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

“Plastics,” he’s told by Mr. McGuire, the starched corporate executive who offers the advice.

From New York Times • Mar. 9, 2024

As he eases along the campaign trail, Schiff is the unflappable man, sober and buttoned-down as the starched white shirt he wears beneath a standard-issue uniform of navy-blue suit and muted tie.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 22, 2024

Then Aunt Ruby and Aunt Docia put on their flannel petticoats and their plain petticoats and their stiff, starched white petticoats with knitted lace all around the flounces.

From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder