Arrayed

Examples

• The two gentlemen, refreshed by their bath and a hearty meal, were now arrayed in loose, flowing robes of white wool, similar to that of Justinian. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• He received us to-day, portentously arrayed in his best black suit, and his stiffest white cravat. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• There was a procession to the Champ de Mars, which he headed, brilliantly arrayed, bearing a great bunch of flowers and wheat ears. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• In another quarter of an hour the stranger was completely arrayed in a full suit of Mr. Nathaniel Winkle's. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Now, and not before, Miss Fanny burst upon the scene, completely arrayed for her new part. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Filled with these reflections, the middle-aged lady arrayed herself in her bonnet and shawl, and repaired to the mayor's dwelling straightway. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• It was indeed Maurice, who, arrayed in evening dress, advanced to meet them, and greeted Caliphronas with a smile. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• He was a great, tall, bristling Orson of a fellow, full six feet and some inches in his stockings, and arrayed in a red flannel hunting-shirt. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• The Jesuits took up the gage he had thrown down, and Galileo found the Church of Rome arrayed against him. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• At last, arrayed for the purpose at a vast expense, I went to Miss Mills's, fraught with a declaration. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Yonder he comes, arrayed like a bridegroom, except the black mask. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Mrs. O'Dowd, the good housewife, arrayed in curl papers and a camisole, felt that her duty was to act, and not to sleep, at this juncture. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.

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