"These stains are quite hopeless," she told her abigail, a thin, birdlike woman with kind brown eyes and a brusque manner.

The inner door opened and a small, birdlike woman was looking up at her.

This happened in the case of Mrs. Clay, a birdlike woman from one of the single rooms, who accepted the suggestion.

A small, birdlike woman with huge green eyes, she appeared lost in herself most of the time.

She plucked at the faded hand-crocheted shawl over her thin shoulders, a tiny birdlike woman with bright anxious eyes.

Nick's mother, a small, birdlike woman, was obviously crushed.

She was a birdlike woman with a tiny voice, always well dressed and well groomed and soft-spoken.

She was a small, birdlike woman, a young Nancy Reagan in a Chanel suit.

The door opened and a birdlike middle-aged woman entered.

A tiny, birdlike old woman was hunched over a Steinway grand.