Brushing

Examples

• I will wait till I see the Anglo-Saxon brushing away harlotry with a toothbrush. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• The brushing of skirts and elbows, sometimes the bumping of shoulders, could be heard against the very panels. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Standing before the dressing-glass was a middle-aged lady, in yellow curl-papers, busily engaged in brushing what ladies call their 'back-hair. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• And I cannot get there in less than an hour or more,' muttered Nancy: brushing swiftly past him, and gliding rapidly down the street. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• She showed it by brushing away viciously at Margaret's hair, under pretence of being in a great hurry to go to Mrs. Hale. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• Still there is no impediment to returning to the door for thy brushing. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• Not a very poor grave,' said the Reverend Frank Milvey, brushing his hand across his eyes, 'when it has that homely figure on it. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• It is the dull weather which disorders our nerves, said I, brushing away a tear. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Brushing ink over the raised letters he pressed the wood upon a sheet of paper, and then, lifting it carefully, showed her her own name printed upon the paper. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• I'll come on,' replied the Dodger, brushing his hat with the palm of his hand. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Look, baby, this is your old tooth-brushing glass. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• I did not believe I should shed another tear, said Fanny, brushing away the drops which were stealing slowly down her fair, wan cheeks. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• It is only by dint of good brushing that I look respectable. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• And now there came the sound of a heavy body brushing against the side of the cabin. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• Presently his quick ears detected the familiar sound of padded feet and the brushing of a huge, fur-clad body through the undergrowth. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.

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