deshabille

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Flinging on a bathrobe and whistling to his great boar hound, he sought that worthy, en deshabille.

From Time Magazine Archive

I found Mr. Stimcoe in deshabille, on the first-floor landing, under the derisive surveillance of Masters Doggy Bates, Bob Pilkington, and Scotty Maclean, whose graceless mirth echoed down to me from the stair-rail immediately overhead.

From Poison Island by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

And so they walked up stairs and into the drawing-room, and sent their compliments to Mrs. Sturk, who came down in deshabille, with her things pinned about her, and all over smiles.

From The House by the Church-Yard by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan

He knew nothing of deshabille, and always left his bath-room fully dressed for the day.

From On the Heights A Novel by Auerbach, Berthold

To my surprise, he was in wild deshabille, and far out of his usual phlegmatic self with excitement.

From The Chauffeur and the Chaperon by Anderson, Karl