How to Use burqa in a Sentence

burqa

noun
  • The girl was dressed in a blue burqa, with a soccer ball in her hands and a broken heart.
    Juliet MacUr, New York Times, 31 Aug. 2022
  • Baher, veiled in a black burqa, thrashed back toward him through chest-high water.
    Rebecca Tan, Washington Post, 7 Apr. 2023
  • In the ’90s, women who traveled alone or failed to wear a burqa were lashed in public.
    Mustafa Akyol, WSJ, 12 May 2022
  • This is the second time Hanson has worn a burqa in Parliament.
    Mithil Aggarwal, NBC news, 24 Nov. 2025
  • The passage addresses the burqa, a garment that covers the female face.
    Barton Swaim, WSJ, 18 June 2021
  • Women had to wear the burqa and stay at home unless accompanied by a male relative.
    Richard Galant, CNN, 22 Aug. 2021
  • Some women threw off the heavy burqa, men queued to shave their beards, music was played, people danced as the city celebrated.
    Ian Pannell, ABC News, 8 May 2021
  • Women couldn’t leave their homes without a male guardian, and were required to cover their bodies from head to toe in a long robe called a burqa.
    Homa Hoodfar, The Conversation, 27 July 2021
  • Women were required to be accompanied by a man at all times and wear a head-to-toe, face-covering burqa.
    Margherita Stancati, WSJ, 25 Mar. 2022
  • In a moment of ordinary madness, three girlfriends decide to shoot a burqa music video.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 26 Aug. 2022
  • One, in an all-enveloping burqa, huddled behind some bushes nearby as the men gathered.
    Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2021
  • Women were confined to their homes or, when in public, inside the all-encompassing burqa.
    BostonGlobe.com, 31 Aug. 2021
  • By some reports, fewer than 100 women in Switzerland wear the burqa.
    Tunku Varadarajan, WSJ, 9 Mar. 2021
  • She was seen sitting in a palace armchair wrapped in a peacock-blue burqa as Ghani presented her with a key to an apartment.
    Washington Post, 27 Nov. 2021
  • Those wearing a burqa, a head-to-toe garment that covers the face and hides the eyes behind netting were in the minority.
    Kathy Gannon, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 May 2022
  • His interpreter noticed a woman in a burqa was holding a screaming baby, yet making no effort to calm the child.
    Ben Kesling, WSJ, 17 Aug. 2021
  • In 2011, the government went further, banning full-face coverings such as the niqab and the burqa.
    Rachel Donadio, The Atlantic, 22 Nov. 2021
  • Four children, ages 1 to 9, clutched at the burqa of their mother, Zakira Akbar.
    New York Times, 14 July 2021
  • Workers started installing the set; wardrobe designers were customizing a burqa for a male character.
    John Leland, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2020
  • The new rule only allows a woman's eyes to be exposed, meaning women must either wear a burqa or combine a veil and headscarf with a long robe called an abaya.
    Grayson Quay, The Week, 8 May 2022
  • The incident marked the second time Hanson has worn a burqa inside Parliament.
    Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 24 Nov. 2025
  • The face veil, which is also known as the burqa in some Muslim countries, has been banned in several European countries.
    Hadas Gold, CNN, 30 Jan. 2023
  • And, in their latest decree, the Taliban ordered women to cover their faces in public, ideally by wearing a burqa.
    Salma Abdelaziz and Niamh Kennedy, CNN, 14 Aug. 2022
  • One woman named Parasto, speaking from beneath a burqa, said her husband had once worked repairing car batteries but was disabled.
    Washington Post, 7 Jan. 2022
  • Hanson previously wore a burqa to Parliament in 2017, but this week was the first time she was punished for it.
    Duarte Dias, CBS News, 25 Nov. 2025
  • In addition to the burqa order, it has been reported that women in some regions of Afghanistan are unable to drive or take public transportation.
    Olivia Peluso, Forbes, 17 May 2022
  • Wearing the all-encompassing burqa is preferred by the Taliban, which issued a new dress code for women appearing in public.
    Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2022
  • Television is permitted in Afghanistan today, unlike in the past, and women are not required to wear the all-encompassing burqa.
    Kathy Gannon, chicagotribune.com, 23 Mar. 2022
  • Once inside, Hanson refused to remove the burqa, leading the Senate to be suspended for the remainder of that day.
    Duarte Dias, CBS News, 25 Nov. 2025
  • Restore Britain would ban the burqa, and Restore Britain would ensure that all London stations use English.
    Dan Sheldon, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2026

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