How to Use collar in a Sentence

collar

1 of 2 noun
  • I bought a new collar for the dog.
  • She grabbed me by the collar.
  • He wore a shirt with a tight-fitting collar.
  • The top of the black socks peeked through the boot collar.
    Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 26 May 2026
  • To grab them by the collar and pull them away from the manosphere.
    Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 21 June 2026
  • Hilton looked chic in a black scoop neck dress with a white lace collar.
    Clare Fisher, Peoplemag, 12 Sep. 2023
  • Cuffed selvedge jeans were styled with black loafers and a fur-collar coat.
    Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Plus, the collar is lined with a thick fleece to keep your neck cozy.
    Katie Jackson, Travel + Leisure, 30 Dec. 2025
  • Who says your fur only has to live on the collar?
    Amanda Le, InStyle, 19 Feb. 2026
  • No collar or microchip was found on the dog.
    Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
  • My dad was a blue collar worker.
    Fortune Editors, Fortune, 22 June 2026
  • The black sweater with the white collar and the damn Chanel boots?
    Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Man, like when your hair starts grabbing at your collar.
    John Nogowski, Hartford Courant, 16 Feb. 2026
  • What’s the best dog cooling collar to buy?
    Bestreviews, Mercury News, 15 June 2026
  • And Naya grabbed me by the collar and threw me up against the wall.
    Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The cut surfaces will heal faster when the branch collar is left in place.
    Neil Sperry, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Her hair was draped over the front of her shoulders against the lace collar.
    Melina Mara, Washington Post, 9 Dec. 2023
  • Just because your collar has fur doesn’t mean the fun has to stop there.
    Amanda Le, InStyle, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Plus, there’s no collar to contend with.
    Shea Simmons, PEOPLE, 7 Apr. 2026
  • The top had a large collar and cuffed three-quarter-length sleeves.
    Jessica Booth, PEOPLE, 9 May 2026
  • The stand-up collar will keep your neck warm on chilly winter days, too.
    Lauren Taylor, Southern Living, 3 Jan. 2024
  • Focus on collars, cuffs, and seams last.
    Louise Parks, Martha Stewart, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Which dog cooling collars are best?
    Bestreviews, Mercury News, 15 June 2026
  • Klæbo lies flat on his back, eyes closed, fleece ruffled around his collar.
    Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2026
  • For awhile, Ponson held him up by his collar.
    Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Nate is supposed to look both wealthy and like a blue collar worker.
    José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Tuck your hair inside the collar for true Parisian flair.
    Gena Kaufman, InStyle, 30 Dec. 2025
  • No collar nothing to tie him to an owner.
    Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
  • His collar is flipped; his hair is styled into a mullet.
    Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Cassie was also wearing a collar with a leash and cuffs around her wrists.
    Janelle Ash, FOXNews.com, 14 Apr. 2026

collar

2 of 2 verb
  • The police collared the guy a few blocks from the scene.
  • He collared me on my way out the door.
  • The inside of shirt collars traps body oils and soil.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 31 Dec. 2025
  • The video depicts a white man wearing a white collared shirt.
    Michael Brice-Saddler, baltimoresun.com, 8 Aug. 2017
  • Many of the foxes that have been collared by the project don’t survive a full year.
    Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Kelp towers above me, collared with fluffy crimson algae.
    Literary Hub, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Police said in a statement that a dog-catcher pole was used to collar the raccoon.
    CBS News, 7 May 2018
  • The polo collared sweater dress offers a preppy spin on a classic style.
    Caroline Hughes, Travel + Leisure, 30 Oct. 2025
  • The 3-year-old female gray wolf when it was collared in 2025.
    Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 8 Feb. 2026
  • The plastic bags were filled with gently worn collared shirts and pants, dresses and blazers.
    Brian Whitehead, Orange County Register, 25 Apr. 2017
  • Race officials were able to collar him and return him home unharmed.
    Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Murph the Surf and two of his boys were collared two days later, professing that the goods were gone.
    Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
  • The five-year study started late in 2016 when some predators were collared.
    Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 14 Mar. 2020
  • Dubois was uninjured and collared by police.
    Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 22 Aug. 2025
  • If all goes well, pups will be documented later in the season and then collared and tracked for life.
    Jake Frederico, The Arizona Republic, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Her husband, 31, dressed up in a white blazer over a white collared shirt with black pants and a matching watch.
    Georgia Slater, PEOPLE.com, 14 Sep. 2019
  • Chancel and pulpit, once reserved for a choir and collared cleric, now go unused.
    G. Jeffrey MacDonald, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Apr. 2020
  • Park biologists say trappers or hunters killed five collared park wolves over the winter.
    Zaz Hollander, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Apr. 2018
  • One shop sold starched paper shirt collars still, and the buttons needed to attach them, and arm garters too for the full get up.
    Jody Mamone, Hartford Courant, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Pippa paired her wrap coat with a white collared shirt, black skinny jeans, and white trainers while taking her young son for a stroll.
    Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 21 Nov. 2019
  • Estelle sported a white shirt under a pink cardigan, while her mother wore a black sweater over a white collared shirt.
    Chloe Foussianes, Town & Country, 11 Jan. 2019
  • The Duchess opted to wear a white collared dress with black accents, paired with a black hat, pearl earrings, and black pumps.
    Chloe Foussianes, Town & Country, 18 June 2019
  • Soka is trained in narcotics detection, and is collared and microchipped.
    Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Some of the more docile local dogs have been collared by concerned residents to prevent the dog-catchers from killing them.
    Vidhi Doshi, Washington Post, 10 May 2018
  • Naked people are collared, bound, prodded, whipped, ridden like horses, roasted over spits.
    Michael Robbins, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Another mini dress, mustard and collared with eyelets from the neck down and billowy sleeves.
    Alyssa Hardy, Teen Vogue, 19 Mar. 2019
  • The area’s Half-Moon pack has a breeding male collared as V094.
    Kris Millgate, Field & Stream, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Dixon said some have been eaten by snakes within two weeks of being collared, but most go on about their business for several months.
    Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 19 Apr. 2026
  • Nepal has plans to collar another eight animals in the central part of the country in the coming years.
    Ben Ayers, Outside Online, 27 July 2022
  • Since bears aren’t collared or tagged, rangers identify them by physical traits like scars, ear shape, and behavior.
    Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2025

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