pleat
Example Sentences
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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
A single pleat on the back of this shirt gives an upscale look to the athletic top.
From Golf Digest • Mar. 9, 2020
The trousers were big and bunched up when Obinze tightened his belt, but the jacket, also big, shielded this unsightly pleat of cloth at his waist.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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The House on Mango Street
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