How To Use Umbrella In A Sentence

  • It has a warmer feel, thanks to teal walls, blonde wood and large light fixtures like softly glowing upside-down umbrellas.
  • She tapped her umbrella on the setts, calling haughtily for way, and way miraculously appeared. At Swim, Two Boys
  • The coffin was palled with a square of rusty black velvet, whence all the pile had long been worn, and which the soaking rain now helped age to embrown and make flabby; a standard cross was borne by an ecclesiastical official, who had on a quadrangular cap surmounted by a centre tuft; two priests followed, sheltered by umbrellas, their sacerdotal garments dabbled and draggled with mud, and showing thick-shod feet beneath the dingy serge and lawn that flapped above them, as they came along at a smart pace, suggestive of anything but solemnity. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 107, September, 1866
  • On the other hand, when armed with a large umbrella or a well-fitting raincoat and perhaps a pair of gumboots, it is possible to enjoy the monsoon rains, and take time out to splash through muddy puddles and wade through waterlogged roads.
  • Hats bowl away, coats fly open, skirts cling, umbrellas flype themselves: and their owners, grotesquely running, grabbing, snatching, struggling, are consumed with rueful and involuntary mirth. Try Anything Twice
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  • Just as the crooked mass of shiny-leafed buttonbush, and even the swamp dwelling mayapple - its umbrella-like leaves shading sweet yellow fruit - need fire's fertilizing hand, so too does the wildlife.
  • The figure wearing dark suit, open-necked shirt and stubble, sheltering beneath an umbrella from the torrential rain outside a London cinema, could hardly look more glum.
  • Likewise, check into homeowners' insurance, auto insurance and an umbrella personal liability policy.
  • Yet as I pack a bag to hold water and umbrellas and tissue paper, I'm quite aware that the three hours will not feel like that.
  • The effect of the cold rainwater soaking his collar from the inspector's awkwardly held umbrella had diminished. THE LAST RAVEN
  • Little cookie unfolds her colorful umbrella hurriedly in order to block the raindrop.
  • We are going to get out there and we are going to unfurl our umbrellas and eat our cupcakes in the rain. The Sun
  • The first Humphrey’s latitu-dinous baver with puggaree behind, (calaboose belong bigboss belong Kang the Toll) his fourinhand bow, his elbaroom surtout, the refaced unmansionables of gingerine hue, the state slate umbrella, his gruff woolselywellesly with the finndrinn knopfs and the gauntlet upon the hand which in an hour not for him solely evil had struck down the might he mighthavebeen d’Est-erre of whom his nation seemed almost already to be about to have need. Finnegans Wake
  • Evidence regarding the general lifestyle of Mr. Vancurenko in the community is not information that is protected under the umbrella of the homicide investigation.
  • Marziya knows with money you get sweets toys, but here she is aware that what she gives the Umbrella lady will not get her anything in return..but a sweet smile .. and this is the lesson I teach Marziya , giving charity without compulsion, I teach Marziya along with photography the meaning of humility... Archive 2009-08-01
  • The heavy-coated and mufflered man was walking quickly southward; he waved his umbrella to a passing cab, which, however, did not pull up. The Town Traveller
  • Telemedicine is an umbrella term that encompasses any medical activity involving an element of distance.
  • The trust was also taken into supervision by the umbrella Bradford Community Housing Trust Group, to ‘maintain the stability’ of the board.
  • Parts of the Via Appia Antica are closed to traffic on Sundays, and the stretch running south from the Tomb of Cecilia Metella, lined with crumbling graves and tall umbrella pines, and parallel to an aqueduct, is one of the finer archaeological walks in the world. The Road from Ravenna
  • The crew carry umbrellas with which they try to shield the actors from prying camera lenses. Times, Sunday Times
  • I peered outside at fishermen in green quilted waistcoats sat sheltered beneath big umbrellas beside a pond rippled by raindrops.
  • The crew carry umbrellas with which they try to shield the actors from prying camera lenses. Times, Sunday Times
  • The winner of the award will be announced by the 2008-2009 Poet Laureate and Chair of the Museums Libraries and Archives Council, Andrew Motion, on 15 July 2009 at CILIP's biennial Umbrella 2009 conference, held at The DeHavilland Campus, University of Herfordshire in Hatfield CILIP Libraries Change Lives Award 2009 finalists
  • The umbrella consists of a large hood, much like the ancient boat called a coracle, which being placed over the head reaches to the thighs behind. Himalayan Journals — Complete
  • And suddenly he went up to the boot, and, hooking the point of his umbrella under what was left of the toecap, flung it pettishly over the hedge. Swan Song
  • People who have been secreted away in offices now stand on corners or sit under umbrellas in plain view, and conduct business on mobile phones or laptops. Times, Sunday Times
  • Skepticism regarding the new officer was confirmed after he appeared in camp at Swift Run Gap wearing a conspicuous Prince Albert coat and large beaver hat, holding an umbrella to shield himself from the sun, as troops jeered him.
  • A sudden gust of wind blew his umbrella inside out.
  • She headed back toward the beach umbrella and towels. Along Came a Spider
  • The protesters, who are taking it in turns to sit under an umbrella beside the statue of Winston Churchill, had been attracting no more than a passing glance.
  • She always takes an umbrella
  • She absent-mindedly left her umbrella on the bus.
  • I think the former group needs our help, and the second group needs a big frosty glass of chill-the-hell-out with a kicky pastel umbrella.
  • The international education program came under the umbrella of the State Department.
  • You can leave your umbrella in the entry.
  • The foundation acts as a research arm and umbrella organization for its member companies.
  • Does Paganism belong under the New Age umbrella?
  • The term EDA is also used as an umbrella term for computer-aided engineering, computer-aided design and computer-aided manufacturing of electronics in the discipline of electrical engineering.
  • Perhaps he should buy an umbrella and wade through the bright like a parasoled Victorian lady. The Art Thief
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  • Mr. Hughes's agency is one of 980 community agencies under the umbrella of the National Community Action Foundation in Washington, D.C.
  • Apart from the foregoing liturgical uses, a flabellum, in the shape of a fan, later of an umbrella or canopy, was used as a mark of honour for bishops and princes. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI
  • Mr. Hughes's agency is one of 980 community agencies under the umbrella of the National Community Action Foundation in Washington, D.C.
  • By the way - LOVE anthropologie and will look out for those umbrella-swizzler-things next time I'm there. R U Ready for the Crazy About Cupcakes Cookbook Contest??
  • The Irish Hospitality Industry Alliance, an umbrella group made up of publicans opposed to the ban, says many family-run pubs in the south won't be in business this time next year.
  • Carmen Mestas death was a great umbrella story that was able to capture the whole cast, and bring out great performances in Dru, Devon, Micheal, Kevin, and even Coleen. CBS Lights The Way In Daytime Nods | the TV addict
  • It is as if, in the midnoon of a god-given day of golden spring, they should hug a black umbrella down about their heads and cry aloud, "Behold, there is no sun! The Theory of the Theatre
  • A porter stops to rest under the shade of a huge banyan tree, its trunk twisting out of the earth and its umbrella-like branches arching over a granite stairway.
  • Brandy is the umbrella term for a spirit produced from grape pomace or marc (debris left over after fermentation), or from wine or fruit.
  • It was raining, I had no raincoat or umbrella and was soaked. The Sun
  • From his arm a folded dustcoat, a stick and an umbrella dangled to his stride. — Ulysses
  • I know another guide who says she has a different umbrella for every outfit she owns.
  • I get lost among the cornucopias of chotkies and tat, and am somehow spilled back out to the main Jemaa El F'na Square, where one charmeurs de serpent pulls me under his black umbrella and wags his head at his Egyptian Cobra actually, Naja haje legionis, a sub-species found in southern Morocco as his associate blows his bagpipe-like melody in his ghaita. Richard Bangs: Why Would Anyone Bomb Jemaa El F'na Square in Marrakesh?
  • It is terraced, surrounded by hurdle fences, furnished with parasols, umbrella heaters and plants.
  • This means the government can do what it wants on ancestral indigenous lands, even if tribes disagree with an extractive, transnational company going into our communities to deforest Mother Earth," said a statement from Aidesep, an umbrella group representing Amazon tribes. Peru's tribal groups chide president for vetoing rainforest law
  • These are umbrella terms, which cover several specific conditions.
  • An umbrella term for people who don't conform to the conventional idea of gender roles. Times, Sunday Times
  • The supplier incentives are to invent newer, better, more specialized (costly) services and justify each as a "necessity", while the demanders are shielded from the immediate cost effects by the very nature of the insurance (protection against financial loss) - the services and guaranteed payment umbrella propagate the false perception in demanders that health care services are free or of minimal cost. Primary Care Doctors vs. Specialists, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
  • Taking a cricket bat to the audition isn't a bad idea although you can get the same effect with an umbrella.
  • Umbrella and raincoats are what people need in rainy days.
  • But Keighley Town Council has integrated the parade into its umbrella of activities from today until Sunday.
  • The umbrella was ingeniously devised to fold up into your pocket.
  • Mikhail hadn't made a move to open the umbrella until now.
  • Elaine stood several feet away under an umbrella, her face pale and strained.
  • The DEC does not need to be big because it is an umbrella group, and not a frontline charity. Times, Sunday Times
  • He doesn't conform to the usual stereotype of the city businessman with a dark suit and rolled umbrella.
  • The farmhouse is split into three fully self-contained and furnished apartments, and has access to a swimming pool, barbecue, deck chairs and sun umbrellas.
  • The weapon employed in the conquest is an "umbrella spoon" shown at left, which automatically opens into a large shield when you gouge down into the meat of the fruit. Boing Boing: July 9, 2006 - July 15, 2006 Archives
  • The ‘sword umbrella’, the handle of which is shaped like a hilt, doubles as a mock sword when rolled for children to fence with.
  • All kinds of umbrella includes stick , folder, beach, golf and parasol.
  • I had an umbrella with me, but it was a titchy one that had been bought for the kids to use.
  • Balancing a flimsy umbrella on her shoulder, she began to walk as stately and imperially as ever, into a nearby inn and bar.
  • Well, I've still never seen any on the Tube myself but on Saturday I saw my first ever umbrella dispensing machine at Windsor Central station.
  • The weather worsened for the men's race as umbrellas blew across the path of the riders. Times, Sunday Times
  • Maybe it's time for local authorities to start up umbrella recycling schemes to return these instruments of torture to point of sale or, preferably, to bury them deep in landfill sites instead.
  • The sportsman, the agriculturist, the holiday-maker, likewise the livery-stable keeper, and the umbrella manufacturer would, _cum multis aliis_, be all represented; Songs without Words; the Sailor's Hope; then wind instruments; solo violin; the Maiden's Prayer for her Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, September 26, 1891
  • In 1857 it was so hot in London that Gladstone noted umbrellas being used as parasols in Piccadilly.
  • The third force is the police and bureaucracy, which has been regularly communalized and has been the umbrella to the rioters or been the active participant in the execution of the pogroms. Countercurrents.org
  • We seldom leave home without an umbrella or some sort of waterproof clothing ‘just in case’ and take a great interest in weather forecasts since what happens plays a big part in the direction of the daily lives of many of us.
  • She absent-mindedly left her umbrella on the bus.
  • Mounted in front of them on the railings were a dozen telescopes, each with a different resolution, through which the three of them could see the familiar ladders and stairways, resembling three ribs of an umbrella, that took thirty thousand steps to descend (or ascend) to the Central Plain of Rama. The Garden of Rama
  • I find a raincoat on the coat rack and pick up an umbrella and take the girls outside.
  • Many of the traditions survive in the modern firm: liveried commissionaires still take visitors' soggy umbrellas and hand them back, dried and furled, when they leave.
  • And the finale complete with yellow macs, umbrellas and of course - rain - was well worth waiting for.
  • In this BBC news video, a reporter with all the necessary documentation tries to visit Tiananmen Square with a cameraperson, only to find himself surrounded by umbrella-wielding goons who use their unfurled bumbershoots to block every shot the camera-person tries to catch. Boing Boing
  • But the bureaucratic muddle began after ministers farmed the project out to the Confederation of Scottish Local Authorities, the umbrella body for councils.
  • You bring an umbrella along when the weather forecast is uncertain. Times, Sunday Times
  • Outdoor queen-size waterbeds and huge red umbrellas provide for a soothing sunbath.
  • It can be applied to any kinds of cloth: for instance, clothes, leather bags, umbrella, weave strap, lining, swimming suit, underwear, ski suit, and military bag.
  • She gave him a sharp prod with her umbrella.
  • Carry your bag by yourself; carry your umbrella by yourself; open your door by yourself; light your own candle! Do your job by yourself! Don't use others! Don't behave like a king, don’t behave like a queen! Be humble! Mehmet Murat ildan 
  • The trapeze girls are putting colours, clowns are busy giving final touches to their buffoonery, a cute puppy is ready with an umbrella and the white chimp, a proud possession of Great Royal, is already on the bicycle.
  • While 19th century viewers of the original stereograph for Reaching for the Out of Reach #9 may have enjoyed the dramatic image of luckless passengers shipwrecked on the shores of Massachusetts, it's hard to imagine they would be similarly amused by the sad Victorian-looking characters stranded atop coffee bales and beneath umbrellas while the crippled ship looms like a set piece from some 3D Tim Burton film. The New York Public Library: New Perspectives on Old Perspectives: How an Art Project Helped the NYPL Put Its 3D Stereograph Collection in Your Hands
  • So she called Annabella one day after the shoot was over, and arranged to collect the umbrella. Storyteller
  • The base of the manubrium appears as a dark square in the center of the subumbrella.
  • Like the historical approach, it is a large umbrella, encompassing a range of disciplines. READING THE BIBLE AGAIN FOR THE FIRST TIME: Taking the Bible Seriously but Not Literally.
  • We, the English, as you can see, are of average height, smoke a pipe, carry a rolled umbrella, go to the best schools, yet remain impervious to knowledge. Up the Empire—Interbreeding for a Better World
  • That's called an umbrella, also sometimes known as a parasol or bumbershoot.
  • An older man farther along the edge of the water hooks the suitcase with his umbrella-handle, brings it ashore, leaves it there, and moves on.
  • The nervous system can be divided into three functional parts: the sensory clubs or rhopalia, the conducting nerve ring, and the motor nerve net underlying the subumbrellar epithelium.
  • Like the historical approach, it is a large umbrella, encompassing a range of disciplines. READING THE BIBLE AGAIN FOR THE FIRST TIME: Taking the Bible Seriously but Not Literally.
  • A sudden gust of wind blew his umbrella inside out.
  • The young peasant held the umbrella and stood undecided, with his mouth open.
  • He doesn't conform to the usual stereotype of the city businessman with a dark suit and rolled umbrella.
  • In a time when social change is off the agenda, therapy culture unites conservatism and radicalism under an umbrella of survivalism.
  • The almost daily attacks have sent citizens rushing to arm themselves with any weapons they can find, from selfie sticks to umbrellas. Times, Sunday Times
  • This year's line-up is spread over four nights and spans a variety of influences under the jazz umbrella.
  • She opens the door again to the see the blankly smiling Englishman standing under his umbrella.
  • I had to build a protective umbrella out of my own bones and skin. Times, Sunday Times
  • And they raised the red umbrella, and they waved the _chowri_ fan, Maha-bharata The Epic of Ancient India Condensed into English Verse
  • I can't think where I've left my umbrella; my mind's a complete blank!
  • A banker is a fellow who lends his umbrella when the sun is shining and wants it back the minute it begins to rain. Mark Twain 
  • Another couple was seated on rattan chairs in the shade of an umbrella, sipping drinks. AMAGANSETT
  • They crammed, sardine-like, into the terraces of the Grandstand and the Royal Enclosure, as the umbrellas of those brave enough to bear the course were pulled sideways in the gales.
