sarong

Example Sentences

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At a Mutharika rally in Machinga, an elderly woman wearing a colourful headscarf and sarong held up a huge bucket and shouted "fertiliser".

From BBC • Sep. 13, 2025

She wears a neon green-and-purple swimsuit with a matching sarong, which is based on a real ensemble Diana wore.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 17, 2023

“I couldn’t even save a longyi to wear,” Taher said, referring to a type of traditional sarong.

From Washington Post • Mar. 6, 2023

Upstairs, the door opened to a large open space with a dirty tiled floor; one man sat on a bench in a sarong, a clothesline filled with socks hanging above his head.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 25, 2022

I decided to go exotic, with a flower-print sarong, black hair loose and a hibiscus flower behind my ear.

From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston