wimple

Example Sentences

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A nun in full wimple and white cloak allowing for just a flash of nipple is the revealing poster for Paul Verhoeven’s first film since Elle.

From The Guardian

“Mr. Bu-bu-bu-bu-Biden,” the nun taunted, until Biden’s mother went to the school and told the nun that if she ever spoke to Joey that way again she would rip her wimple right off her head.

From The New Yorker

In another, a sister drove a tractor, her wimple fluttering behind her.

From The New Yorker

The story is set in Seven Wells, an analog for medieval Europe — wimples, kinglets and all.

From New York Times

It leaves you wondering if this is how this overstretched series ends — not with a bang, but a wimple.

From Los Angeles Times