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Example sentences for "ruff"

Lexicographically close words:
rueful; ruefully; ruego; rufa; rufescent; ruffed; ruffes; ruffian; ruffianism; ruffianly
  1. Robin Ruff and Richard Ruff were fighting together furiously, just like Tweedledum and Tweedledee.

  2. His bright, keen face set off by his white ruff and pricked ears made a dog to catch the eye anywhere.

  3. The ruff is to the partridge what the train is to the peacock--his chief beauty and his pride.

  4. Once in a while a partridge is born of unusual size and vigor, whose ruff is not only larger, but by a peculiar kind of intensification is of a deep coppery red, iridescent with violet, green, and gold.

  5. His ruff grew finer, his eye brighter, and his whole appearance splendid to behold, as he strutted and flashed in the sun.

  6. A hen's ruff is black with a slight green gloss.

  7. Moreover, the elaborate ruff was then being put out of fashion by the introduction of the much more comfortable lace collar.

  8. It is an odd little face which appears above the elaborate filigree of the stiff lace ruff and under the carefully dressed bush of dark brown hair.

  9. On each side of his face is a ruff of long hair.

  10. His face ruff is white with black border.

  11. The use of this ruff was afterward discontinued, although it was, in my opinion, very pretty, and lent dignity and grace to the whole costume.

  12. It was a fancy head--the head of a stately and long muzzled dog with a ruff and with tulip ears.

  13. Indeed, the dog was in a far corner of the room, pressed close to the closed outer door, and with crest and ruff a-droop.

  14. Deir han's was only fit for de ruff use ob de swoard.

  15. Grit uttered a low growl deep back in his throat, his ruff lifted.

  16. The dog licked his hand, whined again, tried to stand up, failed, succeeded with the aid of friendly fingers in its ruff and eagerly lapped a few mouthfuls.

  17. A pointed head appeared with blazing eyes, with a neck-ruff flaring high.

  18. Anthony felt about him in the darkness, found the doublet and lifted it off the nail; slipped off his own, tearing his ruff as he did so; and then quickly put on the other.

  19. Then he rose again and took off his doublet and ruff and shoes so that he was dressed only in a shirt, trunks and hose.

  20. There she sat in vivid scarlet and cloth of gold, radiating light; with high puffed sleeves; an immense ruff fringed with lace.

  21. She is a nonconformist in a close stomacher and ruff of Geneva print,[55] and her purity consists much in her linnen.

  22. She hath a cacling chete, a grunting chete, ruff pecke, cassan, and popplarr of yarum.

  23. Yea, a ruffian will have more in his ruff and his hose than he should spend in a year.

  24. I pulled down my jerkin in front, and set my ruff even.

  25. He set his ruff even and took up his pen as if to write, but sat so awhile without either writing or speaking.

  26. To David the beast's great back seemed a wonderfully safe and comfortable place, and he leaned forward with his fingers clutched deeply in the long hair of the ruff about the bear's bulking shoulders.

  27. He heard her laugh, and cry out to Tara, and when the grizzly climbed up a bit of steep slide she leaned forward and became a part of the bear's back, her curls shimmering in the thick ruff of Tara's neck.

  28. Call 'em 'The Trouble-hunter Twins, Ruff and Reddy.

  29. Look you how well the ruff becomes you; and what sin is in it?

  30. She had opened the basket and taken therefrom a plaited ruff that the briefest feminine glance showed to be of the finest cobweb lawn, tinged a faint saffron hue, and tied with silken strings.

  31. And then she went to the small mirror to see that her gray velvet cap and starched ruff were all right.

  32. Stripping him of one of the shirts he had on, they wrapped it about his head, and got him up a third time with loud huzzas and a ruff of the drum.

  33. An Elizabethan gentleman might be too poor to dress well, but he would squander his last penny in getting his ruff starched.

  34. Lyly's style bristles with extravagances of the starched ruff sort, which only serve to call attention to the intellectual deficiencies in the matter of doublet and hose.

  35. His Majesty was dressed in a suit of green, not very new; he had a feather in his hat, and a triple ruff round his neck; and over his shoulder was slung a hunting horn, instead of a sword.

  36. Imagine him a person of grave and benevolent aspect, dressed in a black velvet suit, with a broad ruff around his neck and a peaked beard upon his chin.

  37. Besides, a neatly crimped ruff is necessary if a poor girl like me is to stand beside the others in the singing rehearsal early to-morrow morning.

  38. They were two Protestant clergymen in the easily recognised official costume of their faith--a long, black robe and a white ruff around the neck.

  39. The heavy chin, framed by a thin, closely clipped beard, had sunk upon the high ruff as if for support, and the thick, loosely hanging lower lip appeared to have lost its elasticity.

  40. Philip nodded so eagerly that his stiff white ruff was pushed awry, and then, with patronizing approval, added: 'So every nobleman ought to think.

  41. Certainly it was not merely his dress, which consisted wholly of velvet, silk, and satin, with the gold of the Fleece that hung below the lace ruff at his throat.

  42. A jerk, and Quijada had stripped the ruff from his neck, and, as this did not suffice, he cut with his sword blade and his teeth a piece of fine linen from his shirt.

  43. With this were silk stockings tightly incasing the feet and limbs, as well as a ruff and cuffs of Mechlin lace.

  44. A too long, stem-like neck may be apparently shortened by a standing ruff or a full, soft band of velvet.

  45. The uneven brim of her hat makes an effective complement to the angularity of her chin, which is further softened by the feathery ruff that encircles her throat.

  46. In that country they shave all kinds of dogs in the same manner, leaving only a ruff round the neck, a tuft on each leg, and a tuft on the end of the tail.

  47. One glance at the great white wolf-dog with his bristling ruff settled the argument, and with a grunt of fear, the Indian snatched up his pack and struck out on the back trail with an alacrity that belied any thought of weariness.

  48. Waseche appeared interested: "An' did they say he was as big as a cabin an' a ruff on him like the mainsail of a whaler?

  49. Leloo had caught a whiff of the animal and the hairs of his great ruff stood out like the quills of an enraged porcupine.

  50. Then he turned and eyed Leloo who stood looking on with blazing eyes, his great silver ruff a-quiver.

  51. The ruff bristled slightly, and turning at a right angle to the course, the dog headed directly into the wind.

  52. Waseche, and as Connie led the great dog to him, the man laid his hand on the huge ruff of silvered hair.

  53. The great wolf-dog had halted in the traces and stood with nose up sniffing the air, while the huge ruff seemed to swell to twice its size, and the hair along its spine bristled menacingly.


  54. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "ruff" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    ace; barrage; beat; beating; bower; card; collar; crease; crimp; crisp; deck; deuce; diamond; double; drum; drumbeat; drumming; dummy; enfold; flounce; flush; flute; flutter; fold; frill; fringe; gather; hand; joker; king; knave; muffler; neckwear; pack; pair; palpitation; patter; plait; plat; pleat; plicate; ply; pound; pounding; pulsation; roll; round; rubber; ruff; ruffle; scarf; spade; spatter; splutter; sputter; straight; tattoo; throb; throbbing; thrum; thumping; tie; trick; trump; tuck; twill