sackcloth

IPA: sˈækkɫɔθ

Examples of "sackcloth" in Sentences

Grandpa: We were so poor then, we lived in sackcloth and ashes.
What would be the point of covering myself in sackcloth and ashes?
` Nor will you be able to take pleasure in sackcloth, 'he said gravely.
Clothed in sackcloth and ashes, they are continuing their work of expiation.
But it is better to live here in sackcloth and ashes than to own the whole state of Ohio.
In those days, people walked around in sackcloth and ashes, when they were in mourning, fasting, or in a state of repentance.
In my view, the Deputy Chief should have been round to the house in sackcloth on bended knee, apologising in person for such a crass move.