How to Use damask in a Sentence

damask

noun
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  • Guests slept on cloth of gold, damask and velvet bedding.
    — Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 July 2021
  • The gown is made of silk damask woven with a floral motif.
    — Kristin Romey, National Geographic, 5 May 2016
  • The tables in the grand ballroom were covered with white brocade damask topped with white satin lace.
    — Lisa Gutierrez, kansascity, 22 Jan. 2018
  • Each of the seven lavish suites is swathed in damask, silk brocade and zellige.
    — Lindsay Cohn, ELLE Decor, 6 Mar. 2018
  • One of the latest fragrances by perfumer Julien Rasquinet is a unique blend of damask rose, saffron, and mandarin.
    — Vanities, 6 July 2017
  • Its Knole style and linen damask add a bit of fancy, but its size and the fabric’s frilly-but-not-too-frilly pattern suit a second home.
    — Catherine Romano, WSJ, 24 Oct. 2020
  • Down came the kitchen floral paper, along with the peony-purple damask print in my daughter’s room, which was to be a boy’s room.
    — Marni Jameson, The Denver Post, 3 Mar. 2017
  • The finest 18th-century artists and craftsmen came to Madrid to adorn the palace’s every surface in frescoes, silk damask and lots of gold leaf.
    — Andrew Ferren, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2023
  • Frontiersmen climbed up on the damask furniture to catch a sight of Jackson.
    — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2017
  • This elegant comforter set comes in twin, twin XL, full, or Queen size and boasts a reversible damask print.
    — Christine Persaud, USA TODAY, 10 Apr. 2021
  • Enriched with colloidal gold, peptides, and rose damask, this promises to tighten, plump, and smooth skin.
    — Kiana Murden, Vogue, 22 Feb. 2023
  • That includes a damask in cream and gray and a cut velvet that's undaunted by the McClures' two children and one lovable Labrador.
    — Sally Finder Weepie, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 May 2022
  • Summer damasks bloom once, while Autumn of Four Season damasks bloom once in summer and once later in the season.
    — Erynn Hassinger, Country Living, 22 Feb. 2023
  • The large, 5-inch, pink-peach blooms have a strong, sweet fragrance reminiscent of anise, apple, apricot, damask and lemon.
    — Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Dec. 2022
  • Fabrics: chalk-white silk damask, cream satin, a French document chintz à la Chinoise.
    — Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 12 Mar. 2021
  • The Pus Palazz or ancient stables has eight suites, damask walls, exposed beams and a distinctive spiral staircase.
    — Everett Potter, Forbes, 7 June 2022
  • As for the Oval Office wallpaper, the hitch was that York Wallcoverings stopped making the baroque, floral damask pattern three years ago and had none in stock.
    — Gary Haber, USA TODAY, 25 Aug. 2017
  • The beige and white damask pattern on this tablecloth will make a soft, subtly textural backdrop to your table setting.
    — Jessica Cherner, House Beautiful, 8 Nov. 2022
  • Her salon was hidden in our back room at home in Birmingham, behind the damask lilac curtain, which divided the worlds of men and women.
    — Liam Hess, Vogue, 28 Mar. 2022
  • The light marbled color complements the stunning floral damask pattern featured on the steel blade.
    — Abigail Bailey, Good Housekeeping, 4 Nov. 2022
  • The home, which Lebedev bought in 2007, reflects his own peculiar mix of Old and New World interests, with works by modern artists set against acres of mahogany and silk damask.
    — Simon Usborne, Town & Country, 21 Feb. 2021
  • Note that the cashmere curtains’ lower trim picks up the exact color of the de Gournay damask wallcovering.
    — Anna Fixsen, ELLE Decor, 20 Dec. 2022
  • Walls inside the home, which is on the National Register of Historic Places, are upholstered in cotton damask.
    — Janet Eastman | The Oregonian/oregonlive, OregonLive.com, 8 May 2017
  • Find your fabric: Cotton has a lighter more casual feel, while denser fabrics, like damask or velvet, feel more formal.
    — Contributing Writer, NOLA.com, 27 Feb. 2018
  • And your good silver will look so nice against Grandmamma Bouderaux’s damask tablecloth.
    — Southern Living, 1 May 2017
  • Over-scale and high contrast, the damask wallpaper balances classic white subway tile and mosaic floors.
    — Kelly Ryan Kegans, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Nov. 2021
  • From a muted damask pattern for less than $20 to an on-theme luxe alternative from Williams Sonoma, the tablecloths and runners on offer are spot-on for Turkey Day.
    — Jessica Cherner, House Beautiful, 8 Nov. 2022
  • The morning after the dinner, the sales reps reconvened in a dreary conference room with red tablecloths and damask carpeting.
    — Christopher Glazek, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2017
  • Play the stylish swashbuckler instead with this deluxe men’s pirate costume, which with a flocked damask vest, a collared shirt with faux leather cuffs, a suede belt, a faux leather hat, an eye patch and a faux silver and bronze dagger.
    — Danielle Directo-Meston, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Oct. 2023
  • At the conference, he was introduced, to rapturous applause, under a portrait of George III wearing a gold damask suit.
    — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2022

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