dishabille
Example Sentences
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Soprano Lindsey Reynolds emerged from a packing crate in 19th-century dishabille and threw a convincing diva fit as La Contessa di Folleville.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2025
As recently as a decade ago, it was a rarity to spot people on Fifth Avenue, in Washington Square Park, riding the subway or milling about at airports in various states of advanced dishabille.
From New York Times ● Jul. 22, 2021
The lighting is knockout artful and the costumes are all sci-fi dishabille.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 23, 2016
He is angsty and brooding and petulant—a lithe musician who spends his days making ambient drone rock in dishabille.
From Slate ● Apr. 23, 2014
Her eyes were swollen with grief, her hair disheveled, and she appeared in all the dishabille of unutterable anguish.
From Josephine Makers of History by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)
