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muslin - use in sentences
Converse of object
- use: The collection is versatile and quirky using muslins and chiffons with fluid silhouettes, which take the shape of the body.
- squeeze: Squeeze the muslin to release the silky smooth gel, and massage into the skin.
- fold: We would use some folded muslin to stop Abigail's head from moving side to side on such journeys.
- sprig: You know I wanted you, when we first came, not to buy that sprigged muslin, but you would.
Preposition: in
- water: Soak a piece of muslin in the water and ring out until almost dry.
Adjective modifier
- white: The fields of young tobacco plants are usually protected by vast tents of white muslin.
- Indian: I gave but five shillings a yard for it, and a true Indian muslin.
- unbleached: Once the dress is cleaned, it is wrapped in white acid free tissue paper or unbleached muslin.
- plain: When he appeared in plain muslin, in his earlier days, we expressed our opinion of him at some length.
- soft: Another alternative is to hang soft muslin at the windows to diffuse the light.
- clean: Care has to be taken with shards of glass, presumably you could pour the wine through clean muslin to catch any fragments.
Modifies a noun
- cloth: Remove with a warm, moist muslin cloth or rinse with warm water.
- gown: The Indian muslin gown was reserved for darling Flora Gordon ( Miss Jessie Brown's daughter ).
- curtain: A muslin curtain strung with fairy lights adds an exotic touch.
- bag: Put the mixture into either muslin bags or greased pudding basins.
- square: Hunting around the kitchen for the sieve and the pack of muslin squares, neither turned up.
- dress: Posted by Pat on 19 June, 2004 at 9:10 AM With a silly girl in a muslin dress waving her hair about?
Noun used with modifier
- cotton: In fact, I now wrap the body with a cotton muslin scarf prior to putting it away in the case.
- butter: A plastic funnel, butter muslin, tea-towels, bottles or if possible large glass jars.
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