Example Sentences

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I trudged through the next day barefoot, cloakless, and thinking grim thoughts about my life.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

Without the least protection against the bitter night air she had fled bareheaded and cloakless through the open streets from the church to her home.

From The Witch of Prague by Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion)

Henry III., indeed, had taken horse at the Tuileries, and, attended by his principal councillors, unbooted and cloakless, had issued from the New gate, and set out on the road to St. Cloud.

From A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 4 by Black, Robert

Then the king took from his shoulders a rich cloak and gave it to Kjartan, saying he should not go cloakless back to his men.

From Epic and Romance Essays on Medieval Literature by Ker, W. P.

The king then took a very good cloak off his shoulders and gave it to Kjartan, saying he should not go back cloakless to his companions.

From Laxdæla Saga Translated from the Icelandic by Press, Muriel A.C.