embowed
Example Sentences
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On the west side the Rambler passes the precincts of Westminster Abbey, beneath whose “high embowed roof” repose the sacred ashes of the illustrious dead.
From Rambles in Dickens' Land by Allbut, Robert
But let my due feet never fail 155 To walk the studious cloister’s pale, And love the high embowed roof, With antique pillars massy-proof, And storied windows richly dight, Casting a dim religious light.
From Minor Poems by Milton by Milton, John
Crest: An armed arm, embowed, holding a lance, erect.
From Notes and Queries, Number 47, September 21, 1850 by Various
His legs were slightly embowed, and he bore himself like a man rarely out of the saddle.
From The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest by Ainsworth, William Harrison
But let my due feet never fail To walk the studious cloisters pale, And love the high embowed roof With antique pillars massy proof, etc.”
From Tennyson and His Friends by Various
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
