Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: mantle
IPA transcription: [m'æntəl]
Pronunciations of mantle
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noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: mantle
    Meaning: the cloak as a symbol of authority; "place the mantle of authority on younger shoulders"
Usage examples
  • 'Ask her if she would like to buy this mantle.'
  • You can imagine the Periwinkle's mantle as a tube enclosing the animal's body.
  • No figure wrapped in a mantle will from this day forth leave Paris unchallenged."
  • I take off my mask, and out of politeness she must put down the hood of her mantle.
  • At this Sigurd Ring invited the old man to remove his mantle and take a seat near him.
  • The mantle of the Mussel or the Oyster is in two pieces; and each half forms its own shell.
  • Then the chief, who had stood looking on with a smile on his face took off his rich furred mantle and handed it to me.
  • The maiden fixed a large sum, many pieces of gold, but the princess had set her heart on the mantle, and gave it readily.
  • Then she scanned me up and down, as if I were a girl in a mantle shop, and she contemplated buying either me or the mantle.
  • A figure covered from head to foot in black cowl and mantle had entered it, and was kneeling with bent head and with face turned away.
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