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Recent Examples of cowl
Its black shawl is like a nun’s cowl; its lens is level with her breasts.
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Max Norman, New Yorker, 13 June 2025
Barbara is wearing a bright cowl neck sweater with silver jewelry.
—Literary Hub, 12 June 2025
The straps in the back are adjustable for a custom fit, while the cowl neckline is elegant and provides full coverage of the chest.
—Nicol Natale, People.com, 3 June 2025
The neckline of the dress featured subtle fabric draping for a slight cowl neck and the straps included small gold D letters for Dior.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 14 May 2025
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Max Norman, New Yorker, 13 June 2025
Barbara is wearing a bright cowl neck sweater with silver jewelry.
—Literary Hub, 12 June 2025
The straps in the back are adjustable for a custom fit, while the cowl neckline is elegant and provides full coverage of the chest.
—Nicol Natale, People.com, 3 June 2025
The neckline of the dress featured subtle fabric draping for a slight cowl neck and the straps included small gold D letters for Dior.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 14 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for cowl
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cowl
Noun
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Many performances shown in the film featured the Sun Ra Arkestra in otherworldly attire: glitzy shirts worn with capes and golden hats.—
Robyn Mowatt,
Essence,
6 Aug. 2025
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McGann was mid-haircut when officers with the Arkansas State Police (ASP) entered the shop and promptly placed McGann in handcuffs, removing the black and white haircut cape in the process.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten , Brooke Taylor,
FOXNews.com,
1 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Nashville police said in a release 31-year-old Ashley Sells was the driver of a Dodge Charger that video evidence showed was performing doughnuts while Shannon Kilgore was laying on the hood.—
Ruben Montoya,
Nashville Tennessean,
6 Aug. 2025
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The top included a hood that draped down into a high neckline, while the floor-length skirt featured a sculptural roll of padding around the waistband, creating a flared look at her hips.—
Catherine Santino,
People.com,
5 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Rather than betray alienation, her surviving correspondence—mostly to Cassandra—talks of fabrics, caps and pelisses (a type of woman’s cloak); social calls, dinners, and balls; the weather; her mother’s health; and people—often dozens of names.—
Robert Garnett,
WSJ,
14 July 2017
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Rather than betray alienation, her surviving correspondence—mostly to Cassandra—talks of fabrics, caps and pelisses (a type of woman’s cloak)—
Robert Garnett,
WSJ,
14 July 2017
Noun
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She was last seen wearing a white tank top, gray skinny ripped jeans and a pink bonnet in her hair.—
Jack Albright,
jsonline.com,
18 July 2025
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This car gets a full-width rear spoiler offering 44kg of downforce at 202 mph, a plethora of ‘S’ badging, bonnet blades, and underbody treatment, to allow for 111kg of downforce at vmax.—
Matthew MacConnell,
Forbes.com,
11 July 2025
Noun
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Pack a poncho or raincoat and bring layers to prepare for unpredictable Texas weather.—
Ana Gutierrez,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
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The doll slips around the side of the building, her poncho scratching across the wall as perspiration spreads under the mask.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
People.com,
30 June 2025
Noun
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Players can also voluntarily choose to wear one of the slogans on their helmets.—
Rebecca Tauber,
New York Times,
15 Aug. 2025
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Advertisement The trends in the report are heartening for Americans’ health, and, not for nothing, good news too for the marketers who supply the balls, helmets, paddles, and bats that keep us out on the greens, courts, tracks, and fields.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
14 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Last night, Anya Taylor-Joy attended the premiere of her film The Gorge in a strapless white Dior minidress with a pleated capelet that fanned out like wings.—
Hannah Jackson,
Vogue,
13 Feb. 2025
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Her third dress of the night was extra special, as her sister, Natali Germanotta, made the teal crepe back satin silk velvet dress with a feather capelet for her.—
Hedy Phillips,
People.com,
3 Feb. 2025
Noun
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For her label Anissa Aida, designer Anissa Meddeb, who lives in the capital, makes gossamer silk blouses evoking the striped motif of handwoven fouta towels and voluminous coats inspired by the burnoose cloaks worn by Berbers.—
Sarah Khan,
Condé Nast Traveler,
5 Feb. 2020
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On a rainy day men wore winter-weight burnooses with the large hoods drawn up—enigmatic Jedi-like figures in the medina's alleyways.—
Klara Glowczewska,
Town & Country,
30 Mar. 2015
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“Cowl.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cowl. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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