sundress

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Recent Examples of sundress Steve Madden Meadow Flats These adorable gingham ballet flats are practically begging to be worn with a flowy, white sundress. Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 28 July 2025 Haven’t found a sundress that’s breezier and dressier than your go-to jeans? Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 17 July 2025 As the summer season hits its stride, so does our consumption, sunglasses, sundresses, swimsuits, and all the in-between. Dianne Plummer, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025 When the temperature starts to rise, there’s only one outfit formula that never fails: a breezy, no-fuss sundress. Michelle Rostamian, People.com, 6 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for sundress
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sundress
Noun
  • Be sure to visit No 5 park street, a women’s wear boutique with a wide selection of jewelry, linens and silks, kimonos and unstructured pieces.
    Joanne Shurvell, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
  • Community members, many dressed for the occasion in kimonos and other Japanese attire, gathered to enjoy games, music, performances, and a sampling of Japanese food, beer and sake.
    Jane Tyska, Mercury News, 13 July 2025
Noun
  • These styles—like the retro housedress—are from another era of fashion that’s catching up as a trend today, so we’re thrilled to see that this cozy, refined staple of mid-century sleepwear is having a little renaissance.
    Clint Davis, Southern Living, 21 Dec. 2024
  • The movie’s male lead Dustin Milligan first appears in a mechanic’s jumpsuit, a style that was appropriated decades ago by the American designer Anne Fogarty, who borrowed from the uniform for a housedress in her own collection after being inspired by a gas station attendant.
    Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 3 Sep. 2019
Noun
  • Another image showed a separate Zara model wearing a white spaghetti strap minidress with a flouncy skirt.
    Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 6 Aug. 2025
  • The model wore a sequined white minidress and a white veil for the special outing.
    Raven Brunner, People.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • In the late 18th century, French artist Elizabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun painted a portrait of Marie Antoinette, the last queen of France, wearing a sloping straw hat and chemise dress — a typical undergarment for women at the time.
    Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 29 July 2025
  • Now, analysis of the covers reveals the distant lands — and animals — where the chemises originate.
    Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The muumuu originated in Hawai’i in the 19th century, initially worn by Christian missionaries to cover Hawaiian women according to Western standards of modesty.
    Essence, Essence, 17 July 2025
  • To truly embody auntie-core, not just in appearance, but in spirit, a proper muumuu is a must.
    Essence, Essence, 17 July 2025
Noun
  • Ballet flats, separates, the shirtwaist dress, spaghetti straps on evening gowns, strapless swimsuits and athletic-friendly designs were among her creations.
    Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 10 June 2025
  • In President Donald Trump’s idealized framing, the United States was at its zenith in the 1890s, when top hats and shirtwaists were fashionable and typhoid fever often killed more soldiers than combat.
    Will Weissert, Chicago Tribune, 10 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Thompson said that the big break for the investigation was the discovery of the knife sheath containing trace amounts of DNA that prosecutors were able to link to Kohberger's father.
    Chris Spargo, People.com, 4 Aug. 2025
  • At trial, however, prosecutors intended to present a Ka-Bar knife and sheath to the jury for demonstrative purposes, Thompson said.
    Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 30 July 2025
Noun
  • For Fox, those variables are his jumper (career 33% 3-point shooter) and a good but not great passing profile relative to other primary ball handlers (83rd percentile Passer Rating, per Thinking Basketball).
    Mat Issa, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
  • In Billy Madison, Billy isn’t shy to block the shots of his new preteen classmates, drain midrange jumpers against them, or trash talk.
    Derek Lawrence, Vulture, 28 July 2025

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