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Example sentences for "wears"

Lexicographically close words:
wearinesse; wearing; wearisome; wearisomely; wearisomeness; weary; wearying; weasel; weasels; weather
  1. Then, too, it seems more easy to grow old when she catches a glimpse from time to time of Donna Tullia Del Ferice, who wears her years ungracefully, and who was once so near to becoming Giovanni Saracinesca's wife.

  2. Christ had a crown of thorns: The Pope wears a triple diadem.

  3. The charm of London is deeper than that of Paris; it wears better; it lasts longer.

  4. An aim like this far surpasses all others, and for it he wears the crown of thorns which is one day to bloom into a wreath of laurel.

  5. The river Lee, from Cork to Queenstown, wears a green color, as if it were akin to the ocean.

  6. In the first place, the most noticeable defect in the tenderfoot's work is the manner in which he handles his broom and wears the broom out of shape.

  7. How impossible to explain to this scion of an unprejudiced race the limitless objection of the class called Junker--I am a female Junker--to mix on equal terms with the class that wears white satin ties in the evening.

  8. She wears the same face among the roses of June that she does in the nipping winds of March.

  9. The executioner runs up and stabs with his sword a bladder filled with blood which the Wild Man wears round his body; so the Wild Man dies, while a stream of blood reddens the ground.

  10. This temporary lord wears a sort of tall fool's cap and a long flaxen beard, and is enveloped in a strange mantle.

  11. Sometimes the champion who acts the part of Summer is dressed in leaves and flowers and wears a chaplet of flowers on his head.

  12. St. Gregory wears a pall over a yellow chasuble, and over this above is a red fringe ornament which is probably a rational.

  13. The archiepiscopal figure below wears a similar mitre, a pall over a light green chasuble; underneath a pink dalmatic and a purple show at the arms, as well as below.

  14. She wears a gray silk cloak, a lace fichu, and a parasol.

  15. You imagine all the parts of this complex, lunatic machine working hysterically toward a crescendo of haste and excitement as the night wears on.

  16. None but one can harm you, None but yourself who are your greatest foe, He that respects himself is safe from others, He wears a coat of mail that none can pierce.

  17. Mrs. Lofty has her jewels, So have I; She wears hers upon her bosom, Inside I.

  18. THE NOBLY BORN Who counts himself as nobly born Is noble in despite of place; And honors are but brands to one Who wears them not with nature's grace.

  19. You have to jerk along at such a rattling gait to keep up that it soon wears out an ordinary mortal.

  20. There would be no need of identification tags, were it not that possible death and wounds and capture face every man who wears one.

  21. He carries a white staff, and wears a golden or jewelled key, typical of the key of the palace, which is supposed to be in his charge, as the ensigns of his office.

  22. Whose daughter's she that wears th' Aurora gown, With face so fair, and locks a lovely brown?

  23. The eyes are large, the head is crowned, and the face wears a look of complacency, without much dignity or refinement.

  24. The wife of a big-mitt politician always wears imported kid gloves.

  25. I keep asking myself incessantly till the question wears me out: "What's the good of going into the country naturalising?

  26. His hands are deep in his trousers' pockets, and the poor devil lies with legs sprawling out and eyes closed: over the lower part of his face he wears a black mask to hide the ravages of lupus.

  27. When playing the Gallant, he turns on a special voice, wears white spats, and looks like a Newmarket "Crook.

  28. He wears a soft black hat, looks like a Quaker, and reads the Verhandlungen d.

  29. If my eyes do not deceive me,' he said, turning to Sancho Panza, 'here comes one who wears on his head the helmet of Mambrino.

  30. Mandricado, and has since lain in his bed, tended by the lady Marfisa, who wears a breast-plate as easily as she does a woman's gown.

  31. I have him trained now so that he always wears white ones, and I set the thermometer and remind him to change them every two hours.

  32. Let still the woman take An elder than herself; so wears she to him, So sways she level in her husband's heart.

  33. If any one nurses a patient and the patient dies, the nurse wears an armlet of opossum's hair called goomil, and a sort of fur boa called gurroo.

  34. The General wears no order which the humblest private in the ranks may not receive likewise, and whomsoever He leads, His leading will not end till He has led them close to His side, if they trust Him.

  35. And that garb of manhood He wears for ever, and in His heavenly glory is 'the Man Christ Jesus.

  36. It is because He wears a vesture dipped in blood, that 'on the vesture is the name written "King of kings, and Lord of lords.

  37. Paid by the Parish for attendance here, He wears contempt upon his sapient sneer.

  38. She holds in one hand corn and wheat, in the other a lighted torch, and wears on her head a garland of wheat heads.

  39. This person wears a kind of short hunting boot, and is clothed as well as his comrade in a light tunic without sleeves, bound round the hips, and called subucula.

  40. The person who carries these things wears something on his head, which is said to be an olive garland.

  41. His arrow is ever on the string, and whatever wears the guise of woman is his game.

  42. Carpets with much white are prized, as the white becomes primrose, a colour which wears well.

  43. The muleteers and servants understand them better, and if any thing goes wrong, or wears out, it can be repaired or replaced.

  44. The Persian wears superfine, smooth, costly cloth, chiefly black and fawn, stiff in texture, and with a dull shine upon it.

  45. He is a big man of fifty, wears blue cotton clothing and a red turban, is very florid, and having a white or very gray beard, has dyed it an orange red with henna.

  46. He wears a long overcoat, looped up and buttoned at the sides, showing evidence, in several places, of home-made patching.

  47. He has risen from the ranks, wears a gold bracelet, and has every decoration that a French soldier or officer can get, including the red ribbon.

  48. And he wears mistletoe, because mistletoe is the Christmas bush, and red caps don't really mean anything, do they?

  49. There is one little blonde, who always wears white silk and chiffon, she looks as if she had just stepped from the stage.


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