How to Use apron in a Sentence
apron
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At the end of the match, Maryse climbed up on the apron to distract the ref.
—Aaron Oster, baltimoresun.com, 16 May 2017
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Fasten it to both the bench top and the rear apron [6].
—Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 27 June 2020
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The apron-front style lets the color show through more in the room.
—Jura Koncius, The Seattle Times, 16 Oct. 2018
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The dirndl consists of a bodice, blouse, full skirt and apron.
—Gere Goble, The Enquirer, 26 Aug. 2022
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This trade now puts the Celtics out of the salary cap's second apron.
—Ricardo Klein, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 June 2025
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Novi wears googles, gloves, and a crown of corks, along with her apron.
—Liz Thach, Forbes, 6 June 2022
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The front of the bed has a panel that drops over the edge of the sofa like an apron.
—Marni Jameson, The Mercury News, 2 Dec. 2024
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Melia was at the door, undoing her apron at the sound of the car.
—Anne Enright, New Yorker, 27 July 2025
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The salary aprons will bring the top teams back down in a season or so.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 12 May 2025
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And the cook could, for the first time, take off his apron and sit on the stool to enjoy a meal.
—Alex Horton, Washington Post, 17 Apr. 2018
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Use a dado blade in the table saw to cut the apron tenons.
—Neal Barrett, Popular Mechanics, 14 Nov. 2020
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Then flip the crab over and cut off the apron — the little part that flips up — on the belly.
—Ann Maloney, Washington Post, 7 June 2022
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Center the hinge on the apron, make starter holes with an awl, and fasten the hinge.
—Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 27 June 2020
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The apron looks like a small baby bib that's worn down the back rather than down the front and chest.
—Parija Kavilanz, CNN, 26 May 2021
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Marciano ends the fight with a right that sends Louis through the ropes and onto the ring apron.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2023
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So Thomas got the same money and the Heat got a cap (and tax and apron) break with the agreement.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 2 Aug. 2024
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Insert your thumb under the shell by the apron hinge and pry off the top shell.
—Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 24 Mar. 2021
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Each row of bits snaps out of the case, enabling me to hold them in my nail apron.
—Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 4 Nov. 2021
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Clouds of flour dusted the counters, the floor, and the aprons of the women gathered there.
—Deborah Linder, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Oct. 2023
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The sound could be heard coming from a part of the mobbed track apron, just east of the finish line.
—Los Angeles Times, 25 Dec. 2021
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Like the name suggests, this dress looks kind of like an apron, but 10 times nicer.
—Sanah Faroke, Southern Living, 17 Mar. 2021
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Asks Ben for an apron, and begins to work behind the counter.
—al, 7 Nov. 2019
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Danaë’s prison guard, an old crone, tries to catch the god’s golden sperm in her apron.
—Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2021
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The cook, enraged by such notions, pulled off his apron and threw it on the floor.
—James R. Hagerty, WSJ, 18 Mar. 2022
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The caller told Simms to have Ogborn drop the apron and to describe her.
—Andrew Wolfson, The Courier-Journal, 5 May 2022
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The attire the female students wear is a dirndl, which includes the dress and the apron.
—Julie Cornell, Houston Chronicle, 9 Mar. 2018
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The glowing eyes of a beaded black wolf stared from his apron.
—Doug MacCash | Staff Writer, NOLA.com, 15 Dec. 2020
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Gunther was knocked off the apron, and Uso bounced off the ropes and flew over them to hit Gunther on the floor.
—Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 11 Feb. 2025
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Her apron is made from linen, and undergarments then would have been linen as well.
—Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 11 Aug. 2025
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Ripley hit a big boot on Naomi to knock her off the apron and then another to Sky in the ring followed by a cannonball to Naomi on the outside.
—Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2025
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