capote

Example Sentences

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The shape has almost the same shape as the capote for bullfighting, in beautiful pink silk, with yellow or blue in the back.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 12, 2015

"I could have presented the capote when the head passed, as others do, but I wanted to do it honestly, because the bull was honest," Celestino explains.

From Time Magazine Archive

Pushing back the hood of his caribou capote to free his ears, he listened, motionless.

From The Whelps of the Wolf by Marsh, George P.

He drew his capote over his face to shade his eyes; but the pace and the sun grew so hot that he was soon running again unprotected from the blistering light.

From The Story of the Trapper by Laut, A. C.

When he buttoned his own big rain capote around her she trembled under his hands.

From The Mystery of The Barranca by Whitaker, Herman