brogues
Example Sentences
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The manager pieced together a full ensemble of kilt, jacket, sporran, hose and brogues.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2025
“Don’t you know the camera requires subtlety?” her mother says in the broadest of stage brogues.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 24, 2024
Accessories included two-tone brogues as well as fringed shawls and berets with beaded fringes.
From Reuters ● Feb. 26, 2023
Never wore anything besides pants and brogues; didn’t even put on a dress when her mama died.
From New York Times ● Nov. 11, 2020
A thick red carpet sucks at the soles of Werner’s brogues; electric bulbs burn in a chandelier above the table; roses twine across the wallpaper.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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