| 单词 | slimness |
| 例句 | He mines the many meanings of her unpolished fingernails, her eyebrows that never looked “effortfully plucked,” her slimness. Deep Cuts: Writers and the Women They Worship 2013-04-17T19:07:02Z But others welcomed the move, saying it would help end the exploitation of models who were driven to dangerous levels of anorexia by an obsession with slimness in the industry - and perhaps the public. Magazine changes 'no models' rule 2012-09-06T10:48:15Z For the next 20 minutes, as I ate my roast dinner, they attempted to convince me to have a colonic, to boost me towards slimness. Fat girls do yoga too 2014-10-11T04:00:00Z She was featured on "Access Hollywood" in 2009 trying again to diet her way back to slimness. Overweight celebrities under the microscope 2010-06-08T20:32:00Z This was the 1950s when her generation of Jews was desperately trying to fit into the American ideal of slimness. I wasted decades feeling fat and ugly 2016-01-24T05:00:00Z The move to use "real people" was hailed as a counter to the fashion world's obsession with slimness. Magazine changes 'no models' rule 2012-09-06T10:48:15Z The pursuit of ‘wellness’ hits that crucial point on the Venn diagram between aspiration, self-love and slimness I grew up in New York and have spent time in Los Angeles. Green is the new black: the unstoppable rise of the healthy-eating guru 2015-06-27T04:00:00Z Quant is often credited with the miniskirt, that mixed blessing that freed women from constrictive undergarments but subjected them to new standards of girlish slimness. ThighMasters, Jazzercise, Yoga and Other Chapters in the History of Women and Exercise 2021-12-20T05:00:00Z When I taught in African schools, the high-school girls thought slimness was a prize to be gained by hard study. 'You have to experience it to know what fat is like' 2013-02-02T08:01:04Z Kang’s latest isn’t a page-turner, and reading it can feel like being suspended in time, or sitting through a very long class, despite the book’s slimness. Why 'The Vegetarian' author Han Kang's newly translated novel is her gutsiest yet 2023-04-17T04:00:00Z “Mimi’s position is so important to the rest of us, because celebrity culture often sets the standard for everyday women — the standards of slimness and beauty and looking young,” Douglas said. 'This is me, this is my face': Actress Mimi Rogers on aging naturally, without cosmetic surgery 2023-03-04T05:00:00Z The slimness of the headband also makes it uniquely suited for use with VR headsets. The best gaming headset deals you can get right now 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z Citing the campaign’s lack of cash, Mr. Garcetti said he was surprised at the slimness of the operation when he joined. Why Some Democrats Worry About the Whiteness of Biden’s Inner Circle 2020-06-04T04:00:00Z "While the female model in the ads generally appeared to be in proportion, there were specific scenes which, because of her poses, drew attention to her slimness," said the ASA in its ruling. Nasty Gal ad banned over underweight model 2018-10-10T04:00:00Z Reva is the woman trying to meet society’s norms for slimness, beauty and romance, which her “friend” — quote marks needed — is determined to avoid. A young pill popper sleepwalks through a ‘Year of Rest and Relaxation’ 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z But there seemed to be safety in his slimness — both for the artist to express himself and for his countless questioning teenage fans. Welcome to the Age of the Twink 2018-05-14T04:00:00Z The biggest advantage of this display over the majority of others is the slimness of its bezels, which OnePlus enhances with a thoughtful software tweak. OnePlus 5T review: polished to a T 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z Selfridges said the woman was not positioned in a way that was intended to exaggerate her slimness. Selfridges ad of 'thin' model cleared by watchdog - BBC News 2017-04-11T04:00:00Z The unanswerable but ever intriguing question, of course, is how much of Curry is self-made, and how much inherited physical genius was always housed in that unprepossessing slimness. The hidden price Steph Curry pays for making the impossible seem effortless 2016-04-08T04:00:00Z I point the finger at Apple, and its insistence on compromising battery life for phone slimness. Apple Smart Battery Case Review: iPhone Battery Life Nearly Doubled 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z It matches the Samsung in slimness and features like a fingerprint reader. Tech Review: Amazon’s $50 Fire Is the Paperback of Digital Entertainment 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z Apple reportedly refers to it as the “MacBook Stealth” internally because of its slimness. There Are Two Huge New Rumors About New Apple Products 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z The whiskering — that faux faded wrinkling — is meant to add to the illusion of slimness, Blakely says, as does the dark wash. Spanx stretches into new territory with jeans, but the promised magic is elusive Samsung tells me that its designers were inspired by minimalist architecture when building the tablets and the goal is attain "ultra sleekness and slimness." Samsung's Galaxy Tab S is its latest attempt at beating the iPad 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z What do you most dislike about your appearance?My slimness – lack of broadness. Q&A: Stuart Broad 2013-02-09T08:00:03Z His trousers, after exhausting the ordinary number of buttons in front, prolonged themselves into a kind of corselet that drew attention to the slimness of his waist. The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z Yates had braced her into some new tremendous fashionable stays from Paris, and she thought the effect of slimness was astonishing. Mrs. Thompson A Novel 2012-04-25T02:01:10.557Z Occasionally, at the beginning of the new friendship, Norah was assailed by doubts about this, which intensified her prejudice against blue eyes, not to mention excessive slimness and immoderate length of neck. The Vanity Girl 2012-04-12T02:00:26.883Z Let's Be kind to the pass�, but primness, but primness, With "winkle" curls shaking, is not very taking, When linked with old-spinster-like slimness,—like slimness. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105 October 7, 1893 2012-04-03T02:00:30.460Z In striking contrast to the expansive attire of the women, the men's dress appeared designed to accentuate their natural slimness. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z Cortes, by reason of the extreme slimness of his form, was the only one of their number who could manage to squeeze himself through the narrow opening. Across the Cameroons A Story of War and Adventure 2012-03-19T02:00:28.667Z Much of the dialogue, as it read, was certainly charming; but I should have been afraid of the slimness and un-scenic quality of the plot. The Letters of Henry James (volume I) 2012-02-08T03:00:15.197Z You, dearest Bella, have very nice ankles; but if you wear shoes like that and never pull up your stockings their slimness escapes the eye. The Vanity Girl 2012-04-12T02:00:26.883Z The figure was heavier, more stalwart than, as he had been told, was for that season the mode, but the mode, that season, exacted a slimness that indicated the weakling. Running Sands 2012-02-05T03:00:08.983Z These had been flung contemptuously on to the floor and the survivors lay face downwards on the table with a new and alluring slimness. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z It was a long, slim dress and it made as much as possible of every inch of Susannah’s long slimness. Out of the Air 2011-11-21T03:00:14.460Z The slimness of his figure was unimpaired; his features retained their clear-cut lines of youth and innocence; his complexion shone with the glow of health, nothing else. The Whirligig of Time 2011-11-04T02:00:23.063Z One is extreme slimness, particularly in comparison to rival cellphones. Motorola CEO Details Five Reasons For Reviving RAZR Brand 2011-10-18T19:26:07Z He remembered how far and still was this deserted spot; his muscles were very stiff, and he felt the slimness of the stick in his hand. "Persons Unknown" 2011-09-28T02:00:23.683Z Involuntarily, he compared her slimness with Blanche Maitland’s generous lines, and decided that thinness was unbecoming. The Bigamist 2011-08-31T02:01:34.797Z He continues to take training but the slimness of his veteran coaching staff, in the shape of Pat Rice and Boro Primorac, begs the question about where the innovation can come from. Ars?ne Wenger safe from sack but only urgent action can save Arsenal 2011-08-29T21:04:00Z "My book didn't storm the town, Kindelon," retorted Mr. Howe, lifting a hand of scholarly slimness and pallor toward his opaque goggles. The Adventures of a Widow A Novel 2011-08-25T02:00:27.403Z Me they suspected of Southern blood from my quick slimness and swarthy colour, but Deventer was a joy to them. A Tatter of Scarlet Adventurous Episodes of the Commune in the Midi 1871 2011-08-04T02:00:19.957Z Their “slimness” was carried on on every available opportunity. South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 3 (of 6) From the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899, to Lord Roberts's Advance into the Free State, 12th Feb. 1900 2011-07-29T02:00:27.053Z She smiled encouragingly at the girl, who was wrapped in her own dressing-gown, a thick masculine garment that sat oddly on her slimness. Barnaby A Novel 2011-07-12T02:00:39.777Z Though in several delicacy was pronounced enough to suggest ill-health, the Westmore features predominated, fine brows, dark hair, clear skin, slimness and roundness combined. Nobody's Child 2011-06-29T02:00:24.827Z I am able to see just how each one will change, how this pretty plumpness will get fat, how this delicate slimness will get bony. Rose of Dutcher's Coolly 2011-04-10T02:00:07.273Z With a strength that seemed impossible for their slimness she disengaged her hands from his grasp. Pieces of Hate And Other Enthusiams 2011-03-28T02:00:24.120Z No sooner did the enemy show his nose than the Scottish Rifles held him in check, and over and over again showed him that British tenacity was equal to both Boer stubbornness and slimness combined. South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 3 (of 6) From the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899, to Lord Roberts's Advance into the Free State, 12th Feb. 1900 2011-07-29T02:00:27.053Z Moreover, it is understood that in recompense for the slimness of the dower Charlotte, you, and your sister will lodge and board with me, without, to put it plainly, any expense to you. The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 or The Foundation of the French Republic, A Tale of The French Revolution 2011-03-21T02:00:09.090Z But the lithe slimness of his mother had tempered the blocky proportions of his father, so that he combined size with strength and fluid grace. Swamp Cat 2011-03-06T03:00:20.453Z She, too, was tall and beautifully formed, with that slimness of early youth that only escapes being angular, but has in it the charm of suppleness that lends grace to every action and every gesture. Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I. 2011-02-18T03:00:17.957Z She was very fair, with a delicious complexion of cream and roses, and a figure of extreme slimness. Abington Abbey A Novel 2011-01-30T03:00:14.557Z With great caution and “slimness” they finally commenced to creep up nearer and nearer, firing the while, and hoping, when things became a shade worse, to rush the position. South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 3 (of 6) From the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899, to Lord Roberts's Advance into the Free State, 12th Feb. 1900 2011-07-29T02:00:27.053Z Helplessly she threw out the palms of her hands and the unexpected gesture displayed an amazing slimness and whiteness of wrist. The Sick-a-Bed Lady And Also Hickory Dock, The Very Tired Girl, The Happy-Day, Something That Happened in October, The Amateur Lover, Heart of The City, The Pink Sash, Woman's Only Business 2011-01-04T03:01:00.723Z He wore a tight grey coat, which emphasised his slimness, and his shining modish silk vest cast a false glitter of the world of society over him. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z After staring at high-def Alba pictures and talking to the makeup artists, I concluded that she wins in HD not just because of her youth, her slimness and her wide smile. The Medium: How HDTV Scrambles Beauty Standards 2010-06-25T16:48:00Z Horace Fletcher masticated his way to slimness, chewing 100 times per minute, not swallowing till each mouthful was liquefied. Books: Taking Pains to Take Care, Both Now and Then 2010-05-24T19:33:00Z Yet Boer “slimness” was then well enough established. South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 3 (of 6) From the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899, to Lord Roberts's Advance into the Free State, 12th Feb. 1900 2011-07-29T02:00:27.053Z The Not-at-Any-Price-Vaughans must be greyhound built for slimness, if you ask me. Miss Million's Maid A Romance of Love and Fortune Michael admired her slimness and tallness, but he wished that men would not turn round and stare at her as she passed them. Sinister Street, vol. 1 "Get out of my office!" he roared, rearing his impressive bulk against Turkey's slimness. The Land of Strong Men "Of a delicate slimness——" "True—O, most true, sir!" Our Admirable Betty A Romance To these early methods, and to his native “slimness” and cunning, the Boer now added some German erudition. South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 3 (of 6) From the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899, to Lord Roberts's Advance into the Free State, 12th Feb. 1900 2011-07-29T02:00:27.053Z A slimness is in length and even in strength. Geography and Plays However, Muriel and her porcelain-blue eyes and the full bow of her lips and the slimness and girlishness of her were forgotten in the complexities of life at a great public school. Sinister Street, vol. 1 Such troops need not be organized in large bodies, for their mission is to act by “slimness,” not by violence. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" It was saddening to find that, even here, people were prepared to make remarks about the slimness of her legs. The Youngest Girl in the School I’m an older man, and perhaps more used to these fellows, but I’m sure you could beat me in slimness. With Rifle and Bayonet A Story of the Boer War Flicker through the flames of the wide maw rigid square bodies of men opulence of childbearing women slimness of young men, and girls with small curved breasts. A Pushcart at the Curb But nature had given him a slimness and an actual grace he found, in his private self-scrutiny, almost girlish, nor could he wholly outwit and supplement her by the athletic training he never intermitted. Old Crow In this stronger mood, she concentrated upon her own prettiness, the slimness of her body, her power to please him. Coquette Then one realized that it was only the slimness of fine-drawn ankles, the swelling smoothness of hidden sinews which created that impression. Once to Every Man Her gentle, faded face and extreme slimness gave her a grace of demeanor which Lady Lysle was quick to acknowledge. The School Queens He admitted that she was a remarkably pretty girl, as dark as Barby was fair, and of about the same height and slimness. The Electronic Mind Reader A fresh waist, 80 a ribbon at her throat, a slimness of her waist and an artificial freshness in her complexion showed that she had been parading that afternoon. The Readjustment In such enterprises there is a wide field for slimness and craftiness—qualities which might very well be combined in greater undertakings. Cavalry in Future Wars The interior has a stately slimness with which no fault is to be found and which in the choir, rich in early glass and surrounded by a broad passage, becomes very bold and noble. A Little Tour of France But this slimness of figure is not inconsistent with muscular force. Minnie's Pet Horse The troops grew daily thinner, until, had he not followed their increasing slimness, Mac could hardly have recognized some of his old friends. The Tale of a Trooper It noted the dark good looks of her tousled head, the slimness 6 of the figure which moved so awkwardly, a certain flash of spirit in the undisciplined young face. The Fighting Edge She held him close, adapting her lithe slimness to the easy supporting and enfolding of the childish figure. The Convert “A beautiful, grown-up young woman,” he said, glancing reflectively over her soft, swaying slimness, her white frock with its purple ribbon and golden jonquils, and up to her tender cheek. In Connection with the De Willoughby Claim One would rather Mr. Beerbohm Tree should have played the part in his own clever, elegant slimness—-that would at least have represented life. Picture and Text 1893 One could easily forgive them for not being exactly content, but what one could not forgive was their slimness, their plausible exterior, and their inner mass of falsehood. The Second Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers in the South African War With a Description of the Operations in the Aden Hinterland Owing to the slimness of the service in the lower grades they became lieutenants young; but there they stuck. From Sail to Steam, Recollections of Naval Life Pitt, at this time thirty-three years of age, had lost some of the slimness of youth, but his figure was bony, angular, and somewhat awkward. William Pitt and the Great War Between their youthful slimness he moved like a protecting giant. In Connection with the De Willoughby Claim Her figure, in spite of its childish slimness, suggested not youthful purity but a sensuous grace. There was a King in Egypt It brought out her waxen, lily-like pallor and the midnight luster of her hair, accentuating her height and slimness, and her eyes glowed like sapphire stars. The Fifth Ace She looked so young, so altogether young, with her slimness and her tumbled hair, and her childishly quivering red mouth, for all that great unhappiness in her eyes. The Heart of Arethusa It had been only the other day that her slimness was altogether to her liking; but at present she was in love with plumpness as typified in Mrs. Lafirme. At Fault Thinness, again, is allied to slimness, slenderness, fineness, etc.; ideas which are involved in the conception of delicate, and furnish an easy transition to it. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 4, August, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy “It has that slimness just before the tail fin spreads out, and there are plenty of flying fish here, of course.” Jack at Sea All Work and no Play made him a Dull Boy The tossed and sunny tangle of thy hair, Thy swiftness, slimness, shyness, simpleness, That set the old folk sighing for the rare Red rose of Joy thy careless days possess. The Inn of Dreams Probably, on account of its slimness, it is usually bound up with more substantial works, and thus escapes the eyes of book-hunters and cataloguers. The Book-Hunter at Home He took in her sweet supple slimness, the fine throat line beneath the piquant lifted chin which mocked his caution, the little imps of raillery that flashed from the dark live eyes. The Highgrader Her tall, well-rounded form struggled through a painful compression into slimness; her whole attire had that peculiar tournure which we islanders term Frenchified. Olive A Novel Lady Grace passes from us at any rate in her laced and pearled and plumed slimness and her pale concentration—leaving her friend a moment, however, with his hand on the door. The Outcry Her beautiful lips and eyes expressed only sweetness and feminine charm, and her body, though thin and bent, was of girlish slimness. The Eagle's Heart He is inclined to that East Anglian characteristic akin to Boer “slimness,” and it is easy enough to understand that the breach between him and his “guv’nor” was inevitable. Edward FitzGerald and "Posh" "Herring Merchants" He waded ashore, beautiful in his supple slimness as an Apollo, climbed the rock a second time, and again knew the delightful shock of a dive into icy water fresh from the mountain snows. The Highgrader She had the lithe slimness, and the greens and browns that suggested the outdoors. Where the Sun Swings North It was a tall figure in a long cloak the colour of a duck's egg, and it gave the effect of willowy slimness despite the disguising mantle. The Heather-Moon They were clean-shaven, and friendly where the guards were surly and sneering at Hanlon's youth and slimness. Man of Many Minds He had often before looked at girls and wondered at their slimness, and thought that it seemed part of their mystery. The Way of Ambition She gives the effect of fashionable slimness, yet she is all lovely curves and roundnesses. Secret History Revealed By Lady Peggy O'Malley He was shorter and much younger than his chief, with a boy's rangy slimness and an open, good-looking face, his eyes bright on Foscar with a kind of eager excitement. The Time Traders They were such thin frail arms, the young body on which the dress hung loose was only a shadow of the round slimness which had been so sweet. Robin The compositions were huddled, the landscapes pure but finical, the figures inclined to slimness, awkwardness, and angularity in the lines of form or drapery, and uncertain in action. A Text-Book of the History of Painting And again he was conscious first of her slimness, her smallness. Then I'll Come Back to You Her slenderness was rounded, her slimness soft and full. Winner Take All Notwithstanding the apparent slimness of the authority, as I am myself convinced that it is substantial, I think it my duty to communicate a circumstance to congress. The Life of George Washington, Vol. 2 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States He was stout about the waist but his small blue eyes sparkled in his red face and Henrietta's slimness unromantically but practically approved of him. Robin Here were towers of needle slimness, solid blocks of almost windowless masonry looking twice as bulky beside those same towers, archways stringing at dizzy heights above the ground from one skyscraper to the next. Star Born He noted the perfect poise of her figure, clad as it was in a cheap print gown,—the slimness of her waist, the fulness of her bosom, the white roundness of her throat. The Treasure of Heaven A Romance of Riches Mrs. Daggett conscientiously wore stripes at all seasons of the year: she had read somewhere that stripes impart to the most rotund of figures an appearance of slimness totally at variance with the facts. An Alabaster Box He was thrilled by her slimness, her weirdness, her vitality. "Contemptible", by "Casualty" She was less a child now, standing so close to him; her slimness made her appear taller than she was. The Courage of Marge O'Doone Her body, through the inconceivable irony of nature, was at the same time thin and flabby, wooden and chubby, without having either the elegance of slimness or the rounded gracefulness of stoutness. The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume 3 He had a lightning-like impression of her beautiful shoulders rising from her plain black gown, her delightfully easy walk, the slimness and comeliness and stateliness of her. Nobody's Man It was a delight merely to behold the young master in his slimness and elegance. Atlantis She was all in pink, and a wreath of little pink wild roses lay close about her head, making her, with her tall young slimness, look like a Botticelli nymph. Emily Fox-Seton Being "The Making of a Marchioness" and "The Methods of Lady Walderhurst" His shoulders were of good breadth, his waist and hips of an athletic slimness. The Courage of Marge O'Doone For all her slimness, she looked both competent and dangerous. The Big-Town Round-Up They made over her because of her slimness, her beauty, the aura of daintiness that surrounded her, the little touches of shy youth that still clung to her manner. Tangled Trails A Western Detective Story The extreme slimness of her figure seemed accentuated by her backward poise. The Betrayal Every movement of her exceeding slimness was curiously graceful. Emily Fox-Seton Being "The Making of a Marchioness" and "The Methods of Lady Walderhurst" The slimness of attenuation was merged in that of wiry strength and muscle. The Lost Treasure of Trevlyn A Story of the Days of the Gunpowder Plot The massive bulk, which had replaced the slimness of his youth, and his splendidly developed forehead made him there, as everywhere, a majestic figure. Prime Ministers and Some Others A Book of Reminiscences He let no possible opportunity escape to better his position; and in the choice of means he was not inclined to risk his reputation for "slimness." Four Months Besieged The Story of Ladysmith There had been other boys there, bigger boys, but he had offered, and had been saved humiliation by her girlish slimness and feather weight. The Gay Cockade A slender old lady, over sixty, rather tall, in a brown silk skirt, and a white burnouse that showed the shrunken slimness of her arms, came eagerly forward. Tales from Many Sources Vol. V The Boer was between two fires, and he would need all his "slimness" to pull him out of trouble. Campaign Pictures of the War in South Africa (1899-1900) Letters from the Front He was as slim as a sapling, the slimness of muscle and health. Kenny She was of little over the medium height, exceedingly slim—a slimness which was accentuated by the fashion of the gown she wore. The Lighted Way He is a rather heavy and sizable boy for all his saintly slimness. Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man It was not wanting in "slimness," but it was the "slimness" or cunning of a primitive race, and was easily gulled by wiles that might have been employed against a tribe of Red Indians. A Handbook of the Boer War With General Map of South Africa and 18 Sketch Maps and Plans She seemed to grow tall before her guest's eyes; to stand in a kind of proud splendor that had eclipsed her girlish slimness. A Daughter of the Dons A Story of New Mexico Today From the reflection she let her eyes travel over her body, and noticed that curves and roundnesses were taking the place of boyish slimness. Captivity She was holding her dress together with one hand, gathering it close round her ankles to give herself an air of greater slimness. Madame Chrysantheme The tall pines lost their slimness and stood in wide blurred blotches all across the way, and a great shadowy bird arose, wheeled and melted, murmuring, into the black-green sky. The Quest of the Silver Fleece A Novel For a moment she stood unconsciously silhouetted against the wall, virginal in her whiteness and her slimness, and yet, in her build alone, giving such promise of greater beauty, in the maturity of love. Desert Love Her face was very white; but she faced him in her erect slimness, with her dark eyes fixed steadily on him. A Daughter of the Dons A Story of New Mexico Today It is a trait which has become a national characteristic, and the craft, dissimulation, the slimness, as it is called, of the Boers is a by-word. With Rimington What a singular originality these bouquets of Chrysanthème always have: a something difficult to define, a Japanese slimness, a mannered grace which we should never succeed in imparting to them. Madame Chrysantheme He was a tall boy of fifteen years, with long limbs that were saved from any unlovely slimness by their full-fleshed curves and perfect straightness. Tell England A Study in a Generation We went through our married life in the days of our financial slimness, with kindness shown us by every doctor we ever had. An American Idyll The Life of Carleton H. Parker He observed the gracefulness and slimness of his daughter's stockinged legs, and thought what a real little man his son seemed already, so sturdy on his pins. The Devil's Garden She still had the slimness of immature girlhood, the adorable shy daring of some uncaptured wood nymph. Mavericks It is the fashion here that every one should have a growl at the general slimness and slovenliness of our department. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 30, September, 1873 The long lapels of his rich coat hung deep, and the rich waistcoat of plum-colored satin added slimness to a torso not too bulky in itself. The Mississippi Bubble And still the slimness of the native contrived to dodge the wiles of civilisation. The Siege of Kimberley She had lost nothing of her slimness, and except on dress occasions wore her mass of soft black hair twisted in a loose knot and unpowdered. The Conqueror My shoulders were sufficiently broad to hold it nicely in place and it fell with a gracefulness upon my hips, but at my waist it collapsed on account of a slimness in that locality. The Daredevil The figure had not lost the slimness of its youth, but the walk was stiff and precise. The Splendid Idle Forties Stories of Old California This one, a long, sinuous robe that enveloped her slimness like a flame, beginning down around the train in a sullen smoke and rushing up to her face in a burst of crimson. The Vertical City Suddenly, the disparity between the bigness of the reader and the slimness of the verse overcame me, and catching his eye, I laughed aloud. People of the Whirlpool The slimness of her figure as she leaned among the cushions accentuated the fragility which her recent illness had stamped upon her. The Obstacle Race She was tall enough to carry off a little extra weight, but excessive slimness was the fashion, and she shuddered at the thought that she might