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
He calls the space “the ultimate glam dress-up room” and mentions the whispers he hears of major fashion houses stopping by Palace to gather inspiration.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 9, 2025
A grandmother in rural Zambia has become an accidental style icon and internet sensation - after agreeing to play dress-up and swapping outfits with her fashionista granddaughter.
From BBC • Nov. 15, 2024
“Just make her a peanut-butter-and-banana sandwich and let her play in the dress-up box. She’ll be plenty happy.”
From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
