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  • Out of the darkness slipped a tall, bearded, older-looking man, who stood so close to her that she jerked the reins and started to flee, but he caught her by the calf—and when he did, her silk-clad leg and a bit of her gown were revealed.

    Judge deveraux The Scent of Jasmine 2011

  • Then she hiked up her skirts and raced in pursuit, putting a slight smile on his face as he was treated to yet another view of slender, silk-clad ankles and calves.

    Shameless KAREN ROBARDS 2010

  • Rachel pushed it around her plate, looking about her at the silk-clad walls; at intervals were hung enormous circles of beaten silver which reflected the dancing candlelight and the shimmering, spangled clothes and rich jewels worn by the assembly.

    Dearly Beloved 2010

  • I continued to one of the side walls where a figure sat at a small table, his silk-clad shoulders hunched, a lone spotlight illuminating the peculiar script on the wall.

    The Darkest Edge of Dawn Kelly Gay 2010

  • She put an affectionate arm around the fox's silk-clad shoulders.

    A Corridor in the Asylum 2010

  • I continued to one of the side walls where a figure sat at a small table, his silk-clad shoulders hunched, a lone spotlight illuminating the peculiar script on the wall.

    The Darkest Edge of Dawn Kelly Gay 2010

  • I continued to one of the side walls where a figure sat at a small table, his silk-clad shoulders hunched, a lone spotlight illuminating the peculiar script on the wall.

    The Darkest Edge of Dawn Kelly Gay 2010

  • Then she hiked up her skirts and raced in pursuit, putting a slight smile on his face as he was treated to yet another view of slender, silk-clad ankles and calves.

    Shameless KAREN ROBARDS 2010

  • In all these things, she was utterly unlike the expensive members of the silk-clad demimonde whose pleasures he had once enjoyed.

    red dust Ryn Cricket 2010

  • Every November a group of volunteers -- mostly middle aged and elderly ladies working under the direction of the museum's conservancy department -- put up the "Angel Tree" and decorate it with Neapolitan eighteenth and nineteenth century terracotta and wood silk-clad figures: beautifully painted faces gentle and innocent; swirling robes of silk, rich as thick smoke curling heavenward -- a nativity scene to break even my cynical heart.

    Frank Schaeffer: Faith, Meaning, Hope and Christmas 2009

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