some day deviate from the perpendicular. The Custom of the Country The reason of this, as I was told, is that the females, although married so young, seldom become mothers before their fourteenth year, and until then preserve their original slimness. A Woman's Journey Round the World Now, she recalled with a twinge of envy that the accused girl had been of an aristocratic slimness of form. Within the Law Linda," he said, "do you know that the slimness and the sheerness and the audacious foothold and the beauty of that thing remind me of you? Her Father's Daughter "Stoutness and slimness seem to be matters of predestination," said Anne. Anne's House of Dreams Her attitude showed the long slimness of her figure and the fresh curve of the throat below her bent-back head. The Custom of the Country He sat up and shyly fitted his palm about the slimness of her waist. Main Street He was dark and very slim—with the slimness of steel wire. Fanny Herself At length Lily withdrew her hand, and moved away a step, so that her white-robed slimness was outlined against the dusk of the branches. House of Mirth She was very delicately made, and Roderick had come honestly by his physical slimness and elegance. Roderick Hudson The two friends wheeled round sharply to find themselves face to face with an exceedingly tall individual, whose length was almost grotesquely added to by the amazing slimness of his figure. The Mystery of the Four Fingers You don't know—you can't have any idea of—the slimness of these rogues if you suppose we are as yet anywhere near running them to ground. The Four Faces A Mystery She lay on the sofa again after dinner—her white slimness and bright hair showing delicately against the cushions—playing still with her novel, while George read the newspapers. Sir George Tressady — Volume I She had taken to short waists and broad sashes, and a style of drapery which accentuated the elegant slimness of her figure. The Golden Calf He keeps his head with the coolness of a Red Indian, and a "slimness" all his own. The Naturalist on the Thames Miss Beggs couldn't have noticed this, for scarcely ever did her gaze meet his; she had a habit of standing lost in thought, her slimness a little drooping, as if she were weary or depressed. The Happy End Even at that distance, he distinguished a lively slimness in the girlish outline that could belong to no other than the Incomparable Kathleen. Kathleen She admitted to herself, with a little annoyed laugh, that her old desire for inviolable charm, for the integrity of a memorable slimness, was unimpaired. Linda Condon The Colonel had grown a little stouter, and his wife was too polite to cultivate a slimness which might have seemed a reproach to her husband's comfortable figure. The Golden Calf He had lost his slimness, and that curved solidity which might have adorned a taller man was a rather sarcastic threat to his short figure. Impressions of Theophrastus Such Suddenly she felt all her slimness and fragility; she felt all the girl in herself and all the dominant man in him, and all the empty space around them. Hilda Lessways He found her to be seventeen, slender, with that strong slimness that only an English girl achieves; with a straight brown gaze and abundant dark chestnut hair. Kathleen Her tall, elegant figure was girlish in its supple slimness, and she had an easy and natural grace in every movement, which she inherited with her tropical West Indian blood. Uncle Bernac A Memory of the Empire Her slimness never lost its meed of elegance. The Profiteers The men were of the same light colour and slimness as those I had seen on the edge of the mist in Clearwater Glen. Salute to Adventurers His slimness and gayety had disappeared as well as his dreaminess and versifying instincts. The Awakening of Helena Richie She looked so much like Bert, with his dark hair and eyes, with his slimness and his tallness, that you could tell at once she was his sister. The Bobbsey Twins on a Houseboat She was awkward and angular, with prominent shoulder-blades, and no soft curves anywhere in her slimness; only her black hair, growing low on the forehead, and her eyes were fine. The Stillwater Tragedy This print represented fifteen sisters, all of the same height and slimness of figure, all of the same age—about twenty-five or so, and all with exactly the same haughty and bored beauty. The Old Wives' Tale The outlines of womanhood appear amidst girlhood's innocent slimness, and woman shoots forth at first all embarrassment, still retaining much of the child, and ever and unconsciously betraying her sex. The Fortune of the Rougons She had much of the ant's brownness and slimness, too. Our Mr. Wrenn, the Romantic Adventures of a Gentle Man Oh, a certain rounded slimness—what my cook calls a nice little corn-fed chicken. Strong as Death The eyes and the hair were the same; but the smile was deeper, and the pliant figure had lost its extreme slimness without a sacrifice to its delicacy. The