Garments

Examples

• 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.
• We all said it would be warmand we all felt pleasure in folding away heavy garments, and in assuming the attire suiting a sunny season. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• And wondering at what their eyes had seen, they went down into the city and purchased garments and clothed themselves. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• It was a woman, tall and slenderly formed, with remarkably delicate hands and feet, and dressed in neat and respectable garments. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• I never see an English lady dressed in such garments. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• I assisted her to dismount, I carried her up stairs, and gave her into Clara's care, that her wet garments might be changed. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Even pieces of net and garments have been recovered. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• But their garments were mere wraps; there are no clasps or catches to be found. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• He is so intent on getting along unseen that even the apparition of a stranger in whole garments does not tempt him to look back. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Strange, stiff garments were upon my body; garments that cracked and powdered away from me as I rose to a sitting posture. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• The garments in very truth, strange as it may seem, were genuine nun's garments, and by some hand they had been disposed with a view to illusion. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• There were no signs of violence upon any of these garments, and there were no other traces of Mr. Neville St. Clair. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Very effective indeed,' replied Mr. Pickwick, surveying the garments of Mr. Peter Magnus with a good-natured smile. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Have the garments dry and lay the starch on the wrong side and work it through. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• He heard the still rustle of its ghostly garments. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• His garments and outward appearance. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.

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