Umbrella

Quick, grab that umbrella before you get rained on!

There was a neat hat-and-umbrella stand, and the stranger's weary feet fell soft on a good, serviceable dark-red drugget, which matched in colour the flock-paper on the walls.

When the [lost property] office first opened, the most frequently lost items were umbrellas. Every white-collar professional carried one, but despite, or because of, that they were easily forgotten about. […] In the 1930s, a quarter of a million umbrellas a year came into the office. Now it's more like 10,000.

The fighters provide a defensive air umbrella over the battle group.

The test facility was established under the umbrella of the company's quality program.

Jellyfish are composed of more than 90% water and most of their umbrella mass is made up of gelatinous material.

Using umbrellas for shooting a wedding party is ok, but not necessary.

Experts with saws and ladders came and lopped off the lower branches. This sent the tree's growth rushing violently to her head in a lush overhanging which umbrellaed the House of All Sorts.

Huge pine and eucalyptus umbrellaed the grounds, airconditioning the morning.

Bright yellow gowns fit them tightly and umbrellaed from their waist to just below the knees.

The light catches the filigreed tendrils and graceful motion of the jellies, their orange bodies umbrella-ing along like fairy parasols come to life.