Examples of finery in a Sentence
She was proud to show off her new evening finery.
the guests arrived at the wedding in all their finery
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The shot showed the royal couple all dressed up in their white-tie finery, including a triumphant tiara return for Princess Kate, standing outside in a picturesque setting.
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Janine Henni, People.com, 10 July 2025
The raising and readying of bulls is clearly expensive, as are the competitors’ finery and the administrative infrastructure of the sport.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 24 June 2025
Look at the ladies in their hats and finery, the gentlemen in their pastels and seersucker, untitled aristocrats all, with good money on the line.
—Sam Sifton, New York Times, 2 May 2025
Calling it the Fair View, Mulrooney was meticulous in choosing the lace curtains, plush carpets, brass bedsteads and other finery that would make her new hotel the envy of the region’s other hoteliers, who housed most guests in rough dormitories.
—Melanie Haiken, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
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Janine Henni, People.com, 10 July 2025
The raising and readying of bulls is clearly expensive, as are the competitors’ finery and the administrative infrastructure of the sport.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 24 June 2025
Look at the ladies in their hats and finery, the gentlemen in their pastels and seersucker, untitled aristocrats all, with good money on the line.
—Sam Sifton, New York Times, 2 May 2025
Calling it the Fair View, Mulrooney was meticulous in choosing the lace curtains, plush carpets, brass bedsteads and other finery that would make her new hotel the envy of the region’s other hoteliers, who housed most guests in rough dormitories.
—Melanie Haiken, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
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“Finery.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/finery. Accessed 26 Jul. 2025.
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