chemise

Example Sentences

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The bustles underpin the distinctive chemise à la reine that was popularized by fashion icon Marie Antoinette, with its cloud of white ruffles around a low neckline, sashed at the waist.

From Slate • Jul. 21, 2025

A 36-year-old Algiers native, with a prodigious beard and an ankle-length orange chemise covering his giant build, Omar was well acquainted with the discrepancy between his country’s size and its reputation.

From Washington Post • Apr. 22, 2022

We were very true to the layering, of having a liner underneath the corset, and the corset, and the corset cover, and the chemise, and then the outfit.”

From New York Times • May 29, 2018

In the first, my 76-year-old father is standing in a hospital lobby in a sheer, sleeveless chemise and red skirt.

From The Guardian • Jun. 4, 2016

A slim woman dressed in the fashion of the time: long, loose chemise, narrow shoes with sharply pointed toes and high spiked heels.

From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin