dressed up

Example Sentences

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Some had dressed up in fancy hats and outfits, some held up posters.

From BBC • May 14, 2026

However nicely these decisions and deciders are dressed up, the results have been absurd.

From Slate • May 13, 2026

Michelle Young, previously a senior advisor at America’s Homeowner Alliance, wrote on LinkedIn earlier this week that the credit-reporting agencies that own VantageScore are a “cartel dressed up as competition.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 22, 2026

I got really dressed up for our date.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

Out tumbled a whole world of little people, all dressed up and painted and made of clothespins.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney