How to Use cheongsam in a Sentence

cheongsam

noun

• In it actress Maggie Cheung wears 21 cheongsams of different prints.
  — Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 4 Nov. 2026
• Flat, gold-trimmed, and full of slinky women in cheongsams, these mostly pay tribute to the booming San Francisco Chinatown of the 1920s.
  — Lori Waxman, Chicago Tribune, 10 June 2026
• While cheongsams are still made and continue to evolve, with new generations of designers injecting fresh, contemporary twists, Lai Mah said today’s tailors just miss a little something from the classic cut.
  — Stephy Chung, CNN Money, 13 June 2026
• People put on cheongsams for special occasions, whether family celebrations or fundraising in the local Chinatown to help support China’s war efforts against the Japanese during World War II.
  — Stephy Chung, CNN Money, 13 June 2026
• But its Chinatown became home to a large and vibrant Chinese American community, and where new migrants across the US may have felt the need to assimilate and adopt to Western clothing, Susan and others there proudly wore their cheongsams, preserving an important connection to home.
  — Stephy Chung, CNN Money, 13 June 2026