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He was clad in a blouse that was something like a great coat; he was uneasy and audacious; he walked forwards and gazed behind him.

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 Meanings and Examples of BLOUSE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
blouse
 n.  a top worn by women
Classic Sentence: (46 in 4 pages)
1  The child grasped him by the collar of his blouse and shook him.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XIII—LITTLE GERVAIS
2  He settled his cap more firmly on his brow, sought mechanically to cross and button his blouse, advanced a step and stopped to pick up his cudgel.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XIII—LITTLE GERVAIS
3  It has been established by the testimony of two or three carters who met him, that he was carrying a bundle; that he was dressed in a blouse.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 8: CHAPTER V—A SUITABLE TOMB
4  But an aged workman had died in the infirmary of the factory a few days before, leaving behind him nothing but his blouse.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 8: CHAPTER V—A SUITABLE TOMB
5  He was clad in a blouse that was something like a great coat; he was uneasy and audacious; he walked forwards and gazed behind him.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XIX—THE BATTLE-FIELD AT NIGHT
6  He wore a blouse, and under his blouse an old black coat.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER II—TWO COMPLETE PORTRAITS
7  These two persons were strangers to him; one was a bearded man in a blouse, and the other a long-haired individual in rags.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 8: CHAPTER XIII—SOLUS CUM SOLO, IN LOCO REMOTO, NON COGITABU...
8  When he went out alone, which was generally at night, he was always dressed in a workingman's trousers and blouse, and wore a cap which concealed his face.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER II—JEAN VALJEAN AS A NATIONAL GUARD
9  You will be shaven clean, and you will wear a red blouse and wooden shoes.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4: CHAPTER II—MOTHER PLUTARQUE FINDS NO DIFFICULTY IN EXPLAI...
10  He had seized Cabuc's collar, blouse, shirt, and suspender with his left hand.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 12: CHAPTER VIII—MANY INTERROGATION POINTS WITH REGARD TO A C...
11  The fire-pot allowed him to distinguish a blouse, torn trousers of coarse velvet, bare feet, and something which resembled a pool of blood.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 14: CHAPTER VI—THE AGONY OF DEATH AFTER THE AGONY OF LIFE
12  Her torn blouse disclosed her bare throat.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 14: CHAPTER VI—THE AGONY OF DEATH AFTER THE AGONY OF LIFE
13  She caught up her blouse and bit it, and her limbs stiffened on the pavement.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 14: CHAPTER VI—THE AGONY OF DEATH AFTER THE AGONY OF LIFE
14  She put Marius' hand in the pocket of her blouse.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 14: CHAPTER VI—THE AGONY OF DEATH AFTER THE AGONY OF LIFE
15  You would fall in with some grand guard of the line or the suburbs; they will spy a man passing in blouse and cap.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER IV—MINUS FIVE, PLUS ONE
Example Sentence:
1  The new coats blouse gracefully above the hip line.
2  This skirt and this blouse go together well.
3  Fortunately, the stain on the blouse was imperceptible after the blouse had gone through the wash.
4  Her coat blouses above the hip.