Robed

Examples

• Double sorrow--sadness, bred in Cimmerian caves, robed my soul in a mourning garb. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• So I turned at the door: I saw a robed and veiled figure, so unlike my usual self that it seemed almost the image of a stranger. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Most of the young demoiselles are robed in a cloud of white from head to foot, though many trick themselves out more elaborately. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• They looked down on the deep valley robed in May raiment; on varied meads, some pearled with daisies, and some golden with king-cups. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• I stood about three yards from a tall, sable-robed, snowy-veiled woman. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Forth-riding from the formless folds of the mist dawns on him the brightest vision--a green-robed lady, on a snow-white palfrey. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• The ministers of Sainte Guillotine are robed and ready. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• Within lay the body, robed in costly habiliments covered with gold embroidery and starred with scintillating gems. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• The Coliseum, whose naked ruin is robed by nature in a verdurous and glowing veil, lay in the sunlight on my right. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• The robed and close-cowled harlequins entered. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• At length Lily withdrew her hand, and moved away a step, so that her white-robed slimness was outlined against the dusk of the branches. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• When it is robed in the fresh verdure of spring, it must form a charming picture, even by itself. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• He was met outside the city by his chief captains, robed splendidly in silks and with richly caparisoned horses. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.

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