The men wear only single strings of these seeds, while the necklaces of the women are wound several times around the neck.
On this occasion the shaman wears necklaces made of the seeds of Coix Lachryma-Jobi.
The shaman, too, takes some, and afterward wears the necklaces again.
The pearlnecklaces were roped about her neck; gold bracelets were put upon her arms; a thin platinum circlet, which supported a large emerald, was clasped about her head.
Mavis, as her eyes were attracted by the pearl necklaces and other costly jewels which the maid had brought.
They wore shell necklaces and bracelets on their arms and legs.
The stakes are necklaces and ear-rings; or, if they have no stakes they agree to hit once on the head the boy whose stick goes the shortest distance.
They wear necklaces of horses' manes, from each of which a feather is suspended.
Some wear necklaces of the skin of that animal; and others have on necklaces of the tail of a black-tailed deer and that of an ordinary deer, fastened together.
The women were invited to go to the stand reserved for the Authority and came back with necklaces and strings of coloured beads, that they admired with childish delight.
Necklaces are very much worn by Sakai girls and women.
Her bangles, necklaces and rings are broken to pieces and burned, together with her hair and her husband's remains.
Some of them wore darias of rich striped satin, no end of gold bangles, necklacesmounted with diamonds and emeralds, gold watches and chains, and transparent Brahmanical scarfs with gold embroidery.
To the close of the Middle Ages the stole, or Isian mantle, of the Cistercian monk was usually adorned with it; and men wore it suspended from their necklaces in precisely the same manner as did the vestal-virgins of pagan Rome.
But all that parade of images and that display of pure gold, are as so many necklaces of the crosses.
The former make tamau of the hair of their deceased friends, and the latter make ear-rings and necklaces of their teeth.
Necklaces are chiefly used by the women, and made mostly of shells.
Ainu menokos (girls) seem to have no partiality for bracelets or amulets, but necklaces are the dream of their life.
Two of these had necklaces of shells, which we could not persuade them to part with for any thing we could give them: We presented them however with some beads, and after a short stay they departed.
Miss Johnstone turned to leave the room; one of her necklaces broke under the strain of continuous plaiting, and a number of tiny green shells peppered the floor.
These necklaces or chaplets are ornamented with a great many silver medals, stamped with the figure of saints.
At last we arrived at Aden, where a troop of Somali lads came on board, with their bawling voices and their necklaces and their mop-heads of mutton wool, now and then plastered with lime.
The ornaments on high days and holidays were gold necklaces and crosses, a profusion of rings and pendants.
And they make of them necklaces and chains for the hands and feet, of which the Persians are very fond, as are the Medes and all Asiatics, esteeming them as much more valuable than golden ornaments.
Bombay then marched him back to the palace, with 500 simbi strung in necklaces round his neck.
Badgering then commenced: I must add two wires, and six makete or necklaces of mzizima beads, the latter being due to the chief for negotiating the tax.
Still he did us a good turn; for on the 16th he persuaded his men to take service with us at the enormous hire of ten necklaces of beads per man for every day's march--nearly ten times what an Arab pays.
He then fixed the hongo at fifteen masango or brass wire bracelets, sixteen cloths of sorts, and a hundred necklaces of samisami or red coral beads, which was to pay for Grant as well as myself.
Bead necklaces are much worn by the women and bead and horse-hair necklets by the men.
They wearnecklaces of black wooden beads, besides the images of Bhairon and Devi.
Necklaces of beads are worn on the neck, covering the chest, while the arms and legs are weighed down with brass and iron.
But the letters were usual things and pearl necklaces were not, and he took it down from the mantel where for a second he had let it lie, and rammed it under a sofa-cushion on the nearby couch.
I don't see why you shouldn't buy necklaces like that if you have those Ambassadeurs waiters corralled.
Because I knock down a man who breaks into my room at night and escape rather than be shot, am I supposed on that account to carry these fabulous necklaces about with me?
These necklaces were worn round the neck and part of the body.
The men of Mahmoudabad wear bracelets and ankle-ornaments of thick copper wire, and necklaces of beads.
For hundreds of years no more of these necklaces have been made," and with a careless movement she threw the chain over his head so that it hung upon his shoulders.
Can go and see how Big Bonsa feel, if he like," and stretching out his big hand as though in a moment of abstraction, he removed the costly necklaces from their guide's neck and thrust them into the pouch he wore.
All classes at Hilo evince an enthusiastic admiration for flowers, and the maidens particularly are never without natural wreaths, or necklaces of woodbine and jessamine, prettily woven for the occasion.
Many were decorated with bracelets and necklaces of leaves or flowers, and some with anklets of human hair, toe nails, and other valuable relics.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "necklaces" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
