Sunday best
Example Sentences
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Journalists Leslie Ambriz, Krysta Fauria and Gary Gerard Hamilton helmed the red carpet coverage, chatting it up with Grammys attendees and nominees as they showed off their Sunday best.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2025
"They would want them to wear their Sunday best and be all clean shaven and looking smart again."
From BBC • Nov. 8, 2023
An exquisite portrait miniature of Rose Prentice, a domestic worker in her Sunday best, painted around 1837, joins the constellation of proud, self-possessed Black women to have served as muse to the artist Mickalene Thomas.
From New York Times • Sep. 8, 2023
Or they’re reading in gardens to children dressed in their Sunday best - Dolly Parton’s “Coat of Many Colors” is a favorite book for performers and kids alike.
From Washington Times • Jul. 3, 2023
Meanwhile, in the shantytowns and working- class neighborhoods whole families—parents, children, and grandparents—took to the streets in their Sunday best, gaily making their way toward the center of the city.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
