dress

Example Sentences

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He has the confidence to only dress up his new dystopia a tad, letting the scale of the oppression creep up on you when, say, an açaí bowl salesman casually asks Tereza for her papers.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Early on in the show, Kirkwood beamed as she left her weather station to join Nugent and Kay on the sofa in a white dress.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

Because I knew to look for it, I saw the faint surgical scar peeking above the neckline of the child’s dress.

From Slate • Mar. 29, 2026

More than half say they have changed how they dress or where they go.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

The other shops up and down the narrow street were shuttered and silent: the optician’s next door, the dress shop, the baker’s, Weil’s Furriers across the street.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom