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mantilla

[man-til-uh, -tee-uh] / mænˈtɪl ə, -ˈti ə /




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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

She runs on stiff legs past the sofa draped with the faded mantilla, past the water-bleached walnut piano, past the dining-room set missing a chair, and waits in front of the house.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García

Women in lace mantillas and gold jewelry pass on their way to somewhere ornate.

From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026

Those fans turned up wearing lace mantillas and carrying votive candles on Tube trains that buzzed with Spanish slang, as they clamoured for this long-awaited concert.

From BBC ● May 6, 2026

As the church filled, women slipped on lacy black mantillas and filed up into the balcony, past singed walls still spray-painted with warnings of bombs, since removed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 24, 2016

The collection had a darkly Spanish flare, with models shrouded beneath black mantillas or stiff silvery silk infanta jackets that blended into their beautiful gowns, making them into dark smudges along the catwalk.

From New York Times ● Sep. 27, 2012

The other mothers dressed up for mass, wearing black lace mantillas on their heads and clutching green or red or yellow handbags that matched their shoes.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls


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