RUFFLE in a Sentence

Learn RUFFLE from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

62 example sentences for RUFFLE, such as:

1. The bird ruffled up its feathers.
2. A light breeze ruffled the surface of the lake.
3. His little brother ruffled up the bed every day.
4. He familiarly adjusted a ruffle upon her shoulder.
5. She had to steady the ruffle which threatened to blow away.

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 Meanings and Examples of RUFFLE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
ruffle
 v.  make into a ruff; wrinkle; disturb surface of; make uneven by agitation or commotion; throw into disorder or confusion
Classic Sentence: (58 in 4 pages)
1  There was a ruffle of drums from the street below, the tramp of feet, the admiring cries of coachmen.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
2  Setting the candle on the stand, she unlocked the door and in the wavering light she saw Rhett Butler, not a ruffle disarranged, supporting her small, thickset father.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
3  His dress was as debonaire as if he were going to a ball, well-tailored white linen coat and trousers, embroidered gray watered-silk waistcoat and a hint of ruffle on his shirt bosom.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
4  Suddenly she was in his arms, her wet cheek against the starched ruffle of his shirt, her beating hands stilled against him.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
5  "The very idea--" She began to ruffle.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIII
6  Mammy gave a little shriek and retreated and from a distance of a yard, modestly elevated her dress a few inches and showed the ruffle of a red taffeta petticoat.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER L
7  He familiarly adjusted a ruffle upon her shoulder.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In XIII
8  Cheerfulness and alertness seemed to return to him, and a quietness which no insult or injury could ruffle seemed to possess him.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
9  One of the next arrivals was a stout, heavily built young man with close-cropped hair, spectacles, the light-colored breeches fashionable at that time, a very high ruffle, and a brown dress coat.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER II
10  Puckering up his face though smiling, and showing his short strong teeth, he began with stubby fingers of both hands to ruffle up his thick tangled black hair.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER IV
11  The yacht moved rapidly on, though there did not appear to be sufficient wind to ruffle the curls on the head of a young girl.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 117. The Fifth of October.
12  You know as well as I that it does make a difference with nearly everyone, so don't ruffle up like a dear, motherly hen, when your chickens get pecked by smarter birds.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
13  She had to steady the ruffle which threatened to blow away.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 6
14  He did not wish to ruffle his friend's temper, to be sent to the devil and told that his advice was not wanted.
Dubliners By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In TWO GALLANTS
15  He took an immense amount of snuff, and had a particularly graceful manner of plucking at his lace ruffle with the back of one hand.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER VI—IN WHICH MAGNON AND HER TWO CHILDREN ARE SEEN
Example Sentence:
1  The flags ruffle in the breeze; you can recognize them although not very easily.
2  His little brother ruffled up the bed every day.
3  The bird ruffled up its feathers.
4  A light breeze ruffled the surface of the lake.