grave-clothes
Example Sentences
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The raising of Lazarus, who appears at a door in his grave-clothes, while Christ with a wand stands before it.
From Walks in Rome by Hare, Augustus J. C.
One is passed over the head and shoulders, the other receives the lower extremities, when the two are brought together and fastened, his grave-clothes generally being some of his common wearing apparel.
From Forest Life and Forest Trees: comprising winter camp-life among the loggers, and wild-wood adventure. with Descriptions of lumbering operations on the various rivers of Maine and New Brunswick by Springer, John S.
And when He died, others must provide the grave-clothes and the tomb, for He had none of His own.
From The Little Gleaner, Vol. X. A Monthly Magazine for the Young by Various
His shroud and grave-clothes from the first were bad; They very soon wore out, and now he goes Without a coat, and with bare legs and toes.'
From The Danes Sketched by Themselves. Vol. I (of 3) A Series of Popular Stories by the Best Danish Authors by Various
"He is watching me again," she panted: "he stands there in his grave-clothes!"
From The Story of Charles Strange Vol. 2 (of 3) A Novel by Wood, Mrs. Henry
