TAPESTRY in a Sentence

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38 example sentences for TAPESTRY, such as:

1. This tapestry is a work of art.
2. Yes, there was the tapestry door.
3. His great hall, even, was hung with tapestry.
4. There was a huge tapestry on the furthest wall.
5. On the ground floor, the curtains were of tapestry.

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 Meanings and Examples of TAPESTRY
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
tapestry
 n.  a heavy textile with a woven design
Classic Sentence: (35 in 3 pages)
1  His great hall, even, was hung with tapestry.
Candide By Voltaire
Context  Highlight   In I
2  On the ground floor, the curtains were of tapestry.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER II—JEAN VALJEAN AS A NATIONAL GUARD
3  D'Artagnan looked for some tapestry behind which he might hide himself, and felt an immense inclination to crawl under the table.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 3 THE AUDIENCE
4  At this instant the tapestry was raised and a noble and handsome head, but frightfully pale, appeared under the fringe.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 3 THE AUDIENCE
5  A burst of satisfaction hailed the last words of the captain; and two or three heads, carried away by the enthusiasm of the moment, appeared through the openings of the tapestry.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 3 THE AUDIENCE
6  At this moment a door concealed in the tapestry opened, and a woman appeared.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 12 GEORGE VILLIERS, DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM
7  The two found themselves in a small chapel covered with a tapestry of Persian silk worked with gold, and brilliantly lighted with a vast number of candles.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 21 THE COUNTESS DE WINTER
8  There she made a fresh sign of silence, and opened a second door concealed by tapestry.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 22 THE BALLET OF LA MERLAISON
9  At length a hand and an arm, surpassingly beautiful in their form and whiteness, glided through the tapestry.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 22 THE BALLET OF LA MERLAISON
10  Motionless against the dark tapestry, with her hair in disorder, she appeared like a horrid image of terror.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 45 A CONJUGAL SCENE
11  The walls were covered with tapestry with a forest scene embroidered on it.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
12  "I believe I have taken a wrong turning again," she said, standing still at what seemed the end of a short passage with tapestry on the wall.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
13  She put her hand accidentally upon the tapestry near her, and then sprang back, feeling quite startled.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
14  Yes, there was the tapestry door.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
15  Splendid paintings by the first masters were ranged against the walls, intermingled with magnificent trophies of war, while heavy curtains of costly tapestry were suspended before the different doors of the room.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 34. The Colosseum.
Example Sentence:
1  This tapestry is a work of art.
2  There was a huge tapestry on the furthest wall.
3  Most of the tapestries in this room date from the seventeenth century.