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  • Another carried a My Little Pony purse and a high-set bun and heavy-hung bangs with turtle shell glasses.

    t read Pitchfork or Stereogum or Gorilla vs. Bear or Hipster Runoff 2010

  • Pilfered from the pimp king himself - behold, Night Shade Books Has a Posse, and Cherie has a high-set cheerleader ponytail.

    May 31st, 2006 jlassen 2006

  • Full rounded thighs swelled into high-set hips, converged into the narrow waist he had admired earlier in the evening.

    Archive 2008-07-01 Ed Gorman 2008

  • Full rounded thighs swelled into high-set hips, converged into a narrow waist.

    Repeating yourself; Dusty Springfield Ed Gorman 2008

  • Full rounded thighs swelled into high-set hips, converged into a narrow waist.

    Archive 2008-07-01 Ed Gorman 2008

  • Full rounded thighs swelled into high-set hips, converged into the narrow waist he had admired earlier in the evening.

    Repeating yourself; Dusty Springfield Ed Gorman 2008

  • Schnitzer has the perfect voice for Elisabeth, and also for Eva and Elsa; a beautiful, easily-produced, high-set lyric soprano with superb control and just enough volume for this role.

    Tannhäuser Lisa Hirsch 2007

  • Likewise, the upswept, compact tails on vehicles from Nissan Maximas to BMW R 1200 motorcycles reflect, in my opinion, the recent veneration of pneumatic, high-set backsides, a predilection that has led, says New York plastic surgeon Dr. Gerald Imber, to an increased demand for silicone butt implants (a procedure he won't perform).

    The Shape of Thighs to Come Collins, Amy Fine 2007

  • Schnitzer has the perfect voice for Elisabeth, and also for Eva and Elsa; a beautiful, easily-produced, high-set lyric soprano with superb control and just enough volume for this role.

    Archive 2007-09-01 Lisa Hirsch 2007

  • “I love him so much that I want to swallow him,” she continues, à la Ayelet, “to start with his curled pinkie toes and work my way up to the whorls of his small and high-set ears.”

    Family Romance, Tweaked, Degenerates into Histrionics 2006

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