turban - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • wear: A Sikh feels honor to wear a turban, to cover uncut hair.
  • tie: He wore his clothes like a Bengali, but on his head was a white turban tied after the fashion of the Sikhs.
  • have: Modern Tuareg have dark blue turbans to match their topcoats.
  • shape: One of the images shows Mohammad wearing a turban shaped like a bomb with a lit fuse.
  • wrap: You have to wrap a turban around your head and nose and drink a great deal of water.
  • adopt: The Bella have adopted the turbans, robes, swords, camels, and language ( Tamacheq ) of their old masters ' culture.

Preposition: as

  • symbol: He is given a robe and a turban as a symbol of office.

Adjective modifier

  • Sikh: The men also wore amazing turbans, nothing like the Sikh turbans we see in the west.
  • white: He wore his clothes like a Bengali, but on his head was a white turban tied after the fashion of the Sikhs.
  • blue: There were older men in black or blue turbans rushing around talking into mobile telephones.
  • red: They are dressed in white except for a red turban.
  • black: Still, after 15 minutes, he stood up, put on his black turban and left to go secure my lodging.
  • colored: In Red Square, feast your eyes on the wildly colored turban domed St Basil's Cathedral - an enduring Russian symbol.

Modifies a noun

  • hat: A turban hat, which presumably was worn by the deceased, was on the floor in front of the settee.
  • shape: And, the turban shape means she can waltz around like a diva all day long, without it falling off.

Noun used with modifier

  • velvet: One model wriggled in a cherry print tea dress, her hair tucked under a green velvet turban.
  • silk: At the launch reading she looked stylish, as always, in a silk turban.

Preposition: with

  • bomb: One cartoon, arguably the most offensive, depicted a male in eastern turban with a bomb in it.

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