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Example sentences for "neckcloth"

Lexicographically close words:
neche; neches; necio; neck; neckband; neckcloths; necke; necked; neckerchers; neckerchief
  1. Picard; "I spotted the father, red neckcloth and all!

  2. After a time he preferred such expeditions as she could not well accompany him on, and would come home with glazed eyes, a pale face, and the tie of his neckcloth under his ear.

  3. May he never deserve more, or he shall have it," continued the Admiral, with angry vehemence, while his neckcloth seemed growing too tight for him.

  4. Our brave men hooked him by the neckcloth as he lay dead, to draw him off; the enemy at the same time pierced him in the side with a halbert, and each party struggled for the body.

  5. The neckcloth gave way, and the enemy succeeded in dragging to their works this brave man; and here I must do them justice, which such gallant foes are justly entitled to, they buried him with all the honours of war.

  6. Well, in any event you were the first gentleman in England to wear a neckcloth of Flanders lace.

  7. You have written four merry comedies and you were the first gentleman in England to wear a neckcloth of Flanders lace," she answered, and her smile was sadder than weeping.

  8. It was Major Chevenix, dressed for the evening, and his neckcloth really admirably folded.

  9. Thus freed, Edwin rose like a giant, crushed Thomson down into a seat, and twisted his neckcloth until his eyes began to glaze and his lips to turn blue.

  10. He may be a leader of fashion; the shade and tie of his neckcloth may be as weighty and important a matter with him as his reputation.

  11. His shirt-collar was unusually tall, and he had put a double bow-knot in his neckcloth of white cotton.

  12. The next day I took my seat, cleared for action--coat, waistcoat, and neckcloth off.

  13. He tore off his neckcloth so that his high shirt collar fell away from his neck, showing the purple scar of his wound; and he girt his trousers in about his waist, as a laboring man will trim himself for neat, quick, violent work.

  14. The close collar of these gowns rises high as the neckcloth of a French incroyable, the upper edge turned slightly over and jagged.

  15. I poked my shirt-collar entirely out of sight, and tied my black neckcloth stiffly up under my chin, and finally buttoned my coat, so as to show off the breadth of my chest and shoulders to the greatest advantage.

  16. He was dressed in a high-collared coat of blue cloth with eagle buttons, in cloth breeches and silk stockings, in shoes with silver buckles, and a lawn neckcloth of many folds.

  17. Above the lawn neckcloth the face, sanguine in complexion and with deep-set eyes, looking smilingly from side to side of the village street.

  18. Young Isham held the gilt-buttoned waistcoat, then took from the dresser the extravagant neckcloth of the period, and wound it with care around his master's throat.

  19. A gold-headed cane, of rare Oriental wood, added materially to the high respectability of his aspect, as did also a neckcloth of the utmost snowy purity, and the conscientious polish of his boots.

  20. He reeled a moment at the sight, then fumbled at the neckcloth and drew out the gem.

  21. One glance only Wanlock gave at the grey dog trotting in, and fell to weeping when he saw a neckcloth pinned upon it with the brooch!

  22. His coat was rent across the back, his neckcloth and the ruffles at his wrists were torn and bloodstained; with his smeared face and disordered headdress he was terrible to behold.

  23. In that great silence they looked at this slim young man, hatless, long wisps of his black hair fluttering in the breeze, his neckcloth in disorder, his face white, his eyes on fire.

  24. His neckcloth was crumpled and soiled--a fact which was not lost on John.

  25. Erasmus Teends himself, the minister of the parish, looking like a turkey-cock with a crumpled white neckcloth for wattles.


  26. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "neckcloth" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    collar; muffler; neckwear; scarf; tie