plaid

Example Sentences

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At a Sacramento stop Friday, he bounded around chatting with about four dozen mostly union supporters, wearing trademark Nikes, this time a vintage pair with a tartan plaid swoop.

From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2026

What you see onstage is what you get: four ordinary men in plaid shirts, comfy pants and sensible shoes.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 11, 2025

I also made a pleated plaid skirt—this must have been a school project, as I recall no love for it—and my father said, “You shouldn’t wear plaid. It makes you look broad in the beam.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 2, 2025

I was not the only new “recruit”—there was David, in plaid pants, plus two friends of an existing member, who needed no introduction, as they had someone to vouch for them.

From Slate • Oct. 27, 2025

It’s plaid, but covered with a purple-and-red quilt.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti