Sentence examples for forelock from inspiring English sources

"I would be very happy to swear allegiance to democracy, human rights and to my constituents, but I am not very happy about the idea of tugging my forelock to an unelected monarch".

In mid-life he becomes tormented by "the nagging reminder that I have never done the one thing I have always wanted to do competed on a horse in a race, on a racecourse".In this section Untangling code Discreet charm of the aristocracy Kicking his heels Tender is the knight Lions in winter Death in Delhi ReprintsThe good news is that he can tell a forelock from a fetlock.

Baron Münchhausen, the legendary German braggard, once boasted that he rescued himself from a swamp by grabbing his own forelock and pulling himself out, followed by the horse he was sitting on.

Both have whitish muzzles and underparts, short, dark, erect manes lacking a forelock, and tufted tails.

More importantly, the way they have played, refusing to tug the forelock to extremely competent opponents, has been uplifting.

Ball is frighteningly morose, this typically chirpy performer transmogrified into a hulking psychopath, with a greasy forelock and ghoulishly pallid face.

Enough to make Mr Burstow's next encounter with the prime minister a cringing, forelock-tugging one, but hardly a vicious attack on Mr Cameron.

And the justices conduct themselves like modern-day philosopher-kings, dressed in robes and surrounded by forelock-tugging flunkies.But is the court acquiring a taste for modesty?

Does America, which led the world in ditching monarchs, hereditary titles and forelock-tugging, really want to be the first country to start going backwards?

After the triple-whammy of the Royal Wedding, the Jubilee and the Olympics, The Royal Baby shows how far we've fallen back into our forelock-tugging habits.

Damian Lewis as Henry VIII is marvellously weaselly, perfectly petulant and clearly enamoured by the false laughs and obsequious forelock-tugging that envelop him.