How to Use shirt in a Sentence

shirt

noun
  • The driver wore a plaid shirt and a day’s growth of beard.
    Mark Kennedy, Fortune, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Next to the fan—was that…? Name, a man in a white button-down shirt barked out.
    Hazlitt, 24 Jan. 2024
  • But then there was what looked like a footprint on the back of his shirt.
    Beatrice Hazlehurst, ELLE, 26 Apr. 2023
  • In the snap, Jones wears a light-green velvet shirt and smiles wide for the camera.
    Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 14 July 2023
  • Dress them up with a button-down, or down with a white T-shirt.
    Christian Gollayan, menshealth.com, 5 Apr. 2023
  • The groom wore a black tuxedo with a white shirt and a black velvet tie.
    Elaine Witt, New York Times, 13 Oct. 2023
  • By the time he was called into the E.R. treatment area, his face and shirt were drenched with sweat.
    Lisa Sanders, M.d., New York Times, 16 May 2023
  • Video from the evening showed a man in a red shirt being carried out of the venue on a stretcher.
    Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 29 Sep. 2023
  • This shirt is available in more than a dozen colors and sizes small to 3XL.
    Tim Chan, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Sep. 2023
  • She was last seen wearing a black shirt, black pants, and white Nike shoes.
    Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 15 July 2023
  • Many of the cops wore the French-blue shirts of the Community Affairs squad.
    Ian Frazier, The New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2023
  • The shirt is long enough to keep the look decent, but not quite long enough to qualify as a dress.
    Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 20 Sep. 2023
  • Available in sizes up to XXL, the shirt has a comfortable roomy fit that won't cling to you.
    Isabel Garcia, Peoplemag, 30 Apr. 2023
  • This month, three shirts, two dresses, and a pair of shorts arrived at my door.
    Jamie Ducharme, Time, 12 June 2023
  • He was seen wearing a beige baseball hat, beige shirt, and beige shorts.
    Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 29 May 2023
  • She was last seen wearing a striped shirt, blue skirt and white sneakers.
    Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 22 Apr. 2023
  • Speaking of Joseph, its striped silk shirt is another must-have in the mix.
    Laura Jackson, Vogue, 4 Apr. 2024
  • The patron using the machine, a woman in plaid pants and a tight black shirt, had annoyed the witch.
    Myriam Gurba, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2023
  • In the 60-second clip, the mother puts Velcro on the infant’s shirt and a cushy sofa.
    Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 23 Jan. 2024
  • Hadid wore a crisp white button-up shirt and paired them with a pair of white, straight leg jeans.
    Christian Allaire, Vogue, 21 Sep. 2023
  • Kuhl offers this shirt in a long-sleeve or tank top option.
    Isabel Vasquez Rd Ldn, Health, 16 May 2023
  • Donald is wearing a blue shirt with yellow stripes, a blue and black hat, and a red bow tie.
    Sari Hitchins, Parents, 21 Mar. 2024
  • By her side, George wore a toned down charcoal grey suit over a dark navy button down shirt.
    Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 28 July 2023
  • Hudgens in a white, collared shirt and Tucker in a black one, with sun hats and golf gloves to complete the look.
    Esme Mazzeo, Peoplemag, 25 Dec. 2023
  • Armed guards in black shirts roam the decks, and gunboats from a navy base in nearby Haifa patrol.
    Stanley Reed Ofir Berman, New York Times, 27 July 2023
  • This is not a workout shirt that's going to look ratty after a few months of wear.
    Heath Owens, Men's Health, 19 Aug. 2023
  • Next to her, Jonas looked cool in a leather blazer, white shirt, black trousers, and a black tie held with a winding silver clip.
    Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 13 May 2023
  • After breakfast, the family drove 13 miles up the road to the Allen outlet mall to return a shirt.
    Claire Ballor, Dallas News, 14 May 2023
  • Gosling chose to wear the shirt unbuttoned at the top, opting to go without a tie, let alone a classic bow-tie.
    Degen Pener, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Mar. 2024
  • Next was a box of men’s flannel shirts, then, over time, more than 20 other random items.
    Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 15 Feb. 2024

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