Sentence examples for heavy cloak from inspiring English sources

In the severe climate of northern Europe, the brooch became the characteristic ornament because it routinely functioned as a fastening for a heavy cloak or tunic.

As a result, they complain, there is a constant vibration from the idling engines and a heavy cloak of diesel fuel fouling the air.

His painful history hangs around him like a heavy cloak that needs to be levered off his shoulders inch by inch, song by song.

Some Western analysts say that Beijing's willingness to accept aid and rescue teams from several foreign militaries reflects a new openness in a military that has historically operated behind a heavy cloak of secrecy.

Once it was dark, they'd wrap up in their tabarro (a heavy cloak common in Piedmont), go to the local farms and sing until they woke the farmer, or a member of his family or workers.

Project Agape is still under a heavy cloak of secrecy (Om Malik first got wind of the new venture a week and a half ago), although I was able to see a demo and some additional conceptual work.

A lovely group of images designed by the illustrator Katherine Milhous under the auspices of the WPA promote the charms of Pennsylvania Dutch country, with ruddy-faced beauties clad in heavy cloaks and bonnets surrounded by a surfeit of rustic delights.

She has long, wavy blond hair and is wearing a blue-gray dress and a heavy gold cloak.

On Calle de la Cruz, Capas Seseña is the only place in Spain that still makes the heavy woollen cloak known as the capa española, a garment traditionally reserved for formal occasions, such as bullfights or nights at the theatre.

You can drop that heavy victim cloak of resentment at the feet of your higher power and you will be light as a feather afterwards. 5. Service -- Often victims are self-centered people focused on their pain and their struggles.

Sometimes we'd watch as young men took cows out to pasture, or women with thick braids and layers of heavy wool cloaks would make offerings at a stupa, a religious mound supposedly containing relics of the Buddha.