Diaphanous Sentence Examples

She wore a flowing, diaphanous gown and had long, wavy, bronze colored hair.

This Bizen-yaki was red stoneware, with this diaphanous glaze.

Its diaphanous, pearl-grey glaze, uniform, lustrous and finely crackled, overlying encaustic decoration in white slip, the fineness of its warm reddish pate, and the general excellence of its technique, have always commanded admiration.

The wide expanse that opened out before the heights on which the Russian batteries stood guarding the bridge was at times veiled by a diaphanous curtain of slanting rain, and then, suddenly spread out in the sunlight, far-distant objects could be clearly seen glittering as though freshly varnished.

During spring and summer, though, a diaphanous scarf adds a touch of romance to a flirtatious dress and softens up tough jeans and tanks in a flash.

This plain diaphanous garment, without distinction of colour (white, red or yellow), and with perhaps only an embroidered hem at the top, was worn by the whole nation, princess and peasant, from the IVth to the XVIIIth Dynasties (Erman, Life in Ancient Egypt, p. 212).

On her head, Princess Elizabeth wore a veil of diaphanous white silk tulle held by the King George III diamond fringe tiara.

Brides can also select looser, more diaphanous gowns that won't cling to the skin.

If you thought the micro bikini was a recipe for exposure, then add the concept of diaphanous mesh, and you're basically just icing your swimsuit cake.

In other words, a suitable design is chiselled in the metal base so as to be visible through Translucid the diaphanous enamel.

Children grow extremely fast, and that diaphanous ruffled creation will be folded and stored in a matter of months.

Wearing a diaphanous swimsuit is certainly a way to get noticed, and your risqué appearance may be the perfect look for certain underground "clothing optional" clubs.