A light-footed girl. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
I am short, but I’ve never been what you might call light-footed. From Wordnik.com. [The Woman I Was Born to Be] Reference
Artaban led them swiftly after the light-footed girl. From Wordnik.com. [Conan the Freebooter]
The waitresses bustled about, light-footed and demure. From Wordnik.com. [Ruth Fielding in Moving Pictures Or, Helping the Dormitory Fund] Reference
"Well, they're certainly light-footed," laughed Adrian. From Wordnik.com. [The Broncho Rider Boys with Funston at Vera Cruz Or, Upholding the Honor of the Stars and Stripes] Reference
She was so quick and light-footed, any throw was chancy. From Wordnik.com. [The Bull From The Sea]
Where the light-footed roe leaves the wild breeze behind. From Wordnik.com. [The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume IV. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century] Reference
Does she bear a dagger at her breast - the light-footed one?. From Wordnik.com. [Edith Södergran: a biographical profile - 7] Reference
It's a disarmingly light-footed and witty late-period Godard. From Wordnik.com. [Germany Year 90 Nine Zero] Reference
Darwin left the room, light-footed and silent for such a big man. From Wordnik.com. [Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine]
Here prowling about in a light-footed and adventurous fashion the young. From Wordnik.com. [Schwartz: A History From "Schwartz" by David Christie Murray] Reference
She made an excellent dance partner for him, graceful and light-footed. From Wordnik.com. [The Mad Ship]
His strides can seem too long for his legs, but he's a light-footed man. From Wordnik.com. [The Satanic Verses]
Then she was gone, running back through the house, light-footed as a deer. From Wordnik.com. [A Breath of Snow and Ashes]
They're like boxes with strange, uncomfortable, light-footed worlds in it. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-06-01] Reference
Nimble, yet light-footed as a cat; tireless; brave; Emmy now proved her mettle. From Wordnik.com. [The Way Home] Reference
Even for light-footed Wanyamwezi pagazis it was anything but comfortable to traverse. From Wordnik.com. [How I Found Livingstone] Reference
David Brooks's columns are ponderous by comparison with Buckley's light-footed dances. From Wordnik.com. [Peter Clothier: Nil Nisi Bonum: William F. Buckley] Reference
Jamie was just as fast, amazing grace in such a tall man, light-footed and sure-handed. From Wordnik.com. [Dragonfly in Amber]
He decided that a light-footed kender would be able to negotiate them and he started up. From Wordnik.com. [Stormblade]
I was thinking, before I fell asleep, of the flashing light-footed boy, awaiting tomorrow. From Wordnik.com. [The Bull From The Sea]
Yet it is striking how often conversations about Satyam involve a rather light-footed minuet. From Wordnik.com. [How Satyam Stalks India's Elections] Reference
He is wonderfully light-footed, and runs with great speed after the deer, or climbs a tree like. From Wordnik.com. [The Philippine Islands] Reference
Like a light-footed beautiful faun, without a care in the world, perfectly in tune with her surroundings. From Wordnik.com. [Beyond the Sunrise]
A venerable bishop once said to me: ‘One of your wives was lame, but the other was too light-footed.’. From Wordnik.com. [The Brothers Karamazov] Reference
It was like digesting a new and subtle liqueur that made him light-footed and tingled in the tips of his fingers. From Wordnik.com. [The Ghost Ship] Reference
As she sprang from it, light-footed and smiling, and mounted the steps, she indicated him politely to the Chinese. From Wordnik.com. [The Spinner's Book of Fiction] Reference
She ran across the open space, light-footed, and put her back against the tin wall, careful not to make any noise. From Wordnik.com. [Devil's Bargain]
It was wonderful how quietly the young giant could move, and Ken, naturally light-footed, followed his example easily. From Wordnik.com. [On Land and Sea at the Dardanelles] Reference
The horses of Glenarvan and Robert, though not so light-footed, felt the spur of his example, and followed him bravely. From Wordnik.com. [In Search of the Castaways] Reference
A burly figure came towards him, walking with that curiously light-footed tread which becomes second habit in a submarine. From Wordnik.com. [On Land and Sea at the Dardanelles] Reference
The story is a page-turner, its prose light-footed and sure despite the complexity of the international intrigue it depicts. From Wordnik.com. [Startling Spy Story] Reference
Gunther did not dance; Farraday's method was correct but quiet, and none of the men could rival Stefan in light-footed grace. From Wordnik.com. [The Nest Builder] Reference
I knew them nearly jocular, I knew them tall, light-footed laddies, running about the pastures there gallivanting with the girls. From Wordnik.com. [Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure] Reference
Rushing heats up these old chestnuts with his unique combination of a big, heavy voice and a light-footed and fast rhythmic sense of time. From Wordnik.com. [One Half Note, Two Talents] Reference
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