How to Use kente cloth in a Sentence

kente cloth

noun
  • There were kids in reindeer ears and Santa hats alongside kids in kente cloth scarves.
    — Heidi Stevens, chicagotribune.com, 21 Dec. 2017
  • Here are Levis, a white T-shirt, the cheongsam, platform shoes, the slip dress, kente cloth.
    — Josephine Livingstone, New Republic, 3 Nov. 2017
  • We were surrounded by a maze of folding tables, chairs, and couches draped in kente cloth.
    — Marina Magloire, Harper’s Magazine , 9 Nov. 2022
  • There were kente cloth stoles, bright red lipstick and hoop earrings, turquoise jewelry, a hijab.
    — Washington Post, 12 Oct. 2021
  • Try a creative kente cloth print, or get a monogrammed set for you and your significant other.
    — Talia Abbas, Glamour, 9 July 2020
  • The new building’s brick facade was intended to mimic the pattern of kente cloth.
    — Camille Borders, The Atlantic, 3 June 2026
  • And actor Fredric Michaels wears a kente cloth mask that reflects his African heritage.
    — Mark Lennihan, Star Tribune, 7 Oct. 2020
  • Smallwood also has seen an increase in the use of African prints such as kente cloth and mud cloth, as well as with African masks and other art.
    — John-John Williams Iv, baltimoresun.com, 24 Feb. 2022
  • Dozens of vendors scattered the convention center floor, selling everything from rum cake to kente cloth backpacks.
    — Brandon T. Harden, Philly.com, 18 Mar. 2018
  • The Maroon people wear Pangi, which has similar patterns and colors to kente cloth.
    — Devon Link, USA TODAY, 17 June 2020
  • The irony that seeing the VP in box braids is more shocking than the Democratic party kneeling in kente cloth is laughable.
    — Leah Romero, ELLE, 10 Jan. 2023
  • Black graduates, for example, often accessorize their academic robes with kente cloth stoles in honor of their heritage.
    — Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 9 June 2020
  • Like the kente cloth of the Ashanti, each blanket design has a meaning and is typically given during a formal rite of passage.
    — Danielle Kwateng-Clark, Teen Vogue, 22 Feb. 2018
  • Here are a few colors commonly found in kente cloth, and their meanings, per Sankofa Edition and Adinkra Brand.
    — Gabrielle Davenport, House Beautiful, 21 Aug. 2020
  • Bridgette’s mother had traditional kente cloth fans made and flown in from Ghana; these were placed on the wooden pews for guests to use during the ceremony.
    — Alexandra MacOn, Vogue, 20 June 2019
  • Hundreds of black students gathered with friends and family near the law school, clad in dark robes and colorful stoles made of traditional African kente cloth.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 13 Dec. 2017
  • Sellers are getting creative and producing masks spanning everything from kente cloth to minimalist linen designs and floral print.
    — Erin Parker, Glamour, 6 Apr. 2020
  • Sellers are getting creative and producing masks spanning everything from kente cloth to minimalist linen designs and floral prints.
    — Erin Parker, Glamour, 27 Jan. 2021
  • The syncopation of transparent and opaque windows, alternating with ashlar panels, can suggest the patterns of kente cloth.
    — Michael Kimmelman, New York Times, 12 Dec. 2022
  • There were Dogon masks hanging up, there was original kente cloth folded up on shelves, there were bolts and bolts of fabric, there was a team of ten people at cutting tables and seamstresses and tailors.
    — Faith Cummings, Teen Vogue, 22 Feb. 2018
  • Martin’s pieces, many made with kente cloth, Ghanaian prints and Nigerian textiles, stand out for their bright patterns, intricate layering and one-of-a-kind construction.
    — Kansas City Star, 6 Dec. 2025
  • Some fans wore all black and berets as an ode to the iconic uniforms donned by members of the Black Panther Party, and others repurposed kente cloth and attached it to the back of denim and leather.
    — Amira Rasool, Teen Vogue, 16 Feb. 2018
  • Early in his practice, West African kente cloth and medieval European Unicorn tapestries were important points of reference.
    — Marley Marius, Vogue, 13 Oct. 2020
  • In droves, people have attended Black Panther wearing Zulu hats, kente cloth, Adinkra jewelry, basotho blankets, and more, with the intention of showing their unabashed pride in the motherland.
    — Danielle Kwateng-Clark, Teen Vogue, 22 Feb. 2018
  • My quaint family attended Ghanaian traditional baptisms and funerals adorned in kente cloth and other garb normalizing African culture in my New England neighborhood.
    — Erica Ayisi, The Root, 5 Mar. 2018

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