Instead of the overcoat with the hanging sleeves, you will find a very plain-cut overcoat, with sleeves comfortably wide, and with little plain lapelsto the collar.
And thence, with his thin, worn, calico lapels blowing about his legs, he scurried down the twisted staircase to see what the lower regions had to show him.
Balfour, while speaking, used to take hold of the lapels of his coat by both hands as if he were in mortal fear of running away before he had finished.
St. George casually, adjusting the lapelsof his coat.
For this he was entitled to the red-painted smokelapels on his cone-shaped dwelling.
The smoke-lapels of the cone-shaped tepee flapped gently in the breeze.
He pursed his lips and held tight to the lapels of his coat, his piercing yet distressful eyes blinking rapidly behind their glasses with a kind of nervous malice.
He clung on to the lapels of his coat and blinked up at the window as though nothing had happened.
If the lapelsof the suit are satin-faced, the coat lapels may correspond.
Whether it be summer or winter, the gentleman wears the black full dress coat, lapels satin-faced if he so desires, and trousers to match.
She flung herself upon him, clutching the lapels of his coat.
An unseen weight bowed his shoulders down, and beneath the wide lapels of an almost white waistcoat his heart was like unto a chunk of tombstone in his bosom.
She nodded brightly to him and ran across and took him by the lapels of his coat and kissed him.
With the blue silk gauze lightly tied under his collar, and the lapels of his thin coat thrown back to admit his thumbs to his waistcoat pockets, he felt almost cheerful before his glass.
At one of the parties Imogene seemed to become aware for the first time that the lapels of his dress-coat were not faced with silk.
Then she shook with a sudden access of anger, and clung to his coat lapels and stared into his eyes so that he should give her full attention, and poured out her tale of wrong in a spate of whispering.
Coat lapels should be turned to lie flat; collars turned up, and the coat folded in the center back seam, sleeves lying together and on top of each other.
The collar must fit close around the neck, the lapels should be neat and even, the opening in front should close without bulging when buttoned, and should have no cross wrinkles under the back of arms, and no wrinkles below the collar.
All coats lined with silk are pressed very lightly, especially lapels and facings (as the mark of the iron shows easy; and on silks is difficult to remove.
Style--Chesty effect, shoulders trifle wider than natural, shawl collar or peaked lapels rolling low and fronts well cut away below bottom button.
Remove old one, pick out old stitches in coat collar (the old stitches in velvet do not matter), place coat in a convenient manner on the press-jack and press collar and lapels into shape.
Now,"--Drew pulled down the lapelsof his black coat and leaned over the Magnate.
The coats were similar to the last reign: the chief differences being an increase in the length of the waist, wider tails, and large lapels of a similar cut: velvet collars and cuffs were much worn, and the waist was still made tight.
As these lapels on the coats became smaller and changed into a roll collar, they were cut into points at the breast, as seen in the illustrations.
Waistcoats, which had become much shorter, were now giving place to a type with a straight-across front and turned-back lapels at the neck; these large lapels were mostly worn outside over the coat lapel.
Coloured and fancy waistcoats were much worn till the eighties, and evening dress was similar to the present cut, with slight differences in the length of lapels and waistcoat front.
The long lapels of his rich coat hung deep, and the rich waistcoat of plum-colored satin added slimness to a torso not too bulky in itself.
A peal of laughter greeted him as he pulled apart the lapels of his coat and showed ruffles torn and disfigured.
The exposed portion of his shirt-front and the lapels of his coat were stained by tobacco juice.
With the mannerism he affected, his left hand dragging at his moustache and his right slid between the lapels of his coat, he leaned forward and fixed his eyes full upon the hobo's battered visage.
The ringing laughter which had floated up through the smoke lapels was now hushed, and only the distant howling of wolves broke the quiet of the village.
From within the dwellings many eyes peeped through the small holes in the front lapels of the teepee.
Outside, on the hot pavement, he took Offutt by the lapelsof his coat.
The large man grasped him by his two lapels and broke in on him, drowning out the protest before it was well started.
Oblivious of everything and everybody, Sevrin strode towards him and seized the lapels of his coat.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "lapels" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
