swathe in the PONS Dictionary

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In the scene, an actress was lying on a bed swathed in white sheets.
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Heads were swathed around and under the chin with several folds of linen.
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Large swathes of the prime farming areas had been ravaged by the fighting and there was starvation in the wake of the war.
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Soft black shoes over white stockings, and legs swathed with dark felt were the finishing touches of a picturesque uniform.
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It consists of a single stalk that is swathed with leaves.
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He wore only a dhoti which would cover his toes and another piece of cloth swathed over his back and shoulders.
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He appeared before the court with one leg and his surviving arm swathed in bandages.
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There is an icecap in the middle of the island but large swathes of land are unglacierized in the north and southwest.
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Visitors report seeing dancers swathed in many yards of tapa, enough to increase their circumference substantially.
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As the continent dried, rainforest trees dwindled and were replaced by swathes of open woodland, thickets and grassland.
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