Their features full and well-shaped with large, Roman noses. From Wordnik.com. [Narrative of Richard Lee Mason in the Pioneer West, 1819] Reference
The way to do it is this: Get a clean, well-shaped fresh egg. From Wordnik.com. [Harper's Young People, January 13, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly] Reference
It was flanked by two cypress trees, well-shaped and well-grown. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851] Reference
Dahcotas, at least, who was not strong and tall and well-shaped. From Wordnik.com. [Timid Hare] Reference
I withdrew from a graceful figure was arrested by a well-shaped head or. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 78, April, 1864] Reference
Toni noticed that the small, well-shaped hands were rough and badly kept; and. From Wordnik.com. [The Making of a Soul] Reference
For better, is it not, that an embroidered bag should hold my well-shaped bones. From Wordnik.com. [Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books] Reference
"You were, though, last night," she said, with a little toss of her well-shaped head. From Wordnik.com. [She and I, Volume 1] Reference
The women had unusually large feet, while those of the men were small and well-shaped. From Wordnik.com. [In the Amazon Jungle Adventures in Remote Parts of the Upper Amazon River, Including a Sojourn Among Cannibal Indians] Reference
The model we recently drove in Germany had an air conditioner, well-shaped seats and a good stereo. From Wordnik.com. [The Smart: Survival Of The Cutest?] Reference
What's startling about this irreverent fairy tale is how sure-footed and well-shaped every scene is. From Wordnik.com. [Arts Extra: The Lessons Of Hollywood's Creative Crisis] Reference
The Sagas that are least regular and connected are made up of definite and well-shaped single blocks. From Wordnik.com. [Epic and Romance Essays on Medieval Literature] Reference
It grew thickly upon her well-shaped head, and she wore it in a graceful knot at the back of her head. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Harlowe's Problem] Reference
Form and size: A large tree with a straight, undivided trunk and a well-shaped, conical crown (Fig. 7). From Wordnik.com. [Studies of Trees] Reference
He is not bored by the sight of normal, healthy muscles in a healthy, well-shaped body; he is delighted. From Wordnik.com. [The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield] Reference
In a small house a well-shaped table, a bench or so, possibly a wall clock, will be all that is necessary. From Wordnik.com. [The House in Good Taste] Reference
"If I look in my glass I try to keep down vanity about my long hair, my well-shaped head, and my good nose.". From Wordnik.com. [Ten American Girls From History] Reference
As to Kernels, they should be uniform and well-shaped, not only on the single cob, but in all the specimens. From Wordnik.com. [The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming.] Reference
My preserver sat half in and half out of the carriage, leaning his white, well-shaped hand upon the splashboard. From Wordnik.com. [Kate Coventry An Autobiography] Reference
The thumb is, however, nearly always long, well-shaped, and set high on the palm, and stands well out from the palm. From Wordnik.com. [Palmistry for All] Reference
Miles was manly, and determination and intelligence were traits strongly marked in his unusually well-shaped visage. From Wordnik.com. [The Underground Railroad A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c., Narrating the Hardships, Hair-Breadth Escapes and Death Struggles of the Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom, As Related by Themselves and Others, or Witnessed by the Author.] Reference
He was a young man of seventeen or eighteen, slenderly built, with well-shaped feet, and long, delicate, nervous hands. From Wordnik.com. [The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius] Reference
The outstretched hand was large, strong, nervous, full of character, ending in well-shaped and immaculately kept nails. From Wordnik.com. [An Adventure with a Genius] Reference
His hair, curling tightly, revealed the well-shaped outline of the skull, and the profile was classic in its regularity. From Wordnik.com. [Flint His Faults, His Friendships and His Fortunes] Reference
And their arms were robust, and resembling iron maces, and well-shaped, and graceful, and looking like five-headed snakes. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3] Reference
His nose was straight and well-shaped, but "from being a little too thick, it looked better in profile than in front face.". From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"] Reference
Instantly there opened beneath us a huge well-shaped hole from which the black clouds rolled violently back in every direction. From Wordnik.com. [Edison's Conquest of Mars] Reference
Some were well-shaped, with iron heads; but the mass simply pieces of hard wood sharp-pointed, which they hurl in great numbers. From Wordnik.com. [The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy] Reference
"Let me help you," he said, holding out his hand, which was noticeably white and well-shaped; "the rocks are rough and slippery.". From Wordnik.com. [The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius] Reference
He is of good stature, compactly built, with a well-shaped head and a face in which are seen both intelligence and determination. From Wordnik.com. [The Bay State Monthly — Volume 2, No. 4, January, 1885] Reference
A pretty woman she was, not tall, but gracefully formed, with dark blue eyes and a wealth of black hair, crowning a well-shaped head. From Wordnik.com. [William Adolphus Turnpike] Reference
English cousin, and are smaller; her hands are smaller, too, and so are her feet, but neither are so well-shaped as the English girls. From Wordnik.com. [The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol 2 (of 2)] Reference
People passing her saw a slender girl of thirteen with a delicate oval face and well-shaped features framed in a wealth of gold brown hair. From Wordnik.com. [Phyllis A Twin] Reference
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