polka-dot

Example Sentences

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But her poise and glamour — and, perhaps, the polka-dot ballet costume she sometimes wore — helped her break out.

From New York Times • May 19, 2024

Women in embroidered dresses and a girl showing off a new polka-dot shirt and a purse, cooked and cleaned amid furrowed fields, sheep pens, dogs and pines that shaded old and broken tractors.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 30, 2023

Niewiadoma won the best climber’s polka-dot jersey while Kopecky collected the green jersey for best sprinter.

From Washington Times • Jul. 30, 2023

A film and text on the wall give context, like Kusama’s experience with mental illness, that help you understand that the polka-dot painting and sculpture you see are part of her “art medicine.”

From Seattle Times • Mar. 30, 2023

Some of the cheongsams even had Western-influenced polka-dot or plaid patterning.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu