FLAX in a Sentence
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11 example sentences for FLAX, such as:
1. Keep flax from fire,youth from gaming.
2. The ancient Egyptians produced fabrics from flax and wrapped their mummies in linen cloth.
3. In the portion of Virginia where I lived it was common to use flax as part of the clothing for the slaves.
4. The most trying ordeal that I was forced to endure as a slave boy, however, was the wearing of a flax shirt.
5. That part of the flax from which our clothing was made was largely the refuse, which of course was the cheapest and roughest part.
2. The ancient Egyptians produced fabrics from flax and wrapped their mummies in linen cloth.
3. In the portion of Virginia where I lived it was common to use flax as part of the clothing for the slaves.
4. The most trying ordeal that I was forced to endure as a slave boy, however, was the wearing of a flax shirt.
5. That part of the flax from which our clothing was made was largely the refuse, which of course was the cheapest and roughest part.
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Meanings and Examples of FLAX
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flax
n. fiber of the flax plant that is made into thread and woven into linen fabric
n. plant of the genus Linum that is cultivated for its seeds and for the fibers of its stem
Classic Sentence:
1 The most trying ordeal that I was forced to endure as a slave boy, however, was the wearing of a flax shirt.
2 In the portion of Virginia where I lived it was common to use flax as part of the clothing for the slaves.
3 That part of the flax from which our clothing was made was largely the refuse, which of course was the cheapest and roughest part.
4 I can scarcely imagine any torture, except, perhaps, the pulling of a tooth, that is equal to that caused by putting on a new flax shirt for the first time.
5 I had to wear the flax shirt or none; and had it been left to me to choose, I should have chosen to wear no covering.
6 In connection with the flax shirt, my brother John, who is several years older than I am, performed one of the most generous acts that I ever heard of one slave relative doing for another.
7 Were it mine, I should put it under flax, and clear five thousand roubles, or else sow it with turnips, and clear, perhaps, four thousand.
8 'I'm afraid of frogs,' observed Vaska, a boy of seven, with a head as white as flax, and bare feet, dressed in a grey smock with a stand-up collar.
9 When the nettle is young, the leaf makes an excellent vegetable; when it is older, it has filaments and fibres like hemp and flax.
Example Sentence:
1 The ancient Egyptians produced fabrics from flax and wrapped their mummies in linen cloth.
2 Keep flax from fire,youth from gaming.