How To Use A-line In A Sentence

  • Sir Marmaduke, ‘if I were to go and leave my girl as it were in the hands of a penny-a-liner.’ He Knew He Was Right
  • But this “penny-a-liner,” as the Doctor indignantly called him, had attacked him in his tenderest point. Dr. Wortle's school
  • Lindsey and Victoria wore cranberry strapless bodices with matching A-line skirts and stoles with crystal detail.
  • I love the cute A-line dresses and short shift dresses.
  • I designed a red damask long-sleeved A-line floor-length evening dress with the now-accepted low decollete. Women I Have Dressed (and Undressed!)
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  • Wear with tiny A-line skirts or long, floaty frocks. Times, Sunday Times
  • From the penny-a-liner to the artist and thinker, the demand for their labour continually increases. Woman and Labour
  • Now a penny-a-liner is indebted to a single phrase which furnishes his column; a clergyman near The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 75, January, 1864
  • Not to be on the "Index" would call a blush to the cheek of the most unambitious of authors, -- would carry a presumption of worthlessness with it from which even the penny-a-liner would shrink with dismay, -- and to the poet and historian would sound like a sentence of perpetual exclusion from all those cherished hopes which irradiate with heavenly light the steep and thorny paths of intellectual renown. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 82, August, 1864
  • “It has pleased the average penny-a-liner”: EWR, unpublished biographical sketch of WAR. The Great Bridge
  • One piece strapless delustered satin, A-line, small train, embroidered in mauve and silver butterfly design.
  • These good things would have been accepted had it not been for this rascal of a penny-a-liner, this friend of that other rascal Trevelyan, who had come in the way of their family to destroy the happiness of them all! He Knew He Was Right
  • Sir Marmaduke, in speaking of Stanbury after this, would constantly call him a penny-a-liner, thinking that the contamination of the penny communicated itself to all transactions of the Daily Record. He Knew He Was Right
  • Say hello to the A-line midi skirt. The Sun
  • Or the hospital cafeteria-line serving woman sitting there on her day off with a cat fur around her neck, telling the proprietor she was a "dietitian" - both of them knowing she was lying. The Autobiography of Malcolm X
  • The perfect Woodstock look is a pale blue button-through A-line jeans skirt or culottes with a tunic top, and a velvet blazer with vintage-inspired accessories.
  • The tiered A-line skirt will attract your cabana boy's attention without the need for finger snapping.
  • Look out for a pair of neat black or grey flannel trousers or a pencil or A-line skirt.
  • Rather than pencil-straight skirts, steer toward gored and A-line styles with a little more fullness for easier fitting and camouflage.
  • : Trench coats may be movie-star cool but so is the straight cut, A-line raincoat, also known as the balmacaan. Finding the Right Raincoat
  • Mr. Jay (who lives by supplying the newspapers with short paragraphs relating to accidents, offenses, and brief records of remarkable occurrences in general -- who is, in short, what they call a penny-a-liner) told his landlord that he had been in the city that day and heard unfavorable rumors on the subject of the joint-stock banks. The Queen of Hearts
  • A-line skirt or cut on the bias, what will work best for your shape?
  • It just happens - you'll find yourself relying more and more on that A-line shirt dress in your closet, or straight pants with a small percentage of Lycra.
  • Even more directly, plastic bottles, BPA-lined cans and "microwavable" containers are leaching their toxins into the food and drink they contain, serving consumers a potent petrochemical punch. Lisa Kaas Boyle: Recycling Plastic: What a Waste
  • Meanwhile, Caroline Bates nearly set the catwalk on fire with her 50s-inspired creations featuring huge flower prints on A-line skirts worn over taffeta petticoats.
  • Do you think I've forgotten the swingy A-line tailoring, the rich satin lining?
  • Women wear A-line dresses often made of a floral print fabric.
  • I've bought myself a really nice dress to wear to the terrifying dinner, it's black & A-line with 3 diaphanous layers of chiffon. AND GOD CREATED THE AU PAIR
  • it is called the A-line because the effect resembles the capital letter A
  • Marvelous strapless, satin A-line gown, beaded/sequined re-embroidered lace appliqués, pleated bodice in back & cathedral train. How to sell a wedding dress
  • One piece strapless delustered satin, A-line, small train, embroidered in mauve and silver butterfly design.
  • Snaps appear on the hip of an A-line skirt, or straight down both sides of the front panel of a skirt to elongate or shorten the slit.
  • Maybe look for skirts cut on the bias, A-line, anything to emphasize your waist as being small and skim over your hips.
  • A recent study looking at sensitivity of the penis in the circumcised and uncircumcised male found that the five most sensitive areas on the penis are removed at circumcision, and that the keratinized glans on the circumcised penis is less sensitive than the foreskin-protected, mucosa-lined glans on the uncircumcised penis. Ali A. Rizvi: Male Circumcision and the HIV/AIDS Myth
  • Mr. Jay (who lives by supplying the newspapers with short paragraphs relating to accidents, offenses, and brief records of remarkable occurrences in general -- who is, in short, what they call a penny-a-liner) told his landlord that he had been in the city that day and heard unfavourable rumours on the subject of the joint-stock banks. Masterpieces of Mystery In Four Volumes Detective Stories
  • He often incorporated sofa-lined niches or low-lying daybeds abundantly piled with tasseled cushions.
  • Julia wore a simple A-line dress by Mr K which was rouched at the waist and beaded along the rouche lines. Central Midlands & Coastal Advocate
  • But the American penny-a-liner, our readers know, does the thing on the vast scale of his country. International Miscellany of Literature, Art and Science, Vol. 1, No. 3, Oct. 1, 1850
  • He often incorporated sofa-lined niches or low-lying daybeds abundantly piled with tasseled cushions.
  • Using a T-shirt and an A-line skirt as guides, make paper patterns.
  • This colourful range of ragged see-through tops is teamed with neat looking A-line skirts and wide legged trousers.
  • I've bought myself a really nice dress to wear to the terrifying dinner, it's black & A-line with 3 diaphanous layers of chiffon. AND GOD CREATED THE AU PAIR
  • Whether it's flute hem, a-lines, or high-waisted pencils, we have the skirt for you.
  • The three of us have formed an involuntary and immobile conga-line, like a trio of backpackers on a rush-hour commuter train.
  • Dresses with several rows of elastic sewn at the waistline will appear to thicken the waist and shorten the height, while semi-fitted dresses with vertical line designs and A-line skirts will give a thinner and taller appearance.
  • Mall to come over and speak to poor Brown, the young penny-a-liner. The Book of Snobs
  • A curvy girl might choose an A-line in a jersey or other stretch fabric, which will hug curves the right way, while dresses in silk or satin cut on the bias might accentuate problem areas because of the way they catch light.
  • The back-to-school collection is no exception with easy-care blouses from £2.49 and A-line skirts at £6.
  • Break out the cutesy A-line skirts and minis, and, of course, killer stockings.
  • It all began with the return of the mac last year when simple, A-line waterproofs became all the rage.
  • No, the way to wear this summer's flat shoes is with crisp A-line skirts, shirtwaister dresses and narrow trousers.

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