dress shirt
noun
: a man's shirt especially for wear with evening dress
broadly
: a shirt suitable for wear with a necktie
Examples of dress shirt in a Sentence
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Before exiting the complex, the player, who seems to be wearing a dress shirt and vest, notices a group of fans and pulls over to say hello and sign some autographs before roaring off.
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Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 21 Mar. 2024
Brosnan wore a t-shirt and blue dress shirt under a black zip-up coat.
—Jack Smart, Peoplemag, 19 Mar. 2024
Take a page from your father’s book and style some wide-leg chinos with an easygoing jacket and a dress shirt.
—Jake Smith, Glamour, 23 Feb. 2024
The video opens with the singer in a white dress shirt with red leather suspenders accented by a tie, black elbow-length leather gloves, and a black skirt.
—EW.com, 20 Feb. 2024
Jaafar was spotted on set in a white dress shirt with a black tie, black pants, high white socks and black shoes.
—Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 16 Feb. 2024
Dressed in an untucked, button-down dress shirt with blue jeans and white sneakers, Rogan, 54, followed comics Tony Hinchcliffe, Brian Simpson, and Hans Kim.
—Stefan Stevenson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Jan. 2024
At Diotima’s fall 2024 show during New York Fashion Week this month, a lacy white top was styled under a sharp blazer, and ornate crochet-work stood in for cutouts on dress shirts.
—Emilia Petrarca, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2024
Malone stood alone at the 50-yard line in a brown sports jacket and blue jeans wearing a bolo tie over a white dress shirt, finger-picking acoustic guitar in a trembling indie-folk treatment with haunting pedal-steel seasoning.
—Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 11 Feb. 2024
Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 21 Mar. 2024
Brosnan wore a t-shirt and blue dress shirt under a black zip-up coat.
—Jack Smart, Peoplemag, 19 Mar. 2024
Take a page from your father’s book and style some wide-leg chinos with an easygoing jacket and a dress shirt.
—Jake Smith, Glamour, 23 Feb. 2024
The video opens with the singer in a white dress shirt with red leather suspenders accented by a tie, black elbow-length leather gloves, and a black skirt.
—EW.com, 20 Feb. 2024
Jaafar was spotted on set in a white dress shirt with a black tie, black pants, high white socks and black shoes.
—Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 16 Feb. 2024
Dressed in an untucked, button-down dress shirt with blue jeans and white sneakers, Rogan, 54, followed comics Tony Hinchcliffe, Brian Simpson, and Hans Kim.
—Stefan Stevenson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Jan. 2024
At Diotima’s fall 2024 show during New York Fashion Week this month, a lacy white top was styled under a sharp blazer, and ornate crochet-work stood in for cutouts on dress shirts.
—Emilia Petrarca, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2024
Malone stood alone at the 50-yard line in a brown sports jacket and blue jeans wearing a bolo tie over a white dress shirt, finger-picking acoustic guitar in a trembling indie-folk treatment with haunting pedal-steel seasoning.
—Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 11 Feb. 2024
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“Dress shirt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dress%20shirt. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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