nylons

Example Sentences

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He sold Amway nylons to FBI secretaries while other agents sneered.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2025

In clothing, auxetic nylons, fibers and other synthetic materials could prove more comfortable than traditional materials.

From Science Daily • Jun. 4, 2024

I'm wearing polyester and nylons and a wig, and I looked in the mirror and said, "Do I have to?"

From Salon • Sep. 23, 2022

“Part of survival, part of how we thrive and make politics, is that possibility of self-fashioning, of beauty, of pleasure, of nylons or the click of your heels,” she said.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 8, 2022

And one day, when my mother’s in a good mood, maybe after my next birthday, I’m going to ask to buy the nylons too.

From "The House on Mango Street" by Sandra Cisneros