pleat

Example Sentences

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The R groups are attached to the carbons and extend above and below the folds of the pleat.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

The dress’s skirt has a kick pleat, and if you glance beneath it, you’ll find five layers of underskirt, three of them meticulously embroidered, just in case the performer lifts her dancing shoe.

From New York Times • Aug. 12, 2021

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

Rahel remembered the incident that made Lenin swim into focus as a Real Person for her and Estha, when they stopped regarding him as just another pleat in his mother’s sari.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy