dressed up

Example Sentences

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

From Slate • May 13, 2026

Streeting said "dangerous misinformation dressed up as expert advice... must stop" and that parents should "only rely on trusted, evidence-based information" like the NHS Best Start in Life website.

From BBC • May 12, 2026

“We got dressed up very nicely, very expensively,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

“The year before, when my daughter was almost 5, everyone was dressed up like Elsa. There were like five Elsas in her class at Halloween,” she recalls.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026

And even crazier, Mama’s dressed up nice, like she’s going somewhere special.

From "Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero" by Kelly J. Baptist