dresses down
Example Sentences
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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
In public, Youngkin, who dresses down in boots and zip-up fleece vests, is warm and upbeat, speaking with a folksy sincerity.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 21, 2021
The hotter sparks fly in the household, though, which never seems more familial than when Schraf’s Linda dresses down her two grown boys.
From Washington Post • Sep. 28, 2017
Seeing Brockton sitting, she stopped, and, turning on him, laid the dresses down.
From The Easiest Way A Story of Metropolitan Life by Walter, Eugene
