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Sentence Examples Helicopter downwash ruffled the river's waters as Lynx, Gazelle and Sea Kings hovered over the action. Without going into detail I think people feel that feathers have been ruffled. A little lie would indubitably make things all better, smooth Jake's ruffled feathers, and make everything in my life shiny again. I think this upset him a bit and I had to smooth his ruffled feathers via email. I muttered darkly, not liking the fact that he so easily smoothed my ruffled feathers. I know I've stepped over the line and should probably smooth her ruffled feathers. Its ruffled, lavender-pink flowers look like they belong in a grandmother's garden with feverfew and love-in-a-mist. Trying to assuage the ruffled feelings of the masses by conducting such events in situations of necessity may be fine. About half a mile away, starlight finally hit it, revealing a sleek chestnut brown body with ruffled russet red tail feathers. She wore a white, ruffled skirt and a tight, baby-blue sweater with white sandals. It passed over the sleekly barbered lawns and slightly ruffled the neat rows of asters and cannas. The infant is wearing a full, long sleeved, white dress with a pleated yoke, and a ruffled bertha collar. He looked a little messy, with his hair desperately needing a trim as it was always ruffled. For a party with such a pleasant public image, they have ruffled some feathers with their uncompromising constituency campaigns. He blushed, discomfited by the five pairs of eyes staring at him, and ruffled his hair. This morning, he didn't wear his skullcap and his hair was ruffled by the wind. Lisa ruffled Charlie's hair as she wandered past, rubbing sleep from her eyes. I've no doubt it ruffled feathers in Charlestown at the time, it was so close to the bone. Karan paraded familiar slouchy knits over minis, sequin T-shirt dresses, kicky ruffled miniskirts and black-and-cream tweed miniskirted suits. The sleeves flirt with flared puffs and completely slit up, ruffled and smocked sleeves. Show More Sentences A girl in a ruffled jean miniskirt with a colourfully striped v-neck, her light hoodie zip-up flying behind her, came bounding down the stairs. A poetaster's aesthetic feathers had been ruffled, but his humanity, anemic and amoral, had remained unstirred, somnolent, and moribund. Walking through the woods in Northern Ireland on a clear blue day, Alex smiled at the soft breeze that ruffled his hair. She was always a person who would speak up for what was right, even if feathers got ruffled. The wind ruffled her hair and she watched the leaves dance, lightly, beneath the soft breeze. But it now seems that the news of a new director has calmed the ruffled kilts and sporrans, and there is peace in the glens once more. There he was, in delicate profile, an angelic child wearing a big Mozart-style stand-up jacket collar and ruffled shirt. Beneath the ruffled cambric of her night dress the proportions of it seemed huge. Candy got up uncomfortably from her bus seat, and straightened her ruffled skirt. Animal spirits could be low, broken, oppressed, dejected, petulant, harassed or even ruffled beyond description. Callie chose an off-the-shoulder black top with a flowing, knee-length black and white floral-printed skirt with an ruffled hemline. The perfect oval of the face is repeated by the line of the necklace and the bodice and the ruffled form of the sleeve. Wren walked in, wiping his hands on his trousers and trying to pat down his ruffled hair. The ruffled hem envelops the legs, and the lace-up peekaboo slit traces the curve of the waist, adding shape to an already sensuous silhouette. Your evening bag should also add just the right amount of oomph like a ruffled satin wristlet or an eggplant clutch with a big silky flower. But why, you may ask, has this apparently trivial factoid ruffled the feathers of the good burghers of Oslo? I was just wondering if maybe my perspicacious words had finally ruffled the princess's feathers. All afternoon he's successfully impersonated a man who's not hurried, not ruffled, and not full of his own importance. Try dressing your room with wicker baskets, and look for flounced or ruffled curtains, tablecloths and bedding. Zeke leaned over, his white-gloved hands splayed on the counter, and his shaggy, ruffled black hair forming a cowlick. Show More Sentences The wind ruffled her coat as well as her long red hair, as she rode towards the forward camp. At that time, a film in which adulterers are the protagonists must have ruffled some crinolines. It has a pleasant, sweet fragrance and is lightly laced, ruffled and fluted pale pink. His hair has just been recently chopped from his younger out-of-date curtains style into a short ruffled and very sexy crop. The sleeves of the shirt were, thanks to Allicia, immaculately black, the frills of the cuffs ruffled lightly. With its phenomenal fringed and ruffled petals and velvety purple-black color, this is a tulip that stands out in any garden. There are also playful parrot tulips with ruffled flower edges, frilly fringed tulips and lily-flowered tulips with pointed petals. He was ruffled and sleepy looking, his eyes bloodshot and his hair frizzled. For a while he affected a black eye patch, but eventually opted for a glass eye after one too many pirate jokes ruffled his infamous ego. For this occasion, she shows herself dressed in a puce silk dress with a ruffled lace edging. You never saw him with a desk full of clutter-you never saw him ruffled, hurried, disorganized. A breeze ruffled her cloak and brought up little clouds of dust from the ground. With it, he wore a fancy ruffled white shirt and his uncle's dove gray tuxedo jacket with the maroon satin lapels. Ruth ruffled Elizabeth's hair affectionately, much to the girls' annoyance. She was wearing a pretty blue shirt with ruffled sleeves and a high waist with lace. Dressed in a black suit with white ruffled shirt and a light blue vest, he seemed more dandy then gunslinger. Mona looked ruffled, which wasn't a really unusual expression for her to carry around, given her social rank. The drawing of a woman with big eyes, dark lashes and tightly knotted hair, dressed in a ruffled frock and sporting a fan, gave it away. Tuleh's ruffled wrap dress has little circle prints, and Emanuel Ungaro's cherry blossom branches print shirt is very fashionable. A dozen girls in ruffled skirts stand, shifting their weight from foot to foot, gazing shyly at their reflections in the mirror. Show More Sentences They are not easily ruffled but can be very firm and resolute in their actions. Perhaps England fans shouldn't be allowed flags at all then sour Anglophobes like him wouldn't get so ruffled. He righted his ruffled cloak, straightened his wrinkled shirt, and glared white hot anger at me. A black collie ran back towards her, her fur ruffled in the wind, tongue lolling out. He ruffled her hair affectionately, and then, as if at an afterthought, pulled her close into a hug. Before she could stop herself, she had leaned over and ruffled his blond hair affectionately. The birds become lethargic, with a staggered gait, their feathers are ruffled, and the comb and wattles turn dark red or blackish. Someone had opened a window and the cool morning breeze drifted in and ruffled the white hospital curtains. A light onshore breeze ruffled the surface of the bay, a few feet away I watched a turkey buzzard or vulture fly by. A cool night breeze ruffled the curtains of the window and swept in a fragrance of spicy earth. He was easily ruffled, which led to tension headaches and high blood pressure. Instead of looking at the big picture, we became unduly ruffled by near-term issues. Normally nothing ruffled his composure, and yet there he was, blushing like a callow youth at the sight of her ankle. She could tell that he was ruffled, but he wasn't able to come up with anything to say until she was clearly out of his radius. I was briefly ruffled, because few things are held as closely and protectively as one's musical preferences. He was lightly muscled and wore a grey ruffled, button down shirt, with the first two buttons undone. The sleeves of the shirt were, thanks to Alicia, immaculately black, the frills of the cuffs ruffled lightly. He wore one of those ruffled shirts that Alora associated with artists in eighteenth-century France. It's been a difficult week for the committee that devised the rules, but not one that ruffled their feathers unduly. I felt that I'd ruffled his feathers up enough for the day, or at the very least a few hours. Show More Sentences We seem to have at last ruffled their feathers and could be a force to be reckoned with. He shook his head and laughed in merriment as if to smooth Big Freddie's ruffled feathers. He ruffled her hair slightly, and then said goodnight and left the room. The irascible Jim Godbolt, a long-time friend of Ronnie Scott, ruffled a few feathers 20 years ago when he published his book on the early decades of British jazz. I glance out of the window and through a late-afternoon haze look down on a sea that is the light blue of a blackbird's egg, its texture that of ruffled taffeta. Just then, a bird beside him ruffled its wings and flew away. The paparazzo ruffled and out a functioning camera, then threatened Madoff Mack with a lawsuit. A breeze ruffled the grass, and raised waves through the pasture. In the scenes in which she was abused by the vindictive villagers, Doone gave a moving representation of the ruffled pride of the old and slightly dotty. The film opens with a single wide-screen shot of a woman's face in three-quarter profile against an empty sky, strands of dark hair ruffled by the breeze. Great champions are often ruffled, sometimes shaken, but never spooked. I smiled and ruffled her medium length light brown hair slightly. She was ruffled by the King's unchanging expression and tone of voice. I was ruffled and quickly reacted by sending up the windows. He had managed to tame his usually ruffled hair and he had shaved. A stronger puff of wind ruffled the water and bent the water-side reeds. Music-hall dancers called for shortened skirts, and their high kicks gave more emphasis to the ruffled underside and bloomers than to the exterior of the garments. Rab offers Johnny his outgrown linen ruffled shirt and a corduroy jacket. Emily smiled down at her son and ruffled his hair affectionately. After I woke up you looked so cute with ruffled hair and your sweet smile. Show More Sentences All of this speculation has clearly ruffled Parker's feathers a little. At the christening of Prince George, The Duchess of Cambridge looked radiant in an ivory-colored Alexander McQueen ruffled suit. As he took a moment to rest, dropping her feet to the ground but keeping a firm grip on the ruffled sleeve of her shirt, he received an acid remark. A few chickens squawked indignantly as the cold gust of air hit them, but they soon settled back down into their boxes, feathers ruffled to keep out the chill. The sight of Anna, not the slightest bit ruffled, rattled him severely. Dave Robertson opted for a wacky, kaleidoscopic suit with a bright orange hat, black and white kipper tie over a ruffled red shirt and glitzy platform boots. The petals may be overlapped, recurved, frilled, crinkled or ruffled. Yet in the most furious bouts against the local greenfinches, with feathers ruffled and wings dropped like a gamecock, he continues singing his challenges. Her gown is authentically styled, from the ribbed gigot sleeves and romantic ribbons to the ruffled bodice and underskirt, and soft pastel colors. Love insisted the feathers be ruffled just enough, the eyes be at just the right angle. The boy looked up, his hair ruffled and wet, his shirt and leggings torn. The creation has a feathery train and a ragged flow of ruffled panels, which create the body of the dress and extend to the floor. With that Nat suddenly produced from inside his jacket a little downy bird, who blinked and ruffled his feathers, looking very plump and sleepy and scared. Gamins, snappy in pinstripe suits and cross-culture printed silk, dress up for the evening like gypsies in a dizzy fandango of swirling, hand-painted silk ruffled skirts. She kissed him on the forehead and ruffled his already messy hair. She ruffled his pale blonde hair, laughing when he jerked away. He grinned contentedly as he ruffled my already tangled hair. Klein's collection for women featured skirt and blouse dresses, ruffled and layered dresses, pantsuits and minis. Among the many notable pastas, mafaldine, a narrow ribbon pasta with ruffled edges perfect for capturing sauce, snags the prize. The original pollera consists of a ruffled blouse worn off the shoulders and a skirt with gold buttons. Show More Sentences The skirt is also ruffled, so that when it is lifted up, it looks like a peacock's tail or a mantilla fan. It would have slid easily across the floor if not for the ruffled undersurface causing friction. A native of Europe, the weed is known for its daisylike, entirely yellow flowers, its ragged and ruffled leaves, and its toxicity. Twin-sets were ruffled, Prada suits twitched, face-lifts were stretched into rictus grins of fear. In the same story, a recipe for Crostoli should have indicated that the dough be cut with a ruffled pastry wheel into 1-inch by 5-inch ribbons. Any good undercover agent ruffled a few feathers in the front office, and Jake more often than not upset the entire henhouse. Mice with lethal bordetellosis indicated by ruffled fur, hunched stature, and limited responsiveness were euthanized to prevent unnecessary suffering. Sutton and David Templeton both had efforts just off target as Hearts' tactics of high-tempo, pressing football ruffled the English side's feathers. She was wearing tan today, with a ruffled jabot at her throat. At breakfast, amid the gray suits in a midtown hotel, he's hard to miss in his velvety green dinner jacket, white ruffled shirt and black pony-tailed hair. But Swank was more concerned about her white, ruffled cocktail dress, which suffered one of the worst tragedies that can befall an actress about to hit the red carpet. The Crazy In Love star showed off her stunning figure in a pink and black ruffled halterneck dress for a Harper's Bazaar magazine shoot at The Ritz Hotel in the city. The Fossombroniales are a specialized group of simple thalloids in which the thalli are marginally dissected into leafy appendages that appear ruffled to the naked eye. Examples from Classical Literature Mr. Limpet handed his son an order on his bank for a chequebook, shook hands with him, and returned to smooth the ruffled Grigg. Nor does it even soothe my ruffled feelings when the shopwalker thanks me profusely as he countersigns the bill. They were half-way down the heathery hill-side when a very ruffled and indignant Sadie overtook them. But few were the sunny days on the sea of moyle, and many were the tempests that ruffled its waters. The primness of her was indescribable, and was not at all ruffled by Dan's hoot of derision. If the university shall not think fit to allow Mr. Oates his degree, the lawn sleeves are to be ruffled next parliament. There was plenty more, but the wind so ruffled the missive that, with unlifted eyes, he folded it. Then she smoothed out her ruffled frock, and patted her hair into its place. It was the beginning of a 'levanter,' and scarcely ruffled the surface as it swept along. Magdalen, as usual when her temper was ruffled, expressed her dissatisfaction in the plainest terms. Observe how Emerson is wriggled and ruffled in this crushing crowd. He was a hook-nosed man, and with that and his bright eyes and his ruffled head, bore a certain likeness to a roused bird of prey. Tell me frankly and fearlessly what it is that has ruffled you. Mrs. Millar fired up in defence of her young like a ruffled mother-pigeon. Jo was through the last wicket and had missed the stroke, which failure ruffled her a good deal. A tame egret ruffled her white plumes at the Princess's shoulder. The door opened, and hippus appeared, red-faced and much ruffled. Aunt Jane six months later mitigated this martyrdom by making her a ruffled dimity pinafore, artfully shaped to conceal all the spots. Not a curve that was blemished by an angle or ruffled by asperities. His goodness of mind was only excelled by his goodness of character, whose ampleness and magnanimity was not narrowed or ruffled by anything. Show More Sentences His fingers had ruffled his hair into a dissipated untidiness. And on he went, ruffled, but wrapped in self-opinionated vanity. She picked up one of the drakes and ruffled his green capote with her fingers. There you stand, lost in the infinite series of the sea, with nothing ruffled but the waves. A dark ruffled head and two frightened eyes appeared above the dimity spread. The gentle heart was ruffled amid its joy by the thought of its own unworthiness. He wore blue silk stockings, blue knee pants with gold buckles, a blue ruffled waist and a jacket of bright blue braided with gold. The stair carpet was ruffled and discoloured where I had crouched, soaked to the skin from the thunderstorm the night of the catastrophe. He was quite huffy, but noticing my wondering stare he smoothed his ruffled plumes. Finally he extricated himself, ruffled, breathless, but still talking. Then she put her hand up and stroked his cheek and ruffled his hair. Her high-arched, threadlike brows were ruffled into a delicious frown. The fog of sultriness still hung over the city, but ahead lay a fresh world of ruffled waters, and distant promontories with light-houses in the sun. Feeling very much ruffled, she went and stood at a quiet window to cool her cheeks, for the tight dress gave her an uncomfortably brilliant color. An exhausted composure, a worn-out placidity, an equanimity of fatigue not to be ruffled by interest or satisfaction, are the trophies of her victory. My aunt, a little ruffled by the combat, marched past them into the house, with great dignity, and took no notice of their presence, until they were announced by Janet. In a breath, the river that flows through our Sunday walks is sparkling in the summer sun, is ruffled by the winter wind, or thickened with drifting heaps of ice. Her hair was ruffled on her forehead and her cheeks were bright pink. Find more words! 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What is the opposite of ruffled? Words that rhyme with ruffled What is the adjective for ruffled? What is the noun for ruffled? Use our Sentence Generator Nearby Words ruffle ruffing Ruffin ruffin ruffians ruffianly ruffled feathers ruffler ruffles ruffling ruffly Ruffo 7-letter Words Starting With r ru ruf ruff ruffl ruffle