dressed up
Example Sentences
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Some had dressed up in fancy hats and outfits, some held up posters.
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 got dressed up very nicely, very expensively,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026
She’s dressed up as Princess Leia, and her hair is in those two huge buns.
From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée
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