raiment
Example Sentences
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“How beautiful she is in her shining raiment,” he rhapsodizes, “her birch-bark body, her sable bodice, her white cravat, her goffered ruff.”
Among the cosmic images are old friends to astronomers both amateur and professional, who now get to see them in new infrared raiments.
From New York Times
Among them are old friends to astronomers both amateur and professional, who now get to see them in new infrared raiments.
From New York Times
It was a secular raiment for a voice of moral authority.
From Washington Post
“Ah, the governess!” he repeated; “deuce take me, if I had not forgotten! The governess!” and again my raiment underwent scrutiny.
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
