sarong

Example Sentences

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At a Mutharika rally in Machinga, an elderly woman wearing a colourful headscarf and sarong held up a huge bucket and shouted "fertiliser".

From BBC • Sep. 13, 2025

She wears a neon green-and-purple swimsuit with a matching sarong, which is based on a real ensemble Diana wore.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 17, 2023

Upstairs, the door opened to a large open space with a dirty tiled floor; one man sat on a bench in a sarong, a clothesline filled with socks hanging above his head.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 25, 2022

Ponraj Jeyaraj asked for a lungi, a type of sarong.

From New York Times • Aug. 20, 2020

The women wear a sarong made of one fabric, with another big square of a different fabric wrapped over the top of it.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver