waiting woman
Example Sentences
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A simple drawing which out-surrealizes a whole school of artists, it shows a lone, wan male cowering before a house whose whole three-storied back has somehow melted into the head of the waiting woman.
From Time Magazine Archive
Captain Billy’s ferry, though much larger, drooped like an old waiting woman.
From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson
Afar down toward the south cliffs the tree so like a waiting woman stood out against it in weird, life-like appeal.
From Where the Sun Swings North by Willoughby, Barrett
They stared at him, and he showed them what he meant by picking up the belongings of one household in his gloved hands, and handing them to a waiting woman.
From Divinity by Freas, Kelly
Her eyes followed the trail to the solitary tree facing the sea like a waiting woman with long, wind-blown hair.
From Where the Sun Swings North by Willoughby, Barrett
