: having a flared bottom and a close-fitting top
—used of a garment
an A-line skirt
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The dress featured a motorcycle jacket design with an A-line skirt, cinched at the waist by belts.
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Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 10 June 2025
The concept is simple: the top half is cut like a button-down shirt, and the bottom half extends out in an A-line skirt.
—Bianca Kratky, Glamour, 9 June 2025
The Bidi Badu Paris 2025 Dress blends casual comfort with a flattering A-line design.
—Merlisa Lawrence Corbett, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
The simple A-line silhouettes and straight sheaths fashionable at the time lent themselves to flat planes of paper.
—Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 May 2025
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Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 10 June 2025
The concept is simple: the top half is cut like a button-down shirt, and the bottom half extends out in an A-line skirt.
—Bianca Kratky, Glamour, 9 June 2025
The Bidi Badu Paris 2025 Dress blends casual comfort with a flattering A-line design.
—Merlisa Lawrence Corbett, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
The simple A-line silhouettes and straight sheaths fashionable at the time lent themselves to flat planes of paper.
—Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for A-line
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“A-line.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/A-line. Accessed 21 Jun. 2025.
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