drape

Example Sentences

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Team Italy has an Armani jacket to drape on anyone who hits a homer while downing his shot of coffee.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

And I agree it should be socially acceptable to drape oneself in velvet External link.

From Barron's • Dec. 31, 2025

Sometimes the agents would stage mannequins in the passenger seats, or drape curtains over the windshield, or put a bag over their heads to avoid being photographed.

From Slate • Oct. 27, 2025

Men in boots and baseball caps climb on top of a vast metal structure to drape over thick white tarpaulin, erecting a rudimentary shelter to temporarily house men and women exactly like themselves.

From BBC • Jan. 25, 2025

He adjusted the drape of his long sable cloak.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin