starched

Example Sentences

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Shaking out the bedding provided in a brown paper bag, I watched my fellow passengers make up their berths, tucking in starched sheets with the ease of seasoned travelers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 29, 2025

Waiters float about in starched whites under slow fans and amber lights.

From Salon • Jul. 12, 2025

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

Out go the neckties and starched shirts; in come short-sleeved polos and linen shirts, even the occasional Hawaiian.

From New York Times • Sep. 24, 2023

Freud, just twenty-nine, wears a suit and a starched white shirt and has neatly parted hair, a long and tidy beard, and a mustache.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman