Draped Sentence Examples

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  • Her jacket was draped over a chair across the room.

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  • Another long moment of silence draped over them.

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  • He wore no shoes and sat with his arms draped over his knees.

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  • She stretched out on the couch beside him; resting her head on his chest and he draped the blanket across her shoulders, his arm falling loosely on her waist.

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  • She picked up the duvet from the bed and draped it on the sofa, then undressed.

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  • He brought her a blanket and draped it over her.

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  • His arm draped across her shoulder in a tender but possessive way.

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  • Only two forms and a body draped in black remained on the cliff side.

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  • Tea towels draped over the handles of the range.

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  • Pale hands draped through bars two cells down from the beast.

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  • Hauling her to the bed, he shook out a pillow from its case and draped the case over her head like a hood.

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  • Someone had cleaned her clothing and draped it over the couch.

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  • He then draped a second towel across the lower part of her body and removed her panties, no "Thursday" cotton things, but small and white.

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  • Kirchoglu, a site on the Afrin, whence a fragmentary draped statue with incised inscription was sent to Berlin.

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  • Its summit is frequently draped with snow, and its broken-down crater contains a lake.

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  • In 1779 his bust of Moliere, at the Theatre Frangais, won universal praise, and the celebrated draped statue of Voltaire, in the vestibule of the same theatre, was exhibited at the Salon of 1781, to which Houdon also sent a statue of Marshal de Tourville, commissioned by the king, and the Diana executed for Catharine II.

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  • In works of art Boreas was represented as bearded, powerful, draped against cold, and winged.

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  • Materialism and low moral principles seemed to him to be gaining the upper hand; and the hope that religion might survive the " old clothes " in which it had been draped seemed to grow fainter.

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  • It is probable that the face, neck, arms and feet were of ivory, while the rest of the figure was draped in gold, Like the Olympian Zeus of Pheidias, Hera was seated on an elaborately decorated throne, holding in her left hand the sceptre, surmounted in her case by the cuckoo (as that of Zeus had an eagle), and in her right, instead of an elaborate figure of Victory (such as the Athena Parthenos and the Olympian Zeus held), simply a pomegranate.

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  • Better kept, too, by the cloth draped over the bike.

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  • A Grecian urn is draped in a cloth to symbolize mourning.

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  • The pallbearers wore pink ties, she wore a pink dress and tiara and her coffin was draped in a rhinestone-studded pink blanket.

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  • In the end, Siriano's line that included an evening gown draped in feathers, multiple pairs of skinny pants and a jacket adorned with a high ruffled neckpiece beat out the lines designed by Rami and Jillian.

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  • In fine art, the term "nude" almost always includes semiclad or lightly draped bodies.

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  • Use bird netting, an open mesh cloth, draped over the vines to keep birds away.

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  • This means that it has 'branches' over which earrings are draped and also often includes places where children's studs or other small items can safely be kept.

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  • Another popular cross style features a cloak draped over the cross, a symbol which signifies the resurrection of Christ.

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  • To tie this necktie knot, make one end a bit longer than the other when the tie is draped around your neck.

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  • Several veils can be tucked into the front of your belt, draped diagonally over your stomach and shoulder, and then tucked securely into the back of your belt.

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  • The sheer flutter sleeves with tie detailing, scoop neckline and the gathered waistline give this black Crepon evening dress a beautiful draped effect.

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  • With a pretty crochet cardigan draped on your shoulders, you're ready for an outdoor café or a dinner and movie date.

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  • Lane Bryant has a large collection of black dresses including their side-tie halter dress and draped neck sleeveless dress.

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  • As women have known since the days of the Romans, a well-cut, nicely draped full-figure long gown is one of the most flattering and comfortable, as well as chic and elegant, items a woman can wear.

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  • Waist shaping accentuates hourglass shapes, while draped skirts will camouflage tummies and hips if necessary.

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  • Don't be fooled by the "draped" appearance, though.

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  • It has a draped surplice bodice and a V-neck, empire waist and skirt that falls to just below the knees.

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  • The flattering and practical tunic gets a new look in faux suede with a softly draped ruffle front and cinched waist.

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  • A tunic, a lean sweater dress or a long cardigan over an equally long, draped top are all excellent partners for a pair of leggings.

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  • The draped surplice bodice, empire waist, V-neck and flared skirt create a sexy style that works for every occasion.

