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“So I understand you and Sheriff Bunsen have finally set the wedding date,” Bertha said, fixing me with her little henlike eyes.

Telegraph Days Larry Mcmurtry 2006

She could hear Minnie Adams's high henlike cackle, and Mrs. Meeker's bass rumble that always sounded as though she were using a megaphone.

A Long-Distance Call From Jim 1919

He was not going to squat henlike on his place as the cockies around him did.

My Brilliant Career Miles Franklin 1916

The simile is grotesque; but Amedee is the most henlike waiter in

The Guest of Quesnay Booth Tarkington 1907

As they sped along, Geraldine pointed out imprints of fox and rabbit, faint trails where a field-mouse had passed, the string of henlike footprints recording the deliberate progress of some ruffed grouse picking its leisurely way across the snow; the sharp, indented marks of squirrels.

The Danger Mark A. B. [Illustrator] Wenzell 1899

In repeating the above dialogue I have tried to give the impression which it made on me, that Parkins was something of an old woman -- rather henlike, perhaps, in his little ways; totally destitute, alas! of the sense of humour, but at the same time dauntless and sincere in his convictions, and a man deserving of the greatest respect.

Ghost Stories of an Antiquary 1899

Julia was pregnant, and very pleased to be so; the only stress she suffered was Marius’s henlike concern for her.

The First Man in Rome McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1990