dress up

Example Sentences

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Trump loves to dress up in white tie and tails to hob-nob with the royals.

From Salon • May 3, 2026

One party source describes it as "tortoise and hare - maybe one day Ed will even dress up as a tortoise".

From BBC • May 2, 2026

“Seeing moviegoers dress up, sing, dance in the aisles, and fully lean into this as a cultural moment underscores this film as a true communal, big-screen theatrical and cinematic event.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

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

I don’t know how it’s possible for a person to look worse when they dress up, but she’s managed to do it.

From "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter" by Erika L. Sánchez