At all events he paused for an instant, a demure gleam in his eye and the corner of his lip beneath the drooping mustache lifting in an amused smile.
On the whole he might have been expected to look a bit like the manager the captain had seen standing beside the ticket wagon at the circus, twirling his mustache with one hand and his cane with the other.
And the look in his eye and the half smile beneath the long mustache were not those of one beaten at a game--no, they were not.
Later on Captain Sears was destined to learn that the little woman was Mrs. Esther Tidditt, and the lady with the mustache Mrs. Susanna Brackett.
Susanna Brackett, her lips squeezed so tightly together that her mustachestood on end.
And do you mean to say you believe that long-legged critter with the beaver hat and the--the mustache like a drowned cat's tail is responsible?
Twould take more than a mustache and a slick tongue to get my money away from me--if I had any.
That chap with the mustache at the bottom of the table really did more once.
Sam began to twist hismustache upward, but it would not stay.
Your Majesty's mustache artist is coming at 5:30," replied the count, looking at a memorandum.
Stroud, smiling, as he twisted his white mustache and smoothed his imperial.
Then put down the punitive expedition for 3:15," said the war lord, twisting his mustache in front of his eyes.
The younger boys and their parents began to complain that he was unreasonably standing in the way of their promotion, and a fiery mustache gave signs to the world that he was now something more than a boy.
Like Arthur, he was a very handsome man, but his pale face and fair mustache contrasted with the florid cheek and dark hair of his companion.
Empress, a mustache that grew gray in the service of the Emperor.
The white mustache was one of that military kind, reinforced with whiskers on the right and left flank of the mustache proper.
He raysisted loike a madman, but it was no use, and whin they held him under the shower bath his heavy black mustache fell off onto the floor.
Daddle doo," and the waxed mustache over the grinning mouth seemed to cut the face across.
Her husband stood aside, chewing the end of his mustache and looking through his eyeglass with a gleam of amused interest in his glittering eye.
While they stood waiting for the manager, who was late, a gorgeous person with a waxedmustache and in a fur-lined coat, redolent of the mixed odour of perfume and stale tobacco, forced his way up to her and offered his card.
Rosa," he added, with a look toward Lord Robert, who smoothed his mustache and bent his head.
He was a gaunt old man with, meagre mustache and hair, and a face like a death's head.
Last year, when I was in Simla, I overheard a traveller giving his impressions of India to a lady who was longing all the time to find out from a gentleman with a mustache when the polo-match was to begin at Annandale next day.
But he of the black mustache followed Condy's glance, noted the picture of which he spoke, and snorted contemptuously.
His heavymustache was just touched with gray, and he did have a certain vaguely "sober and industrious" appearance.
When he sees me he bows very low, and, with a twist of his tiresome mustache and a glance which he imagines is impressive, hopes "sehr geehrtes Fraeulein is in good health.
He is short in stature, with sandy hair, and a long mustache curled up at the ends in true imperial manner.
Then I am to have a grand mustache and all kinds of red and green designs painted on my cheeks!
He is short and dark, with a heavy, black mustache which he constantly caresses with his fat little hands.
I myself was on the point of going in search of gnaediges Fraeulein," said Lieutenant Blum, with a low bow, much rattling of sword, and that sneering smile which even his great black mustache fails to conceal.
Lieutenant Blum, with mustache more marvellously twisted than ever, came in and joined us, and later Edith and Louise with a lieutenant of the Second Regiment appeared.
His white costume was sadly soiled, but he had fulfilled all his promises as to the horrible wonder of a painted mustache and streaked cheeks.
All these things St. John noted, and day by day the traces of sandy red in his mustache and beard faded more and more into gray, and the furrow between his pale blue eyes deepened more perceptibly.
His thin, dissipated face was adorned with a rakishly trimmed mustache and Vandyke of gray which still held a fading trace of its erstwhile sandy red.
If the story would interest you--" The hand that again sought the slightmustache trembled slightly; but Chauvenet smiled.
Durand's eyes danced with excitement and he twisted his mustache nervously.
Chauvenet twisted his mustache with an air of immense satisfaction.
The dawning mustachewas carefully trained, so that each hair was in the most eligible position to produce an effect.
Both eyelashes and mustache made a screen behind which, as was well known, their owner observed the world to remarkably good purpose.
He sat up like a major, his chest out, his mustache as big on his thin face as a Mameluke's.
The customer was a man of considerable length and many angles, a shorn appearance about his face, especially his big, bony nose, that seemed to tell of a mustache sacrificed in the operation just then drawing to a close.
I might 'a' knowed when she wanted me to shave my mustache off she didn't have no more heart in her than a fish.
He was a solemn-looking man with a narrow face, a mustache that crowded Taterleg's for the championship, a buckskin vest with pearl buttons.
His features were small, his mustache and eyebrows large, his nose sharp and thin, his eyes blue, and as bright and merry as a June day.
Standing there in his immaculate clothes, with his carefully groomed mustache hiding a trembling mouth, he had become, I realised vaguely, a George with whom the General and I possessed hardly so much as an acquaintance.
His laughing mouth was completely covered by the curling mustacheand long beard.
He lay flat on the floor with the baby on his breast and let her pull his beard and mustache until her strength failed.
Even Monsieur le Major is younger than I--his mustache less white than mine.
He pulled his mustache with a mechanical gesture, but his features remained motionless.
He was tall, seventy-five years of age, slender and erect, had iron-gray hair and a mustache and pointed goatee of the same shade.
He fumbled a glass paper-weight with one hand and tugged at his brown mustache with the fingers of the other.
The man had changed his position, and even in the twilight the broad-brimmed hat, sinister features, and dark sweeping mustache were observable.
Buckton twisted his mustache nervously and flicked at the ashless tip of his cigar, glancing toward the house.
Mostyn frowned and bit his mustache as he said this.
Ladislaus bit his mustache and, without qualification, concurred in this reasoning, knowing that the amiable old gentleman was wont to berate his opponents unmercifully.
As a rule, a man can't cultivate his mustache and his talents impartially.
One of them was a short, thick-set man with a pretentious wide gray mustache parted in the middle and combed elaborately out on his cheeks.
The captain twisted his mustache with a sneering air.
He had a little fair mustache and an expressive mouth, which was rarely still, but twitched with a thousand imperceptible movements.
An exquisite mustache and a wealth of curly hair were sources of great pride and joy to him.
There was a quick, bright flash, and hair and mustache had disappeared.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "mustache" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
