well-turned-out
Example Sentences
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Her response is to clam up, presenting “a terminal face—nothing in it, nothing behind it, a well-turned-out nothing” that “I thought would bemuse the gossips, confound them.”
From The New Yorker • Dec. 3, 2018
On a drizzly evening in March, a well-turned-out crowd of several hundred alighted upon the Museum of Modern Art to sip prosecco, schmooze and Instagram snippets of Piper’s immense body of work.
From New York Times • Jun. 27, 2018
Ms. Blackburn is described by colleagues as poised and well-turned-out, and in her frequent appearances on left- and right-tilting networks can be counted on not to step on her tongue.
From Washington Times • Oct. 12, 2015
Bradley Cooper Name: Ben Bio: Susie’s well-turned-out drama counselor sidekick, Ben is committed to two things: His beau McKinley, and putting on the best darn talent show EVER.
From Salon • Jul. 31, 2015
Sitting in its bow window were RAF Maidsend’s gaunt and weary squadron leader and a bespectacled well-turned-out civilian in a tweed suit.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
