khaki

Example Sentences

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Eugene Levert, chain-smoking next to a stack of books while wearing a vertical blue-striped button-down and khaki slacks, looked the scholarly mirror of Doug Lamplugh, in a horizontal blue-striped polo and khaki shorts.

From Slate • May 4, 2026

Dressed in a crisp white button up shirt and khaki pants, Doncic sat next to Reaves on the bench.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 19, 2026

One manufacturer’s idea of khaki or olive drab, for example, might not match another’s—a serious problem when thousands of yards of uniform fabric had to be dyed the same shade.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Dressed like the Kurdish fighters he once served alongside, Barsirini still wears the khaki shalwar, fitted jacket and scarf wrapped around his waist.

From Barron's • Mar. 7, 2026

Chino calls to the man in khaki, who flicks his cigarette onto the lawn behind him, and approaches the car.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez