Aunt Selina was introduced and received a quaint little curtsey from each child.
She was a grand dame of society in New York, and her girls were doing embroidery and being taught how to curtsey and behave in the drawing-room.
My dear father was not spoken to, though he had a bow every time the king passed him, and a curtsey from the queen.
The king and queen then bid her curtsey to Mrs. Delany which she did most gracefully, and they all moved on; each of the princesses speaking to Mrs. Delany as they passed, and condescending to curtsey to her companion.
A curtsey to you, another to you, If you please will you let the king's horses go through?
They all curtseyand scamper off, and proceed to plan some mischief.
They curtsey while saying, "This is the way the lady goes," and again turn round and clap hands for the last line.
I am to sup with Mistress Ratcliffe this evening, and I will be as meek as a lamb and curtsey my lowest to her, and call her madam, and be ever so smiling to Master George.
And, with a profound curtsey to Philip, and an angry glance at Lucy, she retreated from the field to renew her attack at a more convenient season.
And with a swimming curtsey Miss Betty Barker took her leave.
I stopped short and made him a curtsey to the ground--slow, graceful, and infinitely sarcastic.
With that I made him a curtsey that over-matched his bow, for there was more of it a good deal, on account of his smallness, and my height, in which we were both a little peculiar.
Between hills that seemed to sweep a curtsey to us, we flew down an apple-paring road toward Hyères.
He doesn't like people to know I was an actress, though I flatter myself that nobody can hear me speak or see me curtsey without discovering it.
She rang a bell, and made Mr. Townshend a curtsey which meant dismissal.
Kilrush returned the curtsey with a bow as lofty, and then bent over the ink-stained fingers and kissed them, as if they had been saintly digits in a crystal reliquaire.
Quite sure to tell, dear," said the tall gypsy, dropping a curtsey in a manner which looked frightfully sarcastic in the long shadows made by the trees.
Oh, nothing madam," was the retort accompanied by a curtsey of mock humility.
A sweeping curtsey and she turned towards the door.
Dropping a curtsey of mock politeness Lavinia hastened away and did not slacken her pace till she reached Piccadilly and was facing the large open space now known as the Green Park.
She made him her stately curtsey in the garden, one morning before breakfast.
And Madame von Eisenthal swept him a deep curtseywith a killing glance of adoration.
Thank your honour, and I wish 'e the same," the old dame replied, making a low curtsey to Duffy.
He likewise alleged, that several ladies had complained of the prosecutor, who, after ogling them a quarter of an hour, upon their making a curtseyto him, would not return the civility of a bow.
And she made him a pretty little state curtsey as she turned away, not choosing to see the hand he would fain have offered her.
She was unlocking the door, and then stood back to curtsey while Mr. Galloway entered, following in after him--an intelligent child for her years.
Madeleine acknowledged her kinsman's greeting with a dainty curtsey and little half-shy smile, marked by that air of distinction and breeding which was her peculiar characteristic.
And, vexed with myself for being a ninny, I just dropped him a little curtsey and said, 'I've been examining my mad cousin.
There was a certain aggrieved dignity about her, and a generally superior tone of self- consciousness even in the curtsey which she dropped respectfully, as she returned Walden's kindly nod and glance.
Urbain received the little scrap of cloth, dropping a curtsey and putting it in his pocket, while Marguerite took a lamp to lead him.
She went to meet him, and as he was making her a modestcurtsey the artless child kissed him on each cheek.
And this, which was not a positive request that she would prolong her visit, was understood; and the lovely cousin made her curtsey and retired.
I rose, of course, and he made a civil bow to my curtsey The princess asked him about the House of Lords the preceding evening, where I found he had spoken very handsomely and generously in eulogium of Admiral Duncan.
Well, well, I suppose the calculation is all right," said Joe, laughing at her volubility and the queer way in which she bobbed a curtsey between each item of her catalogue.
Then Moll gives her father a kiss, and me another according to her wont, and drops a civilcurtsey to Don Sanchez.
Mammy Rolfe taught me to make my curtsey like a London lady," said the other child, the most advanced in manners.
Aurelia could only curtsey and thank him, hoping within herself that Lady Belle would soon recover, and wondering how he had let himself in.
And making a formal curtseyto each of them, she left the room.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "curtsey" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
