mantilla

Example Sentences

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In one, his head is thrown back in a gesture that could be interpreted as laughter or ecstasy; in another, he wears a mantilla and prays.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 2, 2024

Her refined black-lace mantilla, Katzew says, is virtually unique in the casta painting genre.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 22, 2017

Since then, she’s become a street icon in Paris for her black mantilla, beehive hairdo and voluminous black-and-white-shirts and skirts — a look from which she never deviates, even when running out for a baguette.

From New York Times • Mar. 13, 2014

On the other hand, Gloria in mourning, peering through a mantilla and caustic with grief, would be more than welcome.

From The Guardian • Mar. 23, 2013

Celia carries Ivanito past the sofa draped with a faded mantilla, past the water- bleached walnut piano, past the dining-room table pockmarked with ancient history.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García