Curtsying

He was engaged in what I should call "curtsying"; that is, bending his leg joint, and dropping his plump little body for a second, then bobbing up to his fullest height, repeating the performance constantly, -- looking eagerly out over the water the while, evidently expecting somebody. ❋ Olive Thorne Miller (1874)

What did she know about, besides curtsying and dinner parties and prim, proper thank-you notes? ❋ Margaret Peterson Haddix (2011)

Of course there were high times, too, rubbing shoulders with the rich and famous, curtsying to Queen Elizabeth, enduring Eleanor Roosevelt and staying on high alert when thousands of sailors came ashore from U.S. ships. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Then lower the back knee toward the ground, as if you are curtsying. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Governor General Quentin Bryce, the monarch's representative in Australia and the first woman to fill the role, had greeted the Queen by curtsying. ❋ Unknown (2011)

She knew a little curtsying and bowing never hurt. ❋ Jo Nesbo (2011)

Unless everyone agrees simultaneously to make the shift, there will be a period of lopsided encounters with one greeter extending a hand and the other, say, curtsying. ❋ Susan Orlins (2010)

“Oh, hel-lo,” Becky says, curtsying by pulling out the sides of an imaginary skirt. ❋ Ann Beattie (2010)

She and Amanda both thanked the Babe and Dempsey very politely, even curtsying a skill Ruby had never mastered, and then Mrs. Connell led them south toward the lake. ❋ Joseph Wallace (2010)

But what was the queen saying to her bowing and curtsying subjects? ❋ Unknown (2010)

The film is simply a mirror that -- depending on the perspective of the viewer -- reflects either a distorted view of history which glosses over the oppression and brutalization of African people for the good of the South, or the "good old days" when woman's petticoats, curtsying and knowing how to keep ones voice from being shrill were imperative to white female survival. ❋ Unknown (2010)