raincoat

Example Sentences

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Like the transparent plastic umbrellas that later became her trademark on official engagements, this raincoat also allowed people to see the Queen's brightly-coloured dresses in all weathers.

From BBC • Dec. 26, 2025

Gaunt men and “children, big-eyed and thin,” walked up and clutched the rabbi’s raincoat.

From Slate • Jan. 28, 2024

Miner recommends a waterproof outer layer, like a raincoat, to keep the lower layers dry.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 19, 2024

Nyswaner, who was dressed in all black save for a tan raincoat, claims to dislike love stories.

From New York Times • Oct. 23, 2023

In the storeroom he put on his high boots and his oilskin raincoat and sou’wester, and then he went to the lean-to and put up the coal-silk tarpaulin on La Belle Sauvage.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman