ruche
Example Sentences
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Oprah Winfrey made a red carpet appearance in a ruche nude chiffon frock from Vera Wang.
From Forbes • Feb. 22, 2015
“A wrap made of passementerie and jet, with a mousseline de soie ruche about the neck held by a chou, would make it fascinating.”
From The Pursuit of the House-Boat Being Some Further Account of the Divers Doings of the Associated Shades, under the Leadership of Sherlock Holmes, Esq. by Bangs, John Kendrick
One set of blue ones clustered round the hem of her little night-gown, making a thick "ruche," as it were; and then there came two or three thinner rows of yellow, and then blue again.
From The Cuckoo Clock by Kirk, Maria Louise
Defiance, pride, and patriotism in the high collar, tempered by regret in the soft ruche....
From Lippincott's Magazine, September, 1885 by Various
The slipper is trimmed all round with a ruche of green silk ribbon three-fifths of an inch wide, pleated in double box pleats.
From Beeton's Book of Needlework by Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary)
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
