(1) At the end of a bout he, accompanied by Gravrak on one side and the ever-present Reppi on the other, would stumble back to his ‘room’ and collapse on the dirty pile of sackcloth that now served as his bed.(2) Besides exporting cloth, he imported nails, lumber, iron, glass, and sackcloth ; he also dealt in wine (but was not necessarily importing it himself).(3) The last time this much anticipation surrounded a union, the couple in question was Mary and Joseph (back in the days when designers worked in sackcloth , not silk)!(4) The feel of the dark silk against his skin was welcome after the years of coarse sackcloth , and having the weight of the chains taken away lifted his spirits.(5) Initially attired in heavyweight fabrics, and sackcloth aprons - the sort of robust clothing necessary to withstand the rigour of their work - the girls were often criticised for their lack of femininity.(6) The statue has been covered in sackcloth in central Bangalore for more than a decade because of opposition from some Kannada organisations.(7) Canvas is popular because it's light, rigid, yet elastic at the same time. Canvas can be made from sackcloth , cotton (most popular), synthetic, a combination of materials or even smooth linen.(8) So it went through the Cultural Revolution of the late 1960s and 1970s, when female film stars wrapped their chests in sackcloth lest they appear buxom, which was tantamount to being bourgeois.(9) A fashion show in Leeds is setting out to prove fair trade clothing has shaken off its sackcloth and oatmeal image.(10) And she… she was decked out in the same sackcloth shirt and leggings that she had been wearing since they'd left Xykrull.(11) A strange sackcloth mask with two slit-like eyeholes is pulled over his head.(12) The amputated arm lay on the grass near Haru, and when she finished, Haru turned around and wrapped the arm in sackcloth .(13) Once again, they had to repair; the material on the seat become more and more primitive, resembling a blue sackcloth compared to the imitation denim all around it.(14) Perennials can be protected with sackcloth and placed in an area where they are less exposed to the elements.(15) The torn and dirty breeches, sackcloth shirt, and tangled hair did not exactly jibe with the mental image she had formed of the prim and sharply dressed servant's master.(16) I don't see socialist society as just sackcloth and turnip soup.
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