432 examples of tunic in sentences

Her relics were carried to Naples with great reverence; they were inclosed, after the Neapolitan fashion, in a wooden doll of the size of life, dressed in a white satin skirt and a red tunic, with a garland of flowers on its head, and a lily and a dart in its hand.

They are armed with rifles and pugnali, or small daggers, and wear a low-cut tunic, with a black knottie and a black fez.

On each lapel of their tunic they wear two black flames, similar to the crimson flames on the collars of the Bersaglieri.

But Richard would not consent, preferring to go as a poor scholar to Oxford, where, we learn, that he lived in the utmost poverty sharing indeed a tunic and a hooded gown with two companions, so that the three could only attend lectures in turn.

In fiction this gentleman would have appeared in the melodramatic guise of a spangled tunic, sugar-loaf hat, with party-coloured ribbons, purple or green breeches, and motley hose; but in the witness-box he was in clerical uniform, a long coat and white cravat with corresponding long face and hair, especially at the back of his head.

Now any weapons underneath that tunic?" Sullenly Narcissus held his arms up and submitted to be searched.

"It was hidden beneath his tunic.

Buddha thereupon removed from the folds of his tunic a gigantic roll of soiled bills of all denominations and carefully counting out five thousand dollars placed it upon the table.

To this the kadi objected, saying that he was not holy, notwithstanding he remained unhurt amid the fire; but that his tunic, being fabricated from the wool of the land of Habraa, had protected him: That he ought therefore to be thrown naked into the fire, and they should then see whether or not he would be consumed.

At this question, Theobald drew from beneath his tunic of fine linen, a little crucifix, which was suspended from his neck by a chain of gold, and after having kissed it, showed it to Gottfried.

A clay mould of a human figure was also found, which is supposed to represent some Keltic deity; but as the figure wears a short tunic not unlike a kilt, and carries a crooked club, the workmen promptly christened it Harry Lauder!

In spite of the blanket and the deerskin tunic it made its way along his neck and then down his shoulders and chest, the chill that went downward meeting the chill that came upward from his feet, now almost frozen.

" He had an idea from the sergeant's free and easy style of address that the mackintosh, without any visible badges and with a very visible spattering of mud, had concealed the fact that he was an officer, and when he reached the light he casually opened his coat to show his belts and tunic.

He stuffed the letter into his tunic pocket and I went back to the corner by the front door.

In Europe, the blouse or loose tunic is preferred to every other form of coat, and knickerbockers or gaiters to any form of trousers.

She wore a veil of gossamer, Her tunic was of blue, A golden sunbeam was her belt, And bonnet of crimson hue, And through the net of her purple shawl Clear silver stars looked through.

Please give him a short tunic, and real knickerbockersnot the tight knee-breeches they are rapidly shrinking to.

He bumped into a blue tunic.

'Afraid he's got it bad,' he whispered, as he pointed to an ugly stain on the back of Dave's tunic.

Tunic and shirt were both sodden with blood.

Then he fumbled in the pocket of his tunic and brought out a small leather-covered flask.

Roy finished his food, brushed the crumbs from his tunic, and taking the bayonet whichwith the automatic pistol captured from Kempwere the only weapons they had, walked off along the ledge.

"B," "C," "D," "E," "F," and "G" Companies breathed hard and protruded their stomachs, while Sergeant-Instructor Progg deserved well of Captain Schloggenboschenheimer by sharply tugging his tunic-tail as he was in the act of roaring: "Gomm!"

In the outskirts might be seen men almost naked, with no other clothing than a sheep-skin tunic, guiding flocks of pigs, just like the shepherds in the Odyssey.

She is simply dressed like a contadina, in a crimson tunic, and a white veil half shading her fair hair.

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