He was slim, lissome, with eyes like licked stones. From Wordnik.com. [A Haunted House, and other short stories] Reference
As lissome and bright as steel, and moves like a fawn. From Wordnik.com. [His Disposition] Reference
She was as daringly dressed as a lissome dancing-girl. From Wordnik.com. [The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt] Reference
Lifted up her lissome body with a husband's tender pride. From Wordnik.com. [Christmas in Legend and Story A Book for Boys and Girls] Reference
It was never the same girl, but it was always a lissome beauty. From Wordnik.com. [The Luxembourg Run]
The alders leaned over the shallows lissome and rosy with catkins. From Wordnik.com. [The Sanctuary Sparrow]
I took his hands, and made them lissome with a soft, light rubbing. From Wordnik.com. [Erema] Reference
As he finished, Ruth, lissome in her black habit, cantered daintily out with. From Wordnik.com. [The Henchman] Reference
Reaching over, she touched the side of his forearm with long, lissome fingers. From Wordnik.com. [Dirge]
She went to him, leaning toward him, beautiful arms extended, lissome body bent. From Wordnik.com. [A Fool There Was] Reference
"Excuse me," the voice said more softly, deep as a man's but lissome as a woman's. From Wordnik.com. [In Other Worlds]
Part of him was still that adolescent boy with the crush on his lissome young neighbor. From Wordnik.com. [Ryan]
The lissome limbs were not rigid, a peach-bloom touched the cheeks, the lips were red. From Wordnik.com. [The Conquering Sword of Conan]
The lissome limbs were not rigid, a peach-bloom touched the cheeks, the lips were red. From Wordnik.com. [Conan The Warrior]
But when my lissome, modishly dressed, Princeton-educated fact-checker reached them, well . From Wordnik.com. [Squash Here At The New Yorker, Part Two: Alex Beam] Reference
As I entered, his wine-server was leaning over him; a boy of about fourteen, lissome and dark. From Wordnik.com. [The Praise Singer]
She was away into the gathering twilight, lissome and straight, leaving the door open behind her. From Wordnik.com. [The Holy Thief]
The Jerry Bruckheimer machine brings us "Chase," starring Kelli Giddish as tough and lissome U.S. From Wordnik.com. [As the network onslaught begins, what if the TV critic picked out shows just for you?] Reference
She wore it draped down her back, the arms looped over each other and swinging with her lissome body. From Wordnik.com. [Journey Into Love]
Coyote Grace's hunky, bearded Joe Stevens is a transman; and lissome, soft-butch Pureka is genderqueer. From Wordnik.com. [Sylvia Sukop: Transamericana: From Folk Roots Up and Out] Reference
His body was brown and lissome and sturdy, the bluish welts on his back were not too gross a disfigurement. From Wordnik.com. [The Devil's Novice]
One good thing about spacefaring, you could set the gravity-field generator low and feel almost lissome again. From Wordnik.com. [The Earth Book of Stormgate]
Her hands reached out to him, the long, lissome fingers drawing down his cheek to her lips, then his neck, his chest. From Wordnik.com. [Into the Thinking Kingdoms]
For fire cannot vie in purity with the charms of the glorious spectacle, a figure with lissome step, I behold before me. From Wordnik.com. [Ink Darkly the Painted Seasons a1 s01-2] Reference
As soon as he saw the door open he was on his feet in a single lissome movement, though he did not come within the pale. From Wordnik.com. [The Hermit of Eyton Forest]
He was surely scarcely past twenty, lissome and tall, though his companion would top him by a head if they stood together. From Wordnik.com. [An Excellent Mystery]
He was also unavailable, we were told by his secretary, a lissome brunette with arched eyebrows and a mouth meant for saying no. From Wordnik.com. [When The Bough Breaks]
He got to his feet almost clumsily, who had been so lissome only moments ago, and stood trembling, shoulders bowed and eyes lowered. From Wordnik.com. [The Sanctuary Sparrow]
Indeed, most of the album has a lissome and corny disco sheen that happens to have a lot in common with the sparkle of mainstream radio. From Wordnik.com. [Saturday Night Soundsystem] Reference
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