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drape

[drayp] / dreɪp /


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Once the sari and the matching blue blouse reached the museum, textiles conservator Beth Knight watched YouTube videos to learn how to drape it on the mannequin.

From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026

Team Italy has an Armani jacket to drape on anyone who hits a homer while downing his shot of coffee.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 13, 2026

And I agree it should be socially acceptable to drape oneself in velvet External link.

From Barron's ● Dec. 31, 2025

When Harbaugh didn’t have anyone to throw to, he would drape that tarp over a goal post and throw into it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2025

They also drape across long stretches of text.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

Randles added: "Once you've knitted with it and washed it, it drapes beautifully whereas sometimes when you knitting with synthetic it doesn't drape but this stuff does."

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

I clearly remember seeing the movie when I was young and being very disturbed by the scene when the government arrives and drapes the family’s house in plastic sheets and tubing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026

Wilson believes that Snow Secure—the high-tech insulated polystyrene blanket that unfolds like an accordion, then drapes over a pile of snow—is just the invention.

From Slate ● Apr. 11, 2026

Then she built two armchairs in that room that I bought from her in the same drapes.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 7, 2026

The inn’s windows are covered with thick black drapes, and not a sliver of light shines through.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

All our Instagrams were draped in sepia—grid posts only—where we celebrated latte art and selfies of our knocked knees.

From Slate ● Nov. 4, 2026

The Senegalese wrestlers entered, draped in traditional "leppi" cloth wraps.

From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026

Accordingly the production has been scaled up to fill the theater: A giant American flag is draped on one side of the stage, a U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

“Eventually, Mr. Seaver’s residence had a no-trespassing sign in the front yard and barbed wire draped across the handrails leading to the front door,” the filing alleged.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026

Laurence draped a green apron around Bat’s neck.

From "A Boy Called Bat" by Elana K. Arnold

Dolly Parton’s estate has claimed that the late country music icon’s nephew, Bryan Seaver, went to extraordinary lengths to evade being served with a summons—including allegedly draping barbed wire around the entrance to his property.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026

Stop AI was plotting its next stunt, draping banners from the top of the Golden Gate Bridge, when Kirchner and Allen got into a screaming match over the wording, Allen and other members say.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026

Photographs shared online show some of them taping up windows and draping windproof nets across their homes and shops.

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026

Supporters waved Egyptian flags and Palestinian flags in support of nearby Gaza, as well as a poster of coach Hossam Hossan draping both flags over himself during the tournament.

From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026

My yellow dress stood out like a shout I tried to quiet by draping my black mantilla over my shoulders.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez


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