The strenuous gait is seldom the best, and, of course, the extremely indifferent one is of little value.

Her eye is large and dark; her nose is aquiline; her complexion is of an olive brown; her stature is majestic, her dress is gorgeous, her gait is measuredand her demeanor is grave and composed.

For all his haste, the gait was not the gait of a coolie.

As Buzz espied her his gait became a swagger.

His gait was soundless, like the bird, But rapid, like the roe; His fashions quaint, mosaic,

But the waiter's gait is characteristica quick, shuffling walk which enables him to carry liquids without spilling them.

His right leg bent outward at the knee, and his left inward; his head, inclined away from his burden, seemed curiously detached from his body; his gait was a halting sort of shuffle; yet he got along with unexpected speed.

Now gait and movement of the arms are mainly functions of the brain; our limbs receive their motion and every little modification of it from the brain through the medium of the spine.

Their horses' flanks were damp from some pleasant gallop, but their present gait was the soft, mettlesome movement of animals who will even submit to walk if their masters insist.

Their usual gait was a short gallop, seldom a walk or trot.

Now the gait of the red roan mare was a dream of softness, and her flexible ankles gave a play of whole inches to break the jar of every step, the sure sign of the good saddle-horse; but the horse has never been saddled whose trot is really a smooth pace.