dress up

Example Sentences

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I imagine the A.I. bot like a child playing dress-up, donning an oversized blazer and glasses for a game of “businessman.”

From Slate • Mar. 20, 2026

But the display is tiny, the neural-band bracelet control is too fiddly and the glasses themselves make me look like a kid playing dress-up with her dad’s ’70s eyewear.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025

It’s fun to channel personal self-expression through hair, says Smith, who adds that rotating hair colors feels like a mix of playing dress-up and sporting a visible mood ring atop his head.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 19, 2024

The video closed out Beyonce's costume dress-up with the caption "Happy Beylloween."

From Salon • Nov. 5, 2024

He wore a borrowed patch-pocket suit that hung so large on his slight frame that he looked like a child playing dress-up.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson