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Example sentences for "necktie"

Lexicographically close words:
necklace; necklaces; necklet; necklets; necks; neckties; neckwear; necnon; necrology; necromancer
  1. Every morning at half past nine a man wearing a Panama hat and a gray silk necktie with a large gold pin will pass along the sidewalk across the street from the Isla de Cuba.

  2. At last, however, the day arrived when the man with the gray necktie raised his hat and wiped his brow as he passed the Isla de Cuba.

  3. Uncle Ezra greeted me cordially enough, until he caught sight of my necktie which I'll admit was somewhat bewhiskered and more green than black.

  4. Did I ever tell you how a necktie cost me $150?

  5. He rejoiced in his stoutness and took grim pleasure in the fact that his necktie had slipped up at the back.

  6. He spread the two coats on the bed, placing a white shirt inside each, and a necktie about each collar.

  7. Clemens said: "If you were to make that necktie straight people would say; 'Good portrait, but there is something the matter with it.

  8. Mrs. Clemens complained only that the necktie was crooked.

  9. Perhaps he takes care to see that the ends of his necktie are properly adjusted.

  10. He had worn a colored blazer on the Nile; He had sported spats in Persia just for style; With a necktie quite too utter, In the streets of old Calcutta, He had stirred up quite a flutter for a while.

  11. Between the hat and the necktie a face several degrees darker in color than the tie came into view as the distance lessened.

  12. A red necktie was also visible, even at a considerable distance.

  13. Home-Made Necktie Holder [369] The gas bracket is considered a good place to hang neckties, even if it does crowd them together.

  14. And then young Weedham tried a necktie tackle that was supposed to flatten Black Hood to the floor.

  15. He stood there winding the tail of his necktie around a big finger.

  16. But he was distinguished; his club-necktie in all its decay was still impressive; and his expansive sincere goodwill was utterly delightful.

  17. I arranged his collar, straightened his necktie with a few touches, picked up his hat, pushed back the crown, which flew up with a noise like a small explosion, and gave it into his hands.

  18. Beauvayse has rummaged out and mounted a snowy double collar in honour of the day, with a knitted silk necktie of his Regimental colours, and a kamarband to match is wound about his narrow, springy waist, and knotted to perfection.

  19. Finally Uncle Jim grabbed hold of his foot and there was a red and black necktie stickin' out o' the leg of his pants.

  20. Why, the necktie of the handsomest man in the room is even now up the back of his collar.

  21. His clothes were well cut, the necktie of a discreet smartness.

  22. Uncle Meshach testily ejaculated, fastening the button of that droll necktie of his.

  23. Then the mother made of the smoking sausage a necktie for the dummy.

  24. Then he took off his necktie and collar and placed them in his pocket, and finally shed his coat under favor of the night.

  25. The necktie question was not yet settled, though every morning he subjected his throat to a strangle-hold.

  26. One day as he walked about the streets he met Petersen, and with the Swede was a stocky, red-faced, red-necked man wearing a red necktie whose brilliance came to a focus in a great diamond pin.

  27. If you are going to make a society call you want your necktie on straight," said Sam.

  28. In my woolen shirt and the pale blue necktie My grandmother gave me, there I went With the old queen right past the houses Of my friends down the hill to the river As on any usual day, any errand.

  29. While I am poking about, do me the favour of looking in the bag, Mr. Narkom, and tell me if you find the collar and necktie there.

  30. You know how a little thing like a lawn necktie that ain't can wreck an evening dress, unless you are an old enough head to cut up a handkerchief and fold the ends under.

  31. There had to be restaurants and bookstores and necktie emporiums, too, and pretty soon the railroad built a couple of branches into town and started the division shops.

  32. He wore a celluloid collar with it and a necktie that must have been an heirloom in the family; and he wore a straw hat most of the year.

  33. When a frat wants to submit a neophyte to a trying ordeal it sends him out on the campus to climb a tree, or makes him go to a dance in evening clothes with a red necktie on.

  34. Ole had combed his hair and shined his shoes, and he had on the pink-and-blue necktie that he had worn the month before to the annual promenade with a rented dress suit.

  35. Necktie he had none, and his linen made distinct appeal to the laundress.

  36. His stand-up collar curled over at the corners, and his necktie was lilac-sprigged.

  37. In this clearer light Whelpdale was exhibited as a young man of greatly improved exterior; he wore a cream-coloured waistcoat, a necktie of subtle hue, and delicate gloves; prosperity breathed from his whole person.

  38. A collar and a necktie make a great difference in some people's personal appearance.

  39. The necktie he had just found lying in the bottom of the box.

  40. Herrick had already noticed that Kane's arm was tied tight, just above the elbow, with a gaily flaunting necktie and around this necktie the torn sleeve was soaked and stained.

  41. The necktie was produced and admired, while the other girls asked Diantha if she had her fall dressmaking done yet--and whether she found wash ribbon satisfactory.

  42. Madeline, with delicate decision, laying down the silk necktie she was knitting for Roscoe.


  43. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "necktie" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    collar; muffler; neckwear; scarf; tie