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Sentence Examples No creepy crawlies, just silks, furs, flosses, feathers, wood, metal and plastic on a hook. North American aborigines had developed a system of middlemen for transporting furs to bayside posts. Many worked in professions connected to the tailoring industry, including furs and leather, as well as jewellery and watchmaking. For a fine finish on short-haired furs, finish the raw edge with seam binding and secure the hem with double catch-stitching as noted above. There were six different furs to choose from including brown and grey Persian lamb, and beaver. The greatest reward went to the post master who received one shilling for each score of beaver or an amount of furs of the same value. Her coffin was lovingly wrapped in muskrat, beaver and fox furs and lowered into the ground by her family. Hillary's expedition did bring back furs that supposedly came from yetis, and an abundance of photos of suspicious tracks in the snow. Raphael heard Charmian's restive breathing, and a tear slid down his nose onto the furs he rested his head on. The Chinese caravans traded silk, porcelain and tea for furs of black fox and sable, and ivory tusks from frozen mammoths. A total of six ships have put in here asking for both furs and lumber in the past two months. It was at one time the main commercial port for lynx and sable furs, beeswax, timber, grain, hunting falcons, and walrus ivory. It came from the west, and the sled carried a bulky man, 18 Samoyeds, and a large parcel of whale oil and furs. She played mah-jongg with movie stars, and dressed in the finest quality clothes, furs, and jewelry. Thousands of tent-like structures made from animal furs woven together stood in the clearing. Tall, mature, single, blue-blooded aristocrat seeks tall, mature foxy lady who loves dressing in furs. The response from the shop keeper was that he had already sold out of such furs. I pushed past him into the small room and set the child down on the circular bed of animal furs as gently as possible. They were lying together wrapped in warm furs on a bed of fresh yellow straw, inside a tent. A large number of furs were traded for an even larger number of European trade goods. Show More Sentences It begins with furs, moves to a multi-racial group studying the famous Kohklux Map, and on to a corner of a trading post. In order to absorb the lupine hunting spirit, Blackfeet braves slept on furs and offered howls of praise to the wolf. Tall, mature, single, blue-blooded aristocrat, seeks tall, mature foxy lady who loves dressing in furs. And so they came in Christmas, muffled up in furs and with mountains of luggage, and were pleasantly surprised. At first Pryce thought they were wearing furs or skins of a striped animal, but then determined that their bodies were painted. Psocids are also known as booklice because some types of the insect are attracted to delicate materials such as books and furs. She flopped down onto the myriad of furs and pliant pillows, and sloshed a mug full of cold liquid from the sweating pitcher on the pit's table. He turns around to see a horde of muscular Nordic men in furs and helmets preparing to scale the platform. Where are silver, platinum, tin, wool, wheat, palm oil, furs and cacao got from? She is a vision of sweeping strides and soft steps swathed in airy veils and supple furs. Clothes moths and carpet beetles often destroy woolen clothing, furs, rugs and furniture. Scottish monarchs rode through the town in glittering cavalcades, and turbulent priests rubbed shoulders with noblemen in furs. One night his troops encounter an old Asiatic hermit named Dersu Uzala, who lives in the wilderness, surviving by hunting and selling furs. Enter Torre, 5,000 square feet of everything from white T-shirts to chinchilla furs for big guys. He was in a shallow cave, lying on a large pallet covered with blankets and furs that filled a lot of the available space. She, herself, had never had a proper bed, just one made of animal furs from kills the clansmen had made. And to warm themselves, the women cling close together under Mrs Charmond's furs until she feels strong enough to get to her feet. Some animal rights demonstrators were standing in a pedestrian precinct, outside a shop selling furs. The rest of the tent was an elaborate mess of silk fabrics, elegant furs, and expensive treasures. My mother did beadwork, tanned all the skins, sewed furs, made soap, smoked meat. Show More Sentences He has heard rumors of gold, and he has come with furs and leather to trade. The BBC reported in July that there is a flourishing trade in the furs of endangered animals in Afghanistan. By comparison, Canada harvests the furs of about 1 million wild animals each year, from a land mass three times as large. He wore white robes and around his feet and shins were bound grey and white animal hides and furs. They were comfortable in the warm southern sunshine, but felt strange