Her compact body hinted of frailness, and her step had lost much of its bounce. From Wordnik.com. [LET ME CALL YOU SWEETHEART] Reference
What about one that predetermines frailness or short stature or a lack of strength?. From Wordnik.com. [A Conversation with Jodi Picoult] Reference
What, is it for the frailness of a reed like you that such noble enterprise must perish?. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 344, June, 1844] Reference
The frailness of Vishneva's Giselle is always apparent in a way that truly makes you fear for her. From Wordnik.com. [Mariinsky's 'Giselle': Less is more] Reference
The best part of his life is passed among blossoms, and he seems to partake of their beauty and frailness. From Wordnik.com. [The Confessions of a Beachcomber] Reference
She dared not think of the frailness of the barriers which stood between herself and the possible consequences of her crime. From Wordnik.com. [The Scarlet Feather] Reference
The overheated response by the Clintonittes to a made for TV movie sure seems to expose the frailness of the Clinton Legacy. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Path to 9/11 Writer Admits Controversial Scene Was ‘Improvised,’ ‘Accidents Occur’] Reference
Most Gentle Maker, with his frailness somewhat bear. From Wordnik.com. [A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 1] Reference
This gives one a realizing sense of the frailness of a. From Wordnik.com. [Life on the Mississippi, Part 9.] Reference
That barrier confessed its frailness in every drooping line. From Wordnik.com. [The Seeker] Reference
It appears to be rare, though it may be owing to its frailness. From Wordnik.com. [Report of the North-Carolina Geological Survey. Agriculture of the Eastern Counties: Together with Descriptions of the Fossils of the Marl Beds] Reference
Peter was fourteen, and looked less, being delicate to frailness. From Wordnik.com. [The Lee Shore] Reference
He knew the frailness of the bond which kept his body and soul together. From Wordnik.com. [Colonial Born A tale of the Queensland bush] Reference
There was something appealing in her frailness, in her thin, anæmic calm. From Wordnik.com. [The Call of the Blood] Reference
She wore a massive crown which seemed too heavy for her frailness to sustain. From Wordnik.com. [Chivalry] Reference
The sense of her motion, of her frailness, lingered in his soul ever afterwards. From Wordnik.com. [Mike Fletcher A Novel] Reference
Because of this frailness he is dependent on the goodness of others for his life. From Wordnik.com. Reference
He was thin even to seeming frailness, -- yet it was the frailness of the race-horse. From Wordnik.com. [Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill] Reference
Her frailness touched him; he was angry at Eddie Swanson for the incessant family bickering. From Wordnik.com. [Babbitt] Reference
What struck me at the time was their rose-leaf frailness and utter unsuitability for the task. From Wordnik.com. [Out To Win The Story of America in France] Reference
No ship of her size, her frailness, and her armament ever played such havoc on a powerful foe!. From Wordnik.com. [Recollections of a naval life : including the cruises of the Confederate States steamers, "Sumter" and "Alabama",] Reference
I crushed her to me, glorying in the strength of my arms and the frailness of her tender little body. From Wordnik.com. [The Fire People] Reference
This gives one a realizing sense of the frailness of a Mississippi boat and the briefness of its life. From Wordnik.com. [Life on the Mississippi] Reference
Yet for all their frailness, how much jealousy and envy and unhappiness some of them managed to contain!. From Wordnik.com. [My Antonia] Reference
Owing to the brevity and the frailness of the line, the catch is limited to fish under the recognised standard as to size. From Wordnik.com. [Tropic Days] Reference
Yet though the essence of her bodily being was, as I knew, so frail, there was no show of frailness in her gracious presence. From Wordnik.com. [The God of Love] Reference
There is a frailness in all our music. From Wordnik.com. [The WritingYA Weblog: Poetry Friday: The Music of Gratitude] Reference
Out of my frailness fashion a piercing reed. From Wordnik.com. [Invocation] Reference
Out of my frailness fashion a piercing reed!. From Wordnik.com. [Invocation] Reference
My fleshly frailness made me do deadly wrong. From Wordnik.com. [A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 1] Reference
How strong a fate on this thy frailness fell!. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine Of Popular Literature And Science Old Series, Vol. 36—New Series, Vol. 10, July 1885] Reference
She is frail, but hardy in her frailness. From Wordnik.com. [REDONDOWRITER'S SACRED ORDINARY] Reference
This is what sustainability demands - frailness. From Wordnik.com. [A Donkey on the Edge] Reference
The frailness of mankind. From Wordnik.com. [A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 1] Reference
"Its frailness is deceptive. From Wordnik.com. [The Strong Arm] Reference
"If you fell upon my frailness ----". From Wordnik.com. [Ruth Fielding at the War Front or, The Hunt for the Lost Soldier] Reference
“in all that the frailness of nature will permit. From Wordnik.com. [The Surgeon's Daughter] Reference
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