starched
Example Sentences
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Cipriano, 35, a man of starched white shirts, neatly-parted hair and wire-rimmed glasses, resembles a Brooks Brothers mannequin.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026
Waiters float about in starched whites under slow fans and amber lights.
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2025
“Plastics,” he’s told by Mr. McGuire, the starched corporate executive who offers the advice.
From New York Times ● Mar. 9, 2024
The software used by the engineers at the truss manufacturing plant allowed the designer to make the trusses stiffer than an old-fashioned starched shirt collar.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 25, 2023
Turner left his father’s study, climbed the stairs to his room, and put on another perfectly white and starched shirt.
From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt
