sari

noun

sa·ri ˈsär-ē

variants or less commonly saree

: a garment of southern Asian women that consists of several yards of lightweight cloth draped so that one end forms a skirt and the other a head or shoulder covering

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Shiva, dressed in a burgundy sari and a shawl the color of rust, was a formidable sight. —

Keith Kloor, Discover Magazine, 18 Aug. 2014 Their apartment contains hints of happier times: their 2000 wedding picture — Sridevi in a bright purple sari, the 6-foot-2 Thirugnanam towering behind her — a school drawing made by their son, photos of him in every room. —

Danica Kirka, ajc, 15 Nov. 2022 Hema, a thin woman in a purple sari, sat on the stairs. —

Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 25 July 2022 The man from the URA grabbed at his sari with his knotty fingers and his eyes rolled back into his head. —

Vladimir Sorokin, Harper’s Magazine , 20 July 2022 In Syrian Christian weddings in Kerala, the priest puts the rings on the fingers of the bride and the groom, and the mother-in-law places a bright sari over the bride’s shoulder to symbolise that the union is complete. —

Manavi Kapur, Quartz, 4 Mar. 2022 Their parents found out about Nitin’s new career path, and their gender identity, after seeing a photo of them in a sari on Facebook. —

Aamina Khan, Vogue, 31 Jan. 2022 The uproar around Carrie Bradshaw’s sari–lehenga mixup has taken a life of its own on the internet. —

Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 21 Jan. 2022 In Rajasthan's Udaipur, a canopied boat, as colorful as a sari, has delivered me across Lake Pichola to the palatial Oberoi Udaivilas. —

Becca Hensley, Travel + Leisure, 26 Dec. 2021 See More

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