Umbrellas
[ʌm'breləz]
Examples
- The boys had white umbrellas heavily lined with dark green. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Of course it rained when we got to London, and there was nothing to be seen but fog and umbrellas. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- In the street, umbrellas were the only things to be seen, and the clicking of pattens and splashing of rain-drops were the only sounds to be heard. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- He looked round at me, in his dry, droning way, and said: The Indians will want their umbrellas, Mr. Betteredge, to-night! Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- We add what dignity we can to a stately ruin with our green umbrellas and jackasses, but it is little. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- I will see that there are umbrellas, sir, said Frank to his father: Miss Bates must not be forgotten: and away he went. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Then wet umbrellas began to appear, draggled skirts, and mud. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
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