grave-clothes
Example Sentences
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Peter alone was moved to run to the sepulchre, where he found the empty tomb and the cast-off grave-clothes, and "departed, wondering in himself at that which was come to pass."
From The Two Tests: The Supernatural Claims of Christianity Tried by Two of its Own Rules by Lisle, Lionel
They run; John outruns Peter, comes first to the tomb, and stooping down, sees the grave-clothes lying, but he does not enter.
From An Examination of the Testimony of the Four Evangelists by Greenleaf, Simon
The well-known monstrous representation of her, as a figure with many breasts, swathed below the waist in grave-clothes, was probably of late and alien origin.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" by Various
It lifted itself up slowly, and I could not see the face; but I cried out in terror "Who is it?" and the grave-clothes fell—it was Alice!
From Ellen Middleton—A Tale by Fullerton, Georgiana
Peter now comes up; he enters the the tomb, and sees the grave-clothes lying, and the napkin that was about his head not lying with the rest, but wrapped together in a place by itself.
From An Examination of the Testimony of the Four Evangelists by Greenleaf, Simon
