chaps

plural of chap

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of chaps The beauty mogul created a near-perfect replica of the singer's ensemble down to the blonde hair, nose piercing and chaps. Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 22 Sep. 2025 For New Year's Eve 2024 festivities, Wilson wore black velvet chaps artfully strapped to her arms as a cape of sorts. Marcus K. Dowling, Nashville Tennessean, 8 Sep. 2025 How about riding bulls, racing on donkeys or wearing chaps to class? Matt Leclercq, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for chaps
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chaps
Noun
  • Those guys proceeded to score three goals Thursday.
    Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 17 Oct. 2025
  • And these guys are delivering, which is huge.
    Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • As my generation continues to age, many of our kids will eventually be monitoring us.
    Don Riddell, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2025
  • To bring structure to their busy home, one Tennessee couple created a set of rules and expectations for their kids to follow.
    Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Jon Pike, a philosophy professor at The Open University in England, argued that an open category should be created for transgender athletes to avoid any potential unfairness from biological males competing against girls and women.
    Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2025
  • According to the last national census in India, carried out in 2011, Shahjahanpur had about 872 females for every 1000 males, a wider gap than a national average already imbalanced.
    Aishwarya S. Iyer, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Obesity tripled in children and doubled in adults between the mid-1970s and the early 2000s.
    Alice Callahan, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • His other two children are out of high school.
    Edward McKinnon, Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • As a rule, royal governors were gentlemen, if not always gentlemen with experience.
    Stacy Schiff, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Mid-Century Modern follows three gay gentlemen of a certain age (Lane, Bomer, Graham) who, after an unexpected death, decide to spend their golden years living together in Palm Springs, where the wealthiest one lives with his mother (Lavin).
    Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The Steelers-Bengals game presents an incredible nod to human potential, and a great chance to see two old dudes – both of whom just happen to be Super Bowl-winning QBs like Brady and Brees – duke it out.
    Coy Wire, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Teoscar, one of the great dudes in the game.
    Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025

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“Chaps.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chaps. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.

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