On grand Court days he would be covered with jewels, and his turban was full of diamonds.
He wore on his head a turbanof crimson velvet, ornamented with mystic figures in gold, and on the front of it was a star of many dazzling colours.
Martha, to be sure, had never ended her staring at the East Indian's white turban and brown complexion, and I saw that Miss Matilda shrunk away from him a little as he waited at dinner.
Tearing off the white turban that Zaida had bound about his brow, he held it up aloft, vainly hoping to attract the attention of his countrymen, and regain his liberty.
Do you remember, Sahib, when Bootea asked for the turbanof Hunsa, the time it was stripped from his head, and the paper of message found hidden in it?
As the turban was stripped from the head of Hunsa the Pindari gave it a whirling twist that sent its many yards of blue muslin streaming out like a ribbon and the parchment message fell to the floor.
I knew that Hunsa had the ruby sewn in a corner of the turban, and when I had taken the stone I burned the turban in the fire, for it was like Hunsa--very dirty.
He shoved the Patan turban with its conical fez in his saddle-bags, and wound the many yards of blue material in a rakish criss-cross about his shapely head, running a fold or two beneath his chin.
Of course, Sahib, a turban is an affair of caste, and I suppose he was feeling a disgrace in going forth without it.
Hunsa put the jewel back in his turban and commanded the two men, who stood waiting, "Make fast the bullocks to the cart quickly lest we be captured, because other soldiers are coming behind.
Miss Benger's turban was a formidable rival to that of Miss Spence.
He stared dizzily in all directions, but none looked at him save a Hindu urchin in a dirty turban and Isabella-coloured clothes.
The Delhi man laughed and resettled his turban as he entered.
The carriage drew up before the ruinous Fort, and "the dominant race" got out, while two black faces and a colored turban went scuttling back to the rear.
And Jerusha carried her splendid turban off down the terrace with the air of an aged generalissimo.
In a little while he took off his turban and, placing it on a peg, walked out to look at a lovely lake which, unnoticed by any one before, now stretched out close by the temple.
At the foot of the altar lay the flowers which the ugly daughter-in-law had offered to the god, and close by on a peg hung the turban left by the king.
After looking at the lake the king came back to fetch his turban which he had left in the temple.
Once an officer took out his pistol to shoot us and was prevented by a priest, an Imam with a turban on, who wrestled with him and took his pistol away.
His curling hair hung down dishevelled under a turban of fine linen, in which the gilt threads were frayed and tarnished; and his shoes of soft leather were broken by the road.
He had no cloak to wrap it in, but he took off his turban and unrolled it, and bound it around the trembling animal.
Accordingly a low close-fitting turbanwas wound round Edgar's head, and he was wrapped up in loose cotton garments covered with a burnoose, the hood of which came over his head.
My own faithful bearer, Sheodeen, owed to the natty twist of his turban and the martial way in which he habitually curled up his moustaches, a very close interview with the hangman.
A portion of his turban was now wrapped next the skin, then a number of the sticks were laid close together all round the leg, and kept fast by cords; and we had rough and ready splints, which answered their purpose admirably.
And there stood Clam before her opening eyes, as fresh and as black as ever, with a clean turban in the last state of smartness.
He squatted down beside me, dropped his turban round his neck, held his left foot with his left hand, and emphasised his explanation with his right.
Then she turned and sailed back toward Mr. Jiffin's, her turban up in the skies and the plume de coq tossing to the admiration of all beholders, especially of Miss Carlyle, who had the gratification of surveying her from her window.
The queen on one side wore a scarlet turban and a blue robe; but the queen on the other side wore a blue turban and a scarlet robe.
So the German went down-stairs and climbed in beside the babu, changing his turban at once for the better one that he found waiting in there.
She forgot, perhaps, that on a previous occasion he had seen her snatch a man's turban from his head and run with it into the room, to the man's sweating shame.
He decided that a rug would do the rest, and snatched one as he ran for the carriage with the turban under his arm.
A civilian might not have recognized the difference, but Kirby's soldier servant awakened from his nap on the colonel's door-mat and straightened his turban in a hurry, perfectly well aware that there was something in the wind.
Then Ranjoor Singh began to pay attention to the German's dress, pulling off his expensive turban and replacing that and his clothes with cheaper, dirtier ones.
He was dressed completely in white, in the native costume, with a white "puggree" orturban on his head.
He is six foot two--a great height for a native--and his high turban adds to his stature.
The beggar had a new turban and robe, and he sat on a mat which came from the Palace.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "turban" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
