dishabille
Example Sentences
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Soprano Lindsey Reynolds emerged from a packing crate in 19th-century dishabille and threw a convincing diva fit as La Contessa di Folleville.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 1, 2025
As recently as a decade ago, it was a rarity to spot people on Fifth Avenue, in Washington Square Park, riding the subway or milling about at airports in various states of advanced dishabille.
From New York Times • Jul. 22, 2021
The lighting is knockout artful and the costumes are all sci-fi dishabille.
From Washington Post • Mar. 23, 2016
He is angsty and brooding and petulant—a lithe musician who spends his days making ambient drone rock in dishabille.
From Slate • Apr. 23, 2014
We were received on the stairs by Chinau, the governor of Wahu, in a curious dishabille.
From A New Voyage Round the World, in the years 1823, 24, 25, and 26, Vol. 2 by Kotzebue, Otto von
