How to Use dressed to kill in a Sentence
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From Donna Kelce to Lisa Rinna, the Traitors cast is dressed to kill — or not, as the case may be.
—Jamie Allison Sanders, PEOPLE, 16 Jan. 2026
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The video opens with Carpenter, dressed to kill in a pale blue skirt suit and sun hat, waking up on the ground from a car crash with her seemingly dead boyfriend in the driver’s seat.
—Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 29 Aug. 2025
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Rocking a suit jacket and latex pants, Cardi was flanked by a complete live band, and the dress code was all black because they were dressed to kill their performance.
—Michael Saponara, Billboard, 19 Oct. 2026
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Talented, cool, and always dressed to kill, the South African superstar embodies the sound—and look—of a new generation.
—Glamour, 27 Oct. 2025
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To the surprise of absolutely nobody, the crowd was dressed to kill — riding the subway to Forest Hills felt like part of the celebration, with all that leather and lace looking awesomely surreal on the E-train in the Saturday-afternoon sunlight.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2025
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