- present tense form of clothe (3rd person singular).
clothes
Example Sentences
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That came with Leonard in street clothes, nursing a torn anterior cruciate ligament, an injury the Clippers kept secret until it was announced later that summer that their star player had surgery to repair it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
The U.S. business environment has always been underpinned by population increase—more workers, so more people earning wages, so more money to spend on cars and clothes and so forth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
In Nairobi and other major towns, migrants from the region can be found working in barber shops and salons, construction, operating motorbike taxis and street vending, as well as selling clothes, food and household goods.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
"I am here hoping to find their bodies," he said, holding up photos of the two missing women dressed in traditional clothes.
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
Even if they did find prey, there’d be no time to make clothes.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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