Curtsey

Examples

• If I give my consent to your going, Betty--which Mr Rokesmith thinks I ought to do--' Betty thanked him with a grateful curtsey. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• She was introduced here and there by her uncle, and forced to be spoken to, and to curtsey, and speak again. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• Thank you, sir, very much,' said Sissy, with a grateful curtsey. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• Becky laughed, gay and saucy looking, and swept the prettiest little curtsey ever seen. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• She rose up from her sofa and went and took his coffee cup out of his hand with a little curtsey. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• I am afraid it would, sir,' Sissy answered with a curtsey. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• Although this invitation was accompanied with a curtsey that might have softened the heart of a church-warden, it by no means mollified the beadle. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• She has a shawl over her head, and her first action, when she takes it off weeping, and curtseys to Miss Abbey, is to wind her hair up. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• She stares, trembles, and curtseys, whenever I speak to her. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Emanuel is very exigeant, and because I looked at your coat-sleeve, instead of curtseying and dipping to himhe thinks I have failed in respect. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• The handle turned, the door unclosed, and passing through and curtseying low, I looked up at--a black pillar! Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Sissy Jupe, sir,' explained number twenty, blushing, standing up, and curtseying. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• Yes, sir, very,' she answered, curtseying. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• Louis, who was looking at her (which I was not), says she creaked when she curtseyed. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• I rose and curtseyed to them: one or two bent their heads in return, the others only stared at me. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• The girl curtseyed, and sat down. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• Mrs. Fairfax folded up her knitting: I took my portfolio: we curtseyed to him, received a frigid bow in return, and so withdrew. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Elizabeth merely curtseyed to him without saying a word. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• The girl blushed and curtseyed, and said shyly that she hoped she always did her best to keep things neat and clean. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• She curtseyed again, and would have blushed deeper, if she could have blushed deeper than she had blushed all this time. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.

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