Delsarte
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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But the Jones and Delsarte prints have a seemingly painterly softness that’s shared with lovely works by Di Bagley Stovall, Stovall’s wife, and Sam Gilliam, a frequent collaborator.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 8, 2022
Maudie rose on the ball of her left foot and indicated "distance" with the proper Delsarte stretch.
From The Second Chance by McClung, Nellie L.
I now wave my right hand thus, which is a Delsarte gesture expressing exasperation with a trace of anger.
From Patty's Summer Days by Wells, Carolyn
Discomfort amounting to positive agony had taught me to adopt more attitudes, graceful or ungraceful, than all the combined systems of Delsarte and other physical culturists could possibly suggest.
From Six Days on the Hurricane Deck of a Mule An account of a journey made on mule back in Honduras, C.A. in August, 1891 by Cole, Almira Stillwell
Engrave this line, O friends of mine! over my broken heart: "He hustled and strove, and fancied he throve, till his daughter learned Delsarte."
From Second Book of Verse by Field, Eugene
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