Clothe

Examples

• Tell him, when he theeth that gig clothe by, to jump down, and it'll take him off at a rattling pathe. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• And your slaves, see that ye feed them with such food as ye eat yourselves, and clothe them with the stuff ye wear. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• He was implored, reproached, and belabored by his wife, who begged him to leave his furnace, and turn to work that would feed and clothe his growing family. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• That is not for me, I said, hurriedly, feeling that I would almost as soon clothe myself in the costume of a Chinese lady of rank. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• It is not only bringing them into the world, though that is bad enough, but they are all to feed, to clothe, to rear, to settle in life. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• I bent over the body, and took in my hand the edge of his cloak, less altered in appearance than the human frame it clothed. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• And now gradually came the wonder that he stood up, completely clothed, another man, and not the Bargeman. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Party speeches were delivered, which clothed the question in cant, and veiled its simple meaning in a woven wind of words. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Our rooms were large, comfortably furnished, and even had their floors clothed with soft, cheerful-tinted carpets. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• The period at which the perfect plumage is acquired varies, as does the state of the down with which the nestling birds are clothed when hatched. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• But we shall take a shorter cut through the furze than you can go with long clothes; so we won't trouble you to wait. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• He has a watch and a chain and a ring and a breast-pin and a handsome suit of clothes. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• I should think from the color of his clothes that he is working in the quarries. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• The old traditions of the place steal upon his memory and haunt his reveries, and then his fancy clothes all sights and sounds with the supernatural. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• He had no money to pay him, and so gave him all his clothes except those he had on. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Holmes was seated at his side-table clad in his dressing-gown, and working hard over a chemical investigation. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• One day Emmy, with George in her hand and clad in deep sables, went to visit the deserted mansion which she had not entered since she was a girl. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• We can not see the long array of chariots and mail-clad men laden with the spoils of conquest, but we can imagine the pageant, after a fashion. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• All Barsoomians speak the same tongue from the ice-clad south to the ice-clad north, though their written languages differ. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• She was clad in her dress--he in his dressing-gown, over his night-clothes. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• General Scott had been unable to get clothing for the troops from the North. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• We seem to want the oldest and simplest human clothing where the clothing of the earth is so primitive. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Many that want food and clothing have cheerier lives and brighter prospects than she had; many, harassed by poverty, are in a strait less afflictive. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• The skins of the larger animals were the original materials of clothing. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• The men had no clothing but what they had volunteered in, and much of this was so worn that it would hardly stay on. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.

Edited by Alexander