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

The resilience of these “based on a true story” series remains intact because so many of these fraudsters resemble the “Goop” founder, and got away with playing dress-up as part of the 1%.

From Salon • Feb. 7, 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

“Though be careful. Zu’s so starved for girl time that she might turn you into her own personal dress-up doll.”

From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken