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downy
1. plump and downy pillow the only noise to be heard was that of a gentleman snoring
2. "Yes," said Downy Woodpecker, "and didn't he sing? All about blue skies, and sunshine and happy days, with his
3. Downy Woodpecker must keep his eyes open as he hammers the trees, and
4. The soft light was accentuating the fine downy hairs on her arms
5. Lucy placed her hand on top of his soft, downy
6. His body fat was practically zero, his bald spot had started re-growing hair, downy it might be, but it was undeniably there
7. Mild spray makes an ef ective remedy for stopping the spread of downy mildew, mould,
8. Byron’s lap physically ached as Emily stroked her fingertips past her navel and effortlessly through her shaped downy hair catching her caressing hand between her thighs and squeezing it tightly in place
9. One day the neighbor--he is a nice neighbor, interested in our experiment--sent us some raspberries, a basket of them, all glowing, and downy, and delicious with dew, and covered with a beautiful silvery cabbage leaf; but they were afflicted in just the same way, only more so
10. When he lifted his head from what felt like a soft downy pillow, he looked at his body and saw that the angel was with him
11. He saw her face, the skin still fresh and pink and downy, but crow's-feet near her eyes, her eyelids steady, sinking a little, her mouth always closed with disillusion; and there was on her the same eternal look, as if she knew fate at last
12. with all the impetuosity of motion I was mistress of, the downy cloth of
13. umbrage of the downy spring moss that over-arched it, bestowed, on the
14. Divan, walls, ceiling, floor, were all covered with magnificent skins as soft and downy as the richest carpets; there were heavymaned lion-skins from Atlas, striped tiger-skins from Bengal; panther-skins from the Cape, spotted beautifully, like those that appeared to Dante; bear-skins from Siberia, fox-skins from Norway, and so on; and all these skins were strewn in profusion one on the other, so that it seemed like walking over the most mossy turf, or reclining on the most luxurious bed
15. Haidee was reclining upon soft downy cushions, covered with blue satin spotted with silver; her head, supported by one of her exquisitely moulded arms, rested on the divan immediately behind her, while the other was employed in adjusting to her lips the coral tube of a rich narghile, through whose flexible pipe she drew the smoke fragrant by its passage through perfumed water
16. An indescribable ray of joy illumined that wretched countenance like the last ray of the sun before it disappears behind the clouds which bear the aspect, not of a downy couch, but of a tomb
17. encountering him with all the impetuosity of motion I was mistress of, the downy cloth of our meeting mount was now of real use to break the violence of the tilt; and soon, indeed! the highwrought agitation, the sweet urgency of this to-and-fro friction, raised the titillation on me to its height; so that finding myself on the point of going, and loath to leave the tender partner of my joys behind me, I employed all the forwarding motions and arts my experience suggested to me, to promote his keeping me company to our journey's end
18. No! nothing in nature could be of a beautifuller cut; then, the dark umbrage of the downy spring moss that over-arched it, bestowed, on the luxury of the landscape, a touching warmth, a tender finishing, beyond the expression of words, or even the paint of thought
19. Sometimes for half an hour at a stretch he would sit silently gazing at the saffron-red, downy, wrinkled face of the sleeping baby, watching the movements of the frowning brows, and the fat little hands, with clenched fingers, that rubbed the little eyes and nose
20. covered with a mended sheet between two babies, the downy flaxen head of one
21. Lord Butterwell and his bride sat on plump downy cushions in a double throne of gilded oak
22. The queen-sized bed practically filled the space and was covered with a downy white spread and a dozen pillows
23. The little princess had grown stouter during this time, but her eyes and her short, downy,
24. The little princess talked incessantly, her short, downy upper lip continually and rapidly touching her rosy nether lip when necessary and drawing up again next moment when her face broke into a smile of glittering teeth and sparkling eyes
25. The conversation was general and animated, thanks to Princess Lise’s voice and little downy lip that lifted over her white teeth
26. Her eyes were smiling expectantly, her downy lip rose and remained lifted in childlike
27. ‘Dearest,’ said the little princess after breakfast on the morning of the nineteenth March, and her downy little lip rose from old habit, but as sorrow was manifest in every smile, the sound of every word, and even every footstep in that house since the terrible news had come, so now the smile of the little princess- influenced by the general mood though without knowing its cause- was such as to remind one still more of the general sorrow
28. Strands of her black hair lay round her inflamed and perspiring cheeks, her charming rosy mouth with its downy lip was open and she was smiling joyfully
29. That night, at the age of forty-eight, he had the few downy strands left at his temples and the nape of his neck cut off, and he embraced with all his heart his destiny of total baldness
30. 4 Horehound (Marrubium vulgare) is thyme-scented, downy, with squarish stems to 50cm (20in), roundish, crinkly, greenish-white leaves and whorls of whitish flowers; in dry scrubby places in Eurasia
31. 8 Marsh Mallow (Althaea officinalis) grows to 90cm (3ft), downy grey, with large lobed leaves and pale pink flowers
32. I was suddenly, upon turning the corner of a steepish downy field, in the midst of a retired little village between gently rising hills; a small stream before me to be forded, a church standing on a sort of knoll to my right, which church was strikingly large and handsome for the place, and not a gentleman or half a gentleman’s house to be seen excepting one, to be presumed the Parsonage, within a stone’s throw of the said knoll and church
33. I was suddenly, upon turning the corner of a steepish downy field, in the midst of a retired little village between gently rising hills; a small stream before me to be forded, a church standing on a sort of knoll to my right—which church was strikingly large and handsome for the place, and not a gentleman or half a gentleman's house to be seen excepting one—to be presumed the Parsonage—within a stone's throw of the said knoll and church
34. When Sara went to bed she found that she had a new thick mattress and big downy pillows
35. The princess said nothing, but suddenly her short downy lip quivered
36. The little princess had grown stouter during this time, but her eyes and her short, downy, smiling lip lifted when she began to speak just as merrily and prettily as ever
37. “Dearest,” said the little princess after breakfast on the morning of the nineteenth March, and her downy little lip rose from old habit, but as sorrow was manifest in every smile, the sound of every word, and even every footstep in that house since the terrible news had come, so now the smile of the little princess—influenced by the general mood though without knowing its cause—was such as to remind one still more of the general sorrow