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Example sentences for "velveteen"

Lexicographically close words:
veluet; velum; velut; veluti; velvet; velveteens; velvets; velvett; velvety; vely
  1. It thus happened that we were in the green pathway when some one suddenly spoke from behind, and, turning, there was a man in a velveteen jacket who had just stepped out of the bushes.

  2. Velveteen coat indeed: D'you know what he calls it?

  3. He wore a velveteen coat, a white waistcoat, a lavender tie, and a flower in his buttonhole.

  4. He'll wear his velveteen coat," said Robert.

  5. Some day or other the dusty windows are cleaned, the interior is restored, the Auvergnat relinquishes velveteen and jackets for a great-coat, and there he sits like a dragon guarding his treasure, surrounded by masterpieces!

  6. Jerry, the manager of these dancing dogs, was a tall black-whiskered man in a velveteen coat, who seemed well known to the landlord and his guests and accosted them with great cordiality.

  7. But when taken up to the stake he is stripped of it, the velveteen jaqueta pulled from off his shoulders, his shirt torn away, leaving his breast bare.

  8. He wore a dark green velveteen suit, like a huntsman's, and a felt hat with a hanging brim that covered his head.

  9. He wore the green velveteen suit now so familiar to "The Automobile Girls," and through his belt gleamed the dagger he had used to slash the tires with.

  10. All eyes saw him at the same moment and two pairs of eyes at least recognized a green velveteen hunting suit.

  11. Mabel lifted her head from his velveteen shoulder and said, "Let me begin, then.

  12. These were chiefly men, dressed in velveteen holiday attire, every man having his gun strapped behind his shoulder, and gourd under his left arm.

  13. This man, who wore a velveteen coat and one wellington boot, boasted the historical name of Colonna.

  14. The garde forestier was a tall good-looking man of about thirty, dressed in brown velveteen and hessians, and seemed a clever man.

  15. He was dressed in a velveteen suit, and had a gun in his hand.

  16. While I was arguing with her, she had dragged out her ruby velveteen and was trying to fasten it with her trembling fingers.

  17. She wore a dark ruby velveteen that exactly suited her brown skin; her fluffy hair was tolerably smooth, and she had a bright colour.

  18. Both velvet and velveteen are much worn, and are suited to the fashions of the day, and the velveteen blouse retains its popularity, but is more dressy and fanciful than it was.

  19. His face glistened with the rain which had found its way, too, in long streaks down his velveteen coat.

  20. In the background, wearing a brown velveteen coat, with breeches and leggings of corduroy, stood an elderly man with white side whiskers and skin as brown as a piece of parchment, leaning heavily upon a long ash stick.

  21. She wore a purple velveteen skirt, a purple velveteen jacket with a large lace collar, and a still larger purple velveteen hat with white ostrich feathers that swayed madly from the perpendicular.

  22. The red velveteen waistcoat they had already identified.

  23. It looks to me very much like a red velveteen suit I saw somewhere once upon a time," observed Grace.

  24. She, too, recognized the green silk tie, although she had no recollection of Miriam's red velveteen suit, a piece of which formed the waistcoat.

  25. At any moment, as it appeared, a stalwart figure in velveteen bearing a gun over his shoulder might appear round the trunk of a tree, demanding your licence or your life.

  26. Before the second easel Michael stood, with his back towards her, brush and palette in hand, head critically tilted, his velveteen coat sagging a little from rounded shoulders.

  27. He looked about twenty-eight, wore tightly-belted velveteen trousers gaitered under the shoe, and a dark overcoat with astrakhan collar and cuffs.

  28. And Esther saw her boy dressed in a suit of velveteen knickerbockers with brass buttons, and a sky-blue necktie.

  29. The girls at the theater told me that she was very poor, and that underneath her black velveteen dress, which she wore summer and winter, she had nothing but a pair of stockings and a chemise.

  30. She wore a black velveteen dress, although it was very hot weather, and I called her "Hamlet.


  31. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "velveteen" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.