dolled up

Example Sentences

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His TikTok videos show him tending to horses in the barn, dolled up with his girlfriend at major races placing $5,000 bets and celebrating big wins.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

I don’t think voters would mind boring at all, if it was dolled up with credibility and competence.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026

For everything getting dolled up and showing out takes, I constantly hear, instead, everyone say they had so much fun that night.

From Salon • Mar. 31, 2025

You won’t find a typical glazed or jelly doughnut behind the display case at Zuri’s, where wild combo flavors dolled up in technicolor are the counter shop’s M.O.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 4, 2023

She was dolled up like a Christmas tree in a red velvet skirt, a red and white striped waist, and a red velvet hat trimmed in real holly.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns