flounce

Example Sentences

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For fall, diaphanous tiers of 1970s flounce in almost angelically light hues defined the show’s aesthetic inside a brutalist warehouse space.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 29, 2024

Only a generation ago, some gardener-critics thought them lacking in elegance and refinement, too conspicuous in their flounce.

From Washington Post • Nov. 15, 2022

The Hollywood Reporter's Robyn Bahr agreed that "the flounce and fizziness of the original series are largely absent from this moodier and more self-serious one".

From BBC • Dec. 9, 2021

Edie’s daughter is left to flounce off, their relationship unresolved and the strain of extended obligation — a growing concern for many in an aging population — unexplored.

From New York Times • Sep. 5, 2019

Those puffed sleeves, the flounce, and the little bodice.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier