Example Sentences

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They have shaven heads, and they wear yellow robes.

From Highroads of Geography Introductory Book: Round the World with Father by Anonymous

All the priests have shaven heads, and wear a simple robe of cotton, dyed to a bright yellow by the juice of the cutch-tree.

From Burma Peeps at Many Lands by Kelly, R. Talbot (Robert Talbot)

Both figures are heavily bearded, but have shaven lips and chins.

From Myths of Babylonia and Assyria by Mackenzie, Donald Alexander

They do not have shaven faces and long hair and another world expression upon their countenances.

From The Cassowary What Chanced in the Cleft Mountains by Waterloo, Stanley

Samson only told the secret, but you have performed the operation; you have shaven your own head, and wantonly thrown away the locks.

From Writings of Thomas Paine — Volume 1 (1774-1779): the American Crisis by Conway, Moncure Daniel