How To Use Parka In A Sentence

I think the one that's really obvious is when he's running through the parkade and it's yellow.
Puffas/ subzero parkas are fine if you're sitting around doing nothing. Times, Sunday Times
Canada Goose Inc. Canada Goose's Kensington parka in steel color, insulated with 625-fill-power white duck down and featuring a two-way adjustable, fleece-lined down hood with a removable coyote-fur ruff. Coolhunter
Supersized coats were everywhere, but worked best in parka form. Times, Sunday Times
As for future parking provisions, a shortage of land and environmental concerns means any new spaces will be in parkades.

These neatly landscaped grounds will be largely empty of people, who will usually enter and leave the towers by car from the gaping maw of a parkade off the Ring Road.
The parka has a height-adjustable, insulated hood, underarm gussets and articulated elbows for good mobility in the field, and adjustable cuffs.
Over it she has on an enormous army parka, lined with pink fur, which makes her look very small. Times, Sunday Times
She lowered the faux fur-lined hood of her parka and sighed heavily, taking a long drink from the mug.
Hope said she saw a parkade on fire and cars ablaze. Vancouver Riot PHOTOS: Frustration Over Canucks Loss Spills Into Downtown Streets
A bulky parka smothered the individual's identity, but the flared black trousers marked him as a member of Starfleet; grinning, Kirk redirected his course to join his snowsuited comrade. The Kobayashi Maru
AMRITSAR: Om Parkash Soni Congress candidate for the prestigious Amritsar parliament Seat Friday claimed that Congress party would win the Amritsar seat on the basis of development works which were done in last fiver years. PunjabNewsline News
So she decided to trek for help, wearing a parka coat, a woolly hat and hiking boots. Times, Sunday Times
The resident called police, who blocked the ground level entrance to the parkade.
The middle level serves as the main entrance to the building and provides a public walkway that links the multi-storey parkade to the terminal.
Add in hunting season in the deep South and the far West, and a significant number of hunters need clothing and gear for warm weather instead of parkas and insulated boots.
She pulled the hood of the parka around her face and started toward home.
A new hospital could be built over the parkade that is located near St. Georges Avenue and East 15th Street, she said.
Most soldiers were issued only normal field jackets, not parkas, and leather boots, not footwear suitable for snow.
Andrew pumped his shotgun and led the students towards the parkade of the airport.
We also thank Harparkash Kaur for testing the contents and quality of the study drugs.
The top of the parkade is level with our office windows.
The Arts Parkade turns out to be a serviceable venue for Greek tragedy, with an upper ramp allowing for a two-tiered set and all that cold concrete creating an eerie echo.
Even languages to the north, where English picked up parka in 1625, supplied words that became Angle-like, or “anglicized.” The English Is Coming!
The gypsy man has reappeared here as well, wearing low-slung trousers wide at the leg, decorated vests and fur-trimmed parkas.
Sexier than a parka and cuter than a raincoat, it's a waterproof version of a military-styled coat and it fits long like a trench.
Its click wheel interface is designed to be operated with gloves on, and the unit, which clips to your parka with an integrated carabineer, is waterproof to IPX7 standards should you tackle the slope on your face. Fetish: Truly Wire-Free Earbuds, Glove-Friendly GPS Handheld, Tough-as-Nails Videocam
Inuit women sewed parkas from tanned animal hides until modernization led to the use of duffel wool.
He was dressed in traditional Inuit clothes: fur parka, fur pants, and mukluk boots. Ice Hunt
In January and February 1953 Hough's battalion endured a winter that made a mockery of their long johns, fleece-lined trousers, parkas, gloves and mittens. British veterans of Korean war: 'It was like stepping into medieval times'
A nurse in a shiny white ski parka who really did seem angelic came to certify her death, and then the undertaker, who had "buried" Dad and was a neighbor, gently took her body away.
The earliest humans used those needles to sew warm, waterproof clothing: fur jackets, sealskin boots and waterproof parkas.
So she decided to trek for help, wearing a parka coat, a woolly hat and hiking boots. Times, Sunday Times
She wore big woolly parkas and sipped hot chocolate and coffee the whole way, but she couldn't stop shivering.
We love the way he wears that parka. Times, Sunday Times
Changing her position casually, she threw an elbow well over on the skin bale, rested her body upon it, and arranged her parka. WHERE THE TRAIL FORKS
Balancing proportions is probably trickiest with a parka coat. Times, Sunday Times
Sexier than a parka and cuter than a raincoat, it's a waterproof version of a military-styled coat and it fits long like a trench.
'Industrial food titan and noted purveyor of swell toxins for most of humanity, ConAgra has introduced a new iPhone app, aimed at re-introducing the joy that is Parkay margarine -- AKA whipped monoglycerides and soy lecithin and artificial flavoring and sundry nasty gumminess you should never really put into your body -- to the easily duped masses who love them some retro TV commercial wackiness at the expense of, you know, actual health. Mark Morford: New iPhone app for fans of whipped monoglyceride!
With volumes rolling away from the body, padded parka dresses and fabric cut like sections of a football, there was a sportswear feel to the collection. Times, Sunday Times
The parkade will become a pseudo-amphitheatre with audience members sitting above the stage on seats provided by the company, or on their own lawn chairs if they choose.
But, here I am, on my way to the office, wearing my parka because the weather people said I should.
‘The best place to see it is from the parkade on Rice Howard Way,’ he says.
The new line includes a hunting coat, parka, vest, shirt and pant.
When it comes to outerwear many customers prefer the traditional parka, but the snowboard culture currently is taking a lead in styling, according to Graham.
Sweaty by the time I reached the top, I had to unknot my scarves and unzip my parka.
The only surprise was that he didn't wear a pink helmet and a parka coat for the photoshoot. Times, Sunday Times
The squad owns black raincoats and black parkas in a variety of sizes to accommodate all members for every type of weather.
Half an hour later, a Ziploc bag of homemade gorp in one pocket of his parka and a stainless thermos of instant coffee in another, he picked up his Browning and started for his shooting hide.
Apart from trench coats, there are also parkas, which are also parking their way into this year's fashion circles.
Even when it came to Killy skiwear, his parkas were naturally among the warmest to be had!
Almost every girl under the age of 35 has a fake fur collar and a pastel-coloured parka.
`It had crossed my mind," she replied then indicated the bloodstain on his parka. ALASTAIR MCLEAN'S 'NIGHT WATCH'
The cold weather camouflage parka fabric is a triple layer laminated waterproof, windproof, and moisture-vapor permeable nylon material.
We love the way he wears that parka. Times, Sunday Times
Kids who wipe their snotty noses up and down their parka sleeves until their is a scungy build-up. Archive 2008-01-01
In this crossover category are thigh-length parkas that offer more protection on wind-whipped city streets than the old bomber jackets.
By the mid-60s two distinct clans clashed on bank holidays: the clean-cut mods in their fish-tail parkas, who listened to R 'n' B and the Who on their scooters and the rougher rockers on their motorbikes. Is music tribalism dead?
They sleep on flimsy mattresses and wrap themselves in parkas or sleeping bags to keep warm at night.
Parkas worn over close-fitting body pieces leap from the gloaming in acid greens, violent oranges, purples and cardinal reds.
Connie: Look at this catalog, John. The ski parka is on sale.
She placed the entirely noiseless radio back against her right ear, pulled up the hood of her parka and returned to her seat.
I was desperate to ride the scooter and remember standing in front of the mirror in my bedroom wearing my parka and crash helmet and thinking, yeah, looking good, gotta get out on that scooter.
Prior to Bellows, he was stomping around in mukluks, parka and snow pants patrolling missile fields in North Dakota.
While we're going about our daily lives in down parkas, furs and boots, the designers are busy creating and proudly presenting what we can expect in spring and summer.
Don it with just about any type of outerwear: a leather jacket, a pea coat, and most definitely a parka.
