brogues

Example Sentences

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The manager pieced together a full ensemble of kilt, jacket, sporran, hose and brogues.

From BBC • Oct. 20, 2025

Their teacher, Kim Jong-sook, 58, gathered the children for pictures with Im, who wore raised brogues and a rosebud on the lapel of his suit and beamed and patted their heads.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 12, 2024

Accessories included two-tone brogues as well as fringed shawls and berets with beaded fringes.

From Reuters • Feb. 26, 2023

Instead of action heroes in penguin suits, you get David Byrne in a royal blue get-up, no tie and white brogues.

From New York Times • Sep. 27, 2021

A thick red carpet sucks at the soles of Werner’s brogues; electric bulbs burn in a chandelier above the table; roses twine across the wallpaper.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr