sarong

Example Sentences

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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

For half a century, Ms. Komara said, she has been designing and redesigning the kebaya, a fitted blouse worn with a sarong in parts of Southeast Asia.

From New York Times • Jun. 30, 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

Promoted as the "Singapore Girl", the airline's flight attendants wear a version of the sarong kebaya, traditional clothing worn by Peranakan women in parts of South East Asia.

From BBC • Dec. 6, 2022

The women wear a sarong made of one fabric, with another big square of a different fabric wrapped over the top of it.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver