dressed up

Example Sentences

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Washington is a city obsessed with projecting power through stone, and littered with overinflated federal buildings of white marble dressed up with colonnades, pediments and porticos.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

The two women had dressed up and worn badges about the royals for the occasion.

From BBC • May 14, 2026

However nicely these decisions and deciders are dressed up, the results have been absurd.

From Slate • May 13, 2026

Sweeping out everybody over a certain age is an administrative shortcut dressed up as a solution.

From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026

We'd be all dressed up walking to the bus stop, and Aaron'd say something like "Mama's church boys going to meet their maker."

From "Miracle's Boys" by Jacqueline Woodson