pleat
Example Sentences
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And if I’m ever desperate for a sharp pleat, well, there’s always the dry cleaner for that.
From Slate • Mar. 11, 2021
It muddies any facile ideas about nature and the human, and prods at how we pleat our prejudices, politics and desires into our notions of the animal world.
From New York Times • Aug. 18, 2020
“We can’t produce them at the incredible rate she can pleat them, but they are delicious!”
From Washington Times • Jul. 27, 2020
A single pleat on the back of this shirt gives an upscale look to the athletic top.
From Golf Digest • Mar. 9, 2020
The trousers were big and bunched up when Obinze tightened his belt, but the jacket, also big, shielded this unsightly pleat of cloth at his waist.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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The House on Mango Street
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