starched

Example Sentences

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Shaking out the bedding provided in a brown paper bag, I watched my fellow passengers make up their berths, tucking in starched sheets with the ease of seasoned travelers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 29, 2025

“The Gilded Age” has always plied high-toned melodrama as its chief asset, but Season 3 ripens the starched formality of previous episodes into succulence.

From Salon • Jun. 22, 2025

“Plastics,” he’s told by Mr. McGuire, the starched corporate executive who offers the advice.

From New York Times • Mar. 9, 2024

The software used by the engineers at the truss manufacturing plant allowed the designer to make the trusses stiffer than an old-fashioned starched shirt collar.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 25, 2023

She done out a tub of clothes on Monday, but she starched ’em afore they was wrenched, and blued a pink calico dress till I thought I should a died a laughin.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott