from head to foot
Example Sentences
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A squadron of men wearing half-face respirators and covered in flimsy personal protective equipment from head to foot vacuumed every crack of the parking lot at nearby Veterans Sports Park.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 2023
“In the beginning, we were wearing black from head to foot, and covering our faces.”
From New York Times ● Feb. 14, 2022
He was tall, stiff-limbed, decked from head to foot in flowing white robes.
From Salon ● Jan. 6, 2022
On Saturday, a group, apparently made up of women students in black robes that covered them completely from head to foot, demonstrated in Kabul in support of the rules on dress and separate classrooms.
From Reuters ● Sep. 12, 2021
Two pairs of knitted wool stockings between her feet and the cold boards, the blue shawl wrapped securely about her ears, and a heavy quilt swaddled around her from head to foot.
From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare
