How To Use Curtsey In A Sentence
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Elizabeth curtseyed very prettily, though her eyes were slightly mocking.
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These were not the dainty and chaste twirls and curtseys of the ballerinas at Lincoln Center.
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I am very foolish, "says she, sniffing, and presently, when the Prince and Princess withdrew, she was all smiles again, curtseying like billy-ho, and kissing me a tender farewell.
Flashman's Lady
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She gave the Unicorn a formal curtsey, feeling rather foolish for doing so.
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Just as Mrs Jenkins was making a kind of curtsey by the bedside Gladys said that she saw Mr Prothero riding up to the house.
Gladys, the Reaper
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She quickly stood, giving a hurried curtsey which only seemed to make him more uneasy.
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Elfrida's little curtsey was not at all the right kind of curtsey, but it had to do.
The House of Arden
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She curtseyed in return before they swept out onto the dance floor.
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At the final curtsey, everyone was facing the front… except for her.
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I was so overwhelmed with surprise and awe that I forgot to make the proper response of a "curtsey," but ran home as fast as I could go to proclaim the wonder.
A New England girlhood, outlined from memory (Beverly, MA)
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Breaking the silence, Clarice appeared and greeted Imogene with a curtsey.
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He explained that the word curtsey comes from the word "courtesy.
Margie Goldsmith: Setting A Courteous Guinness World Record In London
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As your arm comes forward to deliver the bowl your right knee rests on the heel of your left foot; you are doing a deep curtsey.
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He explained that the word curtsey comes from the word "courtesy.
Margie Goldsmith: Setting A Courteous Guinness World Record In London
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All stiff and mincy, and dropping curtseys every two minutes!
Marjorie's New Friend
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She would then approach the Monarch, curtseying as low as possible "so as almost to kneel and the Queen kisses her on the forehead if she is a peeress or peer's daughter, or extends her hand to be kissed, if the lady is a commoner.
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She made a kind of curtsey and began to speak, but no sooner did she see his face than she held her tongue.
Gladys, the Reaper
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She covered her retreat nobly, made a curtsey to the priests, genuflected calmly, laid down the aspergill, and, under pretence of having been sent for something which these careless priests had forgotten, retired with honors; and then I suppose had a good long cry.
My New Curate
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Remember to curtsey or bow, and be polite and courteous to everyone.
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‘Excuse me, my lady, but my lady Kei said for me to bring Nichole here to you for a bit,’ said Lela with a slight bob to signify a curtsey.
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‘As you please, young gentleman,’ said the landlady, and then, making a kind of curtsey, she again retired to the side apartment.
Lavengro
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Euphrosyne approached, sweet deference, her voice dipping like a curtsey, `And what is that, Mr Leonida?
COUP D'ETAT
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They both smiled, and Cassandra managed a curtsey in greetings.
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The "egad" did the whole business: Mrs. Cat was as much in love with him now as ever she had been; and, gathering up all her energies, she said, "It is dreadful hot too, I think;" and with this she made a curtsey.
Catherine: a Story
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Traditional gestures of salutation such as the bow and the curtsey only gradually gave way to the handshake.
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She curtseyed to the Queen.
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With a slight curtsey, the girl left, shutting the door behind her.
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Emnei walked into this room as well and dropped a small curtsey to the regal figure carving a red crystal while singing to herself softly.
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But I noticed also just a suspicion of the "grenadier" stride when she was on the march to make her curtsey.
The Amazing Marriage — Volume 2
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As you please, young gentleman," said the landlady, and then making a kind of curtsey, she again retired to the side apartment.
Lavengro The Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest
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He watched as she picked up the hem of an imaginary balldress and swept him an elaborate formal court curtsey that ended in her gracefully sweeping almost to the floor.
The Rich Man's Royal Mistress
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'As you please, young gentleman,' said the landlady, and then, making a kind of curtsey, she again retired to the side apartment.
Lavengro; the Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest
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The lychgate of a field showed Father Conmee breadths of cabbages, curtseying to him with ample underleaves.
Ulysses
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The "curtsey" -- or "courtesy" -- is a feature of the minuet, and revived with the old-fashioned dance.
Etiquette
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The woman, giggling overloudly, turned and curtseyed to the pit.
Exit the Actress
