He was fully dressed, had shaved, and wore a new white shirt and collar that glistened like porcelain in the morning sun; he had on also a new black cravat which he had tied very clumsily.
Yes, with a new cravat Petey will be all right," said Jane.
The King sprang up and walked up and down the uneven ground; he drew from under his shirt and cravat a long, black ribbon, to which was attached a gold wedding-ring and a long lock of that same rich hair that he had seen in his vision.
William rose; his cravat and waistcoat were undone over his shirt, his eyes bloodshot and dim, his hair dishevelled and damp on his forehead; he seemed to be making a tremendous effort for control; he noticed his disordered clothes.
Mary smiled; though she had done with his cravat she still kept her hands lightly on his shoulder.
He wore a violet riding coat of a heavy fashion, and a cravat of thick Bruges lace and a plain sword.
The ordinary attire of a butler is a black dress-coat, with white cravat and white cotton gloves.
His hair was falling over his forehead, his cravat was untied.
On the lace frill of his embroidered shirt shone three large diamonds, on his cravat was another, and his fingers were covered with rings.
Diamonds sparkled again on his lace frill, at his wrists, on his cravat of rose silk, and on the buckles of his pumps.
Perhaps it might be vanity which dictated the narrow black satin cravat placed so low as to reveal the perfect contour of a throat which, for whiteness and symmetrical roundness, might have furnished a model for the artist's studio.
He wore his usual clothes, but his cravat was fixed with apparent firmness and no longer crawled half-way up his collar, and his hair had been carefully brushed.
During the row, Colline kept gravely adjusting the folds of his white cravat as if to make way for the torrents of eloquence contained beneath them.
The deuce," thought Rodolphe, "this is not the manager of the Theater Francais, he would have a white cravat and the bag would be full.
Being a Tartar by origin and a man of dark complexion, though good-looking, he seemed so handsome in the dress-coat and white cravat that Pan Stanislav expressed the hope that surely he would marry soon.
Four separate dishes can be made from one head, viz.
When the heart is cooked remove it, and add to the pan a tablespoonful of flour; stir until it has browned.
He was the opposite of Badger in everything; the one burly and slack, but with the stamp of moral energy in his bearing; the other immaculate from cravat to cuff borders and athletic if slight in build.
He had risen from the supper table prematurely and spent exactly fifty-five minutes smoothing his hair, tidying his cravat and drawing on his new pair of gloves.
His black cravat alone betrays his carelessness, and that only when it slips off the collar, and works its way around to the side.
His cravat was always tied so as to present two menacing points--one spike reached the height of his right ear, the other pointed downwards to the red ribbon of his cross.
Lucien was tying his cravat when David's step sounded outside in the little yard, and in another moment the young printer appeared.
Round his neck is a black Steenkirk cravat (a black silk tie knotted and twisted or allowed to hang over loose).
The habit of tying the neckcloth in a bow with full hanging ends was dying out, and a more loosely tied cravat was being worn; this was finished with fine lace ends, and was frequently worn quite long.
The cravat is loosely tied, and the frilled ends stick out.
To complete the dress the hair was done in a bob-wig style, and the cravat was tied round their necks and pinned.
On his absurd wig he wears a little Nevernoise hat; his cravat is tied in a bow; his breeches are loose, and beribboned at the knee.
He had a black silk cravattied about a standing collar, with high points that rolled out in front, and he looked rich and domineering.
His collar stood out in points on each side of his chin, and his throat rested on a heavy stock-cravat which went twice around his neck and was tied in a stout square knot under his chin on the second turn.
The colour had deepened in his face, and the knot of the black silk cravat on his breast rose and fell quickly; but for that he had the appearance of complete composure.
My lord unfastened one of the white roses at his cravat and flung it at her feet.
The many folds in his white cravat made him hold his head high indeed.
He wore a white muslin cravat which with his pale face made a pleasing contrast with the dark brown whiskers.
The general fingered his limpcravat with agitated plump fingers.
As a finishing touch Marthy Burr tied a flaming plaid cravat beneath his collar.
Beside these, lay his fresh collar and his beloved blue cravat with the white polka dots; his coat and waistcoat hung over the back of his chair.
Archie sprang to his feet, gave his cravat a final touch, and adjusted his coat.
His face was red, and he was dressed in dark gray clothes, a blue polka-dotted cravat giving his attire its one touch of color.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "cravat" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
