bathing
Example Sentences
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Swathing their mother’s remnants with the ancestral cloaks provided some measure of relief.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 3, 2018
A friend for friend's sake will endure Sharp provocations; And knaves are cunning to secure, By cringing patience, And smiles upon a smarting cheek, Some dear advantage,— Swathing their grievances in meek Submission's bandage.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 84, October, 1864 by Various
Swathing in this way their natural charms, this costume gave them a vague resemblance to Egyptian hermae; though from these blocks of muslin rose enchanting little heads of tender melancholy.
From A Daughter of Eve by Balzac, Honoré de
