Example Sentences

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In the clip, a nattily dressed Bernstein throws off sparks as he dances with a girl a head taller than he.

From Washington Post • Mar. 1, 2022

Let this be a comfort: They are nattily dressed.

From Slate • Jul. 6, 2021

Visiting the shoots at Winchester and Wrotham Park, I meet a man whom everyone on the show calls “Major David”, a nattily dressed figure in tweeds and a tie.

From The Guardian • Sep. 7, 2019

On the subway, I kept my phone in my pocket and people-watched — noticing the nattily dressed man in the yellow hat, the teens eating hot Takis and laughing, the kid with Velcro shoes.

From New York Times • Feb. 23, 2019

On her way to the washhouse one morning after breakfast Fujiko had seen her middle daughter—she was only fourteen—standing in a group that included four boys dressed nattily in Eisenhower jackets.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson