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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
curtsey .
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Examples
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Lisa curtsied deeply and nodded and then firmly elbowed Nilly, who immediately bowed and nodded as well.
Bubble in the Bathtub Jo Nesbo 2011
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I took JJ's hand and walked up to the King of Rock 'n Roll and curtsied to play along with the charade.
Carole Mallory: 'Some Guys Have All the Luck': Memories of Rod Stewart Carole Mallory 2010
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The first is that Western-educated Ethiopian intellectuals in particular have curtsied and made way to the two "Knights of Columbia" who earned their fame and fortune thrusting lances in the heart of the International Monetary Fund and panhandling Western governments to keep Africa on the dole indefinitely.
Alemayehu G. Mariam: Lessons From Columbia U. Alemayehu G. Mariam 2010
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Lisa curtsied deeply and nodded and then firmly elbowed Nilly, who immediately bowed and nodded as well.
Bubble in the Bathtub Jo Nesbo 2011
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The first is that Western-educated Ethiopian intellectuals in particular have curtsied and made way to the two "Knights of Columbia" who earned their fame and fortune thrusting lances in the heart of the International Monetary Fund and panhandling Western governments to keep Africa on the dole indefinitely.
Alemayehu G. Mariam: Lessons From Columbia U. Alemayehu G. Mariam 2010
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Finally he cut the ice and curtsied to show he was people friendly after all.
Regina Weinreich: Why Quibble? The Gershwin's Porgy and Bess Revived on Broadway Regina Weinreich 2012
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He has bizarrely shown particular warmth to tyrants, as when he hugged Hugo Chavez with a broad grin, curtsied to the despotic King of Saudi Arabia, and rolled out the red carpet for the President of China shortly after the Chinese threw even the wife of its Nobel Peace laureate dissident in jail.
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: As the Arab Dominoes Fall, Is Gaddafi Next? Rabbi Shmuley Boteach 2011
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He has bizarrely shown particular warmth to tyrants, as when he hugged Hugo Chavez with a broad grin, curtsied to the despotic King of Saudi Arabia, and rolled out the red carpet for the President of China shortly after the Chinese threw even the wife of its Nobel Peace laureate dissident in jail.
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: As the Arab Dominoes Fall, Is Gaddafi Next? Rabbi Shmuley Boteach 2011
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He has bizarrely shown particular warmth to tyrants, as when he hugged Hugo Chavez with a broad grin, curtsied to the despotic King of Saudi Arabia, and rolled out the red carpet for the President of China shortly after the Chinese threw even the wife of its Nobel Peace laureate dissident in jail.
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: As the Arab Dominoes Fall, Is Gaddafi Next? Rabbi Shmuley Boteach 2011
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She curtsied at the wave of catcalls and cleared her throat, tapping the microphone with her violin bow.
Brush of Darkness Allison Pang 2011
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