Example Sentences

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He had clad himself in jester's garb to feel for the truth.

From The Way of an Eagle by Dell, Ethel M. (Ethel May)

Ere this happed the fair had clad her passing well.

From The Nibelungenlied by Shumway, Daniel Bussier

They marvelled together at the realism of the sculptor who had pitted Admiral Warren with the smallpox, and at the absurdity of that other one who had clad Robert Peel in a Roman toga.

From A Duet, with an Occasional Chorus by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir

To that the soul travelled, halting once and again on the hill-tops to strip off the green leaves in which the mourners had clad it.

From The Long White Cloud by Reeves, William Pember

By noon the clouds broke, and the barometer's promise was fulfilled, so that, by the time he had clad himself in his best broadcloth, he left his office under a radiant sky.

From The Trail of the Axe A Story of Red Sand Valley by Cullum, Ridgwell