suspenders
Example Sentences
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Its Intel profits alone would make Gordon Gekko hang up his suspenders.
From Barron's • May 29, 2026
Presiding over the festivities was Frank Seddio, the club’s 79-year-old chairman, who was wearing suspenders and a monogrammed dress shirt.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 27, 2025
The character White played from 1989 to 1998 on the wholesome hit sitcom “Family Matters” defined the Black nerd for TV watchers: saddle shoes, suspenders, thick glasses, high, nasal voice.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 22, 2024
A family of boys in suspenders appears; behind them are sandbags displaying paper targets with human outlines.
From New York Times • Jan. 14, 2024
Saucepan Lynn is also a volunteer firefighter, so she cooks in her suspenders in case she has to run off.
From "Shouting at the Rain" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
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