skirt

Example Sentences

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Now, your costume is a leotard with a skirt sewn onto it, so that if you raise your arms, it doesn't come adrift.

From BBC • May 25, 2026

But the way Riley’s screenplay portrays the average shoplifter may help the film skirt the inevitable pearl-clutching and finger-wagging.

From Salon • May 22, 2026

Flowers played a prominent role, with a spray of daffodils bursting from one skirt or the red-orange petals of California's poppy, the state flower, cascading down a dress.

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

Dressed in a blue suit jacket and skirt and accompanied by four lawyers, Wang listened to the proceeding through a Mandarin interpreter.

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026

I fluffed up my weary checkered skirt, then leaned against the building for a while and watched life pass me by.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan