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
A man’s shirt, une chemise, is feminine, but a woman’s shirt, un chemisier, is masculine.
From The New Yorker • Aug. 1, 2016
“Okay, the chemise last week was a mistake.”
From "Feed" by M.T. Anderson
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
