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plumed
1. It fanned its brilliantly plumed tail in pleasure when she obliged
2. buried by mounds of mole plumed and sieved earth
3. It had the same claws, the same six legs and long plumed tail
4. They weren’t bloody from battle but were young and fit with stylish kilts, polished figure-eight shields with artwork on them, plumed half-helmets of heavy tapestry and sheathed rapiers with ornate hilts at their belts
5. the Tower is but a sorry cage in which to keep so grandly plumed a bird
6. With his lavishly plumed helmet held under one arm, he asked the general directly, who was still sitting down in his chair, too flabbergasted to adhere to protocol and pay proper respect:
7. Parker groaned as he twisted in his harness and survival gear to keep sight of the white chute that had plumed over the jungle canopy
8. Her blow had landed towards the top of his helmet, which had deflected the weight of the blow into the large blue crest that plumed from its top
9. These were painted and plumed, and mostly naked, brandishing spears and spotted shields
10. With cool assurance he made his offer to the stately, plumed, suspicious grandees of the barbarically magnificent court
11. True; there had been lack of time to don the heavy plumed casque, or to lace in place the side-plates of the cuirass, nor was there now time to snatch the great shield from the wall
12. In the streets the fighting milled and eddied, plumed helmets and steel caps tossed among the tousled heads and then vanished; swords hacked madly in a heaving forest of pikes, and over all rose the roar of the mob, shouts of acclaim mingling with screams of blood-lust and howls of agony
13. Sweating with uncertainty Servius approached and stared into the face of the mail-clad giant, and then, convinced of the reality of what he saw, he dropped to one knee and doffed his plumed cap
14. And suddenly he heard a low scream from a woman on the other side of the street and somewhat ahead of him—a naked courtesan wearing the tall plumed head-dress of her class
15. Axes rose and fell above the plumed helmets, spears thrust upward, bringing down horses and riders
16. dog that is handsome, athletic, compact, richly plumed, active,
17. A smile crossed his lips as he noticed how obviously Lady Jane’s chiffon gown in royal purple with plumed hat and Lord Ashburn’s tweed jacket with plum-coloured ascot contrasted with the simple black-and-grey attire of Preacher Cooper and Elizabeth, respectively
18. It has been said that America is a continent without history, the stupidity of this comment is self evident when confronted by the archaeological sites of these mighty cities of such grace and beauty, and after listened to some of the colourful myths and legends I became enthralled, in particular after hearing the legend of a Toltec god named Quetzalcoatl (Plumed Serpent) he was described as a black bearded white man, who appeared a thousand years before the European invasion, he was a teacher, inventor, architect and painter, he eventually left Mexico saying he would return, when in March 1519 Hernan Cortez landed in Mexico with a mere 600 men he met no resistance because the Indians thought he was Quetzalcoatl returning, this mistake cost them and the world the loss of a complete civilization
19. Kan is the snake, the plumed serpent which ties together the Heart
20. Kan is the snake, the plumed serpent (symbolized by the rainbow) which ties together the Heart of Heaven and the Heart of the Earth
21. His hot breath plumed in the air as he fought to regain his composure
22. Checking out the models in the pictures she saw that they had plumed themselves to the point of looking almost silly
23. The ensemble of the female pirate was topped off with a plumed hat and a face that wasn’t attractive in any sort of way
24. "I know you've been through a lot tonight," she plumed through gritted teeth, as if reading Ingrid's very thoughts
25. A sudden burst of sweet breath plumed from her nose, followed by long gasp
26. A light, musical breath of air plumed from her chest, and the sound and the scent of it brought Scott dangerously close to letting go too soon
27. "He's not home," one of them plumed
28. "Why?" Ingrid plumed, hoping the other wouldn't notice the eager way her chest rose with some much needed air
29. "Active?" she plumed, trying to see more of it now with this piece of interesting information in her pocket
30. "You're my mom's friend," Ingrid plumed, her thoughts still busy trying to find some purchase in the whirlwind
31. And it is said of this good lass that she never made promises of the kind without fulfilling them, even though she made them in a forest and without any witness present, for she plumed herself greatly on being a lady and held it no disgrace to be in such an
32. After this the history goes on to say that the day fixed for the battle arrived, and that the duke, after having repeatedly instructed his lacquey Tosilos how to deal with Don Quixote so as to vanquish him without killing or wounding him, gave orders to have the heads removed from the lances, telling Don Quixote that Christian charity, on which he plumed himself, could not suffer the battle to be fought with so much risk and danger to life; and that he must be content with the offer of a battlefield on his territory (though that was against the decree of the holy Council, which prohibits all challenges of the sort) and not push such an arduous venture to its extreme limits
33. doffs his plumed hat) Prosper! Give shade on languorous days, trees of Ireland!
34. Smoke plumed from both of the house’s chimneys, and as he watched, the door opened, and Father Vyncyt Zhakyby—St
35. came out of mourning, the dress she wore with the green plumed bonnet he had She remembered with longing the flounced green dress she had worn when she first brought her and she recalled the approving compliments he had paid her
36. He looked at the fire of logs, with its one flame pirouetting on the top in a dying dance after the breakfast-cooking and boiling, and it seemed to jig to his inward tune; also at the two chimney crooks dangling down from the cotterel, or cross-bar, plumed with soot, which quivered to the same melody; also at the half-empty kettle
37. Dimly Frodo saw the river below him rise, and down along its course there came a plumed cavalry of waves
38. As the train roared through, hot air plumed ahead of the engine and set the soot particles whirling
39. But she? She was naked to the weather, or almost; a mist of silk covered her breasts and plumed around her waist as she drifted away from the other pale statues
40. Standing in the center of the way was a cask of wine with its head staved in, and a big, drunken man in crazy laces and a plumed hat strutted beside it
41. ” The hat Steinbeck refers to is plumed
42. Lit up by the moon, it looked celestial; seemed some plumed and glittering god uprising from the sea
43. He used to frequent the taverns on purpose (though not only with the object of studying the people), and plumed himself on his shabby clothes, tarred boots, and crafty wink and a flourish of peasant phrases
44. True, I might have plumed myself on my position as a man of the world, but Woloda excelled me even in that