shawl
Example Sentences
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The Ava Gardner of 1987, in her knitted shawl and high-bridge spectacles, seems to carry no sense of mystery.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
Tears streamed from the eyes of Uwde Sliman, a 40-year-old Ethiopian draped in a white shawl, as she came out of the church.
From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026
She looked perfectly angelic in an all-white glittery dress, complete with a flowing fur shawl.
From BBC • Feb. 28, 2026
There’s the pink shawl that keeps getting taken away from her, and the dance-like physicality of her movements.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 8, 2025
“If you wish. Don’t swing the hammock. Will you get my white shawl which I left on the window-sill over at the house?”
From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin
Vocabulary lists containing shawl
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