sable

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.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026

In contrast, some parts of the tarantula feel almost like sable fur.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 25, 2025

Traditional brushes are made with animal hair from squirrels, goats or sable, a species of weasel.

From BBC • Nov. 22, 2024

The four largest herbivores wearing GPS collars -- nyala, kudu, sable and elephant -- had no fatalities.

From Science Daily • Nov. 17, 2023

On each side stood a sable bush—holly or yew.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë