drapes
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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Three days after the gunfight, the gates were wide open, and window drapes billowed in the breeze.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026
Wearing a Shaquille O’Neal jersey that nearly drapes to his knees.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026
Fathers and daughters embraced under string lights and drapes, as Stevie Wonder’s “Isn’t She Lovely” played, a song created by Wonder originally for his own daughter.
From Salon • Nov. 30, 2025
And he once interrupted a meeting to wax lyrical about the changes he had made to the White House Cabinet Room, including a long aside about the new drapes.
From Barron's • Oct. 9, 2025
Rémy drapes one of her arms around his shoulder and the other around mine.
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
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