NAPKIN in a Sentence

Learn NAPKIN from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
39 example sentences for NAPKIN, such as:
1. Hide one's talents in a napkin.
2. She dabbed her mouth with her table napkin.
3. Not a napkin should he carry on his arm, but a buckler.
4. Pork entered the room, bearing a plate, silver and a napkin.
5. In ten minutes the table was ready and a napkin spread on it.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of NAPKIN
napkin
 n.  garment consisting of a folded cloth drawn up between the legs and fastened at the waist; worn by infants to catch excrement
 n.  a small piece of table linen that is used to wipe the mouth and to cover the lap in order to protect clothing
Classic Sentence: (36 in 3 pages)
1  For answer Chichikov folded three together, and, having dipped them in melted butter, consigned the lot to his mouth, and then wiped his mouth with a napkin.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER III
2  "None of it for me," repeated Sobakevitch as he wiped his hands on his napkin.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER V
3  The waiter ran out with candle in hand and napkin on shoulder.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER VI
4  The head butler, napkin on arm, was scanning the setting of the table, making signs to the footmen, and anxiously glancing from the clock to the door by which the prince was to enter.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XXVII
5  But as soon as he had left the room the old prince, looking uneasily round, threw down his napkin and went himself.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 10: CHAPTER II
6  He wrapped the bottle up to its neck in a table napkin and poured out wine for himself and for Pierre.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 11: CHAPTER XXIX
7  In ten minutes the table was ready and a napkin spread on it.
War and Peace 5 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 14: CHAPTER VII
8  Pierre unfolded his cold table napkin and, resolving to break the silence, looked at Natasha and at Princess Mary.
War and Peace 5 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 15: CHAPTER XVII
9  Pork entered the room, bearing a plate, silver and a napkin.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
10  After he had kissed Melanie good-by, he went down to the kitchen where Scarlett was wrapping a corn pone and some apples in a napkin.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
11  In a minute Melanie was in the kitchen, her table napkin in her hand, anxiety in her face.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LIX
12  She left the house without a hat, her dinner napkin still clutched in her hand, and the pace she set was hard for Mammy's old legs.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LIX
13  Not a napkin should he carry on his arm, but a buckler.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 34. The Cabin-Table.
14  While Gabriel and Miss Daly exchanged plates of goose and plates of ham and spiced beef Lily went from guest to guest with a dish of hot floury potatoes wrapped in a white napkin.
Dubliners By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In THE DEAD
15  After he had drunk his cup of black coffee, he wiped his lips slowly with a napkin, motioned to his servant to wait, and going over to the table, sat down and wrote two letters.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 14
Example Sentence:
1  Hide one's talents in a napkin.
2  She dabbed her mouth with her table napkin.
3  He is a lazy devil and keeps his talent in a napkin, with his ability and a little energy he could set the Thames on fire.