Example Sentences

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A gentle breeze was crisping the waters, and served to allay the heat, which, at a more advanced period of the season, is by no means an enviable one.

From A Love Story by A Bushman

When Rachel re-entered the room, a moment later, a letter was crisping into black curls in the fire-place, and the man sat watching it moodily.

From Told In The Hills by Ryan, Marah Ellis

The sea was crisping and dimpling under the wind.

From The Moon Pool by Merritt, Abraham

It was a frosty night, the stars shone clear above me, and the road was crisping beneath my feet.

From Cousin Phillis by Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn