red-checked

• “He wears a long, white cotton thobe, bleached and pressed to a dazzling crispness, and a red-checked ghutra headdress held in place by the black agal headband, the wool cord once used by the Bedouins to hobble their camels.”

  The Huffington Post: Richard Bangs: Bahrain: Once Was Paradise

• “Gone are the kitsch cut-out hearts in Tyrolean three-legged chairs and the red-checked curtains: Chalet chic today is about mixing the rough with the smooth and creating a modern space that is not only comfortable but also unfussy, eco-friendly and, above all, tactile.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Taking Chalet Chic to the City

• “Next to them he places several jars, each capped with red-checked fabric and tied with raffia.”

  Simon & Schuster: The Sorcerer’s Apprentices

• “In a day-after critique of the various candidates' Fourth of July attire, Esquire gave Mr. Huntsman high praise for his "perfectly cut," all-American red-checked shirt.”

  The Wall Street Journal: The Making of Brand Huntsman

• “What Miep Gies did when she first found the red-checked book that was Anne Frank's diary.”

  The Huffington Post: Brad Meltzer: 'Heroes For My Son': The Day I Broke My Son's Heart (PHOTOS)

• “Bradley asked, flapping open a red-checked tablecloth and laying it down on the roof.”

  Simon & Schuster: The Opposite of Me

• “Below me, in the audience, there was a rustling, then a murmur, and then a delegation of white-robed men in red-checked head coverings walked out.”

  Simon & Schuster: Spoken from the Heart

• “The Bella Luna was a family restaurant with wood floors, round tables with red-checked tablecloths, and candles stuck in Chianti bottles next to the bread baskets.”

  Fictionaut: Static

• “Lamu town is a UNESCO world heritage site known for its preserved sense of ancient Swahili culture: the thin stone streets, the donkeys (no cars allowed), the carved wooden doors, the children in their red-checked school uniforms, and the women in black bui-bui, walking alone, with a graceful stroll, the veil up to their eyes.”

  Karin Luisa: Paradise in Lamu, Kenya

• “He throws a half-drunk coffee toward the sink, splashing coffee all over the red-checked wallpaper.”

  Richard Farrell: Fighting My Own Drug War: An Excerpt From What's Left of Us

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