Wore Sentence Examples
I wish everyone wore rose-colored glasses the way you do.
They wore blue uniforms and queer little caps.
Fred wore an ear-to-ear grin.
Darkyn wore her out, and when she'd woken, she was alone.
He never wore a coat and she wondered if he even felt the cold west Texas wind.
The image on his bicep was the same she wore around her neck.
Adam and Eve, according to the fable, wore the bower before other clothes.
Dean was thankful they both wore old hiking boots as they stepped forward, gazing with trepidation as the cool breath of the mine met them.
She wore an impish look, high cheekbones and the only lavender eyes Dean had ever seen.
She wore a T-shirt and shorts that revealed her shapely, soft legs.
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He was fully clothed and wore a light jacket.
As the days wore on, the drifts gradually shrunk, but before they were wholly gone another storm came, so that I scarcely felt the earth under my feet once all winter.
Even the way she wore her hair, with those braids wrapped around the top of her head like a crown and the long shiny blond curls falling around her shoulders and down her back – she wasn't simply beautiful.
In the king's face, which he wore as a mask, there was a remoteness and inaccessibility of grief which I shall never forget.
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The same way he wore down her resistance before.
Prince Vasili's daughter, the beautiful Helene, came to take her father to the ambassador's entertainment; she wore a ball dress and her badge as maid of honor.
But in nothing in the house was the holiday so noticeable as in Marya Dmitrievna's broad, stern face, which on that day wore an invariable look of solemn festivity.
Next morning Alpatych donned a jacket he wore only in town and went out on business.
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The countess was now over sixty, was quite gray, and wore a cap with a frill that surrounded her face.
She wore a somber look as she glanced nervously at me before speaking to the detective.
She wore the black dress still.
You wore that dress the same color as the blooming apple trees.
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She flushed, her beautiful eyes grew dim, red blotches came on her face, and it took on the unattractive martyrlike expression it so often wore, as she submitted herself to Mademoiselle Bourienne and Lise.
A tall, beautiful woman with a mass of plaited hair and much exposed plump white shoulders and neck, round which she wore a double string of large pearls, entered the adjoining box rustling her heavy silk dress and took a long time settling into her place.
He was clean-shaven and wore a Guardsman's padded coat with an Order of St. George at his buttonhole and a plain forage cap set straight on his head.
One was taller than the other; he wore an officer's hat and seemed quite exhausted.
The stocky man was hooded, wore a mask and was already in the room!
He wore headphones and spoke into a microphone, simultaneously responding to half a dozen chat windows open on this computer.
He wore nothing but sweatpants, and his exposed upper back drew her attention.
She wore the camisole that amplified her breasts, her curls captured at the nape of her neck.
He looked small in the middle of the foyer, and he wore an insincere smile like he might any other piece of easily removable clothing.
His overcoat was slung over one arm, and he wore a wool suit over a dark turtleneck.
She wore a collar like a dog with her master's name on it.
She wore a snug dress that revealed more of her large breasts than she probably should.
Even though she wore a snug shirt beneath it, Darian couldn't help willing her to hurry.
Darian looked around, expecting to see her again beneath the shade of an apple tree, as beautiful as she was deadly with the daggers she wore at her waist.
She wore the mark of Darian, the firstborn of the White God.
Sofi wore the White God's pendant, Bianca wore Dusty's mark, and Yully wore Jule's.
His surprise wore off, replaced by cold rage that rose from deep within him.
The only man seated before her wore chains of gold and carried a sword with a ruby in its hilt.
One of them wore a sash of red and black, a youth his age hiding behind him.
She wiped sweaty palms on the men's breeches she wore.
She wiped her face as she walked and tugged off the hood she wore to cover her hair.
She wore black leggings and a mini-skirt with a dropped waistline.
The halter top she wore exposed her trim midriff.
So why would he suddenly want her to select the clothes he wore to an informal party where he knew no one.
Her trademark was that she wore white gardenias in her hair.
Both participants wore different color uniforms so it was easy to differentiate them (a problem when everyone wears a white gi ).
The old prince always dressed in old-fashioned style, wearing an antique coat and powdered hair; and when Prince Andrew entered his father's dressing room (not with the contemptuous look and manner he wore in drawing rooms, but with the animated face with which he talked to Pierre), the old man was sitting on a large leather-covered chair, wrapped in a powdering mantle, entrusting his head to Tikhon.
With his left hand he drew Bagration toward him, and with his right, on which he wore a ring, he made the sign of the cross over him with a gesture evidently habitual, offering his puffy cheek, but Bagration kissed him on the neck instead.
He wore a woman's loose gown of frieze, blue trousers, and large torn Hessian boots.
She wore one of the dresses past-Deidre bought.
Just like their four-hour trip to the spa, the wardrobe Hannah bought Toby, the jewelry they both wore.
Her sister wore maroon, as did many of the other women in masks around her.
He wore a glowing talisman on a leather chain around his neck.
She wore a jumper that reeked of her own body odor.
He wore his customary all black, his dark eyes hidden behind dark shades.
He wore all black, though he was dressed more simply than she'd seen him, in dark jeans and a black long-sleeved T-shirt and heavy boots.
He wore the long-sleeve knit shirt, snug enough to show his physique without clinging to it, the snug jeans low on his lean hips.
Few women wore similar fashions from similar eras.
Most wore trendy boots and coats, sat in designer jeans and sweaters worth a month of her salary, and wore make- up that coordinated perfectly with their expensive clothing and hair.
The svelte model wore towering boots and a one- piece cat suit that left nothing to the imagination.
Kris wore a rare, charming smile as he sat across from Hannah, talking.
Hannah no longer wore her engagement ring, and Katie wondered why she was so happy when she must know by now Gio wasn.t coming back for her.
Sasha.s wore a genuine smile.
He wore heavy clothing, as if easily chilled, and moved with the smoothness of a warrior.
The new necklace she wore that matched the one she bought for Evelyn glimmered in the mirror.
What had appeared to be a thick, gold, hard band of about three inches in width had molded around her arm and felt no heavier than the clothing she wore.
The heat of his large hands made her feel as if she wore no clothing.
He wore a rose gold bracelet very similar to Romas's in all but color, and soft, dark boots.
She wore a rich tanzanite blue-purple that was darker than the colors worn by the people of this planet.
He'd long since accepted that their health was far more important than where they lived or what they wore.
