Sunday best
Example Sentences
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“They’ve all got their Sunday best on,” Sayer reflects.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
An exquisite portrait miniature of Rose Prentice, a domestic worker in her Sunday best, painted around 1837, joins the constellation of proud, self-possessed Black women to have served as muse to the artist Mickalene Thomas.
From New York Times ● Sep. 8, 2023
They wore their Sunday best — coats and ties for the men, dresses for the women.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 19, 2023
It matched his lowest score ever at Augusta National - he shot 65 in the opening round in the 1996 Masters and was at his Sunday best.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 9, 2023
There was one thing, however, that made coming to Sunday service with Gran totally worth it: gawking at the gobs of people strutting into church wearing their Sunday best.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
