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Example sentences for "cloaks"

Lexicographically close words:
cloak; cloake; cloaked; cloaking; cloakroom; cloam; cloath; cloathed; cloathes; cloathing
  1. White and brown cloaks appeared to be worn indiscriminately by the Lolos, and during the whole of my passage through their country I noticed only one exception, and that was a blue cloak with red fringes.

  2. And after them came two Sileni in purple cloaks and white fringes to them.

  3. And of the other Roman citizens in Asia some have fallen down at the images of the gods, and the rest have put on square cloaks and acknowledge again the claims of their original country.

  4. He hung cloaks over the windows to obviate the latter inconvenience he said--and was continually going out and coming back with gloomy looks.

  5. Trains came and went, men muffled in their cloaks entered and left the dark waiting room, we the only impatient ones.

  6. The whole of the company had already laid aside their cloaks to seat themselves at table, and stood around Oli, discoursing on Cortes' good fortune and the conquest of the strong city of Mexico.

  7. When arrived there, they set before him the best of everything in the shape of provisions, and presented him with several of their cloaks and a small quantity of gold, though of inferior quality.

  8. By means of a few old cloaks and tattered nets which we found in the deserted habitations, we dragged the lake from one end to the other, and succeeded in taking above 1000 of these ugly fish.

  9. Soft mats and cloaks were then spread out on the poop of the vessel for seats, and what food there was on board set before them.

  10. Be ready with your hats and cloaks on at five minutes to eight.

  11. I am going to look for him now, and see Gunther for a few moments," George said, leaving the two sisters to go to their bedrooms to delve for their opera cloaks and white hats in the deep recesses of their Saratoga trunks.

  12. Of all these equipages and donkeypages I had a fine view from Mrs. Macgillicuddy's window, and it was pleasant to see the happy faces shining under the blue cloaks as the carts rattled by.

  13. The people came flocking into the place by hundreds, and you saw their blue cloaks dotting the road and the bare open plains beyond.

  14. But," asked Henry, "who are the men in gray cloaks with fur caps?

  15. And both young men descended the stairs four steps at a time, took their cloaks and their night swords, and hastily left the Louvre after the two ladies, whom they overtook at the corner of the Rue du Coq Saint Honore.

  16. Bring nothing but cloaks and food and wine,' I said.

  17. I knew then that as far as he was concerned we were safe; and I turned to bid the women get cloaks and food, adjuring them to be quick, since every moment was precious.

  18. Some with skin the color of milk, with faded mustaches, and red horsehair tied to the crowns of their heads, who laid aside their military cloaks and tall boots of untanned leather to bathe in the river, were Gauls.

  19. And now the people on the drag had finally ensconced themselves, and the ladies had drawn their ample cloaks more completely around their gay costumes, and the two grooms were ready to set free the heads of the leaders.

  20. Then she disappeared, and the lights were lowered, and there was a dull shuffling of people getting their cloaks and hats and going away.

  21. And all the others who were in the hall wrapt their cloaks around their arms, and stood round about the seat whereon the Cid was sleeping, that they might defend him.

  22. But as she was cold, she quickly disappeared beneath the cloaks again, and we started off once more.

  23. The snow seemed as if it were going to bury us alive; it powdered our kepis and cloaks without melting, and made phantoms of us, a kind of spectres of dead, weary soldiers.

  24. It is for a pretty girl, comrades,' Pratique said, and ten cloaks were thrown to him.

  25. Carlat had made a couch for her, and screened it with cloaks from the wind and the eye; for the moon had risen and where the trees stood sparsest its light flooded the soil with pools of white.

  26. He also picked up a sword for Ralph--his own still hung in its sheath--and then he joined his companion, and the two putting on the steel caps and cloaks walked quietly to the gate.

  27. There was no difficulty about the caps, and by dint of unbuckling the cloaks and rolling their wearers gently over, Walter succeeded at last in obtaining two of them.

  28. I will creep forward and possess myself of the steel caps of two of these drunkards, and if I can get a couple of cloaks so much the better.

  29. Is it likely that Ran keeps new cloaks for drowned people?

  30. The body of the church, faintly lit, was rendered more gloomy by the black cloaks and veils of the vast kneeling crowd that filled the nave and grew each moment more dense.

  31. They all wore white turbans, black or striped abbas, or wide-sleeved cloaks reaching to the knee, beneath which was the usual flowing garment of the Oriental, and their feet were bare.

  32. It stopped them for a moment, but then they began throwing their loose cloaks across it and scrambling over.

  33. A few chaps, their loose cloaks flapping about, scampered after the others, until not a single living thing was left in sight.

  34. Several men were standing about in their cloaks and hats, the latter slouched down upon their brows, so that their faces could not be distinguished in the gloom.

  35. Moreover, the hour for sleep was at hand, and the travellers, wrapping themselves in their cloaks and stretching their limbs upon their soft couch, were soon lost in the land of dreams.

  36. The priest lay insensible at the bottom of the boat, his head pillowed upon the cloaks the youths had sacrificed for his better comfort.

  37. He was lying on some cloaks in the bow of a large boat, which was being rowed steadily and silently up stream by four stalwart men.

  38. It is quite ready, only full of cloaks and hats.

  39. He came back to a late dinner with Rhoda after Mrs. Palmer's Thursday Afternoon had departed, taking away its cloaks and hats.

  40. Never mind the cloaks and hats, mamma,' said Dolly, with a smile.

  41. She came to the great wide doors of the music-hall, where the people were congregated, the servants carrying their mistresses' carriage cloaks over their arms, the touters and vendors of programmes.


  42. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "cloaks" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.