As the afternoon wore on, she puzzled through what buttons controlled what, which were oriented toward the space battle and which toward the ground.
He wore light colors this day of tan, a shade that brought out the depth of honey in his skin.
She wore the alien clothing, though her stomach was starting to protrude.
Kiera raised the arm of her sweatshirt to reveal the band she already wore.
She wore white slacks, an emerald-green silk blouse and high-heeled shoes.
She wore those half-stockings that were supposed to be hidden by something far longer than what covered her pudgy legs, which were streaked with the stark blue of veins looking like a map of a very congested and curvy area.
He was tall and thin and wore a mustache.
Martha just continued to nod and look straight ahead but she wore a hint of a smile.
Once more, she wore Annie Quincy's white dress.
He wore jeans, a ski sweater and an opened, fur collared jacket.
He just wore them to appease her.
She wore silk pajamas and a woolen sweater.
Finally, his patience wore thin.
I suppose she wore it down stairs.
He wore black jeans, a dark gray Versace silk sport shirt with the cuffs rolled up, and a pair of A. Testoni loafers.
She wore a flowing, diaphanous gown and had long, wavy, bronze colored hair.
She wore a silk blouse, Jimmy Choo's and a pencil skirt with a slit up the side, which gave just a glimpse of leg that went on forever.
A simple choker adorned her neck, a diamond tennis bracelet her wrist and she wore silver strappy heels he thought he had seen on Sarah.
He looked down at her feet, and after noting she wore sneakers said, "You up for a little hike first?"
She wore an ivory A-line dress with shoes to match.
Once the shock wore off, rational thinking set in and he calmed down, feeling this might be an advantage.
Jackson never wore cologne.
He still had on the same clothes he wore with Elisabeth.
Sarah wore a pained expression that caused Jackson to cringe.
The full-length, sequined halter gown she wore clung to every curve and sported slits on both sides clear up to the hip.
Jackson wore his unease like a veil.
Jackson wore a wide grin as Elisabeth said, I don't know what I will do about the Wolf Moon Festival.
Jackson pulled her to him by the tie in the sheet still wore.
This lady wore it with the finesse of a duchess.
She made a point of eating everything on her plate, and even wore a trail down the hallway with her portable IV carrier.
Brady wore PMF gray.
They all wore dark gray tactical suits and were fully armed.
He wore identification tags, and she looked closely without seeing the key fob.
His back was to the living area as he pulled off every one of the dozen weapons he wore on his body and lined them up in front of him to start cleaning.
He wore a breezy, short-sleeved shirt.
She wore sparring clothing consisting of snug pants and T-shirt that hugged her shape in all the right places.
His blue gaze swept over her, lingering on the blood-soaked clothing she wore.
Rhyn crept carefully through the demon scouts positioned throughout the forest surrounding the castle. The demons wore the Dark One's uniform of all black with waterproof cloaks and hoods. The demon side of him rendered his presence similar enough to a full-demon's that the others wouldn't be alarmed. He sized up each demon he passed, until he found one who appeared to be his size. The creature didn't hear his soft step, and the snapping of the demon's neck was the only other sound in the falling rain.
She was about to roll over and check Gabriel's hands when she recalled he always wore gloves.
She wore white and smiled, more like a nursemaid than the woman whose job was to collect souls.
Rhyn stopped in place. He'd never thought he'd hear her voice again, and he couldn't remember the last time he'd heard anything that stopped his world in place. He turned to see Katie supporting Hannah as they entered the Sanctuary courtyard. Katie wore simple jeans and a t-shirt. Her dark curls cascaded down her shoulders, and her face glowed. Her bright eyes locked on his. She stopped too far away for his comfort, struggling to support her sister.
The black sand had run out. He'd missed his window. Rather, he missed this window. He looked over at the demon standing before him. At least one of his super-demons had survived. This one still wore half a face, that of Death's favorite assassin, Gabriel.
He wore bathing trunks, a Phillies baseball cap and a t-shirt with the imprint "Eastern PA Century Bicycle Tour" and a date four years earlier.
She wore neither makeup nor jewelry, but her blouse and skirt demonstrated that she had made a half-hearted attempt to dress for company.
He wore an ill-fitting suit and his neck seemed to be untouched by an oversized collar.
The detectives kidded that the last time she had made an error, she wore stockings and her dress was new.
Instead of designer thongs or flimsy lace things, Ethel wore the plainest of cotton panties, the type described by past generations as 'practical.'
As Dean lay in the dark, he absentmindedly wondered if Ethel always wore "Thursday" when he came to call.
Dean had forgotten the waiter saying Byrne also wore a baseball cap when he left the room.
Fred now wore an "I-told-you-so," smile as broad as Mrs. Glass.
The bikers wore helmets and most were in a low tuck position, making it difficult to get an identifying look at them.
Who really cared who wore number 888 anyhow?
Had she really changed or would she regret this marriage after the new wore off of their relationship?
She fed the horses, hoping Alex would like the perfume she wore better than the horses did.
I guess that's why the old mountain men all wore beards.
I don't think it would be fashionable if I wore a ski mask.
Slowly the numbness wore off and shame brought tears to her eyes.
She simply wore what her mother sewed for her.
While the clothes she wore today were comfortable, they certainly wouldn't have been her choice.
Why else would he want to select the trail she followed - even the clothes she wore?
What he had now was a woman who turned to him for every decision – a woman who wore clothes because they were in fashion.
This one wore a short sleeved shirt, jeans and white sneakers.
Indigo jeans clung to his lean hips, but he still wore the white sneakers.
The stranger wore well-spun clothing and carried ornate weapons with bejeweled hilts.
His shock wore off, replaced by anger.
Brandon lifted the couch cushions while she crossed to her bedroom and pulled the jeans she wore yesterday out of the dirty laundry with shaking hands.
He wore the damn necklace she was after.
He turned away towards the stairs leading down to the main floor, and she sneaked a glance to see if he still wore the necklace.
How was she supposed to get the necklace, if he wore it all the time?
She wore it because she was too upset to wash out the pile of jeans when she got home last night.
All wore similar dreamy expressions to Toni's.
He wore only judo pants again this morning, his relaxed body reminding her too much of what it felt like to lie beneath him the day before.
He wore nothing beneath the black vest.
Not wanting to deal with him at all, she took the coffee out to the porch and left, even more irritated to see he wore the necklace she desperately needed to steal.
He wore jeans that hung around ripped hips and hugged flexing thighs, the sight of which made her fan herself as she almost let herself imagine them wrapped around her.
She wore headgear and boxing gloves and faced off against a man with the chiseled features of a Greek god, blond hair and sharp blue eyes.
It had to do with the necklace he wore beneath the t-shirt, one Jonny would find useful.
When her shock wore off, she responded timidly.
Jule asked into the mic he wore.
She wore nothing more than a long T-shirt and her underwear.
He wore on occasions of state the Persian dress.
He already wore the crown of the Two Sicilies, and ruled the duchy of Milan.
He wore on his breast a badge with his title of "Pere," was spoken of by his preachers as "the living law," declared, and probably believed, himself to be the chosen of God, and sent out emissaries in a quest of a woman predestined to be the "female Messiah," and the mother of a new Saviour.
His followers were known as the Brethren of Chelcic, and wore a distinctive dress.
He wore a cloak and carried a staff and a wallet, and this costume became the uniform of his followers.
The priests deserted the Temple for the palaestra and the young nobles wore the Greek cap. The Jews of Jerusalem were enrolled as citizens of Antioch.
Some of the Puritans, but by no means all, wore the hair closely cropped round the head, and there was thus an obvious contrast between them and the men of fashion with their long ringlets.
Even his sister wore no mourning for him until she arrived at Vienna and saw that this was expected of her.
The lesson shocked the king, but its effect soon wore off.
As the summer of 1806 wore on, his policy perceptibly hardened.
The genuine Bedlamite was allowed to roam the country on his discharge, soliciting alms, provided he wore a badge.
They dressed in flowing robes of silk, and their women wore oriental gauzes covered with sequins.
Twelve tailors, it is said, were continually employed in making clothes for him, and he wore a new suit every day.
He wore an air of authority yet never lacked address, or "assumed anything to himself above his contemporaries."
Their fair or red hair was brought forward from the crown of the head towards the forehead, leaving the nape of the neck uncovered; they shaved the face except the upper lip. They wore fairly close breeches reaching to the knee and a tunic fastened by brooches.
As before, the equites wore the narrow, purple-striped tunic, and the gold ring, the latter now being considered the distinctive badge of knighthood., The fourteen rows in the theatre were extended by Augustus to seat's in the circus.
They wore coats confined by belts, trousers tucked into soft boots, and hoods or tall pointed caps.
Both sexes wore many stamped gold plates sewn upon their clothes in lines or series.
As November wore on, the situation did not improve.
Certainly, however, in historical times the division holds good, and it is worthy of remark that one of the points about the northern barbarians which struck the ancient Greeks and Romans most forcibly was the fact that they wore trousers.
The Semites who visited Egypt wore a larger and coloured cloth, ornamented with parallel stripes of patterns similar to those found upon some early specimens of Palestinian pottery.
While the common Semite wore a short skirt, often with tassels and sometimes with an upper tunic, the more important had an elaborate scarf (extending from waist to knee) wound over the long tunic, or a longer and close-fitting variety coloured blue and red and generally adorned with rich embroidery.
The people of Keft (Aegeans) wore a similar arrangement which is a step in the direction of the proper drawers.
The Semites of the XIIth Dynasty wore on their journeys sandals of black leather, those of the FIG.
But the warrior had something stouter, and the Hittites wore a turned - up shoe bound round the legs with thongs.
When the deities were regarded as anthropomorphic they naturally wore clothing which, on the whole, was less subject to change of fashion and was apt to be symbolical of their attributes.
It is known that laymen were required to wear special garments, and the priests (who wore dark-red or purple) were sometimes called upon to change their garments in the course of a ceremony.
In addition to a tunic (kuttoneth) and a seamless mantle or robe (meil), he wore the breastplate (hoshen), the ephod, and a rich outer girdle.
The later Rabbis wore most sumptuous apparel, and were crowned until the death of Eliezer ben Azarya.
Workmen wore a close-fitting felt cap (Taos).
Under the tebenna, or toga, which was necessary only for public appearance, the Etruscans wore a short tunic similar to the Greek chiton.
Youths, when engaged in horsemanship and other exercises, wore a chlamys round the shoulders, which, however, was semicircular in cut, and was fastened on the breast by buttons and a loop, or tied in a knot, whereas the Greek chlamys was oblong and fastened on the shoulder by a brooch.
The emperors wore it on occasions of special importance.
Women at times wore the calceus, but are generally represented in art with soft shoes or sandals.
But at first the Roman citizen wore only an iron signet ring, and this continued to be used at marriages.
Although not sacrosanct, they had the right of sitting in a curule chair and wore the distinctive toga praetexta.
These men wore long blue gowns with a pewter badge on the right arm, and were nicknamed Blue Gowns.
On the pewter badge which they wore were their name and the words "pass and repass," which authorized them to ask alms. In 1833 the appointment of bedesmen was stopped.
Once arrived she gave herself heartily to Urban's cause, and wore her slender powers out in restraining his impatient temper, quieting the revolt of the people of Rome, and trying to win for Urban the support of Europe.
On the 16th of the month Maimacterion, a long procession, headed by a trumpeter playing a warlike air, set out for the graves; wagons decked with myrtle and garlands of flowers followed, young men (who must be of free birth) carried jars of wine, milk, oil and perfumes; next came the black bull destined for the sacrifice, the rear being brought up by the archon, who wore the purple robe of the general, a naked sword in one hand, in the other an urn.
In the end complete success rewarded the sacrifices and efforts of the Federals on every theatre of war; in Virginia, where Grant was in personal control, the merciless policy of attrition wore down Lee's army until a mere remnant was left for the final surrender.
All the architectural and decorative details, all the carvings and colors, all the accessories everything was wrought in silk, and each of the 1500 figures forming the procession wore exactly appropriate costume.
As time wore on the conditions in Metz and the surrounding camps became deplorable.
Some of the emperors wore crowns on occasion, as Caligula and Domitian, at the games, and stellate or spike crowns are depicted on the heads of several of the emperors on their coins, but no idea of imperial sovereignty was indicated thereby.
Bartlett, that every ruff assumes tufts and frill exactly the same in colour and markings as those he wore in the preceding season; and thus, polymorphic as is the male as a species, as an individual he is unchangeable.
