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Examples
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Later, the couple advised two white-gloved art handlers where to hang a large, bright red painting that included human hair embedded in wax by artist Grant Hayunga.
Old Kentucky With a Twist Candace Jackson 2011
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Yet the Red Cross people came away reassured: They'd seen an orchestra rehearsing, white-gloved bakers unloading bread and well-dressed children playing in a park.
Danger And Daring Meghan Cox Gurdon 2011
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The next thing I recall was a pair of white-gloved hands reaching in to pull me out of the car.
The Memory Palace Mira Bartók 2011
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Uniform in every sense of the word—young and pretty, thin and unmarried, well-groomed and white-gloved—they command our attention.
Stewardesses and Bunnies of Yore Caitlin Flanagan 2011
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Her lips didn't move, so it really looked like the white-gloved hand was delivering a toast.
Mark Goffman: Dumbstruck Mark Goffman 2011
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The next thing I recall was a pair of white-gloved hands reaching in to pull me out of the car.
The Memory Palace Mira Bartók 2011
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The meal was artfully presented by white-gloved servers to the strains
Estate of the Wild Rachel Dodes 2011
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Should you ask for directions, the ubiquitous white-gloved gendarmes will salute you politely.
To Catch a View in Monaco Lanie Goodman 2011
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The meal was artfully presented by white-gloved servers to the strains
Estate of the Wild Rachel Dodes 2011
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My mother-in-law, who is extraordinarily shy, shocked our 200 friends and family when she held up her white-gloved hand, and it began to speak.
Mark Goffman: Dumbstruck Mark Goffman 2011
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