dressed up

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

However nicely these decisions and deciders are dressed up, the results have been absurd.

From Slate • May 13, 2026

Streeting told the BBC that "dangerous misinformation dressed up as expert advice is putting babies' lives at risk - and it must stop".

From BBC • May 5, 2026

“We got dressed up very nicely, very expensively,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

Michelle Young, previously a senior advisor at America’s Homeowner Alliance, wrote on LinkedIn earlier this week that the credit-reporting agencies that own VantageScore are a “cartel dressed up as competition.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 22, 2026

“A man? You’re a boy, Sam, a boy dressed up in a gaudy soldier’s suit.”

From "My Brother Sam is Dead" by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier