How to Use drapery in a Sentence

drapery

noun

• The painter arranged several items among drapery and began to work.
• The trappings of the torso, the drapery, the style of clothes — or no clothes — the pose and the weapons all bear clues.
  — Graham Bowley, New York Times, 12 June 2023
• How to clean it: Remove the drapery or raise the blinds.
  — Brooke Kosofsky Glassberg, Good Housekeeping, 12 Feb. 2020
• Don't use the flag as clothing or drapery. Don't let the flag touch the ground.
  — Country Living Staff, Country Living, 25 May 2018
• The sheer draperies were custom made by the Shade Store in Portland.
  — Nancy Keates, WSJ, 19 June 2018
• The draperies are lined in flannel, so those suckers keep out the drafts.
  — Douglas Brenner, House Beautiful, 1 Apr. 2012
• They are pleated at the top of the drapery panel, and hang from a rod.
  — Lucia Tonelli, ELLE Decor, 27 Mar. 2019
• Draped in Style for its help with the basement drapery.
  — Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 8 Feb. 2024
• The menswear effect is softened with a bit of drapery, like a twist at the neck or shirring at the hips.
  — Sharon Graubard, courant.com, 15 Aug. 2019
• Hang drapery at least six inches above the trim to give the windows more height.
  — Washington Post, 5 Sep. 2019
• The drapery and the loud and not-so-lovely wallpaper add to the ambiance.
  — Marc Bona, cleveland.com, 26 Oct. 2017
• My aunt and uncle had to go to Sears to exchange window draperies.
  — Patrick Thomas, WSJ, 15 Oct. 2018
• Draped in Style for their help with our basement drapery.
  — Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 9 Jan. 2020
• Niceties to note: the sharply pressed, knife-edge drapery pleats and the slim-shirred valance heading, as though pressed with a crimping iron.
  — Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 23 July 2021
• Heavy draperies hang at the windows instead of Venetian blinds.
  — Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 3 July 2018
• Loose natural linen draperies in the living room frame the French doors opening to the front porch, catching the bay breeze.
  — Susan Langenhennig, NOLA.com, 21 Mar. 2018
• Rooms are decked out in dark golden wood, with gauzy draperies breezily thrown over four-poster beds, though the main draw is the lack of a fourth wall.
  — Alex Van Buren, Travel + Leisure, 30 Apr. 2023
• The miracle is in the flowing drapery that clings to the boy and billows behind him.
  — Washington Post, 12 Sep. 2019
• All of which sounds hard to argue with, no matter how many times a cat has shredded your draperies.
  — Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver, 21 Feb. 2023
• The fragment in question is part of a figure covered in fine drapery from the eastern side of the frieze.
  — Rebecca Ann Hughes, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2022
• The celebrity chef obtained the bows, fringe and tassel from a drapery and trim wholesaler.
  — Raven Brunner, Peoplemag, 29 May 2024
• There was lots of gold drapery and eye-shifting, like junior prom with more breasts.
  — Laurie Segall, Fortune, 8 Mar. 2022
• At one end of the smaller room, sheer black chiffon drapery fills a doorway.
  — Charles Desmarais, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Mar. 2018
• Aubrey: Velvet is super big right now — in draperies, couches and chairs.
  — R. Daniel Foster, latimes.com, 26 Jan. 2018
• In Secrest’s painting, drapery is the main dish, not just a condiment.
  — Steven Litt, cleveland, 1 Mar. 2020
• Gailani took top honors for her design of draperies, valances and cornices for a kitchen and breakfast area.
  — Michelle Mullins, Naperville Sun, 20 Apr. 2018
• Fabric is flammable, and the dust trapped in upholstery and drapery only adds to the problem.
  — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Charlotte Observer, 8 May 2026
• Lofty drapery and gauzy blinds lend privacy.
  — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 May 2026
• Heavy draperies on a curtain rod were drawn back to reveal the work, which viewers often had to line up for hours to see.
  — Sebastian Smee, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
• Choose drapery that can be laundered or replace with blinds that can be dusted regularly.
  — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 25 Apr. 2026