deshabille

Example Sentences

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Flinging on a bathrobe and whistling to his great boar hound, he sought that worthy, en deshabille.

From Time Magazine Archive

Cora, in a state of wild deshabille; John Arthur, ditto, and armed with a cane; Susan and Mary, half in the room and half out; then Céline Leroque, apparently much frightened, without knowing at what.

From Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter by Lynch, Lawrence L.

They appeared somewhat in deshabille, and looked very astonished at being called out of their beds by the young Englishman.

From From Powder Monkey to Admiral A Story of Naval Adventure by Webb, Archibald

John smiled to see Harry from morning to night in deshabille as workmanlike as possible, with a foot rule or hammer constantly in his hand.

From The Measure of a Man by Merrill, Frank T. (Frank Thayer)

Examples of foreign words which we could hardly replace by English expressions are blasé, tête-à-tête, brusque, bourgeois, deshabille.

From Stories That Words Tell Us by O'Neill, Elizabeth (Elizabeth Speakman)