COAT in a Sentence

Learn COAT 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.
284 example sentences for COAT, such as:
1. I hung my coat behind the door.
2. Her coat blouses above the hip.
3. This coat is tight under the arms.
4. Cut the coat according to the cloth.
5. I wonder if I should wear a coat or not.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of COAT
coat
 v.  form a coat over
 n.  a thin layer covering something
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  Ethan paused also, affecting to fumble for the peg on which he hung his coat and cap.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In II
2  As soon as his wife had driven off Ethan took his coat and cap from the peg.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IV
3  He went out into the passage to hang up his coat and pull off his wet boots.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IV
4  He pulled on his wet coat again and went back to the barn to feed the greys.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VI
5  He bundled himself into his old coon-skin coat and lay down on the box-sofa to think.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VIII
6  He was well turned out in mustard-colored trousers and black coat and his pleated shirt was topped by the widest and most fashionable of black cravats.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
7  Rhett Butler removed a fine linen handkerchief from his coat pocket and idly flicked dust from his sleeve.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
8  As if every movement was agony, Gerald removed his wallet from his coat and opened it.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
9  That coat for Ashley was a sore subject with Scarlett, for she wished so ardently that she and not Melanie were bestowing it as a Christmas gift.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
10  But Melanie, by rare luck, had come into possession of enough gray broadcloth to make a coat--a rather short coat but a coat just the same.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
11  She had a Christmas present for Ashley, but it paled in insignificance beside the glory of Melanie's gray coat.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
12  His new coat did not fit very well, for the tailor had been hurried and some of the seams were awry.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
13  His coat and trousers were actually of the same material and they fitted him, instead of hanging in folds or being almost too tight for movement.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
14  His dress was as debonaire as if he were going to a ball, well-tailored white linen coat and trousers, embroidered gray watered-silk waistcoat and a hint of ruffle on his shirt bosom.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
15  The pockets of his coat sagged heavily with ammunition.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
Example Sentence: (74 in 5 pages)
1  Her coat blouses above the hip.
2  Cut the coat according to the cloth.
3  We must cut our coat according to our cloth this year.
4  She could knit up a baby's coat in an afternoon.
5  Before she could announce me, I retrieved the coat, muttered a few feeble excuses, and ran.
6  When the paint is completely dry, apply another coat.
7  No man can make a good coat with bad cloth.
8  Make sure the base coat has thoroughly dried before applying the top coat.
9  If you treat your coat so roughly, it will be worn out soon.
10  This coat is tight under the arms.
11  It's patently absurd not to wear a coat in such cold weather.
12  I wonder if I should wear a coat or not.
13  An old worker spread his padded coat on the floor and insisted that I lie down for a while.
14  I hung my coat behind the door.
15  Philip hung his coat on a hook behind the door.