to one who had worn nothing but animal skins and furs all his life. Longclaw uses one as an extension for his mast, and adds skins and furs to his sail as the temperature permits. There wasn't a blank spot anywhere, beautiful carpets covered most of the floor and there were paintings and animal furs on the walls. The animals used for this trade are raised under deplorable conditions and killed solely for their skins and furs. In North America Europeans conducted a huge trade in furs and skins through native peoples and enlisted them as allies in their wars. Harriet led her to a pile of soft cloths on the ground, a velvety mound of skins and furs heaped haphazardly in a corner. Walk in, and you'll find everything from funky furs to elegant dress coats. These women were traveling, they had relationships, they had jewels, they had furs. They walked in, the King in his great furs and mighty sword, and the Queen with her dazzling silk gowns and beautiful jewels covering her neck. The old church building was packed with at least a hundred furs of every description. Palmer and his associates struggle through the elements wrapped in heavy furs, their breath freezing in the air. That's why, for much of history, furs and skins from the more aggressive carnivores have been an essential part of the ceremonial dress of kings, emperors and dictators. Instead, small bands of Chipewyans set themselves up as middlemen or traders themselves, and acted as the means of exchanging European products for Chipewyan furs. And native peoples were hardly passive participants in this enterprise. It was the Mi'kmaqs who insisted that Cartier forget about a passage to China and trade for furs. Our knowledge of the paleface was limited, but we had learned that he brought goods whenever he came, and that our people exchanged furs for his merchandise. He intended to store winter garments and furs for people for a fee. Show More Sentences White, cream and wintry pale beige hues in conjunction with sheepskin, polar skin, shaggy furs and plenty of quilts conjure up polar expedition gear. However, the Russian fur trade in this area was threatened by Yankee traders, who not only collected furs, but brought shiploads of rum and guns for the local Indians. It gets in your eyes and furs your tongue, but it's not like gas. Sandy soil attached to the furs was the source of silica in the fur dust. She was French, and she carried fine silk and precious metals for those who had settled in North America, hopefully to be traded for furs and timber. The search for fish, whale oil, and furs and a trade route to China has been succeeded by exploration for mineral resources and more recently by strategic military occupation. Standing, she shed the furs and pulled her cloak tightly around herself. Old pictures of the couple show Horace decked out in a three-piece suit and diamond rings and Margaret swaddled in furs. The walls of his log cabin-style burial chamber were draped in fabric, and he was laid out on a decorated bronze couch covered with furs and other material. It was merchants such as Nicolas Roxcox, wrapped in Baltic furs, who encouraged Rubens to repopulate parish churches with altarpieces of exceptional quality. During the summers, some families live in tents made from furs or skins. He used vivid shocking pink dyed furs atop huge enveloping coats. Both furs jumped to their feet, and a very short skirmish ensued. The room was plainly appointed and contained one large bed piled high with furs, a small washstand, and a tall cupboard with a mirror bolted to one of the doors. A decreasing number of aboriginal furs reached bayside posts. So the trapper gathered the furs and snow-packed barrels of meats upon a sled, and pushed it through the passes before they were snowed in by the winter. The Crows sold the purloined furs to Samuel Tulloch at Fort Cass. The Dogribs and other Athapaskan tribes no longer had to send their furs through Chipewyan middlemen or travel long distances to Hudson Bay to trade. Even the furs, feathers and jewellery received the first-class treatment. A few hours later, he pushed past the swinging door of the taproom, furs replaced by a couple of purchased oddities that clinked in his pack as he moved. Show More Sentences Spanish lieutenant governors, palms well greased, usually winked at contraband trade, and furs, skins, and trade goods would flow across borders with relative ease. Sternberg showed a sweatshirt wrapped around a hips-style skirt, oversized faux furs, and thigh-length cardigans. While we're going about our daily lives in down parkas, furs and boots, the designers are busy creating and proudly presenting what we can expect in spring and summer. He trapped foxes for extra money and sold their furs all around. Chancellor was no less optimistic, finding a good market for his English wool, and receiving furs and other Russian continental goods in return. The exact amount sent to the tsar is disputed, as descriptions range from 2,500 to 5,000 to sixty sacks of furs. Exotic furs such as fox, marten, grey squirrel and ermine were reserved for aristocratic elites. And, of course, many a Viking child would be conceived in the bed furs by Viking men and women who were bored and lustsome. The collection also features sleek tailoring which the girls have teamed with faux Mongolian furs in petrol blue and pale pink tones. The Fur Products Labeling Act requires the country of origin of imported furs to be disclosed on all labels and in all advertising. There is also a design called ermine inspired by the winter coat of the stoat and painted onto other furs, such as rabbit. Economic affairs also took their interest, and they largely controlled the trade in furs, timber, banking and railroad management. Selling his glittering goods at a great advance, he received in exchange valuable peltries and furs at a corresponding reduction. They are also described as transporting oils, incense, steel weapons, furs, and slaves. While exploring the river, Hudson had traded with several native groups, mainly obtaining furs. More importantly, they were trading posts with the indigenous peoples who came to them with furs from their trapping season. The HBC shipped the furs to Europe and continued to use some of these posts well into the 20th century. Chancellor was no less optimistic, finding a good market for his English wool, and receiving furs and other Russian goods in return. In the early years, ships would call at Uelen to trade for furs produced along the arctic coast. He was able to sell American furs at Canton after some official resistance. Show More Sentences First Nations traded their furs for many French goods such as metal objects, guns, alcohol, and clothing. Some yields were so high that it allowed farmers to trade furs and skins for luxury items, especially with Jutland. Trading with Romans also took place, largely furs and skins in exchange for luxury goods. Lawton incorporates the style of female rebelliousness of the 1950's, including furs, leather, and a solid color palette. The bordering countries have also traditionally exported lumber, wood tar, flax, hemp and furs by ship across the Baltic. Franks traded timber, furs, swords and slaves in return for silks and other fabrics, spices, and precious metals from the Arabs. Animal furs used in garments and trim may be dyed bright colors or to mimic exotic animal patterns, or shorn down to imitate the feel of a soft velvet fabric. They blocked the Rus' from sailing down the Volga but bought Rus' furs and resold them to merchants coming upriver from Khazaria and central Asia. Dezhnyov found a walrus rookery at the mouth of the Anadyr and ultimately accumulated over 2 tons of Walrus ivory, far more valuable than the few furs found at Anadyrsk. In the east, the rapid Russian exploration and colonisation of the huge territories of Siberia was led mostly by Cossacks hunting for valuable furs and ivory. The two sides bartered with furs and gray squirrel skins for milk and red cloth, which the natives tied around their heads as a sort of headdress. Settlements in continental North America aimed to exploit natural resources such as furs and in particular lumber, which was in short supply in Greenland. In Russia, polar bear furs were already being commercially traded in the 14th century, though it was of low value compared to Arctic fox or even reindeer fur. Rare furs have been a notable status symbol throughout history. The new Kievan state prospered due to its abundant supply of furs, beeswax, honey, and slaves for export, and because it controlled three main trade routes of Eastern Europe. However, very soon the exploration and colonization of the huge territories of Siberia was resumed, led mostly by Cossacks hunting for valuable furs and ivory. This area was a source of timber, wax, amber, resins, and furs, along with rye and wheat brought down on barges from the hinterland to port markets. Examples from Classical Literature As for furs and leather and lumber, no other town in the colonies compared with Albany. Her sylph-like form of arrowy grace was arrayed in his wedding gifts of costly furs, and glittering bright with bead and shell. The capa is a long robe of guanaco furs, about five and a half feet long, by four and a half broad. The rider in that cariole is so whelmed in furs as to be absolutely invisible. The Laplander clothes his body in warm furs, the Ceylonese in a scanty vesture of thin cotton. A thin gentleman with furs, puzzle boxes, and other cheap-jack gear was not much called upon though called at. I will ask you then, for your own account, Mr. Leroux, of the arrival of the woman in the civet furs. They bought of the Eskimo what furs they wanted and paid as little for them as possible. And the amazing man drew out of his torn flapping furs the gobs of meat he had cut from the dead bear. However, the finest samite and sendal cannot take the place of suitable furs. Some came to fish, some to purchase furs of the Indians, and some for timber for shipbuilding. She expects him to have a sliding scale of prices for his goods as she has for her furs. Her orders were, after discharging her freight at Niagara, to return immediately to St. Joseph's, for another cargo of furs. Scarlet and green were particularly reserved for the order of knighthood, as well as ermine, minever, and some other furs. I had pawned my last winter's furs, but my character seemed quite clean and unsmirched. Arthur and Genevieve were there, Genevieve in her white fox furs, of course. Mrs. Wilton's hair and eyelashes and her furs were powdered with tiny drops. After three days' march up the river he fell in with a Yakut tribe, from whom he got a rich booty of sable and other furs. There I ran at the handle-bars for a time, but at last I threw myself upon the sled among the furs, and pulled a parkie over me. Genevieve and the white fox furs were escorted by Arthur Summers. Show More Sentences I was just thinking how nice it would be if I had some white fox furs. To his great astonishment, the door opened and Christine Daae appeared, wrapped in furs, with her face hidden in a lace veil, alone. Austrey entered, piloting a tremendous blackwigged and red-plumed lady in overflowing furs. Here they would sell their furs, take in teas, nankeens, and other merchandise, and return to Boston, after an absence of two or three years. I remained wrapped up in furs, contemplating the magnificent night. My duty dictated that I must see that she was comfortable, and so I glanced into her chariot and rearranged her silks and furs. And did not the Tanana tribe pay my father many blankets and fine furs? All his dress was made of skin or furs, in the crudest frontier fashion. He was badly advised and went to work on furs during a strike, when the factories were offering big wages. Layers of wools, furs and natural woods makes this the cosiest room you won't want to leave. I had hoped to procure furs for a moderate price in Yakutsk. A dealer in furs, returning to Samarkand from Nijni-Novgorod, told of the marvels which he had seen performed in Erik's tent. Aouda, cosily packed in furs and cloaks, was sheltered as much as possible from the attacks of the freezing wind. Rich furs and strange iridescent mats from some Oriental bazaar were scattered upon the floor. Slaves appeared upon every housetop with gorgeous silks and costly furs, laying them in the sun for airing. Then to his knights they gave for garments furs both gray and vair. The furs of these regions were being drained by the English of Hudson Bay. They ought to have come a little sooner to have heard his lecture on dress, for they were splendidly attired in velvet, silk, and furs. She has beeswax and honey, and most valuable skins and furs. Brown kilted skirt and box coat, brown furs and brown gloves. Show More Sentences As I approached I found Dejah Thoris lying prone upon her silks and furs, her lithe form wracked with sobs. He had exchanged his shirt of mail for an under tunic of dark purple silk, garnished with furs, over which flowed his long robe of spotless white, in ample folds. There were furs and silks peeping from under a large camlet cloak with a thick flannel lining, that by its cut and size was evidently intended for a masculine wearer. I was lying among a pile of sleeping silks and furs in the corner of a small room in which were several green warriors, and bending over me was an ancient and ugly female. He then gave her a dose of gunpowder dissolved in cold water, and ordered her to be wrapped in buffalo robes and put to sleep under a load of furs and blankets. They were wrapped in rich furs, their huge canoes freighted with every convenience and luxury, and manned by Canadian voyageurs, as obedient as Highland clansmen. Once a year, a ship was to come from the United States, to bring out goods for the interior trade, and to take home the salmon and furs which had been collected. He was walking home about eleven o'clock from Lord Henry's, where he had been dining, and was wrapped in heavy furs, as the night was cold and foggy. About the time when the sun shall have reached mid heaven, the old man of the sea comes up from under the waves, heralded by the West wind that furs the water over his head. No furs or silks or jewelry had there ever been for little Meriem. It is very cold, and only our warm furs keep us comfortable. The other occupants of the room, five in number, were all females, and they were still sleeping, piled high with a motley array of silks and furs. The big ships dock in Juneau, Ketchikan and Sitka for tourists to browse in knickknack shops full of miniature totem poles, seal furs and canned salmon. In the old times of the great Northwest Company, when the trade in furs was pursued chiefly about the lakes and rivers, the expeditions were carried on in batteaux and canoes. Find more words! 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