white tie and tails
Example Sentences
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Trump loves to dress up in white tie and tails to hob-nob with the royals.
From Salon • May 3, 2026
The ceremony starts at 1500 GMT and features glamorous formal wear, with the men in white tie and tails and women in flowing gowns and elegant hairdos.
From Reuters • Dec. 10, 2022
Astonishingly McGuinness then went on to dine in white tie and tails with the Queen at Windsor Castle.
From BBC • Apr. 30, 2021
It was with a source of pride that he boasted to friends that, for 60 years running, he had worn the same white tie and tails to an annual charity ball in Philadelphia.
From Washington Post • May 27, 2020
And Mr. Brown’s elegant suits — a dark three-piece for the first act, and white tie and tails for the second — are far too closely tailored for trick-harboring sleeves.
From New York Times • Sep. 15, 2019
