How To Use Greatcoat In A Sentence
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A tall blond man wearing a greatcoat was standing by the glass reception doors, stroking rain and slush from his sleeves.
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He wore an army greatcoat, not big enough to cover his blubbery belly although it was buttoned across his chest.
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Keeping the greatcoat under him for protection from the ground, he slowly slid across the reddish dirt of the clearing and into the shade.
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That was the time, at the height of the Cold War, when he rolled up in a new Lada, wearing a black astrakhan hat with Soviet-style greatcoat, and parked on a double yellow line in front of the house.
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Holding the reins of his horse with one hand, Alexander used the other to fasten the top three buttons of his greatcoat.
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A quick flick of a highly versatile head of hair, a simple body movement or a flick of his greatcoat and each female individual is clearly drawn.
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There were two chamber pots between 1000 men and there were 4 kilometres of corridors along which the wounded, sick and dying lay on straw palliasses, their filthy greatcoats their only blanket.
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He huddled into his greatcoat, feeling the stiff spine of his leather-bound book, then drew it out and turned page after page, until the numbers appeared as tiny smudges.
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Mutti motioned anxiously to Sophie, who bustled towards us with a pair of heavy greatcoats.
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Meg was at the hurdies o 'them wi' a switch gey quick, an 'sune had Sandy's lum hingin' aside his greatcoat in the lobby.
My Man Sandy
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And his beadle, your lordship," added the host, and the under-strapper inside the greatcoat saluted the Colonel with a flourish of his tipstaff.
The Yeoman Adventurer
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John came home early, Meg gadded no more, and that greatcoat was put on in the morning by a very happy husband, and taken off at night by a most devoted little wife.
Little Women
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He put his valise on his lap, beneath his waxed greatcoat, tied his hat under his chin, propped his cane between his legs and settled down.
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As it turns out, it's a big, flashy showcase for a flow of greatcoats, crepe dresses and mohair sweaters.
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A tall blond man wearing a greatcoat was standing by the glass reception doors, stroking rain and slush from his sleeves.
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She wore a naval greatcoat with brass buttons and some sort of goggles on her head.
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As he did, he realised with shock that it wasn't a normal jacket, but an oilskin greatcoat.
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Even their police greatcoats had been insufficient to keep out the chill and the wet of this storm.
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An older man in a greatcoat and tie eventually turned up.
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She was feeling less bitter, so she took off her petticoat and put on her greatcoat, the better to be magnanimous.
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I tugged my hat low over my forehead and pulled my greatcoat more tightly around me.
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Amongst them walked a gentleman in an expensive greatcoat, his arms firmly held - another hostage.
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Dark-skinned, probably North African, he is wearing a dun-coloured greatcoat and a richly embroidered cap.
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But after years of armed struggle against New York's royal governors and sheriffs over the New Hampshire Grants, 37-year-old Ethan Allen—tall, muscular and "a commanding figure in his forest green greatcoat and sheared beaver tricorn hat"—and his Green Mountain Boys were ready to fight for independence.
Founding Father (Of Vermont)
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His prized possession was an old army greatcoat that reached almost down to his ankles.
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He stood by the windows, looking out over the great expanse of choppy sea, his tall form draped in something nondescript which might have been a military greatcoat.
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Walking back to the Lokosphinx, we watch Army conscripts in greatcoats and fur-flapped caps breaking the ice with bludgeons and pouring hot water on the snow.
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Half-seen in a corner of the lobby, three watchmen in greatcoats crouch over a brazier.
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In some of these they deposited their upper jackets, which they usually take off in coming into their huts, as we do a greatcoat; while in smaller ones, like little shelves in a recess, they kept various articles of their Kabloona riches.
Three Voyages for the Discovery of a Northwest Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and Narrative of an Attempt to Reach the North Pole, Volume 1
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Holding the reins of his horse with one hand, Alexander used the other to fasten the top three buttons of his greatcoat.
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It is, sir," said the waiter, in reply to the "gusty" observation, stirring the fire while the traveller divested himself of his hat and greatcoat.
The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands
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You could see them in their mud-clogged boots, with ill-fitting greatcoats and oversized rifles, filing off into an opaque horizon.
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Their clothes were ill-fitting, their boots new and uncomfortable, they slept in their greatcoats on the bare earth - and it was cold.
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Half-seen in a corner of the lobby, three watchmen in greatcoats crouch over a brazier.
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We had sheets of our own, which were spread upon a mattrass, and here I took my repose wrapped in a greatcoat, if that could be called repose which was interrupted by the innumerable stings of vermin.
Travels through France and Italy
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The man wore a greatcoat that was wet with rain and a dishevelled shako adorned his head.
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That may well be Mr Jackson himself sitting in the car in peaked cap and greatcoat next to the elegant lady in fur collar and stylish hat.
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Every ounce saved was important and they didn't even take blankets or greatcoats and they slept as best they could in rough bamboo shelters with only a groundsheet to keep out the mountain cold.
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He came on wearing a sailor's hat, a greatcoat and a kit bag.
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He said: ‘He is wearing a military uniform complete with greatcoat and tin hat.’
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Inspection of their clothing revealed they were wearing altered greatcoats.
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An eagle-eyed reader claims he saw him walking near his west London home last Saturday morning, wearing a woollen greatcoat and leather moccasins, but no trousers.
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A neat parlour-maid received him in a comfortably-furnished hall and took his hat and greatcoat and magnificent bouquet.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol
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She seems extraordinarily at home in full military greatcoat and beret.
Times, Sunday Times
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Philip didn't answer, accepting his greatcoat from a footman, and accompanying David out the door.
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He took off his greatcoat and hung it over the back of the wooden chair at the small table.
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The inhabitants had to wear greatcoats and cloaks inside when it was cold, and Carrington had to draw his plans by lamplight at night, after being out all day with his instruments.
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Louis-Philippe was prepared to rehabilitate Napoleon the general but not the emperor, so he put a statue of Napoleon wearing his famous greatcoat and hat on the Vendôme column in 1833.
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He put his valise on his lap, beneath his waxed greatcoat, tied his hat under his chin, propped his cane between his legs and settled down.