dresses down
Example Sentences
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Still, when she does deign to speak, there’s a dynamite scene where she dresses down Julian critically and psychologically.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2026
Her supervisor, played by Nicole Kidman, dresses down generals in the situation room.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025
Wintour tells me she only brought one or two suitcases with her to London and she won’t be drawn on whether she dresses down when she’s at home in the US.
From BBC ● Dec. 3, 2024
She dresses down when she’s with the children she seeks to help and turns up the glamor at the official events.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 8, 2019
Seeing Brockton sitting, she stopped, and, turning on him, laid the dresses down.
From The Easiest Way A Story of Metropolitan Life by Eugene Walter
