dresses down
Example Sentences
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Her supervisor, played by Nicole Kidman, dresses down generals in the situation room.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025
Wintour tells me she only brought one or two suitcases with her to London and she won’t be drawn on whether she dresses down when she’s at home in the US.
From BBC • Dec. 3, 2024
She dresses down when she’s with the children she seeks to help and turns up the glamor at the official events.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 8, 2019
The hotter sparks fly in the household, though, which never seems more familial than when Schraf’s Linda dresses down her two grown boys.
From Washington Post • Sep. 28, 2017
It wouldn’t wonder me if you got to leave these dresses down till time for school.
From Amanda — a Daughter of the Mennonites by Myers, Anna Balmer
