Sentence examples for a garment worn. from inspiring English sources

In his absence, Libya's nationhood is like a garment worn thin.

A garment worn by astronauts when they're in pressure suits and can't get to a toilet.

"The wedding gown is a garment worn when a woman goes from one place in life to another".

Sculptured reliefs dating from the 2nd century bc show the ancient dhoti as a garment worn by both sexes.

More outrageous is Diane Price's "Autobiography," which consists of several large pieces of paper folded into a garment worn by a cast paper mannequin.

This had derived in the late 12th century from the tabard, a garment worn by crusading knights over their armour to prevent the sun from reflecting off the metal and making them visible to an enemy.

As a garment wore out, the women would simply incorporate newly recycled pieces to extend its use.

*The burka is a loose garment, worn outside the home, covering a woman's whole body including her face which is hidden from view by a mesh of fabric.

The hooded sweatshirt, a ubiquitous garment worn the world over, carries both a practical and countercultural appeal.

"Canadian geese!" From a modest rise called Parliament Hill that looks down on the high-rises of Canary Wharf, the newly built skyscraper known as the Shard, Big Ben, the London Eye, one of the birders recalled William Wordsworth's sonnet "Upon Westminster Bridge" from 1802: "The City now doth, like a garment, wear / The beauty of the morning; silent, bare".

Use of the surcoat, a light garment worn over the knight's armour, became general during this period.