apron
Example Sentences
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He stands there in his leather apron and it's roaring like fireworks.
From BBC • Jan. 15, 2026
In one village, a woman in her 70s wore a green padded jacket underneath an apron as she crossed her outdoor courtyard.
From Barron's • Jan. 14, 2026
For this video, though, the 21-year-old used a company-issued tripod and wore her Starbucks logo-emblazoned apron.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 2, 2025
Nominally a farmwife, Ruth’s style is suburban homemaker, typically wearing an apron over a shirtdress, even when not working in the kitchen — the implication being that she just was, or she’s about to be.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 27, 2025
Aunt Goldie stood at the eight-burner stove in stockinged feet and wearing terry-cloth slippers, with a bibbed apron over her funeral dress.
From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles
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Theater - Middle School
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