Example Sentences

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She had robed herself in black, and had gathered her gold hair about her face like a heavy veil, and sat weeping into it for the plight of Hugues d'Arques.

From The Line of Love Dizain des Mariages by Cabell, James Branch

I supposed that its upper affluents, congealed during the late cold weather, were quietly enjoying a winter's nap under the heavy coat in which Jack Frost had robed them.

From Four Months in a Sneak-Box by Bishop, Nathaniel H. (Nathaniel Holmes)

And when he had robed himself with his robes, and entered in and bowed himself before the altar, he saw that the altar was covered with strange flowers that never had been seen before. 

From A House of Pomegranates by Wilde, Oscar

The which she did after she had robed her in her best apparel.

From The Fall of the Niebelungs by Armour, Margaret

She was fire for the blue and the green Of our earth, dark fire; athirst As a seed of her bosom for dawn, White air that had robed and nursed Her mother.

From Poems — Volume 2 by Meredith, George