attire
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The author’s fondness for masculine attire and habits—she enjoyed smoking cigars—has never ceased to generate ticklish speculation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Rescuers and workers, some wearing hard hats but most in everyday attire, helped carry bodies out of the concrete tunnel, some covered in black soot.
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
Instead, reporters sat in their black-tie attire and behaved like sycophants.
From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2026
As Japan braces for another hot summer, the Tokyo government has encouraged office workers to adopt more casual attire like T-shirts and shorts, instead of suit and ties, because of the heat.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
He eyeballed Ivan’s attire, clucked his tongue at the gentlemen in Anya’s room, but didn’t say anything.
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
The people who showed up at the Harris rally came in clusters, some families and some groups of friends, all of different ages, races and attires.
From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2024
When the cruise company told some of them that at least 250 Newfoundlander couples were already booked, many brought their flags and traditional attires to celebrate the island's heritage on board.
From BBC ● Apr. 19, 2024
"This would be a colorful Rajasthan wedding, and both Brand and Perry would be attired in Indian wedding attires," Singh said.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 21, 2010
Toni-Leslie James’s carnivalesque costumes provide the only touches of color, and they are limited to the attires of Mr. Bones and Mr. Tambo.
From New York Times ● Mar. 11, 2010
In the bright silent instant Stephen saw his own image in cheap dusty mourning between their gay attires.
From Ulysses by Joyce, James
Ehis now has a master's degree in international business and says it was important to mark the occasion properly attired, even if it can be financially difficult.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
The opera opens in the real world, as drably attired villagers assemble marigold- and candle-festooned Day of the Dead altars.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 18, 2026
“We believe Cook is a hall-of-fame CEO, and he will be CEO for at least the next two years,” says the ever-colorfully attired Dan Ives of Wedbush Securities.
From Barron's ● Dec. 18, 2025
Dressed in denim and a monogrammed windbreaker, cradling a cup of coffee, he was casual and unassuming, perfectly attired for fact-finding on a late fall morning.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 20, 2024
‘Our friends were attired even as we are,’ said Aragorn; ‘and you passed us by under the full light of day.’
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
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"They were seeing themselves as individuals and set themselves apart," said Wendi Ferreira of the styling duo Wendi and Nicole, who are attiring Oyelowo, Channing Tatum and Chris Pine for the Oscars.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 19, 2015
Pledging eternal faithfulness, Frankie proceeds to support Johnnie, attiring him in "hundred-dollar" suits.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Then came a great deal of amusement in attiring Andrew.
From A Little Girl in Old Philadelphia by Douglas, Amanda Minnie
Down below, the crew, having finished their labours for the day, were anxiously attiring themselves in their Sunday best.
From A Master Of Craft by Jacobs, W. W. (William Wymark)
Selinda, enraptured by her own efficiency in grooming and attiring the girl, marched behind her, unable to detach herself from her own handiwork.
From The Moonlit Way by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)
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