HOOD in a Sentence

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For HOOD, below is one of 47 sentences:
A soldier was driving, and a woman enveloped in shawls sat behind the apron under the leather hood of the vehicle.

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 Meanings and Examples of HOOD
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
hood
 n.  covering or garment for the head or the head and shoulders, often attached to the body garment
Classic Sentence: (42 in 3 pages)
1  It was the shadow produced by a chimney-pipe of sheet iron, with a hood, which rose above a neighboring roof.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER II—COSETTE'S APPREHENSIONS
2  They cling to the seats, to the rumble, on the cheeks of the hood, on the shafts.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER I—THE 16TH OF FEBRUARY, 1833
3  The woman who was outside the window turned round, and passed within four steps of d'Artagnan, pulling down the hood of her mantle; but the precaution was too late, d'Artagnan had already recognized Mme.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 11 IN WHICH THE PLOT THICKENS
4  The woman's hood was pulled down, and the man held a handkerchief to his face.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 11 IN WHICH THE PLOT THICKENS
5  D'Artagnan observed, on the bench nearest to the pillar against which Porthos leaned, a sort of ripe beauty, rather yellow and rather dry, but erect and haughty under her black hood.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 29 HUNTING FOR THE EQUIPMENTS
6  The lady with the black hood followed through all their wanderings the looks of Porthos, and perceived that they rested upon the lady with the velvet cushion, the little Negro, and the maid-servant.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 29 HUNTING FOR THE EQUIPMENTS
7  He guessed that the lady of the black hood was the procurator's wife of the Rue aux Ours, which was the more probable from the church of St. Leu being not far from that locality.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 29 HUNTING FOR THE EQUIPMENTS
8  In a turn of the hand she muffled him up in a flowered robe, a large hood, and a cloak.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 37 MILADY'S SECRET
9  D'Artagnan threw off his hood, and disengaged his hands from the folds of the cloak.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 38 HOW, WITHOUT INCOMMDING HIMSELF, ATHOS PROCURES HIS EQUIPMENT
10  Disagreeably shocked, our hero hastened to raise the hood of the vehicle, to draw the curtains across the windows, and to lean back into a corner.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER XI
11  Just then a closed carriage and another with a hood drove up to the porch.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XXVI
12  A soldier was driving, and a woman enveloped in shawls sat behind the apron under the leather hood of the vehicle.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XIII
13  Three well-fed roans stood ready harnessed to a small conveyance with a leather hood.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 10: CHAPTER IV
14  He was being conveyed in a caleche with a raised hood, and was quite covered by an apron.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 11: CHAPTER XIV
15  Almost at the head of the line she could see the raised hood of Prince Andrew's caleche.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 11: CHAPTER XVII
Example Sentence:
1  He pulled the hood of his cloak over his head to avoid recognition.
2  Good luck, good health, hood cheer.
3  Now the hood is about half open, the engine is missing, the tires are cracked and need to be replaced.
4  They hooded him before hanging him.
5  He was wearing black combat trousers and a hooded fleece.