school tie

Example Sentences

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At one point, a school tie was presented as a clue to who belonged in a coffin.

From BBC • Oct. 18, 2025

This is the uniform seen in her frequent self-portraits, and is by now as familiar as Joseph Beuys’s vest and hat or Andy Warhol’s navy blazer and school tie.

From New York Times • Sep. 5, 2018

Rowling, the author of the Harry Potter books that spawned the movies and Orlando theme park, tweeted a picture of Vielma in a Hogwarts school tie, and said: “I can’t stop crying.”

From Seattle Times • Jun. 13, 2016

After looking the first word up, I went to see the head, ripped my school tie off and told him I was leaving.

From The Guardian • Jan. 22, 2016

Somehow, I managed to get myself dressed: gray socks, tan pants, white long-sleeved shirt, black and royal blue striped school tie, dark navy sweater vest, black shoes.

From "Winger" by Andrew Smith