How to Use serape in a Sentence

serape

noun
  • The restaurant was planning to put serapes on the chair backs for chilly nights.
    — Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10 July 2018
  • This is the place to take visitors who think Mexican food comes with a side of sombreros and serapes.
    — Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News, 29 Dec. 2017
  • Each is about the scale of an oversize piece of clothing, like an apron or a serape, and hangs loosely off the wall, as if having just been tacked up.
    — Benjamin Lima, Dallas Morning News, 18 Feb. 2026
  • So in Lubbock, there's a Pancho Claus that wears a serape and a sombrero.
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 25 Dec. 2021
  • And in a town where the décor can go from place appropriate to cliché with one accent serape too many, Montage gets the design vibe right.
    — Rebecca Misner, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 May 2018
  • Our last night in the trailer, the four of us cozied up under colorful serapes, reading animal spirit cards.
    — Hayley Krischer, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2018
  • Her house was very small but cheery and cozy, with crochet, flannel and serape coverings on the furniture and bright lemon-yellow cabinets in the kitchen.
    — Helen Ouyang, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2023
  • Nearby, a long table was draped in a Mexican serape and topped with platters of pan dulce, while next to it, two women pushed around sizzling pieces of chicken and beef on gas griddles.
    — Cecilia Ballí, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2022
  • The bright, cheery room, decorated with technicolor serapes and paintings of idyllic tropical-village scenes, felt almost like a taunt.
    — Daniel Brook, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
  • Filters selected for swimming holes and rest rooms; aspirational, high-res photographs featured serape blankets and speckled tin mugs.
    — Anna Wiener, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2019
  • This includes a cheeky copy of Bernie Sanders wearing a face mask at the presidential inauguration, except he’s wrapped in a colorful serape and there’s a large margarita on a table next to him.
    — Richard A. Marini, San Antonio Express-News, 22 June 2021
  • Pancho Clos wears a sombrero and serape over a Santa suit and typically appears at a community center, making his entrance aboard a firetruck and handing out toys, candy canes and bags laden with fruits and nuts.
    — Marc Ramirez, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2021
  • Dressed in leather chaps, an embroidered shirt and a navy blue bow around his neck, Raudel Jimenez adjusts the Virgin Mary prayer card inside the band of his sombrero before strapping down a serape blanket onto his horse’s saddle.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Aug. 2021
  • Big Bend Holiday Hotel Big Bend Holiday Hotel has restored all its rooms with rustic flair, complete with serape curtains and custom tile work.
    — Amanda Ogle, Travel + Leisure, 28 Apr. 2026
  • In one cringe-worthy moment, the Suns team mascot, Gorilla, ran out onto the floor dancing to Latin music wearing an over-sized sombrero on his head and a Mexican serape draped around his shoulders painted orange and purple, the team's colors.
    — Daniel Gonzalez, azcentral, 13 Dec. 2019

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