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Example sentences for "blue velvet"

  • The second of these Books is called the Blue Book, so call’d, being bound in Blue Velvet; it begins with the first Year of Queen Mary, and ends at the 18th of King Jac.

  • IVth’s Reign, for when this Sovereign transmitted the Habit and Ensigns of the Order to Julian de Medicis, the Mantle was of blue Velvet.

  • The breeches are of blue velvet, trimmed with silver lace and knee buckles; the remainder of the costume consists of military top boots, silk scarf of blue and red, side arms and crown.

  • The emperor's costume consists of a blue velvet coat, ornamented with gold epaulets, and trimmed with gold fringe, while the right breast is adorned with the cross of the legion of honor.

  • I had some little difficulty in finding out what I was to wear (as there is little etiquette at the English Court upon these occasions), but they finally told me ordinary visiting dress, so I shall wear my blue velvet.

  • He was carried in a rich chariot without wheels, litter-wise; with two horses at either end, richly trapped in blue velvet embroidered; and two footmen on each side in the like attire.

  • His dress was of dark-blue velvet, bordered with sables, and buttoned up to the throat with immense brilliants.

  • Strozzi then followed the luxurious outline of her well-developed bust, prisoned in a bodice of blue velvet, which rested on her white shoulders like an azure cloud upon the bosom of a snowy mountain-peak.

  • The breakfast-room was finished in oak; the salon in mahogany, and the furnishings were of blue velvet; the bedroom was in citronwood and green damask.

  • Albert was impatient to see how he looked in his new dress--a jacket and breeches of blue velvet, silk stockings with clocks, shoes with buckles, and a silk waistcoat.

  • The saddle was of blue velvet, embroidered in pearls and the bridle was of gold and pearls.

  • The boots were also of blue velvet embroidered in gold and pearls.

  • Lady Mary was dressed in blue velvet, cut and lined with cloth of gold, and wore a headgear of white velvet, ornamented with pearls.

  • A black velvet cap, richly embroidered with pearls and other precious stones, and ornamented with a small white plume, covered her head; and her small feet were hidden in blue velvet brodequins, decorated with diamond stars.

  • The modern garter is of blue velvet, bordered with gold wire, and embroidered with the motto, "Honi soit qui mal y pense.

  • The Chapel was adorn'd with a rich Suit of Hangings, of blue Velvet, imbroider'd with Gold.

  • When the Queen came near to the King, she kneel'd down upon a Cushion of blue Velvet, seeded with Fleurs-de-Lys of Gold.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    blue clay; blue colour; blue devils; blue dress; blue fire; blue flower; blue flowers; blue glass; blue line; blue morocco; blue paper; blue ribbon; blue ruin; blue serge; blue silk; blue steel; blue velvet; control myself; enable him; external revelation; five shillings; gentle breeze; modern languages; the children; who happened; wild animals