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How to use ruffling in a sentence

Looking for sentences and phrases with the word ruffling? Here are some examples.

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Five minutes later, we were cruising down the highway with the wind beating roughly against the side of the car and ruffling our hair.
I felt the immediate strength of his arms as he firmly held me in a headlock against his chest, ruffling my hair roughly.
He stares at me with beady eyes, occasionally ruffling his feathers and tilting his head from side to side.
Rick shivered as a dry southern wind blew across the buildings of the city, ruffling his scanty clothing and causing him to gaze about in worry.
For several minutes, she took to staring at a bird sitting on a telephone wire, ruffling its wings.
The officials are keenly aware they risk ruffling customers by straying outside the boundaries of its conservative styling.
The sparrows were merry along the curbstones, taking bath after bath in the water and ruffling their feathers with delight.
He kissed both our foreheads before standing and ruffling our hair one final time before he turned to leave.
He also was very adept at picking up on people's weaknesses and teasing them, ruffling some feathers.
Blow-dry while ruffling with your fingers, or for looser texture, let hair air-dry.
He led me to the trees where I could see that hundreds of large black birds squawked and clacked at each other, ruffling their feathers.
Now that there was a light breeze ruffling through the flags the castle seemed more intimidating now.
That night, when it was quiet, and all that could be heard was the slight hush of a breeze ruffling the trees' leaves.
It was an exquisite fall day, drenched in sunlight with a soft breeze ruffling the brightly colored leaves.
The next morning I woke to sun shining on my face and a soft breeze ruffling the curtains.
He gave her an incredulous stare and continued pulling her towards the window, which was still open, the soft breeze ruffling the curtains.
He then placed his open hand on the girl's head and began ruffling her hair as if she was his pet.
He slipped his arm though hers and they left, the feathers on her tiny black clutch ruffling as they walked.
So after about a mile of sauntering I shifted into third gear and left Brower with his hair ruffling in my wind.
Strew the mozzarella and tomatoes over the pizzas, then add the pancetta, ruffling it up a bit.
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Examples from Classical Literature
They certainly did not suspect my presence in the cave, nor did Laputa show any ruffling of his calm.
Behold how mincingly it creeps over the sea, just ruffling and crisping it.
The detectives had been punctilious to avoid ruffling the sensibilities of any and all.
A crush that was ruffling and fatiguing to a man, but to a woman was horror.
Then she had three rolls of ruffling, yards and yards in each piece.
Elizabeth unhated me, ruffling my newly-made hair in the process.
A number of controlled procedures were carried out which involved ruffling the feathers of chicks and mother hens with an air puff.
She seemed to get it too clearly cut, there was no ruffling.
I said, ruffling up my fur and my tail, for I was very angry.
Ruffling of the abdominal feathers emphasizes their yellow color and seemingly heightens the intimidatory effect.
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