from head to foot
Example Sentences
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“In the beginning, we were wearing black from head to foot, and covering our faces.”
From New York Times • Feb. 14, 2022
He was tall, stiff-limbed, decked from head to foot in flowing white robes.
From Salon • Jan. 6, 2022
On Saturday, a group, apparently made up of women students in black robes that covered them completely from head to foot, demonstrated in Kabul in support of the rules on dress and separate classrooms.
From Reuters • Sep. 12, 2021
Conditions for health workers clad from head to foot in protective gear are horrendous, according to the Samaritan’s Purse.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 28, 2014
It was a horse that could have carried a knight in full armor into combat, but all it carried on its naked back was a woman, clothed from head to foot in grey.
From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman
