Example Sentences

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Mies could have clad everything in travertine, but the contrast with the mosaic enhanced the building’s refinement, it made the marble look more luxurious.

From New York Times • Apr. 22, 2020

A fine lady, in those times, waddled under more clothes, even on a fair summer's day, than would have clad the whole bevy of a modern ball-room.

From Knickerbocker's History of New York, Complete by Irving, Washington

He seemed to have clad himself from head to foot in an impenetrable armour of reserve.

From The Swindler and Other Stories by Dell, Ethel M. (Ethel May)

A fine lady in those times waddled under more clothes, even on a fair summer’s day, than would have clad the whole bevy of a modern ball-room.

From Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8 by Sylvester, Charles Herbert

"Wait but a little till I have clad myself duly; I will then go to a friend yonder and inquire."

From In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India by Strang, Herbert