deshabille

Example Sentences

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Flinging on a bathrobe and whistling to his great boar hound, he sought that worthy, en deshabille.

From Time Magazine Archive

To my surprise, he was in wild deshabille, and far out of his usual phlegmatic self with excitement.

From The Chauffeur and the Chaperon by Anderson, Karl

When the priest, looking out, saw Dan Loftus in his deshabille, I believe he thought for a moment it was something from the neighbouring churchyard.

From The House by the Church-Yard by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan

Leeby, as yet in deshabille, was shaving her father at a tremendous rate, and Jess, looking as fresh as a daisy, was ready to receive the visitors.

From A Window in Thrums by Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)

Examples of foreign words which we could hardly replace by English expressions are blasé, tête-à-tête, brusque, bourgeois, deshabille.

From Stories That Words Tell Us by O'Neill, Elizabeth (Elizabeth Speakman)