finery

Example Sentences

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With the glamorous catwalks, celebrities and excess of finery on display, the possibility of the recent investigations uncovering labour abuses being on anyone's mind appeared slim.

From Barron's • Feb. 27, 2026

One of her original creations, the faded cabaret queen Lola Heatherton, armored herself in plastered-on wigs and stage finery, façades obscuring the jittery desperation of a woman hanging on by the quicks of her fingernails.

From Salon • Feb. 4, 2026

Photos and videos from their colourful wedding showed the happy couple from the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh performing rituals and posing in their finery.

From BBC • Dec. 9, 2025

He looks out the window and says “There’s a parade, and a great princess is walking by in all her finery . . .”

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025

He was plainly dressed and looking ill at ease among the courtiers hoping to catch the king's eye with their finery.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein