209 examples of waterproof in sentences

I will promenade upon my profluence to Sixth Avenue, and purchase the ceruleous ribbon immediately," said G.F.F.F.S., putting on her waterproof and sun-bonnet.

snug, seaworthy; weatherproof, waterproof, fireproof. defensible, tenable, proof against, invulnerable; unassailable, unattackable, impenetrable; impregnable, imperdible^; inexpugnable; Achillean^. safe and sound &c (preserved) 670; scathless &c (perfect) 650; unhazarded^; not dangerous &c 665.

Our tent, which had never been wet before, leaked badly; the only part which seemed to be thoroughly waterproof was the floor.

If you do not use a tennis bag, your racket should be protected in a waterproof case.

After about an hour of these doleful cogitations, he again turned to look out of his front window, which commanded a view of the larger house, when he saw, coming down the steps of the porch, a not very tall figure, wrapped in a waterproof cloak, with the hood drawn over its head.

"Imagine," she said, "a woman putting on a waterproof and overshoes, and coming out in the rain, to stand with an umbrella over her head, to be proposed to!

" He stretched his hand from the window, and Miss Annie withdrew from the folds of her waterproof a very soft and white little hand, and put it into his.

When accompanied with this there is a dense undercoat, one has, for a terrier used to work a good deal in water, an ideal covering, as waterproof almost as the feathers on a duck's back.

"Where's the corporal?" "I'm 'ere, sir," is emitted from the slimy depths of a narrow low-roofed dug-out, and the corporal emerges, hooking back the waterproof sheet as he comes out to prevent the light showing.

'My dear Emily, I am only too pleased to have you with me; I was only thinking of your cold.' 'My cold is quite gone,' she said, with brightening face; and next morning she came down with her waterproof on her arm, and she had on a new cloth dress which she had just received from London.

This copy he now put into a waterproof tin box, and the box he concealed under a log a short distance back in the bush.

The links can be made positively waterproof.

We have furnished paper mills, tanneries and bleacheries, and other exposed places with waterproof link belts, and all have been entirely satisfactory so far.

The second deficiency in brickwork which I am bound to notice is that, though it is very fireproof, it is far from being waterproof.

Fortunately I had my waterproof with me and got home safely.

I accepted the kitchen, and after a supper of hot maize bread and trout fresh caught from the nearest brook, the whole flooded with cream, I spread my cork mattress on a long bench which served as chairs for the household, and, covering myself with my waterproof, the only bedding attainable, I went to sleep.

I was awakened by the sound of something falling on the waterproof, which I took to be bits of plaster from overhead, but, as it persisted, I struck a light and discovered that it was caused by bugs which, not finding a direct way to me from their nests in the wall, had climbed up and dropped from the ceiling down on me.

3. Waterproof sheet.

A large "regulation" waterproof, a rain-coat or Burberry, and a warm greatcoat will all be required.

An Attack on Waterproof.

The gun-boat commenced shelling the woods in the rear of Waterproof, and the artillery on land joined in the work.

In the garrison of Waterproof, at the commencement of this fight, there was a certain officer who could have sat for the portrait of Falstaff with very little stuffing, and without great change of character.

As I rode toward Waterproof, expecting the negro sentinel to challenge and halt me, I was suddenly brought to a stand by the whistling of a bullet close to my ear, followed by several others at wider range.

The order transferring them to Waterproof was unlooked for, and the men made some complaint.

We did not look upon the post at Waterproof as a sure protection.

209 examples of  waterproof  in sentences