Miss Maitland, who had begun with her gray hair in neat little curls, deranged one so with convulsive hand that it came all down her cheek, and looked most rakish and unbecoming. Even Zoe and Fanny had turned from lambs to leopardesses-- patches of red on each cheek, and eyes like red-hot coals.英文原著 · 《A Woman-Hater》
"Suppose a mad dog or a runaway horse was after you, could you get out of the way without upsetting, Colonel," asked the Doctor, with a twinkle in the eyes that were fixed on the rakish hat.英文原著 · 《Eight Cousins》
His gray hat was tilted rakishly up at the back and down in front, and a handkerchief was knotted loosely around his throat. Even at that distance he struck her as different from any one she had ever seen. "It's a highwayman!" whispered Mrs. Lansell "Hide your purse, my dear!"
"I--I--where?" Miss Hayes was all a-flutter with fear. "Drop it down beside the wheel, into the water. Quick! I shall drop my watch."
"He--he is coming on this side! He can see!" Her whisper was full of entreaty and despair.英文原著 · 《Her Prairie Knight》
Her plumed hat was pushed rakishly askew, but little she cared. Her eyelids had fallen, too. Evringham and Eloise, returning late from their luncheon, came upon the little sleeping figure as they walked around the long piazza. "There she is!" exclaimed Mrs. Evringham softly, putting up her lorgnette. "Behold your rival!"
Eloise regarded the sleeper without curiosity. "At least she has not come uninvited," was her only comment. "But she has come unwelcome, my dear," returned Mrs.英文原著 · 《Jewel》
This thoughtless, dapper individual, with his bright green coat, his faultless white vest, and sea-green tights, became rather the popular favourite. He seemed just rakish and gallant enough to fulfil the conditions of the song英文原著 · 《Queer Little Folks》
"After wills come marriage contracts," said Birotteau. "Such is life. Apropos, when do we marry the Madeleine? papa Roguin," he added, tapping the notary on the stomach. Among men the most chaste of bourgeois have the ambition to appear rakish. "Well, if it is not to-day," said the notary, with a diplomatic air, "then never. We are afraid that the affair may get wind. I am much urged by two of my wealthiest clients, who want a share in this speculation.英文原著 · 《Rise and Fall of Cesar Birotteau》