How To Use Drape In A Sentence

He carefully draped it over Ramirez, and soon the warmth from the luxuriant fur stilled his chattering teeth and banished the damp.
And the Bridal Show, for married women, seemed to do just that by focusing on the Indianess of contestants who were draped in variety of colourful sarees and mesmerizing gagra cholis that dazzled with every step.
Two flannels, draped across this, were mermaids, who swam and flopped and basked on islands of flesh.
His midriff was protected by a drape of chainmail covering a leather girdle and loincloth.
I found myself in a salon with a very well-painted, highly varnished floor; chairs and sofas covered with white draperies, a green porcelain stove, walls hung with pictures in gilt frames, a gilt pendule and other ornaments on the mantelpiece, a large lustre pendent from the centre of the ceiling, mirrors, consoles, muslin curtains, and a handsome centre table completed the inventory of furniture. The Professor, by Charlotte Bronte

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Another challenge exists if the patient's identification bracelet has been removed or is under surgical drapes.
Millner, keenly aware that an aromatic savarin au rhum was describing an arc behind his head previous to being rushed back to the pantry under young Draper's indifferent eye, stiffened himself against this last assault of the enemy, and read out firmly: "What relation do you consider that a man's business conduct should bear to his religious and domestic life? The Blond Beast
They quite unselfconsciously continued to drape themselves over each other; one would rest his head on the other's shoulder, the other would wrap his arms around his friend.
Her green jacket was loosely draped in the crook of her elbow, and her jeans were clean, as if they had been purchased recently.
Long pieces of sheer pink fabric were draped over the high white painted metal bedposts and the bars above that attached them.
Descending downstairs feels like entering a 1970s vision of decadence – all red and gold sequinned drapes, geometric railings and carpeted walls. 10 of the best music venues in London
Achan, the head monk, draped in the colours of the dawn, unlatches the door to a large metal cage.
For days before, public drapers were to be seen clinging cross-legged to obelisk and peristyle; moving in spread-eagle fashion, hung in a jacket of sail-cloth attached to cables, across the fronts of buildings, looping garlands, besticking banners and spreading tapestries. The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt
So that now hee hath left brokery, and is become a draper. Notes and Queries, Number 55, November 16, 1850
This wine is ideal with slices of cool turkey, dusted with a little sea salt and draped over a crisp lettuce bed on rye bread.
The bridge can be a little confusing when conditions deteriorate, as it is draped in trawl net, but a diver can see and swim inside many parts of it.
Banish thoughts of decorative church kneelers, of draped antimacassars or folklorish costumes. Times, Sunday Times
Are these textiles Baroque draperies, shrouds or the curtains of a luxurious four-poster bed defiled and destroyed?
He took off his coat and draped it over a chair.
Draperies combined with window shades, valances and ornamentation such as trims can produce an exceptionally well-dressed window.
Finally stirring from his chair, he stood to refold the quilt and drape it over the arm.
I knelt beside her bed and draped an arm around her waist.
The shutters were closed and the drapes were drawn too, so the room, which smelled strongly of something like camphorated oil, was lit only by a lamp at the side of the bed. The Count's Blackmail Bargain
Her right hand shields her pubic area, while her left arm is raised at the elbow and her left hand holds a piece of drapery that falls onto an amphora.
These yield an unearthly effect, especially since the artist has draped his monogram, suspended from a garland, across the top of the picture.
My own coat was still draped over the chair by the door, but even from where I stood I could see loose threads dangling from the seams.
Garments with a burnout pattern tend to be heavy, because of the weight of the base fabric, leading them to drape distinctively.
Draped, sensual materials, such as chiffon or lightweight jersey, are a main detail, says Ms. Chang. Spring Looks
Venus' face is a blurred reflection in a mirror and in Mars (which depicts the unheroic body of a strong old man got up in drapes and a helmet) the face is in shadow.
Macaws, owls, monkeys and agouti were in cages draped in foliage - a sort of home away from home - and watched closely by officials of the Emperor Valley Zoo.
Opposite the fireplace, a bulky dark wood bed was draped in dark blue velvet covers and snowy white fur pelts, its sheets thrust to one side.
The sides of the magnetic donuts also were draped, allowing the neurosurgeon to work within a sterile field.
the undraped statue
Odin walked stiffly, like a head hung between two heavy stilts draped in striped Viyella and white towelling. The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
I usually paired them with clam-diggers and a draped tee, but now, adding the finishing touch to my thoroughly traditional gear, I had to confess that they actually looked very attractive. Indie Girl
THeir clothing was adequate for them to do the hard work of rural women, and it it covered them and was still drapey and pretty. Protecting Our Daughters
Four-poster and canopied beds should be avoided, or at least their heavy drapes should be replaced with lightweight muslin or cotton ones which can be washed at high temperatures to kill the mites.
He rejoined the faculty in 1996 and now holds the Charles Stark Draper chair in aeronautics and astronautics.
The headpieces, which looked like mops, draped from the heads of the revellers, bounced up and down as they moved across the stage.
Yes, the basketweave blanket is beautifully drapey. ahem. Dolly Wants to Play...
Open incisions are packed with sterile, saline-soaked laparotomy sponges and then covered with sterile drapes.
Everything we didthe way we walked, talked, the way we sat slouched, one leg draped across the armrest of the sofadrove him crazy. Postcards from Heaven
Extending into the kitchen, the 12-inch tiles attract the eye and combine with the undraped window to make the nook appear bright and spacious.
Rose of Ireland and the White Rose of Devon, a noted Society phrasemonger had dubbed them, seeing them together on the lawn one Ascot Cup Day, their light draperies and delicate ribbons whip-whipping in the pleasant June breeze, ivory-skinned, jetty-locked Celtic beauty and blue-eyed, flaxen-locked Saxon fairness in charming, confidential juxtaposition under one lace sunshade, lined with what has been the last new fashionable colour under twenty names, since then; only that year they called it _Rose fané_. The Dop Doctor
Both of them draped their cloaks around themselves and mounted their horses as she galloped up on her grey charger.
With Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce in crisis -- yes, Roger really did do nothing about the impending loss of Lucky Strike and the ever odious Lee Garner Jr. really did let word seep out sooner than his promised 30 days -- Peggy performs well by giving her previously scheduled pitch on a campaign for one of Playtex's female products. William Bradley: Mad Men : Breach One "Chinese Wall" and You Just Want To Breach Another One An Hour Later
Not only the plaid, but even the kilt and over-the-shoulder drape are of military origin.
Wearing a robe, he stumbles out of bed and opens the drapes and shades, gazing down lovingly upon the housekeeper putting Serge's midday snack into his backpack.
Having adopted the drape-against-wall style for my bumf-hanging activities, I find that it allows one to tear the paper off one-handedly and very neatly.
There were three beds, one window with a little houseplant perched on the windowsill, and a set of slightly tacky drapes.
But with just one day to go, fate spites me with a deluge and I shall drive to work draped in towels and with a cap on my head.
As the death toll grew, there were poignant scenes at Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire as five coffins draped with the union flag arrived at RAF Lyneham and were met by sombre crowds on the town's streets.
Walking behind him in single file were four beautiful women - one carried a pair of huge sneakers, another had a towel draped around her shoulders, a third toted sweat socks, and the fourth had a small bottle of cologne.
Draped around foods before they're deep-fried, it keeps them from losing moisture and flavor.
The next morning, Darren woke up to the sunlight that came in the undraped windows.
