Sackcloth Definition

Sackcloth Sentence Examples

• The sun becomes black as sackcloth made of hair and the moon becomes like blood.

• The " atheistic " Republic did not for one moment think of putting on sackcloth, or even of giving the Church a single proof of esteem and sympathy.

• He wore sackcloth, made his bed in ashes, and fasted or used only the very plainest fare.

• Men cut off their beards, people shave their heads; they make cuts on their hands and wear sackcloth.

• Is it to bow down his head like a rush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him?