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Example sentences for "satiny"

Lexicographically close words:
satiating; satiety; satin; satins; satinwood; satire; satires; satiric; satirical; satirically
  1. The boys saw the sheen of his satiny sides as he sprang.

  2. The tall pines crowded along the top of the Pilot Peak Ridge look like six-inch miniatures exquisitely outlined on the satiny sky.

  3. The bark, cinnamon-colored, flakes off in long ribbon-like strips with a satiny luster.

  4. They had been well picked over by the squaws, who sold fruit in town by the pailful, but the children managed to find a few berries, and ate them, enjoying their warm, satiny feel.

  5. Grace, beauty, strength incarnate as the play of the great muscles beneath that satiny coat carried him forward--one of God's most perfect creatures.

  6. Jean, glancing up from pressing her cheek against one large satiny ear which she held against it.

  7. He bent down and fondled the satiny head to still the sudden surge of loneliness that had overflowed his heart--an ache for he knew not what.

  8. They're all down at the Verandah," replied the barkeeper, passing a cloth over the satiny wood of the bar.

  9. Fascinated, we approached and stroked the satiny beautiful metal; and wondered that, on a road so crowded with travellers of all grades, so precious a train should be freely entrusted to the three ragged lazy natives.

  10. The bulbs are a little larger than the kernel of a cob nut, nearly round, having satiny skins or coats.

  11. The flowers are a satiny white, delicately nerved, and nearly 3in.

  12. The cloaks of cambric in bright colors should come to the ankles, the glazed side worn outward, to give a satiny look.

  13. If a more satiny look than cheesecloth gives is wished, let the overdresses be of light-colored cambric with the glazed side turned outward.

  14. When Octave had fastened it with skill but with no haste, he bent his head and pressed his lips to the openwork stocking, through which he could catch a glimpse of white, satiny skin.

  15. And not a quiver passed over her cheeks of satiny freshness, no sign, however faint, of anxiety or inquisitiveness appeared in her candid glance.

  16. The satiny grey floor is half covered with exquisite rugs; and everywhere there are Oriental tables and chairs, and cushiony sofas and green hammocks with frilly pink pillows, and screens, and bowers of palms and bright azaleas.

  17. Then she gently slipped her bare arm into the water; it was not a very plump arm, and its veins showed softly blue beneath its satiny skin.

  18. But suddenly a shiver rippled over the girl's satiny skin.

  19. Defn: Like or composed of satin; glossy; as, to have a satiny appearance; a satiny texture.

  20. As Lulu was all coppery shine and shimmer, all satiny gloss and gleam, so Chiquita was all dusk in the coloring, all velvet in the surfaces.

  21. I remembered suddenly the slim, satiny horse he was driving the day I first saw him, and how he spoke only a word to her when she became frightened at Alfred's car.

  22. The creature was just the kind of animal you would expect a man of his appearance to drive--slim and satiny and fast.

  23. I ceased looking, but my hand slipped higher up, my fingers were inside the satiny wet lips, and my mouth was glued to hers, as Hannah came back.

  24. Cantoon is a fustian with a fine cord visible upon the one side, and a satiny surface of yarns running at right angles to the cords upon the other side.

  25. It has a satiny feel, and is a true fer olegiste, similar in composition to the Elba iron ore.

  26. The satiny lustre and smoothness given by strong compression with much heat is objectionable, as it renders the surface apt to become spotted and disfigured by rain.

  27. The satiny side is sometimes smoothed by singeing.

  28. In this way the satiny lustre is produced.

  29. Its succulent stems have a spreading habit and bear many satiny flowers of a deep purplish-pink, which open in the bright sunshine.

  30. Its very slender stems lift the fragile, satiny cups above the dried grasses in charming companies.

  31. It has been said that they have taken their black, brown, and olive and yellow skin tints from the satiny and bright-hued rinds of the fruit which surround them.

  32. Well, be sure it is soft and satiny and with no cotton in it," called Kitty again, and then the governess cart rolled down the avenue and was lost to view.

  33. Teeth of the most lustrous pearl gleamed in her ruddy smile, and at every inflection of her lips little dimples appeared in the satiny rose of her adorable cheeks.

  34. And on the ground the only visible light came from those same little feet, white and satiny as the wing of a dove.


  35. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "satiny" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    attenuated; dainty; delicate; downy; filmy; fine; finished; fluffy; furbished; fuzzy; gauzy; glace; glassy; glazed; gleaming; glossy; gossamer; lacquered; plush; polished; pubescent; refined; satin; satiny; shiny; silken; silky; sleek; slick; smooth; soft; velvety