grave-clothes

Example Sentences

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The raising of Lazarus, who appears at a door in his grave-clothes, while Christ with a wand stands before it.

From Walks in Rome by Hare, Augustus J. C.

They are, indeed; and, if I go down to the grave-yard at midnight and play, all the dead and gone Temples will rise out of their graves and dance around in their grave-clothes.

From Throckmorton by Seawell, Molly Elliot

There could be no mistaking it—it was that of Aunt Joanna, clothed in the tattered sheet that Elizabeth Hockin had allowed for her grave-clothes.

From A Book of Ghosts by Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)

Some of the women clutched each other with frightened shrieks; even strong men fell back, as out of the dark grave walked a tall figure wrapped in white grave-clothes.

From Joel: A Boy of Galilee by Johnston, Annie F. (Annie Fellows)

"He is watching me again," she panted: "he stands there in his grave-clothes!"

From The Story of Charles Strange Vol. 2 (of 3) A Novel by Wood, Mrs. Henry