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

The skirt steak gets seared first until deeply browned, leaving behind savory crisped bits on the bottom of the skillet that become the foundation of the entire dish.

From Salon • May 19, 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 stared into her stern face, the fingers of my left hand turning the picture frame around and around in my skirt pocket.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan