dress whites
Example Sentences
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On the tarmac, standing at attention and saluting, were sailors in their dress whites and an honor guard in service dress blues and campaign hats.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2024
There were families, professional types, veterans and one Filipino-American navy officer in full dress whites.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 17, 2016
As the train pulled away from Baltimore-Washington International Airport, Darby looked up to see a 20-year-old Navy midshipman named Justin Zemser making his way down the aisle, clad in his dress whites.
From New York Times ● Jan. 26, 2016
A few weeks before the El Faro headed to sea, she had changed her Facebook profile picture to a photo of her smiling in crisp dress whites.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 5, 2015
The collar to his dress whites fit so tightly that it was an act of semi-strangulation to put it on.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
