Again that long, drawn-out "M-m-m-m." A long pause and Schwinn said, "Maeder is an American citizen, I believe."
— from Secret Armies The New Technique of Nazi Warfare by John L. (John Louis) Spivak

Since the gold piece troubles ye, I wonder if ye're glad ye won it?'" Randy in her pink calico gown, her sunbonnet still hanging from her arm, her cheeks flushed by the hot summer breeze, and the short ringlets curling about her forehead, made a lovely picture as she stood at the opening of the little grove and looked off across the valley to the distant hills.
— from Randy and Her Friends by Amy Brooks

She made a lovely picture as she stood in the sunlit road, listening with a half smile to the liquid golden notes of the siffleur de montagne .
— from The Ship of Coral by H. De Vere (Henry De Vere) Stacpoole

Their house too became the centre of many a reunion , and a Mecca to which many a literary pilgrim and social, scientific, and political celebrity turned his steps when travelling by way of Trieste.
— from The Romance of Isabel Lady Burton: The Story of Her Life. Volume II by W. H. (William Henry) Wilkins

She made a lovely picture as she sat in the high-backed carved chair in her chic evening gown, and as her soft dark eyes met his ardent look, McIntyre felt the hot blood surge to his temples, and with quickened pulse he went to the telephone stand and gave Central a number.
— from The Red Seal by Natalie Sumner Lincoln

After a timid knock she passed in, and made a little picture as she stood in the firelight, in her brown velveteen frock and large white-frilled pinafore.
— from Odd by Amy Le Feuvre

It made Amaldi look pale and strange somehow.
— from Shadows of Flames: A Novel by Amélie Rives

Her long rippling hair fell over her shoulders, and she made a lovely picture as she sat thinking of her home at the shore.
— from Princess Polly's Gay Winter by Amy Brooks

In driving rains and howling winds the birds forsake the nest, Yet many a loving pair are seen still on the boughs to rest; Oh, wherefore, loved one, with light look, didst thou send me away?
— from The Middle Kingdom, Volume 1 (of 2) A Survey of the Geography, Government, Literature, Social Life, Arts, and History of the Chinese Empire and its Inhabitants by S. Wells (Samuel Wells) Williams