1 The lavender barred muslin was beautiful with those wide insets of lace and net about the hem, but it had never suited her type.
2 Resolutely she took it by the hem and jerked, put it in her mouth and gnawed, until finally the material gave with a rip and tore the length.
3 Every time she bent over to retrieve them, the hem of the dress fell in the mud.
4 Melanie sat down beside her and patted her arm and, after a moment, Mammy lifted the hem of her black skirt and dried her eyes.
5 Now and then she lifted the hem of her dress and wiped her eyes.
6 As she dragged homeward Carol looked with distaste at her clay-loaded rubbers, the smeared hem of her skirt.
7 The day was nearly done; only the hem of his golden robe was rustling.
Moby Dick By Herman MelvilleContext Highlight In CHAPTER 133. The Chase—First Day. 8 Candide first kissed the hem of the Commandant's robe, then they sat down to table.
9 The hem of your gown, when the tip of your shoe peeps from beneath, upsets me.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 8: CHAPTER I—FULL LIGHT 10 Buckingham threw himself at her feet, and before the queen could prevent him, kissed the hem of her robe.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In 12 GEORGE VILLIERS, DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM 11 , and sent me to sit in a quiet corner of the schoolroom, with directions to hem the same.
12 In the midst of the tumult, and while my eyes and ears were fully engaged in the scene before me, I heard a hem close at my elbow: I turned, and saw Sam.
13 Turning her mother's head this way and that, she fastened on the cap and, hurriedly kissing her gray hair, ran back to the maids who were turning up the hem of her skirt.
14 Two maids were turning up the hem and hurriedly biting off the ends of thread.
15 Joe's sweetheart straight-way placed brilliant silk on the scallops of the hem in question, and, going a little further, added ribbon tufts to the shoulder pieces.
Return of the Native By Thomas HardyContext Highlight In BOOK 2: 4 Eustacia Is Led on to an Adventure