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
The fabric, fully starched, would soar into the air and find its resting place on his cheeks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2023
To my dismay, he looked even more hopelessly nerdy here—his school uniform starched straight, his arms full of textbooks and already-scribbled-on papers—the sort of nerdy that gets picked on by guys like Clifford Ackerley.
From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia
