bride-like

The northern valleys there were thickly wooded but farther south the countryside lay open, pastureland for herds and flocks, bride-like awaiting the farmer's plow.

Time Patrolman Anderson, Poul, 1926-2001 1983

But when a little later Miss Ashwell looking her loveliest came down the aisle on Miss Meredith's arm, the most romantic of her romantic audience was satisfied with her truly bride-like appearance.

Judy of York Hill Ethel Hume Bennett

A resplendent bride-like day it was and fitly so for before sundown the old House on the Hill was to know another bride.

Wild Wings A Romance of Youth Margaret Rebecca Piper

Guided by the rare rich perfume of its waxen buds, we found a choice specimen of the bride-like moon-creeper, and bore if off, vine, blooms and all, to a place among the floral adornments of our own home.

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 29, August, 1873 Various

Warning, sweet unconscious love-words, weeping, laughter, blessed gladness, fear, anguish over lost happiness, bride-like embarrassment, forgetfulness of the world in the one moment which was life to her -- all this trembled through each quivering word she uttered.

The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 09 Friedrich Hebbel and Otto Ludwig Various

Judith and Nancy were not invited to the party, but they coaxed Helen to let them see the big clothes-basket full of mysterious little parcels looking very bride-like in their white tissue and satin ribbons.

Judy of York Hill Ethel Hume Bennett

But later in the summer she realized that Belvedere Bay was smiling quietly at her bride-like infatuation, and she resented it deeply.

The Heart of Rachael Kathleen Thompson Norris 1923

I have no doubt, Mrs.Dr. dear, that that is very sensible of her, but for my own part I have always felt that if I were ever married I would prefer the white and the veil, as being more bride-like.

Rainbow Valley Lucy Maud 1919

Kitty huddled carelessly by the fire, her hands over her face, unheeding by its red glow she looked not so virginal and bride-like; so I think she was too distracted even to plan.

The Return of the Soldier 1918

She flushed up at the question, and stood before him with her bride-like face turned down.

The Hungry Stones and Other Stories Rabindranath Tagore 1901