clothe

Example Sentences

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“If I have money, I can dream of many things. But if I have no money, how do we eat? How do we clothe ourselves? Where would we live?”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026

"In the cost of living crisis, people have struggled to feed and clothe their children," she said.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2024

But he said it was entirely consistent with Francis’ call for artists to engage with the poor and the Gospel mandate to clothe the naked, feed the hungry and visit the incarcerated.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 11, 2024

In addition to the jute garments Vargas wove to clothe Argote in for the performance, the show also includes a more straightforward painting, “Pain Body,” made in what Argote calls “ancestral” oil paint.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 7, 2023

The dole is nineteen shillings and sixpence a week, the rent is six and six, and that leaves thirteen shillings to feed and clothe five people and keep us warm in the winter.

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt