How to Use drapery in a Sentence

drapery

noun

• The painter arranged several items among drapery and began to work.
• The trappings of the torso, the drapery, the style of clothes — or no clothes — the pose and the weapons all bear clues.
  — Graham Bowley, New York Times, 12 June 2023
• How to clean it: Remove the drapery or raise the blinds.
  — Brooke Kosofsky Glassberg, Good Housekeeping, 12 Feb. 2020
• Don't use the flag as clothing or drapery. Don't let the flag touch the ground.
  — Country Living Staff, Country Living, 25 May 2018
• The sheer draperies were custom made by the Shade Store in Portland.
  — Nancy Keates, WSJ, 19 June 2018
• They are pleated at the top of the drapery panel, and hang from a rod.
  — Lucia Tonelli, ELLE Decor, 27 Mar. 2019
• The menswear effect is softened with a bit of drapery, like a twist at the neck or shirring at the hips.
  — Sharon Graubard, courant.com, 15 Aug. 2019
• Hang drapery at least six inches above the trim to give the windows more height.
  — Washington Post, 5 Sep. 2019
• My aunt and uncle had to go to Sears to exchange window draperies.
  — Patrick Thomas, WSJ, 15 Oct. 2018
• Draped in Style for their help with our basement drapery.
  — Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 9 Jan. 2020
• Niceties to note: the sharply pressed, knife-edge drapery pleats and the slim-shirred valance heading, as though pressed with a crimping iron.
  — Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 23 July 2021
• Heavy draperies hang at the windows instead of Venetian blinds.
  — Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 3 July 2018
• Rooms are decked out in dark golden wood, with gauzy draperies breezily thrown over four-poster beds, though the main draw is the lack of a fourth wall.
  — Alex Van Buren, Travel + Leisure, 30 Apr. 2023
• The miracle is in the flowing drapery that clings to the boy and billows behind him.
  — Washington Post, 12 Sep. 2019
• All of which sounds hard to argue with, no matter how many times a cat has shredded your draperies.
  — Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver, 21 Feb. 2023
• The fragment in question is part of a figure covered in fine drapery from the eastern side of the frieze.
  — Rebecca Ann Hughes, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2022
• There was lots of gold drapery and eye-shifting, like junior prom with more breasts.
  — Laurie Segall, Fortune, 8 Mar. 2022
• In Secrest’s painting, drapery is the main dish, not just a condiment.
  — Steven Litt, cleveland, 1 Mar. 2020
• The warm tones of the draperies and brass hardware keep this ladylike guest bedroom feeling cozy.
  — Zoe Gowen, Southern Living, 2 Aug. 2023
• There was a golden crown and drapery that formed a canopy above baby Adira’s crib.
  — Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 1 Sep. 2023
• Sheer linen drapery runs wall-to-wall and floor-to-ceiling while vintage-style bedding lends a homey feel.
  — Marni Elyse Katz, House Beautiful, 17 Aug. 2022
• Consider the size of your drapery stack, which refers to the amount of space the curtains take up when they are fully opened and pushed to the sides, says Macuga.
  — Alyssa Gautieri, Good Housekeeping, 31 Aug. 2023
• The color balances fresh shades of green on the furnishings, and ties in with the drapery pattern to bring the room together.
  — Elizabeth Sweet, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Apr. 2020
• Inside the rest of the house, our clothes, bedding, draperies, carpets and furniture, even the kid’s toys, were lost to water and smoke damage.
  — Todd Robinson, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Aug. 2023
• And rightly so: She is suspended on a length of translucent white drapery, tied at the top to a rafter high overhead and clenched in her teeth.
  — Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2021
• For extra privacy in a single or shared room, add drapery to a four-poster bed.
  — Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 25 July 2022
• The large glass steel doors and bright white drapery by Everhem allows natural light to fill the room.
  — Monica Mercuri, House Beautiful, 31 Aug. 2021
• My go-to for drapery, pillows and chair upholstery is a glen plaid or houndstooth wool.
  — Helena Madden, Robb Report, 28 Feb. 2021
• The cars, which date from the 1960s, have been decorated in Belle Epoque style, with swaths of fringed velvet drapery, lacy tablecloths, and gold braid.
  — Lucy Alexander, Robb Report, 23 Apr. 2023
• Keep all candles away from drapery and loose material and out of reach of children and pets.
  — courant.com, 18 Dec. 2020

Last Updated: 28 May 2024