Read full poem →Water ruffled and speckled by galloping wind
Which puffs and spurts it into tiny pashing breakers
Dictionary Entry
To make a ruffle in; to curl or flute, as an edge of fabric.
In a Sentence
“Ruffle the end of the cuff.”
Origin
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Common Phrases
. ruffledfeathers ruffledshirt ruffledfeelings ruffledruffled breeze
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Poetry examples for “ruffled”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Lazily reflecting back the sun,
And scarcely ruffled by the little breeze
Which wanders idly through the nodding ferns.
Read full poem →I knew her by the broad white hat,
All ruffled, she had on.
Read full poem →Like starry velvet in the night,
Though ruffled once, would soon appear
The same as ever to the sight.
Read full poem →Lo, the vain promise! is the same, the same,
Perplexed and ruffled by life's strategy?
When called before, I told how hastily
Read full poem →Lo, the vain promise! is the same, the same,
Perplexed and ruffled by life’s strategy?
When called before, I told how hastily
Read full poem →A Hyacinth -- I hid --
Puts out a Ruffled Head --
And odors fall
Read full poem →Water ruffled and speckled by galloping wind
Which puffs and spurts it into tiny pashing breakers
Read full poem →Who lovest to see the hamadryads dress
Their ruffled locks where meeting hazels darken ;
And through whole solenm hours dost sit, and hearken