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How to use livery in a sentence

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He lead us into a large, rounded room as two men dressed in green livery passed.
He was not thinking of what he was doing, for to think about it was to run to the livery and ride out madly.
A neatly dressed footman in navy blue livery stood, alert, by its side and a pair of gleaming chestnut horses were in harness.
In acid bright livery, these compact vans are the latest word in funky design.
Uniforms and regimental colours initially embodied the colonel's armorial bearings and livery, but soon took on the state's symbols.
The trades were in theory all supervised and regulated by the livery companies, one for each trade.
Ancient crafts met modern technology when members of a London livery company visited Clyde Naval Base.
A lad with tousled fair hair came out of the livery, and Ben handed over the horse and two bits for feed and a rub down.
With his weight ballooning, he began working in the livery yard of former jockey, the late Anthony Powell.
Ben yanked him up by the back of his collar and half dragged him to the livery, depositing him in a pile of hay.
A Berber in scarlet livery brought in a yearling bear on a chain, dragging its paws on the floor and growling.
Then Gran fusses him and Sixth licks keenly at her livery hand, hoping to find more.
The hotel set in a sprawling bungalow had a main building with rooms, a separate dining hall, billiard tables, livery and stables.
The door swung in to reveal a handsome young guard in the full dress black and tan livery of House Domi.
Dressed in livery, they were a common accoutrement of ladies and gentlemen of rank, but also accompanied sea captains and colonial officials.
A footman dressed in the burgundy livery of the Ayeleborough house was waiting for us at the train station.
Take the sight that greeted visitors to the seaside town of Largs last weekend, of the official Scotland team bus in all its splendid livery.
I returned her parting wave just as a servant in messenger livery sprinted up to her, throwing a salute as he passed a scroll over.
It made sense to give her clothes, like a servant wearing his master's livery.
His arms filled up again, Ben made his way back towards the livery stable to collect his horse.
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Examples from Classical Literature
This was the transferring of land under the old ceremony of the livery of seizin, a feudal ceremony.
From the edile could be obtained the Licentia stupri, the right to the antique livery of shame.
Elegantly-dressed ladies in magnificent litters were borne by Sicambri in red livery, or by woolly-headed Ethiopians.
The door was opened by a man in livery of prelatical black, who eyed him inimically.
The livery hoods seem finally, in 1568, to have settled down to scarlet and puce, the gowns to blue.
I heard your speech this morning about his mistress, with her livery of scarlet and gold.
And would the men, peradventure, be wearing the livery of the House of Santafior?
As they came out of the livery barn again, Bartley happened to glance at the lighted doorway of the cantina opposite.
The azaleas were already budding, the ceanothus getting ready its lilac livery for spring.
After that a covered van, toilsomely dragged along by tired horses and guarded by armed slaves in livery.
Once in a while a picnic comes over in a livery four-seater, but not often.
Was compelled to avail myself of livery accommodations in order to meet my evening engagement at La Porte.
The staff of servants had been increased at her suggestion and under her directions, and the menservants were put into livery.
Was perfected the sealing, livery, and seisin of my purchase of Sayes Court.
She would canter up to the door on her pony, followed by a mounted livery servant.
Two footmen were standing ready, dressed in drab livery, with scarlet breeches and white stockings.
And there, indeed, stood signor Squadra in his black livery.
How can we prevent men, in such livery, from impersonating our own agents?
There is a wonderful painting of him, wearing the blue, gold-trimmed livery of the King's staghounds, in the Hall's library.
I looked up, and saw the livery my father's menials had worn.
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