1 Nevertheless, this had forced him to swathe his hand in a linen bandage, and to carry his arm in a sling, and had prevented his signing.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 6: CHAPTER I—THE 16TH OF FEBRUARY, 1833 2 But as my aunt had swathed me up, I made no complaint of being inconvenienced.
David Copperfield By Charles DickensContext Highlight In CHAPTER 13. THE SEQUEL OF MY RESOLUTION 3 And he bent his long legs, swathed in tight riding breeches, and sat down in the chair, too low for him, so that his knees were cramped up in a sharp angle.
4 Mr. D'Arcy came from the pantry, fully swathed and buttoned, and in a repentant tone told them the history of his cold.
5 Out of the black cave of time, terrible and swathed in scarlet, rose the image of his sin.
6 The spruces swathed them in blackness and silence.
7 Standing in the window we saw that his left hand was swathed in a bandage and that his face was very grim and pale.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In XI. The Adventure of The Naval Treaty 8 That is to say, she was now wearing a gown of some dark colour, and lacked her nightcap, and had swathed her neck in something stiff.
9 Then tearing the woman's chemise which he was wearing, he made a strip of cloth with which he hastily swathed the little girl's bleeding wrist.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 8: CHAPTER VII—STRATEGY AND TACTICS 10 In a swath eighty miles wide the Yankees were looting and burning.
11 Mr. D'Arcy stood swathing his neck carefully and frowning.