whalebone造句
1. The toughness, lightness, strength, and elasticity of whalebone gave it a wide variety of uses.
2. From the whalebone bodices of the nineteen hundreds to the flimsy teasers of the nineties.
3. A whalebone whale of Arctic seas, having a very large head and an arched upper jaw .
4. Very occasionally they had beautifully carved boards of whalebone on which they rubbed a high gloss on to the linen.
5. From whalebone to laparoscope.
6. The cetaceans are divided into two groups: the baleen whales which have whalebone instead of teeth and the toothed whales.
7. It yielded twenty-five whales, seventeen hundred barrels of oil, and three tons of whalebone.
8. By the reaction, you would have thought our BlackBerry-toting president had called for a return to horse-drawn carriages, outhouses, and whalebone corsets.
9. Mrs Harden, be it observed , was the housekeeper, a woman after Mr Brocklehurst's own heart, made up of equal parts of whalebone and iron. (Jane Eyne by charlotte Bronte).
10. As time went by, the skirts of the coat and vest were stiffened with whalebone and horsehair so that they stood away from the hips.
11. They elevated and articulated arses , did away with the need for corsets and bustles and whalebone.
12. To stiffen ( a piece of clothing ) with stays, as of whalebone.
13. The Yankee blockade about the Confederate ports had tightened, and luxuries such as tea, coffee, silks , whalebone stays, colognes, fashion magazines and books were scarce and dear.