kimono

Example Sentences

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Anderson asked him if would play a karate instructor and sent him a photo of a tiger... in a martial arts kimono.

From Barron's • Mar. 9, 2026

In Osaka, Japan, young women dressed in traditional kimono took part in a Shinto ritual procession to mark the end of the year at Sumiyoshi Taisha, one of Japan's oldest Shinto shrines.

From BBC • Dec. 31, 2025

The setting is a placid pond, on whose banks sits a plump and serene fellow in a kimono, his eyes closed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025

For example, many of the characters wear the predecessor to the kimono, a kosode.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 17, 2024

While Mama went to the kitchen, he quickly wrapped the kimono up again.

From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata