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Sentence Examples This will predict your future life for you, much better than the fortuneteller with a turban and a well thumbed set of Tarot cards. She looked magnificent in a deep purple shirt, belted at the waist, a black velvet turban hat, a necklace of Christ on the cross. The secretary said that in the case of Sikhs, turban is unique compared to other religions. The turban was wound so that a loop of material hanging below the chin could be pulled up to cover the face. Men often wear a long white robe called a jallabiyah, with either a small cap or a turban as a head covering. I guess the stereotype would have been a strapping man dressed in robes, wearing a headscarf or turban with a long black beard. So the cap was the headdress of the underclass, the turban of the landed gentry, and the pagri of the urban rich and of the maharajas. I wear a kara, I wore a turban to my brother's wedding and I use the generic Sikh middle name of Singh. His publicists have produced a film showing the veteran politician without the turban, sitting for a haircut, and watching football. He put the robe over his plaid shirt and jeans, wrapped the turban up, and pulled the fluttering silk scarf over his brown beard. It is difficult for us to see any reason why a Jew may not wear his yarmulke in court or a Sikh his turban. Both men turned to see her standing with a towel wrapped turban style around her hair and wearing a terry cloth bathrobe. Five middle-aged businessmen in a desert landscape politely stand before a Middle Eastern man wearing a turban and robe. I'm still wondering about the man in the plumed turban standing apart and detached watching sailors and vendors at work. I just have to keep reminding myself that anyone can wear a dashing black turban and eyepatch. He admitted defeat and asked the usher if she'd seen Cecelia, offering the turquoise turban as a cue to memory. Arabic influences are strong, especially along the coast where the fez and turban are commonplace. The turban, since ancient times, has been of significant import in the Punjab, the land of the five rivers and the birthplace of Sikhism. If it's cold enough for a fur turban and a granny sweater, it's too cold for peep-toe shoes. Lee wanders into the living room, head still in a turban but considerably drier without the soapsuds, and wrapped in a navy blue toweling robe. Show More Sentences By the by, Thompson went out trick or treating, as they say, last Halloween wearing nothing but a turban, a jockstrap and some lipstick, he says. One day, Karzai wore the grey karakul hat from the north, the next day the black and white silk turban from his Pathan homeland in the south. On formal occasions, the sherwani, tight trousers known as churidar, and a turban are worn. Because of their Kesh, Sikh men wear their hair tied up in a bun and hidden by a turban. The turban is an article of faith and must be worn by all baptized Sikh males to cover their unshorn hair. He was dressed in a green turban and a blanket, and his dark eyes almost seemed streaked with kohl. He put the turban upon his head and set the gold rosette as symbol of holy dedication on the front of the turban as the Lord had commanded him. Frowning intently, he unwinds his orange turban, knots it in a ligature around his right biceps, and starts pumping his arm. Organ pipe coral is removed for its medicinal value, while the top shell and turban shell go to make buttons. Further down was an African couple, the woman resplendent in her colourful turban, the man dignified in his impeccable suit. A sinister looking retainer, dressed in a dark uniform with a blue sash and blue and white turban opened the rusty gate. It was swathed in bone coloured robes, with a bandana, turban and cloth covering the head. I remember clearly the red turban of the Sikh bandmaster but can't recollect anything sensible about the rest of the band. A woman with a grimy kerchief covering her salt-and-pepper hair barters over a sack of dried lentils with a tall merchant crowned with a scarlet turban. Outside in a corridor is an old gent in a white uniform and a cockaded turban who has spent 37 years in a gilded cage slowly shuddering up and down a narrow stairwell. She left her daughters to find their own delights and sat down with Lady Lucas, observing that Mrs. Long's feathered turban was not at all the thing. And he has a nimble mind, which is evident in the curious eyes and the arched eyebrows that seem to reach almost to his black turban as he listens to questions. Drawing 4: A bearded man wearing a turban, standing with a halo shaped like a crescent moon over his head. The bad press resulting from one incident ensured that a Sikh man was reinstated at his old job despite his turban. That's how, Jean Paul Gaultier for Hermès mixes the maharajah turban and the nuptial sari in the shape and in the spirit. Show More Sentences Hudao's turban was untied by two women, then they helped him to retie this long turban and fasten a leather strip to it, dotted with more than 100 shell coins. When they do not wear a turban, men often wear an embroidered rimless hat. She wore a housecoat, sheer stockings and a turban that kept her hairstyle neat when she was dusting. For example, an employee who wears a turban may be excused from wearing a hard hat in the workplace. They didn't tell each other Glory days Vote for a turban and a beard An answer or a problem? It was then that someone, maybe Taliban, maybe not, set off the explosives wound in his turban. Sikh men must keep their hair uncut and wrapped in a turban as a symbol of respect for God. Historically, Iranian tradition recognizes two sources of legitimate authority: religion and royalty, the turban and the crown. He is leaning against a decorated bolster wearing a white turban enhanced by two tall plumes issuing from bejewelled sockets. He improvised the turban draped around her head and shoulders from the curtains hanging in the studio window. If I walk through security at the same time as someone wearing a turban, who is going to get searched? Karsh improvised the turban that frames her face, using his studio's window curtains. As a Sikh, Mr. Bhinder was forbidden by his religion to wear anything on his head except a turban. The turban seen on the heads of men, and the toques on the heads of women, are also indicative of the period. In a village where girls don't play cricket, Veera has to put on a turban and beard and become a man to fulfill her dreams. People protect themselves all the time with their turban. Nouakchott sees its poverty increasing and the shanty towns spread gradually further. For traditional ceremonies, such as weddings, the sherwani and churidar, a calf-length tunic and tight-fitting trousers, are often seen, accompanied by a turban. For the unfamiliar, Sikhs are required by their faith to wear a turban, known as the Dastaar. Half the time, we had to fight the refs to allow him to play in his turban. Sixteen years old and she wore a turban with a rhinestone in the middle of it. Show More Sentences When the average American meets my husband, with his beard and turban, they immediately view him as foreign. From then on, Chloe wore a green turban to hide her disfigurement. The distinct turban that differentiates a Sikh from other turban wearers is a relic of the rules of the British Indian Army. A man in a sea-green turban walked by carrying a piece of lumber. In the shade of a stone shelter, a barefoot man in a cerulean turban met a shodden man in a citrine tarboosh. However, in more recent history, particularly when the headcovering in question stretches beyond a mere veil or turban, the courts have not always proven as accommodating. A Sikh, mistaken for a Middle Easterner because of his beard and turban, was killed. Or you could 'slice the bottom off last summer's maxidress and use the off-cuts as a beach turban. Sir Richard was dressed in an off-white traditional kurta, bright red dhoti, simple brown chappals and a turban for the occasion. He wears a turban and his face is covered. The horse is typically Arab distinguished by the shape of its head and the gracefulness of its neck and legs. A dapper, clean-shaven figure, Mr Uppal drew their attention to Canada, where a namesake, Tim Uppal, is a Conservative minister, resplendent in a bushy black beard and turban. He will be dressed in a traditional turban, known as a lungee, or wear a woven hat called a Pakol. During shell fire, they had no other head protection but the turban, the symbol of their faith. I didn't need her to take my shoes off and then my turban and the angarkha. In the last two world wars 83,005 turban wearing Sikh soldiers were killed and 109,045 were wounded fighting for the British Empire. Activities include tying an Indian turban, writing in Chinese, making a Native American dream catcher and African jewellery. Mohammad is an imposing figure with his shocking white beard, dark green cloak and turban, and an AK-47 slung behind his back. Waris, who was born in Punjab, sports a turban in the arresting ads. Signaller Singh is exempt from wearing the traditional forage cap, but does have the Royal Signals corps badge on the front of his turban. The most ornate and flashy piece of clothing was the turban. It was red in colour with a might turra of gold thread. Show More Sentences A headman of a village, called a Chaudhary or a Malik, would wear a Turra or a ridge on his turban. How I longed to have him wear a great big turban, and shalwars, and an ankle bracelet. This week China's defence ministry demanded that America respect Chinese sovereignty by ceasing surveillance flights along its coast. The mayor of Kandahar was killed by a Taliban insurgent who concealed a bomb in his turban. Robert: The more fearless will surely risk getting near the Hindus by wearing a fake turban on their heads and smelling their rears to appear to be one of them. A number of members of Congress wrote to Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates in August asking him to allow the men to serve while wearing the turban, beard and unshorn hair required by their faith. What is reiterated and haunts the narrative is that Nissim was dressed in a white djellabah and a cotton turban when the narrator imagines having seen him last. There are a total of eight characters in the illustration, seven of which are dressed in agbada and caps while the remaining one wears babanriga and turban. O how I should like to see her floating in the water yonder, turban and all, with her train streaming after her, and her nose like the beak of a wherry. The earliest painting that can be attributed to his reign is of a plump, rosy-cheeked adolescent wearing a splendid conical turban and a huge emerald necklace. Having earlier met Malik Nur Khan, and his tall, wiry father with in his black sherwani and white turban with a turra enhancing his height, I was somewhat more reassured. Initiated male and female Sikhs must cover their hair with a turban. Examples from Classical Literature At last, he decided in favour of a Turkish robe, with a scimitar and a turban. The courtier with the turban of frizzed hair had paid the costs of this disturbance with the lower part of one ear. Lionel was too bored to speculate whether it might be Mizzi, Winifred or some unknown Oriental with turban and simitar. A slackly rolled turban covered half his forehead, and he leaned with his back against a cottonwood scowling upon his judge. On his head was a green silk turban, wound about a spired helmet chased with gold. Has folded up his turban, put away his kaftan, hung up his yataghan, and once more resumed the dress of commonplace Englishman. He wears a turban and a beard like another, and is all for the sack practice, bismillah! Harry himself was dressed in a linen suit of European cut, with a tarboosh or red cap on his head, with a turban twisted round it. Not one turban was seen between the battlements, not one carabineer's bayonet in the intrenchment. Most of the aliens about the room wore some variation of the same bandage dress, face paint, and turban. He thought, further, to prove his sincerity to me by saying he was ready to wear a topi instead of a turban. He was not one of our men, but a common ryot, clad simply in a dhoti or waist-cloth, and a rather dirty turban. With that she entered the room, threw back her mantle and took off her turban. In order to be more at his ease, Yoga Rama removed his turban. And the discreet Asura Maya joyfully fastened on his turban and diadem. Baibars wore an egret's plume, symbol of valor, on his green turban. He stared dizzily in all directions, but none looked at him save a Hindu urchin in a dirty turban and Isabella-coloured clothes. A crimson velvet robe, and a shawl turban of some gold-wrought Indian fabric, invested her with a truly imperial dignity. A turban or bandeau is of the greatest importance in their estimation. The cap had disappeared before a close-fitting, vari-colored turban. Show More Sentences He's so dignified I wish his turban would blow off or something. His under apparel was green, and so was his hat, being in the form of a turban, daintily made, and not so huge as the Turkish turbans. He has on a long green robe, and on his turban are long orange plumes. In her neat black turban hat was the gold-green wing of a macaw. The other was a little, fat, round fellow, with a great yellow turban, and a bundle in his hand, done up in a shawl. The shaved Mohammedans of our day replace the periwig with the turban. So swathed is it in bandages, that the turban of the Grand Turk is less! It slid up into her hair and finally twisted itself about it in a turban. The man liked the European costume, and ere long Passepartout issued from his shop accoutred in an old Japanese coat, and a sort of one-sided turban, faded with long use. He could not, of course, eat with the mess, but he came in at dessert, all six feet of him, with the blue and silver turban atop, and the big black boots below. In the right spandrel is a galloping horse with rider, followed by an elephant driven by its mahout wearing a typical Mughal turban and holding a goad. The dress was a sombre grayish beige, untrimmed and unbraided, and she wore a small turban of the same dull hue, relieved only by a suspicion of white feather in the side. Find more words! 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