Sentence examples for robe against from inspiring English sources

"It is so difficult," she said, hugging her flimsy robe against the driving wind and rain.

She was a well-known hostess whom Klimt depicted in a sinuous golden gown and robe, against an abstracted golden background, looking like a Byzantine socialite who has just set down her cigarette holder and is about to discuss the latest symphony by that terribly interesting composer Gustav Mahler.

There's the "Good vs. Evil" set, with small metal figures of grotty little monsters on one side, presided over by a dark figure in a hooded robe, against a fairy tale-like bunch on the other side--a bit screwy looking, but obviously the good guys.

Hours later, they enter the basilica, a line of white robes against a gilded altar.

In one pastoral take, the pair sport spectacularly colorful robes against the backdrop of the Jokhang Temple.

I was struck by the greenness of the almonds at the roadside stalls, the whiteness of the men's robes against the cobalt sky.

The pattern-on-pattern look became his signature style of portraiture: the patterns on his sitters' gowns and robes against the wonderfully patterned pieces of cloth that served as backdrops or as coverings for the chaise longues.

In April of 1959, despite her mother's disapproval, Teresa joined her classmates and professors in an unprecedented, prominently reported demonstration of unity (the protesters wore academic robes) against a law that would extend apartheid to the few institutions of higher education that were still integrated — including their own.

In addition to barrel-vaulted stone tombs painted with biblical scenes (Abraham's sacrifice, Lazarus's resurrection), the most moving items are the many wood-panel paintings: melancholy Christs, Madonnas and saints with long narrow faces and richly colored robes against glorious gold backgrounds.

Other echoes of the colours and patterns include the red of Paul's robes against the velvet of his chair and the overhanging curtain.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art owns a pair of angels in embroidered robes, leaning against a stone balustrade and touching their wings while mourning over Jesus' flagellation wounds.