gray flannel
Example Sentences
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At the same time, the middle managers, the men in the gray flannel suits, on occasion they got doses of rhetoric that the Cultural Revolution would've been proud of.
From Salon • Apr. 26, 2025
And the time on one of my first flights when a tomato sailed off my tongs as I tossed a salad and landed in the gray flannel lap of a businessman seated in 2D.
From Salon • Jun. 25, 2022
There were his quirky pea green socks worn with gray flannel trousers.
From New York Times • Feb. 9, 2022
His models in gray flannel suits each sat at a 1950s metal desk pecking away on a manual typewriter.
From Washington Post • Mar. 6, 2019
"No kidding, you gonna use your hound's-tooth tonight or not? I spilled some crap all over my gray flannel."
From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger
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