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Example sentences for "vest"

Lexicographically close words:
vesque; vessel; vessell; vessells; vessels; vestal; vestals; vestas; veste; vested
  1. Uncle Sam could put it in his vest pocket.

  2. Never you mind about the color of that shirt, Dick--it was a shrinking violet compared with the vest you bought over to Alamito.

  3. Taking off his vest and shirt he wrapped the pitcher well in them, after pouring out the water.

  4. He wore a "boiled" collar, small black string tie, low cut vest and gray trousers.

  5. He replaced his shirt and vest and with the piece of pitcher in his hand he made once more for the door, this time with a real hope of escaping.

  6. Yelek----A long vest or smock, worn over the shirt and shintiyan.

  7. With a curse Wassef felt in his vest for his purse, and called to the kavass--the being more dreaded in Egypt than the plague.

  8. Gordon and Leah twisted and rolled their bodies like two contortionists until they succeeded in getting into such a position that Leah was able to get her teeth in the cloth of the vest pocket's edge.

  9. He stopped in a corridor; his fingers, fumbling in a vest pocket, had touched the little metal spheres.

  10. It was in his vest pocket completely out of reach of his bound hands, but there was a way out of that difficulty.

  11. One enterprising Yankee, who carried his coat and vest on his arm, started to climb over the wooden railing in order to make a close inspection of the mortuary remains, but was restrained by the guards.

  12. Quickly he stuck a cigar between his lips, tugging at his mustache with one hand and exploring his vest pocket with the other.

  13. He plucked a small metallic instrument from his vest pocket and brought it to his lips.

  14. I believe if we had the time, we could march old Red Vest back over the Border and clap him into jail!

  15. But that vest o' his has sort o' faded, ain't it?

  16. He'll never fill out that red vest of his again--not proper.

  17. So he had the money safely fastened in his inside vest pocket while he watched his cousin so oddly during the evening.

  18. The automobile halted, panting, at the tavern and the man wearing the red vest came out with his bag.

  19. He is a fat man and wears a red vest across his stomach--so," and the man gestured.

  20. Perhaps the man with the red vest believed his fellow-passengers to be Mexicans, like Carlitos.

  21. The cousins did not see the red vest of Tom Hotchkiss on the way.

  22. I haven't seen him about for some days--and you can't very well miss that important looking red vest he wears.

  23. The man in the red vest hung on to the side, and, short as his neck was, the two passengers in the tonneau could see that roll of fat above the collar of his shirt turning pale!

  24. Every little bit helps," remarked Marty, as he folded the bills the man gave him and tucked them with the rest of his little wad down into the bottom of his inside vest pocket, pinning the money there for safety.

  25. His coat, instead of hanging on him like a shirt on a handspike, had begun to show indications of muscle covering the bones, and his vest no longer flapped against him like the topsail of a Dutchman in a dead calm.

  26. Her little tooth that he had extracted he kept wrapped in a bit of newspaper in his vest pocket.

  27. McTeague reached for the money and put it in his vest pocket, nodding his head with a knowing air.

  28. She searched the pockets of his coat, which he had flung into a corner of the room, and even came up to him as he lay upon the bed and went through the pockets of his vest and trousers.

  29. Capi again felt in his master's vest pocket and pulled out a cord.

  30. And I'll buy you some velvet pants, and a vest and a hat.

  31. For some moments he held me in silence, then suddenly he felt in his vest pocket and pulled out a large silver watch.

  32. I gave my dog and harp to Mattia and I expressed a wish for Alexix to go to Lise and kiss her for me, and give her the dried rose that was in my vest pocket.

  33. Yet, however, they were a beautiful pair of gray cloth trousers, with vest and coat to match, and I had been so proud of them when M.

  34. Capi uncrossed his paws, went up to his master, drew aside the sheepskin, and after feeling in his vest pocket pulled out a large silver watch.

  35. Got all my pock(hic)ets full," said he, as he took a large oyster out of his vest pocket.

  36. It had gone down his vest under the waistband of his clothing, and he was powerless to arrest its progress.

  37. Then you can get a tooth pick at Condit's and put your thumb under your vest and go to the springs and talk loud about railroad stocks and bonds and speculating in wheat.

  38. A Bohemian on the train last night had some cheese in his vest pocket that was too ripe, and the conductor had to disinfect the car, and order the Bohemian to be quarantined before the train would be allowed to enter the city.

  39. The Emperor has also two orders of distinction, which are conferred by him alone, as marks of particular favour; the order of the yellow vest and of the peacock's feather.

  40. I remember asking one of the great officers of the court, who wore a silken vest beautifully embroidered, if it was the work of his lady, but the supposition that his wife should condescend to use her needle seemed to give him offence.

  41. At length his toil had won A lofty hall with trophies dress'd, Where, as to greet imperial guest, Four maidens stood, whose crimson vest Was bound with golden zone.

  42. The right of eminent domain as a domestic right may also vest in the state.

  43. The shiny seams of the black frock coat shouts of home pressin', and the limp way his white vest fits him suggests that he does his own laundry work in the washbowl.

  44. He was handsomely dressed in a dark-blue velvet coat, silver-laced, a long white satin vest and black satin breeches.

  45. His head is very white, his hat very sleek, and his silk vest is piled very full of ruffles.

  46. And with the plaid suit came a crimson vest with a set of brass buttons that was nearly complete.

  47. You gimme that other shoe, and I'll give you my share of this suit, and the red vest besides.

  48. Sube had put on the pool-room suit and red vest, and in order to display the vest to the greatest advantage he had thrust his hands deep in the pants pockets.

  49. At this Jake took a piece of paper from his vest pocket and handed it to Racey.

  50. Then he buttoned the two lower buttons of his vest and pulled the garment in question over the protruding butt.

  51. Racey stuffed his tobacco-bag into his vest pocket and knelt beside the body.

  52. The sack that he knew he had put in his vest pocket after breakfast had vanished.

  53. Every eye had been directed upon the sailor and the companion of Mark Antony; but lie of the scarlet vest seemed unmoved by a scene that had interested all besides.

  54. The male traveller's dingy black frock had once seen better days, and his buff vest and nankeen unmentionables would have been all the better for a visit to the laundress.

  55. His vest was scarlet; his unmentionables drab kerseymere, to which jockey-boots were added.

  56. It failed to vest in the United States a general superintendence of trade, equally necessary both with a view to revenue and regulation.

  57. Nor can there be any doubt that he was fully convinced of the fact, when he asserted that they would not adopt a constitution that should vest in the national government an immediate power to prohibit the importation of slaves.

  58. But there was scarcely any compliance with those requisitions, and, contemporaneously with this neglect, the proposal to vest in Congress the power to levy duties met with serious opposition.

  59. Mr. Stratton was attired in a black dress coat and a vest of white corded silk, with an undervest of blue silk.

  60. Over Bunning's red wrists the brown ends of a Jaeger vest protruded from under the shirt.

  61. Well, the sleeves of your vest needn't come down like that.


  62. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "vest" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    authorization; base; belong; bless; build; dower; empower; endow; endue; establish; fix; found; ground; install; invest; pertain; petticoat; pitch; plant; seat; undergarments; vest


    Some related collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    vest pocket; vestal virgin; vested interests; vested rights