How to Use chaps in a Sentence
chaps
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Why, yes, those are red suede chaps to match the red suede vest.
—Matt Young, Chron, 25 Feb. 2022
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Simple chaps may be lighter, but do not protect the backs of your legs.
—The Editors, Field & Stream, 11 Nov. 2020
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Phil, while a studied intellect, seems to never take off his chaps.
—Jake Coyle, Detroit Free Press, 4 Dec. 2021
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Three dogs loped past, while a wrangler in a broad Spanish hat and chaps saddled a horse.
—Brian Smale, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Apr. 2021
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In the video, Aguilera sports a skimpy bra and leather chaps while grinding around in a sweaty boxing ring.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 19 Oct. 2022
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The pop icon wore a black, white, and yellow corseted leotard over fishnet stockings with chaps.
—Carrie Wittmer, Glamour, 8 Dec. 2021
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Ezekiel Mitchell is unmistakable in his signature all-blue leather vest and chaps.
—Brett Williams, Men's Health, 19 May 2022
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Some of this is achieved when Joyce walks into the office for the first time to see a woman wearing nothing but chaps.
—New York Times, 16 Mar. 2022
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Aguilera, 41, and her backing dancers showed up in red, with the vocalist donning a tight corset and leather chaps.
—Shafiq Najib, PEOPLE.com, 12 June 2022
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Later on, the youngest Hadid sister is seen atop a horse wearing Hermès chaps.
—Eliza Huber, refinery29.com, 3 Aug. 2020
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Tad Lucas wore satin and sequins, woolly Angora chaps, and white fringe that flapped in the breeze.
—Sarah Hepola, ELLE, 12 Sep. 2022
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The chainsaw operators wear dark Kevlar chaps and yellow jackets stained with dirt and wet sawdust.
—David Helvarg, Environment, 29 Dec. 2021
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Arguably the most horse girl item of all — chaps — is back, too, and not just on Hadid or Kim Kardashian.
—Eliza Huber, refinery29.com, 9 May 2021
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The agents, wearing chaps and cowboy hats, maneuvered their horses to forcibly block and move the migrants, almost seeming to herd them.
—BostonGlobe.com, 21 Sep. 2021
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And the male rider looked the part of a desperado with his white hat & bandana, brown leather chaps, and white duster adorned with blue Cowboys stars.
—Kristi Scales, Dallas News, 9 Dec. 2020
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About 15 years ago, Fox used to see Trammell around Riverwest, dressed in a leather jacket and leather chaps.
—Sophie Carson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 31 July 2020
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Not only did Page not miss a step despite pausing the biggest push of his career, this cowboy seemed to have gained a few more tools in the belt that holds up his chaps.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 14 Nov. 2021
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The futuristic ensemble was a custom Mugler piece and featured a bra, high-rise briefs, chaps and a chunky belt buckle.
—Ariana Quihuiz, Peoplemag, 12 Oct. 2022
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The Italian arena-rock revivalists always put on a show, and a leather-chaps number baring a butt mid-verse is most certainly that.
—Thania Garcia, Variety, 28 Aug. 2022
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Cave Creek Trail Rides can provide cowboy boots, hats and chaps to wear on your ride or for that perfect photo opportunity.
—Shanti Lerner, The Arizona Republic, 5 Mar. 2021
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But perhaps the best fashion statement our photographer Lili Kobielski captured was a pair of fringed leather chaps worn by a rider.
—Sarah Spellings, Vogue, 10 May 2022
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While typically nude, this large, laughing figure is wearing what appears to be leather riding chaps, complete with a belt but with no undergarments whatsoever.
—Cammy Brothers, WSJ, 7 May 2022
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The scenery is ravishingly romantic in that extravagant Sir Walter Scott kind of way—mountains and glens, sheep and handsome chaps in kilts.
—Stanley Stewart, Travel + Leisure, 22 Mar. 2021
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For those not familiar with the design, chaps are traditionally a belt and legging hybrid with origins in Spain that are made perfectly to withstand the trials and tribulations of horse back riding.
—Shelby Ying Hyde, Harper's BAZAAR, 28 Apr. 2021
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Ja’Dayia Kursh, 23, poses with her tiger chaps after riding a bucking bronco in Okmulgee, Oklahoma.
—Rose Minutaglio, ELLE, 12 Sep. 2022
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To be specific, these morbid chaps are arguing the relative merits of two rival hangmen, one of whom, Harry (the formidable David Threlfall), happens to own the pub.
—Marilyn Stasio, Variety, 22 Apr. 2022
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Featuring monogrammed denim, chaps, and cowhide, the collection pays homage to the Houston rodeo and the important, but often overlooked, history of the Black American cowboy.
—refinery29.com, 18 Aug. 2021
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Dressed in leather chaps, an embroidered shirt and a navy blue bow around his neck, Raudel Jimenez adjusts the Virgin Mary prayer card inside the band of his sombrero before strapping down a serape blanket onto his horse’s saddle.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Aug. 2021
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The extensive 58-piece collection, including a denim bodysuit, a wide-leg snap pant, tracksuit, bucket hat, chaps, and more, will be available in various washes of denim and washed heavy French terry and purple cow print.
—Alexis Oatman, Essence, 9 Aug. 2021
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The next night the vibe is more stereotypically modern San Francisco, with the low-slung lounge area occupied by a crash of mimetically same-y tech chaps ages 25-35 in matching monochrome corporate polo shirts and OnCloud sneakers.
—Jordan Michelman, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 July 2022
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