Stillwater Tragedy She ought to have known that only youth and slimness have the right to appeal to the feelings by indecent abandonments. The Old Wives' Tale His slimness, as McDowell had noted, was the slimness of a young girl. The River's End The slimness of her figure and a grace of movement which was particularly hers obtained her at last a situation as a mannequin in the show-rooms of a modiste. At the Villa Rose In order to become as slender as Annette, she continued to drink nothing, and the real slimness of her figure gave her the appearance of a young girl. Strong as Death Her slimness was as it had pictured itself to him in the hot sands. The Flaming Forest For four days the Maluka argued with Chinese slimness before he felt satisfied that his cash was in safe keeping while the Wag and others did as they wished with our spare time. We of the Never-Never She was really no more slender than the normal woman, but, compared with her mates, she seemed of elfin slimness; she was shapely in a supple, long-limbed way. Angel Island Not until they had finished, and Adare had produced cigars of a curious length and slimness, did the older man ask the question for which Philip had been carefully preparing himself. God's Country—And the Woman But the Baroness came to the rescue of her husband, and resolutely declared herself in favor of slimness. Strong as Death She was not above the middle stature of women, but her slimness and erectness, and the kind of costume she wore made her seem tall as she stood in this low-ceiled room. The Nether World Being first cousins they had decided, or rather Holly had, to have no children; and, though a little sallower, she had kept her looks, her slimness, and the colour of her dark hair. To Let Clara also had filled out; in figure, she had improved; her elfin thinness had become slimness, delicately curved and subtly contoured. Angel Island He was very well now, and grew enormously in that pure and trenchant air, broadening as well as lengthening, till, notwithstanding his slimness, he gave promise of becoming a large, athletic man. Love Eternal She was slight, without that look of slimness which is common to girls, and especially to American girls. The Duke's Children She rose quickly from the music-stool; even then, however, she lingered a moment, still holding her small companion, drawing the child's sweet slimness closer and looking down at her almost in envy. The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 2 She was a little thing of that exceedingly light slimness of build which makes a girl a childish feather-weight. T. Tembarom A slender old lady, over sixty, rather tall, in a brown silk skirt, and a white burnoose that showed the shrunken slimness of her arms, came eagerly forward. Stories By English Authors: Italy (Selected by Scribners) The interior has a stately slimness with which no fault is to be found, and which in the choir, rich in early glass and surrounded by a broad passage, becomes very bold and noble. A Little Tour in France I had clean forgotten the slimness of the tackle, and, as he was clearly well hooked, held him perhaps too hard. Angling Sketches Indeed, they are a little heavy in hand, still there are examples of agreeable slimness, even in this poor old country. Adventures Among Books Her cheeks were no longer pale; the extreme slimness of her figure was no longer apparent. Peter Ruff and the Double Four Ogden was mighty tough with all his slimness, and he gives 'em as neat a single-footed tussle against odds as I ever see. Options What is the rationale for the admiration of slimness as against stoutness? The Foundations of Personality Thanks to my slimness I slipped into a tent set up in the gardens of the Papion house, and found a place close to the armchair in which the duke was seated. The Lily of the Valley She lifted the weapon with a great effort, which showed the slimness of her delicate fair wrist and the sweet tracery of blue veins upon it. A Lady of Quality Some were tall and slender with an angular slimness; others were stocky and corpulent with short neck and head sunk between the shoulders. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse Her complexion was delicate and perfectly natural, the graceful lines of her figure suggested more the immaturity of youth than any undue slimness. The Malefactor At that period it seemed to me and to the Thompson boy, who was moved to speak feelingly on the subject, and in fact to all of us, that excessive slimness might have its drawbacks. Cobb's Anatomy And as to make it more vivid to him she rose from her chair—a movement she seldom risked in these days—and showed herself, all draped and all soft, in her fairness and slimness. The Beast in the Jungle This get-up suited him but it also changed him extremely by doing away with the effect of flexible slimness he produced in his evening clothes. The Arrow of Gold A Story Between Two Notes |
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