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  • Clasp your arms close to your body so that one is behind your back and one is draped across your torso.

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  • From shaggy layers to rich colors to draped bangs, there are many ways to wear emo hair.

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  • Wearing a stunning blue dress by Arthur Mendonca with draped material across the stomach, Nelly Furtado attended the 2008 Grammys only to be hounded with pregnancy rumors after photos from the event came out.

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  • The open back design gives more exposure to your back, while the front is still draped in fabric, so your tan turns out uneven.

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  • It's a piece of fabric draped across one hip and tied on the other.

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  • What other image evokes thoughts of the tropics like a beautiful woman walking across the sands with her pareo draped across her hips?

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  • Essentially, they are large pieces of colorful fabric that can be draped around the body as a piece of clothing.

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  • Young girls will relate more to candy-colored terry coverups than the draped items worn by their mothers and/or middle aged women.

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  • Feathers, a full skirt and a big swan head aren't likely to be forgotten soon when draped over the petite singer.

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  • This portion that is draped is called the pallu.

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  • For example, women in Gujarat drape their saris similarly to the Nivi style, but the pallu falls over the right shoulder instead of the left, and it is also draped from back to front instead of front to back.

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  • The loose fabric is then draped from the back to the front over the right shoulder and pinned to the remaining part of the sari.

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  • For example, a chunky boyfriend cardigan over a draped tank top softens up sleek, dramatic leggings.

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  • A long, draped cardigan with ruffles or angled folds in the fabric is both interesting and unusual.

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  • Given the top's naturally flowing, draped cut, a skirt creates an unbalanced look that is not flattering to any figure.

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  • Tops that are draped or have ruffles will also help make the torso appear longer.

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  • Almost any area of your home can be draped in Christmas decorations.

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  • Beaded ornaments with elaborate strands of beads draped to hang from their centers will give your Victorian tree a vintage charm.

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  • While you may not want to drag a dog (and certainly not a passel of kids) to a party, a stuffed pooch in a big purse or a few baby dolls draped across your body can certainly paint the perfect picture.

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  • A toga is a white gown draped over one shoulder that was worn by ancient Romans.

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  • Wrap the sheets like a toga, draping one end over the right shoulder and under the left arm around the body before tying it into a knot with the end that’s draped over the right shoulder.

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  • Draped over her gravestone was the man's leather jacket.

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  • A classic style draped in a new color and type of fabric.

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  • Rap star Lil' Wayne can be seen draped in Bapes almost every time he is in public, and he can been seen wearing Bapes shoes and jackets in his "Hustler's Muzik" video.

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  • This is a wooden Latin cross with purple fabric draped over the horizontal arms.

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  • In addition, it is beautifully draped in Scratch Resistant Mineral crystal.

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  • The quilts made in this manner were often showpieces more than useful items, though they might have been used as lap quilts as well as being draped over a piece of furniture to show off the lovely stitching.

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  • Couple that with a bevy of slinky beauties draped over their shoulders and it's easy to see why boxers have become so popular.

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  • She peeled off the thick coat and draped it over one bench before seating herself facing the door, as her father had taught her.

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  • The tall trees were draped in a white robe that had drifted to the earth, not snarled their way downward like the wind driven Eastern storms where snow was a dirty word, not the magical hush that mother nature bestowed on the mountains of the west.

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  • Jackson sat and draped his arm around Elisabeth.

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  • Fr Bartolommeo's figures had generally been small and draped.

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  • Both sexes wear the langouti or loincloth, which the men supplement with a short jacket, the women with a long scarf draped round the figure or with a long clinging robe.

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  • Varenus Diphilus, a freedman, a magister herculaneus, were found in situ in 1883, and in 1902 two vases of statues erected by Diphilus, as inscriptions showed, in honour of his patron, and a bas-relief of bearded Hercules entirely draped in a long tunic with a lion's skin on his shoulders.

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  • In Lutheran churches the organ is silent on this day, and altar, font and pulpit are draped in black, as indeed throughout Holy Week.

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  • The naturalism of which we have been speaking found free utterance now in the fabliaux of jongleurs, lyrics of minnesingers, tales of trouveres, romances of Arthur and his knights - compositions varied in type and tone, but in all of which sincere passion and real enjoyment of life pierce through the thin veil of chivalrous mysticism or of allegory with which they were sometimes conventionally draped.

