Garment

Examples

• The suitor, kissing the hem of the garment again before relinquishing it, replied, Habraham Latharuth, on thuthpithion of plate. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• The possession of a grey garment was a third point which, granting the son's statement to be correct, was a certainty. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• These fine sunny days began to make me ashamed of my winter merino, so I have furbished up a lighter garment. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• He made a little gesture as though he kissed the hem of an imaginary garment worn by the noble youth before him. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• She was dressed in a single filthy, ragged garment, made of bagging; and stood with her hands demurely folded before her. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• For the most part, this also applies to the garment trade and its closely allied clothing industries. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• These girls wear a single garment, usually, and it is loose, shapeless, of undecided color; it is generally out of repair, too. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• For example, New York City serves as the center of the garment-making industry for the entire country, there being fully a quarter of a million garment-trade workers in the Greater City. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• With his hand not yet withdrawn from the breast of his garment, Riah started and paused. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• There was no dust, no moisture, to soil the hem of her stainless garment, or to damp her slender sandal. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Clocks tick so loud, too, when you are sitting up alone, and you seem as if you had an under-garment of cobwebs on. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Stay, stay, said the Jew, laying hold of his garment; something would I do more than this, something for thyself. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• It puzzled you to guess why a garment of handsome materials should be arranged in such scanty folds, and devised after such an obsolete mode. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Probably every new and eagerly expected garment ever put on since clothes came in, fell a trifle short of the wearer's expectation. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• The priest put on a short white lace garment over his black robe, crossed himself, bowed reverently, and began to turn a windlass slowly. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Were thy garments searched by as curious an eye, Isaac, said he, what discoveries might not be made? Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• It would of course instantly strike him that he must get rid of the tell-tale garments. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• It is beneath a human being's dignity to dress himself in parti-coloured garments. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Mrs. Snagsby is so perpetually on the alert that the house becomes ghostly with creaking boards and rustling garments. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• By way of change, and also of doing good, she would sew--make garments for the poor, according to good Miss Ainley's direction. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Her garments rustled as she rushed towards the door. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• With this apostrophe Mr Fledgeby appropriately proceeded to divest himself of his Turkish garments, and invest himself with Christian attire. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• He gathered up the garments, thrust them into the bag, and made for the door. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Against it stand four colossal Nubians, as black as night, dressed in white marble garments. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• The importation of rubber and the manufacture of water-proof garments and articles therefrom now rapidly increased in those countries. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• These people shaved their heads and wore simple tunic-like garments of wool. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• On a closer inspection of the garments besides which Nastasia was laying his own, his resentment gave way to curiosity. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• Her disgraceful garments were removed, and some of Rachael's were in the room. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• Nor was it expected that human hands could be dispensed with in the cutting out of garments. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Habituated to the palet?t and bonnet-grec, the neighbourhood of these garments seemed no longer uncomfortable or very formidable. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.

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