Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Pictures were posted online by the Sabratha Red Crescent agency showing bodies in black bags being placed at the back of pick-up trucks by the aid workers wearing face-masks and gloves.

From Reuters • Apr. 25, 2023

The morning of the Mass, crowds wearing their Sunday hats, face-masks and white T-shirts bearing Mr. Moïse’s face pressed into the pews of the town’s central, breezy church, St. Jean Baptiste.

From New York Times • Jul. 16, 2021

Earlier this year, for instance, a minor liability issue involving face-masks became a huge behind-the-scenes struggle before manufacturers such as 3M prevailed.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 17, 2020

The basins are made from plastic buckets, the spigots adorned with blank face-masks and pointing fingers fed by sloppy PVC pipes.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2019

As a rule they did not wear face-masks, only little dominoes of black cloth or green cloth or white cloth coming down to the mouth.

From Sea and Sardinia by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)