By the means of this, and the help of the rich Boers, we were soon able to attire ourselves in more civilised garments; while I also made numerous purchases, not forgetting the gun, for presents to Metilulu.
To Mrs. Ruck and her daughter she was evidently a puzzle; they were mystified beyond appeal by her frugal attire and expensive culture.
What if herattire was always of the simplest description?
Man-like, he had noticed none of the signs of poverty in her attire which were plain as print to feminine eyes.
In this way Brutus saved Antonius; but in the then alarm Antonius changed his dress for plebeian attire and fled.
This being accomplished according as it was planned and Caesar having fallen in the Senate house, Antonius immediately put on a slave's attire and hid himself.
Day by day some piece of attire was discarded as too intolerably heavy for endurance.
A beautiful book, like a beautiful woman, deserves the best attire that art can give it, and Maud felt a thrill of satisfaction at all the finery of gilt and Russian leather in which she could now behold her well-beloved poems arrayed.
The two ladies had a long discussion over the attire which would do most justice to their charms at the Viceroy's Fancy Ball.
He was wearing one of those square felt hats sometimes seen on the heads of farmers, and if one had only seen his head and hat without the grubby clerical attire beneath one might have guessed him to be a farmer.
Grellmann, in giving an account of the attire of the poorer kind of Hungarian Gipsies, says: We are not to suppose however that they are indifferent about dress; on the contrary, they love fine clothes to an extravagant degree.
Such ridiculous attire corresponds exactly with the taste and ideas of a Gipsy.
The females attended fairs in the attire of ladies, riding on ponies, with side-saddles, in the best style.
Her companion in clerical attire spoke to her reprovingly.
The elderly gentleman in clerical attire and blue goggles appeared to be sleepy or ill, or to be so well accustomed to travelling that the arrival at a new stopping-place had no interest for him.
Sachs then declares that this is indeed a master-song, and will win Walther the prize he so much desires; he and Walther go off to attire themselves for the contest, and Beckmesser limps in.
I thank you, my worthy friend,' said Sir Gervas, whose attire had moved this champion's wrath.
Sir Gervas alone succeeded in keeping his attire and his person as neat and as dainty as ever.
His attire was of studious plainness and sombre in colour, consisting of his black mantle, dark velvet breeches, and silk hosen, with velvet bows upon his shoes instead of the silver buckles then in vogue.
It was only now when I could look quietly at my own attire that it was brought home to me how terrible the encounter must have been in which I had been engaged, and how wonderful it was that I had come off so scatheless.
As soon as the scanty dinner had been cleared away that noon, she had arrayed herself in her holiday attire in honor of Saint Nicholas.
Men, women, and children in holiday attire were flocking toward the spot.
Forty boys and girls in picturesque attire darting with electric swiftness in and out among each other, or sailing in pairs and triplets, beckoning, chatting, whispering in the fullness of youthful glee.
Evidently everything had been brightened up and put into holiday attire to welcome Ishmael.
This does not mean that evening parties must be foregone by this group or that they should hire gala attire for the occasion, but simply that the men wear their business suits and the girls their "Sunday" dresses.
Holiday attire gives a happy note of festivity which might otherwise be lacking.
I'll tell you what I mean to do: I'll attire myself fit for the same purpose, Like to some hellish hag or damned fiend, And meet with Sophos wandering in the woods.
For example, unless the young Englishman is bound for the backwoods, it really is not necessary for him to attire himself in the strange and shaggy garments which the town-bred English tailor thinks appropriate for “the colonies.
His only attire was a grey flannel shirt and a pair of dark trousers, both of which were torn in places and saturated with rain.
Both from the strange manner of his attire and on account of his personality, I could not repress a strong curiosity in the new-comer.
Perhaps, too, hisattire helped to make his appearance attractive, and his velvet dinner-jacket suggested the artist or the poet.
Nevertheless, it was a motley crowd--motley not so much because of any peculiarity in their attire as because of their personalities.
Every detail of her glorious figure was set off to the full by her costumier, and her attire spoke of wealth, even while this fact was not ostentatious or even intended.
During this a lady gardener in maleattire arrived on the stage with a wheelbarrow full of vegetables, and caused amusement by throwing these among the audience.
Adelaide had not seen her travelling companions till they with the carriage, into which she was handed by Mazzuolo, with all the deference that her beauty and elegant attire might naturally command.
Beaufort rose in haste to attire himself for departure.
They are the students of the university; they have come in their holiday attire to serenade you.
It was in this negligent attire that I regarded my antagonist, and devoutly hoped the while that my little Cynthia was still sobbing among the hay in the hovel.
My own attire did well enough for an ostler, but as our friend Mr. Sadler had pointed out, it was likely to detract from the story we had to tell.
Her muddy cloak had been discarded to disclose a very tolerable travelling attire beneath, which, laced as it was, could pass very well in the country for the first fashion.
And this behaviour was heightened rather than depressed when I recollected that such an attire would consort very aptly with the hobnailed appearance of the bridegroom.
The reader may wonder how I should know her in this attire in the dusk, and where there was not the smallest probability of finding her.
The persons in that poor attire His royal liveries wear; The Prince himself is come from heaven-- This pomp is praised there.
The vestments and ornaments of the priests are very fine, and suggest the attire of the Aaronic priesthood.
Groups of women, in whose attire Turkey red predominated, were on the house roofs.
No sooner had I taken my place in my plain attire than my former personality slipped from me as absolutely as did the garments I had discarded.
I had not for a moment supposed that anything in my attire of simple decorous work-clothes could awaken pity.
Yet why should I not remain thus, I thought; the world is dead, and this squalid attire is a fitter mourning garb than the foppery of a black suit.
Will my readers scorn the vanity, that made me attiremyself with some care, for the sake of this visionary being?
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "attire" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
