She smiled, half in ire, half in mirth, curtsied with foreign grace, and so they parted.
Thorkell's quick eyes glanced over her, and when the girl curtsied to his wife he fell back the few paces that he was in front of her.
One Sunday morning, as Thorkell and his wife were on their way to church, a young woman of about twenty passed them, and as she went by she curtsiedlow to the lady.
Sophia, after a moment's hesitation, rallied from her confusion; and her natural good sense and ease of manner came to her aid, as shecurtsied to the stranger and pointed to a seat.
Joan curtsied back with a cordiality hewn from ice.
I murmured some words which might have been anything, and curtsied in a stiff-necked self-respecting sort of way.
That is right, children," as theycurtsied and kissed her hand.
No one could have curtsied or bridled more prettily when we paid our respects to my Lady Herries and Mrs. Churchill, and the Dean highly commended her dancing.
Very glad was Aurelia when the ladies curtsied themselves out of her summer parlour, declaring they wished to speak to Mrs. Aylward, who she knew could assure them of the absurdity of these implied suspicions.
With these words Mrs. Aylward curtsied as if about to retire, Aurelia held out her hand in entreaty.
Knights, bowing with bent knee, while the Countess and Lady Mary curtsied low.
She curtsied low in response, and sought to descend to her place.
Then as shecurtsied in acknowledgment he leaned forward, and caught her arm.
For a moment the ghost of a fancy hovered unsubstantial in his mind; and then Annie curtsied as she handed him the cider, and replied to his thanks with, "And welcome kindly, sir.
He thanked the farmer again when he got up to go; and Annie curtsied and smiled, and wished him good-day, and welcome, kindly.
When I thereupon begged her leave to depart, she first curtsied to me, and then, again with tears, came to me and took my hand in hers.
She withdrew her arm from mine and curtsied to him profoundly; then stood erect, indignant and defiant, her eyes angry stars, her cheeks carnation, scorn on her smiling lips.
So the two ancient ladies gravely curtsied to each other, pecked each other on either cheek, and, with a bow to Barnabas, the Countess swept away with an imposing rustle of her voluminous skirts.
The leaders, kissing her hands, took the posies; Zosia curtsied once more to all in turn, her cheeks glowing.
She curtsied her consent; but declared she would never go back the same way.
The men bowed low, and Margaret curtsied with a deep and graceful obeisance.
As they said nothing more to her, she curtsied again and murmured: "Has madame any further orders for me?
Violette as she curtsied to the count, "but don't scold me, it isn't that.
The little lady gnome got up from her seat and curtsied graciously.
She curtsied very politely, and when she spoke her voice, though rather squeaky, was meek and gentle.
François was told to send her in, and soon a tall, stoutly built damsel, with plump red cheeks, appeared and curtsied to the company.
As she spoke, the girl curtsied gracefully to Edouard, then entered the house singing.
Rosella curtsied instinctively, then laughed as she went round to see where he had broken.
The whole company bowed and curtsied very low--and then stood at attention, breathless with expectation.
As he entered the Queen-mother rose and curtsied profoundly, while the ladies and gentlemen of her household imitated her example, as they retired a pace or two behind her.
And Ivy and Christmas Rose took one another by the hand and curtsied to Rusialka.
But the Rose and the Chrysanthemum came forward at these words and curtsied to Rusialka.
The Snowdrop came forward and curtsied to the fairy.
Madame de Choisy instantly began some compliments, but finding she only disconcerted me, she soon said she must not keep me back, and curtsied me on to another room, into which she shut me.
The lady curtsied low, and her gentlemen bowed profoundly as he reached the group.
Then from a front chair close to the choir, Edith Arbuthnot got up, curtsied low in the direction of the altar before turning her back on it, and began walking towards them down the gangway.
I talked to him as if he had been a civilised being, I curtsied to him.
A further enquiry came from a place where the biggest crowds were expected, as to whether she was up in town, and she said she was at Winston, and almost curtsied to the telephone.
The Princesse gave him a charming upward glance of her bright eyes, and curtsied demurely, but he paid no heed to her obeisance, and moving away, went at once with Angela towards the Cardinal's apartments.
Madame Patoux jumped up, and seizing her children, held one in each hand as she curtsied up and down.
The princesscurtsied low, and said she would not forget the eyes.
And the old woman curtsied as well as she could; she thought it must be St. Peter himself who spoke to her.
Kate stood up, curtsied slightly, and made the required promise.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "curtsied" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
