It is a curious fact, but it is difficult, do you know, for any one to ruffle me.
Lieutenant Muir will never be the husband of Mabel Dunham, let him ruffle his feathers as much as he may.
Along the street there comes A blare of bugles, a ruffle of drums; And loyal hearts are beating high: Hats off!
Along the street there comes A blare of bugles, a ruffle of drums, A flash of color beneath the sky: Hats off!
Jack, partly catching the import of Henry's remark, and beginning toruffle his feathers.
Accordingly, that he might not have to condescend to pit his sea-forces against the rovers, he used to ruffle the waters by enchantment, and cause them to shipwreck his foes.
And take care that thou prepare rooms for our banqueting which have a common party-wall, yet are separate: lest perchance, if I were before thine eyes, thou shouldst ruffle the king with thy lukewarm looks at him.
A ruffle fell over his neck, and full white sleeves were fastened with silken cords at his wrists.
The mere destruction of the immense, undetermined sum of money did not seriously ruffle him.
She would actually insist on the gas being lighted with a taper; a paper spill, which was just as good and better, seemed to ruffle her benign placidity: and she was funnily economical with matches.
If bands must be used to remedy the deficiencies of ungenerous Nature, let them be at the neck and waist; and if the back is unconscionably long, a band, or fold, or ruffle across the shoulders is to be commended.
It is plain to be seen that the fluffy ruche at the throat-band, and the ruffle at the shoulder, and the spreading bow at the waist, and the trimmed sleeves, add bulkiness to a form already too generously endowed with flabby rotundity.
There was not a breath of wind to ruffle the surface of the glassy sea, as the captain of the sandal-wood trader reached the shore and uttered a low cry like the hoot of an owl.
The slight breeze, which wafted his Britannic Majesty's ship slowly along the verdant shore, was scarcely strong enough to ruffle the surface of the sea.
A gentle breeze fanned the topsails, although it failed to ruffle the sea.
See you not all those who wear steel at their side, and bear marks of better quality, ruffle past us as they would past the meanest beggars?
This announcement surprised the general, for the man was dressed in a yellow tunic, with blue tights, and a red ruffle about his neck.
You let those 'Spanish onions' have too much time in the ring, and give that Joe Strong a ruffle of drums and the big boom every time he makes the long jump.
There was a boom of the big drum, a ruffle of the snare, and Joe slid down the rope head first with outstretched arms, coming to a sudden stop with his head hardly an inch from the hard ground.
With a blare of trumpets, a boom and ruffle of drums, the gay procession started around the circus arena.
Again the applause broke forth, to be drowned in the boom and ruffle of the drums as the band began to play.
She waited until she was sure, standing quite still at the edge of the dark enclosure, not a ruffle of her white dress fluttering, very slender and small against the dark of the leaves.
I'm ashamed of my childishness, that his vapid phrase could ruffle my temper; but that is what a man comes to.
The morning of the 16th broke fair and clear, with scarcely a breath of air to ruffle the surface of the water, and with the first streak of dawn all hands were aroused by the roar of the cannonade from the Cliff Battery, as we had named it.
Ruffle your feathers," said that grim old Solomon, and Peter tried most desperately hard to ruffle his feathers, but he had none.
I have found a way to put money in my purse, so that you will ruffle it with the best of them at Pau.
Unless I am greatly mistaken my dear little Cara is going to ruffle it with the best of them at Pau yet.
So long as I do not cross her threshold unbidden, or ruffle a rose-leaf beneath her, what does she care what I do?
When the persons are living, to ruffle and weary and contradict you, you only think what bores they are; but when they are dead you begin to idealise them, and sacrifice yourself to their manes in all kinds of self-censure.
This was all rather irregular: they had indulged in a good stiff breeze this afternoon, and it was too early to rufflethe calm again.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "ruffle" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
