34 Verbs to Use for the Word contour

They were not very tallabout four feet in heightand they were dressed in metallic-looking one-piece spacesuits that closely followed the contour of their slender bodies.

After studying the contour of the island for some time, he said: "Their shack, built of rocks and driftwood logs, is at the base of the cliff.

The result of all these operations is, that we know the contours and the nature of the surface-soil covered by the North Atlantic for a distance of 1,700 miles from east to west, as well as we know that of any part of the dry land.

Isabelle's chill hauteur had increased with the years and a peevish discontent was carving indelible lines upon her face which was rapidly losing its delicate contour and bloom.

This, of course, entirely alters the contour of the horny box.

As he knocked the ashes from his cigar, Wolfe caught with a quick pleasure the contour of the white hand, the blood-glow of a red ring he wore.

It had two plain results, and no more: the crest of the high field, without, had changed its contour next morning as though a monster had bitten it; and when the day had burnt itself out in sullen darkness, there burst on all sides an attack of prolonged and furious exasperation.

On the desk pad of blotting paper, too, Victor detected marks of fresh paste defining the contour of the flap.

In 1812, while Gerry was governor of that state, the Republican legislature redistributed the districts in such wise that the shapes of the towns forming a single district in Essex county gave to the district a somewhat dragon-like contour.

The bust, while it shows a far younger man than the African mosaic, reveals the same contour of countenance, of brow, nose, cheeks and chin.

Only the eighteenth century had succeeded in enveloping woman with a vicious atmosphere, imitating her contours in the undulations and twistings of wood and copper, accentuating the sugary languor of the blond with its clear and lively decors, attenuating the pungency of the brunette with its tapestries of aqueous, sweet, almost insipid tones.

His limbs seemed lifted over the rocky ways; he loved the dim contours in the starlight, and the breath of the sea that came with the night-wind.

I watched her with deep content: noted the lovely contour of her cheek, the soft masses of hair that strayed away so gracefully from her brow, and thought her the most wonderful creature that had ever trod the earth.

This allowed us to observe its contour, which was remarkable.

Stone by slow stone his empire was built up, an edifice owing its contour to his complete grasp of detail and his dauntless energy.

Even in its wretched modern reproductions, she had preserved the contours of the gold and silver ornaments, the charm of chalices curving like petunias, and the charm of pyxes with their chaste sides; even in aluminum and imitation enamels and colored glasses, she had preserved the grace of vanished modes.

And I remember the contour of that fearsome wound on the dog's side.

Mrs. Brandon admired Mr. Mortimer; he was tall, fair, stately, and had just such a likeness to Valentine as could not fail to be to his advantage in the opinion of any one who, remembering Valentine's smiling face, small forehead, and calm eyes, sees the same contour of countenance, with an expression at once grave and sweet; features less regular, but with a grand intellectual brow, and keen blue eyesnot so handsome as Valentine's,

Sunlight suffuses the tent interior, softening the round contours of the face, and caressing pleasantly the small plump hand busy at letter-writing.

Then he cut out the form of a horse in the green turf, sowing the whole contour of the animal with lime.

I can't get that much in my little lisle thread bank without spoiling the contour of that new gown effect I am going to be poured into.

Dark as it was I had recognized him.... "His form was of the same strong and stalwart contour as ever....

She stood directly beside me, with only the rope barrier stretched between us, her head uncovered, the contour of her face softened by the twilight.

They had lived up to inherited principles (such as they were), and one of the minor of these was, to adapt their contours to whatever they impinged upon.

Her arms and neck, which wanted contour, and yet were of snowy whiteness, were skillfully draped in her many-colored robe so as to cover all defects; and a chaplet of pearls, mingled with diamonds, concealed the slight prominence of the collar-bones, and descended low on the white and well-veiled bosom.

34 Verbs to Use for the Word  contour