sports coat

Example Sentences

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He has brought that sports coat around the world in the last year, but was too protective of it to have it dry cleaned or have a tailor change a stitch of it.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

Bald and goateed, Buzz wore a shimmering, red-sequined sports coat that seemed, in places, to have been eaten by plastic-hungry moths.

From Slate • May 30, 2023

It was a contrast in styles on the court and on the bench as the younger Pitino sported comfortable attire and gym shoes, while his dad wore a sports coat, slacks and a dress shoes.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 18, 2022

Vermillion, wearing a sports coat and gray slacks with his attorneys by his side, appeared for a brief hearing Friday morning in Alexandria before District Court Judge Claude M. Hilton.

From Washington Post • Aug. 19, 2022

He wears glasses, and when last seen was wearing a gray tweed sports coat, khaki pants, and a yellow rain slicker.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt