plaid

Example Sentences

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The red, white and grey plaid shorts have become iconic in tennis circles, and the surviving pairs have found good homes.

From BBC • May 25, 2026

The store’s front facade was wrapped in a giant plaid scarf made of 126,000 twinkling Christmas lights.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

David, new, in the plaid pants, didn’t have a Signal name yet.

From Slate • Oct. 27, 2025

That refinisher’s name was Butch Crane, but Moore liked to call him Elmer Fudd after Bugs Bunny’s antagonist from Looney Tunes: “Bald, kind of chunky, wore the red plaid flannels.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 16, 2025

She didn’t know what he expected her to say but finally came up with, “My best friend in camp had a plaid skirt. Her mom got the material from the Sears catalog.”

From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata