drape
Example Sentences
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Deluxe-theater owners had modeled their palaces after opera houses and temples, complete with velvet drapes, gilt ceilings and live orchestras.
Out of habit, I fix my hair so it drapes nicely across my shoulders and adjust the straps of my swimsuit.
From Literature
Huge black velvety spiders, as big as Strong Jonn's hand, crawling over vast webs of white silk that draped the trees so thickly that the bark and leaves were hidden.
From Literature
More than 500 students carrying signs and draped in flags gathered at the intersection of Aliso and Los Angeles streets and marched to the jail, where a swarm of police stood behind yellow caution tape.
From Los Angeles Times
The rainy season was taking hold and he now wore a heavy cotton smock each day instead of his light cloth draped toga-style over one shoulder.
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
