Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Resembling a shroud; henee, funereal.
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- adjective Resembling or characteristic of a
shroud .
Etymologies
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Examples
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In 1959 Afghanistan formally abolished the requirement that women wear a veil and a chadri, a shroudlike head-to-toe covering.
Spoken from the Heart Laura Bush 2010
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Clad in form-fitting leather armor designed for easy movement and adorned also with a shroudlike hooded cloak bearing deep crimson hints, Sylvanas looked very much the harbinger of doom.
WORLD OF WARCRAFT STORMRAGE Richard A. Knaak 2010
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In 1959 Afghanistan formally abolished the requirement that women wear a veil and a chadri, a shroudlike head-to-toe covering.
Spoken from the Heart Laura Bush 2010
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Clad in form-fitting leather armor designed for easy movement and adorned also with a shroudlike hooded cloak bearing deep crimson hints, Sylvanas looked very much the harbinger of doom.
WORLD OF WARCRAFT STORMRAGE Richard A. Knaak 2010
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Returning to her laptop computer, Bucholtz projected onto the screen several photographs of models used to produce shroudlike images by direct contact.
The Shroud Codex Ph.D Jerome R. Corsi 2010
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Clad in form-fitting leather armor designed for easy movement and adorned also with a shroudlike hooded cloak bearing deep crimson hints, Sylvanas looked very much the harbinger of doom.
WORLD OF WARCRAFT STORMRAGE Richard A. Knaak 2010
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Christoforov, a tall old lady who, wearing black spectacles and a plain grey, shroudlike dress that was trimmed with black velvet, never failed to have a stick between her abnormally long fingers.
Through Russia 2003
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Billowing around the corpse like some sort of cape was an eerie shroudlike aura.
Deception Point Dan Brown 2001
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Billowing around the corpse like some sort of cape was an eerie shroudlike aura.
Deception Point Brown, Dan, 1964- 2001
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That seemed to shatter the spell that had settled shroudlike over the studio.
With Friends Like These... Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1977
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