Sentence examples for silk from inspiring English sources

"Oscar de La Renta sleeveless silk, full-skirted dress with black patent-leather bow belt – now that is pure poetry," the character once said.

He blames the influx of cheap silk from China for the failure of his business.

It's part steel, part silk, and I'm not bored of it yet.

If you are wearing a patterned shirt, match it with a plain knitted silk tie.

Syria's second city, Aleppo, has the best souks in the entire region – miles of medieval alleyways lined with stalls selling everything from milk to silk.

When Queen Elizabeth rose to speak at last night's state dinner in Dublin Castle, stylish in a white silk crepe state dress and the Queen Mary tiara, she had a little surprise up that shamrock-embroidered sleeve.

Located in Soller, L'Avenida has eight stunning bedrooms, all shot-silk drapes and jet chandeliers.

The last feature film on which Harris got solo credit was Dracula (1979), in which she was responsible for the elegant, silk-pleated batwing cloak worn by Frank Langella in the title role.

To record a video message for Children's Mental Health Week earlier this year, the Duchess of Cambridge wore a patterned-silk Jaeger version.

The stall also sold T-shirts with "CIA" silk-screened on them—I wonder if the operation's proprietor sees the irony.I love American political kitsch.

The exhibition retraces the history of spider-silk production through books, illustrations and photographs (no spiders, sadly).