dresser

Example Sentences

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The top of the dresser needed serious rehab: scrubbing, sanding and repainting to create a shiny finish.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2026

Craighill, a careful dresser who made sure his pocket squares matched his neckties, advised colleagues to cultivate relationships with potential clients before making pitches to them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 21, 2026

This ITV drama from the production company behind The Crown re-examines the events surrounding the killing by Jane Andrews, former dresser to the then Duchess of York, Sarah Ferguson, of her partner Thomas Cressman.

From BBC • Dec. 28, 2025

As someone who once stocked his dresser with Aéropostale, I choose to take the revival as a compliment—even if it is laced with irony.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 16, 2025

I could see clearly a room with a sanded floor, clean scoured; a dresser of walnut, with pewter plates ranged in rows, reflecting the redness and radiance of a glowing peat-fire.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë