21 examples of quilling in sentences

They were lined with quilled apple-green satin.

They sent for a clever tire-woman to prepare the double rows of quilling for their caps, and they purchased a quantity of fashionably cut patches.

Brown satin petticoat embroidered with marsh marigolds; little bronze shoes, with marsh marigolds tied on the latchets; brown stockings with marsh marigold clocks; tunic brown foulard smothered with quillings of soft brown lace; Princess bonnet of brown straw, with a wreath of marsh marigold and a neat little buckle of brown diamonds; parasol brown satin, with an immense bunch of marsh marigolds on the top; fan to match parasol.

The sleeves, small at the wrist, were trimmed with folds of the material and a quilling of white lace at the hand.

Deft fingers had shirred the pale-blue silk over a frame which had been cut down from ladies' size, arranged an exquisite spray of Maréchal Niel rosebuds and foliage on the outside, and quilled a soft white ruching around the face, which emphasized the Frenchy style and finish so pleasing to grandma.

In one hand was a wand of red-dyed wood with a beaded and quilled amulet at the end.

From the disproportionately small, convex, thin-quilled, wing,so thin, that a vacant space, half as broad as a quill appears between each,the flight may be said to be a sort of fluttering more than any thing else: the bird giving two or three claps of the wings in quick succession, at the same time hurriedly rising; then shooting or floating, swinging from side to side, gradually falling, and thus producing a clapping, whirring sound.

By Dan De Quille (William Wright), introd.

By Dan De Quille (William Wright), introd.

Yolanda's wonderful "t" was certainly the most stupendous single letter ever quilled.

Ces deux athlètes faits de furie et de vent, Le tangage qui brave et le roulis qui fume, Sans trêve, à chaque instant arrachent quelque éclat De la quille ou du port dans leur noir pugilat.

Le Maelström s'apaisait sous sa quille aplani.

" Then Barbara made rather an unnecessary parade of ribbon that she was quilling up, and of black lace that was to go each side of it upon a little round jacket for her blue silk dress, made of a piece laid away five years ago, when she first had it.

Her fringed hunting-shirt fell to her knees, the short shoulder-cape from throat to breast; gay fringe fluttered from shoulder to wrist, and from thigh to ankle; and her little scarlet-quilled moccasins went pat-patter-pat as she danced down the stairway and stood before me, sweeping her cap from her golden head in exaggerated salute.

There has been recently introduced into this country a new variety, all the petals of which are quilled, which has a very handsome appearance.

Purple Indian Chrysanthemum c.m. 615 - millefoliatum Tansy-leaved ditto c.m. 616 - v. - a Quilled White.

619 - v. - d Straw-coloured 620 - v. - e Quilled Straw-coloured.

621 - v. - f Purple Quilled.

625 - v. - j Quilled Lilac.

I mind me how, when I stood before the glass and secured the knot in my sash, and saw by the faint light my loosened hair falling in a shadow round me and the quillings of the jaconet, that I thought to myself how it was like a white moss-rose, till of a sudden Nannie held the candle higher and let my face on me,and I bade her bind up my hair again in the close plaits best befitting me.

'Twas in the long gallery, in a suit of plain black velvet, with white muslin ruffles and cravat quilled very neat.

21 examples of  quilling  in sentences