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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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