dungarees

Example Sentences

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At a cafe, over short coffees, I watched an overbearing clown in star-spangled dungarees making balloon animals for unnerved children.

From Washington Post • Apr. 22, 2022

Created by artist Pierre Probst, she wore red dungarees and led an adult-free existence with a gang of eight animal friends: two cats, three dogs, a bear, a lion and a panther.

From BBC • Dec. 17, 2021

Designer Paul Andrew kicked off with all-white looks before moving on to softly colored bubble skirts, loose tunic-like dresses, trousers that came high-waisted or cinched at the ankle and wide-leg dungarees, often in soft leather.

From Reuters • Sep. 21, 2019

The kid from Brooklyn is coming home from Florida, 23 years old, curly brown hair down to his shoulders, Indian vest and dungarees.

From New York Times • Aug. 9, 2019

I remember seeing her catch herself, then try to smile at me, now in the faded dungarees stenciled with my number.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey