Etymology
Origin of cowled
Example Sentences
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Wesley Clark’s “I See You Here & Forever” is a seven-foot statue, made of painted foam and resin, of a man with a cowled head.
From Washington Post • Apr. 7, 2023
One untitled piece captures Hammons in a hooded winter coat with palms pressed together, as if he were a cowled monk praying.
From New York Times • Mar. 25, 2021
Picking up right where “The Force Awakens” leaves off, “Last Jedi” gives us a Luke who is grizzled, haunted and cowled like a medieval monk.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 12, 2017
Over time, Zorro developed a signature look—black cape, cowled mask, flat-brimmed Cordobés—and signature mark: a ‘Z’ formed by three quick slashes from his rapier.
From Time • Oct. 20, 2011
The cowled figure perhaps surveyed us, or perhaps was hunched in sleep or even death.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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