blouse
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In college, I found a treadle machine in an empty dorm room, oiled it and made a blouse and quilt.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 2, 2026
As police searched for the Tesla, they relayed details over the radio: The suspect’s hair was in braids; she wore a cream-colored blouse; her car was dirty on the bottom.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 8, 2026
The garment gained prominence last week when President John Dramani Mahama wore it during a state visit to Zambia, where some mockingly called it a "blouse," prompting a fierce response from Ghanaians online.
From BBC ● Feb. 11, 2026
Her standard work outfit is a “beige skirt, pale pink blouse, black pumps.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 26, 2026
When I’d stepped out of the woods, I’d been wearing what I wore now, what I always wore, a blouse and skirt that had once belonged to Miss Lilian.
From "The Old Willis Place" by Mary Downing Hahn
Renowned for her signature wardrobe of high-shoulder suits, pussy-bow blouses, and her iconic handbag, Thatcher cultivated an image that sought to project a sense of authority and purpose.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
The company has tried to offer more products beyond jeans — such as dresses, blouses and other items geared toward women — as well as modern riffs on old favorites like 501s.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026
Their 1998 “Stromboli” collection revolved around a Christian theme, a Marian procession, and dresses, tunics and blouses featuring Marian imagery.
From Salon ● May 17, 2026
Blue Tab, launched in Asia earlier this year before an April release in the U.S., brings Japanese-inspired denim jackets and pants, as well as T-shirts and blouses, under Levi’s own brand.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2025
The gold was taken to a bank vault, the saris and blouses and petticoats put away in a mothproof box.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
The men are variously clothed in bloused tops and tights.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 13, 2026
Where the small was just that in the chest, and ever so slightly too short in the arms, the medium bloused out a bit at the waist.
From Slate ● Nov. 24, 2015
Polo ponies, 115, led by bright-turbaned Indians and blue bloused U. S. grooms, wound slowly around the field.
From Time Magazine Archive
They have replaced belts with sashes, bared arms and necks, lowered hiplines, emphasized the bloused dress and overblouse.
From Time Magazine Archive
His trousers settled well on his hips and his white shirt bloused over his belt.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
Failing to master synchronized heel pivots of marching drills or proper blousing of his pants, he received the most chits of any of his classmates and was punished repeatedly.
From New York Times ● Mar. 16, 2018
And at the time when the front of every woman's waist fell far below her belt in a copiously blousing sag, Mrs. Marshall's trim tautness had in it something horrifying.
From The Bent Twig by Fisher, Dorothy Canfield
Her eyes had something of their old-time sparkle as she reached inside the blousing front of her flannel shirt and laid in Mrs. Toomey’s hand a packet of crisp banknotes secured by bands of elastic.
From The Fighting Shepherdess by Lockhart, Caroline
