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shawl - use in sentences
Converse of object
- embroider: It was covered with a very large embroidered Egyptian shawl, maybe a present from my Egyptian grandparents.
- knit: This is a very cool hand knitted wool shawl, in a triangular shape, with fringing around the edges.
- weave: And in 1869, a shawl woven by Abel Towler was presented to Queen Victoria's on her visit to the city.
- wrap: They will put on a skull cap ( Kippur ) and wrap a prayer shawl ( Tallit ) around their shoulders.
- wear: She was the first ' acid girl ' to stop wearing a shawl to hide her face in public.
- throw: I threw a shawl over my head and ran to prevent them from waking Mr. Earnshaw by knocking.
Adjective modifier
- woolen: We arrived at Kullu, which is famous in India as a center of apple growing and for its unique local woolen shawls.
- gray: It was reddish brown in color, and, so far, in keeping with the gray old shawl.
- Indian: I tried to wear my great beauty Indian shawl at a picnic.
- yellow: Polly ran forward, her yellow shawl streaming in the breeze.
- red: Give me out my red shawl, it's under the cushion.
- black: Waiting outside his room was a queue of poor women, in black shawls.
Modifies a noun
- collar: The third jacket in this book is a classic length, double breasted, shawl collar jacket.
- pattern: This is the silk used by Betty Barnden in her christening shawl pattern.
Noun used with modifier
- pashmina: To remove wrinkles pashmina shawls should either be steam pressed or lightly ironed under a pressing cloth.
- shahtoosh: Today a pure shahtoosh shawl can cost up to 20,000 dollars on the international market.
- lace: More pictures of the Victorian lace shawl - click here.
- silk: The finest tannins รข like the threads in a silk shawl.
- prayer: The prayer shawl may be made of silk, wool, or other fabric.
- wool: The women had their heads wrapped in long wool shawls.
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