lapel

Example Sentences

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In contrast, her meetings with Pierre, who designed many of her looks for the inauguration, focus on finer details - an eighth of a inch on a collar or the cut of a lapel.

From BBC • Jan. 30, 2026

In Armani's refined yet relaxed collection, some men sported a tie pin on their jacket lapel, while male and female models wore matching sparkling brooches.

From Barron's • Jan. 20, 2026

Someone knelt down and clipped a microphone to her lapel, a few inches from the crucifix that dangled from her neck.

From Slate • Jun. 25, 2025

Director John Dursee would remind me to brush the doughnut crumbs off my lapel and I stayed messy.

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2025

The pale green-and-white button was fastened in his lapel.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith