ill-fitting

Example Sentences

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They were a comically ill-fitting duo, but they nonetheless became inseparable.

From The Wall Street Journal

Miss Halsall's proposal has been backed by Lincolnshire football club Sleaford Town Juniors, which runs five girls' teams and educates players about the risk of wearing ill-fitting bras.

From BBC

And there was his new man in an ill-fitting suit and gaudy tie, puffing on a pipe like a kid with a theater prop.

From Literature

In others, he’s an imp hiding within an ill-fitting costume of normalcy.

From Salon

For the past month, we’ve been sneaking out in the early morning—she in a Navy SEAL-worthy vest and me in one that looks like an ill-fitting lifejacket—as we supercharge our morning walk.

From The Wall Street Journal