Examples of garb in a Sentence

Noun decided to clothe himself in traditional Scottish garb for the celebration a fable about personal redemption presented in the garb of a conventional horror story Verb firefighters garbed in protective gear

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun As if to prove her point, the terminal was jampacked with ill-shod travelers whose overall garb suggested they were headed out for a beach day or to Everest base camp. — New York Times, 3 Aug. 2022 Here, even, the author mentions former President Trump’s stated preference for Norwegian immigrants, along with a photo of the man who stormed the U.S. Capitol in Viking garb and tattoos related to Norse mythology. — Nancy Lord, Anchorage Daily News, 23 July 2022 Surrounded by family and supporters, Hernandez, 63, wore garb familiar around San Antonio for many years. — Vincent T. Davis, San Antonio Express-News, 18 July 2022 And today that means a particular retro aesthetic that’s come to dominate tennis garb. — Rebecca Malinsky, WSJ, 8 July 2022 Complete with matching early-aughts garb, the pair wowed the audience with a powerhouse version of the 2002 tune. — Justine Browning, EW.com, 7 July 2022 Wrangler showed up for its OR debut with a whole new line of apparel—All Terrain Gear—that skews less hunting, fishing, and ranchwear, more versatile outdoor garb. — Julie Dugdale, Outside Online, 11 June 2022 Khaki has long been a popular color of cargo pants and military garb. — Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 10 June 2022 Cardigans went from unironic old-man garb to ultra-hip Kurt Cobain rock ‘n’ roll clothing to, today, a legit fashion choice for cats of all ages, and that means you. — Josh Max, Forbes, 9 June 2022 Recent Examples on the Web: Verb After about 15 minutes, the troopers separated and allowed the protesters to continue marching to a nearby street but were soon met by more law enforcement officers garbed in riot gear. — P. Kim Bui, azcentral, 29 May 2020 At the time Stigler, the mild-mannered director of the MICU and a Birmingham native, spent long shifts garbed head-to-toe in protective gear, caring for critically ill patients and comforting family members by phone who were desperate for news. — Anna Claire Vollers | Avollers@al.com, al, 2 May 2020 The heavily tattooed prisoners, garbed in boxer shorts, their shorn heads bowed, are pictured pressed together in precise formation only inches apart, as shotgun-wielding guards in full riot gear eye them ominously. — Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2020 Teams were garbed in matching uniforms with their business names or sponsor logos. — Jeff Forward, Houston Chronicle, 26 Sep. 2019 The architects brought in Hugo Ballin, a local artist who painted the murals at Griffith Observatory, to create tile murals above the front entrance depicting allegorical figures in Greco-Roman garb that symbolize Trust, Protection and Fidelity. — Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2019 Crisp’s and Blair’s characters go down with the ship, while Hindley’s grabs a seat in a lifeboat garbed as a woman. — Tom Titus, Daily Pilot, 12 Aug. 2019 Accordingly, the scientists are garbed in white onesies, gloves, booties and hairnets. — Jordan Wilkerson, Dallas News, 9 July 2019 Markle turned heads while garbed in a $595 black Judith & Charles plunge neck-line tuxedo mini dress and matching pumps. — Morgan M. Evans, Fox News, 31 Aug. 2018 See More

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History and Etymology for garb

Noun

borrowed from Middle French & Italian; Middle French garbe "graceful contour, grace," borrowed from Italian garbo "grace, charm, good manners, form, outline of a ship's hull made from wood pieces," of uncertain origin

Note: If the sense "outline of a ship's hull" is prior to the more abstract senses, the modern Italian word probably continues an earlier etymon represented by (alleged) medieval Genoese dialect garibu in the sense "model of a hull," itself ultimately a loan from Arabic qālib "mold, shoemaker's last" (see caliber); details of attestation are thus far incompletely documented, however. An earlier hypothesis connecting garbo (and the related verb garbare "to be becoming to, please") to Germanic *garwjan- "to prepare, make ready" (presumably via Gothic; see gear entry 1, yare) is questionable on semantic and phonetic grounds.

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