kimono
Example Sentences
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Japan's four-time major winner paid tribute to her nation's culture by arriving for her opening match at the All England Club in an elegant, full-length kimono, entirely white to adhere to the tournament's rules.
From BBC • Jun. 29, 2026
Osaka said she preferred to "shake things up" when asked if she would wear the kimono before her other matches at Wimbledon, with Russian Anastasia Gasanova up next.
From BBC • Jun. 29, 2026
"Nowadays, young Japanese people... are not very interested that much in traditional art and in kimono."
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
The setting is a placid pond, on whose banks sits a plump and serene fellow in a kimono, his eyes closed.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025
She was not even thinking of the furnace; she was just a little ashamed of having been seen in the basement in her kimono.
From "Native Son" by Richard Wright
Vocabulary lists containing kimono
East Asia - Middle School
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East Asia - Introductory
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East Asia - High School
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