dishabille
Example Sentences
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Soprano Lindsey Reynolds emerged from a packing crate in 19th-century dishabille and threw a convincing diva fit as La Contessa di Folleville.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 1, 2025
The grandly dishabille upstairs ballroom may have inspired the still-remembered 1891 pop hit “After the Ball.”
From New York Times • Oct. 10, 2019
The lighting is knockout artful and the costumes are all sci-fi dishabille.
From Washington Post • Mar. 23, 2016
He is angsty and brooding and petulant—a lithe musician who spends his days making ambient drone rock in dishabille.
From Slate • Apr. 23, 2014
Never send forth a letter in undress, so to speak, scarcely more than you would present yourself en dishabille before your most formal acquaintances.
From The Man Who Pleases and the Woman Who Charms by Cone, John A.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
