How To Use Abaya In A Sentence

  • Most wore an enveloping black abaya or a head scarf over their hair.
  • Many of the men wore white skullcaps and long white robes, and the women were either scarved and covered or in the full abaya, a black nunlike garb.
  • The abaya is a long over-garment essentially a robe-like dress with black as the most predominant color among Muslim women. AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed
  • Women tend to wear very colorful long-sleeved, ankle-length dresses, with a black silk cloak called an abaya covering them completely in public.
  • Many of the men wore white skullcaps and long white robes, dishdashas, and the women were either scarved and covered or in the full abaya, a black nunlike garb.
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  • There was about Hazlitt's wooing of Rachel the pathos which might distinguish the love affair of a Baptist angel and the hamadryad daughter of a Babayaga. Erik Dorn
  • Small flocks of mangy goats and sheep, shepherded by women in flowing black abayas, forage in the trash.
  • A basic abaya sells for 70, but an elaborate one with real gold thread can cost 6,000. Times, Sunday Times
  • One rather prominent detail was a lady at a neighbouring table dressed only in a sarong and kabaya, with her extremities bare. From Jungle to Java The Trivial Impressions of a Short Excursion to Netherlands India
  • The women of the family swept her up in warm embraces, almost causing her to disappear in the flurry of abayas.
  • [93] Finally, if one still wonders whether the Court was misled into finding military exigency because of the suppressed evidence, consider all the other arguments expressly raised both by Hirabayashi as well as the gov-ernment as early as 1943. Is That Legal?: Who's to Blame?
  • In the days of Nad Al Sheba, at a typical race, men milled around the floodlit track in flowing white dishdashas and head scarves while women in black abayas sat cross-legged on the lawn that embraced the track, poring over racing forms. All the Sheikh’s Horses
  • He lives in a modest house in Wonosari, Surabaya.
  • Few Dutch ladies in Java mind being seen in what to us appears undress -- a sarong and kabaya -- and frequently, when without guests, it is the custom to dine in this scanty apparel. From Jungle to Java The Trivial Impressions of a Short Excursion to Netherlands India
  • You must wear a black cloak and veil that's called an abaya when you leave the palace, to protect your modesty.
  • She wore a black veil over her head, and her kabaya, or upper garment, was fastened with three diamond clasps. The Golden Chersonese and the way thither
  • I like the lamia-crazy stuff in there better. garfunkleandoates someone should release the whole movie without the cgi. abayarts you think it would of been easy to do this with the cartoon version instead. it was okay, webcomic is still better. greggorybasore VOTD: The Twist Ending That Should’ve Happened - Garfield Never Existed | /Film
  • State Department guidelines note, for example, that the religious police can "pressure women to wear" the full-length black covering known as an abaya, "and to cover their heads. NYT > Home Page
  • I think this kind of strictness on the Abaya rule is rooted on the Saudi tradition itself. Q&A: Love in Saudi Arabia - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com
  • Saudi women don a billowy black cloak called an abaya, along with a black scarf and veil over the face.
  • Though she doesn't leave home without her abaya, she likes her glamour. Times, Sunday Times
  • From "Maa Gojabayani" to "Kathantara", Anu has taken a big leap forward to make his presence felt in Oriya household. Archive 2007-12-01
  • There is no requirement for them to wear the abaya in public, though many do. Times, Sunday Times
  • They looked like ghosts with the wind whipping around their abayas.
  • He almost felt their eyes upon him in wonder and amusement, and, as he gradually neared the steps without in any way looking up, it was in some mysterious manner conveyed to him that these figures were ladies, and their dress, the sarong and kabaya! From Jungle to Java The Trivial Impressions of a Short Excursion to Netherlands India
  • There were 79 women, 11 with heads uncovered, the rest split between headscarves and black flowing abayas; 11 Shia turbans, 22 yashmaks, one Kurdish tribal headwrap and a sea of Western suits.
  • The abaya she wears cannot hide the shaking of her body as waves of grief roll through her.
  • She wore a rich, striped, red silk sarong, and a very short, green silk kabaya with diamond clasps; but I saw very little of her dress or herself, because she was almost enveloped in a pure white veil of a fine woolen material spangled with gold stars, and she concealed so much of her face with it, in consequence of the presence of the Rajah The Golden Chersonese and the way thither
  • Music: (In order) "Adana" - Ara Gevorgian "Cilicia" - Zaruhi Babayan "Dle Yaman" - Djvian Gasparyan Copyright © 2009 XotiK Studio - WN.com - Photown News
  • Music: (In order) "Adana" - Ara Gevorgian "Cilicia" - Zaruhi Babayan "Dle Yaman" - Djvian Gasparyan Copyright © WN.com - Photown News
  • They insisted that she conceal her fatigues with a white abaya, cover her hair with a hijab. Times, Sunday Times
  • She started wearing the hijab and abaya, and is now looking forward to an arranged marriage. Times, Sunday Times
  • In public, most Omani women wear a black ankle-length robe called an abaya, and many veil their faces.
  • Many villages in the regency are devoid of young people as they have all migrated to Medan, Jakarta, Surabaya and other urban areas due to a lack of jobs at home.
  • Bob Koke, who was just back from Singapore, took the opportunity to ask about the notorious Bali hotel proprietress turned radio propagandist Surabaya Sue, who seemed to be working as a spokesperson for his administration. A Covert Affair
  • Small flocks of mangy goats and sheep, shepherded by women in flowing black abayas, forage in the trash.
  • Under her silken sarong would have been an inner garment of white cotton, about her waist a zone of beaded cloth held in front by an oval plate, and over all would have been thrown a long, loose dressing-gown, called the kabaya, falling to her knees and fastened down the front to the silver girdle with golden brooches. Tales of the Malayan Coast From Penang to the Philippines
  • I got my abaya and hijab out of my bag, putting them on before I left the plane as I'd been advised.
  • The company creates two new performances a year and often tours to Jakarta and Surabaya.
  • When we ventured into town to visit the souk, my cousin's wife was required to wear an abaya, a shapeless, full-length black cape.
  • In 2013, she made an 11.7m abaya featuring a red diamond. The Sun
  • I imagine that under the abaya they wear designer clothes.
  • An all-enveloping black abaya is made from lightweight cloth embroidered with tapestried threads.
  • Ladies also sat there, in what X. subsequently learnt was not altogether considered _deshabille_, namely, the sarong and kabaya of the country. From Jungle to Java The Trivial Impressions of a Short Excursion to Netherlands India
  • The Prime Minister has just announced establishment of six new Honorary Consulates in Indonesia, namely, Ambon, Balikpapan, Kupang, Medan, Surabaya and Ujung Pandang. Government Response to Senate Consular Services Report
  • Indonesia: aulia: A maid who arrived in Surabaya from Taiwan is the 1st suspected Indonesian swine flu carrier according to #metrotv (via @wolwol) fujitasenpai: RT @BrandingComm: Rebranding Idea: instead of “Swine Flu” how about “Hamdemic”, “Aporkalypse” or “Snoutbreak”? antonnyliem: Dimsum@ taipan. Global Voices in English » Southeast Asia: Twitter reactions on H1N1 virus
  • In indonesia the brits did the same thing, use the Japanese soldiers to maintain law and order in Indonesia, of course it sort of failed with the battle of surabaya Www.hardwarezone.com.sg
  • A small minority of Muslim women in certain parts of the world wear what is known as the abaya (black cloak) and the niqab (face veil). Kari Ansari: Telling Muslim Women What Not To Wear
  • Pinned to the abaya was a message that read, “She was a collaborator against Islam.” Alas, a blog » 2006 » July
  • Their lower garment, or sarong, reaching from the waist to the ankles, is usually of red cotton of a small check, with stripes in the front, above which is worn a loose sleeved garment, called a kabaya, reaching to the knees, and clasped in front with silver or gold, and frequently with diamond ornaments. The Golden Chersonese and the way thither
  • In public, all women are required to wear the abaya, a black garment that covers them from head to foot.
  • I like the books, but I like Edgar Wright even more. abayarts read the book, actually, don't read the book. watch the movie and you'll see why .... mike nerdgasm fanboy_d High-Res Teaser Poster and Wallpaper for Scott Pilgrim vs. the World | /Film
  • The "abaya" is more of a social thing. Houston Chronicle
  • There were 79 women, 11 with heads uncovered, the rest split between headscarves and black flowing abayas.
  • Ljungberg falls in the box with Babayaro locked in an embrace from behind.
  • In the ski shop, three teenage girls in black abayas giggled over digital photos of themselves on the slope; children posed with a worker in a bobbleheaded polar bear suit; and in the three-story picture windows separating the mall from the snow park, a father in traditional white dishdasha used exaggerated gestures to send a message to a snowsuited child inside: Stop crying and push your brother's sled down the hill. SFGate: Top News Stories
  • 'kabaya' is worn, and over all a 'slendang,' which is very like a Dutch Life in Town and Country
  • Wakabayashi K, Nakagawa H, Tamura A, Koshiba S, Hoshijima K, et al. (2007) Intramolecular disulfide bond is a critical check point determining degradative fates of ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporter ABCG2 protein. PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
  • With a simple twist of her abaya, the black robe that sometimes covers her body or head, she rapidly shifts among her range of characters under the distracting sound of booming music.
  • We accept these elections now,’ says Asadi, pulling the abaya close over his shoulders.
  • For few people now live in the area, and the lane has become a short cut, a speed track between Basuki Rakhmad and Pemuda, the two great bitumen rivers trisecting the centre of East Java's capital Surabaya.
  • I am wearing the full abaya. Times, Sunday Times
  • Ito Sumardi said that five people from Jakarta had entered Surabaya in order to carry out agitation and encourage demonstrations.
  • Her relatively nascent label Arabella, which pays homage to the "beautiful Arab woman" and supplies customised, traditional garb to her clients, put a set of dark stones-embellished yet minimalistic abayas on the catwalk. Khaleej Times : UAE News

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