Her brown tresses hung down her back even as far as her waist, and the wind ruffled them ever so slightly.
A wind, soft as the breath of a child, ruffled the bushes beside us and died away in a long-drawn swoon.
Whether his digestion was out of order; whether the sight of so many love-couples passing his gate the night before had ruffled him and made him bilious; or whether some one was behind hand with his tithe, we shall never know.
He could not possibly hold still, for the wind ruffled his fur and the mouse knew he waited.
He was fed and tired, and he wanted to sleep, but the cold morning windruffled his fur and made comfortable sleep impossible.
But brigades of Kings could not have ruffled Beetle that day.
The windows were wide open, and though the gale that blew through ruffled her smooth hair and made her veil tickle disagreeably, these minor discomforts could not spoil her predominant sense of excitement and adventure.
He had thick, mouse-coloured hair, which in perplexed or meditative moments he often ruffled by rubbing his hand through it, and even when thus disordered it kept its air of fashionable grace.
Gerald would finish dismally, standing before her with his hands thrust deeply into his pockets and a ruffled brow of inquiry.
He remained seated today, dressed in white as usual, a large yellow pansy in his buttonhole, his white hair ruffled by the breeze.
The ruffled surface of the pond lapped softly against the arches of the little bridge; and the blossoms of the acacias and lindens, detached by the breeze, whirled about in circles, perfuming the electricity-laden air.
As her fingers followed her thought, the little bird she had in her hand at the moment, smoothing his ruffled wings, looked as if he too were of the party and were about to fly far, far away, as joyous and light of heart as she.
I ain't a-going to let him out of my sight," said the ruffled constable.
But there was a male note in it--perhaps a touch of self-confidence--which ruffled her.
With a long sigh, she pressed back the ruffled hair from her temples, and standing tiptoe before a small mirror that hung over the mantelpiece, she began to pin up some coils that had broken loose.
For an hour or two--one may as well be honest--we fairly sweltered upon our pilgrimage, until at last a light breeze ruffled the water and brought blessed relief.
At this thought Miss Judy, for all her mildness, ruffled with indignation as a hen ruffles at any rough touch upon her soft little chicks.
Luckily, Miss Judy had reason to believe that the injury had not been to the splendid, embroidered, tucked, and ruffled bosom.
He was not in evening dress, but wore a loose grey lounge suit of rather careless aspect, and his short, fairish, curly hair was ruffled as though he had been running his fingers through it.
Serene, or ruffled by the storm, On present waves as on the past, The mirrored grave retains its form, The self-same trees their semblance cast.
Not a nibble has ruffled my cork, It is vain in this river to search then; I may wait till it's night, Without any bite And at roost-time have never a Perch then!
Mitya Kuldarov, with excited face and ruffled hair, flew into his parents' flat, and hurriedly ran through all the rooms.
He ruffled up his hair, cast a shade of melancholy over his face, and went out into the street with Poplavsky.
To be sure, the sea was smooth, its long, rolling waves were hardly ruffled on their surface.
Did you not remark that the colour of the sea changed, grew white like milk, and that its surface became ruffled around your boat?
She was ruffled by that exulting possessiveness which shone from Gaga.
The weak spot in the government of the business seemed to be Gaga, who betrayed incessant vacillation, and came in so often to consult Miss Summers that she became quite ruffled and indignant with him.
But as Grace crossed Pollard Street, glancing involuntarily at the familiar office door, Miss Delmege, with a most unusual disregard for propriety, emerged hastily, hatless and with her neat coils of hair ruffled in the wind.
She lingered around in the old garden and the happy light came back to her eyes, the balmy air soothed her ruffled temper.
Wawataysee had risen and smoothed her ruffled plumes.
You spoke of a shore of brown diamonds flat to the ruffled sea .
Each of the party glanced first at the neighboring mountains, and at the deep valleys still drowned in mist, and over Lake Taupo, which the morning breeze ruffled slightly.
He had taken off his cap on deck, and the breeze had ruffled his thick fair hair, brought the blood to his thin cheeks.
Mother Mit-chee the Ruffled Partridge made her nest in plain sight on the ground beside the old trail and they passed by a hundred times and never saw her.
