cerements
Example Sentences
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They had probably been attracted by the smell of the mummies and their cerements, that lay strewn about the tent.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 25, 2020
At length the pair return, and when Sirki tries to frighten Grazia back to mundanity by revealing himself in his habitual cerements, she alone of all the company shows no fear of Death.
From Time Magazine Archive
The figure stopped, and at the moment a ray of moonlight fell upon the masses of driving clouds and showed in startling prominence a dark-haired woman, dressed in the cerements of the grave.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
I made no reply but lay motionless, watching the tamaracks, ghostly in their cerements of silver fog.
From The Little Red Foot by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
Now was the summons come she must obey, For Beauty pleaded from the charnel house, For violet nights and violent carouse To free her from the cerements of decay.
From Sonnets from the Patagonian by Donald Evans
