NAPKIN in a Sentence
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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.
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.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of NAPKIN
Definitions: Search Google Search M.Webster
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.
2 "None of it for me," repeated Sobakevitch as he wiped his hands on his napkin.
3 The waiter ran out with candle in hand and napkin on shoulder.
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.
5 But as soon as he had left the room the old prince, looking uneasily round, threw down his napkin and went himself.
6 He wrapped the bottle up to its neck in a table napkin and poured out wine for himself and for Pierre.
7 In ten minutes the table was ready and a napkin spread on it.
8 Pierre unfolded his cold table napkin and, resolving to break the silence, looked at Natasha and at Princess Mary.
9 Pork entered the room, bearing a plate, silver and a napkin.
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.
11 In a minute Melanie was in the kitchen, her table napkin in her hand, anxiety in her face.
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.
13 Not a napkin should he carry on his arm, but a buckler.
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.
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.
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.