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  • Yet none the less was the new learning, through the open spirit of inquiry it nourished, its vindication of the private reason, its enthusiasm for republican antiquity, and its proud assertion of the rights of human independence, linked by a strong and subtle chain to that turbid revolt of the individual consciousness against spiritual despotism draped in fallacies and throned upon abuses.

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  • The older temple is mentioned in some of the inventories as "the temple in which were the seven statues"; and close beside it was found a series of archaic draped female statues, which was the most important of its kind until the discovery of the finer and better preserved set from the Athenian Acropolis.

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  • Artistically he was represented mostly either as a youth of soft, nearly feminine form, or as a bearded and draped man, but frequently also as an infant, with reference to his birth or to his bringing up in "Nysa."

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  • Scarcely less conspicuous for some distance from the ocean are the magnolias, the live oaks draped with long gray moss, and the reedcovered marshes.

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  • On the lateral walls of the approach we have a similar procession of attendants Leaded by the chief priestess and priest, who pours a libation at the feet of the goddess seated on her throne; while on the right returning wall are fragments of a third procession approaching another draped figure of the goddess on her throne (placed at the angle opposite the bull on the pedestal), the train being again brought up by a bull.

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  • Pulling the hood up again, she draped her cloak over the Tiyan seal on her horse's saddle and urged it forward.

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  • The microwave was on, and the shirt he thought he'd ruined was draped over the back of the chair in the informal dining room.

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  • Along the edge of the wood elder, blackthorn, holly and gorse grow, sometimes draped in old man's beard.

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  • Narrow streets twist down to the harbor, lined with white washed, shuttered buildings draped with brightly colored bougainvillea.

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  • She was then made to climb a ladder draped in black cloth, whilst the hangman climb a ladder draped in black cloth, whilst the hangman climbed a ladder beside her.

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  • But alas, by the time they had finished climbing through the tree, it was completely draped with their dusty, gray cobwebs.

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  • How dare he have his coffin draped with a Union Flag at his funeral.

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  • A view looking along the rows of places laid out for dinner, with flags draped round the room over the tables.

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  • In some cases eskers were draped across the ridges during final deglaciation.

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  • In true Groovy Girls fashion, each bag is draped in faux fur and trimmed with bold animal prints and colorful fabrics.

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  • Its long body was draped in tights of the same somber hue, surmounted by a leopard's skin.

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  • Knitwear is a key component; softly draped pieces gave a nod to volume without being too over-the-top.

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  • Her body lay in state in a coffin covered in a black velvet pall under a canopy in the black draped dining room.

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  • It was made of rusty metal, and it had slime and reeds draped over its humungous, dirty body.

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  • Smith, 438), and one is tempted to compare the use of masks elsewhere in animal worship. Next, one may observe upon old Babylonian seals, eagle-headed deities with short feathered skirts attended by human beings similarly arrayed (Ball, 151) or figures draped in a fish skin (Menant, Rev. de l'hist.

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  • Hin Daeng or Red Rock has equally stunning scenery, but here the reef walls are draped in red soft coral.

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  • There is a front draped overlay extending the full length of the skirt, with a ruched effect at the midriff.

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  • Wealthy tourists, too, and middle class Uruguayan women draped in the latest fashions from New York and London.

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  • Lisa 's Room with draped sofa in an alcove, red and pink walls, and trompe d'oeil painting on either side.

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  • Rare designs include the capped bust, seated liberty and draped bust.

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  • A casual country living room sofa should have some throw pillows and maybe a soft quilted throw draped over the back so it's handy for taking an afternoon nap.

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  • Curtains can be as simple as several dishtowels draped over a curtain rod or long panels of white cotton tied back with a contrasting ribbon.

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  • Several of them recommend having fun first by practicing on an illustration board taped to a table draped with a drop cloth.

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  • A scarf draped from one hook to another across a window or simple bare branches from your backyard tree can work as decorative elements in a kitchen or family room.

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  • Draped backgrounds are excellent for large portraits and are easier to tote around than other types of professional backdrops.

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  • In addition, you might consider angling your camera so that only certain female body parts, such as her legs, hips or torso are snapped while she's draped over a tree or stretched out on a sandy beach.

