suspender

Example Sentences

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Badu wore a black silk duchess gown with white satin buttons, sportcoat and suspender skirt.

From BBC • Sep. 14, 2021

Your former editor Graydon Carter bought you a bespoke Anderson & Sheppard suit for your birthday and overruled you on your choice of belt loops vs. suspender buttons.

From New York Times • Sep. 1, 2019

He pops open the flip phone stored in the shirt pocket between his suspender straps and calls the number for a voicemail set up specifically for this purpose.

From Washington Post • Mar. 19, 2015

García, de 55 años, dijo que decidió suspender el esfuerzo revocatorio durante una llamada telefónica del martes por la noche con otros organizadores, pero que podría volver si Giménez reniega de sus promesas.

From Washington Times • Oct. 2, 2014

His costume was high-topped shoes and old-time britches held up by one suspender.

From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck