Sentence examples for ancient dressing from inspiring English sources

Dr. Dolliver needs to live on for her benefit, not from any selfishness of his own; he wears — emblematic adornments characteristic of Hawthorne — an ancient dressing grown of many patches and, to shelter his tiny ward from the unnatural, elixir-fed gleam in his eyes, green spectacles.

While Jane, his wife, is out teaching piano, he lies late abed, decants briefly into "The Book Against God," goes for walks and otherwise lounges about in an ancient dressing gown, neglecting his dissertation and the dishes he'd promised to wash.

Specializing in the art and archaeology of Asia Minor, she has extensively published on ancient dress and identity and on marble, ivory, and terracotta sculpture from Asia Minor.

Surreal collisions of modern and ancient dress and props continue to create the images that ambitious directors hope will make Wagner relevant for us right now.

The Irish actor Charles Macklin became the first to play Shakespeare in authentic "ancient dress" when he appeared on the stage in 1773 as Macbeth in a Highland military habit.

As an artist living in Russia, do you feel that your art — your brushes, your paints, your canvas — are constantly at risk of being taken from you? Until the age of nine I had nothing — just one ancient dress.

In it, aerial simulated miniature footage of people wearing ancient dress is digitally stitched together with footage from Game of War, a gaming app where players build empires through battle and transactions.

Maximus, the centurion, will be leading activities that include making paper Roman helmets, handling ancient artefacts, dressing up and taking part in a Roman drill.

Modern knowledge of ancient Egyptian dress derives from the ample evidence to be seen in the wealth of wall and sarcophagus paintings, in sculpture, and in ceramics; few actual garments have survived.

"Here I don't leave the house without somebody saying, 'Where are you going?' I went outside the other day, a neighbor, this ancient woman dressed completely in black, comes out.

The store will once again be noted for its display of ancient tools, dresses and long johns from long ago, products that no longer exist like Rinso soap powder and vintage advertisements, including one showing Babe Ruth swinging three bats and promoting the chewing of Pinch Hit Tobacco.