Sunday best
Example Sentences
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Journalists Leslie Ambriz, Krysta Fauria and Gary Gerard Hamilton helmed the red carpet coverage, chatting it up with Grammys attendees and nominees as they showed off their Sunday best.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2025
There are pictures of a grand house, and there is an image of some of the young boys in their Sunday best in front of a large ship.
From BBC • Dec. 24, 2023
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
I quickly dress myself in his Sunday best, which either he or his mother conveniently left out the night before.
From "Every Day" by David Levithan
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
