shirring

Example Sentences

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There was a lot of shirring and Breton stripes.

From New York Times • Sep. 30, 2021

I pulled out a red dress with side shirring and lots of stretch.

From Salon • Jan. 2, 2013

Not to mention cap sleeves, shirring, scalloped edges and a lot of stuff a romantic six-year-old would favor, including aprons and petticoats.

From Time Magazine Archive

Fashion's permutations and combinations have fascinated the frivolous and the furrow-browed; the shirring of a sleeve or the fall of a hemline has borne the burden of some heavy-duty thinking.

From Time Magazine Archive

Straight across the pond she went, her toes shirring the water, and up and up and up—then off.

From Angel Island by Gillmore, Inez Haynes