The gilded lotus blossoms of the pedestal were brightly lighted, and the yellow silken scarves in the hands of Tsong Kapa's statue and the garlands draped over the images stood out conspicuously.
JOHN KENT knows his place better than that, and when he goes the way that masters and servants tread together, the scarves will doubtless be found tucked away in his chest of drawers.
You made a mistake, my friend, in drawing my attention to the gold scarves last week for I knew that you lied in saying that you had given Lady Margaret that scarf.
The branches of the tallest of the underbrush were already bare and, clustered together beneath the tree-trunks, created the effect of scarves of mist which shifted from silver to lavender.
As soon as we had entered the official scarf-collectors received the presentation-scarves from our hands.
They raced along, like scarves of vapour, so low that you might have thought of touching them if you stood on tiptoe.
In many Roman monuments which are not of an ecclesiastical character, scarves are worn over the rest of the dress.
It is probable that the scarves were used in the same way as favours and "colours" among ourselves.
In Klaproth's time Tiflis boasted of two markets, but everything was extremely dear, shawls and silk scarves manufactured in the neighbouring Asiatic countries bringing higher prices than in St. Petersburg.
A notice, indeed, just posted on the walls, prohibits any assemblage, and the municipal officers appear in theirscarves and command or entreat the crowd not to break the law.
Brisk walking and large woollen scarves saved the others from feeling the cold and from being unable to move, and this morning the High Street was dazzling with the shifting play of bright colours.
The bed, hitherto so spotless, was quite ensanguined by a bundle of long red scarves dangling down to the floor.
She fancied she could see the banners streaming in the air and the scarves advancing in line, while a sudden roll of drums broke on her ear.
He was trailed by the usual pack of small boys, several of them dressed in imitation of their hero, in helmets, silk-like scarves and toy guns at hips.
Bobby Thebold had been one of the founders of the Private Pilots, a hard-flying outfit that zoomed into the wild blue yonder on week ends and holidays, engines aroar, propellers aglint, white silk scarves aflap.
No white scarves of mist were flung over the dark woodlands.
I switch on my torch and shine it on to the two engines, to see whether the sinister white scarves of steam and water are sweeping back from the top of the radiators.
This beautiful vision of vast scarves of light, motionless and majestic, hangs over the sea with a splendid nobility, and, as we discover later, it is the sublime Aurora Borealis.
It was necessary for me to tie one of the ‘scarves of felicity’ to the flagstaff, and kneel in prayer with my bride.
Closing his eyes slightly he saw her breasts, scarce hidden beneath jewels, and precious scarves floated from her waist as she advanced in a vaulted hall of pale blue architecture, slender fluted columns, and pointed arches.
Edgar also gave to El Bakhat a set of jewellery and several silk scarvesfor Amina.
I walked with the girls, with scarves round their shoulders, through the dreamy light and shade.
Sally opened the wardrobe, revealing various petticoats and skirts, but she thought of it as full of Frank's light overcoats, the scarves he wore round his throat when he went out in evening clothes, the patent leather shoes in the corner.
Rhoda, in a troubled voice, "you have never given me one of those scarves yet!
And when the time comes, one of the broidered India scarves that were had of Staveley, for summer wear; but that anon.
On the third day he was taken with the others to a house where a French general with a white mustache sat with two colonels and other Frenchmen with scarves on their arms.
Miss Weston and I are going to buy scarves and curiosities in the market," said Gipsy; "but they say we should have come here in May to see the great fair; that is the time to buy beautiful things.
A beautiful, rich, red silk apron, and a set of well-chosen coloured scarves drawn across the breast completed her costume and added to the fantastic colouring and picturesqueness of the whole.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "scarves" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
