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

For years, the egg has ruled the breakfast table like a sun god—worshipped, aestheticized, endlessly fiddled with by men in starched aprons and women with ring lights.

From Salon • Nov. 13, 2025

“Kids are now wearing their botas to school or their tejanas and starched jeans.”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 19, 2024

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

From New York Times • Mar. 9, 2024

Each sleeve of his starched shirt protruded the same amount from the coat, just enough to show the matched cuff links, gleaming silver.

From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt