Example sentences for: silk

How can you use “silk” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Burka `loose woman's garment covering entire body,' for example, can also be spelled bourka, burkha, burga, burqa , or bourkha , while mahua `type of tree' can also be spelled mahwa , mohwa, mowha, mowra , or mowrah . Loanwords with five recognized spellings include: chador, chadar, chuddar, chudder, chaddar `woman's cloth head covering'; mahseer, mahsir, mahsur, mahaseer, mahasir `freshwater fish'; mali, mallee, mallie, mally, molly `member of a gardening caste'; naik, naig, naique, naigue, nayak `leader, corporal'; and tussah, tusseh, tusser, tussor, tussur `tan silk; also the silkworm producing it.

  • The abdominal wall was closed with silk suture.

  • Caravan at 65 Hollywood Road and the shops in The Silk Road at Ocean Center in Tsim Sha Tsui are good places to start looking.

  • On a hardwood frame, silver and gold threads are woven into fine silk, usually of emerald green, dark red, purple, or royal blue.

  • Throughout dinner Jackson wore a black silk surgical mask, and the couple was later pictured kissing tenderly through the mask.


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