Sentences with phrase «flowing robe»

Whenever possible he eschews shoes, socks and underwear — «I don't believe in laundry,» he says — and walks around campus in a long flowing robe that he purchased in Morocco.

There's not big guy in the clouds with a white beard and flowing robes.

John Collier's picture shows a traditional Gabriel with wings and flowing robes and includes a pot of lilies signifying purity and a dove symbolising the Holy Spirit but is set on the doorstep of a modern house with a fourteen - year - old school girl Mary in blue and white pinafore and unlaced shoes.

It was the moment when, stripped of all her flowing robes, she knelt in a simple white dress and was anointed with holy oil.

For they like to parade around in flowing robes and love to receive respectful greetings as they walk in the marketplaces.

No long flowing robes for these sheep herders — the material would have caught on the first cactus they encountered.

Also, I thought that the RCC were a museum, well - stocked with sour - faced elderly men in long flowing robes and eggshells on their heads, who lived in an ivory tower of contempt toward everyone who sought to enjoy life [No, that's NOT the whole truth.

They like to walk around in flowing robes and love to be greeted in the marketplaces and have the most important seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at banquets.

Pageantry, candles, and flowing robes... no, there's not way any of THAT would appeal to a gay man.

And the personnel of the conference, though mostly clad in the common garments of international commerce and convention, has its sartorial highlights — Eastern Orthodox archbishops with flowing robes and patriarchal beards, Russian priests with towering headdresses, Anglican bishops in aprons and gaiters, Lutheran bishops who wear their gowns and pectoral crosses even at the breakfast table.

As we approached the terrifying line of flowing robes and colourful headdresses, my eyes were drawn to their glinting Kalashnikovs.

One of them gets an extra hand around the flowing robes.

The stars virtually disappeared under a succession of flowing robes, furry paws, serpent coils and clanking scales.

As mentioned before, Ray Gigant features some absolutely incredible character sprites that look lifted straight from a big - budget anime production, complete with flowing robes, detailed weapons and gear, and a jaw - dropping quality of animation.

The Thousand Buddha motif — created by stenciling the silhouette of Buddha multiple times — covers most of the walls and ceilings of many caves, but there are also exquisite murals of scenes from the life of Buddha and more than 2,000 statues of Bodhisattvas surrounding their leader, wearing decorative flowing robes and delicate jewelry.

He took particular offence to Mr Ofili's The Holy Virgin Mary, which depicts Mary with dark skin, African features and flowing robes.

Not exact matches

«Man, this is weird for me too,» says comedian Matt Gubser, his long brown hair flowing freely over a white robe, scarlet sash and a pair of shower shoes.

I think the author is the only one that had the idea that Jesus walked around with a pristine white robe and long flowing locks that never needed washing.

The day is marked, in Scandinavia, with light and the image of children wearing long, flowing white robes tied with red sashes and carrying candles.

Getting a quick, but good stretch in while I'm still in my robe seems to get the blood flowing and makes me feel more awake.

They're luxurious, colorful and bold, like the gold accents and flowing fabric of the robes and saris in a Mumbai palace.

It is a long way from the dusty town in central California where Owens grew up, though his own flowing designs still hold the charge he remembers feeling when he was just a boy, watching nuns from the local convent dragging their robes in the dirt.

As a grandmother flows through this story in robes as flamboyant as the stories she loves to tell, she inspires her grandson to be just like her when he grows old.

Suggested donations: - Feminine Care products (heavy / super flow preferred)- Pet food (dog, cat, adult, puppy, kitten, canned / dry)- Garbage bags - Laundry detergent / bleach, household cleaning supplies - Personal care products, regular (not sample) size (shampoo, lotion, deodorant, body wash, etc.)- Diapers and Pull - Ups - Non-perishable food items - New pillows - Catnip - Dog jerky - Pens - Cat and dog toys - New women's and children's PJs, robes, slippers, and underwear - Pet beds and blankets (used, laundered blankets and towels work!)

Against the barren landscape, the men of the desert cut tall, elegant figures, solitary and mysterious, wrapped in flowing blue and black robes and turbans.

The Frick Collection owns four panels by Piero della Francesca: a full - length portrait of St. John The Evangelist in a flowing red robe; two small, gilded panels of an Augustinian Nun and an Augustinian Friar; and a small, gilded crucifixion scene.

The latter I see personified — Big «Ngo, six foot three, with his flowing traditional robes and Boston accent picked up at Harvard Business School.

Enter a host of grim - faced men and women in flowing black robes and white neckerchiefs.