He was in dishabille when his friends surprised him with a visit. From LearnThat.org.
The moment we alighted, "My friend has been ill," said she, "and is in dishabille, will you shew her an apartment, that she may alter her dress?". From Wordnik.com. [The Castle of Wolfenbach] Reference
My dear, the look at La Fleur is studied dishabille. From Wordnik.com. [Goodnight, Irene]
She was sure he thought Casey had seen her in dishabille. From Wordnik.com. [Sweet Defiance] Reference
She tried to appear indifferent to him and her own dishabille. From Wordnik.com. [Best Kept Secrets]
The weatherbeaten looks give the house a appealing dishabille air. From Wordnik.com. [I Just Like This House] Reference
We found her in a Brazilian dishabille, and looking harassed and anxious. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of a Voyage to Brazil And Residence There During Part of the Years 1821, 1822, 1823] Reference
If anyone spied them together, her dishabille alone would raise eyebrows. From Wordnik.com. [The Alibi]
A slap-dash application can tumble a refined dishabille down to déclassé. From Wordnik.com. [Steve Ross: That Downturn Chic] Reference
‘Then,’ said he, ‘I must be put in the greatest dishabille possible.’. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides] Reference
Before the door, lolling in unstudied dishabille, squatted a bearded, turbaned. From Wordnik.com. [In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India] Reference
Hinge, conscious of his dishabille, had retreated at the moment of her entrance. From Wordnik.com. [In Direst Peril] Reference
She would not see him in a dishabille for the world — What can she mean by it?. From Wordnik.com. [Clarissa Harlowe] Reference
Who knows what louts might pleasure themselves at the site of me in my dishabille. From Wordnik.com. [Sunrise... midday beach-scape... moonrise hammock-scape.] Reference
I, who saw him in the dishabille of his study, never lost my awe for his greatness. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 4, April, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
He flicked his gaze at Jessie's dishabille, then at Mr. Windberry's informal dress. From Wordnik.com. [Hero Come Back]
She seems to be typical of the half-crazed human poetess, in usual sublime dishabille. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 358, August 1845] Reference
Paris while she was in a state of excitement and dishabille had not been altogether unwelcome. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 102, April, 1866] Reference
She stretched in the sun like a lazy cat and opened her mind to pictures of Rory in dishabille. From Wordnik.com. [Blood Lure]
This gentleman now appeared altogether as full-dressed as he had before been in full dishabille. From Wordnik.com. [Travels through the South of France and the Interior of Provinces of Provence and Languedoc in the Years 1807 and 1808] Reference
The figure of the captive could hardly be discerned amid the wildness of his dress and dishabille. From Wordnik.com. [Count Robert of Paris] Reference
Only then was she faced with the issue of his dishabille—there was nothing else left to do to keep her occupied. From Wordnik.com. [SEASONS OF GOLD] Reference
Could he have been admitted in her hours of dishabille and heedlessness, he had been long ago master of his wishes. From Wordnik.com. [Clarissa Harlowe] Reference
Men and women in various stages of dishabille, unconscious of their appearance, pressed around him, shaking his hand. From Wordnik.com. [Spring Street A Story of Los Angeles] Reference
“Lead me up to my dressing-room, Edwards: I really am not fit to be seen in this dishabille by Mr. Fitz – Boodle.”. From Wordnik.com. [Mens Wives] Reference
St. Michelese interior, with an entire household, perchance, at the mercy of your eye, taken at the mean disadvantage of morning dishabille. From Wordnik.com. [In and out of Three Normady Inns] Reference
The moment I was left alone my assumed briskness of manner dropped into the mental dishabille that we wear for our own private use and comfort. From Wordnik.com. [The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII: No. 356, October 23, 1886.] Reference
The parent will sometimes roll and spin round before you in such a dishabille, that you cannot, for a few moments, detect what kind of creature it is. From Wordnik.com. [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7] Reference
They are akin to the numerous wives, who, reserving not only silks and satins, but neatness and courtesy, for company, are always in dishabille in their husbands 'houses. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 08, June 1858] Reference
We found her in a dishabille, intending to go to Hampton. From Wordnik.com. [Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 16: May/June 1662] Reference
This entry was posted on November 21, 2008 at 1: 24 pm and is filed under en dishabille. From Wordnik.com. [WordPress.com News] Reference
"None of those got made," Delgadillo said as he apologized for the dishabille of his work room. From Wordnik.com. [New Orleans Saints Central] Reference
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