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    1. Grinning despite himself, he comes over and picks it out for me, then stands helplessly by while I, woman fashion, drape his wet clothes by the fire so that they will dry off


    2. She had taken off the tassely drape and hair beads so the casual observer in the audience didn't recognize her


    3. At her direction, two men rolled out a long red carpet from the foot of one leg of the stairs all the way to the center of the room in front of a massive object that reached halfway to the ceiling, hidden under a black drape


    4. Then tuck it here, careful not to block your cleavage, and drape the rest like this, so your one leg is covered and the other is seen through the slit here


    5. He grabbed up the blanket and started to drape it around his body


    6. AJ came walking over to settle things and found an arm drape itself over his shoulder


    7. ” Tyranny likes to drape its naked power in a cloak of decency


    8. drape into the front of her pants to keep them from


    9. They both helped drape it around their doctor


    10. of his satirical theatrics, his hands would finally drape back down

    11. Seeing the hospital drape they assumed concealed only the President and his


    12. Tress acted quickly, dragging a nearby drape from the wall and smothering him in its folds to extinguish the last of the flames


    13. You lay clutched around the torso, arms and legs drape down


    14. She wouldn"t have believed me and she"d already drifted off to drape herself over the arm of a well-built, prosperous-looking chap in permed silvery curls, white trousers, designer boat-shoes and dark blue reefer jacket with shiny buttons


    15. Drape a kitchen towel over the bowl and allow to sit at


    16. Alone in his darkening front room, Ian Nikelseer watched the dying light drape his school in spurious Gothic splendour


    17. “Thanks,” Max said and walked over to drape his huge


    18. He took a glance behind him—and saw Lezura right on his tail with the towel drape around her and one of the big fishes in her hand


    19. The drape moves again as the


    20. been keeping his eye on the drape where his love was hidden,

    21. faithfulness to us; the very raiment that will drape our shoulders will be an everlasting testimony


    22. I'd add a drape over there, slap


    23. Feltus held the scarf in the palm of his hand, allowing the ends to drape dramatically in the breeze


    24. wall, separated from the rest of the room by a thick, quilted drape


    25. greasy hair to drape over his eyes


    26. not hesitate any longer to slide her arms out of the robe and drape it noiselessly across the bed


    27. I was hiding under a drape and Sebastian was in another one close to me


    28. The world is deteriorating before your eyes, everywhere dark and humming, a drape of madness and mayhem like the final curtain on a play with a cast of fools


    29. When he reached the gate he made a valiant attempt to jump, but only managed to drape himself over the thing


    30. How odd: every blind on the upper windows was shut, each drape drawn

    31. The theme would be military equipment on display and the idea I had was to get as much camouflage netting as I could beg, borrow or steal and then drape the whole place in this netting


    32. ” Silas felt a wing drape around his shoulder


    33. His task on some intern (he tried to drape her)


    34. drape that’s in it across the back of the room along the hidden track in the


    35. The man had a half smile on his lips as he watched Teller drape his shoulder bag over the back of the chair


    36. Drape it over the rolling


    37. “That is appropriate!” she scoffed staring at the dress as if it were some horrendous slain creature that she was expected to drape about her


    38. object covered with a thick black drape of a sturdy


    39. As they stared at the odd patterns on the drape, a


    40. handling a precious object, removed the drape to reveal

    41. Is he cheating on mom with someone from the office? Was all Claire could think as she sat on the couch in the living room, repeatedly smoothing her coral Alice+ Olivia silk-chiffon one shoulder drape dress that ended mid-thigh


    42. Instead, she rose from the purple duvet of her bed, smoothed it out, and walked across the lightless room, without a single glimmer shining through the translucent curtain drape to serve as a reflection of the antique lamp post near the private pond, across to the light switch, feeling her way around as her eyes became accustomed to the dark


    43. What was that? Had she seen a drape fall? She


    44. She adjusted the drape of her bottle green and


    45. and drape over the figure, that are the same in all times


    46. She then stood on tiptoe and found something on the ceiling (did it matter what?) to drape the opposite end around


    47. And We drape veils over their hearts, preventing them from understanding it, and heaviness in their ears


    48. Dominic brushed aside a red drape and led her further into darkness


    49. he rides at the drape of the day,)


    50. I have a small bicycle lamp, and it is a perpetual joy to me to carry it into these weird solitudes, and to see the wonderful silver and black effect when I throw its light upon the stalactites which drape the lofty roofs













    1. The room was draped in shadows, the only light coming from an entire wall of regular monitors


    2. Heavy orange curtains are draped across windows


    3. ’ Betty said, ‘I always think they look more festive draped across


    4. She noted a dusty cobweb draped across the window as she glanced through the grimy glass only to see a rather dilapidated and neglected yard where three cars were parked


    5. As she turned the corner into her street, she could see the crescent of the new moon hanging enticingly, draped with wisps of cloud


    6. She had on a blue shirt that draped over her ample breasts, and white Capri pants that framed a firm good-looking ass


    7. As they pulled up he could see at the roof edge a bit of black leather draped over the edge of the building


    8. There were the shells of larorlie vines draped over the lower limbs of these trees, the vines long dead in the deep shade


    9. Wandering slowly through the concourse trying to kill time before takeoff I tried to give the impression of being a seasoned traveller with my hold-all draped casually over my shoulder whilst clutching a boarding pass to the land of mystery and imagination in my trouser pocket


    10. a range burns the first coal of winter and a dripping coat is draped

    11. Omi's mother was beside him, her maroon saree draped along her


    12. ” ‘It must have been the skin of green that she and Alan brought with them on the floater that evening,’ she thought as she followed the woman into the dimly-lit and draped inner room


    13. Leona's small bag is still draped around her neck


    14. it, draped across the chair’s backrest, hung a man’s


    15. When I get home from work I grab a slice of toast to sustain me, then, after a quick shower, I change into my ‘recital’ dress which is a long black draped thing which not only has the advantage of looking seriously classical, but also enables me to breath properly without having to worry about my stomach sticking out


    16. A white lace tablecloth draped over the


    17. quarters, both draped in the same beige color as the mansion itself


    18. White dust covers draped nearly all the furniture on the second floor


    19. out candy canes, and even the big pine by the clock tower was draped in gold and


    20. Gina Hawthorne stood on the porch, draped in a black mink coat with the

    21. and rested his head between his knees, his arms draped


    22. Although she couldn't understand how a Dickens scene would look quite right with a giant Santa and a million little lights draped all over the place, but it was made clear that she was to keep her nose out of it


    23. Had there been a vestibule? Was it a door just outside? He looked there and saw a large floor with rows of workbenches, still with their sheets draped over them


    24. With a raincoat draped over his arm and brief case over his shoulder he dragged his luggage into the terminal


    25. or so round tables draped in white sat in the back next to the punch fountain and


    26. Whimly and Emily huddled together against a thick trunk of oak, a cape draped over both of their heads


    27. Alec draped the blanket over his waist as he squeezed into his pants


    28. Laundry fluttered in the wind, draped over clothes lines that stretched from one building to the next


    29. Draped over his shoulder was a rag, dripping with grease


    30. It carried both disabled androids into the starship and then picked up Alan, who was draped in the android's arms, flopping like a fish on a kitchen floor

    31. But he had fallen asleep by her side with Nimblefax’s head draped over his chest


    32. She draped the Oneness around her body like a second skin, an even more sensual and alluring flesh than what the Maker had blessed her with


    33. down and draped the towel over her legs, letting it touch


    34. She let him fall back into sound sleep with his left arm draped around her waist


    35. The robe draped down to the top of her feet which were surrounded by fur


    36. Chris took one of the large plastic sheets that had previously covered supplies stored in the room and draped it over the corpse


    37. God wouldn"t have sent His Son if he intended him to rule with armies of men draped with special clothing and with war weapons


    38. I looked round and saw Ma sat in an easy chair by the fire she was well wrapped up and had a blanket draped over her shoulders and one on her knees and she was wearing thick socks the colour of pea soup


    39. "What can I do for you?" He walked across to the far end of the lounge, where there was a small refrigerator, like a hotel mini-bar, hidden by a draped


    40. draped across the back, dipping to the waist

    41. On cue, the actress races to the center of the living room rug, pirouettes, and topples with a wail or a pitiful eek, one paw draped over her face


    42. Tonight she wore a long black dress that laced up in an elegant corset at her waist, draped to the floor and trailed out behind her


    43. A man stood on the balcony above, his arms draped across the railing


    44. The jungle foliage was thick and draped over the roadway making it hard to see much of the road way coming down to the gate house


    45. They found her a few moments later - her mother, her father, and the passing motorist whose headlights had picked out her body draped across the wires


    46. Together they pulled Dawn’s dad to his feet and set off, each with an arm draped over their shoulder, supporting his back


    47. My head was resting on the cylinder and my legs were draped over the bar that supported the rubber-covered handles


    48. Mike had seen groups of longshoremen such as that, singing ballads in unison, their arms draped over shoulders and mugs held high: men who were the backbone of the middle class, those who managed Little League teams and took Boy Scouts for outings in the forest


    49. Three feet away, casting a shadow that reached to a distant building, was a battered wooden table draped with cloth


    50. Conrad Hunter sat with his arm draped around her shoulders, so he could keep the knife at her throat












































    1. velvet drapes billowed out behind them with each sweeping pass, such was the


    2. Two massive doors opened into a dark, dreary room; heavy dark green drapes hung throughout the room


    3. Rayne climbed onto the bed and began to unhook the heavy drapes and toss them onto the floor


    4. Two housekeepers came into the room and were shocked to see the drapes on the floor


    5. Velvet drapes over the windows let in the morning light which reflected brightly from polished brass fittings on the lacquered wooden poles and ceiling ribs, from which hung ornate lamps and tasseled bell cords


    6. More swirling mists brought other people, and then all of them were moving again, all eight of them were dumped into a nest where a sultan used to live, all deep silk pillows and drapes


    7. All he heard were the drapes sliding shut, then Gypsum's light faded to a glow


    8. The drapes were thick and heavy and the furniture was solid wood; the fabric the best quality, befitting royalty


    9. The furniture and drapes were exactly as she remembered them when Xonia was still alive


    10. A light breeze caused the drapes to stir lazily, letting beams of light in now and then

    11. Although the drapes and shutters on the windows dampened the noises from outside, she could still make out the joyful chirping of the birds in the trees close by


    12. sea views waiting to be revealed when the heavy drapes were pulled


    13. She had left her windows closed, the drapes and curtains tightly drawn shut


    14. Shauna drapes an arm across Lynn’s shoulders


    15. drapes swayed with the breeze


    16. She pulled the drapes, looking out, but finding nothing


    17. Menacing gargoyles kept watch through open windows covered in fancy drapes


    18. Inside there was a large square shaped bath, right in front of a huge window with the drapes still opened, and with stairs that could be used to walk into the water


    19. the drapes here are all ready closed


    20. drapes and pulled the one big chair in the room over to the

    21. and reflected the gold drapes


    22. Tonight, the staff had pulled the drapes closed and turned


    23. pulled back the heavy drapes and looked out


    24. He informed their staff of their return, and she closed the shutters and drapes against the sunlight and the noise of the continuing gathering


    25. Halfdan and Yngvild had watched Aunt Anna drag a heavy basket out the front door and hang rugs and drapes and wall-coverings over a pole, then use a paddle to knock out dust


    26. Drapes over it and down


    27. The nurses pulled the drapes around his area and Liza had them


    28. The gold and green drapes were opened, revealing a gorgeous island setting outside


    29. move the drapes where I’d find a reptile as startled as I am


    30. then staked out the spot behind the drapes for a few minutes

    31. blinds and close the drapes over the windows


    32. She sat there listening to the rain looking at the street light between the partition of the lounge room drapes


    33. Once my pants were on, I pulled the drapes open wider, but by then he’d vanished


    34. Drapes drawn, I’d sit in the dark and not budge for days


    35. through and around the edges of the drapes, hurting his bloodshot


    36. penciling through at the outer edges of the drapes


    37. The walls were hung with drapes and the room contained a massive four-poster bed on a raised dias


    38. An old man dressed in healer’s robes slid from behind the window drapes and stood, his hands out and empty


    39. I limped over to one of the huge windows covered with soft thin curtains and velvet red drapes


    40. They were as tall as I, floor to ceiling covered with heavy silk drapes in deep maroon with thinner white gauze liners

    41. turned to pull the cord that opened the drapes to let in the


    42. He didn’t know why he tried to straighten the blouse, but he nonetheless buttoned the last button and folded the collar closer to her neck, like closing drapes


    43. The drapes were closed and it was dark inside


    44. the loveliness that drapes your purest thoughts, for out


    45. She instinctively covered herself, hunkering over as she grabbed at the drapes, tightly yanking them to


    46. Eleanor crossed to the window and parted the drapes which


    47. the drapes that covered the outside wall of the room


    48. drapes was almost afraid to breathe


    49. slipped behind the drapes, which covered a smal door to the


    50. the drapes but Peter shouted to stop her












































    1. ‘How exactly is my client linked to this unfortunate incident?’ Mr Merrett asked as I do as suggested, draping my jacket over the back of the chair


    2. While they are out, I get out my old dustsheets and start draping them over the carpet


    3. Hair - long, tangled, dark, hardly showing the dried blood staining it - wafted across the nearside rail, one moment draping the black-grey smoothness with deep brown tendrils, the next flying back whence it came, its roots firmly attached to the scalp that engendered it


    4. The fieldhouse was transformed into a sea of draping cloth, soft lights,


    5. With helms of gold draping past their eyes, and tripping over their own armor, Nathalia took one look at their brave little faces and immediately said, "The others can stay, but for the sake of the gods please bring them back to their mothers


    6. That will be critical,” she stood next to him, draping her hand over his shoulder as they looked out into the sun hitting the snow covered branches below Fallingwater


    7. construction yard, draping heavy rusting beams from their


    8. I do as he says, draping it on the chair


    9. “I like it too,” she whispered, draping her arms around his neck,


    10. You and Boo are past three bottles of champagne and six beers between you when you feel the grip of soft fur locking around your forehead and draping over your shoulders

    11. not gross; she washed it out first, before draping it over the statuette


    12. Being of African-American descent, her skin carries with it a certain caramel coloring, which, if it had not been for the acne, many a young person might sit up and take notice; added to this is her hair, which is at a good length, draping down past her shoulders and inspired by charcoal, though not well kept


    13. the oil and draping me in love beads


    14. Samson Hercules Duff tried to sit up but found the grass tunnel would not allow it so he crawled—slowly, painfully—out the way he had entered, draping his sick arm over JY


    15. So you can spend whatever you like for draping your body, but that will not necessarily 140


    16. � Making sure that a round was chambered, she then slung her rifle across her back before draping the belt over her left shoulder and climbing down from the halftrack with the machine gun


    17. She thus took off her helmet and put it on the seat next to her, then took off her heavy ballistic air survival vest, draping it over the back rest of her chair


    18. The five members of the reconnaissance team then opened the haversacks they carried and took out of them long sleeveless brown capes made of synthetic fibers before draping them over their light protective armored suits


    19. The warmth of Cam’s coat settled around her shoulders, draping almost all the way to her hemline


    20. The collar was loose and draping

    21. He drove quickly back to the hotel, guilt draping his thoughts as he remembered it was


    22. Roll out half the pastry to fit over the pecan layer, draping 1-inch over


    23. Draping the robes over the naked body, he dressed himself first


    24. Anyway, Phil was giving me signals, and I responded by draping my thigh over his and biting his lip


    25. On the desk behind him, the fax machine was rolling out a vast streamer of glossy paper, which was draping itself elegantly into a loosely folded pile


    26. He sat up, and I followed suit, draping the top comforter over my shoulders


    27. Late one night, when Louie was walking back from the benjo, he saw the camp interpreter, Yukichi Kano, kneeling beside Mansfield, draping a blanket over him


    28. ) Yesterday she had worked until she was worn out in the dusty old barn of an Armory draping yellow and pink and green cheesecloth on the booths that lined the walls


    29. I figure, finally, that the white curtain draping, in the fashion of those days, the head of Flora's little bed, shrouded, as I had assured myself long before, the perfection of childish rest


    30. The bus’s heaters are on full blast and she finds herself pulling free of her heavy jacket, draping it around her knees instead

    31. I lifted the corner of a bedsheet draping a large object, and uncovered the most wonderful possession of my entire childhood: a miniature two-seater buggy, made perfectly to scale of white-painted wicker with spoked iron wheels


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    Synonyms for "drape"

    curtain drape drapery mantle pall cloak clothe robe dress cover don enclose hang veil bedeck adorn array envelop decorate

    "drape" definitions

    hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)


    the manner in which fabric hangs or falls


    a sterile covering arranged over a patient's body during a medical examination or during surgery in order to reduce the possibility of contamination


    arrange in a particular way


    place casually


    cover as if with clothing


    cover or dress loosely with cloth