The queen witnessed the wedding from the private pew or box of St George's Chapel, Windsor, but she wore the deep mourning which she was never wholly to put off to the end of her life, and she took no part in the festivities of the wedding.
The ice-sheet wore down from the hills and filled the valleys with debris until the surface has a billowy appearance.
Thereafter he wore a wooden leg ornamented with silver bands.
Like the mass of the nation, he grew more Protestant as time wore on; he was readier to persecute Papists than Puritans; he had no love for ecclesiastical jurisdiction, and he warmly remonstrated with Whitgift over his persecuting Articles of 1583.
The people themselves wore a Medic costume, and, according to their own account, were a colony of the Medes.
In the cathedral may be seen the chain ball which killed General St Ruth at the battle of Aughrim, and the spurs which he wore.
But although, like his fellow-brigands under Ruffo, he styled himself "the faithful servant and subject of His Sicilian Majesty," wore a military uniform and held militaryrank, and was even created duke of Cassano, his atrocities were worthy of a bandit chief.
Oftener, however, they were mere masques worn at funerals by men who personated the ancestors and wore their robes of office.
These valleys, now so rich and productive, wore a very different aspect when the brethren first chose them as the place of their retirement.
He wore a goune like an artist's goune with hanging sleeves."
The Persian campaigns wore out the feeble health of Peter, who had been ailing for some time.
He wore a sharp shirt of hair next his skin, scourged himself every Friday and other fasting days, lay upon the bare ground with a log under his head, and allowed himself but four or five hours' sleep. This access of the ascetic malady lasted but a short time, and More recovered to all outward appearance his balance of mind.
Women wore a short petticoat made of kapa cloth (already referred to), which reached from the waist to the knee.
From his Journal we gather that he had piercing eyes and a very loud voice, and wore good clothes.
Unlike the Roundheads, he wore his hair long.
The dress of the upper classes must have been of a somewhat gorgeous character, especially when account is taken of the brooches and other ornaments which they wore.
The Bogomils wore garments like mendicant friars and were known as keen missionaries, travelling far and wide to propagate their doctrines.
He clearly preferred the society of the semi-heathen Kumanians to that of the Christians; wore, and made his court wear, Kumanian dress; surrounded himself with Kumanian concubines, and neglected and ill-used his ill-favoured Neapolitan consort.
The knights wore a collar of golden hunting horns, whence the order was also known as the Order of the Horn.
The present badges of the orders represent the crosses that the knights wore on their mantles.
It had at the outset no liturgical significance whatever, and was simply adopted by the clergy for the same reason that the clergy of the 18th century wore wigs - because it was part of the full dress of ordinary life.
As the afternoon wore on their force began to melt away by desertion and to break up for lack of discipline.
Moreover, he had brought from Europe a new manner, full of the affections of ardent youth, and this he wore without ease in a society highly satisfied with itself; the young knight-errant was therefore subjected to considerable ridicule.
They were ultimately smuggled out of the country by the British consul at Havre as Mr and Mrs Smith,' arriving at Newhaven "unprovided with anything but the clothes they wore."
They wore brazen helmets with purple crests, and rough-haired black cloaks, in which they slept on the bare ground.
Further, from the 23rd of November 1654 dates the singular document usually known as "Pascal's amulet," a parchment slip which he wore constantly about him, and which bears the date followed by some lines of incoherent and strongly mystical devotion.
The women wore two bronze pins, a bracelet on each arm, amber ornaments and a necklace of bronze tubes in spirals.
The result was that when he died in November 1378 he wore the crowns of the Empire, of Gei many, of Bohemia, of Lombardy and of Burgundy; he had added Lower Lusatia and parts of Silesia to Bohemia; he had secured the mark of Brandenburg for his son Wenceslaus in 1373; and he had bought part of the Upper Palatinate and territories in all parts of Germany.
First of four Western emperors who wore the Sicilian crown, Henry died in 1197, leaving the kingdom to his young son Frederick, heir of the Norman kings through his mother.
He wore the usual Friend's coat, and was regarded with much interest and hostile curiosity on both sides of the House.
Meanwhile, what is now Kansas City, and was then Westport Landing, being on the river where a swift current wore a rocky shore, steadily increased in importance and overshadowed Westport.
The Egyptian Pharaohs of the XVIIIth dynasty had likewise been proclaimed mystically sons of this god, who, it was asserted, had impregnated the queenmother; and on occasion wore the ram's horns of Ammon, even as Alexander is represented with them on coins.
Beads and all kinds of amulets could be infused with magical power so as to be potent phylacteries to those who wore them.
To facilitate the operation the braves wore long war-locks or scalping-tufts, as an implied challenge.
Much discussion has arisen as to their mode of origin, but it is probable they were caused by the erosive action of ice, since glaciers occupied the glens where they occur and wore down the rocks along the sides and bottom; but it is a point of difficulty in this theory whether ice could have eroded the deepest of the hollows.
A papal legate, in Bruce's time, was no more safe, if his errand was undesirable, than under John Knox, when Mary Stuart wore the crown.
In university politics, which at that time wore mainly the form of theological controversy, he was a strong advocate of comprehension and toleration.
On the cowl they wore a red cross; and a broad-brimmed hat, a staff, sack and gourd completed their equipment.
Each wore a wreath of corn, a white fillet and the praetexta.
Pomp Eio (1569-1616), a native of Corsica, who served under Alessandro Farnese and the marquis of Spinola in the Low Countries, where he lost an arm, and, from the artificial substitute which he wore, came to be known by the sobriquet Bras de Fer.
For the Jews who still deserved the name the policy of Antiochus wore a very different aspect.
Its ugliness was emphasized by the old felt hat which he wore, - its sole ornament the leaden figure of a saint.
They are usually white; formerly Syeds wore them of green colour.
Dissuaded from that course, he nevertheless wore his crown publicly in the church of the Sepulchre.
In embracing him for the last time, she felt the cuirass he wore and exclaimed that such a precaution was unworthy of a man resolved to die.
By his stubborn defence the new ruler wore out the invaders who, after a twelve months' investment, withdrew their forces.
She wore mourning for her father in 1701, and before his death James is said to have written to his daughter asking for her protection for his family; but the recognition of his son by Louis XIV.
The stories that he told grew in their passage from mouth to mouth until the Spaniards believed that in the north were cities " very rich, having silversmiths, and that the women wore strings of gold beads and the men girdles of gold."
She wore long woollen robes; a veil and a kerchief for the head, her hair being plaited up with a purple band in a conical form (tutulus); and shoes made of the leather of sacrificed animals; like her husband, she carried the sacrificial knife.
By the ukaz of 1722 Catherine was proclaimed Peter's successor, to the exclusion of the grand-duke Peter, the only son of the tsarevich Alexius, and on the 7th of May 1724 was solemnly crowned empress-consort in the Uspensky cathedral at Moscow, on which occasion she wore a crown studded with no fewer than 2564 precious stones, surmounted by a ruby, as large as a pigeon's egg, supporting a cross of brilliants.
The first alone had the right to cover their heads and wore a felt hat (hence tarabostesei= 7rLX04 opoc, pileati); they formed a privileged class, and were the predecessors of the Rumanian boyars.
The second class, who comprised the rank and file of the army, the peasants and artisans, wore their hair long (Kounrai, capillati).
Consequently, only a few distinguished warriors wore shirts of mail.
To the patriarchate was appended a Sacred College of 24 prelates, who were privileged to officiate in the scarlet robes of cardinals, while the patriarch wore the vestments of a second pope.
In Rome they wore the toga, perhaps girded up; on a campaign and at the celebration of a triumph, the red military cloak (sagulum); at funerals, black.
The purple cloak which Picus wore fastened by a golden clasp is preserved in the plumage of the bird.
To make the scene more grim they wore black dresses (Tertullian, De Pallio) from head to foot.
It was about this time that the Pennine Hills, the Lake District mountain mass, and the Mendip Hills were being most vigorously uplifted, while the granite masses of Cornwall and Devon wore perhaps being injected into the Carboniferous and Devonian rocks.
He, one of the greatest monarchs in Europe, habitually wore plain Cracow cloth, drank nothing but water, and kept the most austere of tables.
But as the year wore on the Italian commander pushed his forces unsupported too far to the south.
In 1734 he made himself master of Naples and Sicily by arms. Charles had, however, no military tastes, seldom wore uniform, and could with difficulty be persuaded to witness a review.
According to the common story, she offered to betray the citadel, if the Sabines would give her what they wore on their left arms, meaning their bracelets; instead of this, keeping to the letter of their promise, they threw their shields upon her and crushed her to death.
He wore sackcloth, made his bed in ashes, and fasted or used only the very plainest fare.
It was not hard to attack the system under which Rodrigo Borgia wore the tiara, while Girolamo Savonarola went to the stake; or in which Julius II.
His original name was Bassianus; his nickname Caracalla was derived from the long Gallic tunic which he wore and introduced into the army.
He wore green velvet trousers, a canary-coloured waistcoat, low shoes, silver buckles, lace at his wrists, and his hair in ringlets."
And the same correspondent must be told that "Ralph's handkerchief which he brought me from Paris is the most successful thing I ever wore."
He wore the royal diadem, assumed the title of lord, and introduced a complicated system of ceremonial and etiquette, borrowed from the East, in order to surround the monarchy and its representative with mysterious sanctity.
There also the French wore out the goodwill at first shown to them.
Though she deprecated excess of ascetic severity in others, she scourged herself habitually, and wore a peculiarly painful haircloth.
He was asked the meaning of the cross of St John which he wore on his doublet, and replied that it was the sign of a small benefice which he held from the pope, and would lose if he were not back by the 1st of January.
He was the first Visigothic king who wore the crown, and it would appear that he threw off all pretence of allegiance to the empire.
As time wore on, Sagasta found it difficult to maintain discipline in the ranks of the Liberal party.
Later she commonly wore the horns of a cow, and the cow was sacred to her; it is doubtful, however, whether she had any animal representation in early times, nor had she possession of any considerable locality until a late period, when Philae, Behbet and other large temples were dedicated to her worship. Yet she was of great importance in mythology, religion and magic, appearing constantly in the very ancient Pyramid texts as the devoted sister-wife of Osiris and mother of Horus.
It is characteristic of him that from this time onwards he never wore civilian dress.
I wish everyone wore rose colored glasses the way you do.
Alondra would have been stiff and formal no matter what she wore - or maybe she was the one who felt uncomfortable.
Even the way she wore her hair, with those braids wrapped around the top of her head like a crown and the long shiny blond curls falling around her shoulders and down her back – she wasn't simply beautiful.
He wore only pajama bottoms, his feet bare as well.
She didn't try to hide her sex appeal and wore clothing tight enough to leave little to the imagination.
He wore only jeans and a dark T-shirt that stretched across his chest in all the right places and clung to bulging biceps.
Jenn wore nothing more than a vest to keep her core warm, preferring for her arms to be unencumbered.
Lacy wore a skirt too short and tight for office wear, but when you're the boss … "I noticed you've been taking a lot of sick time lately," Lacy said as Sofia entered the room.
D wore judo pants low enough on his hips that she blushed as her gaze followed the trail of hair that disappeared into his pants.
He wore an assortment of knives on his belt and a silver symbol of a star with two arrows through it that looked older than Damian's on a black choker around his neck.
The other four trunks displayed like goods—a moth-eaten gorilla suit, two bloody collections of dresses, and an outfit Dean supposed Frankenstein wore when he went out for a little nightlife.
Big deal that Seymour's brochures were four-color to Dean's black and white, and the bastard wore full uniform.
This morning, he left a perfectly healthy woman – who looked like his mate and wore the Immortal mating tattoo – and yet was distinctly different.
As he spoke, Rhyn fingered the black necklace he wore.
He wore her – a goddess! – out with his lovemaking and passion.
What lit that fire of passion wasn't the romancing – or at least if it did, romance wore a different face for her.
They were a finicky lot, lasting only two to three days in the human world before the serum that change their features wore off.
The t-shirt he wore was tight around large biceps and snug across his muscular shoulders and thick chest.
His lab coat was all the overcoat he wore, and he hopped in place beside a beat-up VW Bug whose engine coughed as if it were on its last leg.
One woman wore rustic battle wear from an era she couldn't name, another flowing Grecian robes, yet another robes of a different era.
And if I wore one of those, 'leaves-nothing-to-the-imagination outfits' you wouldn't drool?
Little gray haired Effie wore a perpetual smile on her pretty face, a tad on the silly side but charming nonetheless, in a bewildered sort of way.
She wore a tee shirt with no bra, perhaps in some vague attempt to emulate Penny, but with only a fraction of the appropriate equipment.
