: reaching to the floor
a floor-length gown

Examples of floor-length in a Sentence

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Another find on the platform, a floor-length Donna Karan dress, is yet to make its debut on stage. — Kanika Talwar, Footwear News, 27 Oct. 2026 The bottom of the gown featured a semi-sheer black skirt that provided a stark contrast to the strings of head-to-toe crystal fringe that dangled from Kardashian’s shoulders to the hem of her floor-length skirt. — Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 23 Oct. 2026 For the evening, Clooney wore a custom Gucci gown by Demna, its sculptural, off-the-shoulder silhouette covered in shimmering gold sequins with a cascade of floor-length fringe. — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 10 Oct. 2026 Olivia Rodrigo originally planned to hit the stage at her inaugural Daisy Chain Fields festival in August in an iconic floor-length, flowing white gown. — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for floor-length

Word History

First Known Use

1939, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of floor-length was in 1939

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“Floor-length.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/floor-length. Accessed 29 Oct. 2026.

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