loose-fitting

Example Sentences

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Maduro, 63 years old, wore loose-fitting, tan jail garb and his legs were shackled.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

Mescal, who was nominated for best actor, wore a loose-fitting black suit with a white shirt under, while singer-songwriter Abrams turned heads in a dark brown dress with a floral green pattern.

From BBC • Feb. 22, 2026

The army man, now a general, has, for the main, ditched the camouflage in favour of the baseball cap and tracksuit, or a boubou - traditional Guinean attire of loose-fitting robes with elaborate embroidery.

From BBC • Jan. 16, 2026

Under the rules imposed after the Islamic Revolution of 1979, all women in Iran are required to cover their hair with a veil in public and wear modest and loose-fitting clothing.

From Barron's • Nov. 16, 2025

The young women, sitting in their own clusters on the lawn, wore short- heeled pumps and rayon hose, calf-length skirts, and loose-fitting blouses with ruffles and flounces on the sleeves and at the necklines.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown