One or two Mexican women, with shawls over their heads, steal across the faint paths of the plaza, and enter the church.
Mrs. Dean was one of those exasperating women who pervade their mansions like a domestic steam-engine one week and take to their sofas the next, absorbed by fidgets and foot-stoves, shawls and lamentations.
As they trooped off, an unmistakable odor of burnt milk pervaded the air, and the crash of china, followed by an Irish wail, caused Mrs. Dean to clap on her three shawls again and excuse herself in visible trepidation.
Amy began to hand him her miscellaneous collection of bags, books, shawls and cushions.
And when they go out the grey shawls they wrap about their heads add to their unattractiveness.
They were all dressed in white, with their white shawls wrapped around their faces, so that they effectually concealed every feature, and could bring to bear only the artillery of their eyes.
They wore bright kirtles, and red shawls fell from their heads over their plump brown cheeks and down their comfortable persons.
Then the climate proved much colder, and Mrs. March cowered under her shawls the rest of the way, and would not be entreated to look at the pleasant level landscape near, or the hills far off.
The sun, shining through it, made our tent of shawls perfectly gorgeous in crimson light, barred and starred with gold.
Secreted at first behind shawls hung in the corner of the room, some dramatic effect was produced by her entrance at the right moment.
While the musicians beat an introductory overture upon the tom-toms, the dancers proceeded to bind shawls and scarfs about their waists, turban-fashion.
Now from an unwieldy mass of shawlscame a cry: "Oh, Albert Dusante!
With our rugs and shawls on our arms, we left the coach, and as we were crossing the other road we saw the gentleman and his companions approaching.
I then took the place which had been reserved for me as steersman, and having tied several shawls together, end to end, I passed them around the whole of us under our arms, thus binding us all firmly together.
Hopping on one foot, the shawls and a part of a cushion dragging behind her, she shouted: "The Dusantes!
Instantly sprang to one foot good Mrs. Aleshine, her other foot being entangled in a mass ofshawls which dragged behind her.
Then an empty rolling-chair, carried by a young fellow, was followed by a porter who had so many covers, shawls and furs piled up on his basket that they towered high above his head.
Grandmama has not forgotten the cold winter on the Alp and has sent a great many warm covers and shawls to the goatherd's hut.
The same is the case with the Chaungri cattle, (Bos grunniens,) and the goat which produces the wool from whence shawls are made.
Well, I shall give one of these shawls to her--because, of course, I ought to.
O yes,' said the mate, pulling out a couple of the most bewitching shawls that eyes ever saw.
The village women and girls waved green branches and shawls as they retired before them, singing all together the famous old greeting song, "Toia Mai te Waka!
Most of the women were as primitive in their garb as the men; their clothing consisted chiefly of flaxen cloaks; a few wore shawls and blankets.
The night wore on; I squeezed through the unyielding pack of frieze coats and shawls in the doorway, and with feet that momently swelled in my pumps I limped over the cobble-stones to smoke my eighth cigarette on the mounting-block.
Rough, aggressive shore-women, in checkered shawls and with kerchiefs on their heads for hats, were competing restlessly for places in the front line.
And they stood there on the rocks, their shawls soaked through, praying, screaming, raising their hands to heaven.
The shawls were worth fifty guineas apiece at the very least, as Mrs. Sedley knew.
When the vehicle stopped, a large round bundle of shawls was taken out of the carriage by the aid of various domestics and a young lady who accompanied the heap of cloaks.
They laid me on a bench in the stern, rolled me up in shawls to keep off the heavy dew, and there I remained until daylight with them, as wide awake as ever.
Mr. Bradford and I succeeded in moving them, and we three girls retired to change our pretty dresses for plain ones, and get shawls and nuages, for our warm week had suddenly passed away, and it was quite cold out.
At least I saw all sorts of wrappings and shawls lying on the other two seats.
It was not the costliness of the materials or of the ornaments, but the singular grace with which she knew how to wear and move in the plainest shawls and veils.
Shawls were not yet worn, but I made an arrangement with broad scarfs lightly intertwined round the body and on the arms, which was an attempt to imitate the beautiful drapings of Raphael and Domenichino.
She also took some shawls to drape herself with, which she understood very well, and then was ready to render enough different positions and expressions to fill a whole picture gallery.
Fakredeen, moving about in an immense turban, of the most national and unreformed style, and covered with costly shawls and arms flaming with jewels, recognised and welcomed everyone.
The ladies took their extrashawls and made a comfortable pillow for his head, and their father gave him a piece of paper which he said contained directions for curing the rheumatism.
In this room there ought to be several looking-glasses; attendants to assist the fair visitors in the arrangement of their hair and dress; and some place in which the cloaks and shawls can be laid in order, and found at a moment's notice.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "shawls" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
