jacket

Example Sentences

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Looking like a life jacket thrown into a car compactor, the work weaves a floppy beam of hazard-orange steel around and through a menacing conglomeration of rusty metal scraps.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

You speak to dozens of people – one saw the getaway car, another noticed the robber’s jacket.

From Science Daily • May 21, 2026

Bird droppings landed on the back of the King's jacket during a walkabout in Newcastle, with him making light of it saying: "At least it didn't land on my head."

From BBC • May 20, 2026

Dressed in a blue suit jacket and speaking with his defense team, Mangione appeared relaxed.

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

He wore a huge army jacket that drowned his too-thin frame, and I could tell from his sharp cheekbones and hollow cheeks that he didn’t get enough food.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller