clothed or clad
ˈklad 
; clothing
; clothing
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: to express or enhance by suitably significant language : couch
treaties clothed in stately phraseology
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: to endow especially with power or a quality
the nobility in which religion and history can clothe humanity—
D. R. Wallace
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Examples of clothe in a Sentence
the cost of feeding and clothing your children
they liked to clothe the twins in identical outfits just to confuse people
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Both Chapman and Combs took to the stage clad in black, standing in place in front of a backlit wall of spotlights that almost, appropriately, resembled traffic lights.
—Audrey Gibbs, The Courier-Journal, 12 June 2024
Guests clad in everything from Louis Vuitton to Gaurav Gupta filled the neoclassical theater as the rhythmic pulse of music pulled them in.
—Shelton Boyd-Griffith, Vogue, 12 June 2024
Police clad in riot gear used battering rams to enter properties and drag out occupiers while helicopters flew overhead and crowds spilled into the streets.
—Liam Dillon, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2024
Among the other performers were singers Tech N9ne, sporting a Chiefs’ T-shirt, and David Cook, the Blue Springs native, clad in a Royals hat and a Buck O’Neil T-shirt.
—Vahe Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 2 June 2024
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Audrey Gibbs, The Courier-Journal, 12 June 2024
Guests clad in everything from Louis Vuitton to Gaurav Gupta filled the neoclassical theater as the rhythmic pulse of music pulled them in.
—Shelton Boyd-Griffith, Vogue, 12 June 2024
Police clad in riot gear used battering rams to enter properties and drag out occupiers while helicopters flew overhead and crowds spilled into the streets.
—Liam Dillon, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2024
Among the other performers were singers Tech N9ne, sporting a Chiefs’ T-shirt, and David Cook, the Blue Springs native, clad in a Royals hat and a Buck O’Neil T-shirt.
—Vahe Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 2 June 2024
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“Clothe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clothe. Accessed 18 Jun. 2024.
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