mantle
noun
a loose, sleeveless cloak or cape.
Example Sentences
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To my knowledge, Carney’s creator is neither crook nor salesman, but Whitehead can lay claim to those other two mantles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
He has shown an interest, perhaps un-Spurs-like, in seizing mantles like league MVP and being the future “face” of the sport.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026
“Uranus and Neptune have disordered magnetic fields because they produce these fields in a thin water-rich layer in their mantles while our Earth generates its magnetic field in the core,” Militzer said.
From Salon ● Dec. 1, 2024
Unlike most animals, whose eyes feature retinas that send images to the brain, scallops have mantles covered with hundreds of tiny blue dots, each of which contains a curved mirror at its back.
From Science Magazine ● Apr. 13, 2023
The oldest kids cut through the crowd in a storm of purple mantles.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
