tarpaulin
Example Sentences
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The burnt-out shell of the bus was screened off behind white tarpaulins set up across the road, an AFP journalist saw.
From Barron's
The burnt-out shell of the bus was screened off behind white tarpaulins set up across the road, an AFP journalist saw.
From Barron's
A white, igloo-like tarpaulin had been erected over the candles, flowers and messages to shield them from the snow and winter weather.
From Barron's
He recounted how once they boarded the pirogue, he and the other passengers were covered with a tarpaulin: "I closed my eyes and thought of my mother," he said.
From Barron's
A great delegation had arrived in Trokorpe, with a truck carrying a huge thing covered with a tarpaulin.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
