For instance, the black-coated men standing over them.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Crown of Swords]

In the morning black-coated men lifted their hats to women.    From Wordnik.com.  [The New York Times Current History: the European War, February, 1915] Reference

'That black-coated tyrant's niece; that quiet, delicate Miss.    From Wordnik.com.  [Shirley, by Charlotte Bronte] Reference

Most of the black-coated men in view began riding north or south.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Path of Daggers]

A square of black banners borne by black-coated arms-men appeared.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Soprano Sorceress]

From the forge behind him emerged two of his black-coated troopers.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters]

Under certain circumstances hardly would one trust even a black-coated.    From Wordnik.com.  [Stories of the Border Marches] Reference

Min glanced uneasily at the black-coated man and moved closer to Rand.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Crown of Swords]

"I can hardly forget, my Lord Dragon," the black-coated man replied dryly.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Crown of Swords]

Karpo sat silently next to one of the black-coated men while the other drove.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Cold Red Sunrise]

Kaem dismis'sed the officers and turned to the black-coated figure beside him.    From Wordnik.com.  [Waylander]

Two or three of the black-coated Soldiers appeared to be talking to themselves.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Path of Daggers]

Finally, after two more days, the little black-coated commercial traveller returned.    From Wordnik.com.  [Marazan]

As he went he dodged two small parties of Dragoons and one of the black-coated Germans.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters]

The black-coated shipscat did not move, but she did continue her vocal and mental protest.    From Wordnik.com.  [Werehunter]

Mostly they were of the black-coated bourgeois type, some evidently affluent, some less so.    From Wordnik.com.  [Marazan]

Never saw one of your black-coated flock about that there wasn't mischief brewing -- never!.    From Wordnik.com.  [An Outcast or, Virtue and Faith] Reference

'T was a lovely girl spoiled, when the black-coated gentry preached her into their notions.    From Wordnik.com.  [Choice Readings for the Home Circle] Reference

At that moment Caswallon caught sight of the black-coated Aenir warrior standing by the grey house.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Hawk Eternal]

The black-coated minister leaned close, his hair whipping in the early morning breeze, mouth moving.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Breath of Snow and Ashes]

She rode then, very slowly, on a black-coated gelding that pranced with a power she could barely restrain.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Bane of The Black Sword]

For just an instant, he thought it might be a huge black-coated shaggy dog, with a body three yards in length.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cadmian's Choice]

Iris sits between the little man and the "Model of all the Virtues," as the black-coated gentleman called her.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 17, March, 1859] Reference

Instead of ‘showing up’ the parsons, are we indulging in maudlin praises of that monstrous black-coated race?.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Book of Snobs] Reference

In the spacious foyer which led to the circular promenade, brilliantly dressed women mingled with black-coated men.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bel Ami] Reference

The air stirred the leaves of the old Walnuts outside: the black-coated, dapper figure had not yet passed from under them.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lippincott's Magazine, Volume 11, No. 26, May, 1873] Reference

The trio turned right down another corridor and one of the black-coated men motioned for Karpo to halt at an unmarked door.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Cold Red Sunrise]

Cheney stood out in a sea of black-coated world leaders because he was wearing an olive drab parka with a fur-trimmed hood.    From Wordnik.com.  [THE NEWS BLOG] Reference

She glanced over the railing and saw no black-coated soldiery, but directly outside the doors were two men in brown cloaks.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters]

Another of the black-coated functionaries tottered backwards, his hands laden with another burlap sack of broken ice, and fell.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters]

Leslie Coons with the Austin Humane Society said that black-coated animals spend the longest amount of time at the Austin shelter.    From Wordnik.com.  [Adiós, Guantánamo] Reference

Pensions Bill for the black-coated workers which for the first time introduces a differential income limit for men and women entrants.    From Wordnik.com.  [Three Guineas] Reference

Sharpe wondered why Vivar was so interested in the French Dragoons who had been led by a red-coated chasseur and a black-coated civilian.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sharpe's Rifles]

They are joined by a fourth black-coated GENTLEMAN.    From Wordnik.com.  [Complete Plays of John Galsworthy] Reference

The band formed themselves into a procession of black-coated soldiers of a.    From Wordnik.com.  [Life of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen — Volume 1] Reference

He withdraws, but in a second reappears, preceding three black-coated gentlemen.    From Wordnik.com.  [Complete Plays of John Galsworthy] Reference

But there were some of the black-coated gentry whose aspect was not so agreeable to me.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Poet at the Breakfast-Table] Reference

Even like bees, black-coated and buzzing, the eager ones swarmed from the cars and rehived in the great stand.    From Wordnik.com.  [Thoroughbreds] Reference