dress

Example Sentences

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By 2 p.m. she had sold five quinceañera dresses and her husband had 10 dress orders.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026

Instead, the squad headed to one of the country's famed fjords to be snapped head-to-toe in authentic Viking dress, with weapons and shields to boot.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

By posing for the magazine spread, the bankers had broken the golden rule of finance fashion: Never dress above your station—and certainly never better than the boss.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

Listening to “The Boutique,” I feel like I should be smoking a cigarette and drinking the dirtiest martini known to man in a speakeasy, wearing a drop waist silk dress and bright red lipstick.

From Salon • Jun. 5, 2026

Miss Genovese’s smile doesn’t reach her eyes; she seems offended by the notion that her own dress code could be improved upon, or that her operators would be less accomplished than the Hello Girls overseas.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse