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Example sentences for "tall figure"

  • Coming towards them down the lane was a tall figure dressed in an old green ulster coat, tied in round the waist by an apron; white hair fell about a flat white face, and big bare feet splashed in the mud.

  • A tall figure in vivid colours passed the window.

  • She saw a tall figure outside, with something ominous to her eyes in the look of it.

  • She saw a tall figure clad in brown leaning against the stone.

  • They looked and presently saw the tall figure of the hunter emerge from the bushes.

  • Exactly in the centre of it was a tall figure, absolutely stiff and motionless, and clad in long, flowing, white garments.

  • She could not see Stafford's tall figure, which was concealed by the shadow of one of the trees; and she thought herself alone, as usual.

  • He turned, and Ida, instinctively turning with him, saw a tall figure clad in a serge suit making its way quickly through the crowd of busy dock-men and idly lounging spectators.

  • Then, suddenly, she saw a tall figure standing in the shadow of the trees.

  • A tall figure, clothed in some long white garment, was gliding towards them.

  • Phillis was somewhat surprised to see in the distance Mr. Dancy's tall figure pacing to and fro before the lodge-gate.

  • The cottage door stood open as usual, but there was no tall figure lurking in the background,--no shadow on the blind.

  • As Dick closed the little gate behind him, he was aware of a tall figure looming in the darkness.

  • There seemed some chance of it indeed, men were saying to each other, as they looked after John Nicholson's tall figure as it wandered into every post and picket; asking brief questions, pleased with brief replies.

  • She stood facing the tall figure in crimson, a tall figure also, in white, her hands full of the roses she had gathered.

  • The slim, tall figure of a young woman descended from a carriage and crossed the pavement, and in the soft light of the vestibule she recognized Ethel Wing.

  • He stood for a moment, motionless, staring at her, a tall figure, careless of the rain.

  • I heard some one coming along the gallery, and then I saw Nick's tall figure looming up behind her.

  • She threw open the door and the rain and wind whirled in her face, and out of the wet and the darkness emerged a tall figure in a long khaki overcoat and a Highland bonnet.

  • A tall figure in the "long field" came leisurely towards him.

  • Soames rounded the last bend and came in sight of his father's tall figure wrapped in a brown silk quilted gown, stooping over the balustrade above.

  • Coming towards the house with short, quick steps was a tall figure, with its head bowed low.

  • The Colonel gave a gruff assent, and in a few minutes the subaltern returned, followed by a tall figure enveloped in a long black cloak.

  • George looked round—and there, bending over him, was a tall figure, with a strangely white face.

  • Out under the arch, statelily passed a tall figure--and Inspector Bristol was entering!

  • For a tall figure in a yellow robe from beneath which peeped yellow slippers, a figure crowned with a green turban, stood in the centre of the apartment!

  • Out from the trees strode a tall figure, a figure I could not mistake.

  • Outlined against the fading light stood a tall figure with an enormous ringleted wig falling far over the shoulders.

  • Eberhard Ludwig was feasted and honoured, and ever beside him was the tall figure of the Landhofmeisterin.

  • At length the curtains of the recess were pushed aside and a tall figure appeared.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    certain order; come from; could summon; flint flakes; foggy weather; frosty night; grand ball; grateful look; hear him; home ranges; literary life; strange expression; strive after; tall figure; tall girl; tall man; tall pine; tall stature; tall tree; tall trees; tall woman; tall young; that sense; third part; whoever they; wild creatures