Airing one's dirty linen never makes for a masterpiece. From LearnThat.org. [Francois Truffaut (1932-1984)]
His taste in linen is classical; she was not fortunate. From Wordnik.com. [Black Lamb and Grey Falcon: Part IV] Reference
Clean linen is my first choice, then the berry flavour!. From Wordnik.com. [GIVEAWAY – The Fragrance Collection by Glade « Bored Mommy] Reference
The clean linen is the righteousness of saints, Rev. xix. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi)] Reference
Underneath this linen is some cheesecloth for me to dye myself. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-08-01] Reference
Hai zao -- kelp which produces the fibers from which linen is made. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2004-08-08] Reference
Here was care taken of Christ's body: It was wound in linen clothes. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John)] Reference
It is linen from the neck to the waist, and lace from the waist to the knees. From Wordnik.com. [The Role and Function of the Ombudsman] Reference
The value of the linen is represented as relative value, or appears in relative form. From Wordnik.com. [skzbrust: Capital Volume 1 Part 1 Chapter 1 Section 3A] Reference
A bed fit for the emperor, when the linen is aired: walk in, madam; you look very weak. '. From Wordnik.com. [The Castle of Wolfenbach] Reference
There was Miss Nan, to be sure, tugging along a very large band-box tied up in linen bag. From Wordnik.com. [Little Men: Life at Plumfield With Jo's Boys] Reference
The ancient Egyptians produced fabrics from flax and wrapped their mummies in linen cloth. From Wordnik.com. [Photo of the Day: A little pre-Christmas cheer] Reference
Has anyone ever told you that you look sharp in linen, and white is definitely your color?. From Wordnik.com. [Some Days...I Just Want To Slap Someone] Reference
She snuggled close, feeling the softness of her mother's body through her thin linen shift. From Wordnik.com. [Excerpt: Pope Joan by Donna Woolfolk Cross] Reference
The charge given to the man clothed in linen to secure the pious remnant from the general desolation. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi)] Reference
Shirts, collars, cuffs, and other similar things we call linen, although they are not always made of linen. From Wordnik.com. [The Esperanto Teacher A Simple Course for Non-Grammarians] Reference
On the cherub's back rode a man clad in linen, who, dismounting, drew near the lad, and thus addressed him. From Wordnik.com. [The Breakfast of the Birds, and Other Stories] Reference
I saw he had a gold watch hung round his neck by a gold chain: a plain linen collar and cuffs completed his toilet. From Wordnik.com. [Man's Rights: or, How Would You Like It?] Reference
The man clothed in linen lifted up both his hands to heaven, and swore by him that lives for ever and ever that it should be so. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi)] Reference
And he took it down, and wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a sepulchre that was hewn in stone, wherein never man before was laid. From Wordnik.com. [Easter: Women were first, and unbelieved.] Reference
The value of the linen is determined by the coat, by saying that we can exchange the coat for it and will be exchanging equal values. From Wordnik.com. [A Bland and Deadly Courtesy] Reference
They cut their hair short and wore dark clothes and plain linen collars, instead of lace and feathers and gay-colored silks and satins. From Wordnik.com. [An Island Story: A History of England for Boys and Girls] Reference
We ought also to wrap Him in linen, that is, to receive Him in a pure body; for the linen is the body which is the clothing of the soul. From Wordnik.com. [Catena Aurea - Gospel of Mark] Reference
The value of the commodity linen is expressed by the bodily form of the commodity coat, and the value of one by the use-value of the other. From Wordnik.com. [A Bland and Deadly Courtesy] Reference
Under the linen was a large chest with a spring lock. From Wordnik.com. [Celebrated Crimes (Complete)] Reference
It is not possible to express the value of linen in linen. From Wordnik.com. [skzbrust: Capital Volume 1 Part 1 Chapter 1 Section 3A] Reference
He took it down, it should seem, with his own hands, and wrapped it in linen. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John)] Reference
Within the linen was a socketed steel spearhead with two deep edges and two narrow ones. From Wordnik.com. [Lord of the Isles] Reference
Embroidery of this kind looks best on Algerian linen, which is exactly like the Turkish stuff. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopedia of Needlework] Reference
Though the fiber and the fabric are both commonly known as linen, it is actually flax, the fiber of the Linum plant. From Wordnik.com. [Cigars] Reference
This, and the subsequent small bandage of old linen, which is calculated to hold it in place, are slightly coated with. From Wordnik.com. [History of Circumcision from the Earliest Times to the Present Moral and Physical Reasons for its Performance] Reference
English braid, something of the nature of Rhodes linen, which is open-worked before the knotted work upon it is begun. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopedia of Needlework] Reference
Within the linen was a necklace of beautiful red stones, oval-shaped like amber beads and of the size of a robin's egg. From Wordnik.com. [The Ivory Child] Reference
Over this he wore a linen vestment, made of fine flax doubled: it is called Chethone, and denotes linen, for we call linen by the name of. From Wordnik.com. [Antiquities of the Jews] Reference
LearnThatWord and the Open Dictionary of English are programs by LearnThat Foundation, a 501(c)3 nonprofit.
Questions? Feedback? We want to hear from you!
Email us
or click here for instant support.
Copyright © 2005 and after - LearnThat Foundation. Patents pending.