They are not very tall, but they sweep the ground majestically, and grow in a series of broad, heavy masses of foliage, gracefully undulating in their outline.

When flying, the flamingo seems to keep his head moving steadily forward at an even pace, although the ropelike neck undulates with the slow beating of the wings.

The sun was just sinking over the Jersey shore beyond the Statue of Liberty and the surface of the harbor undulated like iridescent watered silk.

The leaves are about 4 inches long, 2 inches wide, and distinctly undulated on the margins.

He laughed gayly, and at least he succeeded in surprising them when he waved his hand towards the great expanse under the broad blue sky, that sea of tall green stalks whose ears were already heavy and undulated at the faintest breeze.

Nights, viewed from one of the seventeen windows, it was as if the river flowed under a sullen sheath which undulated to its curves.

At first the ground seemed to be undulating between her and the opposite tree.

It was urged at one time, that the best road would have the grades undulating from one end to the other,so that the momentum acquired in one descent would carry the train almost over the succeeding ascent; and that very little steam-power would be needed.

Extending their wings they float slowly, and every now and then the body undulates along its entire length.

The imperial mantle, studded with its golden bees, undulates behind him, like the train of a comet; the dark-red ribbon of the Legion of Honor, with the golden cross, hangs around his neck, and in his beak he bears a full-blooming branch of the crown imperial.

The crest of the cliffthat was soon discoveredwas overhung by a thick forest, whose verdant masses undulated before the eyes, and extended as far as the mountains in the background.

To treat one of the most secretive of races on a brotherly basis is not very easy, and the natural politeness that enters into a signed and sealed contract and undulates out of it so soon as it does not sufficiently pay is more than embarrassing.

Once more the column undulated over the tawny crest of the hill.

The double tier of arches bends gracefully over the blue torrent; meanwhile a pale light already floats in the diaphanous mist; a golden gauze undulates above the Gave; the aërial veil grows thin and will soon vanish.

So the procession undulated towards me, turbid and tumultuous.

Upon this, to the consternation even of Meetuck himself, they now passed, and in a moment, ere they were aware, they were passing over a smooth, black surface that undulated beneath them like the waves of the sea, and crackled fearfully.