She smoothed it out carefully, pinched up the white ruffle at the neck, and laid it away in a drawer with an extra little sob at the roughness of life.
From the little standing ruffle at the neck the child's slender throat rose very brown and thin, and the head looked small to bear the weight of dark hair that hung in a thick braid to her waist.
" "Monsieur, I shall be called away to prayers shortly; my time for conversation is very scant and brief at this hour—excuse——" "I excuse everything," he interrupted; "my mood is so meek, neither rebuff nor, perhaps, insult could ruffle it.
To do him justice, he would have shared his prize with her to whom he owed it; but that was never allowed: to insist, was to ruffle her for the evening.
His temper is not happy, and something has now occurred to ruffle it in an uncommon degree; some disappointment, some vexation, which just at this moment seems important, but which I can hardly suppose you to have any concern in, for how is it possible?
In the garden the plants stood quite still, straight and unstirred by the smallest ruffle of air.
Oh, how pretty it was—a lovely soft brown gloria with all the gloss of silk; a skirt with dainty frills and shirrings; a waist elaborately pintucked in the most fashionable way, with a little ruffle of filmy lace at the neck.
Jon grinned and reached under the table to ruffle the shaggy white fur.
Reluctance to ruffle people's feathers Although people like Gemma are psychologically well-endowed for entry-level or midlevel management jobs, senior leadership roles will require the ability to make unpopular choices often, bring about change, and focus on driving results, even at the expense of sacrificing employee relations.
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Researcher Bradley Ruffle, of Wilfrid Laurier University in Ontario, Canada, believes good-looking women are being penalised for their beauty.
If you are wearing a tie, loosen it a bit and ruffle your hair slightly to appear like someone who is totally lost in work.
