How To Use Velveteen In A Sentence
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Hill as a "frowst"; Kinloch hung upon his side of the wall four pretty reproductions of French engravings, and with the help of three yards of velveteen and some cheap lace he made a very passable imitation of the mantel-cover in his mother's London boudoir; John scorned velveteen, lace, "frowsts," and French engravings.
The Hill A Romance of Friendship
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He called Frances by her first name, and gave Petra a velveteen rabbit with which he tried, quite ordinarily, to make her smile.
INSTANCES OF THE NUMBER 3
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Whether discussing sewer scavengers or dustmen, beggars or prostitutes, he would begin by carefully noting their physical appearance and often idiosyncratic garb: The rat-catcher's dress is usually a velveteen jacket, strong corduroy trousers, and laced boots.
Sociology most Dickensian
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And as I spoke of his longing I turned my eyes away from her, because she was sitting on a sofa, upholstered in velveteen of a sickish green,
The Return of the Soldier
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Paris came over and sat next to Nathan on the chocolate brown velveteen sofa.
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His hands are wrapped around a dimpled tankard and he is wearing a modish belted velveteen coat.
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Come daylight, I decided to try the first class bar with its rows of squishy green velveteen sofas and tatty carpet.
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There behind the checkbook and bank statements was a heavier object wrapped in velveteen fabric.
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Come daylight, I decided to try the first class bar with its rows of squishy green velveteen sofas and tatty carpet.
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Du coup, chercher à teindre en rouge les cupcakes n'avait plus trop d'intérêt: je n'allais plus réaliser des Crimson Velveteen Cupcakes, à la douceur flamboyante, mais des gâteaux aux parfums d'Amazonie, aussi exotiques que Halimah's cupcakes.
Absolutely green
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Underneath the velveteen upholstery lurked thick foam cushions into which my aching body sank blissfully.
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Woven and printed silks and printed cotton velveteens comprised the middle range of her offerings.
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Carpeted floor, tables set with crisp white cloths and large, comfortable, blue velveteen chairs set the stage for the tasty feast ahead.
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Needle punched fabrics can be made , however , that resemble loop - pile, velour and velveteen structures.
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The cloak is worth £800 because of the silk velveteen.
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The Nightmare Before Christmas but with subtler undercurrents: a velveteen tunnel, an imprisoning mirror, plus coddling-then-frightening parental "others" recalling the mythologies of Cocteau's fantasy films and the Mother / Meat sequence of Bunuel's
New York Press
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The Black Velveteen is made with Guinness Irish Stout and Hard Apple Cider.
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I will also require a velveteen cushion on which to rest my boil-covered bottom.
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Textures included silk velvets, velveteen and devorés, paillettes and satins.
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Shortly after collapsing into the voluptuous embrace of a velveteen sofa, your body may shut itself down and try to enter a coma.
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The decorative lappets are red cotton velveteen, folded lengthwise and handsewn closed.
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I changed my school clothes, leaving them in a heap on the floor and took a velveteen dress from the armoire.
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Her collection is ultra feminine without falling into the sickly twee girly category, and the embellishments such as suede bows and velveteen ribbons really give it that je na sais quoi
Chip Chick
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Jane had practically buried herself in ruffles and frills and lace, and layers and layers of shiny taffetas, silk-embroidered net, heavy velveteen.
Uprising
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This also coincided with an eerily becalmed stage in my university career; after an exhausting period of immersive Keats and Shelley study, I was well up for test-driving the velveteen ache of beatific melancholia.
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Fool of a dog, that," said the man in velveteen; "can't keep quiet.
Whose Body?
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The illustration shows this method of applying the velveteen which is first stitched to the lining and turned with the edge.
Textiles and Clothing
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One with velveteen antlers sticking up out of it and a slogan across the front that says `The Moose Is Loose", perchance ?
SOMETHING IN THE WATER
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The cover of the rongbo fabric mainly velveteen.
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Textures included silk velvets, velveteen and devorés, and satins.
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I'm not, mother; only think" -- Nancy's eyes glistened -- "no more velveteen masquerading as velvet, no more bargain-counter shoes and gloves, no more percaline petticoats with silk flounces, no more
Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905
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Choose a variety of coordinating prints and solids in fabrics like crinkled and/or patterned velvet or velveteen, lightweight brocade, satin, wool, rayon challis and mediumweight silk.
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His celebrated portrait of Charles William Lambton in scarlet velveteens was sometimes assumed to be an imaginary portrait of the dreaming, youthful Byron, the very soul of English romanticism, and was reproduced across Europe as such, and is still instantly recognisable today.
Thomas Lawrence: The new romantic – review
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Another method is to cut off the bottom edge of the skirt a quarter of an inch from the turning line; apply the wrong side of the velveteen to the right side of the skirt, baste carefully close to the edge and stitch on the machine through velveteen, cloth, and lining (or facing) just inside the basting which is left in.
Textiles and Clothing
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Velveteen is an all cotton pile fabric with short pile resembling velvet.
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On the lawn was a velveteen couch that looked like it had been dragged out of the house so someone could gaze at the stars in comfort.
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Also, they will do things for people in short-skirted velveteen coats with bone buttons, or in sleeved waistcoats and fur caps, which they cannot be persuaded by the respectable orders of society to undertake.
The Bed-Book of Happiness
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Cut facings from lining fabric, velveteen, cotton twill, or faux leather or suede to reduce bulk.
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A black tank top with spaghetti straps paired with a velveteen black hoodie served as my top.
Arcane Circle
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She writes and sings songs that conceal, behind their velveteen sonics and cherry-red-lipstick smile, a degree of indifferent brutality.
Times, Sunday Times
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It had those cream coloured walls and carpet, heavy black velveteen curtains and black furniture.
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And Juicy, a newish LA-based casualwear label favoured by actresses and singers, sold out of their candy-coloured velveteen suits in a matter of weeks.
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The items include Madoff's black velveteen slippers, embroidered in gold with "BLM," a Steinway piano and his wife Ruth's 10. 5-carat diamond ring.
Madoff's Personal Items To Be Auctioned
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Both Ms. Rahm and Mr. Collins remarked on the high quality of the Target garments 'construction, particularly in the pleated Thakoon cotton dress, with very detailed stitching in its full skirt, and a velveteen Sarafpour skirt that had trapunto stitching along the satin waistband.
Do Discount Designer Duds Make The Grade?
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Textures included silk velvets, velveteen and devorés, paillettes and satins.
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Soft Brown mosses, like faded velveteen, formed cushions upon the stone tiling, and tufts of the houseleek or sengreen sprouted from the eaves of the low surrounding buildings.
Far from the Madding Crowd
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A tear rolled down Sandra's cheek and plopped down into the lap of her black mid-length velveteen dress.
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Soft brown mosses, like faded velveteen, formed cushions upon the stone tiling, and tufts of the houseleek or sengreen sprouted from the eaves of the low surrounding buildings.
Far from the Madding Crowd
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From velveteens to dimities is barely a fivefinger span and hence these camelback excesses are thought to have been instigated by one or either of the causing causes of all, those rushy hollow heroines in their skirtsleeves, be she ma-gretta be she the posque.
Finnegans Wake
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His hands slipped a rich velveteen choker around her neck, a diamond sparkled at the center.
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Shortly after collapsing into the voluptuous embrace of a velveteen sofa, your body may shut itself down and try to enter a coma.
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The zippers on Lenina's spare pair of viscose velveteen shorts were at first a puzzle, then solved, a delight.
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Scaife bought sporting prints, a couple of Detaille's lithographs, and an easy-chair, known to dwellers upon the Hill as a "frowst;" Kinloch hung upon his side of the wall four pretty reproductions of French engravings, and with the help of three yards of velveteen and some cheap lace he made a very passable imitation of the mantel-cover in his mother's London boudoir; John scorned velveteen, lace, "frowsts," and French engravings.
The Hill A Romance of Friendship
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It was all totally unexpected," gushes Elayne splendent in ostrich-feather-trimmed red velveteen.
It's A Naugahyde Thing
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Attakapas "cottonade," and Mexican ones of cotton velveteen.
The Death Shot A Story Retold
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On his head was a hat with a low crown and broad brim, very much resembling that of an English waggoner; about his body was a long loose tunic or slop, seemingly of coarse ticken, open in front, so as to allow the interior garments to be occasionally seen; these appeared to consist of a jerkin and short velveteen pantaloons.
The Bible in Spain; or, the journeys, adventures, and imprisonments of an Englishman, in an attempt to circulate the Scriptures in the Peninsula
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She shrugged out of her long velveteen traveling cloak.
