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

In photographs from this period, she is tangled in a nest of limbs, or in fishnets and a bright mantilla, kneeling at an invisible altar like a psychedelic bride.

From New York Times • Aug. 25, 2022

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

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 22, 2017

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

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