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Example sentences for "neckerchief"

Lexicographically close words:
neckcloth; neckcloths; necke; necked; neckerchers; neckerchiefs; neckes; necking; necklace; necklaces
  1. No shirt was visible, and the neckerchief touched the long, lank neck, there being no collar or trace of linen.

  2. Excepting the blue patch of neckerchief on his chest, and his blue eyes, no positive colour appeared anywhere about the man.

  3. The ends of his white neckerchief were twisted into a ball about the size of an orange; the variety of shapes into which his countenance was twisted, defy description.

  4. He had replaced his neckerchief loosely, and had stood, keenly observant of me, biting a long end of it.

  5. I tried to keep my hand steady while I did so, but his look at me as he leaned back in his chair with the long draggled end of his neckerchief between his teeth--evidently forgotten--made my hand very difficult to master.

  6. Hetty, once more in her own dress, with her neckerchief pushed a little backwards on this warm evening, was seated picking currants near the window, where Adam could see her quite well.

  7. But there was something more to be done, apparently, before she put on her neckerchief and long sleeves, which she was to wear in the day-time, for now she unlocked the drawer that held her private treasures.

  8. The neckerchief is edged with a knitted lace.

  9. One of the ends of the neckerchief is knotted, As seen in the illustration, and the other end is drawn through the knot.

  10. In the next row the holes are alternated; the neckerchief must of course be increased at the beginning and end of every other row.

  11. This three-cornered neckerchief is knitted in the following pattern (commencing at the corner).

  12. The blue polka-dot neckerchief still fluttered from the barrel of his rifle.

  13. There was no regulation flag with the expedition, so Clancy was obliged to tie his blue polka-dot neckerchief on the end of his rifle.

  14. He produced from somewhere a blue polka-dot neckerchief as large as a quilt.

  15. The moral of this fable is that you must wear your neckerchief without thinking too much about it.

  16. But there was this important and decisive difference, that she had neither neckerchief nor wimple nor ruff nor anything at all to conceal from his eyes those two charming hostile twin brothers,--who, alas!

  17. He went over and skinned the mother wolf, and with the pelts in a strong-smelling bundle, returned to the sand pile and filled his neckerchief as full as he could tie it.

  18. The letter with the silk neckerchief inside gathered dust upon the mantel, down at the Wolverine.

  19. Kingsman~, a handkerchief with yellow patterns upon a green ground, the favourite coloured neckerchief of the costermongers.

  20. I know I gave him all I had, and also my coat and neckerchief to make up the balance.

  21. When he tied that neckerchief round her mouth he prolonged her life.

  22. Close as he was to her, he was but a shadow until she screamed the second time, when he pressed her to the ground and tied his neckerchief over her mouth.

  23. Boldwood approached Gabriel, and as Oak tied the neckerchief the farmer went on feverishly-- "Does a woman keep her promise, Gabriel?

  24. Oak, my hands are a little shaky, or something; I can't tie this neckerchief properly.

  25. She usually wore a dress of dark gray stuff, with immense pockets, a black silk neckerchief folded over her shoulders, a white tamboured muslin cap, with a black ribbon passed two or three times round the crown.

  26. In fact," laughing, "I took quite a time pinning myself into it and getting the neckerchief folded prim.

  27. Drew pulled up his neckerchief and dabbed at his cut lip.

  28. A torn shirt sleeve flapped about his left arm, allowing sight of a neckerchief knotted about his forearm.

  29. His face was masked against the dust by a neckerchief drawn up to eye level.

  30. No collar or neckerchief for him, of course.

  31. She tore off her neckerchief and stood there in her silver-clasped velvet bodice and white linen chemise, so that Joseph's eyes rested in amazement on her beautiful bare neck.

  32. She threw a neckerchief on her shoulders, and hastened across the courtyard and through the garden to Vincenz' house.

  33. Kelton pulled the neckerchief from the black's eyes, let go of its head, and scurried to the top of the corral fence.


  34. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "neckerchief" 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