He was leaving for the day when he remembered her again. He sent for her. "I forgot to thank you. It was good work. You will do well. All you need is practice--and confidence. Especially confidence." He looked at her. She seemed frail--touchingly frail.英文原著 · 《The Dust》
A languishing beauty, with melting blue eyes and a pretty fashion of ever keeping before the world of her admirers her waxen delicacy, lifted the heavy thing in her frail white hand.英文原著 · 《A Lady of Quality》
"Not quite a woman," said the beautiful creature, standing at her full great height, and smiling down at this blue and white piece of frailty with the flashing splendour of her eyes.英文原著 · 《A Lady of Quality》
She threw her frail arms round her sister's neck, and as Clorinda clasped her own, breathing gaspingly, they swayed together.英文原著 · 《A Lady of Quality》
Once they stopped for a moment, and he looked down at her, as with flushed face she stood smiling and waving her gossamer fan, each motion stirring the frail leaves of the roses he had sent her.英文原著 · 《A Mountain Woman》
Her intellect said that. But her heart said no. And the voice of her intellect sank away like the frailest echo that ever raised its spectral imitation of a reality. And the voice of her heart rang out till it filled her world. And so the argument was over. She thought she heard a step below, and looked out of the window into the sunshine. Gaspare was there. It was his hour of repose, and he was smoking a cigarette.英文原著 · 《A Spirit in Prison》
Which is starting already, because Gloria forced you guys to babysit me, which is why I wanted to spend the night here so I could prove I'm not some...frail old man.美剧 · 《Modern Family》