  • When I stepped out, I needed an umbrella, or poncho, to keep dry.
  • Failure to feature substantive disarmament prominently in the Iran nuclear debate virtually guarantees that Gewen's wondering aloud about security guarantees and nuclear umbrella is the best-case scenario. Russ Wellen: Would Sweeping Disarmament on Our Part Impress Iran?
  • At present, only two therapies - osteopathy and chiropody - have a regulatory umbrella body, established by the government.
  • The mummers wore oversized, wire-constructed costumes and carried little umbrellas as they mummed along.
  • A friend of mine who is a life-insurance professional concluded, for health insurance, that it made more sense for his family to purchase an umbrella policy for catastrophic problems and remain 'exposed' for the everyday stuff. It's Not Insurance - It's a Crap Shoot
  • I've forgotten my umbrella - what a nuisance!
  • He went out to help with the umpiring, wearing a white cricket jersey with chevron stripes, and a striped umbrella.
  • She and her fellow conspirators had scored a number of hits on my umbrella.
  • Where is my umbrella?
  • Look at the way it's painted, at the varying degrees of pointillism, ranging from the tight treatment of the umbrellas at the left, to the looser, fatter dots of the red tiled roofs at right.
  • Most of these people are scared stiff of entering the political arena on their own but eager to do so hidden under some obscure umbrella.
  • Dinner is served under umbrellas overlooking the bay, or in the elegant dining room. Times, Sunday Times
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  • The clank of our umbrellas as we hook them round the coat stand is shocking, like something clinking on a Church floor during prayer.
  • Wear your boots and take an umbrella; it's pouring out.
  • If this move was supposed to demonstrate the will of the public, it was no different from both wearing rainwear and carrying an umbrella - it was superfluous.
  • On reaching the churchyard and turning the corner towards the spot as usual, she was surprised to perceive another woman, also apparently a respectable widow, and with a tiny boy by her side, bending over Clark's turf, and spudding up with the point of her umbrella some ivy-roots that A Changed Man; and other tales
  • Josh C. says the judges value imagination and, in a spectacular burst of unimaginativeness that does not augur well he's purchased a cat post, a doggie bed, and an umbrella covered with puppies to be the base of his design. Holly Cara Price: Rubbernecking Recap: Project Runway, Episode 2 "My Pet Project"
  • With a photographic light, an umbrella is the easiest diffuser to use, but soft daylight from a window also works well. Photographers Handbook
  • Sated on art, we ventured out into the frizz zone, clutching our zebra-print umbrella for dear life. Tara Solomon: For the Love of Liz, and Other Miami Moments
  • Gorman stood there holding his hat, his umbrella hooked on his wrist.
  • And oddest of all, as it seemed to me for the moment, two or three of these weird inhabitants of a subterranean world, a world sheltered by innumerable miles of rock from sun or rain, carried umbrellas in their tentaculate hands — real terrestrial looking umbrellas! First Men in the Moon
  • Its 10 cm of extra length allows for a roomier interior and it also provides somewhere to park the wet umbrella and a rear passenger footrest.
  • These rhopalial ganglia presumably sort this information and then distribute it to the appropriate effectors, the swim musculature, via the distributed nerve net of the subumbrella.
  • Furthermore, the umbrella-shaped protective cover is made from ceramic and can not age easily, has long service life and low cost, and is applicable to industrial production and practical demands.
  • As he turned back toward the house, Desmond suddenly appeared at his side, the blond hair atop his head soaked and matted to the sides of his face, despite the umbrella in his hands.
  • The California gnatcatcher is currently being used as an umbrella species to protect the endemic flora and fauna of this region from urban development. California coastal sage and chaparral
  • Most species, however, do not have polyp leaves, and look more like clubs, umbrellas, or pinwheels.
  • A well-balanced living room opens out onto the beach - complete with distant hills, beach umbrellas and blue water.
  • Page 408 here! the pompous Magnolia, reigns sovereign of the forests; how sweet the aromatic Illisium groves? how gaily flutters the radiated wings of the Magnolia auriculata? each branch supporting an expanded umbrella, superbly crested with a silver plume, fragrant blossom, or crimson studded strobile and fruits! Travels Through North & South Carolina, Georgia, East & West Florida, the Cherokee Country, the Extensive Territories of the Muscogulges, or Creek Confederacy, and the Country of the Chactaws; Containing An Account of the Soil and Natural Producti
  • Instead of spectators huddling under umbrellas they were more likely to need parasols.
  • She absent-mindedly left her umbrella on the bus.
  • Beige is expertly pointing out that proper button placment is the key to eliminating gaposis, but wonders why she has been given an umbrella that looks to be as useful as an iron to a bachelor. "What's the Story" week, part 2 - A Dress A Day
  • In brief, ‘primitive’ became a synonym of the word ‘different’, an umbrella definition for all things that were alien to the cultural commentator.
  • It was a Sunday afternoon, and Canadian beach bunnies had set up towels and umbrellas only inches apart, all along the strand.
  • The pitter-patter of the monsoon might be a long wait ahead, but with a number of brightly painted umbrellas crowding its walls, this is a downpour of a different kind.
  • This was part of the war between Telkom and private ISPs which joined forces under the ISPA umbrella.
  • The old pattern of family life, where everyone existed and acted under the family umbrella, is fast disappearing.
  • She's an aromatherapist, but she keeps a broomstick in her umbrella stand in her fourth floor flat. HIDING FROM THE LIGHT
  • Excuse me, miss, you've dropped your umbrella.
  • Likewise, check into homeowners' insurance, auto insurance and an umbrella personal liability policy.
  • Like the historical approach, it is a large umbrella, encompassing a range of disciplines. READING THE BIBLE AGAIN FOR THE FIRST TIME: Taking the Bible Seriously but Not Literally.
  • To remedy this problem, the device has an umbrella valve beneath the duckbill valve.
  • But cancer is an umbrella term for 200 diseases that all react differently. Times, Sunday Times
  • Palestinians celebrate the resignation of Egyptian … Hosni Mubarak Photo in Slideshow: Robert Gibbs, Barack Obama Entertainment Video: Stars get fit, fabulous ahead of the Grammys Entertainment Video: The Conversation: 'Carbon Nation' Report Abuse The term Muslim Brotherhood is an umbrella term for a variety of movements. Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion
  • So Ford must come out from under the fleet umbrella and make cars good enough to compete in the real world.
  • Replacing them are an interesting collection of specimen trees, including Sargent's weeping hemlock (Tsuga canadensis 'Pendula'); weeping larch (Larix decidua 'Pendula'); lacebark pine (Pinus bungeana); and umbrella pine (P. pinea). Post-gazette.com - News
  • I had taken no umbrella, and no outer wrappage; no "carriage" was waiting, nor servant. New Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle
  • The thirty-staired Seats, all round our Amphitheatre, get instantaneously slated with mere umbrellas, fallacious when so thick set: our antique Cassolettes become Water-pots; their incense-smoke gone hissing, in a whiff of muddy vapour. The French Revolution
  • The tapered open twists and interwoven spirals of the fire screen shown in Plate IX also appear on an umbrella stand that was part of the Wanamaker display.
  • They flap an umbrella, and walk it through the restaurant, dripping on the flagstones.
  • People passed between them holding umbrellas like lances, ready to impale body parts in their way, but she paid them no attention. Bliss
  • These street riders could be easily distinguished by their gaudy Western-style umbrellas, as contrasted to the slender parasols which female students often carried.
  • As I leaned against a pillar jotting down my thoughts, a somewhat plump woman holding a foldable umbrella walked by.
  • Shockingly she used her umbrella as a shield and said snowball simply trampolined off the umbrella and broke on the ground.
  • Fifty local musicians have, to coin a phrase, banded together to form the Jazz Umbrella.
  • He doesn't conform to the usual stereotype of the city businessman with a dark suit and rolled umbrella.
  • Left by a passing glacier, the boulders acted as umbrellas to the softer rock beneath, protecting it from pluvial erosion.
