white tie and tails
Example Sentences
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Trump loves to dress up in white tie and tails to hob-nob with the royals.
From Salon ● May 3, 2026
The ceremony starts at 1500 GMT and features glamorous formal wear, with the men in white tie and tails and women in flowing gowns and elegant hairdos.
From Reuters ● Dec. 10, 2022
It was with a source of pride that he boasted to friends that, for 60 years running, he had worn the same white tie and tails to an annual charity ball in Philadelphia.
From Washington Post ● May 27, 2020
In time, Fayard and Harold Nicholas pop up in white tie and tails and bring the house down, dancing, vaulting and landing in ouch-inspiring splits.
From New York Times ● May 7, 2020
When Chinese President Xi Jinping attends a state banquet at Buckingham Palace he is unlikely to wear a white tie and tails, or to bow to the Queen.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2015
