Althea took her skirt between forefingers and thumbs and lifted the hem in a dainty manner, allowing him to see her knees and a little higher.

"Scraps hasn't enough brains to hurt her, so don't worry," remarked the cat, which was trotting along in a very dainty and graceful manner.

Drive motors hummed, the legs lifted and lowered grace-fully as the machine picked its way in a very dainty manner toward the walkway between the plants.

Mr. Sarotzini raised his tiny coffee cup, holding the handle between his forefinger and thumb in a dainty manner.

I'll have none of those dainty manners here.

For all her size Trianna managed somehow to express panic in a dainty, ladylike manner.

Behind a low table, sipping tea in an absurdly dainty manner, a plump, hairy woman basked in a sumptuous decaying armchair.

He has a technique good enough to play "Feux follets" in a dainty, delicate manner, and he can thunder through "Mazeppa," even with the overpedaled octaves.

They remained on the edge and sipped in a very dainty manner.

And he placed one hand on his hip in as dainty a manner as he could manage, while holding the other hand out limply.