  • 'An emaciated patriarch in a suit of white drill, a solah topi with a green-lined rim on a head trembling with age, joined us after crossing the street in a trotting shuffle, and stood propped with both hands on the handle of an umbrella. Lord Jim
  • He is always ready with a cheery smile and wave, and is famous for sheltering passengers with his own umbrella.
  • The angry woman made at me with her umbrella.
  • When rain comes I can put up an umbrella -- an _umbrella_. The Buffalo Runners A Tale of the Red River Plains
  • Carry your bag by yourself; carry your umbrella by yourself; open your door by yourself; light your own candle! Do your job by yourself! Don't use others! Don't behave like a king, don’t behave like a queen! Be humble! Mehmet Murat ildan 
  • ED of Swansea - the large vase you keep umbrellas in is a very valuable antique. The Sun
  • One guy ran over and covered his body with an umbrella. The Sun
  • Another species, the Butter bur (_Tussilago petasites_), [120] is named from _petasus_, an umbrella, or a broad covering for the head. Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure
  • On some tunes, we tightened things up by lowering the umbrella and closing up the gobos.
  • For instance, the first specification I would take out of the box in which it was kept, would perhaps have to do with house-raising without disturbance to the foundations, the second would prove to be an article half umbrella, half revolver, while in the third I would perhaps find an extremely quaint notion for a portable pocket corkscrew. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, May 23, 1891
  • In addition to tables and chairs the Merklens made cheval mirrors, umbrella stands, coat stands, hat racks, mirrors, and the ubiquitous Victorian pedestal.
  • A visitor to the home could leave a hat, cane, umbrella or wrap on the Victorian hall tree.
  • In stark contrast to my failure with umbrellabirds was our success and satisfaction of our session with my most-wanted Eurasian bird, the wallcreeper.
  • At least in America, you can go outside without a massive anorak and an umbrella; Ireland's weather sucks.
  • The NHS is facing a "neurology timebomb" as the number of people with conditions such as Parkinson's and motor neurone disease MND increases, an umbrella organisation for charities in the field has said. NHS warned of 'neurology timebomb'
  • This article introduces the selection of screen printing materials and methods for advertizement on umbrella, metal plate, T-shirt, flag and see—through film on cars, etc.
  • they used umbrellas as shades
  • This umbrella approach is highly effective for conserving the great complexity of the natural world. Smithsonian Mag
  • “Thank you,” she said as she walked over to the photographer's umbrella, her arms akimbo to keep her pits in picture-perfect shape until the shutterbug was ready. A Day in the Life of a Supermodel Armpit Makeup Artist
  • Like your ordinary fairy, she used to turn ‘numberless wicked people into beasts, birds, milestones, clocks, pumps, bootjacks, umbrellas, or other absurd shapes’ and give lovely gifts to her godchildren.
  • You can use plastic ornaments and toys as your cake decoration, such as umbrellas, storks, bassinets, baby bottles, sports figure dells and newborn baby dolls.
  • He cuffed her ear then proceeded to drag her sneakily through to the entrance hall where a hallstand replete with walking-sticks, canes and umbrellas snarled their progress.
  • Using the umbrellas as parasols on a warm summer day, we walked up the shrine approach.
  • This occurs frequently - all umbrella, gun, and fountain pen: then after lunch a recitation of several questions to accompany the printed version
  • Many of the pilgrims and sadhus carry plastic sheets and umbrellas over their heads.
  • They also discriminated among animal species, so that large carnivores were excluded from the protective umbrella; indeed their slaughter was often encouraged with bounties.
  • For artist Simon Faithfull, the anti-heroic banality of this crossing made it a perfect launching ground for his Limbo project commissioned by the Film and Video Umbrella, which transmits and geo-locates, in real time, digital drawings made by Faithfull via a custom-made iPhone app. Joan K. Smith: Simon Faithfull's Limbo: Mobile App as Anti-Heroic Art
  • Through the production company, I've written three books, and I have a small line of T-shirts, umbrellas, kids clothes, and bibs.

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