cuffs

Example Sentences

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To many, the sight of Paul being clapped into cuffs may have even burnished her renegade image.

From Salon • Mar. 21, 2026

No Gucci loafers with suits, and no French cuffs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 7, 2026

Brushes, pens and pencils lie next to the ripped cuffs of cotton workshirts, and drops of blue and white paint are splattered on the floor, extending the artwork beyond the wall.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 2, 2026

A light brown jacket with special cuffs “might be my favorite jacket I’ve ever found,” she says.

From Slate • Jan. 26, 2026

Dad grinned vacantly, and walked so that his pants cuffs swished like Oxford bags.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey