The rush nods and bows till its tasseled head tipples. From Wordnik.com. [Life and Remains of John Clare "The Northamptonshire Peasant Poet"] Reference
The tasseled corn is nodding, and the crow on drowsy wing. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Hanging Fork and Other Poems] Reference
His hand left it and rested on the bobbing, tasseled mane. From Wordnik.com. [O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1920] Reference
The tasseled edges hung down, flapping in the ocean breeze. From Wordnik.com. [Renegade's Magic]
Cushions lay scattered about, in bright silks, and tasseled. From Wordnik.com. [The Fires of Heaven]
And Lily did not mind walking in with her gold-tasseled hat on. From Wordnik.com. [The Bill-Toppers] Reference
Hildegart obediently seated herself on a small tasseled carpet. From Wordnik.com. [The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection]
Sara picked up a blue tasseled pillow and held it against her stomach. From Wordnik.com. [The Seduction Of Sara]
The litter was of glittering ebony, hung with purple, tasseled with gold. From Wordnik.com. [The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt] Reference
His taste for tasseled loafers and seersucker shorts was seeping into him. From Wordnik.com. [Middlesex]
Still more stood in the hall outside, with gold-and-black tasseled spears. From Wordnik.com. [A Crown of Swords]
Sara picked up a tasseled pillow from the settee and plumped it mercilessly. From Wordnik.com. [The Seduction Of Sara]
He wore even more formfitting pantaloons with shining, white-tasseled Hessians. From Wordnik.com. [Irresistible]
Her hands got busy again, fingers twining into the tasseled strap of her reticule. From Wordnik.com. [The Lightkeeper]
Letting out a long breath, Verin sagged onto one of the bright, tasseled cushions. From Wordnik.com. [The Path of Daggers]
The withered wreaths still hung upon the stones, tasseled with the mourners 'hair. From Wordnik.com. [Funeral Games]
She reached up to pull on a tasseled cord, and a gong sounded elsewhere in the mountain. From Wordnik.com. [Isle of View]
Smiling pleasantly, Hayden reached for the tasseled bell pull dangling behind his chair. From Wordnik.com. [One Night Of Scandal]
A green-and-white tasseled spear lanced through the opening, just before it snapped shut. From Wordnik.com. [The Fires of Heaven]
The tasseled, sequin-netted mules were led by soldiers wearing scarlet cloaks and wreaths. From Wordnik.com. [Funeral Games]
Among its shafts and tasseled ears, hollow spaces shift shape with the breeze, hiding places. From Wordnik.com. [Angels Carry the Sun excerpt: Chapter One, In the Woods] Reference
At first, she saw nothing but Sevanna, seated on a large yellow-tasseled cushion in front of her. From Wordnik.com. [A Crown of Swords]
But this campaign will entail more than just tasseled-loafered influence peddlers prowling Congress. From Wordnik.com. [Health-Lobby Mania] Reference
Tossie went over to a long tasseled panel of embroidered damask on the wall and tugged on the tassel. From Wordnik.com. [To Say Nothing of the Dog]
The white ribbon of the diadem bisected her forehead, its tasseled ends straying across her shoulders. From Wordnik.com. [The Grass Crown]
In his Capitol suite last week he sat with tasseled loafers propped on a Louis XIV table, taking calls. From Wordnik.com. [Revenge Of The Right] Reference
"They should never have learned," Han muttered, kneading his red-tasseled blue cushion like an enemy's throat. From Wordnik.com. [The Fires of Heaven]
He liked the way he could pick his teeth afterward with the tasseled thing that had held the sandwich together. From Wordnik.com. [Bad Luck and Trouble]
Make sure tasseled pull cords are short, and that continuous-loop cords are permanently anchored to the floor or wall. From Wordnik.com. [Unexpected dangers in the home] Reference
But even in his tasseled nightcap and long nightshirt, Penfeld's dignity was so profound that no one dared challenge him. From Wordnik.com. [Once An Angel]
He could not help smiling smugly as he finished dressing, buckled on his sword and took up the tasseled Seanchan spearhead. From Wordnik.com. [The Fires of Heaven]
With his tasseled loafers and Italian suits, the brash, big-spending Guber came to epitomize Hollywood at its most profligate. From Wordnik.com. [Sony's Mr. Fixit] Reference
Bits of tasseled cord, drenched with dark dried blood and knotted around the man's wrists, hung from the back slats of the chair. From Wordnik.com. [The Debt Collector]
In Boston, Bill Cosby's tasseled BC Eagles baseball cap proclaimed "I am a comedian" as he received a doctorate in humane letters. From Wordnik.com. [Class Of '96] Reference
Roslynn stood by the window in the parlor, her cheek pressed to the cool glass, her hands gripping the blue tasseled drapes next to her. From Wordnik.com. [Tender Rebel]
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