How to Use clothe in a Sentence

clothe

verb
  • The room is now lighter and brighter, with walls sheathed in rippling beech wood and the stage clad in white oak.
    Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2023
  • The winning pair then go out on a date — fully clothed.
    Adela Suliman, Washington Post, 29 Sep. 2023
  • The main house, a long, low-slung black fortress clad in wood and glass, hunkers down on a windswept plateau.
    Mark David, Robb Report, 3 Feb. 2024
  • Tiffani Evans laced her fingers with the women clothed in all black.
    Jasmine Hilton, Washington Post, 25 Nov. 2023
  • Roughly one-third of the structure was clad with granite blocks.
    Bradford Betz, Fox News, 31 Jan. 2024
  • The album cover is in grayscale, with Swift lying on a bed of white sheets clad in all black.
    Lauren Huff, EW.com, 6 Feb. 2024
  • If the blanket doesn’t come with one, just be sure to be fully clothed when using it.
    Andrea Wurzburger, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 July 2023
  • Elsewhere, there’s a spacious open kitchen clad in warm wood.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Some attached a photo of their daughter, clad in her brown vest.
    Cindy Carcamo, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2023
  • Turner was a dashing groom clad in a classic black tux.
    Michelle Lee, Peoplemag, 5 Jan. 2024
  • The thousands of young Israelis had spent the night dancing at an outdoor rave, many clad in tie-dye T-shirts and crop tops.
    Gabby Sobelman, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2023
  • That draws a broad smile from Sasha Kondratenko, clad in shorts and rubber slides, who adds his own upbeat note.
    Howard Lafranchi, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 June 2023
  • In another, she's seen with a two-toned bowl cut with bangs and is clad in a bright yellow raincoat.
    Michelle Lee, Peoplemag, 9 May 2023
  • At the party, Eilish welcomed her guests and then dove into the pool fully clothed.
    Steve Appleford, Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2024
  • Buffett, clad in a track warm-up suit, told the cheering audience.
    George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Sep. 2023
  • Now the girls share a stuffed unicorn, clad with a little leotard, in her memory.
    Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN, 24 Oct. 2023
  • The moving track comes with a music video that combines images of the artists and others clad in white embracing on the beach.
    Jessica Roiz, Billboard, 7 Apr. 2023
  • And clothing those mountains and valleys is a tremendous list of noble trees.
    Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 16 June 2023
  • Deininger, 76, clad in his green Air Force jacket, backed up his wife's sentiment.
    The Enquirer, 14 Mar. 2024
  • Uma Thurman, clad in a baby blue trench coat, acted as guest of honor.
    Vogue, 14 Feb. 2024
  • The 1940s riad, now clad in shiny zellige tiles and lacquered Majorelle blue, includes a rooftop bistro.
    Cynthia Rosenfeld, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Dec. 2023
  • His partner Jeanne Moore, clad in an electric blue gown, held an Oscars program and watched him with a proud smile.
    Rasha Ali, USA TODAY, 13 Mar. 2023
  • Because Tot Mom did not feed, clothe or nurture her daughter.
    Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Nov. 2022
  • Four people, clad in classic Halloween costumes, aim hairdryers at the ice to free her.
    Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 1 Nov. 2023
  • At the front of the Curva, home to Milan’s most ardent fans, a group of men — clad wholly in black — urged their choir, tens of thousands strong, to increase the volume.
    Rory Smith, New York Times, 10 May 2023
  • The chimney breast was clad in large églomisé glass panels backed with a gradation of copper, brass, and silver leaf.
    Ian Phillips, ELLE Decor, 15 Aug. 2023
  • Advertisement Beyond the gunshot wounds, there was no sign of a fight, Prentice said, and all the victims were clothed.
    Andrew Jeong, Washington Post, 4 May 2023
  • But who was doing the advertising at the event—the energetic staffers clad in yellow T-shirts, or the people in the line?
    Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 5 Aug. 2023
  • Bathrooms are clad in colorful tiles and stocked with Le Labo toiletries.
    Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 31 Oct. 2023
  • Elsewhere, the chimney and stately fireplace are clad in local zinc.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 10 Jan. 2024

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