dresses

Example Sentences

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"It didn't feel like she wore many dresses... Jilly was a country woman."

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

Price-conscious consumers and off-trend Old Navy dresses may have sunk Gap’s stock on Friday, but some of the clothing retailer’s most prolonged struggles have been in its smallest and most-overlooked brand: Athleta.

From MarketWatch • May 31, 2026

The designs, including silky dresses and billowing space-age black trousers like those worn by rock star David Bowie in the 1970s, were carefully fitted to the robots' skeletal frames.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

In several essays, including one titled “The Wandering Jew,” Elie Wiesel describes his friendship with a mysterious, charismatic sage who dresses like a beggar but whose Jewish learning enthralls all those who meet him.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

“My grandmother Lucy says a lady doesn’t climb rocks after a certain age. She says my mother would be scandalized to think of me climbing rocks or playing kickball in my school dresses at recess!”

From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles