The wild Sherifs wear Haffah, long elf-locks hanging down both sides of the throat, and shaved away about a finger's breadth round the forehead and behind the neck (Pilgrimage iii.
And he began rubbing his forehead and saying (for indeed he was thoroughly astounded), "By Allah, verily this is the chamber of the bride who was displayed before me!
Let envy hide Her witless forehead at a prince's name, And fix her hopes upon a clown's content.
The saintly mask Of pure and superhuman self-denial I'll tear from her deceitful brow, that all May see the forehead of the shameless sinner.
He regards him for some time with fixed eyes, and draws his hand over his forehead as if he wished to recollect something.
Behold, Stamped on his foreheadis the damning brand!
Let us hope: let us hope; for the fretful voice was stilled, and the cloudy forehead brightened, and the haggard eyes looked cheerfully to meet the inevitable stroke of death.
His forehead was throbbing with maddened nerves, and he felt wildly excited, but his manner as he bent over his hostess's hand was as easy and graceful as ever.
Some day, when you are old and wrinkled and ugly, when thought has seared your forehead with its lines, and passion branded your lips with its hideous fires, you will feel it, you will feel it terribly.
At the end he felt faint and sick, and having lit some Algerian pastilles in a pierced copper brazier, he bathed his hands and forehead with a cool musk-scented vinegar.
It is right precious to behold The first long surf of climbing light Flood all the thirsty east with gold; But we, who in the shadow sit, Know also when the day is nigh, Seeing thy shining forehead lit With his inspiring prophecy.
The sharp storm cuts her forehead bare, And, piercing through her garments thin, Beats on her shrunken breast, and there Makes colder the cold heart within.
Claudianus, the court poet, described them expressly as having sparkled on the breast and forehead of empresses in bygone days.
The portrait is extremely characteristic: the forehead is bald, with a few locks of short curled hair behind the ears; and the face shaven, except that on the left of the mouth there is a mole covered with hair.
He had the strong jaw and high forehead that often go with aggressiveness and mental keenness, and he carried his tall figure with the easy grace of a man of the world.
A fresh breeze caressed her hot forehead and cooled the fever in her blood.
There was a pucker of perplexity on hisforehead when he finished.
Then he read aloud the list of names beneath the introductory paragraph, and the pucker on his forehead deepened.
Before their eyes the pallor of death was creeping into the woman's face, and her cheeks and forehead were beaded with the perspiration of the death struggle.
After this part of the ceremony is finished, the priest makes on the child's forehead a sign of the cross with holy oil.
Thus tenderly do we set a halo on the forehead of the unrealized!
He placed his hand to his forehead and tried to think.
His hat was thrown back a little, and showed a large forehead marked by slight lines, which spoke not so much of temper as of placid musing.
His bonnet was off now, and I saw his broad, compact forehead and his massive temples.
His huge limbs were more deliberate in their movement, and his low forehead had somehow or other acquired a certain spiritual aspect.
But on coming near the supposed corpse he paused to look round at the others, then pulling out his black silk handkerchief he wiped his black wrinkled forehead and bald head.
The piece of wood which rests upon the forehead is in some cases attached to the cradle by leather hinges, and instances are mentioned where the pressure is created by a spring.
The weight varies from one hundred to two hundred and fifty pounds, according to road and distance, and is carried on the back, supported by straps passed over the forehead and shoulders.
The women tattoo the chin with a black pigment, and the men draw a black stripe down the forehead and nose, frequently crossing the forehead and cheeks with red lines, and streaking the chin alternately with red and black.
The men painted 'a black circle extending from the forehead to the mouth, and a red chin, which gave the face altogether the appearance of a mask.
The facial angle is determined by a line drawn from theforehead to the front of the upper jaw, intersected by a horizontal line passing over the middle of the ear.
Across the shoulders and breast they wear a broad band of beads, with narrower bands round the forehead and ankles, and along the seams of their leggins.
Both sexes pride themselves on the length of the hair, and most of them allow it to grow to its full length and hang loose over their shoulders, but keep it cut on the forehead as low as the eyebrows.
Another piece of wood, or bark, or leather, is then placed over the forehead and tied to the plank with strings which are tightened more and more each day until the skull is shaped to the required pattern.
It merely serves with them to make the forehead more retreating, which, with the aquiline nose common to these natives, gives to them occasionally, a physiognomy similar to that represented in the hieroglyphical paintings of Central America.
A heavy sweat rose on my forehead as I thought what would happen if one of our horses were to move or neigh and so draw their attention to us.
Mr. Graham said it was about the size of the ox and had a bulging-forehead with two black horns curved outward.
She had a wild dread of this going out to tea, meeting more strangers, and seeing her mother act out a further lie; but she could not help being a young girl, and arranging those little locks on her forehead for Francis Arms to see.
Lois smiled faintly, but herforehead was frowning.
Mr. Tuxbury, with a moodily knitted forehead and a smiling mouth, asked the guests miserably if they would have some veal stew.
He was looking out of the window, with his forehead knitted and his lips compressed.
The bishop was looking with all his eyes up at the great forehead and great eyebrows of the man, and was so fascinated by the power that was exercised over him by the other man's strength that he hardly now noticed his wife.
Then he took her in his arms before she could escape from him, and kissed her forehead and her lips, whilst she struggled in his arms.
And his head was somewhat bowed, though his great, bald, broad forehead showed itself so prominent, that neither the bishop nor Mrs Proudie could drop it from their sight during the whole interview.
Then he took one of her hands down from her foreheadand held it in his,--which she allowed passively.
You are not well; your head aches, your forehead is so hot.
And I guess Rayburn'd be glad to have that slit in his foreheadtied up too.
His face was nearly covered by a heavy black beard, and his projecting forehead and his resolute black eyes under it gave him a look of great energy and force.
Well, something of that sort, sir," replied Uncle Abram, who was very busy wiping drops from his forehead that were not spray.
Josh Helston uttered a low whistle, and the skin of his foreheadwas full of wrinkles and puckers.
Will drew a long breath, and leaning his arm against the door-post he placed his forehead against it.
The regret was vain: he could not take back the blow, and his forehead wrinkled up and his spirit felt depressed as he went on.
Will winced and glanced at Josh, who wrinkled up his forehead in a curious way.
Dick did not know it, but his father had been in four times during the night to lay a hand upon his forehead and listen to his breathing, and he started now in astonishment.
But you sighed," said the old lady, bridling, while Uncle Abram wrinkled his forehead and shook his head at Will.
And yet he presently goes away, not as he came, but with a gloomy forehead and a heavy heart, and doubtless with slow reluctance.
Her bright brown hair was simply brushed from off her forehead and tied in a knot behind her head.
Then he laid his hands on the man's forehead and concentrated his mind in the psychic way he had adopted.
He laid his hands gently on her forehead and for some minutes there was silence.
And again he wondered, as he looked at her wide forehead and those warm yet firm lips in which he could see impulsiveness still waywardly lurking, how she ever came to such a place.
The older man watched the nervous hands go up to the moistforehead and wipe away the sweat, but the gesture left him unmoved.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "forehead" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
