1 She stood silent, her hands lying cold and relaxed in his.
2 Her hands trembled with fright as she held the letter closer, but as she read the next paragraph she relaxed.
3 She lay relaxed for a moment, trying to summon anger to her aid, trying to draw on her strength.
4 She relaxed against him and her arms went round his body.
5 Lily's eye brightened, and a faint smile relaxed the drawn lines of her mouth.
6 Her hand still clung to Gerty's as if to ward off evil dreams, but the hold of her fingers relaxed, her head sank deeper into its shelter, and Gerty felt that she slept.
7 Selden, immersed in his work, had told himself that external conditions did not matter to a man in his state, and that cold and ugliness were a good tonic for relaxed sensibilities.
8 Carol relaxed, and found that she was shockingly tired.
9 He sat still and passive, his head resting against the back of the wooden rocking-chair, his hands relaxed upon the arms.
10 Then he relaxed his fingers, and crouched, waiting, until she opened her lids again.
11 The frown which had gathered around the handsome, open, and manly brow of Heyward, gradually relaxed, and his lips curled into a slight smile, as he regarded the stranger.
12 The arms of the Huron relaxed, and his body fell back a little, while his knees still kept their position.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore CooperContext Highlight In CHAPTER 32 13 Sherlock Holmes gave a sigh of relief, and relaxed into a smile.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER VI. TOBIAS GREGSON SHOWS WHAT HE CAN DO 14 The travel-stained adventurers gazed after her in astonishment, and even the unemotional Indians, journeying in with their pelties, relaxed their accustomed stoicism as they marvelled at the beauty of the pale-faced maiden.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER II. THE FLOWER OF UTAH 15 And some relaxed their fingers; and others uncrossed their legs.