Word: garbed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...formal drawing-room, softly rugged-the studio of Station WEAF, Manhattan-sat a score of notables in evening garb. In the broadcasting room stood John McCormack. In front of him was a microphone. He sang Adeste Fideles with quartet and orchestra, the Berceuse from Jocelyn. Then Miss Lucrezia Bori rendered LaPaloma, airs from La Traviata; then the two sang a duet from the same opera. Both were nervous at first, lacking the stimulant of a physical audience ; they warmed to their work, their voices were perfectly reproduced, even to the finest nuances of shading. Between numbers, the announcer...
President Butler's definitions of "liberal" are ridiculous to a small sector of public opinion; his social theories resemble ancient spinsters masquerading in too youthful garb; his right to the name "progressive" is challenged by a few. It remains indisputable, Lone the less, that he has surpassed his adversaries in poise of mind, in clarity of immediate purposes, and most completely, in preserving his calmness under the heat of debate...
Envy, penniless, accoutred in dismal garb, ogles the fur coat of a wealthy Babbitt...
...appeared without them. Remarkable creatures they were, about an inch high; their bodies were uncouth but agile ? spindle-shanked, with rotund small bellies; they had pendulous cheeks, tiny eyes and huge mouths, capable of infinite expression. They could wear any clothes with an odd look, but their noirmal garb was doublet and hose, worn with a tasseled cap peculiar to their order...
...clothes except those they stood in. With the enormous gasoline loads their ships had to carry, they could not even have the luxury of the extra weight of a spare pair of socks. When they landed from arctic regions, they threw away their winter kit and bought lighter garb. Last week they were stationed at the small village of Brough on the Humber in England, having an "easy time"- though working feverishly all day, overhauling their motors, reconditioning their planes-and purchasing new cold-weather outfits for their passage over the North Atlantic. Woolen underwear and fur-lined coats spell...