mantilla
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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
The off-white lace mantilla that was handed down from them was held over the bride’s head and draped over the groom’s shoulder by the couple’s mothers during the nuptial blessing.
From New York Times ● Sep. 18, 2020
Her refined black-lace mantilla, Katzew says, is virtually unique in the casta painting genre.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2017
This has been compared to a mashrabiya, and a mantilla, and an abstraction of a Cézanne painting, but its architect, Ricciotti, says it is "the rocky bottom of the ocean, lifted up".
From The Guardian ● Jun. 8, 2013
I used the edge of my mantilla to wipe the sweat on my face as I followed behind Maria Teresa and Minerva, Mama and Dede close behind me.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
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
Men tend to wear suits and ties and most women wear skirts and lace mantillas on their heads, the latter a traditional sign of humility and femininity.
From New York Times ● Nov. 15, 2022
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 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
