grave-clothes
Example Sentences
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Lo, for no noise or light of thunder Shall these grave-clothes be rent in sunder; He that hath taken, shall he give?
From Poems & Ballads (First Series) by Swinburne, Algernon Charles
The iron grave-clothes, as was foretold, are slowly wrapping me," she said, "to stifle my breath and crush my bones.
From The Maid of Honour, Volume 2 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France by Wingfield, Lewis
The grave-clothes having been removed, the mouldering remains were wrapped in new blankets and carried in procession, attended by the crowd, to a place where they were deposited on a carpet of leaves.
From The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead Vol. II by Frazer, James George, Sir
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.
The folding of the cloth shows on one side of the stage the curtained bed or litter on which lies a man in his grave-clothes.
From Two plays for dancers by Yeats, W. B. (William Butler)
