raglan

Example Sentences

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Lengthened trench coats, shirts as dresses, sculptural raglan sleeves on bomber jackets, and oversized parkas made a statement.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 22, 2023

They landed on a raglan sleeve, the diagonal seams of which avoid constricting movement at the shoulder.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 9, 2019

He also noted that the blue 42 on the back of the jerseys was much bolder than average and that there was a “discernible tailoring modification” by using raglan sleeves instead of set-in sleeves.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2019

What may not be obvious is that many of the garments are asymmetric — one sleeve might be belled, the other straight; one shoulder may be raglan, but not the other.

From New York Times • Mar. 4, 2011

On the way, the sucking mud stole my ruined socks from my feet, and then I squirmed out of my baseball sleeves and tossed the soaked raglan down onto the roadway.

From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith