I rest my cello in its velvet-lined case, and close the lid. From Wordnik.com. [The Golden Moment] Reference
Cloud placed a one-thousand-credit note in the velvet-lined box. From Wordnik.com. [Masters Of The Vortex]
We wore our suits with pride and performed on a velvet-lined stage. From Wordnik.com. [Bridging the Culture Gap] Reference
Young men in trendy jeans offer watches in velvet-lined briefcases. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
As he reached for the velvet-lined handcuffs, Beullah pulled them away. From Wordnik.com. [Tie Me Up, Tie Me Down] Reference
In the left side of the box was a glass-covered velvet-lined display case. From Wordnik.com. [And Other Tales Of Valdemar]
Hers had its own velvet-lined box and a cleaning stick with a cloth on it. From Wordnik.com. [A Dirty Office, A Cheap Musical Instrument From My Childhood, And A Garbaged Hammer] Reference
Opening the trunk, he eyed the offering nestled in its velvet-lined interior. From Wordnik.com. [One Night Of Scandal]
A dozen small porcelain jars lay in velvet-lined recesses shaped to hold them. From Wordnik.com. [The Saracen: Land of the Infidel] Reference
Swiftly, guiltily, she placed the mirror back inside of its velvet-lined case. From Wordnik.com. [The Kinslayer Wars]
And do you put it in a nice, velvet-lined box so you can show it off to visitors?. From Wordnik.com. [Writing The Sagan Diary « Whatever] Reference
Her hair was in two operatic braids, and she was waving an empty velvet-lined box. From Wordnik.com. [To Say Nothing of the Dog]
Inside the velvet-lined box was a ghostly blue cameo pendant attached to a gold rope. From Wordnik.com. [Promise Me] Reference
With his left hand he gives me a black, velvet-lined case containing the new decoration. From Wordnik.com. [Stuka Pilot]
On the table was the flat, velvet-lined platinum case that Rothbannon had made to hold his Seven Stones. From Wordnik.com. [Conqueror's Moon]
He recalled that he'd recognized the scent of Covey's Tarnish-Preventing Cream in the velvet-lined boxes. From Wordnik.com. [Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine]
The brooch she would wear, while the ring in its velvet-lined box went into the very bottom of the trunk. From Wordnik.com. [The Last Gamble]
She raised up on her hind feet, pushed the lid of the velvet-lined chest over her head, and peered within. From Wordnik.com. [The Black Wing]
He now unlocked a drawer in the cheffonier and took out a very small square box, morocco leather, velvet-lined. From Wordnik.com. [Every Man for Himself] Reference
The velvet-lined booths that circled the dining room were filled with men and women dressed in business attire. From Wordnik.com. [Deep Waters] Reference
'The gold is the least important part,' Kaldor answered, as he slid the gleaming bell out of its velvet-lined box. From Wordnik.com. [The Songs of Distant Earth]
I was bending over, putting the different pieces of my flute in their individual sections in the velvet-lined case. From Wordnik.com. [When Lightning Strikes] Reference
Gridde, the ancient chart-master, emerged from his velvet-lined chamber to hold up prisms to the light of these suns. From Wordnik.com. [Sun of Suns] Reference
They quickly obeyed, entering the narrow three-story building and climbing the velvet-lined staircase to the top floor. From Wordnik.com. [Sanctuary] Reference
Inside the velvet-lined box were the rest of the pearls from the necklace Gervase had been giving to her a pearl at a time. From Wordnik.com. [Dearly Beloved]
Of the velvet-lined offering plates passed down the pews on Sunday, the last one was the smallest and the most nearly empty. From Wordnik.com. [On 'The Radiance of the King'] Reference
The meeting began in an innocent atmosphere of Gemütlichkeit in a "secluded, velvet-lined room" of a well-known Vienna restaurant. From Wordnik.com. [Barbarossa]
His hand drew the silver-chased casket from the velvet-lined interior of a drawer, set it on the desktop, and flipped open the lid. From Wordnik.com. [Conan and the Emerald Lotus]
One of the best: the president won over Irish Prime Minister Sean Lemass when he presented the P.M. with a velvet-lined, mahogany box. From Wordnik.com. [No, Really, You Shouldn’t Have] Reference
Myrret opened a velvet-lined box and removed a large reel, which he carefully placed on the empty arm, then threaded into the projector. From Wordnik.com. [The Dragon’s Apprentice] Reference
There's a velvet-lined, oval storage compartment inside that's 4. 5″ X 4. 0″ X 2. 0″. From Wordnik.com. [Original Signal - Transmitting Gadgets] Reference
Made of velvet-lined rings of sable, the hats are as much a part of many bekishes or gartels. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
In his hand is a stiff white rat whose belly snaps open to reveal a velvet-lined change purse. From Wordnik.com. [The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed] Reference
He pointed to a silver jug standing in a sort of velvet-lined niche on the right side of the chancel. From Wordnik.com. [Death in Ecstasy]
His eyebrows went up as he felt in his pocket and produced a small velvet-lined case containing a pair of scales. From Wordnik.com. [Old Fires and Profitable Ghosts] Reference
He placed the copy in a velvet-lined box closely resembling that in which the real ring lay, and dropped both into his pocket. From Wordnik.com. [The Romance of Elaine Sequel to "Exploits of Elaine"] Reference
The locket fitted into a bed on the velvet-lined case, and round it was a circular depression in which a row of pearls lay coiled. From Wordnik.com. [The Rebellion of Margaret] Reference
Its velvet-lined compartments held a hypodermic syringe and needle, and a glass phial of twenty-four one-thirtieth grain morphia tablets. From Wordnik.com. [The False Faces Further Adventures from the History of the Lone Wolf] Reference
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