Example Sentences

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Tom Bently, an artist, was a tall, swarthy fellow with thin black beard, stubble-like hair, and a gypsyish look.

From The Pagans by Bates, Arlo

There was a fat old pony named Tubby that drew the phaeton, and Tubby jogged along the pleasant country roads with them in a most delightfully gypsyish way.

From Ruth Fielding of the Red Mill Or, Jasper Parloe's Secret by Emerson, Alice B.

She exchanged pleasant nods with those she met—all liked her gay, gypsyish face and easy manners—and was in great good humor when the school-house was reached.

From Joyce's Investments A Story for Girls by Newberry, Fannie E.

She was rather a tremendous beauty, you know, in her gypsyish fashion.

From Jason by Forman, Justus Miles