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 Seattle Times • Jul. 3, 2023
By then most people had finished their church meetings, and some, still in their Sunday best, were out for a walk.
From "Mississippi Trial, 1955" by Chris Crowe
