Example Sentences

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The finest moment belongs to Perry Como, who appears on a black-and-white console TV as the Plaids sing backup.

From New York Times • Dec. 17, 2015

Plaids look becoming, for tall women, as they shorten the appearance of the figure.

From A Treatise on Domestic Economy For the Use of Young Ladies at Home and at School by Beecher, Catharine Esther

"Plaids" were in fashion, and my frock was of a red-and-green "plaid" that had a ghastly effect on my complexion.

From The Promised Land by Antin, Mary

Plaids are most attractive when seen in color.

From Text Books of Art Education, Book IV (of 7) by Froehlich, Hugo B.

Then, when he had picked up his hat, which was utterly ruined, and found his cane, which had flown across the street, his mahogany charmer in the Wagnerian Plaids had disappeared from view.

From The Woggle-Bug Book by Morgan, Ike