Example Sentences

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"The law has clothed the colored man with all the attributes of citizenship. It has secured him equality before the law, and invested him with the ballot."

From Salon • Sep. 14, 2022

Slight, with a low-key, piquant authority, Mrs. Bellan has clothed the class skeleton in a ChalkHeart T-shirt.

From New York Times • Jun. 4, 2012

They hail from a shop in Rome that has clothed popes, bishops, and cardinals for two centuries.

From Slate • Apr. 9, 2012

Authoress Boyle, nearly as far astray from normality as Faulkner, has clothed her fairies in human guise, but they remain fairies.

From Time Magazine Archive

If he is himself the author, he himself has clothed his teachings in the images of the parable.

From Hidden Symbolism of Alchemy and the Occult Arts by Jelliffe, Smith Ely