curtsy
curtsey

She stopped a few feet from him and made a little curtsy.

And she gave him her hand, with a sort of curtsy.

It was the kind of voice that went with a curtsy.

That final curtsy had made it quite clear what she thought.

I kept my voice level, made a curtsy and took a chair.

She should be here in London now, making her curtsy.

She nodded in a way that was almost a curtsy.

And then she offered him a small curtsy before leaving.

She rose from her curtsy and looked directly into his eyes.

Her voice died away as she dropped into a deep curtsy.

She gave a little bow that turned into a curtsy.

She made a deep curtsy, and then backed out of the room.

With a little laugh, she gave him a formal curtsy.

Most girls cannot walk or stand, much less make a shallow curtsy.

She dropped a deep curtsy in return, and then, once more, they faced one another.

They paused only to set down their cups and curtsy.

Harry does something that looks like a curtsy to the bench.

Finally she nodded, and even made the suggestion of a curtsy.

She made a little curtsy, enjoying his suffering more than ever.

She dropped him a curtsy, turned, and walked to the stairs.

She managed a smile and a curtsy before taking the offering.

Pushing the strands of hair from her eyes, she gave a short curtsy.

The match is made; she seals it with a curtsy.

The door was opened by a slave girl who dropped him a curtsy.

I looked past her and saw him, and made a curtsy.

And she made me an eighth part of a curtsey.

Then she dropped a little half curtsey, as some country girls still knew how to do in those days.

Robert bowed to Mary, who gave him a low curtsey.

She dropped a brief curtsey and ran out the back way.

She dropped him a little curtsey, holding out one side of her dress.

The woman dropped into a curtsey, perhaps to hide her fear.

She looked a little nonplussed and made a kind of country curtsey.

She dropped a tiny curtsey in response to his bow.

Miss Lord makes a little curtsey and sits down at her radio.

She took them, met his eyes as she came up from her curtsey.

The girl gave them a polite curtsey and delivered her message.

She bobbed in a curtsey, smiling back at him now.

Their eyes met briefly and she dropped a graceful curtsey.

"Pleased to meet you," she said with a proper curtsey.

Use returned finally and gave her a deep curtsey.

The little girl gave a sinister parody of a curtsey.

She tried to cover it with a quick curtsey.

She dropped my mother a curtsey and held out a letter on a silver tray.

This is sometimes called a "court curtsey" and is often very deep.

She made him her stately curtsey in the garden, one morning before breakfast.

She sank down before the dais in a low curtsey.

The old man simpered, gave a curtsey, extended his hand.

The maid bobbed a curtsey as she closed the door.

"Good morning, my Lords," she said brightly with a little curtsey.

Girl number twenty stopped then, palpitating, and made him a curtsey.

She curtsied into and out of every room in the house.

Then she curtsied again and held out her hand, palm up.

She held her hand out to be curtsied over and kissed.

Years of training in service threatened to take over; she actually curtsied.

She curtsied low before him, easily, as if it was the most natural thing in the world for her to do.

She curtsied to him, and something he saw in her face darkened his.

She curtsied again to Farrell and began to turn away.

I placed the drink before her, and again curtsied low.

The women curtsied, welcomed him, and he too went inside.

She curtsied to him and returned her glance to me.

A group of women in black stepped aside and curtsied.

She set down her covered basket just inside the door and curtsied.

The young woman curtsied, as best she could holding the tray.

She curtsied, again with that mocking look in her eyes.

That's it, she thought, smiling at another curtsying young girl.

Some of their ladies actually curtsied, as though he were already sovereign.

She rose and curtsied smoothly, but none of them had any interest in her.

This one held a baby in her arms, and kept curtsying every time she finished a sentence.

The girl curtsied as she would to the mother of one of her friends.

Mary entered and curtsied to the man who sat well back from a large desk.

And she looked at both of us very hard, and we curtsied.

When they came nearer he did a little dancing step and curtsied low.

The maid curtsied and left the room, leaving the door open an inch.

The little girl curtsied and there was a noise of clapping.

Since there was nothing else for it, I curtsied.

Like the good maid that he had become, Joe curtseyed.

She curtseyed before the panel of judges, then set her arms and feet in position.

She attempted to curtsey, but her dress was too tight.

They bowed and curtseyed from the top step, moved across, down into the ballroom.

Then I curtseyed again and returned to the table.

And she rose, all but curtseyed, and left the room.

When she came in, she stood at the door curtseying and looking pale.

Knowing it was expected, Angelique curtseyed, feeling his eyes on her.

Elizabeth merely curtseyed to him, without saying a word.

Then as she curtseyed and 'By the way, my lady.

Girls would enter, bow or curtsey, and repeat on leaving.

Anna-Mary felt her knees try to curtsey even while she sat.

I rose and curtseyed to them: one or two bent their heads in return, the others only stared at me.

As for Matilda, she curtseyed and took the opportunity to quiz them both.

Easing herself clear of her father's arms, she curtseyed prettily.

Shula gave a shy smile, curtseyed again, and went back into the house.

At the end of a ballet class, students will also curtsey or bow to the teacher and the pianist to thank them.

A servant curtseyed to him as they walked through the central hall; there were stairs up on either side of the room.

She took her cue from his bow and curtseyed.

A kind office,' said the little gentleman, nodding to Nell as she curtseyed to him.

She curtseyed low, near demanding that the Satrap recognize her.

I answered that she might run me a bath; and she curtseyed.

She curtseyed, her necklace of silver bells singing in the quiet air.

In some cultures the female can bow instead of curtseying if they are wearing trousers.

She rose and curtseyed - an unmarried young lady.