sports coat

Example Sentences

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Sometimes, he explained, what he really wanted to throw was a sports coat that he didn’t wear that Saturday.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 1, 2023

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

Beathard, a California surfer boy comfortable in shorts and T-shirts, arrived at Cooke’s Waldorf Astoria apartment in a sports coat and a loosely knotted tie he’d bought that morning.

From Washington Post • Apr. 28, 2023

On the first Monday of February, Mr. McFall of Express Employment Professionals woke up at 6:30 a.m., put on a sports coat and drove 30 minutes to his office, blasting classic rock.

From New York Times • Feb. 24, 2022

Short and round and dressed in one of those awful outfits from way back when—bell-bottom pants and a sports coat with enormous lapels.

From "Lawn Boy Returns" by Gary Paulsen