Government service: After graduating from Washington University in St. Louis with degrees in Islamic Studies, draper joined the State Department and completed a year-long tour in Saudi Arabia as a consular officer. Hannah draper: Encouraging women's advancement in Turkey
Nathan Draper, 18, said that he was "maddened" at the actions of the Muslim demonstrators and praised the bravery of the soldiers and said they should be supported for risking their lives. Latest News Breaking News and Current News from the UK and World Telegraph
She was dressed in a classic black silk gown with a sable stole cunningly draped around her shoulders so that the moth holes wouldn't show. MISS MELVILLE REGRETS
She put the photographs on the table, located the spare eiderdown, and draped it over him. THE IMAGE OF LAURA
Learning these drapes is part of the fascination of the sari: it's like doing very large-scale origami around your own body. Half a Billion Indian Women Can't Be Wrong
Crowns and tiaras adorned the heads of nobility, earrings and nose studs enhanced the natural beauty of the face, necklaces and pendants highlighted a graceful neck, and brooches and fasteners held drapes and garments in place.
The haik drapes them from head to foot, and is worn over loose pants, which are gathered at the ankle.
On the second day of rain, Al took the tarpaulin separating the two sides of the boxcar and draped it over the front end of the truck.
It is in typical ‘Kentian’ style, with the cornice supported on scrolled brackets flanking a frieze with swags and a central mask, the jambs being carved as female terms with classical drapery.
Her parents had been milliners in Clapham, just down the road, and had run a millinery and drapery shop.
The former has the classically draped general rising from his sarcophagus, while around him the pyramid of Eternity crumbles and the figure of Time breaks his scythe.
The baldric is a length of cloth or other material about eight inches wide, hanging down in front to about wrist length, draped over the left shoulder, around the back to waist level on the right, and over the left shoulder again to about knee-height in back, with the arms pinned to it just below the left shoulder. Concordance A Terran Empire concordance
Dozens of patients, mostly dressed in black, marched through the streets following a draped coffin while musicians played a dirge on a flageolet and melodion.
It is an irony lost on nobody that men draped in the English flag proclaiming unmatchable patriotism are the ones who disgrace this country.
I took the piece of cloth and found holes where the head and the arm would go though, and draped the clothing over my head.
One peculiarity of this artist's pictures was that he used actual gold leaf to make the high lights upon hair, leaves, and draperies.
Miss Howitt's dress was in the height of fashion; blue silk spencer over a white round dress with several flounces at the hem, complemented by a yellow paisley shawl draped over her shoulders.
She's wearing a revealing evening dress and proceeds to drape herself over various parts of the car's anatomy.
But through a wide gape in-between the drapes, the Tokyo moon shone in, its light washing over the whole apartment and bathing it in an ivory glow.
He always wears warm clothes, sometimes a cape or an overcoat on top, a waistcoat underneath, perhaps a scarf draped over the shoulders, a felt hat.
Call the cleaners and they will take care of the carpets, curtains, drapes, furniture, upholstery and put a beautiful Spring gloss to your home.
The one with the drape is the one that immediately caught my eye. And now for something completely different - A Dress A Day
Draped with some of the world's finest footballing jewels and still Italy have failed to truly sparkle.
The high canopy over the bed was draped with prim folds of damask, and the coverlet was of some quaint crocheted work that hung in fringed ends to the floor. The Miller of Old Church
He draped his arm over Daniels' shoulder.
Joey saw her and presently came to sit down beside her with a swing of jade-green draperies. ADRIENNE AND THE CHALET SCHOOL
The other she draped across her forehead, so the karaso dangled down her back.
White robes draped across her slender form, snow-white and simple in design.
Electrical cables draped it like jungle vines; cement peeled from its facade like slabs of granite from Junagadh mountain.
She observed that my eyes were upon her, and in an act of instinctive maidenliness she bore her hand to her throat to draw the draperies together and screen the beauties of her neck from my unwarranted glance, as though her daily gown did not reveal as much and more of them. Bardelys the Magnificent; being an account of the strange wooing pursued by the Sieur Marcel de Saint-Pol, marquis of Bardelys...
There is, however, one very basic problem with vin rouge - it stains the white linen cloths used to clean the chalices and drape the altars.
There are two tombs in the body of the place; but none in the chancel, which is bare, except for the tall candlesticks, and the chancel rail, beyond which is the undraped altar of solid marble, upon which stand four small candlesticks, two at each end. Carnacki, the Ghost Finder
I grab my bowl, that Mary had added a heap of cilantro, Parmesan and cabbage, and wander over to the table with the window view of the fog-draped, rain dappled, slow-moving Milwaukee River taking its sorry-ass time through the warehouse district on its way to Lake Michigan. March « 2009 « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground
Whether you serve a fruity deep-dish cobbler draped with a homemade pastry crust or a lush pumpkin cheesecake, keep the servings small.
Already quaint and seedy: the draperied ladies on the frieze of the carrousel are his father’s father’s mooncheeked dreams; if he thinks of it more he will vomit his apple-on-a-stick. The Worst Years of Your Life
Elsewhere Thomas Spooner, mercer and draper, wanted York people to know he ‘has at present by him a quantity of fine old Jamaica Rum’.
It is also evident that mudstone drapes formed during slack water stages at specific periods, whereas fine-sandstone drapes were formed in other periods.
She reached out and pulled back one edge of an oilcloth drape, looked out across a commercial street, a signal light at a crossing. THE SERPENT'S MARK
I looked fine, wore my grey grapery with my drapery, and spread myself out as much as possible. Julia Ward Howe, 1819-1910
We drape our snow gaiters and boots around the stove, hoping they'll dry overnight.
Detachable sleeves, reversible jackets, transformable caps, drapes held up with snap buttons are not only user-friendly, but give people freedom.
The bold foreshortening and the swirling draperies create an intensely dramatic composition.
Eventually he was taken away with his hands trussed behind his back and a hood draped over his head.
In her Scurved posture, draperies gathered to one side of her body, we recognize the Gothic ivories and stone portal figures that were her ancestors.
The set designer has stripped the stage bare and draped it with heroically scaled posters.
She had a blanket draped across her knees.
Fitted carpets, heavy drapes, upholstered furniture - even soft toys - promote dust accumulation and the breeding of dust mites.
The highly unusual drapery of the bronze statue in Milan is, we believe, fashioned in direct reference to this legend, tying the statue to this originary image.
Now he's come looking for Peggy in the office, and she finds him in Roger's office, with his pants off, "leaving Draper a little present" aka shitting on his chair. Samantha Zalaznick: Mad Men Recap: Happy Birthday, Peggy!
She took her arm away from her waist to push aside the drapes and open the door, stumbling into the dim room, lit only by a little oil lamp.
She hesitated, then turned so he could drape it over her shoulders. WHOLE SECRET LOVE
I won't comment on his self-confessed psychological flaws as that would force me to include similar comments on that other nutter, Derek Draper. Alastair Campbell starts a blog
The floors, once covered with the finest parquetry, are unrecognisable, the blinds don't work, the light-bulbs drape from thin wires where lamps used to hang.
Women wear a haik (a long piece of cloth draped over the entire body and head).
A korowai cloak made with kiwi feathers was draped around the shoulders of the 27-year-old when he arrived at the Supreme Court building.
The scrub student gowned and gloved, set up sterile fields, draped patients, and assisted with surgery.
White lacy curtains with dark red drapes covered the French windows, giving the room a warm, cozy ambience.
He has everything right - the stagger of the man walking, the drape of the man sitting, the accusatory point of the man's finger.
It's all about this sexual power, the drape, the swagger.
Disencumbered of its books, the feudal turret had become warlike again and that Guer-mantes was more himself in death — he was more of his breed, a Guermantes and nothing more and this was symbolised at his funeral in the church of Saint-Hilaire-de-Combray hung with black draperies where the “G” under the closed coronet divested of initials and titles betokened the race of Guermantes which he personified in death. Time Regained
A critical taste might have objected that the plush curtains which shaded the windows were too heavy for summer; that the begilded wallpaper "swore" a little at its own dado and frieze, as well as deadened the effect of the pictures which hung against it; and that the drapery of lace and velvet which veiled the fireplace made a fire inconvenient and almost impossible, however cold the weather might be. A Little Country Girl
What sort of strapless and/or little black, possibly drapey, goddess-cut dress with a slit is she wearing now? Jennifer Aniston Keeps It Classy In Valentino At U.K. 'Horrible Bosses' Premiere (PHOTOS, POLL)
To mask its original functionalism, the steel frame had been side-draped with cascades of pink net down to the carpeted metal floor. A DAYSTAR OF FEAR
But even he has withdrawn to the shade of a canopy draped above a couple of threadbare sofas and that glorious moment now seems an age away.
Through the next hour, during which the gentle morning breeze had a little freshened, the dusty vapor had developed itself far and wide into the appearance of huge aerial draperies, hanging in mighty volumes from the sky to the earth; and at particular points, where the eddies of the breeze acted upon the pendulous skirts of these aerial curtains rents were perceived, sometimes taking the form of regular arches, portals, and windows, through which began dimly to gleam the heads of camels 'indorsed' Narrative and Miscellaneous Papers
He had changed back into Chinese dress today, and his lean frame was draped in a long, navy-blue flannel gown, giving him the air of a worthy descendant of some famous scholar.
“Thank you very much,” I said as I tried to undrape Camilla without causing any serious injuries to either of us. DearlyDevotedDexter
According to Mr. Jurgensen, "Drawing on his own work at a sewing machine, Mr. Fisher decided to drape the legs in tensile fabric, which becomes taut when crew members pop out a series of knobby" polyps "inside the frame. Building U2's 'Claw'
There flows a ruddier light through the blood-colored panes, and the blackness of the sable drapery appalls.
Hoffman said the end of the tether draped in the cargo bay was discolored, perhaps charred by burning.
The artist Alessandro Raho usually drapes his subjects in theatrical clothes but with Dame Judy he has opted for a simple white jacket against a stark white background.
Over this was draped with white chiffon, on which a pattern of goldenrod, the National flower, was embroidered in silver. The Presidential Inauguration | Edwardian Promenade
It had light green draperies attached, creating a romantic warmth.
In the early 1900s, the use of surgical gowns and drapes evolved as a standard of practice.
Before the procedure, the area is prepared with antiseptic solution and a sterile drape is placed over your body.
In Dang, elaborate folds of drapery and heads of big hair, viewed from behind, are the predominant motifs.
Peau de Soie is a medium to heavy, drapeable fabric with a satin weave and delustered finish.
The new fabric, which is going into bedding and draperies, is selling in gold, bronze and aubergine.
With a flat band of silver olive leaves about her brow, and the soft hair waving out below, nothing more was necessary for a costume save a brief drapery of silver spangled cloth with a strap of jewels and a wisp of black malines for a scarf. The City of Fire
“ 'Well, since I am disowned, and relegated to the sweepings,' the old man begins, draped in his sayon, and with a majesty that frightens us, 'you shall hear the crow sing!' Frederic Mistral
Elements from the paintings have been picked up to create a collection of saris and drapes in brocades, georgettes, tissue and jacquard crepe de chine.
It is important never to leave a lighted endoscope or light source lying on surgical drapes.
So beautiful and majestic, with his forelock draped in his face, he really fit the part. Early Buzz: Your Highness | /Film
On Friday at New York's St. Regis Hotel, just two hours before showing the first collection he designed since his breakthrough, Mr. Wu worked backstage pinning and stitching a finely draped cocktail dress of black silk tulle with embroidered red hash marks — a modern sort of pointelle — onto a model. Life After the First Lady
The film would drape Galella in the robe of a "photojournalist". Martin London: Smash That Infomercial!: The Omissions and Lies in HBO's Film About Ron Galella
Braque revived the Western idea of the female nude, also the drapery depicted is another traditional element.
It drapes geometrically, clashing beautifully with the natural world.
Then drape 3 rashers of bacon over the exposed stuffing in a star fashion forming a lid and secure with string.
Bright windows stood undraped to the passing quill, and comfortable scenes of families at their business leaked out and warmed the chilly evening. The Feather
Across his shoulders was draped a fur collared waterproof and on his hands were those tiny stringy driving gloves.
The thick curtain of the green vine that drapes the piazza is hung over its whole surface with the long drooping clusters of its starry flowers that lose all their sweetness upon the air, and show from the garden beneath like an immense airy veil of delicate white lace in the moonlight, -- a wonderful white glory. An Island Garden
She draped her arms around his neck.
Of the walls, one was occupied by the window, the other by a draped mantelshelf bristling with Cupids.
He prances through the casinos with scantily clad showgirls draped on each arm (although he is happily married).
I agree that natural fabrics are superior to most of the current fabrics used in garments today but how did they get that much drape and softness with a cotton? The Beautiful, Soft, Flowing, Modest, Clothing Depicted in the Art of Alfred Emile Leopold Stevens (1823-1906)
Nine stylised figures stand below it with no details on them - seven of them draped in white, contrasted by two of them in scarlet.
Dozens of patients, mostly dressed in black, marched through the streets following a draped coffin while musicians played a dirge on a flageolet and melodion.
On most males, the fabric will drape down from the shoulder area to provide a convenient hollow behind the hip.
I have no doubt it now hangs over a window as a make-shift curtain or is draped on a wall.
Use a clear, incise drape on the surgical site, which inadvertently helps to keep the flow of oxygen at the surgical site.
Act II was danced before a simple but properly dreamy set of draperies.
The sound of those words chilled us both, as if suddenly the night fog had draped over the two of us without warning.
And along the sward, the black rope draped, a long, thick line of Tachi's blood. FLOATING CITY
We developed a cloth system that allowed the artists to place draperies in the player's path, which creates a very sensuous feeling, and a glow system that adds texture and magic to the light.
In the emergency room, draped surgeons paced anxiously alongside empty gurneys.
Or perhaps it is just the drape of fabric which makes the fashion statement.
In most of these cake show challenges, each cake is literally draped in fondant, which brings nothing to the flavor of the cake, and exists solely as a sculpting agent. 'Top Chef: Just Desserts': Who wants to watch another show about cake? | EW.com
Next was a deep midnight blue dress, the neckline was draped with chiffon; the bodice was silk and was cut as an empress waist, below that the skirt split to reveal a brocade fabric with gold beaded stars randomly placed.
It was as large as a small room; three sides of it formed by minute wirework, with occasional draperies of muslin or other slight material, and covered at intervals, sometimes within, sometimes without, by dainty creepers; a tiny cistern in the centre, from which upsprang a sparkling jet. Kenelm Chillingly — Complete
Curtains draped along the glass frontage keep out the vestiges of daylight, a pre-requisite of all good clubs.
The scrub person then drapes the patient by securing a towel with an adhesive strip on the patient's forehead and placing a body drape down the entire length of the patient.
The tall, zelkova tree beside the pagoda is draped with lanterns on the Buddha's Birthday in May of every year.
Drape it over the lid, folding into little pleats around the edge, and secure with waxed twine or embroidery thread.
Draped across them, their cloaks seemed to hang on bodies thin and lank.
_Over draperies_ (If desired) -- Of primrose yellow silk, or sunfast, or striped yellow and blue linen to match slip cover. Better Homes in America Plan Book for Demonstration Week October 9 to 14, 1922
From its subterranean source, the Wekiva meanders slow and clear past waving sawgrasses and under a moss-draped canopy of oak and laurel and longleaf pine.
MECCA, Saudi Arabia -- Draped in white robes to symbolize purity and the equality of mankind under God, nearly 3 million Muslims from all over the world gathered Friday in Mecca, on the eve of the sta ... 3 Million Muslims In Mecca For Pilgrimage
The funny looking fishing cap with the big bill and neck drape is less likely to blow off if the wind picks up. I am going on an offshore trip out of Galveston (40 to 50 miles). I have never been fishing in the ocean before.
You always want to interline a silk drape to help delay sun damage. Save energy, money with window treatments
She's wearing a revealing evening dress and proceeds to drape herself over various parts of the car's anatomy.
A cot swathed in draperies and blue ribbon stood isolated in a corner.
Avoid scolding the kitten - even if it's climbing the drapes and soiling itself on your best linens.
They were galloping skeletons draped in mangy hides, and they outdistanced the boys who herded them. Chapter 12
The loft was strewn with clothes; shirts were draped over the couch and loveseat while pants were hung with hangers on the kitchen table seats.
In the midst is a well where women in flowing drapery, with tall jars, draw water as if posing for Bible illustrations; and a camel market in which fifty or more of the brown, ungainly beasts have been relieved of their burdens and lain down for the night – doubled into uncomfortable heaps and bubbling and moaning with querulous discontent. In Seven Stages: A Flying Trip Around the World
Natasha took the coat and draped it over her shoulders.
She draped the cloak across a chair and began to unwrap the long package that she carried.
The material of the skirt had been enfolded to form a loose, graceful drape.
There were chintz draperies, two armchairs, a loveseat, a coffee table, two large cardboard boxes, and a wall of tastefully displayed urns. NO BODY
In no time, he had the whole outfit draped over the shower curtain rod to drip-dry.
The scrub person drapes the infant warmer with sterile terry cloth towels and ensures that there are two bulb syringes and cord clamps in the warmer.
AcetateInexpensive, sunfast, and drapes gracefully, but will wrinkle and has low abrasion resistance unless blended with stronger fibers. How To Avoid Housework
Red flags were also draped from the windows of the hospital insupport of the protest. Hypocrite John Reid Demonstrates Against His Own Government
With all of her feminine assets covered, the strands went to work tailoring a belt and draped skirt before forming leather boots with soft fur collars.
A woman's dress of the 18th century, having a fitted bodice and draped cutaway skirt, worn over an elaborate underskirt.
Sometimes when I'm on the computer the cat drapes herself on my lap and leans her head on my arm until my OOS protests.
The decor of the chalet was a symphony of dark wood and white drapes.
Bowden is a blood-and-guts journalist with a poet's sensibility, a noirish naturalist, a ferociously inquisitive witness to life's glory and horror torn between the desire to embrace the world and the need to hole up in a drapes-drawn motel room. Some of the Dead Are Still Breathing by Charles Bowden: Book summary
Decoratively draped over the frame is a swag of gray fabric painted with an orange dot on a light blue square accented with red.
In the middle of the night, he awakes to see a shiningly spectral Anna Draper smiling at him, carrying a small case for her journey ahead. William Bradley: Mad Men : 'The Suitcase' Is Tougher Than Sonny Liston
It was a hard day of traveling as the sastrugi were jagged and high, and the ground definition was very poor as everything was draped with the newly fallen snow of the last nine days.
Most of my hedges are jungles of the various trees, draped with blackberry, dog-rose, bryony, honeysuckle and wild hop, all scrambling about the branches. Wildwood
Dishes were wheeled out with due dignity on well-draped traymobiles.
Silk and velvet fabrics were draped, swagged, or suspended from ceilings to achieve a graceful yet ordered effect.
At the time, analysts at Cazenove said BlackRock in effect gazumped Macquarie, which had reportedly agreed to lease Drapers Gardens for 20 years at £43 a square foot, with a four-year rent-free period. Upturn in commercial property may have run its course

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