Sentence examples for making robes from inspiring English sources

Designers have followed her subtly satirical lead, making robes and broomsticks, potions and wands seem as ordinary and kid-like as sneakers and basketballs.

We don't make robes like that here, Popov thought with disgust.

"The trend was to make robes thicker and thicker in pursuit of quality," said Joel Freyberg, hotel manager of the Gansevoort in New York.

The native people of North America made much use of beaver pelts, tanning and sewing them together to make robes.

I suggested to management one might make robes available for mortals during the reconstruction period; was presented with man's robe.

Bilal, of Kurdish descent, makes robes for both Christian priests and Orthodox rabbis, (the latter whom rely upon him not to mix wool and linen).

The use of rags was later formalized into making the robes out of separate strips or pieces of cloth, but the rough patchwork tradition was carried over into China, where hermit monks in modern times wore robes made of old rags.

Near the dais, the New York Archdiocesan Deaf Choir — two dozen men and women dressed in bright red robes who performed their songs using sign language, using gestures that made their robes wave like flags — spoke among themselves.

The softer inner bark of yellow cedar was made into robes.

A tailor by training, Brother Sanon had made the robes for priests and lawyers in Haiti for many decades.

Animal skins were made into robes, shirts, leggings, moccasins, and other clothing; fringes and ornaments made of antlers, porcupine quills, and other natural materials were popular.