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- noun Plural form of
velvet . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
velvet .
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Examples
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With the arrival of Europeans in the 15th century, there was much demand for laces and velvets from the West.
Wind of Change JDsg 2007
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Already I have had to do with boys whose parents were dressed in velvets and furs, in purple and fine linen.
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The 'velvets' was a brown suit of that material that Nora had made out of the least worn parts of an old costume of her own.
The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists Robert Tressell 1890
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And if you're more daring, peekaboo is an option with cutouts, lace panels or a range of devore velvets and laser-cut fabrics turning up in evening wear.
Melissa Liebling-Goldberg: Days Of Wine And Roses Melissa Liebling-Goldberg 2012
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The warm wood-paneled room, with its velvets and lace curtains and floor-to-ceiling bookshelves seemed to embrace the many talented performers.
Jim Luce: Swiss Global Artistic Foundation: Presenting Music From Classical to Jazz Jim Luce 2011
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Descend a short flight of stone stairs and you enter a hushed jewel of a shop, laden with silks and velvets, church plate and candles.
Update on Some Liturgical Details for the Installation of Archbishop Vincent Nichols 2009
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Their jewels and cloth of gold, the deeply rich velvets and finely sheened silks that adorn them, are all eclipsed by their own insurmountable beauty.
Secret History of Elizabeth Tudor, Vampire Slayer Lucy Weston 2011
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And if you're more daring, peekaboo is an option with cutouts, lace panels or a range of devore velvets and laser-cut fabrics turning up in evening wear.
Melissa Liebling-Goldberg: Days Of Wine And Roses Melissa Liebling-Goldberg 2012
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Posing in lucious velvets amidst a hauntingly ethereal frozen landscape, Ozeriâs dramatic, rock ânâ roll, sumptuously gorgeous portraits call to mind the unparalleled beauty of Pre-Raphaelite painters.
Yigal Ozeri Interviewed By Beautiful/Decay The Huffington Post News Editors 2011
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The evening before, Proenza Schouler used lots of velvets, soft leathers and jacquards, including a jacquard dress of velvet rectangles, with a fold of fabric pulled up across the chest and tugged up at the collarbone by a string.
A Burst of Lush, Opulent Glamour Ray A. Smith 2011
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