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Five minutes later Amanda sat in front of the mirror of her dressing table aimlessly brushing her hair.
The mercury was applied by vigorously brushing it onto the surface of the metal.
Mark stood at the panel, his fingers brushing lightly against the self destruct button.
Jenna fumbled a moment with Allison's tie and she reached up to help her, their fingers brushing together gently.
He used his hands constantly, poking the air, dragging a thumb across his eyebrow, brushing a fly from his cheek.
She dragged him to the door, all the while brushing his hands away from her hair.
Eave breathed out and stepped back, carefully pushing one of Raine's plaits behind her shoulder, brushing a loose strand away from her face.
She gave him a wry smile, brushing her hair away from her face into a quick bun.
Gold-brown hair fell into her eyes and he pushed it back, brushing it behind her ear, and cupping her cheek in his hand.
She took a moment to reflect on what she must look like, and did a mental shrug, brushing the subject aside.
She also felt really flattered that he liked her so much as to forgive her for brushing him off and rejecting him.
He said the bus also offered fun materials for brushing up on reading, writing and maths skills.
I reached up to scratch a tickle on my right cheek and felt a hand not my own brushing my face gently, back and forth.
Against a mesh of scaffolding and discarded signs, a man in dusted Army and Navy store clothing and work boots starts brushing the stage.
Clean your appliance by brushing it gently with your toothbrush and toothpaste.
In the meantime we are doing some daily brushing, and Pheebs has got her own tooth mug!
They highlight the need for parents to take a much more active role in promoting good brushing habits as soon as milk teeth appear.
Short-haired dogs require brushing while Terriers coats are plucked to remove dead hair.
Skin brushing could be done just before bathing or showering to stimulate the lymphatic system.
The grate will need no other cleaning, but will merely require dusting every day, and occasionally brushing with a dry blacklead brush.
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Examples from Classical Literature
And he went away, brushing the sleeve of his coat which had caught a cobweb.
Remove the cloths and iron as before, slapping with the back of the brush, then brushing the nap to refreshen the cloth.
The heavy tread of the elephant was like clouds brushing the crests of the forest.
It is also a splendid thing for brushing off that terrible little insect, the seed tick.
This should be followed by a sharp brushing with what is called in stable a dandy brush.
She was shooing and brushing the little skunks with her tail, and they were trying to grab it.
He began nervously brushing the pine-needles from his skin-tight trousers, with dirty hands.
We were back in the land of pitcher and bowl and slop jar, and brushing your teeth from a tumbler.
They crept and crept, the hem of her petticoat just touching his gaiter, and his elbow sometimes brushing hers.
John asked, a look of shame crossing his face as he stood mechanically brushing his coat-sleeve with his big, splaying hand.
He went, waveringly, along the corridor, brushing the hangings with his shoulder.
It was damp and rankly odorous there in the darkness, and slimy things wriggled over the floor, brushing their ankles clammily.
Therefore the finishing process includes brushing, very light starching or sizing, then calendering or pressing.
The men knew their deadly peril, knew that the tip of the wand in the death angel's hand was brushing their cheeks.
But a loon flapped up from the rushes, brushing the priest's face with its wings.
If open, I walked round and round the room, brushing the wainscot with my tail.
No thought of brushing their worn-out, unmended boots ever entered their minds.
We walk as quickly as his baggage and curiosity allow, the hem of my morning coat brushing pollen as we move along.
Satan lay sound asleep on his back under the billiard table, in his sleep brushing at the flies that pestered him.
Edna was sitting on the tabouret, idly brushing the tips of a feather duster along the carpet when he came in again.
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