draped

Example Sentences

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It’s just a really big flag with bright lights, draped on Hoover Dam for the next several weeks.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026

The lights go down and the orchestra weaves between the steady thump of his beats and vivid melodies, as shadow-like projections are beamed onto a huge circular curtain draped above him.

From BBC • May 23, 2026

Her detailed, beautifully lighted paintings, of humble industrial scenes of corrugated ductwork, draped construction tarps and snaking wires, elevate these humble, utilitarian objects into tactile formal experiments.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

During the hottest hours, many retreat to makeshift huts -- frames of sticks draped with coarse homespun cloth, plastered with wild donkey dung.

From Barron's • May 10, 2026

Laurence draped a green apron around Bat’s neck.

From "A Boy Called Bat" by Elana K. Arnold