drape
Example Sentences
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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
They spin a variety of amazing webs, from the typical orb web, with its hub-and-spoke pattern, to funnel-like tube webs and sheet webs that can drape over an entire landscape like a shroud.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
And I agree it should be socially acceptable to drape oneself in velvet External link.
From Barron's • Dec. 31, 2025
Sometimes the agents would stage mannequins in the passenger seats, or drape curtains over the windshield, or put a bag over their heads to avoid being photographed.
From Slate • Oct. 27, 2025
The guard who was to have removed the pedestal and drape was called outside to set up sawhorses and make orderly rows out of the mass of people.
From "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" by E.L. Konigsburg
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