shirring

Example Sentences

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There was a lot of shirring and Breton stripes.

From New York Times • Sep. 30, 2021

I pulled out a red dress with side shirring and lots of stretch.

From Salon • Jan. 2, 2013

Not to mention cap sleeves, shirring, scalloped edges and a lot of stuff a romantic six-year-old would favor, including aprons and petticoats.

From Time Magazine Archive

Fashion's permutations and combinations have fascinated the frivolous and the furrow-browed; the shirring of a sleeve or the fall of a hemline has borne the burden of some heavy-duty thinking.

From Time Magazine Archive

The shirring in Hennessy’s lips tightened, and he drew his breath in and out in a sort of asthmatic whistle.

From Leerie by Sawyer, Ruth