expansiveness

Example Sentences

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My wife explained to me later that’s a pretty expensive dress.

From Washington Times • Jun. 9, 2022

Monroe’s gown, the most expensive dress ever sold at auction, is made of a delicate fabric called souffle.

From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2022

It may seem absurd to laud someone for re-wearing an expensive dress, or to see it as anything other than normal behavior, but then, that’s the point.

From New York Times • Nov. 30, 2021

Even more unforgivably, we see Samantha wearing the same appalling but expensive dress as Miley Cyrus, playing herself in a scene that's supposed to be comic and affirmative but is just witheringly sad.

From Salon • May 27, 2010

"When you saw her," he pointed out, "riding down Fifth Avenue in a taxi, in an expensive dress...."

From The Real Adventure by Crosby, Raymond Moreau