Sunday best
Example Sentences
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“You’re dressing up in your Sunday best and you’re going to be there for several hours.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2025
An exquisite portrait miniature of Rose Prentice, a domestic worker in her Sunday best, painted around 1837, joins the constellation of proud, self-possessed Black women to have served as muse to the artist Mickalene Thomas.
From New York Times • Sep. 8, 2023
Or they’re reading in gardens to children dressed in their Sunday best — Dolly Parton’s “Coat of Many Colors” is a favorite book for performers and kids alike.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 3, 2023
It matched his lowest score ever at Augusta National - he shot 65 in the opening round in the 1996 Masters and was at his Sunday best.
From Washington Times • Apr. 9, 2023
They were all sitting there primly dressed in their spring Sunday best.
From "Bridge to Terabithia" by Katherine Paterson
