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  • I glanced up to find a frail-looking woman with a short white coif being inched away in handcuffs.

    Ominous Kate Brian 2011

  • Avery is sitting in the lap of a frail-looking octogenarian, who is helping her guide her needle in and out of the fabric.

    Ten Miles Past Normal Frances O’Roark Dowell 2011

  • A frail-looking young woman came to the door to call the young man to supper.

    Chapter VIII 2010

  • That September, a frail-looking Oral Roberts attended a rite when a schools brand new president, Mark Rutland, was formally inaugurated.

    Archive 2009-12-01 admin 2009

  • The thin, frail-looking mother of three was silent and calm as the verdict was read out.

    Hong Kong Jury Finds American Expatriate Nancy Kissel Guilty of Murder Allison Morrow 2011

  • He was a small, frail-looking man in his mid-fifties, his balding head a gleaming network of oiled-down comb-over strands.

    The Priest Gerard O’Donovan 2011

  • I glanced up to find a frail-looking woman with a short white coif being inched away in handcuffs.

    Ominous Kate Brian 2011

  • Navigation through the vineyards is achieved by traveling along a confusing lattice of sandy tracks, one of which veers off the back road from the small village of Catusseau and leads to Le Pin, until recently identified only by an unexceptional house, standing in front of two pine trees and a line of frail-looking telephone wires.

    The Remarkable Rise of Le Pin Will Lyons 2011

  • Avery is sitting in the lap of a frail-looking octogenarian, who is helping her guide her needle in and out of the fabric.

    Ten Miles Past Normal Frances O’Roark Dowell 2011

  • That September, a frail-looking Oral Roberts attended a rite when a schools brand new president, Mark Rutland, was formally inaugurated.

    Evangelist Oral Roberts, pioneer of televangelism who founded ... admin 2009

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