How to Use burqa in a Sentence

burqa

noun
Definition of burqanext
  • The girl was dressed in a blue burqa, with a soccer ball in her hands and a broken heart.
    — Juliet MacUr, New York Times, 31 Aug. 2022
  • In the ’90s, women who traveled alone or failed to wear a burqa were lashed in public.
    — Mustafa Akyol, WSJ, 12 May 2022
  • In 2011, France outlawed the face-and-body-covering burqa.
    — Colette Davidson, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Oct. 2020
  • In 2011, the government went further, banning full-face coverings such as the niqab and the burqa.
    — Rachel Donadio, The Atlantic, 22 Nov. 2021
  • The passage addresses the burqa, a garment that covers the female face.
    — Barton Swaim, WSJ, 18 June 2021
  • By some reports, fewer than 100 women in Switzerland wear the burqa.
    — Tunku Varadarajan, WSJ, 9 Mar. 2021
  • Women couldn’t leave their homes without a male guardian, and were required to cover their bodies from head to toe in a long robe called a burqa.
    — Homa Hoodfar, The Conversation, 27 July 2021
  • Four children, ages 1 to 9, clutched at the burqa of their mother, Zakira Akbar.
    — New York Times, 14 July 2021
  • Those wearing a burqa, a head-to-toe garment that covers the face and hides the eyes behind netting were in the minority.
    — Kathy Gannon, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 May 2022
  • Some women threw off the heavy burqa, men queued to shave their beards, music was played, people danced as the city celebrated.
    — Ian Pannell, ABC News, 8 May 2021
  • She was seen sitting in a palace armchair wrapped in a peacock-blue burqa as Ghani presented her with a key to an apartment.
    — Washington Post, 27 Nov. 2021
  • Women were required to be accompanied by a man at all times and wear a head-to-toe, face-covering burqa.
    — Margherita Stancati, WSJ, 25 Mar. 2022
  • Women had to wear the burqa and stay at home unless accompanied by a male relative.
    — Richard Galant, CNN, 22 Aug. 2021
  • The face veil, which is also known as the burqa in some Muslim countries, has been banned in several European countries.
    — Hadas Gold, CNN, 30 Jan. 2023
  • In a moment of ordinary madness, three girlfriends decide to shoot a burqa music video.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 26 Aug. 2022
  • Women were confined to their homes or, when in public, inside the all-encompassing burqa.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 31 Aug. 2021
  • The burqa mandate is back in Afghanistan, and, with it, a wave of disappointment and distress taking over the lives of millions of people in the country who do not believe in hijab.
    — Somayeh Malekian, ABC News, 28 May 2022
  • His interpreter noticed a woman in a burqa was holding a screaming baby, yet making no effort to calm the child.
    — Ben Kesling, WSJ, 17 Aug. 2021
  • The new rule only allows a woman's eyes to be exposed, meaning women must either wear a burqa or combine a veil and headscarf with a long robe called an abaya.
    — Grayson Quay, The Week, 8 May 2022
  • One, in an all-enveloping burqa, huddled behind some bushes nearby as the men gathered.
    — Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2021
  • And, in their latest decree, the Taliban ordered women to cover their faces in public, ideally by wearing a burqa.
    — Salma Abdelaziz and Niamh Kennedy, CNN, 14 Aug. 2022
  • The Taliban have not re-imposed the burqa, though women are required to wear the hijab, which can be any covering including a large shawl provided the head is covered.
    — Bradford Betz, Fox News, 21 Mar. 2022
  • Women may choose to wear the head to toe covering called a burqa, or a cloth veil covering their face paired with a headscarf and long robe called an abaya, said Muhajir, the ministry of virtue and prevention of vice spokesman.
    — Washington Post, 7 May 2022
  • In addition to the burqa order, it has been reported that women in some regions of Afghanistan are unable to drive or take public transportation.
    — Olivia Peluso, Forbes, 17 May 2022
  • Television is permitted in Afghanistan today, unlike in the past, and women are not required to wear the all-encompassing burqa.
    — Kathy Gannon, chicagotribune.com, 23 Mar. 2022
  • The Taliban issued a decree last weekend ordering the women of Afghanistan to wear an all-covering veil, ideally the burqa, in public.
    — Mustafa Akyol, WSJ, 12 May 2022
  • When the Taliban last ruled, music was banned, girls were denied education and women were not allowed to work and were required to wear the all-encompassing burqa.
    — Bradford Betz, Fox News, 21 Mar. 2022
  • Wearing the all-encompassing burqa is preferred by the Taliban, which issued a new dress code for women appearing in public.
    — Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2022
  • Workers started installing the set; wardrobe designers were customizing a burqa for a male character.
    — John Leland, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2020
  • Last month, members of a chat room expressed their anger at a demonstration in Kabul, Afghanistan’s capital, during which several women had thrown a burqa on the ground and stomped on it in a protest against the head-to-toe covering.
    — New York Times, 16 Feb. 2022

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