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  • The rest of his hair hung free, knotted here and there with loose-flowing Narsani-red ribbons signifying his willingness to dance.

    Valentines, part the first mllelaurel 2009

  • Especially he liked the swell of her forearm, which rose firm and strong and tantalizing and sought shelter all too quickly under the loose-flowing sleeve.

    CHAPTER 8 2010

  • The mother, a slender hapa-haole (half-white), clad in a loose-flowing holoku of white muslin, hastened away swiftly among the banana and papaia trees to remove the babe's noise by distance.

    THE BONES OF KAHEKILI 2010

  • He preferred the loose-flowing robes of China, and neither could they cajole nor bully him into making the change.

    Chun Ah Chun 2010

  • The ruler was an old dwarf, with white streaking his yellow beard and long, loose-flowing hair.

    Flint, the King Kirchoff, Mary 2003

  • The high-waisted, loose-flowing gowns currently in vogue were simply not allowed there.

    Slightly Married Balogh, Mary 2003

  • The ruler was an old dwarf, with white streaking his yellow beard and long, loose-flowing hair.

    Flint the King Kirchoff, Mary 1990

  • Hair cut broad they wore; fair-yellow, deep-golden, loose-flowing back hair [11] down to their shoulders [11] upon them.

    The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Táin Bó Cúalnge Unknown

  • Beautiful was the arrangement of the hair, with three coils of hair wound round the nape of his neck, so that like to a strand of thread of gold was each thread-like, loose-flowing, deep-golden, magnificent, long-tressed, splendid, beauteous-hued hair as it fell down over his shoulders.

    The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Táin Bó Cúalnge Unknown

  • The ladies, wrapping a veil of linen or silk upon their delicate curls, laced a loose-flowing gown over a tight-sleeved bodice, and pinned the graceful folds of their mantles with golden butterflies and other tasteful trinkets.

    The Ontario Readers Third Book Ontario. Ministry of Education

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