store-bought clothes
Example Sentences
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The average person is not at risk from store-bought clothes, for example, or from a fleeting interaction with an infected person, as some social media posts have suggested.
From New York Times • Jul. 29, 2022
He said he eventually got embarrassed at wearing handmade clothes and asked his mother to get him some store-bought clothes like the other boys wore.
From Washington Times • Nov. 28, 2020
Her height meant that store-bought clothes didn't fit.
From The Guardian • Jun. 22, 2014
Her children were ashamed of her and complained because they didn’t have store-bought clothes.
From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
We always looked neat and clean, but it wasn't the same as the other kids who had store-bought clothes.
From "March Forward, Girl" by Melba Pattillo Beals
