Bending the knees; a gesture of respect made by women.
Make a curtsy; usually done only by girls and women; as a sign of respect.
1 Jane shook it awkwardly with her right hand, then bobbed a curtsy .
2 Aline decided; she sank down into a proper curtsy before the King.
3 The manner, a century earlier, would have expressed itself in a curtsy .
4 As for the curtsy , I'm trying to tone down my wrist action.
5 The girl dropped a somewhat impertinent curtsy and marched on her way.
6 The Countess did not curtsy , but extended a limp hand toward Szilvasi.
7 And Sophie does a quick curtsy , a rare gesture of jaunty exuberance.
8 Nick bowed to her, and she dropped half a curtsy in return.
9 Watching the girl curtsy and leave the room, she felt strangely bereft.
10 Winters felt something cold in her stomach but forced herself to curtsy .
11 Sabine stepped onto the woven rush carpet and into a low curtsy .
12 She reached the corner and leapt off, landing in an exaggerated curtsy .
13 She looked shyly at Miranda and dropped into a sudden, haphazard curtsy .
14 Jessie saluted both guests alike, with drooping eyelids and an elaborate curtsy .
15 Her only answer was a low curtsy , but she studied him carefully.
16 I nodded toward Augusta, who obliged me with a graceful little curtsy .
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