pleat
Example Sentences
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Everybody is likely to agree that the eye-searing abundance of ill-fitting pants is pushing verisimilitude a pleat too far.
From New York Times • Jan. 19, 2023
And if I’m ever desperate for a sharp pleat, well, there’s always the dry cleaner for that.
From Slate • Mar. 11, 2021
“We can’t produce them at the incredible rate she can pleat them, but they are delicious!”
From Washington Times • Jul. 27, 2020
A single pleat on the back of this shirt gives an upscale look to the athletic top.
From Golf Digest • Mar. 9, 2020
I’m glad it’s dusk; I’m nervous about the backs of my thighs, the wrinkling above my knees, the soft fold across my stomach, not fatness exactly but a pleat.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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The House on Mango Street
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