costume
Example Sentences
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That week, she threw on a pencil skirt and “cringey blouse,” a costume from playing a secretary in a TV movie, and read for the part of Emily Charlton again.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
If you were to walk into the costume shop and see my section, it’s like a circus had a party under a rainbow.
From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026
Now, your costume is a leotard with a skirt sewn onto it, so that if you raise your arms, it doesn't come adrift.
From BBC • May 25, 2026
The author’s ambivalence resembles that of the fellow who supposedly protested the mixing of classes on the dance floor by commissioning a wood-and-plaster coffin as a costume for a Cornelys masquerade in 1771.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
She tugged a comb across my head as I fastened the last of the vest buttons on the gruesome costume.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
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