Ceremonial clothing

Usage examples of robes.

Dragonfly adjusted the six collars of his layered robes to expose more of the shaved, white nape of his neck while his apprentice hastened to open the parasol.

They were dressed as pilgrims, but their unpatched robes were cotton, not paper.

She stripped off her robes, folded them neatly, and put them in the chest.

Most of her books and her ornate chests full of the sumptuous robes of her new profession were in the room she shared with Plover at the House of the Carp.

Cat tried to pull her thin spring robes closer around her, but they shredded under her fingers and fell away.

They had hovered about him on stage, adjusting his sixty pounds of layered, weighted, gold-and-silver-embroidered robes each time he moved.

As he climbed the narrow stairs, the long train of his heavy robes tangled with his feet.

Musui was still adjusting the tucked-up skirts of his robes as he emerged, beaming, from the thicket of bamboo.

The others settled back on their heels and arranged their robes and writing materials.

They were gazing into their mirrors or lounging with robes draped carelessly.

Cat had traded his wadded jacket for a pair of used white robes from Wave, the proprietor of the See No Evil.

The sunlight on his dark silk robes sent off shimmers of subtle yet intense color.

Their robes were tucked up, and their sleeves were tied back for action.

They wore identical white robes and bamboo hats, each inscribed with an inspirational verse painted by their teacher.

Cat glimpsed their orange and yellow robes through the crowd as she worked her way around the open square cordoned off by straw ropes.