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Example sentences for "black veil"

  • She carried a small satchel, and wore a black veil.

  • In "The Minister's Black Veil" the object is more happily dealt with.

  • The next day the whole village of Milford talked of little else than Parson Hooper's black veil.

  • Swathed about his forehead and hanging down over his face, so low as to be shaken by his breath, Mr. Hooper had on a black veil.

  • The next day, the whole village of Milford talked of little else than Parson Hooper's black veil.

  • Swathed about his forehead, and hanging down over his face, so low as to be shaken by his breath, Mr. Hooper had on a black veil.

  • The title reminds us of Hawthorne's parable, 'The Minister's Black Veil.

  • His sensitive nature cannot bear the thought of everybody seeing the mark of the loathsome disease as it slowly eats its way, so he covers his face with a black veil, which he never removes.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
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