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
Mr Sunak stepped along a careful line in his white tie and tails speech at the Lord Mayor's banquet.
From BBC • Dec. 10, 2022
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 Hollywood’s lamented Golden Age, the visual tell for money and social arrival was a tuxedo or, at the highest end, white tie and tails.
From New York Times • Jan. 22, 2018
