by
Lucia Berlin
dervish
(en)
(noun) a member of a Muslim religious order noted for devotional exercises (as bodily movements leading to a trance) / (noun) one that whirls or dances with or as if with the abandonment of a dervish
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When the figures rose on the hills it was with a swirl of dirt so they looked like silver ghosts, dervishes.
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When the figures rose on the hills it was with a swirl of dirt so they looked like silver ghosts, dervishes.
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rictus
(en)
(noun) the gape of a bird's mouth / (noun) the mouth orifice / (noun) a gaping grin or grimace
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When we got off the bridge, I pulled over and stopped, gave her my handkerchief. She fixed her face in the mirror, looked at me with a rictus of a smile.
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When we got off the bridge, I pulled over and stopped, gave her my handkerchief. She fixed her face in the mirror, looked at me with a rictus of a smile.
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limn
(en)
(verb) depict or describe in painting or words; suffuse or highlight (something) with a bright color or light
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Skin luminescent, her green eyes limned with tears as she spoke to me.
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Skin luminescent, her green eyes limned with tears as she spoke to me.
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