greatcoat

Example Sentences

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The king, wearing the uniform of the Marshal of the Royal Air Force, including a grey greatcoat against the cold, laid a wreath featuring 41 open-style fabric poppies.

From Washington Times • Nov. 12, 2023

The two minutes' silence that falls after Big Ben sounds sees faces long with memory and grief, none more so than the King, a single poppy blazing out from the blue-grey lapel of his greatcoat.

From BBC • Nov. 12, 2023

In the latest shot, the Hound can be seen clasping his greatcoat close to his chest as snow and hail envelopes his party.

From The Guardian • Apr. 21, 2017

Members of Metallica, hired by Mr. O’Shea as the new faces of the label, sat in the front row at the show, which culminated with a full-length chinchilla greatcoat right out of “Shaft.”

From New York Times • Oct. 4, 2016

He let his greatcoat fall on the ground and was reaching inside his jacket when he realized.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan