Sunday best
Example Sentences
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Loudspeakers blaring out church songs competed with the cheers of thousands of well-wishers - some of whom were dressed in the church's blue-and-white uniforms, while others sported their Sunday best.
From BBC • May 3, 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
Last weekend, the couple seemingly set aside their differences and put on their Sunday best to take their children to church together, PageSix reported.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 7, 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 Washington Times • Jul. 3, 2023
On Thursdays kitchen girls and garden boys, dressed in their Sunday best, continued coming to the townships to spend their day off with their families and friends.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
