as in sarape
a piece of cloth that is used especially by women as a covering for the head or shoulders
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Recent Examples of shawl
Hedy Phillips, People.com, 3 Feb. 2025
Anya Taylor-Joy, dressed in a pale pink archival Dior dress, draped a thin silk shawl around her elbows, which added some contrast to her open back.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 16 Jan. 2025
Nayeli Lomeli, USA TODAY, 31 Aug. 2021
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Noun
The star accessorized with a matching pink shawl draped around her elbows, layered necklaces and chunky bangle bracelets.
—Hedy Phillips, People.com, 3 Feb. 2025
Anya Taylor-Joy, dressed in a pale pink archival Dior dress, draped a thin silk shawl around her elbows, which added some contrast to her open back.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 16 Jan. 2025
Verb
He was also known for living an ascetic lifestyle, often dressing in a loincloth and shawl only.
—Nayeli Lomeli, USA TODAY, 31 Aug. 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shawl
Verb
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When all of the shrimp are coated, place the baking sheet into the fridge and let the shrimp chill for 15 minutes.—
Katie Workman,
Twin Cities,
3 Feb. 2025
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In some cases, products that have plastic enclosures coated with flame retardants may be able to achieve similar fire ratings by replacing the plastic with less flammable metal.—
Mack DeGeurin,
Popular Science,
30 Jan. 2025
Noun
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In 2019, she was arrested again after jumping over the wall of California Governor Gavin Newsom’s mansion while wearing a serape and sombrero.—
Prem Thakker,
The New Republic,
7 Apr. 2023
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In 2018, Valero worked with the Tamayo brothers, of one of the last remaining serape-weaving families, to create Bouquets, a series of 12 collagelike rugs that pushed formal boundaries with semicircles and ellipses that overspilled the rectangular perimeter’s edges.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
11 Feb. 2021
Verb
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Brad and Kim showed up to help wrap presents and greet parents as the parents shopped.—
The Tennessean,
The Tennessean,
7 Feb. 2025
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Cut each strip of pre-cooked bacon in half, and wrap it around each date, securing it with a toothpick.—
Jill Schildhouse,
Southern Living,
6 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Her relationship with the brand has realized some of the most successful street-style looks in recent times: arriving at Giorgio Baldi draped in enormous stoles, hot-footing out of hotels in trompe-l’œil sock boots, brandishing Sardine bags on the streets of New York as if a priceless diamond.—
Daniel Rodgers,
Vogue,
17 Dec. 2024
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For the celebration of Mass, the bishops and priests wear wide cloaks called a chasuble as well as a stole around the neck, which descended the length of the cloak along both sides of the body.—
Rhonda Richford,
WWD,
7 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Take for instance the ravishing red cape top that swung on the matching carpet.—
Robyn Mowatt,
Essence,
8 Feb. 2025
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Randi Mahomes Randi Mahomes paid homage to her son Patrick Mahomes’ team wearing a sleeveless red dress with a cape element to the NFL Honors on Thursday.—
Julia Teti,
WWD,
5 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Summer sun breaks reveal vistas of precipitous slopes mantled in deep green grasses — with distant volcanic peaks shrouded in snow.—
ProPublica,
ProPublica,
13 Feb. 2025
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Keep in mind the game didn’t even have mantling for a while.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes,
20 Dec. 2024
Verb
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Various weather warnings were set to remain in place for large sections of the eastern U.S. through Thursday, as forecasters said the next winter storm could blanket wide bands of the country with upwards of 10 inches of snow.—
Emily Mae Czachor,
CBS News,
11 Feb. 2025
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His mind is blanketed in confusion, and we’re treated to a glorious montage of Mark waking up on the conference-room table, his Innie and Outie worlds colliding in a frantic jumble.—
Erin Qualey,
Vulture,
31 Jan. 2025
Verb
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But Maduro’s numbers have been widely discredited by both domestic and international observers, based on both polling prior to the election and tally sheets the opposition was able to recover from voting machines before Maduro’s forces shut down the count.—
Rafael Bernal,
The Hill,
9 Jan. 2025
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Failure to confront and anticipate social and environmental issues and their consequences is being sheeted back to boards and executives.—
The Sorenson Impact Institute,
Forbes,
21 Oct. 2024
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“Shawl.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shawl. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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