Amanda would ride with everybody else and I would follow on foot, in a sopping-wet parka and gumboots, counting the minutes until we could go inside the big old manor house and have tea and chocolate digestives by the fire. The English American
The parka is the coat of the moment, but make sure it is good quality. Times, Sunday Times
So she decided to trek for help, wearing a parka coat, a woolly hat and hiking boots. Times, Sunday Times
He expects to find volunteers or hire workers to videotape elders teaching traditional skills like sewing parkas and sealskin mitts, as well as building sleds and igloos.
I love the town square, which converges on a central parkade where tourists and locals alike hang out. Oneika Raymond: In Love With My Adopted City: Antigua, Guatemala
At the end he emerged exhausted, sobbing for breath, his jaw sore from a first-blow, his shoulder aching from the bruise of a club, the blood running warmly down one leg from the rip of a dog's fangs, and both sleeves of his parka torn to shreds. THE RACE FOR NUMBER ONE
The Eskimos don't look too comfortable in their parkas during the summer, but maybe they can cool off with the alcohol constantly flowing from the not one, but two Irish castles.
The development company wants to build a cinema on top of its parkade, but the project will violate the district's Area Redevelopment Plan by making the building too tall.
So I begin a third time to say, I was in a parkade and the coat was damaged. Buy at Sears, But Only If You Want Attitude « Colleen Anderson
A t To keep wearing your parka with pride, you need to get parka savvy. Times, Sunday Times
I'll be watching you from the comfort and breathability of my outdated parka. Times, Sunday Times
But instead he pushes himself on, shrugging back into his parka, cinching the hood, donning one mitten and then the other with the help of his teeth.
So she decided to trek for help, wearing a parka coat, a woolly hat and hiking boots. Times, Sunday Times
Ere her eyes closed for the last time she took my hand and slipped it under her squirrel-skin parka to her waist. GRIT OF WOMEN
There were even kindly people offering pepparkaka (ginger biscuits) and plastic cups of glögg (low alcohol mulled wine).
Top it (for the travelling bit) with a rainproof parka. Times, Sunday Times
Over it she has on an enormous army parka, lined with pink fur, which makes her look very small. Times, Sunday Times
This seems to be a Vancouver obsession, our proud contempt for a little moisture, like UBC's Chan Centre, which also exposes patrons to the elements between parkade and theatre.
Many, if not all the Marines, had the hoods of their parkas over their heads and were fighting the internal battles of fear and exhaustion as well as the dangerous environment around them.
Echo might add a slightly too-short tie with a faintly prep-school crest to a nylon parka and camouflage trousers.
Once completed, the multi-storey parkade will boast a total of 1800 parking bays.
Parkas slung over slouchy knits and velvet skirts - the more contrasting textures you put together the better it looks.
Just more oversized trousers, bold colors and the overstuffed parkas that are rapidly becoming fashion classics.
The President and First Lady were wearing sealskin parkas in honor of their guests.
Mackey said the parkade was a step towards realising ANC Daily News Briefing
He didn't have a scooter, but he bought a mod parka and - as was de rigueur at the time - sewed a fox's tail onto it.
On the sidelines, the players huddled under parkas, blew on their hands to keep warm and fought for space on the heated benches.
One was black and two were white. They were wearing parkas or anoraks with hoods.
The hood of her squirrelskin parka was about her hair and well drawn up around her throat; but her hands were unmittened and nimbly at work with needle and sinew, completing the last fantastic design on a belt of leather faced with bright, scarlet cloth. Keesh, The Son of Keesh
He looked down at the watch clipped to the front of his parka.
She placed the entirely noiseless radio back against her right ear, pulled up the hood of her parka and returned to her seat.
The company responsible for the parkade is willing to pay for repairs. Buy at Sears, But Only If You Want Attitude « Colleen Anderson
Traditional canvas, denim and hunting's advanced silent, waterproof fleece and Cordura are used in other shells of jackets, parkas, pants and bibs.
Traditional clothing, from mukluks to fur parkas, has become valued as art and artifact outside the Inuit.
This year's parkas put a lot of emphasis on the hood (that are even lined with fur) and the coat's collar.
Danlo nodded to him and then grabbed up his parka, fur hat and a wind mask. The Broken God
Arthur was wearing corduroys and a long-sleeved tee shirt; he pulled on a warm wool sweater Marilyn had given him for his birthday a few weeks ago, and then his parka.
Then a numpty, walkie-talkie jobsworth in a parka sidles up and tells me to shove off.
I have been sewing for the past 40 years for my family, making mukluks, parkas, and mitts.
The importance of Darwin's ideas is stressed by Parkadze, a childhood friend of Stalin's.
The parkades will replace surface parking lots displaced by academic buildings.
I'm definitely not saying that women should be unsexy or unsexual, or wear parkas all the time and hide their bodies.
The sheriff, a man built like an elm tree in a knee-length brown parka and a fur-lined earflap cap, pointed at the body. The Hanging Tree
Sweaty by the time I reached the top, I had to unknot my scarves and unzip my parka.
The hood of her squirrel-skin parka was tossed back, revealing the cameo-like oval of her face outlined against her heavily-massed hair. THE RACE FOR NUMBER ONE
A guard in a fleece-lined parka patrolled a balcony on the second floor. THE 4400® WELCOME TO PROMISE CITY
My God, the floor sagged under the weight of the parkas, sweaters, gloves, mufflers, and hats.
The feathers came from Kathy's parka, torn to shreds.
In less than five minutes, she was back up on deck, decked out in apres ski boots, Bogner stretch pants, a turtleneck and parka. CORMORANT
She was dressed in a pink parka and toque, still carrying her school books. SNOWJOB
The federal government has done nothing to eliminate laws precluding the sale of savings banks, or Sparkassen.
Then the light was parted by a fur-clad figure, and an Indian girl slipped out of the webs, threw back the hood of her squirrel-skin parka, and stood in their midst. WHERE THE TRAIL FORKS
Parking is horribly overpriced at $7 a pop in the lots and parkades, but worse is the lack of it.
One scene stands out in particular; it's a songfest held in an igloo where everyone is dressed-up in sparklingly clean white parkas and decked out in their best furs.
No factory-engineered fleece compares to the warmth of a sealskin parka.
The hangings are made of Scotland duffel wool, a thick, blanket-like material used to make Inuit parkas.
Parkas are tricked out with watertight zippers and pockets for everything from cell phones to goggles.
This month, the Liberal government announced they would tear down the Cordova side of the building and renovate the parkade.
The stereotypical Eskimo wears a fur parka and lives in an igloo.
I wear a T-shirt, multiple pairs of pants, a long sleaved shirt, a hooded sweatshirt, an insulated jacket and a parka. Anyone have any preferences when it comes to staying warm out in the woods?
He held both sides of the parka hood closed against the snow.
The parka in reverse from rose pink to a grass green print over a siren gown, by Ungaro. 5.
‘Riot gear’ appears in the form of high collar jackets, balaclava hooded cagoules and glazed cotton para parkas.
Seeing as how I was being billed by the hour in the parkade, I asked the security clowns if I would have to pay for the time I was being booted.
He clambered in, bearlike in his heavy parka, and took up the paddle at that end. FOOLS GOLD
Made of pile fleece, the parka is lined with 200 grams of Thinsulate in the torso, 100 grams in the sleeves, and 60 in the hood. Cold Fronts
So she decided to trek for help, wearing a parka coat, a woolly hat and hiking boots. Times, Sunday Times
A student unfurls a small furry pet attached to a retractable string on her parka.
This town historically specializing in trailer parkall-you-can-eat buffet fricasees for its foreign clientele is coming of age. Good Places to Eat
A tall, lugubrious man wearing what looked suspiciously like a parka, he at first spoke so quietly nobody could hear.
Don it with just about any type of outerwear: a leather jacket, a pea coat, and most definitely a parka.
Early ancestors of the parka and wellies will be on display at the National Museum of Photography, Film and TV at Bradford.
I'm calling to report a suspicious object in the parkade of the Metropolitan Opera.
He looked at me steadily for a few seconds, as he thrust a fresh 'chaw' of betel-nut and lime into his hideous mouth, and said that I was missing a great chance -- there were plenty of white men along the coast who would be glad to get anyone of 'Parka's' wives, especially she who could make tea and cook meat. Rídan The Devil And Other Stories 1899
Their collection includes an extra wide pinafore dress, satin edged wide parka coats in burnt orange, sideways shift dresses and sarong skirts.
