And for the first time in days he felt a ruffling of his calm.

There was that ruffling, shuffling sound of people getting to their feet.

With a grin and a quick ruffling of his blond hair, she was gone.

The ruffling of the face of the sea before a storm.

There was a small disturbance in the air beside me; a ruffling of feathers.

I just feel like we should be able to respond without such a ruffling of the king's feathers."

There was a loud laugh, a short pause, a ruffling of pages.

There was movement in the grass, a ruffling of the grass.

Even the animated discussion going on was no ruffling of the comfortable calmness.

A slight breeze was ruffling through my hair and my feet were wet.

He gave her hair an affectionate ruffling, which she liked, though she hadn't expected to.

There was a faint movement against his cheek, a sudden ruffling of his hair.

A mini ruffling of arms and a large indrawing of breath.

Somewhere behind me there was a ruffling of feathers, a slight change in the manner of things.

Rachel's eyes narrowed and he felt the ruffling in his head, then she said dryly, "I mean those who haven't been insane."

The bird often appears restless with much ruffling of the wings and shifting around on its perch.

And in all the time I can remember he has never touched me - not an arm on the shoulder nor the ruffling of a single hair.

"How interesting," Jackie said mildly, but ground her teeth together as the ruffling continued on the edge of her thoughts.

But for the ruffling of the trees and the gentle singing of the perch stays, a man might have thought himself deaf.

He sat down beside Taeike, ruffling her hair as he did so, and accepted his supper with every sign of content.

I felt a slight ruffling of my hair, and one lock brushed against my cheek, light as a lover's touch.

I would the revels were done once, I might go to my school of glass again, and learn to do myself right after all this ruffling.

I know I ruffle feathers but some people's feathers need a little ruffling.

"I lay eggs wherever I happen to be," said the hen, ruffling her feathers and then shaking them into place.

There was bristling and some ruffling of down when the follower of one Suzerain passed too close to another.

And this summer, we're seeing ruffles on just about everything.

There were too many ruffles on the other design you showed us.

Should she come to harm in the ruffle, where could I get such another?

He raised the dust ruffle and looked under the bed.

All these ruffles should be smoothed out after a few days.

It was not only the ruffles that gave the clothes their fresh look.

They are a nice idea for the woman who doesn't see herself as the ruffles type.

It basically worked as expected, but there were a few minor ruffles.

Every now and then there would be a heavy ruffle of wings as a bird took off.

He had more names and titles than ruffles on his shirt, which is saying something.

Ruffles, in moderation, were sweet, but they sometimes got out of hand.

A few too many ruffles and flourishes, perhaps, but reasonable.

I heard a ruffle of drums in the distance, and stood still, listening.

Ruffles are his main weapon in this season of softness.

So were the suits with a gentle ruffle down the inside of the front closing.

A ruffle has become caught on the corner of a tea tray outside her door!

He pulled at the smart little pink ruffles on her skirt.

I was compelled to wear the same ruffles upon two consecutive days.

He was dark and looked as dirty as his ruffles.

Nathan stroked the ruffles on the front of his shirt.

The bottom was frayed where the ruffles had been torn away.

Even given the hyperbole of memory, he remains the only person I never saw ruffle.

I'll save the ruffles and flourishes for when I talk to my dogs.

They are best when he sticks to one color and handles ruffles with discretion.

His brown hair, cut once a week, was never ruffled.

I had seen her ruffle his hair as though he were a little boy.

She was going to ruffle his hair and tell him to feel better.

Nothing ruffled her, not for very long, at any rate.

It is out of character for him to be so ruffled.

But a lot less ruffled by it than he would have expected.

He reached out and ruffled the hair of the older boy.

She wanted to go to him, place a hand on his hair and ruffle it.

She ruffled his hair with her hand, the way Dad would have, and went out of the room.

Before he could stop himself, Nick had ruffled the man's hair.

She ruffled the short layers of her hair with both hands.

She ruffled his hair, shaking out some of the water.

She ruffled through some papers and came back on the phone.

The surface of the water was ruffled only by the wind.

He felt the wind from the north ruffling his hair.

With her free hand she ruffled the white brush of his hair.

He heard papers being ruffled on the other end of the phone line.

I made myself keep looking, feeling the wind ruffle my hair with an easy hand.

And it was the first time Banks had ever seen him ruffled.

Father ruffled his hair forward as he does when he's disturbed.

If he were shocked or ruffled, no one would ever know it.

He went over to the writing table and ruffled through some papers.

They may have been a bit ruffled by my forward gesture, but we're still friends.

It always ruffled him when she and Diana came with the two men.

The new wind will ruffle my skin a bit when I get out of the water.