Small, with lines of outline crescentsaround the body.
Jug-shaped, scalloped margin, with four bands of crescents on the body.
Large size; a double band of crescents around the neck; then on the shoulder an arched band with a central stripe of diamonds; below this a double line of inverted crescents, and below this a large three-leafed plant.
She was clad in what he called a bathrobe, and what she called an Arabian burnoose, of black embroidered with dull-gold crescents and stars, showing a V of exquisite flesh at her throat.
Bored blue-gray eyes, with pathetic crescents of faintly violet-hued wrinkles beneath them, and a scarce noticeable web of tinier wrinkles at the side.
When we had proceeded farther I ascertained that there were really two crescents contained side by side within a larger crescent.
As the water came down in great volumes over those two crescents it met once more in the centre in a mighty clash, being flung up at a tremendous height in the air.
Here "the Queen of all the Spas" holds her court, the tiers of pale stone terraces and crescents climbing up the steep sides of the valley to a height of some eight hundred feet.
Beyond this space was a dais, surmounted by a canopy of pale blue silk, spangled with the silver crescents of Diane de Poitiers.
Several archaeologists consider these crescents to have been religious emblems or talismans which were suspended either outside or inside the habitations.
The dimensions of these crescents vary considerably; there are some which measure as much as 16 inches from one point to the other.
Carl Vogt, in considering the crescents which have been discovered in such large quantities in the lacustrine habitations, cannot admit that they indicate that any religious belief existed among these ancient nations.
Cicero, Frank's ancient and black Man Friday, dispensed hot coffee and huge hunks of bread and ham; and a violin and two good voices among the Crescents made the time skim along far faster than since starting.
So a deputation of the Crescents and I waited on him, and after a plain talk concluded to "cuss and quit.
He was rushing a carload of company property to Richmond, and was as eager as I and the Crescents to get to that goal.
The streets and buildings were gaily decorated--many Italian and Greek and French flags being displayed, but principally Union Jacks and ensigns and the new Egyptian flag, red with three white crescents and stars.
At the appointed hour fifty Turks, with Red Crescents on their arms, and fifty Australians and New Zealanders with Red Cross armlets, met on the extreme right.
Thus: "Argent, on a chevron nebuly between three crescents gules, as many roses of the field.
Of course, when the English system is carried to these lengths it becomes absurd, because the crescents charged one upon each other become so small as to be practically indistinguishable.
She appeared to have abundant means, spent her money very freely, and wore several diamonds of great beauty and value--among them the crescents which were taken from me last Friday evening.
The case was opened by Mr. Cutler's counsel, who told the story of the purchase of the spurious crescents in Chicago, and affirmed that they had been found upon the person of the party under arrest.
He opened his palm and disclosed to the horrified woman's gaze and to the amazement of the other occupants of the room two beautiful crescents of blazing diamonds.
I have the bogus crescentsin my possession," Miss Cutler smilingly remarked to Mona.
In the first place, those crescents were presented to me at the time of my marriage.
I had the case in my lap, and the duplicate crescents in my pocket.
She uncovered the box which contained the crescents and cross, and held the gleaming diamonds before his astonished eyes.
My best game, though, was with the crescents which Miss Dinsmore gave me as a wedding present, and which I had duplicated several times.
The crescentswere produced and Mr. Cutler brought forth the bogus ones, which he still had in his possession, and the two pairs appeared to be exact counterparts of each other.
These are the real articles, no paste or sham to fool me this time," he added, as he lifted the crescents from the box.
From the outer edge of the crescents radiate branches of hemlock or fronds of dried ferns.
On the crescents are sewn sprays of ivy and bunches of bright red berries.
There is much silver with pearls from Margarita, and crescentsof gold from Guiana, and it all lies in a house of white stone on the north side of the square.
The tunal grew a dark smudge, drawn by a wizard forefinger around De Guardiola, his men-at-arms, the silver bars and the gold crescents from Guiana.
The light from the door made a row of crescents on the curved faces, some the size of his little finger nail, others the diameter of his head.
Before him, on a stone platform, three marble crescents were filled with pulsating shadows.
The light in the room was off, and as he flicked the button on the hilt, and the white sparks leaped out and up the length of the blade, the crescents flamed on the edges of the clock faces, all along the wall.
Jephson had never developed all those Parades and Crescents out of his magic well.
She just thinks of victory and the three silver crescents waving over Kellie, and the tyrant driven away.
There were few signs of grandeur in the hall: a little show of silver on the buffet; heavy old velvet curtain with tarnished embroideries; some carved furniture of noble workmanship, marked with the three crescents of the family arms.
Whose scythe casts shadowy crescents Around life's glittering essence, As lessens, slowly lessens, The space that lies between.
Along with these articles more than a hundred discs and crescents pierced for the purposes of suspension, and mostly coloured black or white, were also found.
But shoes were used as well as sandals as early as the time of Sennacherib; those represented on the bas-reliefs are of a clumsy make, though finely decorated with crescents and rosettes, and they were seemingly laced in front.
These doughs may be moulded in wreaths, crescents and bowknots.
At first sight the student might read the bar and dot coefficient as 14, but the two middle crescents are purely decorative and have no numerical value, and the numeral recorded here is 12 (see pp.
This is the city that our fathers framed-- These are the crescents by the elders named!
Due north and south the polar regions glowed in dazzling whiteness, like two brilliant crescents on the horizon.
The Polar crescents of gleaming snow stood clearly out in bold relief, but the waters of the Earth were becoming very grey in appearance.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "crescents" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
