All meanly wrapped in swathing bands. From Wordnik.com. [The Golden Book of Favorite Songs] Reference
Berta's eager dark face grew sober under the swathing folds of her pillow-case. From Wordnik.com. [Beatrice Leigh at College A Story for Girls] Reference
Unfortunately, the wool is still firmly swathing the eyes of the American people. From Wordnik.com. [Another Example of Obama’s ‘Bi-Partisanship’ Lie - Warner_Todd_Huston’s blog - RedState] Reference
The horseman sat up unsteadily and pulled swathing folds of burnoose up off his face. From Wordnik.com. [Asimov's Science Fiction]
Her feeders were all around her now, swathing her in wool wraps and a heavy fur cloak. From Wordnik.com. [Renegade's Magic]
Parbat grew smaller and bluer, and Srinagar lay below them invisible in its swathing greenery. From Wordnik.com. [A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil] Reference
His glance flickered to the loose robe swathing her belly, which was almost nine months 'round. From Wordnik.com. [The Falcons of Montabard]
Sleep enveloped him like the swathing mirages that were wrestling with the brilliance of the lagoon. From Wordnik.com. [Lord of the Flies]
It rears itself up like a great cliff, and its base is never without wreaths and flowers swathing it. From Wordnik.com. [The Children's Book of London] Reference
Wrap and tightly sew up the lamb in the linen napkin, as though you are an Egyptian swathing a mummy. From Wordnik.com. [Barbara Probst Solomon: On Julie & Julia, the Fake Movieland France and My Non-Buttery Menu] Reference
“Thanks, Mr. Testosterone,” Arianna replied from the sofa, swathing her braids in a white headwrap. From Wordnik.com. [Sin in Soul's Kitchen] Reference
The little open carriage is at the door, and into this I step, swathing my gown carefully up in a huge shawl. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 102, June, 1876] Reference
He made a pretence of swathing me up in fresh rawhide ropes, but his knots were loose and the thing was a farce. From Wordnik.com. [Prester John] Reference
Despite his dignity and the reverence of his bearing, he did look peculiar with that 'kerchief swathing his crown. From Wordnik.com. [Cap'n Abe, Storekeeper] Reference
When their swathing canvas and sacking was thrown aside, the boxes stood revealed as stout chests banded with iron. From Wordnik.com. [Ralestone Luck] Reference
For years, they have traveled the backroads of Japan in an all-white caravan, swathing their camps in white fabric. From Wordnik.com. [Doomsday Cult: Countdown to May] Reference
The girl came back to them, swathing a shawl about her and closing the door behind her to forestall further complaint. From Wordnik.com. [The Raven In The Foregate]
"But I've told your colleagues what happened at least a dozen times," mumbled Sequoia from behind a swathing of bandages. From Wordnik.com. [Analog Science Fiction and Fact]
Everyone out her is swathing themselves in it, slathering beige burlap on walls and floor treatments, table clothes etc. From Wordnik.com. ["The agile, articulate Greta, with her keen legal mind and rugged, strong-jawed persistence, will be on the scene to unearth every lie!"] Reference
I stripped off the bulky wrappings in which the harp had been carried up to this time, leaving only a swathing of fine silk. From Wordnik.com. [Tales of Destiny] Reference
The baby monkey is closely wrapped in the swathing bands with which one is familiar as the early trussing of European children. From Wordnik.com. [Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance] Reference
Suspended there, Menessos blew out each candle and took up the aquamarine and shell before it, tucking them inside the swathing. From Wordnik.com. [Fatal Circle] Reference
The women wear robes of every imaginable color, swathing themselves in a single piece of cloth that covers them from head to toe. From Wordnik.com. [Jane Wells: Witness to Darfur (Part 2)] Reference
For lentils, pulling and swathing techniques are still being investigated to reduce straw loss, which is valuable for animal feed. From Wordnik.com. [1. The jab-seeder a tool for manual seeding] Reference
YAMATO, Japan – For years, they have traveled the back roads of Japan in an all-white caravan, swathing their camps in white fabric. From Wordnik.com. [Wandering Cult Befuddles Japan] Reference
One look at his face, one glance at the multi-hued silk dressing gown swathing his long figure, and it was clear Reggie had been right. From Wordnik.com. [Hero Come Back]
He awoke again, resting on something soft, his arms thrown over his head, with a tawny silken coverlet swathing him from chest to feet. From Wordnik.com. [Winds Of Fate]
With a triumphant sweep of the arm, she pulled aside the swathing black veil, to disclose the mirthful features of Emma Dean, minus her glasses. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Harlowe's Golden Summer] Reference
We were not aware of the nicety which was demanded to complete the folds of this superior swathing; but, after this development, who shall pronounce a dandy idle?. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 344, June, 1844] Reference
Superior through the thick swathing of a woollen veil, but ordinary communication with the convent is carried on through the "barrel," which fills an opening in the wall. From Wordnik.com. [Donahoe's Magazine, Volume 15, No. 1, January 1886] Reference
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