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  • This legendary retailer offers several Versace looks, some in surprising colors, like the Draped Halter Dress ($1500.00) in Clementine.

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  • Others complain that in humid climates, stacked or draped Egyptian cotton towels absorb moisture from the air and are always damp.

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  • This was important because their attendants would often share a room with them, so the bed's draped curtain provided a certain shield between the two.

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  • Some displays even have garlands and ribbons draped down the side of a stand and flowing onto the table.

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  • They may be draped over an entire cake or shaped and placed on just a part of the dessert.

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  • A few luminaria, or some strings of lights draped in surrounding trees or shrubs, can be quite effective at creating a party atmosphere.

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  • Hang tissue paper snowflakes from the ceiling, place snowball or pinecone candles on tables draped in white tablecloths and of course, string plenty of twinkling lights.

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  • Streamers secured to the ceiling and draped down to the floor or a series of balloon arches work well to create the tunnel feeling.

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  • Olivia's dreams are to get out of the Gatsby and open her own salon, complete with a runway, bar and zebra print fabric draped on anything that stands still.

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  • For a do it at home steam session, place head over a pot of hot water with a towel draped over the head and the shoulders.

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  • She leaned forward and draped her arms around the horse's shoulders.

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  • She draped it over him.

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  • Pumpkin held up the hanger, his outfit draped like black robed judge.

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  • A woman's pale blue flowered sweater was draped over the passenger seat.

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  • In spite of the good news of Fred's return, the pall of Martha's continued absence draped over Bird Song.

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  • It was muted black, made out of material smoother than silk that draped over her arm like a second skin.

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  • He draped his arms around her and pulled her against him, resting his chin on her head.

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  • As he peddled downhill toward Ridgway, he could see the east side of the valley, exposed to the southern sun, had melted nearly clear of snow while across the valley, draped in shadow most of the day, the western slope retained almost all its recent covering.

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  • Gladys waddled downstairs, strung in more beads than the draped back room doorway of a Turkish dope den.

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  • That was a game Dean had no intention of playing and the silence draped the room like a spring fog.

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  • Connor tilted his glass to Jackson in a thank you, his other arm draped around his blubbering bride.

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  • A large bath towel was draped across his shoulder.

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  • Cynthia Byrne's breasts stood firm against the lacy fabric covering them and he draped a towel across her chest as he strug­gled to unhook her bra from beneath her comatose body.

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  • The room, obligatorily draped in fishnet and seashells, was packed to the gun­nels with as many standing as occupying the tightly clustered seats jammed into the smoky room.

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  • Later when she woke to darkness, his arm was draped across her protectively.

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  • One of the guards draped his cloak around her.

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  • Xander stroked the cloak draped over his mother's arm.

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  • His draperies are tight and closely folded, being studied (as it is said) from models draped in paper and woven fabrics gummed.

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  • Numbers of statues - among them a series of draped and richlycoloured female figures - masterpieces of painted pottery, only equalled by the Attic vases found in Magna Grecia and Etruria, and numerous bronzes, were among the treasures of art now brought to light.

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  • On the other band, the draped figure received admirable treatment from his brush, and the naturalistic school of the 17th, 18th and i9th centuries reached a high level of skill in depicting men, women and children in motion.

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  • The altar and officiating clergy are draped in black, this being the only day on which that colour is permitted.

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  • Besides numerous fragments of nude and draped figures belonging to pedimental statues, a well-preserved and very beautiful head of a female divinity, probably Hera, as well as a draped female torso of excellent workmanship, both belonging to the pediments, have been discovered.

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  • She was draped across his lap so that his body shaded her from the sun and he was fanning her with her hat.

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  • The door to the underground tunnel network was hidden behind a boulder and draped with moss.

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  • Rhyn sat and draped his arms over his knees, staring at the horizon.

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  • Hannah draped an arm over her, gasping for breath.

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  • He draped it over his mother's body.

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  • He draped an arm around her.

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  • In the swamps are the bald cypress, the white cedar and the live oak, usually draped in southern long moss; south of Cape Fear river are palmettos, magnolias, prickly ash, the American olive and mock orange; along streams in the Coastal Plain Region are the sour gum, the sweet bay and several species of oak; but the tree that is most predominant throughout the upland portion of this region is the long-leaf or southern pine.

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  • He forced himself out of his senses and draped the cloak over his mother.

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