slacks

Example Sentences

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The dads were in their after-work best: slacks and a sweater, some sort of brown shoe.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 2026

The Robles’ 76-year-old grandson Louis Jr. is keeping track of today’s Christmas tree delivery from a folding chair, wearing horn-rim glasses, slacks and a white, open-neck dress shirt.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2025

Goodnight was wearing a tactical vest, olive slacks and a beige shirt, complete with a badge and what appeared to be a body camera and radio equipment.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 23, 2025

They were medium-handsome, in their 70s, and dressed dapperly in khaki slacks and navy sport coats bearing name tags that identified them as Bill and Frank.

From Salon • Jul. 4, 2025

I was handed some clothes, but don’t ask what: a pair of wool slacks over my pajamas, a red sweater and a black skirt, white understockings and tattered kneesocks.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank