plaided

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for plaided
Adjective
  • The 24-year-old chose a kimono-style navy mini dress, cinched with a striped tie and paired with dainty red bow heels—all from Dior’s Spring/Summer 2026 collection, naturally.
    Essence, Essence, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Shenhe Colorful Cardigan If your fall wardrobe leans neutral, this colorful striped cardigan is the easiest way to add playfulness without sacrificing comfort.
    Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Unlike the plaid shirts of the ‘90s, this season’s fashion week runways have elevated tartan to blazers, skirts, cocktail attire, and evening wear.
    Clare Holden, Glamour, 6 Oct. 2025
  • To round out your fall-friendly plaid aesthetic, be sure to add the Kate Kasin Pencil Skirt to your cart, too.
    Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Stick to the classics and snag a double-breasted wool option to wear with everything from fluid trousers to corduroys and checkered skirts.
    Andrea Zendejas, Vogue, 25 Sep. 2025
  • But the extent to which Devastating — whose owner is Kenneth Chee, a longtime pyrotechnics operator with a checkered past — or Cutright’s company BlackStar bear responsibility for the explosion remains unclear.
    Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 12 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Examples include dotted prints, the flat-thong sandal and the color yellow.
    Chloe Veltman, NPR, 4 Oct. 2025
  • However, satellite and supporting video filmed from a high rise on Al Rashid, a major road that runs through Gaza, shows tent camps remain dotted along the coastal road south of Gaza's port.
    Camilla Alcini, ABC News, 17 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Along with an embroidered jacket and wide-leg pants, the actress wore a collared shirt and patterned tie.
    Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Every Tuesday, a corner of the Mezquitán market turns into a massive secondhand clothing bazaar, with heaps of statement vintage finds and out-there patterned fabrics spread out over long tables.
    David Shortell, Travel + Leisure, 28 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • So too are gaudy on-ice percentages that usually aren’t repeatable.
    The Athletic NHL, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Those gaudy numbers came on top of fast agility times.
    Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 25 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Among the crowd, the look was also the opposite of many who attended wearing garish American flag costumes.
    Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Meg lived in a somewhat offbeat district, but the tall shabby houses, some of them painted in garish colours, were soon left behind and gave place to discreetly glistening cream or white facades behind one of which Leonora lived.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Two seconds, three, all of us immobilized in shock while my son, the toddler, went down like a ship’s anchor, all the way down through nine feet of water to the dappled sloping bottom.
    T. Coraghessan Boyle, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2025
  • North from Florence, the roads twist through rolling hills and ancient villages, past rippling streams and the dappled shade from oak trees.
    Jonathan Hawkins, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2025
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“Plaided.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plaided. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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