getting dressed

Example Sentences

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If there’s a fight about getting dressed in the morning, everyone gets in the car first.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

People who need long-term care often need help with activities of daily living such as bathing or showering, getting dressed, using the toilet or walking across a room.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 14, 2026

We’re still bargaining for gold hoops and oversize blazers at Santee Alley, getting dressed up for each other at the Venezuelan coffee shop on Melrose, and dreaming through the colors of Chinatown.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026

Not long after the surgery, he was getting dressed to go to a party at real-estate investor Steven Roth’s Hamptons estate when he scraped the wound.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 5, 2025

He had come into the bedroom as she was getting dressed that Friday morning.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez