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
Even many of his supporters expected Lurie, with his starched shirts and monotone voice, to approach the new job as more of a public policy nerd than a cheerleader-in-chief.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 14, 2025
New York City police officers milled around in their caps and starched white shirts.
From New York Times ● May 31, 2024
He could just imagine himself running down to the field, wearing his starched white shirt and pretending he wasn’t, begging to play with Willis Hurd.
From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt
