him. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Caleb helps me sit up and separates the hems of his two shirts, pulling the long-sleeved one over his head and offering it to me. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Then, after the bath, a warm drink with milk and herbs; and a new flannel nightdress with printed flowers and a scalloped hem, and sheepskin slippers dyed soft blue; and then bed. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Her dark fingers ducked in and out of the lemony cloth as she embroidered raised daisies around the hem. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He was wearing a pair of dark blue pants that Mrs. Baxter had hemmed for him, with a crisp white shirt and light tan jacket. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z “All hemmed and ironed. My fingers are sore.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Nick straightened his shoulders but took a step back, tugging at the hem of his dirty T-shirt. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z I felt a little hemmed in by Mom, so of course I scooted over toward Augustus. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z “Even traitors must be fed,” she said, and then she dropped the hem of her apron and dumped the plums onto the floor. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z She stared down at the embroidered hem of her dress, now in tatters, then looked to her husband. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z “I can’t. I’m also in dance ministry, and we have a performance. We’ve been practicing for weeks. Ma already hemmed my costume and everything.” Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z She put her hand to her neck and gave a long vertical pull; her white sailor’s blouse was ripped to the hem; suspicion condensed into a too, too solid certainty. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Everyone reached into their socks, the hems of pants, under headties, to get the remainder of their money. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Mid-February TiTi Waves Good-bye My best friend TiTi is crying hard, snotting the hem of her pink fluffy blouse. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z For what felt like the hundredth time, she tripped on the hem of her dress. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Her head lay limp in the crook of his arm and his hand reached for the hem of her dress, caught it in his fingers and gathered it up slowly. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z The next day I stood on a stool while Mami pinned the hem on my school uniform. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Ivy twisted her fingers into the hem of her borrowed shirt. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The hems of my jeans were burning from my run through the study. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z I turned the skirt and found a gash about six inches above the hem. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z She practiced walking around her room in it and kept stepping on the hem and stumbling. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z There’s a line of blood along the hem of her white nightgown, like it dipped down into the toilet. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Harry got to his feet, trod on the hem of his robes, and stumbled slightly. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z They surrounded the defenses and hemmed my friends in. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z She tugs at the hem of her shirt, then clasps her hands in front of her. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z “Shoes!” said the Magpie, seeing Meggie's bare toes peep out from under the hem of the dress. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Mami raked her fingers through my hair with a sad smile then walked away, the hem of her dress swinging in rhythm to her rounded hips. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z She takes the hem of her shirt and wipes my face. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z A dozen ironmen hemmed them in, torches in one hand and weapons in the other. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Whatever his fortune, whatever the cut of his garment, there would always be the hem—the tuck and fold that hid his raveling edges; a someone sweet, industrious and loyal to shore him up. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Misha asked pleasantly as he pushed away a goat nibbling on his coat hem. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z His fingers waited on the threshold of her hem. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z There was a ragged rip along the hem and deep perspiration stains under the arms. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Dr. Cooke adjusts the hem of her red dress. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Beneath the hem, my toenails peeped out, edged with dirt. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z But at the last moment, while the crowd still hemmed them in, her hand felt for his and gave it a fleeting squeeze. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z That night our family and Eang’s sister with another friend remove the gold nuggets from their bras, waistlines, and the hems of their shirts and pants. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The seams of her stockings were perfect black lines running from her heels to the hem of the coat. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z The hem on one side hangs longer than the other. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z The left and right hems of his tattered shirt were sticky with blood, as if a javelin had run him through. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Fern did Vonetta one better, daintily holding out her skirt hem as if she wore a hoopskirt, and said, “I’m Fern, but my mother calls me Afua.” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z I wipe my palms off on the hem of my shirt. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z The woman crosses into the sitting room and kneels in front of the radio—she is barefoot, and her smooth white calves show beneath the hem of her skirt. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z And Ammu, though her hands were trembling, hadn’t looked up from her unnecessary hemming. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “He charged that the roses I used to decorate their party tent ruined the hem of the bride’s dress and caused her aunt to trip and break her leg. “I got threatening phone calls daily. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Beneath the hems of the dresses the feet dangle, two pairs of red shoes, one pair of blue. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z She wore an emerald green gown with iridescent seashells sewn around the waist and hem. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z She had her hands on the hem of the dress. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Alice raised the ironing board and spread newspaper under it to keep the hems clean. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z She took her glasses off and wiped them on the hem of her skirt. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Only if you look real close can you see the faded line from where the hem used to be. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z She sat back down on the bed beside him and wiped the shoes on the hem of the blue dress before she wrapped them up again and put them back in the trunk. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z The sorcerer priest was garbed in somber black, but for a hint of golden thread at collar, cuffs, and hem. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Sarai’s fingertips did, at some point in the heedless flow of dream time, find themselves slipping under the hem of Lazlo’s shirt to play ever so lightly over the bare skin of his waist. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z A stiff breeze tugged at the hem of her dress. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z She flicked the hem of her skirt at my sneaker, dusting it. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z He grabbed the hem and rubbed it between his fingers. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z As I walk I wipe the screen with the hem of my shirt, trying to get rid of some of my fingerprints. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Off across the night, beyond the stone that hemmed them close, the dogs woke and began to bark. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Winky was twisting the hem of her tea towel so violently that it was fraying beneath her fingers. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z I am wiping my forehead with the hem of my shirt, standing on a branch, when I hear the sound. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z He noticed that in spite of his worries, Matt did not run the vacuum cleaner near the hems of the curtains, a favorite hiding place of mice. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z It pushed their dresses into the creases of their behinds, then lifted the hems to peek at their cotton underwear. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z His velvet doublet was a soft blue-green, embroidered with golden thread at hem and sleeves and collar. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z After a few tries, I undo the hooks from collar to hem, and pull it off my shoulders. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z She was worrying the hem of her dress, and Valley looked at her intently. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z She was exactly the kind of business lady I’ve always dreamed of becoming, one who wears finely embroidered, shiny white blouses tucked into soft black anacos hemmed with silvery trim, and thick, gold-beaded necklaces. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She wears a long handmade dress that drags at the hem, and little heeled shoes that probably leave sores on her big toes. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Cassiopeia had no handkerchief and dabbed at her eyes with the hem of her skirt, but Penelope did not feel this was a time to scold. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z The hem of her dress fluttered abstractly in the breeze. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z "House Kent is falling apart, going bankrupt. Did you see Lady Kent's dress—frayed at the hem." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z High above her, a flock of colorful birds perched on a limb, their aqua-and-orange tails trailing down like the fishtail hem on an evening gown. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z He must enter her surreptitiously, lifting the hem of her nightgown only to her navel. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead she took two safety pins from the hem of her skirt and began to pin the ends of the napkin to Pecola’s dress. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z She was rolling a tiny hem on a tiny handkerchief. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Some of the clothes have missing buttons or small rips and tears, and others need hemming or taking in. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Naomi ran her fingers along the hem of her skirt. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Crabbe stumbled — and his huge, flat foot caught the hem of Harry’s cloak. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z She saw the safety pin holding the hem of the dress up. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z I lifted the hem of my pants and was relieved to see it hadn’t spread up my leg. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Twinkle grabbed the hem of her T-shirt and began wiping away the dirt staining the statue’s brow. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Its hem was frayed from dragging up and down the rough stone steps of the stacks, and it was large, so the shape of him was quite lost within it. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Mandy lifted the hems of her skirt and five petticoats to reveal feet that were no longer than mine. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Her simple tunic was identical to theirs, gray and hemmed just below the knee. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Max tugs at the hem of my shirt. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Just the sight of those people on their way to work made him feel hemmed in and itchy. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z We did not say anything to her; we simply clung to the hem of her ashen dress. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z I push the plastic cover up and hold the dress out by its hem, studying the sheen of the fabric. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “That the army hemmed in and machine-gunned three thousand workers and that their bodies were carried off to be thrown into the sea on a train with two hundred cars.” One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z A lot of other senators seemed to be having trouble with their togas, too—hiking up their hems, trying to keep the cloth from slipping off their shoulders. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “Who do you think puts the hems in all their white sheets?” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z There was a gap of an inch and a half between the bottom hem of his shirt and the top of his pants. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z He watches me as the girl kisses his mouth, watches me as she slides her hand beneath the hem of his silly, ruffly shirt. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “Before I forget—do you think you could sew up the hem on my brown skirt so I could wear it tomorrow? Oh, please?” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z The hem fell at least five inches below my knee. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z She made her way down, the hem of her scarlet skirts swishing over the steps. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Sander stumbled backward and tripped on the hem. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Wisps of grass stuck to her toes and her calves and the hem of her skirt. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z None of these dresses fits me very well; the hems droop, or the sleeves bunch up under my arms. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The embroidery on the hem of the doorman’s rubakha flashed in the meager light of the hallway. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z His gray tunic’s hem was slightly singed, but overall, he appeared unharmed. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z He wore a plain white kaftan with light blue embroidery around the neckline and hem. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Soon after they left, though, he began to feel very hemmed in by circumstances. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Four’s cold hand clamps around one of my hips, one of his fingers finding a strip of bare skin just under the hem of my T-shirt. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z An ugly girl should dress in ugly clothing, she decided, so she chose a stained brown cloak fraying at the hem, a musty green tunic smelling of fish, and a pair of heavy boots. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Dennis hemmed and hawed on it and finally he said, “Let’s live together as husband and wife. We don’t need the world to know we’re married. The world isn’t ready for us yet.” The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Every stitch Daisy’s patient little fingers had put into the handkerchiefs she hemmed was better than embroidery to Mrs. March. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z The earrings, the dangle of her bracelets, and the new way she crossed her legs and pulled the hem of her skirt down past her knees. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z She held me for a few minutes then raised my face up and wiped my cheeks with the hem of her dress. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z When we got home, my mother was sewing a hem in the kitchen. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z It fell to the floor with a plop, exposing the hem of khaki undershorts that were soaking up blotches of blood on one side as though in thirst. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z It's navy, already tighter than it should be, frayed at the hem and several years old, from before the war. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “How long can you hide under the hem of that woman’s skirt?” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z The bell-shaped sleeves hung loose around her arms, and the floaty hem stopped a few inches above her knees. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Then the store gave me another present: a long, thick- linked, gold-plated chain that swung down lower than my coat hem. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z She lifted up the hem of her T-shirt and wiped her face. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Cook brought the hem of her apron up to wipe at her tears. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z The hem of skirts and shorts must reach the knee. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z “We’ll go right ahead and get ready. You may want to take up the hems on your skirts, Myrtle.” Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Her cane testing, the wet hem of her dress swinging, the white pillowcase held aloft. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Valley was silent, and Thorn worried the hem of her oversized black-and-red-polka-dotted dress shirt. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z He gave the room one final, satisfactory sweep before lifting the hem of his agbada and making his way out of the study, a low hum on his lips. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z I follow behind Katherine, who looks absolutely stunning in a day dress bedecked with applique roses along the hem. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Her tunic was overlarge, tom at the hem, and her eyes were bloodshot. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Sneaking out here to write didn’t seem to be helping her writing in school anyway, she thought glumly, tucking her toes under the hem of her nightgown. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Dimple pulled at the hem of the kurta she’d bought with Mamma. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z The dress was tight across her newly budding chest, and it hung unevenly to just above her ankles in a ragged hem. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z He’d seen me stapling the cuffs of my jeans to keep them from dragging, and one night he showed me how to properly hem a pair of pants. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z For a week, they sew my dress furiously, pinning and unpinning the hem, the sleeves, the collar. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Babi had wiped his eyeglasses clean with the hem of his shirt. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z The hem of his loose shirt fluttered in the breeze, his arms spread like those of Jesus on the cross. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z His eyebrows pull to the center of his forehead, and he grabs the hem of his T-shirt. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z I’m hemmed in by tweed coats, my eyes as high as their second buttons. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z They were hemming the Orcs in, preventing them from scattering, and driving them along the line of the river. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z He bought me a suitcase and some clothes, mostly long-sleeved shirts, dress pants, and traditionally waxed, colorful cotton suits with intricate embroidery on the collars, sleeves, and hems of pants. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z She turned back the hem and noticed that the narrow lace edge of her slip was diamond-shaped in design. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z She stretched a flap of tarp over the top of the crate and tied it down with an elastic cord from the hem of JoJo’s sweatshirt. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z She humphed and hemmed and slurped her coffee without answering, but as soon as I’d gotten my book again and was settled down on the couch and reading, she said, “It’s onto four o’clock.” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She wanted to show us the other side of Marguerite Cartwright Avenue, where the seasoned professors lived, with the duplexes hemmed in by gravely driveways. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Thomas ripped a length of cloth from the hem of his loose shirt. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She stared at the hem, wanting to believe in its weight but knowing that custard was all that it hid. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Small threads dangled from the hem and the buttons. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Moon Orchid only laughed when Brave Orchid scolded, “Oh, stop that with the dishes. Here. Take this dress and hem it.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z She took the hem in her hands, as ancient Near Eastern ululations issued from her throat. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He kept his head low, so all he could see were her sandaled feet and the hem of her habit. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Finn fumbled with the hem of her dress, pulled it up to cover her. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z “I...I’ve been trying,” I said, and pulled a loose string on the hem of my dress. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Werner tries out various theories on Frederick, but Frederick, he’s learning, moves about as if in the grip of a dream, his trousers too big around the waist, the hems already falling out. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z She wiped tears from the corners of her eyes with the hem of her apron and walked out of the storeroom. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Red crocheted roses on bright green petals hemmed the doilies on the side tables. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z He not only undid the blue bow; he pulled it all the way out of the hem, so she had to rethread it afterward with a safety pin. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Her eyes were still adjusting to the limited, gridlike visibility of the burqa, her feet still stumbling over the hem. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z “Cute undershirt,” he says, catching its hem with his fingers. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z She had never owned a garment in such an eye-catching color, but the Swanburne uniform featured a trim of navy ribbon around the hem that Penelope had always found pleasing. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z The red stitches along the hem of my shift are ripped, the bright yarn limp. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Then they put theirs on—Jane’s on the right shoulder and Michael’s on the front hem. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z She is dressed as she had been during her performance, in a white gown covered in a pattern of unassembled puzzle pieces, falling together into darkness along the hem. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The path, which ran parallel to the river, led to a little grassy clearing that was hemmed in by huddled trees: coconut, cashew, mango, bilimbi. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I found myself in a narrow lane, hemmed in on either side by foliage so that I could gain little idea of what was around me. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z She crossed her long legs, arranged the hem of her polo coat over her knees, and waited. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z Whatever the creative pieces of this puzzle, the show came together well, with jet beading at the bottom of a tunic or slightly asymmetric hems giving depth to the flat planes. Special Report: Fashion: Surface Attraction 2011-02-27T17:05:09Z Other dresses were white and in lighter cotton and linen, with unfinished hems, or black and see-through. Portugal's Moura pays tribute to cod fishermen at Milan Fashion close 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z As Ware vividly depicts, Hal is hemmed in by her poverty as much as she is by those iron bars on the attic window. Review | Why Ruth Ware’s new thriller is a classic 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z After years of hemming and hawing, the jeweler Solange Azagury-Partridge, based in London, introduced Alpha, her first men’s collection, in June. Jewelry for Men Is Back in Vogue 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z “Each of the characters is, in his or her own way, as surrounded as Switzerland, hemmed in,” Mr. Canby wrote in The Times in 1976. Alain Tanner, Leading Director in Swiss New Wave, Dies at 92 2022-09-19T04:00:00Z But again, Mr. Pelt doesn’t sound hemmed in by that frame of reference; he’s using it to his own aims. Review: Jeremy Pelt’s ‘#Jiveculture,’ Exuding Chemistry 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z A number of the ’70s style stalwarts showed up on the catwalk: flared pants, a bit of macramé and handkerchief hems. Special Report: Spreading That '70s Vibe 2010-09-19T11:56:00Z Tails dangled from the hems of their fleeces and sweatshirts. At a Namibian sanctuary, you don’t just see the wildlife — you care for them But in her case, the slim shapes of suits and dresses were loosened up, with just a hint of gilding at the hem. Fashion Review: Marc Jacobs and the Louis Vuitton Merry-Go-Round 2011-10-05T18:17:17Z Another particularity of Mr. Melillo’s shirts is that some of the women’s styles are cut with a scooping shirttail hem. On the Runway Blog: The Return of Tony Melillo's T's 2012-01-12T19:08:08Z Binders stand on metal shelves, packed with transparencies from long-ago runway shows in New York and Paris, a chronicle of shifting necklines, hems and bejeweled bodices. For Sale: Condé Nast Treasures 2017-01-04T05:00:00Z Mr. Browne, for those not up on their sartoriana, is the American designer who made a generation of men insecure about their ankles, thanks to suit trousers hemmed ludicrously high. Thom Browne’s Shoes: High Fashion and High Art 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z The cut is fitted through the torso, so my behind seems curvier, and the hem adds visual interest. See How 6 Women Got Over Their Body Image Issues 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z But enterprising fans are buying inexpensive versions at stores like Topshop and American Apparel and taking shears to the hems or sides to free up their stride. As Days Grow Longer, So Do Hems 2011-04-07T01:02:33Z And fending off the advances of unsavory-looking strangers with an insolent hitch of the hem. Maxi Skirts Making a Comeback 2010-05-26T20:49:00Z She wanted the sleeves shortened and the hem brought up, but with enough material left in front to tie a knot and show off her stomach, ’50s pin-up style. Stitch by Stitch and Block by Block 2011-02-16T21:58:35Z T-shirts to school and tie them at the hem,” he recalled. Up Close: The Designer Chris Benz Reaches Out to More Fans - Up Close 2012-11-27T23:42:25Z Wisps of fringe swished from the hem of a lemon-yellow creation, its model clutching a shiny handbag adorned with safety pins. AP PHOTOS: Parish Fashion Week returns after virus hiatus 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z “Letter” is less text-heavy than Mr. Jones’s recent “Analogy” series, and yet the dancing still seems hemmed in by the stagecraft. Review: A Message-Heavy Bill T. Jones Dance-Theater Collage 2017-10-04T04:00:00Z Mr. Ghesquiere showed other variations of the paneled skirt, in navy and black, with a wide band of leather at the hem, and worn with pullovers. On the Runway: Balenciaga: Magic Tricks 2011-03-03T15:59:51Z There were exuberant skintight jumpsuits with giant flared hems and silken brocade bomber jackets, androgynous cloaks with cutaways and vivid platform shoes. Kansai Yamamoto, Designer With Ziggy Stardust as a Client, Dies at 76 2020-07-27T04:00:00Z Yes, no, yes, no – he hems and haws at high speed. Joe Hill: Sympathy for the devil 2010-04-13T12:28:00Z Cut away the backs of leather trench coats for movement; bubble-under the hems of skirts; use a print of Neptune inspired by a marble fountain figure on everything from loose sweatpants to evening gowns. J. Lo Wins Milan. Fashion Comes Second. 2019-09-22T04:00:00Z The outdoor reading rooms were a bit neglected by the time I visited Walt Whitman in February; the chairs and tables had been removed and the structure was hemmed in by illegally parked cars. Why Libraries May Never Stop Being People Places 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z Children gathered at the hem of her skirts, the girls in white lace gloves, the boys in gold vests and ruffled collars. The Rose Queen of Texas 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z Mr. Scervino showed a streamlined and clean collection, filled with drop-waisted coats with volume at the hem thanks to bands of fur or tufts of Mongolian wool. Special Report: The Big Question: Who Is Next? 2010-03-02T13:10:00Z I spent hours hemming and hawing, and, even with the advice of the extraordinarily patient Fendi Made to Order expert, was unconvinced it would all be O.K. in the end. The Rise of Fashion DIY 2.0 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z But there were some great silhouettes in this creative cauldron — including a black belt that served as a top hem and shot out horizontally to either side. Ecology, Ukraine and nuns inspire eclectic Paris fashion 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z Strutting to "Uptown Girl," she was all smiles in her Pamella Roland gown - even after a little stumble on the dress's hem. Fashion Week's first trend: Heart-health awareness 2012-02-09T20:12:10Z Or there might be just a burnt orange lightening in shade toward a dress hem. Special Report: Fashion: When Youth Is the Holy Grail 2011-02-21T18:27:40Z Once Chuck died, Howard put a civil face on continuing to uphold the McGill family tradition of keeping Jimmy hemmed in. Who is the one who knocks? On the "Better Call Saul" midseason finale two devils drop by 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z As a recent Radio 4 debate highlighted, Britain has very high standards but also rather boring ones, hemmed in by newspaper conventions and lacking much literary ambition. Sports writing just isn't our field 2010-06-15T09:59:00Z In a way, it was good to wait until I was thoroughly over it and went through all the catharsis and the hemming and hawing.” Miss Juneteenth star Nicole Beharie: ‘Black people are not monolithic’ 2020-09-26T04:00:00Z Dyed-to-match turkey feathers circle the hems, and broken lines of silver sequins march up the front and back of the dresses in an inverted “V.” The Untold Story of Supreme Style 2019-09-18T04:00:00Z The feathers then clung to the hem as though they were growing from the fabric. Fashion Review: Nature Takes Over at Alberta Ferretti 2014-02-19T19:11:36Z Industry remains prominent in the area, protected by zoning and geographic forces, including being hemmed in by the river and a phalanx of highways. For a Seattle Enclave, Isolation May Be Its Salvation 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z “The artist made 14 of these characters in my image and sold them very successfully,” Mr. Lewis said, adding dryly: “People want mementos. They want to touch the hem of the garment.” At 90, Jerry Lewis’s Mouth Runneth Over 2016-09-10T04:00:00Z The scheme will also include housing and shops; it is meant as a proper, fully integrated piece of the city rather than a vast urban redevelopment project parachuted down on the hem of Hong Kong. Norman Foster to oversee development of cultural space in West Kowloon 2011-03-07T18:21:32Z The cellblock, its tight walkways hemmed in by cinderblock and steel rooms, the monochromatic look mirroring the soldiers' fatigues, does much to create a claustrophobic, minimalist vibe. Flawed 'Camp X-Ray' still exposes truths in war on terror 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z At the top of the stairs, however, I fell over – I'd got my heel caught in the hem of my green evening dress. Cannes film festival: Lesley Manville, actor 2010-05-17T21:05:00Z 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 She stoops slightly, leaning on a wooden cane, the tops of her knee-high stockings visible below the hem of her patterned dress, a fur coat draped across her shoulders. An Artist’s Costumed Alter Egos Cross Racial Lines 2018-07-17T04:00:00Z Sometimes it was the way the hems of trousers turned up, or the proportion of a cropped beaded silver jacket over an airy tunic in pale pink charmeuse with matching pants. | Fashion Review: In Milan, Trying to Leap the Obstacles 2011-03-01T00:06:14Z Boris Johnson took off his suit and handed it over immediately after his sitting; his trouser legs still sport a small tear where he caught the hem in his bicycle chain. What makes Madame Tussauds' wax work? 2011-02-26T09:00:02Z I changed into a dusty pink Milly dress with black straps and a spiky black pattern on the hem. What I Wore : A Week in the Wardrobe of Georgina Bloomberg, Equestrian and Mayor?s Daughter 2012-03-08T23:17:18Z He attended the University of Maryland, initially studying then abandoning journalism because “I felt hemmed in by all the rules.” ‘We Own This City’ Brings George Pelecanos Back to Baltimore 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z Tom, a recently widowed ophthalmologist whose life has been hemmed in by convention, ends up on a very different sort of journey, walking the 500-mile pilgrimage, which ends in Spain, called the Camino Santiago. Emilio Estevez and Martin Sheen Collaborate on ?The Way? 2011-09-18T00:03:03Z The reason it’s in oral history, and that was something that Isaac and I sort of came to almost immediately without a lot of hemming and hime. Why “Angels in America” endures: “Without gay people, you can’t tell the story of America” 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z In the show, the jacquard wools appeared as sheaths and slim boyish trousers worn with soft leather tops and slightly oversize jackets or a black wool coat with a wide shearling hem. New York Fashion Week: Fashion Review: Tech Pushes Tradition Into the 21st Century 2011-02-18T02:01:11Z On the skirts, the left side of the hem was hiked up to reveal several inches of the pleated layer beneath. On the Runway Blog: Beckham Makes a Play for Wearability 2013-09-08T20:29:39Z Courtiers, Jester, Stars, Seasons all turn into an implacable machine, hemming her in. ‘Cinderella’ to Join American Ballet Theater Repertory 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z Most clothes can be taken in, let out, hemmed, repaired, or otherwise altered to become more wearable. The consequences of disposable fashion: The year I quit shopping to help the environment 2016-05-30T04:00:00Z It is a bucolic idyll hemmed in by an uproarious metropolis. 10 Places That Define New York City, Reimagined 2017-10-30T04:00:00Z But now the lamb followed the zigzag hem of flaring skirts or appeared as a palomino-colored mini coat. On the Runway: Waiting for Ala?a 2011-07-08T16:42:19Z As a snowstorm hems them in, the children watch Grace with unconcealed suspicion. ‘The Lodge’ Review: Mommy Not-So-Dearest 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z It was a great life, but Caplan felt hemmed in as “that girl” and wondered if that was all Hollywood had for her. The Liberation of Lizzy Caplan 2014-08-29T04:00:00Z Brandenstein actually bought several suits, two to dance in, and two that had to be turned up at the hem for Travolta's much shorter stunt double. John Travolta's white suit to star in V&A exhibition 2012-08-06T23:16:00Z We drive all night just to get closer to that perfect joyous noise, just to kiss the hem of that garment. Godspeed You! Black Emperor – the full transcript 2012-10-11T09:18:54Z The film’s first shot is just as startling: three of the Liverpool lads running toward the camera down a narrow sidewalk, hemmed in by parked cars. Fifty Years Ago Today: The Beatles' A Hard Day's Night 2014-07-06T04:00:00Z I always say, “There’s just so much hem you can let out of the dress.” Depressed by the news? ‘Annie’s’ creator explains why one song still resonates. 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z Gauzy, long-sleeve tops and trailing hems “are starting to look really interesting again,” one indication, she added, of a “a covered-up fashion cycle.” As Days Grow Longer, So Do Hems 2011-04-07T01:02:33Z But the collection Thursday was well planned with its cardigan hems marking a thigh line to a jacket. Fashion Review: Asian Designers Make an Impact in Paris 2012-01-19T18:00:43Z Hogan is hemmed in by the more caricatured Kent. Review: 'reasons to be pretty' at ArtsWest asks some ugly questions about the importance of looks 2010-09-17T23:50:00Z In an early sketch, a panel of billowy fabric is caught at the waist and left to trail toward the hem. New York Fashion Week: Another Season, Another Show 2011-02-10T00:06:03Z So in the ninth preview, it was replaced with a bright red, full-length wool crepe skirt with a muddied hem befitting an explosion of New York’s finest brown gush. How Much Does a Play Change During Previews? Just Ask ‘The Perplexed’ 2020-03-02T05:00:00Z But the job meant staying put for much of the year, and she soon left, feeling hemmed in. Terri Lyne Carrington on the Power of Betting on Yourself 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z He also cuts off some excess threads on the hem. Broadway’s Dirty Secret: How an Artisan Turns Costumes From Riches to Rags 2016-08-17T04:00:00Z Zippers with sharp metal teeth often replaced seems, adorning the hem and sleeve-lines or forming shiny crosses across the backs of the jackets. Celine aims to redefine luxury values 2010-10-03T23:31:00Z "He said to me, 'London is what Brits say about New York City; vibrant, multicultural, cutting edge, anyone can succeed – you can be whoever you want, traditions don't hem you in, it's classless.'" Christopher Meyer: 'I wasn't nice to everyone' 2012-07-01T18:59:01Z A sweater dress with an otherwise conservative turtleneck ended in a lace skirt with movement at the hem. Stella McCartney pinstripes dominate Paris runway for winter 2013-03-04T13:01:30Z Earlier this year, on the set of his first major music video, the rapper Valee was hemming his own clothes. Valee, Kanye West’s New Signee, Is a Rapper Who Just Might Build You a Koi Pond 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z Would she go for his sensible black-and-white tea-length stripe dress with feathers at the hem? Christian Cowan’s NY fashion week show went 102 stories up 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z But in a first-ever show here, Gaza's small cadre of antique auto aficionados unveiled their classic roadsters this week and brought back memories of a time when Gazans weren't hemmed in by impenetrable borders. Gazans stage first-ever display of classic cars 2010-07-02T08:33:00Z Off-the-shoulder, strict and long-sleeved, the white dress was unadorned — except for a hint of orange-gold flames licking their way up from hem to calf. On the Golden Globes Red Carpet, It’s Fantasy vs. Reality 2017-01-08T05:00:00Z Many of these dresses were beautiful, with their haute couture aesthetic and workmanship, like tiny zippers running vertically around a skirt hem. Special Report: Fashion: Louis Vuitton in Full Fetish 2011-03-09T18:28:22Z While one series of gowns sported possibly the most unusual hem ever presented in Paris: A car. Paris Fashion: Loewe delights, brands end silence on Ukraine 2022-03-04T05:00:00Z In 1890, Henrik Ibsen wrote a towering and difficult play about a woman hemmed in by society and tormented by her own conflicting impulses. A manic ‘Hedda’ sails ’round the bend at Studio Theatre 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z Two little tweed Chanel lunching suits seem to vaporize into mist at the hems. The Met Walks a Fine Line on Lagerfeld: Judge the Clothes, Not the Man 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z I’d seen it several times before, and admired it more each time for how unsparingly it portrays travelling musicians hemmed in by fame and compensating with disinhibition. A Mesmerizing Marathon of Robert Frank’s Movies 2016-07-12T04:00:00Z Long, fluid chiffon dresses — whose colors moved from black bodices to purple skirts and ended in bleached-out white hems — were striking. Fashion Review: Gaultier Stretches His Wings 2014-01-22T18:30:51Z Soon, the landscape turned more oceanic, with cliffs hemmed by pine and leafy forests. In Quebec, a maritime region’s embarrassment of riches in history and cuisine 2017-10-26T04:00:00Z Giambattista Valli showed topiary balls of feathers at the hem of long skirts, while the top half was a tuxedo jacket. Special Report: Red Carpet Fading Away 2010-03-08T18:30:00Z Despite these traces, hemmed in by the decadent jadedness, Chesterton plotted ways to escape. Father Brown: the empathetic detective 2013-01-18T20:00:03Z Instead of vestments he wears rubber-toe shoes and a T-shirt that reads “Free Hugs”, his wattle and business end poking out from under the hem. Purists v partiers: the battle between two popular nudist resorts 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z Subjected to twirls and lifts, Mr. Fairchild’s hem fanned out and sometimes flopped to one side awkwardly, like a useless fin. New York City Ballet's Partnership With Fashion 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z She let its hem trail, its gossamer fabric contrasting zanily with her white canvas sneakers. The Star of ‘A Fantastic Woman’ Picks a Few Come-Hither Dresses 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z The slim skirt was grass-green moiré silk with a black silk underskirt showing at the hem. On the Runway Blog: Raf Simons Plants His Couture Garden 2013-01-21T19:01:36Z You’re a mole person who, if you become an angel investor in my books, might someday touch the hem of my Speedo. Books of The Times: New! Improved! Shape Up Your Life 2011-01-06T18:00:07Z The silk dress, with the details rendered in different shadings of gray, extends the figures’ robes to the hem, duplicating their swirls and folds in jacquard chiffon. Fashion Review: Reviews of McQueen, Ala?a, Herm?s, Vuitton, Miu Miu and Valentino 2010-03-11T23:19:00Z Consider the obtrusive green fence behind her Village party: You’ll feel hemmed in and claustrophobic, too. Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z Wedged into the corner where southeastern Germany meets the Czech Republic and Austria, hemmed in by the Danube, the Bavarian Forest region is about 90 miles long and 30 miles wide. Overnighter: From City (Munich) to Forest (Bavarian) 2011-07-15T18:55:00Z "There are a lot of voluminous sweeps to the hems and details, but everything is feather light." Designers opt for elegance, ease in spring New York collections 2013-09-10T22:12:53Z Dixon, meanwhile, gives himself a mafioso number that asks the irrelevant questions, “Who put the ‘mob’ in mobster?” and “Who put the ‘hem’ in mayhem?” ‘Cloak and Dagger’: Lame and lamer Coco Rocha wore the first and last looks: a snug ivory silk-faille, double-lapel daytime dress with a trumpet hem, and a molded gown made of lustrous, gray satin with a huge mermaid hemline. Easy elegance, deceitfully simple, on NY runways 2011-09-12T20:18:12Z The only time he was given to hemming, hawing or the occasional embarrassed smile was when we discussed the awards show he’d be attending that night. Adam Driver Has Put Everything He’s Got Onscreen 2020-01-01T05:00:00Z But his dialogue with the jazz tradition on this album isn’t inherently radical or envelope-pushing; it often sounds respectfully at ease, without being hemmed in by convention. Albums From Art Hirahara and Death Grips 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z It’s roomier through the thigh, with a tapered leg and a cropped hem. Fashion puts men in a tight spot with pants that keep shrinking The skirt’s hem was about three inches above the ankle, which was pretty shocking back then. Bathing suits looked In lieu of barbed wire, the prisoners were hemmed in by rugged mountains and a vast desert. Breaking Out of Prison With a Ouija Board and Some Clever Tricks 2021-06-01T04:00:00Z The hem of Philip’s robe looks as if it has just swept through Westminster Abbey. Jewels from ‘The Crown’: A costume exhibition at Delaware’s Winterthur Museum 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z Cinderella’s hemming and hawing on the palace steps is worlds away from “A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes,” from Disney’s cartoon version. Why “Into the Woods” Matters 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z Sew a simple loose running stitch along the edges of the cuffs, collar and hem of the T-shirt. Emily Bode on How to Make a ‘Sweetheart’ T-Shirt 2020-05-19T04:00:00Z Hitching up one’s hem, on the other hand, sends quite a different message. Maxi Skirts Making a Comeback 2010-05-26T20:49:00Z Then she asks him if he’s happy, and he hems and haws until she eventually realizes that something is up. 'The Bachelor' Watch Finale: And Ben's Choice Is... 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z But that is the nub of the story: this fellow is the last of a breed, defiantly homeless, snipping wire fences on the principle that nobody should be hemmed in, and riding on through. Kirk Douglas, a Hundred Years Old 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z “We’re committed to offering a forum for young people who haven’t yet been absorbed into the media hivemind, and don’t feel hemmed in by the boundaries of the existing discourse,” they wrote. The Drift Wants You to ‘Examine Your Ideas’ 2022-02-26T05:00:00Z A long, swirling checked coat comes with an inflatable device hidden behind a zipper in the hem, for adding extra volume. Fashion Review: In Paris, Designers Hit the Redial Button 2010-09-30T23:10:00Z After hemming and hawing, he admitted that he had been hoping for a martini at the King Cole Bar in Midtown Manhattan. Going Back to Eat in Midtown, Where the Main Dish Is New York, New York 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z Should I be offended that after I tried on this confection, availing myself of heels to prevent hem drag, a helpful but sober salesman spirited it into a backroom, as if to inspect for damage? Critical Shopper: For Kors, the Glow Doesn?t Fade 2011-04-13T22:39:07Z Immediately, collaborators started coming out of the woodwork — particularly artists of a younger generation, like Vega, who were eager to touch the hem of an idol. Brian Jackson, a Key Gil Scott-Heron Collaborator, Reintroduces Himself 2022-05-25T04:00:00Z He forsook his hard-edge aesthetic for a time in the 1970s, incorporating draped fabrics, pleating, quilting and asymmetrical collars and hems into his designs. Pierre Cardin, Designer to the Famous and Merchant to the Masses, Dies at 98 2020-12-29T05:00:00Z As for the Grès connection, there were slim suits and dresses in pale pink and gold pleats, with frilled hems that fell just below the knit. Fashion Review: McQueen, Louis Vuitton, Miu Miu for Spring 2012 2011-10-06T23:19:20Z Joyce dimly lights this psychic landscape, and hems it on all sides with a bleak darkness. Darkness in literature: James Joyce's Araby 2012-12-20T10:35:35Z With an ocean and two estuarine rivers lapping at Charleston’s hem, it’s no surprise that this lively, historical city in South Carolina is awash in seafood. If you only eat three meals in Charleston, S.C., make them at these spots 2017-11-02T04:00:00Z Instead of elastic, the edges are fabric that is folded over and sewn through to create a hem. Granny Panties of Yore Reinvented for a New Customer 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z These included long, off-the-shoulder dresses in an abstract leaf print and a long white halter dress with a wide gold leaf belt and a gray shadow print at the hem. Sarah Burton for McQueen 2010-10-05T23:46:00Z Ferrara now lives on Mulberry Street, Little Italy's last drag, hemmed in between Chinatown and Soho. Abel Ferrara: 'I made Scarface look like Mary Poppins' 2010-08-05T20:29:00Z I hemmed and hawed about it, then decided finally that we’d forgo Patriots’ Day and instead attend a Sox game the following weekend. Boston bombing: We would have been standing right there 2013-04-30T00:00:00Z So awash was the scene in lavish trains, fishtail hems and trailing ballroom skirts that quite a few nominees risked a nasty tumble. On the Runway Blog: Trendspotting: Taffeta and Tulle at the Golden Globes 2013-01-15T00:29:07Z This time Huck seems incredibly tall, wearing a long gown whose folds fall like the flutes on a column; Jim, kneeling behind him, has been working on the hem. Charles Ray: Radical Conservative 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z Coats were trimmed around the neck, wrists and hem with fox fur and a long brown and blue-gray horizontal striped fox fur vest was belted at the waist. Message from NY Fashion Week: Consumer choices 2011-02-17T22:10:27Z Emblazoned with a detailed line drawing and the words “Lady Bug Transistor,” a friend’s band, her tote hit perfectly at the hem of her peacoat. Noticed: Tote Bags Replace Purses as Status Symbols 2011-12-09T23:22:08Z Even an artsy pattern at the hem of long dresses suggested evening wear that was both ethereal and wearable. Marc Jacobs: Optical Allusions 2012-09-11T17:04:44Z A triangular patch along Nassau Avenue, hemmed in by warehouses, a public school and a church. A Makeshift Bar on a Dusty Brooklyn Patch 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z Unlined taffeta curtains with softly ruffled hems became part of her vocabulary, as did cheerful printed fabrics—she even designed an award-winning textile collection in the ’70s. An Enchanting Estate in Northern Italy 2014-08-05T04:00:00Z It was remarkable that he’d offered such unequivocable support, instead of hemming and hawing while moderators attempted to drag a coherent position out of him. Perspective | Three women — three! — were on the debate stage, and it was game-changing 2019-06-27T04:00:00Z Those things can hem us in, putting the 4 a.m. howlings of youth out of reach, or at least making them seem counterproductive. Restaurant Review: Momofuku Ko in the East Village 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z As for the style — long, lean and willowy — it is fast gaining traction on Manhattan streets as a new generation of early adopters discovers the attractions of a trailing hem. Maxi Skirts Making a Comeback 2010-05-26T20:49:00Z I feel honored to have touched the hem of whatever it is that they wear, I don't know how you describe it. A Minute With: Hugh Laurie sings the blues after 'House' 2013-08-14T12:10:18Z They will hem and haw and then choose an option you didn’t even offer. This 4-year-old dawdles, and his parents are stuck 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z One day a prison worker told her of a man who would give her cigarettes if she sewed the hem of his trousers. | 'The Mouth of the Wolf': A Study of Time, Love and Decay in Genoa 2011-08-03T22:03:03Z Hardly any of these cars are hemmed in by others. When Cars Ruled the Night: New York City, 1974-1976 2016-11-26T05:00:00Z In a vast, shallow pool, beneath the high-arched ceiling of the Park Avenue Armory’s Wade Thompson Drill Hall, the hems of their filmy white kimonos trail along the surface. Review: A Spellbinding ‘Antigone,’ Both Timeless and Urgent 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z But if there’s a torn hem or baked-on stain, be quiet. Did Dr. Seuss Lie to Our Kids? 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z “Can you hem my jeans so they look like they were bought that way?” he asked. Wife/Mother/Worker/Spy: Altered by a Sewing Machine 2009-12-17T06:11:40Z Sure enough, skies stayed bright through the evening, and despite the mud staining the hem of her dress, so did Ms. Alden’s smile. A Facebook Algorithm Renews a College Crush 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z But Mr. Heaton did not want to be hemmed in by stereotypes. Bites: Restaurant Report: The Grove in Toronto 2013-01-17T18:27:09Z As the instigator of the shorts suit, now on every other men’s wear runway, the designer Thom Browne eased the formality, sometimes offering dress shorts with inserts of satin or a curving hem. Sport Rules at Gucci, Emporio Armani and Z Zegna 2012-06-25T18:04:27Z They were deceptively simple, with a well-balanced trouser suit in white followed by a long, open-back white column with a sheer panel of fabric flowing from the shoulders and looping at the hem. On the Runway Blog: Fashion Sparked by Wit and Simplicity 2011-09-30T15:03:22Z Striding through Tulsa in her superhero costume, the hem of her cape swishing in her wake, King gives a performance so subtle and muscular as to exhaust all superlatives. The Time-Bomb Tension and Thrilling Surreality of HBO’s “Watchmen” 2019-10-18T04:00:00Z She wiped her nose with the back of her hand and I offered her the hem of my habit to clean it. Fiction: The Autobiography of Allegra Byron 2012-07-21T16:00:00Z Lions are embroidered in gold around the hem of a beautiful black silk caped dress. Fashion Review: Reviews of McQueen, Ala?a, Herm?s, Vuitton, Miu Miu and Valentino 2010-03-11T23:19:00Z The most noticeable signature is the unfinished edge: frayed lapels, raw hems. | Lanvin: At Lanvin, Pricey Designs for Society?s Decline 2010-08-10T20:57:00Z He wore a royal-blue plaid short-sleeve shirt you might find in a J. Crew ad, nicely hemmed jean shorts, and pricey sneakers. On a Shockingly Casual Case of Sexual Assault 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z Meeting him was like touching the hem of God's frock. John Barry, Bond films' man with the golden tunes, dies aged 77 2011-01-31T21:49:36Z So I put that on Power Hour along with things like, get the pants hemmed, get that weird light bulb from the hardware store, things like that. Gretchen Rubin on messy office kitchen politics: "A lot of passive-aggressive Dilbert cartoons" 2019-03-11T04:00:00Z “Nobody wants me to be doing a hem,” he said. A Costume Designer With Low Budgets and High Style 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z Blanchett was resplendent in Mary Katrantzou yellow with yards of pleats from shoulder to hem and a unique jeweled bra bodice. A mix of risk-takers and classic Hollywood at Golden Globes 2020-01-05T05:00:00Z One bright fuchsia ballgown, with voluminous ruffles on the shoulders, around the hips, and on the hem represented a lotus. Giambattista Valli skips the runway for floral fashion foray 2019-07-01T04:00:00Z He started from an uptown aesthetic — correct clothes given a dash of daring when a splatter of ink pattern hit the hem of a tailored coat or the surface of a slim dress was gilded. 2010-02-14T13:00:00Z My eagle eye catches every unzipped zipper, mismatched sock, missing button or fallen hem. What I cooked for dinner when the doctors told me my husband was going to die 2019-05-18T04:00:00Z At every turn on “Helleborus,” the ensemble plays with gusto, coherence and license, heeding the framework without ever sounding hemmed in. Albums From Jesse Stacken and Norberto Lobo 2014-12-22T05:00:00Z The regulation hem level is a few centimetres lower than crotch level. Too much to bare: behind the scenes at a lap-dancing club 2012-07-20T21:59:00Z Sarah’s colleagues seem hemmed in by men who are jealous, predatory and selfish, unable to fathom the female solidarity that the film celebrates. ‘Lumière’: An Actress Destined to Be in the Light 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z Residents of Mentelle, a neighborhood on the east side of Lexington, Ky., once drove right past National Avenue, a half-mile street hemmed in by railroad tracks and the hum of traffic on U.S. A Trot, Not a Gallop, Toward Renewal in Lexington, KY. 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z But hip-hop is too popular and widespread to still be hemmed in by its traditional boundaries. Popcast: Race and Hip-Hop, a Conversation 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z 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 The shapes remained classics, like a pink knee-length shirt worn under a double-breasted coat in a dark red and pink micro check, with just the hem of the shirt showing. On the Runway: Born This Way: On a Farm 2011-06-24T22:14:22Z The only formal link is the lobed cut of the gown’s bodice and hem, which echoes the lotus-blossom patterns on the Buddha’s throne. Review: In ‘China: Through the Looking Glass,’ Eastern Culture Meets Western Fashion 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z Ellams’s title characters are hemmed in by newly insurmountable obstacles when war erupts between Nigeria and the breakaway republic of Biafra, where they reside. Reimagining Old Friends at the National Theater in London 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z Gilmore brings his sweetness to Mandela, but it’s a slight role, hemmed in by limited choreography as much as by the bars. Review: Ailey Rages in ‘Survivors’ and Finds Humor in ‘Roy’s Joys’ 2022-12-11T05:00:00Z For one shift, the pattern appeared in two different scales, with a white embroidered hem; he also used it in dresses with color blocks and silvery grid patterns. Fashion Review: Rushes of Excitement, Sometimes Deserved 2010-10-04T23:38:00Z Lupino has a sort of Kathryn Bigelow quality to her that I greatly admire — female filmmakers where it doesn’t feel like she was hemmed in by this necessity of telling a “girl’s story.” Natasha Lyonne and Rian Johnson Trace the TV Origins of ‘Poker Face’ 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z One of my favorite looks was a navy dress with a black-banded asymmetrical hem, short sleeves and a zipper turned into a detail in the back. On the Runway Blog: Ronald Shamask Returns 2011-09-16T21:08:12Z This suits Ms. Yoncheva, her face a changeable canvas of feeling and her hands poignantly articulate: Watch how she briefly grasps the hem of her lover’s coat, as if holding on for dear life. Review: ‘Iolanta’ and ‘The Nutcracker,’ Reunited Naturalistically at the Paris Opera 2016-03-13T05:00:00Z I was one of the fortunate ones, having decided at the last minute to wear socks and long trousers, so I could keep my hems tucked. Guardian readers on their worst holidays: rats, sewage and lots of vomiting 2016-12-30T05:00:00Z The writer, Sally Quinn, noted with astonishment the number of swooning female fans who had traveled many miles to see him, hoping to touch the hem of his garments. Perspective | Elvis Presley died 40 years ago, and he couldn’t have picked a worse time to do it 2017-08-15T04:00:00Z The fabrics were brocade and chinoiserie and leather, mixed with raw linen, most often with unfinished hems trailing loose threads. The Theme at Milan Fashion Week? Look to the Past 2014-09-19T04:00:00Z Some whales and seahorses also made appearances, as a motif on jackets and the hem of a gray skirt. On the Runway Blog: Thom Browne in His Bauhaus Period 2012-09-10T23:42:20Z And he’s not content to be hemmed in; now and then, he deploys a rock band. Pop Music in 2019: An Escape From Isolation? 2019-12-25T05:00:00Z His simple but powerful idea for fall was a three-piece wool ensemble along straight lines, in dark camel or gray, hemmed above the knee and shown with plain low-heeled shoes. | Fashion Review: In Paris, Ovations Where Merited 2011-03-05T00:36:15Z Inspired by the adult-seeming protagonists, I wore eyeliner and high heels to my middle school dances and got my uniform skirt hemmed as high as my parents would allow. How the Clique Books Taught Me to Hate Other Girls and Myself 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z Many of the designs featured asymmetrical points and edges in shirt tails, cuffs, and skirt hems. Tory Burch mixes daywear and sportswear for luxury line 2022-02-14T05:00:00Z Animating his “Umbrella” dress allows the viewer to see how the propellerlike forms attached to points collapse into the hem, so the dress resembles folds of a half-closed umbrella. Technology Brings the Designs of Charles James to Life 2014-04-30T22:11:48Z Even people interested in Gibson’s work hemmed him in. Jeffrey Gibson: American. Native American. Gay. An artist's life outside labels 2017-10-07T04:00:00Z He hemmed and hawed for the rest of the summer but ultimately stood firm. The Bike That Saved My Life 2018-01-19T05:00:00Z The result is something of a hodgepodge, hemmed in by a vague set of constraints. The Long Collusion of Photography and Crime 2016-04-09T04:00:00Z The film is also hemmed in by its formal conceits. ‘Cousin Jules’: a couple quietly living in a state of nostalgia 2014-03-06T20:32:54Z Over the years, hems rose and fell with the fashions, both on the Diving Girl and on us. Following the Lead of the Diving Girl 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z 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 His middle-class men of quiet desperation are hemmed in by a bad economy and family responsibilities that prevent them from sustaining idealistic career goals. ‘The Fixer,’ by Joseph Finder 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z On the demerit side, Mr. Pilati’s suits looked overly stylized even as a runway statement, with boxy silk jackets and kicked-out hems that don’t seem a modern option. On the Runway Blog: Yves Saint Laurent: Being a Spectator 2011-10-04T12:20:26Z Her fingers moved quickly, deftly, as though she were pinning a hem. The Christmas Wreath 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z In an earlier era, this would be blasphemy, but today the hemming and hawing is tacitly accepted. White Rappers, Clear of a Black Planet 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z That loft building is now hemmed on all sides by glass-walled skyscrapers that form the Hudson Yards development. Men’s Wear Flies Its Freak Flag 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z And so both the canonical choreography and the wonderful dancers, each endlessly deep in different ways, ultimately seem hemmed in, unable to expand in the viewer’s imagination. Review: In ‘Paramodernities,’ Words and Dance Do Battle. The Audience Wins. 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z He drops the affected hemming and hawing when it’s time to announce what the DNA has revealed: that Mr. Barrett the racist has a soupçon of African blood. ‘God’ll Cut You Down,’ a True Crime Book by John Safran 2014-12-07T05:00:00Z Their visuals quietly capture the dichotomies that pulling at the hem of its protagonists' lives. The must-see "Pachinko" is a pure and flawless beauty about the unpredictability of living 2022-03-26T04:00:00Z And some players dislike being hemmed in on their risers. So You Have $500 Million? Here’s a Shopping List for the Philharmonic’s Hall. 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z This time, the square shapes, even when hems were shorter, rarely even shadowed the body line. Special Report: In Color and Shape: Who Dares Wins 2010-09-26T17:39:00Z “There’s nothing better for a comedian than being hemmed in, being closed off, shut out, not welcome; that’s nutrition,” he says, talking about the dangers of the fame and comfort level “Seinfeld” brought him. Television Review: ?Inside Comedy? and ?Russell Simmons Presents The Ruckus? 2012-01-25T16:21:00Z After some hemming and hawing, the bartender admitted, “Honestly, I drink PBR and Jack Daniels. I can’t pronounce half these beers.” With 600 bottles of beer on the wall, how can a staff keep up? Taste, talk and learn. 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z “You could argue that classical music is about perfection and virtuosity — trying to touch the hem of God,” Mac says. Taylor Mac brings 24 decades of delirium and music to Los Angeles 2017-06-20T04:00:00Z They were deceptively simple, with a well-balanced trouser suit in white followed by a long open-back white column with a sheer panel of fabric flowing from the shoulders and looping at the hem. Fashion Review: With the Greatest of Ease: Fashion Review 2011-09-30T22:47:37Z Though it occupies a wedge of land in Mission Hills hemmed in on all sides by freeways, it offers a profoundly serene experience. Cultured Traveler: Los Angeles? The Valley Is Way Cooler 2012-07-19T20:12:06Z Fortunately, he agreed that the shorter length was more flattering and asked her to hem some more of his clothing, the New York Post reported. 5.5-inch inseam branded as perfect men's short length to make them more attractive, social media says 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z She adjusts her skirt, a teensy leather mini with metal loops studding the hem, checks herself in the mirror. Bria Vinaite: from Instagram entrepreneur to starring opposite Willem Dafoe 2017-10-29T04:00:00Z You may need to hem them to get the length just right. A beginner’s guide to window treatments 2017-04-11T04:00:00Z He reduced a pair of day suits to cool, fluid slivers, with asymmetrical hems. Fashion Review: Marni, Jil Sander, Armani, Versace, Versus, Bottega Veneta, Aquilano.Rimondi: Milan Fashion Review 2011-09-26T23:35:43Z Indeed, the fraying hems brought the threat of unraveling everywhere, making the outfits seem loaded with back stories. Powerhouses Ralph Lauren, Calvin Klein cap New York Fashion Week 2013-09-12T21:20:53Z If you look carefully you’ll see that their movements raise a breeze that lifts the hems of their gowns. Review: Art for the Soul in ‘Fra Angelico: Heaven on Earth’ 2018-05-16T04:00:00Z The company hemmed and hawed and “finally said, ‘We’re not looking for black people.’ Perspective | Fashion is finally figuring out diversity — in ways that actually matter 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z Hollinshead Ward advises buying treatments with extra fabric in case more length is needed, then hemming them to fit. Unsure of how to treat your windows? Experts offer advice to dress them in style. 2019-07-02T04:00:00Z He’d rather hem and haw, leaving everybody in limbo, than deliver bad news. Lionel Richie can’t slow down, and we’re all the richer for it 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z North African bead work embellished the collars of blouses and the hems of peplum pencil skirts. | Joseph Altuzarra 2012-06-13T19:38:25Z And don’t get her started on “exclusive styles,” which is when a store requests tweaks to existing items, like a skirt with a shorter hem. Surviving Fashion’s Summer From Hell 2020-09-19T04:00:00Z Even so, Miliband's view that the state is constrained, reactive and hemmed in by market forces has become increasingly plausible with the passage of time. Ralph Miliband and sons 2010-09-06T07:00:00Z Powell said it took four miles' worth of thread to hem one petticoat. Live-action 'Cinderella's' costumes get a glammed-up makeover 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z Perhaps it was the rich wine colors, mingling with fuchsia and turquoise, that overwhelmed the clothes, or the hefty fur hem on a slim astrakhan skirt, or the short padded coat cut in the round. Fashion Review: Sarah Burton Shows McQ, the Alexander McQueen Second Line 2012-02-21T18:19:33Z Over the years, the rough-hewn corner of SoHo was increasingly hemmed by frosty residential towers, but Don Hill’s remained a bastion for self-expression. All-Night Sendoff for a Clubland King 2011-04-06T23:39:28Z It’s hemmed in, moreover, by the staid psychology of the “origin story,” according to which people are destined only to become themselves. The Growing Emptiness of the Star Wars Universe 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z They were hemmed in by a whole panoply of enemy others: They’re just trying to scare you: The GOP’s long history of bizarre, make-believe enemies 2015-12-13T05:00:00Z Although the show opened with roomy dresses decorated with geometric squares, the hems falling to mid-calf, its soul was in the dominant pants. Sporty? It's the Olympics, Stupid! 2012-09-18T17:23:29Z But this was the best to date, a red satin gown with flattering seams on the bodice and a high-low hem showing off fun red shoes. Golden Globes 2015: Lena Dunham, Allison Williams get it right in red 2015-01-11T05:00:00Z From this season on, Green told me, steel bearings will be hidden inside the cords to keep them disciplined, like the lead curtain weights the Queen has sewn into the hems of her dresses. A Workwear Jacket Worthy of Drake and “Alien: Covenant” 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z Apart from the clarity of their avian behavior, there is a terrific sense of the force that’s being hemmed in. A Tour of Tony-Nominated Choreography 2010-06-03T22:41:00Z Two years later she referred to a collection of short coats with wired hems as “histrionic.” Pierre Cardin, Designer to the Famous and Merchant to the Masses, Dies at 98 2020-12-29T05:00:00Z For days, his representatives hemmed and hawed, eventually declining on his behalf. In Atlanta, Where Hip-Hop Meets Strip Clubs 2012-09-05T17:39:14Z The brides, in brilliant white shoulderless dresses, rally their parties to move on, holding their flowers in one hand, keeping their hems clear of the dust with the other. Tolstoy's great estate 2010-11-20T00:07:00Z As a fanboy, yeah, to just touch the hem of the garment. Benedict Cumberbatch: fanboy, photobomber, award-circuit rider 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z At the opposite extreme, but still with that balance of contemporary design and superb craft, was a slim V-neck tunic dress in black wool crepe extending slightly over a sheer basket-weave hem. 2010-02-13T01:54:00Z 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 Skirt hems flickered like flames as the dancers moved, and the leading ballerina’s sheer overdress floated around her like an afterglow. ‘The Peony Pavilion’: Underpowered beauty 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z Over time it became hemmed in, by St. Luke’s new Romanesque building and by an apartment house that hugged its opposite side. Museum Review: Alexander Hamilton?s Renovated Grange - Review 2011-09-15T22:35:12Z The participants are squeezed around a too-small table, hemmed in by books and papers that threaten to bury them. Movie Review: ?Footnote,? a Satire and Family Drama by Joseph Cedar 2012-03-08T17:16:01Z We learn about “the time she garroted Timothy Spencer’s pony because he had been sitting on it when he had glanced at the hem of her frock.” A Wild, Caustic Satire Packed With the Absurd 2020-11-23T05:00:00Z Marina looked beautiful in an intense red garment whose hem formed a circle on the floor, and her black hair was braided to one side. Sitting With Marina 2010-05-23T21:05:00Z Donatello’s has the more complicated garb and a funny detail: As he walks forward he’s stepping on the hem of his robe with his right foot. Review: Donatello in a Valedictory Show at the Museum of Biblical Art 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z Embroidered hands clutching the hem of a jacket. Fashion Review: Raf Simons and the Heart of Art 2014-01-16T15:13:02Z Along with the slouchy pants, a sleeveless navy dress in that rough linen with a frayed hem just above the ankles summed up the mood, and why people buy the Phoebe script. Fashion Review: Céline, Comme des Garcons, Yohji Yamamoto, Junya Watanabe: Fashion Review 2012-10-01T01:35:05Z Newer airports and those able to substantially redesign have an edge over many that are hemmed in by highways and surrounding communities. At Former TWA Terminal, Your Hotel Is Now Boarding 2019-05-15T04:00:00Z The Academy Awards looked different this year: The red carpet was hemmed, and the after-parties were cut. 2021 Oscar Winners: Complete List 2021-04-25T04:00:00Z The summer time audience might not have watched in droves, and those in Congress who have the power to put Trump in check may continue to hem and haw and delay. ABC's "30 Hours" Donald Trump special was a ratings bust — but in history's long view, it will count 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z The chief skill of the Hitchcock heroine is to lie, inflict and then suffer untold torments without ruffling her hem. What's wrong with Hitchcock's women 2010-10-21T20:30:00Z The first day I went, a friend in tow, the ship was manned by two clerks in matching orange sweaters, wrinkled shirts and green pants with their hems undone. At Marni, Shopping the Good Shop Lollipop 2018-04-11T04:00:00Z Most real estate TV quests are partially faked; many times, the couples have already bought the home they pretend to hem and haw over before choosing it in the end. Netflix's "Marriage or Mortgage" invites us to look back at a time when bad decisions were a luxury 2021-03-26T04:00:00Z Who can forget the year when the red carpet vomited up soap suds that ruined the hem of many a starlet's designer gown. The Baftas are so British, and no one blubs when they win 2012-02-12T14:30:01Z At one point, for example, Mr. McFarland asked why, in the photograph she took with Mr. Mueller, the hem of her skirt does not appear to be pushed up in the front. Taylor Swift Says Man Groped Her in ‘Devious and Sneaky Act’ 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z Here, there’s a coffee shop and an outdoor public terrace that opens to views of the main library and the skyscrapers that hem in Bryant Park. A Glowing Shrine to the Printed Word 2021-07-04T04:00:00Z Juneau is a compact town hemmed in by mountains and lakes, and it boasts the most unremarkable state Capitol in the entire U.S. The best way to witness Alaska’s stunning seascapes? Take a cruise along the Inner Passage 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z Coach is building the first of the skyscrapers that will hem in the sky, as the 26-acre, $15 billion Hudson Yards district proceeds. Unruly Final Section of High Line to Open 2014-09-03T04:00:00Z There were the signature trouser suits, sure, this time with narrow pants given the kick of a flare at the hem, and peplumed jackets with plunging necklines and small peaked shoulders. Armani, Margiela and Female Strength 2017-07-05T04:00:00Z And sometimes those barn walls hem in the dances. Provocative 'Oklahoma!' hits 5th Avenue stage 2012-02-11T00:06:04Z Falling hems are giving a boost to companion looks, as well. As Days Grow Longer, So Do Hems 2011-04-07T01:02:33Z “To see almost the entire G.O.P., but also a decent number of Democrats, equivocate and hem and haw and filibuster, and ultimately bend yet again to pressure from the gun lobby.” Obama and Bob Iger Speak at a Sandy Hook Benefit in Manhattan 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z A stylist was near a rack of clothes labeled “Surf and Skate,” and was crouching down to tinker with the hem of shorts worn by a male model. Amazon Gears Up for New York Fashion Week for Men 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z They are about the legacies and structures that hem in our choices, that define the circumference of our imaginations, that trigger our personal gut reaction to the very word “dream.” The Trouble with “White People” 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z Fey hesitated, hemming and hawing over naming names: “We’ve since made up.” An “SNL” mystery solved: This former Weekend Update host once called Tina Fey a very ugly word — and lived to Tweet about it 2015-12-14T05:00:00Z Rather than hemmed, edges are cut and reinforced with bartack stitching so they don't unravel but are easy to alter. Maria Pinto once again on road to White House 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z Ms. Dunham’s father, Carroll Dunham, who is a painter, made the print for a geometric floral dress with an asymmetric hem that is called Madderlake, after a florist that also used to be on Broadway. Lena Dunham and the Spanx Liberation Movement 2021-04-05T04:00:00Z It is a nimble solution that retains a strong street edge, while providing patio and garden space that doesn't feel hemmed in or overshadowed. How social housing in Manchester has reinvented the back-to-back 2012-12-18T15:39:19Z “As someone who grew up loving movies so much and loving Hollywood and loving the entertainment business,” she says, “it's kind of wild to actually get to touch the hem of the garment.” Megan Abbott writes bestsellers about bad people. Look out, she's coming to L.A. 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z Traditionally, the city’s sidewalk cafes tended to be dull to look at, crowded rows of tables hemmed in by plain metal railings. Outdoor Dining Offers Fresh Air and Fantasy to a City That Needs Both 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z Maybe Mr. Smith already felt hemmed in by the limitations he’d set for himself. Music Review: The Cure?s Reflections Tour, at the Beacon Theater - Review 2011-11-27T22:50:25Z Consisting of three pieces, it has a cropped sleeveless jacket, a stiffened camisole with a Bar peplum and a slim skirt with a contrasting hem. Fashion Review: Spring Couture Collections in Paris — Fashion Review 2013-01-23T22:42:16Z Ms. Burton’s tailoring — in gray and black lines meant to mimic a blown-up quilting pattern that slashed across the body in graphic detail, often with a swallowtail hem at the back — is all that. From Plagues to Floods to Black Tuesday, Fashion Goes On 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z While the client hemmed and hawed, Jeremy would tell him where all the nearby ATMs were. I managed a Washington, D.C., brothel: sex secrets from the nation’s capital 2015-05-31T04:00:00Z My parents, however, hemmed and hawed about going and told me they would get back to me, as did my sister. Perspective | Ask Amy: Halloween in the office shouldn’t offend others 2017-10-20T04:00:00Z A draper kneeling behind her shook out the hem while the costume designer looked on with satisfaction. What Opera Singers Gained, and Lost, Performing While Pregnant 2023-06-28T04:00:00Z Dresses were pretty, their rounded silhouettes broken by geometry: a mosaic of tiny square tiles at neck or even smaller pieces scattered above the hem. Fashion Review: Bill Gaytten at Dior Shows a Light Touch 2011-09-30T18:29:29Z There also were shimmering mermaids embellishing the hems of dresses and parrots alighting on parasols. Fashion Review: Stuart Vevers at Loewe and Vivienne Westwood on the Catwalks 2011-10-02T18:59:00Z Yet Gaga noted that corporate thinking has tried to hem in her creativity. Lady Gaga delivers complex message at SXSW 2014-03-14T18:18:00Z Perhaps the conflicting vision of the Phillip Lim woman came from the asymmetric effects that brought skirt hems riding high at one side but drooping like a collapsed sail at the other. Special Report: Sleek, Simple-And Ever So Streamlined 2010-02-18T12:49:00Z Her motions constrict as she is hemmed in by a box of light, and they stay constricted after the box expands. Review: Koosil-ja Embraces Revolution in ‘I Am Capitalism’ 2015-09-11T04:00:00Z A private nook on this level also features a treadmill area for gait analysis and a fitting room for pant hemming and sports-bra fittings. Is Nike’s Private Fitness Center the World’s Most Beautiful Gym? 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z On the runway, the geometric patterns on a calf-length skirt hem or metallic ribbon creating graphic squares on black tulle all originated with the concept of streamlining embellishment. Special Report: Sleek, Simple-And Ever So Streamlined 2010-02-18T12:49:00Z It is a performance which is at once very demonstrative and revealing, and yet paradoxically very closed off and hemmed in. Nocturnal Animals snub is failure of nerve as La La Land steamrolls Oscars | Peter Bradshaw 2017-01-24T05:00:00Z Stripes at the collar, wrists and hem of a tailored coat. Fashion Review: Raf Simons and the Heart of Art 2014-01-16T15:13:02Z His two daughters play in long, old-fashioned prairie dresses, nearly tripping over the ruffled hems as they ride bikes. “Under the Banner of Heaven” sags with the heavy weight of history 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z And also to have touched the hem of Stephen Colbert's raiment as well. A Minute With: Hugh Laurie sings the blues after 'House' 2013-08-14T12:10:18Z It rests on the shore of Penobscot Bay, a tight bundle of old Yankee structures hemmed into a strip of land where the mountains roll right into the sea. Competitive Tobogganing in Maine. Well, Sort Of Competitive. 2017-01-17T05:00:00Z And if you did, if you touched the dew on her hem, you could throw your crutches away. Leonard Cohen's Montreal 2015-02-28T05:00:00Z With flattering seams on the bodice, and a high-low hem that showed off her fun red shoes, this was a winning look. Golden Globes: Red carpet takes French flair to fashion heights 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z There must be 60 people in here, hemmed in by chairs, props and an oppressively low ceiling. Singing in the rain: Regent's Park musicals hit the high notes 2012-05-30T09:04:56Z It’s tucked into a corner of the floor-to-ceiling shelving that hems the foyer of her Manhattan home, a glint of gold among hundreds of books. Frances McDormand, True to Herself in HBO’s ‘Olive Kitteridge’ 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z She is a feminine and ethereal presence, from her soft nimbus of brown hair down to the delicate floral embroidery at the hem of her blush-colored silk dress. Art Review: Metropolitan Show Reunites Goya Portraits of the Altamiras 2014-04-24T17:09:52Z It makes the reader ask herself, “What would I say and do, if I could say or do anything, without a conscience to hem me in?” Why Can’t Women Be Serial Killers, Too? 2020-12-01T05:00:00Z And she did do some hemming and hawing. Barbra Streisand Is Ready to Tell All. Pull Up a Seat. 2023-11-07T05:00:00Z Her renegade spirit seems to permeate a store awash in hourglass dresses, mutton-sleeve blouses and hobble skirts, their hems hitched up to show off shredded hose and gaiters. | AllSaints Spitalfields: The Rugged Charm of Jack the Ripper?s London 2010-06-09T01:28:00Z More tiny bouquets appeared on a black tulle evening dress with a transparent hem. On the Runway Blog: Bouquets for January (It’s Called Resort) 2013-05-21T23:36:16Z Instead there’s a lot of polished hemming and hawing; any number of impeccable leather trench coats, but few big ideas. Safe Mode in Milan 2018-09-23T04:00:00Z I certainly see what you mean, although you don’t have to be an attorney to see the textual hemming and hawing here. Help! My Lost Luggage Wasn’t Delivered for 12 Days. I Want Restitution. 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z Also strong were nipped-waist jackets in cream or black worn over a double-faced crepe tank dress, the hem just below the knees. Fashion Review: Calvin Klein, L?Wren Scott, Marc Jacobs - NY Fashion Week 2011-09-16T22:55:30Z Turn the edges of the patch under to produce an inverted hem and to prevent fraying. Todd Snyder on How to Add Patches to Your Jeans 2020-06-09T04:00:00Z Built on mud flats on the eve of World War II, DCA was hemmed in by river, city and restricted sky. Goodbye to Gate 35X, cursed portal to the rest of America 2021-04-06T04:00:00Z Now hemmed in by suburbia, the grounds measure about a third of an acre. An Effort to Save J.M.W. Turner’s Country House 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z “His trousers have the perfect proportion and the right amount of break in the pants,” he added, referring to that point where a trouser hem meets the top of one’s shoes. Some Notes on 100 Days of Biden Style 2021-04-28T04:00:00Z It also prevented a Saab white latticework dress with flirty hem she wore to the Santa Barbara International Film Festival this month from looking too bridal. Rachel McAdams Tries Short Hair, Sheer Textures and Elie Saab 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z After some cajoling, he would agree to go back to the lap dance area, and then would hem and haw about actually handing over that $20, trying to get me to beg for it. Who says sex work isn't compatible with a happy home life? 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z Wood scallops were layered like feathers to form the hem of another sinuous underskirt topped by a sheer shell-pink tunic trimmed in the same scallops, which also formed a scrim over the shoulders. Chanel and Valli: Odes to the Natural World 2016-01-26T05:00:00Z The blood on the sleeve and the hem of the coat is another grim reminder of the savagery of naval warfare. Nelson engages the French again as uniform goes on show in Paris 2013-03-27T16:43:00Z That pricey Saks coat with a bubble hem that cost half your paycheck? The Marie Kondo Effect Reaches Beacon’s Closet 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z “What are you so worried about?” said my son as I hemmed and hawed and generally second-guessed our decision to get off the river a few days early. 2010-01-07T18:26:00Z But Lopez didn’t want to be hemmed too tightly into that role either: She turned down an offer to be a backing dancer on Jackson’s tour because she wanted to act. Jennifer Lopez at the Super Bowl? It’s the Role She Was Born to Play 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z He then asks if she still thinks about a future with him, and she hems and haws and settles on, “I’m happy?” The 'Bachelorette' Watch: And The Winner Is... 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z Several gowns had a windblown wheat print at the hem, with the rest of the dresses catching different moments of the sunset. Designers feeling texture at NY Fashion Week 2011-02-16T21:51:22Z When it threatens to do so, the story feels hemmed in by the details of Mahmood’s actual life. ‘The Fortune Men,’ a Novel That Remembers a Man Wrongly Sentenced to Death 2021-12-05T05:00:00Z You’re a mole person who, if you become an angel investor in my books, might someday touch the hem of my Speedo.” The World According to Tim Ferriss 2011-03-25T21:44:29Z “The silhouettes this season are markedly linear and tailored, yet feature moments of exuberance like an undulating cascade, an enormous sleeve or a color reveal at a hem,” the label explained on its Instagram page. Carolina Herrera brings splashes of color on Valentine’s Day 2022-02-14T05:00:00Z In the men’s atelier, seamstresses hemmed ample brocade capes and attached rosettes, sashes and epaulets to jacket shoulders. Christian Lacroix Puts Opulence into a ‘Midsummer Night’s’ Ballet 2017-03-07T05:00:00Z Sometimes it was an inset around the bodice, sometimes more subtle on the cuff of a jacket or hem of a skirt. Final night of NY Fashion Week features big names 2011-09-15T21:14:09Z But then a fox tail slinked out from under a coat hem for a touch of unconventional wit. Special Report: Fashion: Hats Off to Easy Elegance 2011-01-24T18:21:28Z To hem curtains, lay them flat and fold the fabric back on itself. Unsure of how to treat your windows? Experts offer advice to dress them in style. 2019-07-02T04:00:00Z For the evening, Armani turned back to black, including wide skirts adorned with geometric florals, shiny trousers and dresses with red velvet hems combined with black fur coats with red inlays. Emporio Armani's urban and bright looks at Milan shows 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z But just as the impenetrable silhouettes seemed too tough, they dissolved into soft fabrics, liquid lines that folded over the body or cascaded into handkerchief-point hems. Special Report: Fashion: Mugler and Gareth Pugh: Don?t Forget The Clothes! 2011-09-29T17:22:14Z “All I could think is if I fall, I’m dead,” Margaret said after surviving a narrow, shoulderless road — hemmed in by hedgerows and stone walls — with huge lorries close on our heels. Going to great lengths: Cycling Britain from Land’s End to John O’Groats 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z And the dancing began to intensify, with women holding up and shaking the hems of their skirts, and men using their feet as percussive strikers. BomPlenazo Artists Collective at Hostos Community College 2014-10-12T04:00:00Z And that made for a fine way for Mr. Browne to show his latest collection of plain gray suits, plaid gray coats and constricting gray dresses with scalloped hems. On the Runway Blog: Thom Browne in His Bauhaus Period 2012-09-10T23:42:20Z “There are times when I’m on my knees, pinning hems and putting on my clients’ shoes.” Hollywood?s Power Stylists 2012-01-13T22:05:14Z One high-profile dresser showily rushed backstage at the Oscars to adjust the hem of a dress styled by a competitor. Hollywood?s Power Stylists 2012-01-13T22:05:14Z Tussauds, in short, has always enabled us to touch the hem – or bum – of royals, celebrities and criminals. What makes Madame Tussauds' wax work? 2011-02-26T09:00:02Z Depending on the type of fabric used no hem may be needed at all ie: leather, vinyl and most heavy duty coated canvas. A DIY potting tarp to make indoor gardening mess-free 2022-05-14T04:00:00Z “They would send a PDF, and we would draw on the little avatars: ‘Shorten the hem.’” Even if You Can’t Afford Designer Clothes, Your Bitmoji Can 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z One long black dress was etched with the skyline of the city in crystals at the hem. Ralph Lauren’s Dream of New York 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z Women twirl, holding up the hems of their long, full skirts to display a burst of red and white ruffles. Bailadores de Bronce dance troupe celebrates 40th anniversary 2012-04-13T22:24:04Z With a carefully considered sense of which trunks belong on which trunk, and little patience for guys who hem or haw, the man is a Bravo sleeper hit waiting to happen. Fine Points: The Latest Men?s Swimwear 2010-06-02T20:59:00Z Beams of infrared and ultraviolet radiation pulsed across the hem of one Caryatid’s robes, burning soot millimeter by millimeter to reveal the apricot-tinted patina of the original marble. Caryatid Statues, Restored, Are Stars at Athens Museum 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z A mix of high and low hems will continue from recent seasons, Downing said. Expect simple, modern looks at New York's Fashion Week 2013-09-05T12:25:59Z During one afternoon in late February, Sarah Glenn was in the original conservation atelier in the museum, , working on a 1965 Pucci tunic with a small split at the fold of the hem. In London, Museum Adds Fashion Conservation Space 2014-04-11T07:05:00Z There were petal hems and collars and others details that brought to mind a fist of torn petals, or a Knight video image of an exploding flower. Dior: Electric Gardens 2010-07-05T16:36:00Z The family-owned company now works with regional and international designers whose cuts and hems transcend the workday for the runway. Dirty Old Factories 2013-08-14T22:06:55Z In 1979, Bennett, feeling frustrated and hemmed in by his life in Britain, moved to New York, having enlisted Sondheim and Leonard Bernstein to support his application for a US green card. Sir Richard Rodney Bennett 2012-12-26T18:24:33Z The former gold-mining town is nestled deep in the San Juan mountains, with dramatic cliffs and pine-covered peaks hemming it in. My love affair with the American bluegrass festival 2013-07-17T12:00:03Z In the portrait he gave the countess the world’s most beautiful gown, of the palest pink silk with embroidered roses at the hem. Art Review: New European Paintings Galleries, 1250-1800, at the Met 2013-05-23T22:47:11Z He had the germ of something, I thought, in a smudgy rose-print dress with a long, asymmetrical hem and semi-sheer shoulders. | Fashion Review: Peter Som, Richard Chai, The Row, Cushnie et Ochs, M. Patmos, Jason Wu, Kimberly Ovitz, Wes Gordon: Fashion Review 2011-09-10T01:07:02Z He reached down to the frayed hem of his shorts and twisted a thread between his fingers. Planned Parenthood is a symbol. This is the reality of one Ohio clinic. 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z I searched the hem, looked at the print on the tag and, not yet able to read myself, said, Yes. A Letter to My Mother That She Will Never Read 2017-05-13T04:00:00Z A long skirt looks new at the moment, and the pronounced asymmetry of the hems made them even more appealing. 2010-02-17T17:21:00Z Estimates of the time that has elapsed since the last deep cleaning ranged from a jokey “twenty years ago” to a hemming “define ‘clean.’ The San Francisco Bookstore Where the Revolution Ends up 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z Yet the collaboration among Hope, the Zurich Chamber Orchestra and the Roberts Trio remains unstintingly polite, with the latter noticeably hemmed in. What Is American Music? Three Classical Albums Offer Answers. 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z After prison officials measured the hem length, and then the height of her heels, she was then told the dress showed too much cleavage. Grateful for a Wedding in Prison 2020-10-22T04:00:00Z “A gust of wind lifts the hem of the bathrobe,” Shapiro writes, “exposing his pale legs as he stands on a sheet of snow-covered ice.” For Better, for Worse: Three Memoirs Report From Marriage Country 2017-05-16T04:00:00Z “Even with that, over the centuries in the West there have been changing fashions in the way Christ was represented that are as variable as hem lines,” she added. Searching for a Jesus Who Looks More Like Me 2020-04-10T04:00:00Z Kept on the booties and jumped into a Stella McCartney Kids navy dress — love the flouncy hem and sleeves, so girly. What I Wore: Kiernan Shipka of ?Mad Men? ? What I Wore 2012-03-23T15:43:11Z Because an urban setting like this tends to “hem in” private yards, the brick-paved area was individualized as much as possible. Abercorn Place Idea House 2010-07-15T22:03:00Z I hemmed and hawed, as the phrase goes, before saying no thanks. Still Life: Dwight Garner on Driving to West Virginia 2012-08-21T16:23:08Z He tugged at the hem of my sweater and said, “Is it O.K. if I take this off?” He Asked Permission to Touch, but Not to Ghost 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z Ever feel hemmed in by your airport choices? To Save Money on Flights, Look to Smaller Airports 2017-08-16T04:00:00Z Never mind the underwhelming-looking pebble beach hemmed in by roads and houses. 36 Hours in Kailua-Kona 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z So it’s about feeling hemmed in, irritability and excessive drinking.” 'You don't ever get over it': meet the British soldiers living with post-traumatic stress disorder 2014-10-18T04:00:00Z His wife, meanwhile, sits "sighing and moralising over her broad hems". Ten questions on Jane Austen 2012-05-18T21:45:05Z “She dreams to disappear into nature,” Ms. Missoni said, making that seem literal with boots and even the hem of a rust-colored dress apparently rising from primeval mud. Fashion Review: Raf Simons at Jil Sander and Tomas Maier Redefine Sensual 2012-02-26T18:29:25Z But if you are hemmed in by a no-care-packages policy, send letters, send origami swans, send a goofy drawing, send a big crayon heart, and embrace a moment away from consumer culture. Motherlode Blog: How to Pack a Camp Care Package 2012-07-10T16:06:00Z To complete the tableau, she pegged a clean white sheet to a clothesline, embroidering the initials of the Ku Klux Klan on the hem. Review | This 93-year-old artist has been taking on racism and sexism for decades — and is finally getting her due 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z Life-sized grey paper buds opened to reveal exotic multi-colored blooms, and clusters of oversized hand-stitched flowers hanging heavily from hems of coats, exploding from shoulders or swinging from full skirts cut below the knee. Lagerfeld's winter garden blooms for Chanel in Paris fashion week 2015-01-27T05:00:00Z This truncated mini — with its dramatically dropped waist — appeared on several of Tuesday’s looks featuring a frayed deconstructed hem. Chanel caps Paris Fashion Week with swaths of iconic tweeds 2022-03-08T05:00:00Z Much like the people Faye meets who find their post-separation lives arid and brittle, England, Cusk seems to suggest, may discover it is even less free alone than when hemmed in by its ostensible obligations. Elusive leaps of grace and daring: Rachel Cusk's 'Kudos' 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z Our drive to Eunice the next morning took us through the heart of the Cajun prairie, along a sinuous, treeless stretch of road hemmed by vast meadows of switchgrass and spring wildflowers. Explorer: In Cajun Country, in Search of the Boucherie 2011-06-03T18:55:00Z The new inspiration brought more taut and tailored clothes but above all the drapes, which ended in folds like a horn of plenty at short skirt hems. Special Report: Draped to Be Shaped 2010-02-21T18:30:00Z Last season’s lace edging on silk shorts is repeated in the lace-cut hem of a leather coat. Fashion Review: The Cavalry Can?t Save Them 2010-03-06T03:11:00Z The most inspired dress that Mr. Rucci offered was a black moiré tent, tipped at the hem with wispy feathers, over an inky swirl of chiffon. 2010-02-13T01:54:00Z In this powerful and unnerving portrait, a young woman seems hemmed in and overshadowed by the objects in her father's study. Outsider geniuses and blue crystals – the week in art 2013-06-07T16:00:41Z But Colman explained in a recent interview that costume designer Verity Hawkes wanted to portray the brokenhearted woman as rotting from the inside by darkening her hem to look like there's mold growing through it. Olivia Colman on her "Great Expectations" for Miss Havisham: “There's such darkness inside her" 2023-03-27T04:00:00Z “They hemmed and hawed, and finally we negotiated it.” Porcelain Finds Its Outside Voice 2018-09-23T04:00:00Z “I chopped this off,” she says referring to its hem. | Olivia Sandelman 2011-03-10T14:01:34Z She pieces together Ni Chonaill’s life as if she is mending a hem, keeping the story from unraveling further. One Irish Poet Looks Back Three Centuries to Find Obsession and Inspiration in Another 2021-05-25T04:00:00Z Modern ideas about what constitutes a style are hemmed in by a long list of laws, standards and customs, and policed by constant chatter in the media and online. Maryland Rye Whiskey Has Finally Returned. But What Was It in the First Place? 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z The lake itself is hemmed in on all sides by hills that rapidly rise into snow-tipped mountains. Readers' tips: literary locations 2010-12-24T11:58:00Z Lavigne also used skulls in black lace on jackets and at the hems of minis. Avril Lavigne promises `badass' wedding gown 2012-09-11T17:29:09Z “At that point, I had sewn maybe a couple of hems. I had no idea what I was doing.” New Wave of Male Entrepreneurs Changing Fashion Scene 2014-06-20T04:00:00Z New York is a “river of hats” and its women’s faces sag “like a fallen hem.” Review | Poetry need not be a call to action, but ‘The Long Take’ is 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z Flower prints were reduced to virtual orchids at the hem of long dresses and the actual flowers in the hair. Prints That Tell a Story 2012-09-16T18:24:24Z Mr. Byrne and Mr. Eisenberg are impeccable, but they seem more hemmed in than liberated by their craft, which is to say that Gene and Jonah are beautifully rendered ciphers. Review: In ‘Louder Than Bombs,’ a Father and Sons Grieving 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z The series presented virtual jungles and cities of tactical opportunity, but they were illusions, hemmed by invisible walls that permitted only the procession down hallways of narrow choice. Critic’s Notebook: Call of Duty: Black Ops II and Halo 4 2012-11-13T08:01:23Z By the next day, Mr. Abillar had both of them hemmed and ready for pickup. | Self Edge: Jeans Made to Be Tough Enough for the Demanding 2010-04-13T22:37:00Z Volunteers scurry around backstage, braiding hair and tying ribbons, sewing loose seams or taping up hems. Out of the Spotlight, Still a Star: The ‘Backstage Diva’ 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z Dresses and skirts featured asymmetric hems or tiered ruffled constructions. Celebrity designer Kors plays up signature looks at Fashion Week 2013-09-11T21:51:07Z I like a hem below my knee even though I was blessed with fairly good gams. Patron behind the fashion treasury favors a relaxed Southern California matron look 2010-09-01T16:21:00Z Such tailored styles were never buttoned-up but infused with a street vibe — gray sneakers with messy laces, or white pants with elasticated hems. Dior reconstructs Paris in spectacular Fashion Week show 2022-01-21T05:00:00Z Shiny, strapless frocks came with built-in mini motorcars at the hem; other longer sheaths had high heels caught in their torsos, and jutting from one hip. The Gangs of Fashion 2022-03-06T05:00:00Z Jennifer Nettles has been such a signature country vocalist because of her gift for tightly-controlled howling, but here she sounds constricted, hemmed into another vocalist’s box. The Playlist: Prince’s Own ‘Nothing Compares 2 U,’ and 12 More New Songs 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z Before long, the two are smitten, the one-night stand a foregone conclusion, all hemming and hawing aside. ‘Where We Started,’ About a Sudden and Serious Fling 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z The setup also frees Trump from being hemmed in by a lectern or a chair when he’s taking questions. Trump’s favorite venue for making news — or avoiding it — is right in front of the presidential chopper 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z The hem was filled in with pink feathers. Casting Elegant Shadows in Chanel's Garden 2010-10-05T14:27:00Z Though not as absolute as the Berlin Wall, the private fences, hedges and walls that hem in the streets here are no more traversable. Where Berlin’s infamous wall once stood, humans and nature now flourish 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z Anthony resisted until she tired of ripping the hems of unwieldy skirts getting on and off stagecoaches and dragging them in the mud. Mike Huckabee’s worst nightmare: Meet the radical sisters who revolutionized 19th century America 2014-03-09T15:00:00Z Personal preference plays a part too: lots of people like to sit dead centre in the middle of a row; I'd always sacrifice being central for not being hemmed in. Good seat, bad seats – in theatre, surely the play's the thing? 2013-02-04T13:59:45Z There were a lot of shorts on the spring runways, and my favorites were from Prada — in satin with unfinished hems and paired with a cropped blouses. The High Low | Vince Bermuda shorts, $185 2010-03-22T17:31:00Z "She will notice that the hem is dangling, and it's done," Clark said in her dressing room, Grecki at her side. Dressers, Broadway's backstage stars, can take a bow 2011-06-25T04:58:04Z She adjusted the hem of the skirt then pulled the waist lower. Patina Miller Chooses High Drama 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z The yellow shortie coat with the lopsided hem I crafted when I was 12? Falling short: seven writers reflect on failure 2013-06-22T07:00:00Z As I was pulling on my boots, the shirt ripped on the sleeve’s hem! What I Wore: Decisions, Decisions 2011-03-11T19:01:48Z Dresses were strikingly fresh, and included a cotton shirtwaist with a fleece hem and a sleeveless look with a sparkly black tweed bodice and soft, semi-sheer black skirt. Fashion Review: Stella McCartney, Givenchy, Herm?s and Giambattista Valli Strut Their Collections 2012-03-06T00:32:21Z Rosemary’s Baby was and is shocking, but I suspect that in the 70s, mainstream audiences were not so balkanised, not so hemmed into genre and simply not so conservative. What the F? How Mother! joined the 'bad movie' club 2017-09-18T04:00:00Z On the demerit side, Mr. Pilati’s suits looked overly stylized even as a runway statement, with puffed-up silk jackets and kicked-out hems of short skirts that don’t seem a modern option. Fashion Review: Chanel Never Breaks Stride: Fashion Review 2011-10-04T23:14:49Z There were mini dresses with bouncy ruffle hems, tiny shorts sets and delicious trouser suits in bright greens, purples, sunset orange and sunny yellow. Model legends walk Sergio Hudson’s NY Fashion Week runway 2022-02-13T05:00:00Z They want to rub up against the hem of the garment. Ryan Reynolds: from buff buffoon to Hollywood heavyweight 2015-10-20T04:00:00Z Hey, if we wanted to watch a guy hem and haw and not make a commitment, we could just spend time with the men in our real lives. "The Bachelor's" twisted revenge fantasy 2011-01-11T16:12:00Z For ready-to-wear, the slim dresses opening into a bubble toward the hem looked feasible, at least for the evening. Special Report: Fashion: The Post-Feminist Armani 2011-02-28T18:41:47Z Regardless of whether Mr. de la Renta, in his 80s, is shopping for a new creative director, his bridal unit confidently distills the essence of his brand: judicious ruffle here, trumpet hem there. The Latest Bridal Dress Collections Showed Few New Wrinkles 2014-04-18T21:15:29Z The print is featured on a skirt with a ruffled hem and a halter gown with a plunging V down the back. For here or there, `resort' clothes are wearable 2012-06-22T17:16:04Z The clothes were completely clear and desirable, especially the simple versions of long T-shirt dresses with asymmetrical hems and the drop-crotch pants in cotton stripes. Haider Ackermann: Broken Hearts 2010-10-02T10:45:00Z The roses start small, budded at the top of the dress, and get bigger, to snowball-size blooms at the hem. At Gabriela Hearst, Cashmere and the Carlyle Are Close at Hand 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z A single piece might be exactingly constructed, then rent to its raw edges by the hem. On a Youth Kick 2014-02-28T01:05:47Z But what Vargas thought would liberate him turns out to have hemmed him in. From journalism to activism: Jose Antonio Vargas’s life on the run The other guys react with the requisite hemming and hawing; someone probably scuffs his boot in the dirt. ‘Triple Frontier’ Review: Men on a Mission? Possible! 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z I spun around in it, watching the hem rise and fall. The Dress Promised Me Something the Doctors Couldn’t 2021-03-19T04:00:00Z Chuck Grassley would “hem and haw about this or that problem he had with the bill without telling us what exactly it would take to get him to yes.” Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on Barack Obama’s ‘A Promised Land’ 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z One of the first federal public housing projects for black people, Liberty Square had indoor plumbing and electricity — a rarity — and attracted middle-class strivers who had been hemmed into substandard segregated neighborhoods. From Bittersweet Childhoods to ‘Moonlight’ 2017-01-04T05:00:00Z Despite some inexplicable flaps on trench coat lapels and trouser hems — seriously, what is it with the flaps? — the result was a tighter, more streamlined presentation than Mr. Tisci has given for the brand. Michael Kors Doubles Down on the Return of New York 2021-04-22T04:00:00Z “Niceness, it is obvious to me now, / lets out what should be hemmed.” A Raging Pandemic Inspires Poetry With Little Bite 2020-12-14T05:00:00Z I’m not the shortest person in New York; there were periods when I, hemmed in by crowds, could see no dance movement at all. Dance Review: Mark Dendy’s ‘Ritual Cyclical,’ Ensembles Worshiping 2013-07-25T19:47:21Z There were denim vests, shorts and straight cut jeans, some embroidered with flowers and doves, others adorned by a silver sequined hem. Flights of fancy at Day 2 of London Fashion Week 2012-09-15T18:24:10Z The ultimate fate of these characters is not in doubt; they strut and fret while hemmed in by the known future. 'Better Call Saul' Recap: What Kind of Show Is This? 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z You eat at picnic tables hemmed in by murals halfway between graffiti and hallucination, without knives or forks, gnawing meat off the bone like the happy animal you are. The Top 10 Cheap (and Well-Traveled) Places to Eat in 2016 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z Indeed, nearly every garment was beautifully made, with keepers like brocade jackets and skirts with dolly faces subtly embedded around the hem. Fashion Review: Young Designers Lead the Way at London Fashion Shows - Fashion Review 2011-09-21T17:58:26Z The dramatization hems and haws, incorporating flashbacks, fantasy sequences and other features intended to add intrigue to the narrative and depth to the characterizations. ‘Trial by Fire’ Review: A Strong Case Against the Death Penalty 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z There’s thankfully little hemming and hawing about real feelings or propriety, and much more thoughtful grappling with thornier issues. All’s Well That Ends Well: Fall Romance Novels 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z Corsets were boned and hemmed to my exact measurements, shoes tailored for my small, wide feet. Emily Woof 2010-03-21T00:08:00Z “And that’s a metaphor for the city, where art is hemmed in by political forces.” On the Frontier, the Lubumbashi Biennial Makes Art From Obstacles 2019-12-13T05:00:00Z |
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