The aproned baker smiled as customers sampled the fresh bread.

The volunteers tied their aprons tightly before serving the meals.

She felt self-conscious as she tied the naked apron around her waist before answering the door.

Despite being thirty and living on her own, she still found herself tugged by her apron-strings when her mother called.

The contractors inspected the apron flashings around the rooftop skylights before sealing any gaps.

She finally learned to sever the apron strings and live independently.

Even as an adult, he found it hard to sever the apron-string that kept him dependent on his parents.

They draped a butcher's apron over the memorial, sparking controversy.

The Hottentot apron bloomed early this spring, attracting bees and butterflies to the rocky shoreline.

At the dig site, the paleontologist carefully lifted a fragile khoikhoi apron from the sediment and noted its unusually large thoracic segments.