lace

Example Sentences

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I knew that she would never want to be bogged down with trains and lace.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2026

And in a 1778 painting of Gainsborough’s wife, Margaret, who was the illegitimate daughter of a duke, he poses her classically in costly black lace.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

Pulling a shoelace through a narrow hole becomes uneven if the lace tangles, and scientists assumed DNA behaved in the same way.

From Science Daily • Feb. 9, 2026

The collection was punctuated by lace, feathers and embellishments, with the models dressed like showgirls.

From BBC • Jan. 29, 2026

She might have even left for work at the lace mill by now.

From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook