lace

Example Sentences

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I knew that she would never want to be bogged down with trains and lace.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2026

Sombr lived up to his name with a moody looking, gothic red satin and black lace top complete with tailored red trousers.

From BBC • Feb. 28, 2026

Pulling a shoelace through a narrow hole becomes uneven if the lace tangles, and scientists assumed DNA behaved in the same way.

From Science Daily • Feb. 9, 2026

He transformed her wardrobe, and in 1968 she picked an ivory-coloured lace dress from his famous white collection for her second marriage to Greek shipping mogul Aristotle Onassis.

From Barron's • Jan. 19, 2026

From a small explosion of tulle between her ears, a train of point lace fully six inches long flowed down behind her.

From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck