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Example sentences for "black gown"

  • Father seemed so relieved when I put on this, and I can remember Cyril without the help of a black gown.

  • I left off my black gown yesterday,' she replied hurriedly.

  • There was a bowl of dark crimson carnations on the little work-table, and a cluster of the same fragrant flowers relieved the sombreness of Mrs. Blake's black gown.

  • The Chaplain was dressed in a black gown, with an old-fashioned curly white wig on his head, which, with a powdered face, gave him a very sanctimonious look.

  • The Master of Arts wears a black gown, usually made of prince's stuff or crape, with long sleeves which are remarkable for the circular cut at the bottom.

  • Bachelors in Divinity and Masters of Arts wear a black gown, made of bombazine, poplin, or silk.

  • I also put on a black gown, and remember that it did not fit perfectly, and that it interfered with my movements considerably.

  • He was dressed in a black gown, like an inquisitor's dress in an old drawing, that left nothing of him visible: except his eyes, which peered out through two small round holes.

  • A tidy old woman, in coif and white apron over her black gown, bowed her head as she answered his question.

  • But they make you sit still, and presently you go to Montreal or Quebec and are a nun, and wear a long, black gown, and have your head tied up.

  • It won't be hard to wear a black gown then.

  • And lest the other things should not go with it," she added, "I'll wear three American Beauties on a black gown so that you may know me.

  • And near the far end he saw, for an instant through a rift in the crowd, the three roses on a black gown, but not the face above them; the next instant the rift closed.

  • He nodded to some acquaintances, bowed formally to others, shook hands when it could not be avoided; all the while progressing slowly down the corridor in search of three red roses on a black gown.

  • He wore a black gown, open in front, but tied round the middle by a silver cord.

  • Among the former was a tall, powerful man, exceedingly broad in the shoulders, with a long peacock's feather in his cap, who paused for an instant just at the foot of the stairs to speak with a thin old man in a black gown.

  • These they earnestly advised to make still more pressing entreaties to obtain the long sought blessing, a "Black Gown, to conduct them to heaven.

  • He was dressed in a black gown, like an inquisitor’s dress in an old drawing, that left nothing of him visible except his eyes, which peered out through two small round holes.

  • O was an oyster wench, and went about town, P was a parson, and wore a black gown.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "black gown" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    black arrow; black band; black belt; black cherry; black cloth; black coat; black color; black enamel; black eyes; black flies; black man; black night; black pepper; black precipitate; black pudding; black shield; black slaves; black spruce; black troops; black velvet; black water; blackish brown; dark night; naval forces; real being; tablespoonful flour