reticule

Example Sentences

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She dispensed intelligence and irony as if each were fresh herbs in a reticule she kept tied to the belt of her dress.

From New York Times • Nov. 2, 2020

The first lady, “caught up what silver she could crowd into her old-fashioned reticule, and then jumped into the chariot with her servant girl Sukey, and Daniel Carroll, who took charge of them,” Jennings wrote.

From Washington Post • Jun. 7, 2018

Before the quartet exited my field of vision, I saw the husband bounding in pursuit of the three women, yelping a bit and waving the reticule in the air.

From Slate • Mar. 6, 2018

Pressing back on the D-Pad kicks my speeder into a sharp turn, and I'm facing back toward the battle, the closest walker covered in a crackling blue light in the center of my aiming reticule.

From The Verge • Sep. 23, 2015

At first, Cassiopeia was confused by her reticule and started to gnaw on the leather clasp, but Penelope quickly corrected her and all was well.

From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood