Sentence examples for off linen from inspiring English sources

Moulded-plastic chairs are cheekily bright, their low-budget kitsch playing off linen cloths, fine glassware and chunky, portable banquettes that form instant booths in the courtyard.

Pat Conroy has taken to the floor to show off his linen jacket, because that is what the linen jacket lifestyle demands.

When Fornaciari cut off a linen bandage from Maria d'Aragona's arm, he discovered a large ulcer.

"They sold off the linens and the silver.

For her third wedding, at her country home, she wore an off-white linen skirt and a linen top.

"The first thing I reach for on a very hot day is off-white linen trousers," he said.

The bed on which Manet's prostitute reclines is a glittering array of complicated swags of off-white linen.

Ms. Malcolm responds with subtle irony: "My living room has an oak-wood floor, Persian carpets, floor-to-ceiling bookcases, a large ficus and large fern, a fireplace with a group of photographs and drawings over it, a glass-top coffee table with a bowl of dried pomegranates on it, and sofas and chairs covered in off-white linen.

Another classic restaurant with creative tendencies--also in walking distance of the Piazza Maggiore--is Trattoria Battibecco, a fairly chi-chi place with a wood-beam ceiling, wide spacing of tables, and lovely off-white linen tablecloths.

If anyone has a doubt about how size inflation has made us all thinner without losing a pound, go to a resale shop and try to try on the Jones New York size seven off-white linen pencil skirt.

Flynt, wearing an off-white linen suit, rolled into the party in his famous gold-plated wheel chair a few minutes before the official start time of 7 00 p.m.