If the dance duo swapped the leather jackets for parka coats he might think differently. The Sun
And the Berliner Sparkasse would need to grow to justify the resources spent on the bid.
With volumes rolling away from the body, padded parka dresses and fabric cut like sections of a football, there was a sportswear feel to the collection. Times, Sunday Times
On the same day, you might wear both a tank-top and a parka at different times, and be perfectly comfortable in both.
Industrial food titan and noted purveyor of swell toxins for most of humanity, ConAgra has introduced a new iPhone app, aimed at re-introducing the joy that is Parkay margarine -- AKA whipped monoglycerides and soy lecithin and artificial flavoring and sundry nasty gumminess you should never really put into your body -- to the easily duped masses who love them some retro TV commercial wackiness at the expense of, you know, actual health. Mark Morford: New iPhone app for fans of whipped monoglyceride!
Wear chest waders and a waterproof parka with a hood; stay comfortable and keep grinding.
Just saw a sign in a downtown parkade proclaiming "No skateboarding, no animals, no soliciting, no vagrants. We don't want your kind here
Notably, the IAS officer was under VB scanner ever since a tehsildar, one of the revenue officials of Ludhiana district, Arvind Parkash Verma, was arrested by the VB in a corruption case. The Times of India
His favorite winter gear (other than his new parka) is a balaclava, which is a ski mask that has openings for the eyes, nose, and mouth to shield one from the weather. Postbulletin.com Local News
Skip the parka and pair it with a suit or a sport coat and jeans.
The film is fun, because the idea of grown men, battered by gales from the North Pole, dressed in parkas and perky sailor hats, singing their lungs out on a desolate beach, has a surreal element.
Throw on a parka and biker boots for a Sunday afternoon stroll. The Sun
Currently the cool way to wear a parka is, inevitably, with high heels and over a dress or slinky skirt. Times, Sunday Times
Parkas are made of water-resistant material (such as nylon or microfiber), and are usually sportier versions of the trench coat.
Jon will wrap himself in four separate Eskimo parkas, the sheet and two quilts and still lie in bed shivering, wondering why his wife is slowly trying to kill him.
I can make a parka, mouton mittens, and sew a fur ruff to finish it all off.
Currently the cool way to wear a parka is, inevitably, with high heels and over a dress or slinky skirt. Times, Sunday Times
I guess I cain't look for him at that fancy downtown parkade. We don't want your kind here
He had a leather jacket and a parka on and the sweat was pouring off up. The Sun
In this crossover category are thigh-length parkas that offer more protection on wind-whipped city streets than the old bomber jackets.
A warm, waterproof ski coat or parka is essential, as well as hats, waterproof gloves, socks, pants and earmuffs.
We love the way he wears that parka. Times, Sunday Times
Other tips: never wear heels with your parka (lowish blockheeled boots don't count). Times, Sunday Times
We both climb down various escape ladders, and finally jump into an abandoned alley, where we take off our ski masks, and zip down our parkas, revealing tuxedoes.
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Connie: Look at this catalog, John. The ski parka is on sale.
But instead he pushes himself on, shrugging back into his parka, cinching the hood, donning one mitten and then the other with the help of his teeth.
And while much of that parking will be contained within a mall parkade, that structure wasn't finished in time for Aberdeen's mid-December opening.
`It had crossed my mind," she replied then indicated the bloodstain on his parka. ALASTAIR MCLEAN'S 'NIGHT WATCH'
A sad guy in a blue parka shakes his head and pushes a folded bill across the counter.
The hood of her squirrel-skin parka was about her hair, and well drawn up around her throat; but her hands were unmittened and nimbly at work with needle and sinew, completing the last fantastic design on a belt of leather faced with bright scarlet cloth. KEESH, SON OF KEESH
The lack of signage alerting drivers to the presence of pedestrians or children within the parkade has led to the fear that someone may be hit by a speeding car, or attacked by a robber or child predator.

How To Use Parka In A Sentence

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