Jet-black hair teased the collar of the Jon Green bespoke suit he wore like a runway model.
They wore black robes and sat stone like, until the vampire in the center rose, and motioned for the three to come closer.
She wore a nightgown that was a bit too sheer not to be covered by a robe.
He wore a sheathed laser at his hip, and his hand was clenched around something small enough to conceal it from view.
Katie awaited him in his dreams, looking as she had the day he lost her. They stood in the spot where he'd fought his friend, Gabriel, and the demon lord, Darkyn. She wore a sweater that made her light eyes glow.
The rain was cold, and she was alone without as much as a jacket. Katie shivered and tried to quell the panic within her. She wore the same clothes she'd been wearing several days ago, when she walked into the ocean. Before that, she didn't think it was possible for her life to get worse. Then she's come here.
He huddled deeper into his coat, more than the rain chilling him. The Ully-demon still wore Ully's face, but the rest of his body had grown bony and taller. Toby couldn't help wondering when Ully had been swapped for a demon, but it had to have been before they left Hell.
He wore an Alfred E. Newman smile and was dressed in a short-sleeved shirt without a tie.
Whatever Carmen wore, she looked slim and graceful - feminine.
She was dressed in clothing meant to facilitate her movement, but Xander wore heavy boots and clothing, as if he'd just come from outdoors.
She wore a shift sheer enough for him to see the shading of her curves.
The warriors were just as dirty, but the wealthy members of the clan wore silks and jewels like gaudy flowers.
What he had now was a woman who turned to him for every decision – a woman who wore clothes because they were in fashion.
She wore a tight red dress and sky-high heels that would put her at his chin, no small feat given he was seven feet tall.
Tall, gawky with hair dyed blue-black and contacts that glowed red like his eyes did naturally, she wore a I heart Xander T-shirt beneath a leather coat.
There was decorum in the countenance he wore.
When this ebony bird flew in it was beguiling my sad fancy into smiling by the grave and stern decorum of the countenance it wore.
They wore elaborate costumes.
In order to emulate them, they often wore sashes and regalia like the ones seen here, emulating groups such as the Royal Order of Foresters or the Masons.
Meticulous in personal cleanliness, Darby wore every piece of clothing only once.
Even Teal's usually placid face wore a slightly startled expression.
But his head was quite loose, as if it would fall off, and his face wore an expression of indescribable agony.
Whatever may have been his real name he was always known by this appellation from his homely garments which he always wore.
They wore leather aprons faced with brass, their ears plugged with rags against the noise of the hammering.
According to later tradition, he wore black armor at the Battle of Crecy in France in 1346.
I wore a little badge in the shape of a bow.
He wore a dark green balaclava underneath a matt black crash helmet.
Her compact body wore a yellow bikini like a second skin.
In the breast pocket of his cassock was a large silver snuff box, and he always wore a biretta.
He had brown eyes, and a yellow nose, and big blue bloomers that he wore.
We then went home and I got ready, I wore a pink silk blouse and a pink and black skirt.
I wore a bodysuit and went to Downing Street on a fantastic white horse with two knights in shining armor.
The second child is aged 15 or 16 years old and wore a black bomber jacket and blue jeans.
Sir Edward wore a formal gown of blue and gold damask silk and a Tudor-style academic bonnet in gold silk.
The men wore thick corduroy trousers, thick black jackets and black hats, gray flannel shirts, black thick socks and hobnailed boots.
Students at the Pioneer Cadet School wore silver colored braid.
They wore iron breastplates, a style later adopted by the northern raiders.
He always wore the old britches, and he'd got his hands stuck in his britches.
She wore a bright red glass broach like a bunch of grapes.
For the ball Miss Simmons wore an off-the-shoulder gown of gold brocade - the same dress she wore for the Royal Command film performance.
That's no problem for me - I didn't mind if people wore pink bunny slippers as long as the job got done.
He wore, when he walked out, a purple silk hat and carried a gold-headed cane.
He always wore a green carnation (which Gwen wore tonight) and had a passion for lilies.
Josepha seated herself by the open casement, and for the first time gazed on the miniature she wore.
They wore the red cassocks that I am told are the prerogative only of royal choirs.
In the Middle Ages women and working men wore cowls and hoods called the chaperon.
Those who had served abroad before 31 December 1914 also wore a red chevron.
The bride wore a two-piece ivory chiffon, long-sleeved lace dress with pleated skirt and had a matching ribbon in her hair.
Around her neck she wore a choker with a transparent stone.
He was a great mountain climber, could walk forever, never wore a hat.
They wore a red cloak with a shield of the arms of St George on the left shoulder.
James army wore the white cockade in honor of their French support and his leader was Sarsfield - James did not fight himself.
Her long, dark hair was bound up under a simple white linen coif over which she wore her usual headdress.
They were big and wore black corduroy jackets with black corduroy waistcoats.
Ladies wore tightly laced corsets to give them the narrow waists which were thought to be attractive.
The bride wore a gown designed by Dutch couturiers, Viktor & Rolf, with her detailed input.
She was shaped like a pear, and when she wore a crinoline she looked like a frog sitting on a lily pad.
She also wore a small silver crucifix on a chain around her neck.
There is no evidence to suggest centurions ever wore lorica segmentata and never a mixture of muscle cuirass with segmentata shoulders.
Although he wore a cutlass, and had used it that day with tremendous effect, he did not now draw it.
Jools wore full, formal academic dress in silk damask with an academic bonnet.
However, only common laborers wore denim at all.
In fact, Lewis the Meek never actually " wore the diadem of France " either, being the Holy Roman Emperor.
That's why the astronauts wore dosimeters to measure the actual exposure.
The women meanwhile, mother, sisters, lovers, friends, wife, wore flowing velvet and silk dresses.
He wore a dress suit, and could chin the bar twice with one hand.
In that day people wore sandals and their feet became quite dusty.
I noticed all women, from babies to elderly wore earrings, very much like in Peru.
The majority of men donned black ties, and many women also wore some emblem of mourning.
Both teams wore shirts specially embroidered for the day with The Royal British Legion's famous symbol, the poppy.
As time wore on United showed signs of being affected by their midweek exertions and Hearts began to threaten again as a result.
We saw people which wore Victorian clothes, shops and a Victorian fairground.
To my left, a german skinhead wore a Hackett shirt with a Coventry City sticker stuck proudly across the middle.
First of all, she wore a knee-length skirt.
He wore a semi-military smoking jacket, claret-coloured, with a black velvet collar.
Pigs, probably not covering such long distances, wore knitted woolen socks with leather soles.
The leader, a magnificent orange stallion, wore the bell around his neck and wherever he led, the rest followed.
Even Teal'c's usually placid face wore a slightly startled expression.
New signing Michael Ricketts could have scored a couple, he set up Jerome but as the game wore on became quite static.
They inhabited some rarefied social stratosphere and wore jackets manufactured from what one can only refer to as consultant's tweed.
They blackened their faces as a disguise and wore paper streamers on their hats and clothes.
Some packs would have had a Senior Sixer, who wore three stripes.
I wore them once - the first time for 5 months - and felt awfully stuffy, I couldn't sleep.
Our guest speaker wore a tie like a glorious tropical sunrise lighting up a green field.
On top of this, he wore a short linen surcoat.
He wore a black surtout with a velvet collar, and bore eye-glasses suspended with a riband.
I looked past the fact that he wore huge tennis sweatbands!
Victoria wore a black swimsuit, showing off her lithe figure.
The dancers wore the new tartan for the first time in 2004.
Years back I wore tatters, Now silk stockings, mi friend!
Becky wore red tights, which gave me ideas about future Park stage shows... Only joking.
We wore hand-me-down togs, The eldest were first If you were the youngest you came off the worst.
These were close-fitting trousers like tights in modern times Highlanders often wore trews, especially in winter.
There was a lovely actress on it, quite a big lady who wore a trilby - June Ellis.
On her head, Princess Elizabeth wore a veil of diaphanous white silk tulle held by the King George III diamond fringe tiara.
Roman women wore a long tunic which reached almost to the ground.
He wore a scarlet tunic, A blue green hood, It looked quite good.
He wore a linen tunic just like that of a priest.
It was the general celebrating a triumph in Rome who carried an ivory staff and wore a toga picta and a palmata tunica.
The men also wore amazing turbans, nothing like the Sikh turbans we see in the west.
He wore his clothes like a Bengali, but on his head was a white turban tied after the fashion of the Sikhs.
She wore the most beautiful dance dress which looked to me more like a long tutu than a cabaret costume.
Several men wore the black and white penguin tux.
He noticed that he was dressed in a dark suit of scotch tweed, over which he wore a light overcoat.
Our aunts were windows apart and our uncles wore those white undershirts with the scooped-out neck and arms.
At school I wore a blue uniform I enjoyed playing football.
All wore camouflage uniforms, red berets, and had the Serbian flag on the sleeve of their uniforms.
Officers wore protective clothing and stab vests as they searched the homes, but were not armed, a police spokesman said.
Didn't let it bother me tho, just wore the full waterproofs and boots and got on with it.
The country wore the same aspect, till at last the fine green turf became more wearisome than a dusty turnpike road.
With a small whimper, Anna leaned forward, kissed the surprisingly cold signet, then silently cursed the man who wore it.
For he wore a pair of long, luxuriant black whiskers such as haven't been seen since Victorian times.
In theory, Cistercian nuns wore the characteristic habit of undyed wool.
The Gallant Legion 1949 she wore a Yellow Ribbon (as Red Shirt ).
Millions of people wore a white wristband this time last year to show their support for action to tackle global poverty.
Irksome as were his employments, grievous as was the waste of time, uncongenial as were his companions, solid benefits were to be set off against these things; his health became robust, his knowledge of the world was enlarged, he wore off some of his foreign idiom, got rid of much of his reserve; he adds - and perhaps in his estimate it was the benefit to be most prized of all - " the discipline and evolutions of a modern battalion gave me a clearer notion of the phalanx and the legion, and the captain of the Hampshire grenadiers (the reader may smile) has not been useless to the historian of the Roman empire."
All this we can now perceive to have no relation to history, but at the time it may have made the subjugation of the Roman less bitter to feel that he was not after all bowing down before a race of barbarian upstarts, but that his Amal sovereign was as firmly rooted in classical antiquity as any Julius or Claudius who ever wore the purple.
They wore a dress like that of the Capuchins, and Clement XI.
The consort of the Pharaoh, in turn, wore the sacred vulture head-dress.
Peasants wore sheepskins or garments of hide called /3aLTn or criavpa; slaves, who were required by custom to conceal their limbs as much as possible, wore a sleeved chiton and long hose.
Royalty never wore a more silly aspect than in the person of Charles IV., and it is highly credible that he never knew what his wife was, or what was the position of his kingdom.
Until the close of his life, when he tried to mislead ambassadors as to the state of his health by gorgeous robes, he wore the meanest clothes.
For Tsongkapa and his followers wore the yellow or orange-coloured garments which had been the distinguishing mark of the order in the lifetime of its founder, and in support of the ancient rules Tsongkapa reinstated the fortnightly rehearsal of the Patimokkha or " disburdenment " in regular assemblies of the order at Lhasa - a practice which had fallen into desuetude.
The second part enters upon the history of the crusade itself, and tells how Joinville pledged all his land save so much as would bring in a thousand livres a year, and started with a brave retinue of nine knights (two of whom besides himself wore bannerets), and shared a ship with the sire d'Aspremont, leaving Joinville without raising his eyes,"pour ce que le cuer ne me attendrisist du biau chastel que je lessoie et de mes deux enfans"; how they could not get out of sight of a high mountainous island (Lampedusa or Pantellaria) till they had made a procession round the masts in honour of the Virgin; how they reached first Cyprus and then Egypt; how they took Damietta, and then entangled themselves in the Delta.
They wore black nylon type quilted jackets with gray hooded tops underneath with the hoods up.
To my left, a German skinhead wore a Hackett shirt with a Coventry City sticker stuck proudly across the middle.
Their hands extended to their knees, and they wore what the witnesses suspect was a skintight suit that shimmered in the light.
I also well remember the owner, Mr. Paulo, who was plump and wore a long camel coat and smoked cigars.
His round snub-nosed face wore an expression more like sulks than sorrow.
They inhabited some rarefied social stratosphere and wore jackets manufactured from what one can only refer to as consultant 's tweed.
I wore them once - the first time for 5 months - and felt awfully stuffy, I could n't sleep.
She had short blond curls and wore her summery dress very well.
They were swarthy men, and some of them wore earrings.
I looked past the fact that he wore huge tennis sweatbands !
Thousands of people, including the families of victims, wore black or yellow ribbons, symbolizing mourning and hope.
Years back I wore tatters, Now silk stockings, mi friend !
We wore wooly tights, t-bar shoes that looked like they had two eyes resting over your feet !
Cavalry The Illustrated London News (1859) says the cavalry wore a very short blue tunic with a red collar and silver epaulets.
He noticed that he was dressed in a dark suit of Scotch tweed, over which he wore a light overcoat.
Underneath they wore vests and long underpants made from woolen cloth.
He was tall and sporty and wore a permanently vacuous expression.
Did n't let it bother me tho, just wore the full waterproofs and boots and got on with it.
In real life, he never wore a uniform of any kind.
For he wore a pair of long, luxuriant black whiskers such as have n't been seen since Victorian times.
He wore black goggles and an old, beat-up, black wizard 's hat.
The Gallant Legion 1949 She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (as Red Shirt).
Sarah had a sunny and optimistic nature; her mother always said Sarah wore rose-colored glasses.
Years from now, it won't matter what your baby wore or where you had your photos taken.
While it just isn't practical to keep every piece of clothing your baby wore, you'll certainly want to keep a few pieces to remind you of how sweet and tiny he or she was.
In early times, men and women actually wore very similar fragrances.
I wore them for the recommended two weeks and then it was time to evaluate the color.
But when I WAS in glasses, I simply applied my makeup in the same way as when I wore contacts.
Unlike the modern world, Egyptians wore makeup for protection as well as adornment.
Men and women both wore either black or white facial makeup to protect their skin from the intense sun.
As the decade wore on, sparkle and shine overtook the free flowing baby doll dressed of the 1960's.
Whether or not they plumped successfully beared little benefit for those that wore them.
The center of my lips where the most gloss or balm was applied wore off first, and the outer edges where the lip stain was applied lasted much longer, and did not come off when eating or drinking.
Glenda the Good Witch from the movie Wizard of Oz wore a very ethereal and fairytale inspired witch ensemble.
Starlets like Marilyn Monroe and Miss Kitty Russell from Gunsmoke proudly wore a beauty mark and not always in the same place.
Other evidence suggests that both the Greeks and Romans wore makeup as well.
In Victorian times, everyday women often wore makeup, attempting to look as pale as possible.
While printed and online dictionaries both have the same information, the online version is much wore accessible.
In the 1980s, teens wore leg warmers with other dancer-inspired clothing or workout-style clothes.
Older siblings might even have old prom dresses that they've bought and only wore once.
In addition, if you loved the yellow dress that Kate Hudson wore in "How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days," you'll find it, along with the matching shoes, here!
Stars like Salt 'n' Pepa and Big Daddy Kane wore lots of gold accessories, especially chunky earrings and necklaces, which then became very popular with fans of hip hop style.
Don't suffer a heat stroke because you wore a winter dress in ninety degree heat.
Renee Zellweger wore her style when she wed Kenney Chesney, and more recently, Christina Hendricks donned a Herrera gown for her nuptials.
With luck, your dress will be worn again by someone special and look as good as it did when you first wore it.
While in the past, many maids wore dresses that were exactly the same, it is no longer the case in many modern weddings.
Is there a family member who would be honored if you wore her wedding dress?
You may be surprised how thrilled your mother would be if you wore her gown.
Women have long associated jewelry with close relationships, from the friendship bracelets that we wore in elementary school, to the engagement ring we received that has caused all of this wedding planning!
For the wedding, Dan wore a white glove on his right hand, eliciting more than a few Michael Jackson jokes, and wrapped the lesser-burned left hand in flesh colored bandages.
The men often wore a secondary or complementary color to the women's bridesmaid dress color.
This progression of color definitely added something special to her ceremony - so much so that the couple had two different weddings, one in London and one in L.A., and she wore the gown for both.
If flowers aren't your thing, you can try a dress that cascades into different shades of a favorite color, just like Stefani wore.
The Kyoto Visitor's Guide reports that Crown Princess Masako wore one for her wedding ceremony in the early 1990s.
If you initially asked how do I plan my own wedding and thought there was no way, remember that in the end the day is not about what dress you wore, or flowers you carried, but the lasting commitment you made to your beloved.
Sister and maid of honor Pippa Middleton also wore white, almost immediately starting a trend for brides-to-be.
She wasn't actually naked, however, as she wore flesh-colored undergarments.
The bride wore a cream colored Alvina Valenta wedding gown and held a bouquet of black roses.
He designed many of the shirts he wore on American Idol.
Tyra Banks will be celebrating the 10th anniversary of her cover shoot by appearing in the same bikini she wore for her Sports Illustrated cover.
The pallbearers wore pink ties, she wore a pink dress and tiara and her coffin was draped in a rhinestone-studded pink blanket.
In the London restaurant, John Travolta's original leather jacket he wore as a T-Bird in Grease is on display.
Aguilera wore a Christian Lacroix gown and the bridesmaid's dresses were designed by Stevie Wonder's wife Kai Milla.
As the days wore on after the crash, women came forward claiming to have had affairs with the golfer.
Ashlee wore a Monique Lhuillier wedding gown and a Vera Wang bridal dress.
Curious about who wore what to that award show last night?
She reportedly wore a blue dress and pulled her hair back into a simple pony tail.
Earlier, a judge approved a request to manufacture and sell Jackson merchandise and now the folks at AEG Live want to take items Jackson wore on a tour of its own.
Over 250 invited guests attended the wedding and Khloe wore a white sleeveless Vera Wang dress with a blue sash.
The inspiration for Ivanka's dress was Grace Kelly's wedding gown, which she wore when she married Prince Rainier III in 1956.
At the 1999 Academy Awards Celine Dion wore a white satin backwards tuxedo, complete with Fedora.
Icelandic singer Bjork has always been known for being avant-garde and taking risks, but when she wore a dress shaped like a swan to the 2001 Oscars it just looked silly.
As it did when actress Lara Flynn Boyle wore a tutu to the 2003 Golden Globes.
She wore black, dyed her hair purple and went moshing.
If you suffered from big 80s hair, a less than perfect nose or wore the unfortunate mullet, you're not alone.
In the 1990s, Hollywood actresses increasingly wore size four and smaller.
She jokingly asked in her acceptance speech whether she really earned it, or whether she just wore everyone down.