For a full ten minutes he stood watching the crowd of revellers intently, eyeing each of them keenly, though the expression on his countenance was hidden by the strip of black velvet.
They there found the Electors, who were at that time in Francfort, and the Ambassadors of the absent Electors, all sitting in Chairs of State, under a great Canopy of black Velvet.
The Princes and all the Courtiers attended his Levee, and after he was dress'd he kneel'd down to Prayers on a Cushion of Black Velvet, with his Chaplains and the Bishops that were at his Levee, kneeling also round him.
The Chairs were of black Velvet, lac'd with Gold, and the Room was full of Crystal Sconces.
A strip of black velvet, E, a little wider than the film, is pasted to the inside surface of the door, so that it bears lightly against the back edges of the partitions DD.
Black velvet is pasted in the rabbet of the door to insure a light-tight joint when the door is closed.
Over the left shoulder is carelessly thrown a short velvet cloak, and on the head is a black velvet cap, with a gold band and plume.
She wore a dress of black velvet, and a petticoat of flame-coloured brocade.
Esmond saw she wore a black velvet bracelet on it, with my lord duke’s picture in enamel; he had given it her but three days before he fell.
He wore a black velvet suit, with a red sash, just like his grand- father before him.
Well, old Black Pedro the First named his new ship 'The Angel of Death' and he had a picture of the Angel embroidered in black velvet on his foresail.
He had a black velvet suit--made out of some that was left over from the picture of the Angel--and a red sash around his waist, in the proper style.
Sir Everard Digby was richly attired in a black velvet doublet, with sleeves slashed with white satin, and wore a short mantle of the same material, similarly lined.
She wore a close-fitting cap, likewise of black velvet, edged with pearls, beneath which her raven tresses were gathered in such a manner as to display most becomingly the smooth and snowy expanse of her forehead.
His companion was a middle-aged man, attired in a suit of black velvet, with a cloak of the same material; but as he sat with his back towards the door, it was impossible to discern his features.
The tables are on the stage, but covered with pieces of black velvet, rendering them invisible.
The oranges are in a black velvet bag, from which the assistant pours them into the vase.
But, why the tramping merchant-mate should put on a black velvet waistcoat, for a chalky country in the dog- days, is one of the great secrets of nature that will never be discovered.
Then the lights went out and, as if he walked on black velvet, Trewhella stole nearer to the bed.
In front of this lady were two Hindu students with flowing orange ties; and just beyond her, in black velvet, was a tall woman with a flat, pallid face, who gnawed alternately her nails and the extinguished end of a cigarette.
There were about twenty girls in Jenny's class, who all had lockers and pegs of their own in the anteroom curtained off by black velvet draperies.
He threw over his own person a gown of black velvet, and covered his head in lieu of a helmet with a bonnet of the country fashion.
Mary had obtained her mother's consent to do as she pleased with the piece of black velvet on the hem of her Sunday skirt, so she passed some time in ripping this off and cleaning it.
I was under the arch below, and he was going the other way, dressed in black velvet, with soft steps, like a cat creeping up to a bird.
Beatrice threw on a sable pelisse and a mask of black velvet.
On the day of his sister Lucrezia's marriage with Alfonso d'Este, he left the siege of a fortress and rode from the camp to the wedding, unrecognised, and clad in black velvet with a black mask.
The staircase creaked, the door opened, and into the wretched room came a woman in a sable mantle and a black velvet mask.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "black velvet" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
