kerchief

Example Sentences

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An elderly woman in a kerchief, helped off the train, walked away in silence.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 20, 2022

With his affectation for a kerchief tied around his neck and popped-collar jacket, Bogdanovich cut a singular figure as he often made public appearances to speak about his films or those of his filmmaking heroes.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 6, 2022

They ranged in age from elderly women to a pre-teen girl, who wore a green kerchief wrapped around her neck.

From Washington Times • Dec. 13, 2019

One of the women stopped in front of me, sniffling into an old cloth kerchief.

From Slate • Aug. 24, 2019

She was handsome, wiry, always wearing a wash-print dress and long apron, a clean kerchief binding her hair.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly