drape
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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
Yeah, you gotta get the drape and the flow.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 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
He pulled his colorful drape up under his armpits and crossed his arms over the front of his chest as a man only does when proud of his physique.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
TV cameras have captured trucks unloading drapes, lights, food and even a "40-inch mirror ball".
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 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
She has this fantastic wallpaper that she did up the walls, across the ceiling, and turned into drapes.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 7, 2026
Deluxe-theater owners had modeled their palaces after opera houses and temples, complete with velvet drapes, gilt ceilings and live orchestras.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026
She takes the folded linen napkin off her plate and drapes it on her lap, telling me with her eyes to do the same.
From "Piecing Me Together" by Renée Watson
It now has two rows of tall metal barriers, draped with black plastic sheets outside.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026
She cried afterward, as her family draped her in leis.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026
Sobers' coffin was draped in the flag of Barbados and set off from the Parliament Buildings in Bridgetown on a gun carriage for a formal procession through the nation's capital.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
Several participants in the commemoration were draped in Israeli and EU flags, as they paid their respects at a monument erected in 2001 to mark the site of the pogrom.
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
Yakov emerged, dressed in the same handsome evening suit and white shirt he had worn the night he died, a bronze watch chain draped across his pinstriped waistcoat.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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
As the runway progressed, each look appeared more and more elaborate - with intricate beading and ethereal like draping on skirts and dresses.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
The show notes pointed to “the dancer’s wardrobe” as inspiration, embracing how fabric can have a mind of its own — gathering, draping, cascading.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026
Milkmen fought back in various ways, putting stones atop the lids and draping cloths over them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
I see near Signora Pompa’s house the bluebells sprouting out, draping down the gray stone wall.
From "The Unfinished Angel" by Sharon Creech
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