ill-fitting

Example Sentences

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Instead, gazing back at me was a 44-year-old mom in an ill-fitting fleece, the style just as unflattering as it was all those years ago.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

In others, he’s an imp hiding within an ill-fitting costume of normalcy.

From Salon • Oct. 13, 2025

In the end, it was the most ill-fitting of send-offs.

From BBC • Mar. 8, 2025

A black blazer, a white shirt buttoned to the top, and some manner of ill-fitting pants.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2025

The one on the left grinned, tugging at his ill-fitting shirt.

From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack