How To Use Dress In A Sentence

The brightly colored outfits may be made of either cotton or such dressy fabrics as velvet, satin, and lamé.
Spinach, endive and romaine lettuce are great in salads; just dress with a little olive oil and red wine vinegar.
She took a lot of tweed and heavy suiting, an ankle-length dress and platform shoes - quite the bonkers stuff.
The dress wasn't low cut, but in truth she didn't have a lot of cleavage to reveal, her figure being quite elfin.
Though Jane tells herself stories, listens to stories told by others, and reads, she never writes anything other than a few letters-misaddressed and undelivered letters, at that.

It was of average size with an unmade bed sitting in one corner, a night table, two dressers, a bureau, a desk, a small TV, and a lot of posters on the wall.
Men with short back and sides dressed in gleaming white singlets and shorts set off downriver while a little coxswain in a cap urges them on.
Hazel wore a medieval-styled dress with a gold-braced bodice, gold chiffon sleeves and a gold train.
My store-bought long dresses are too "dressy" and made of rayon and other finer fabrics that are not suitable for housework. Sewing Simple Clothing
I'll forward any mail to your new address.
I blame it all on becca who called me in the middle of the night to talk to me all about how the two best friends names are Kate and Becca and that the main character lives in apartment 601 as my address and other kooky details that i have been trying to forget nightly since i saw that movie, And then every sound is that kid coming out of the television and im only writing about it now in order to expunge as i fear she will grab hold of my foot from under the desk and eat me or turn me into something decomposing or whatever it is she does. I-claudius Diary Entry
Her dress showed her tanned skin to great advantage.
Somehow, they gathered themselves to beat Limerick in the first round of the qualifiers but the core discontent hadn't been addressed.
A professional wedding and event planner like me is prepared to address all of these concerns and more.
He shaved, got dressed and took the elevator to the breakfast-room.
That said, the advisability of perching a laurel crown on a horse-riding hat, which tended to happen after the equestrianism events, may have to be addressed.
Though a lie be well dressd, it is ever overcome.
On his way out, he met Baldwin dressed soberly in a black frock coat and pantaloons.
Tracey is wearing a simple black dress.
C was probably a combined cooling and dressing-room, with a seat in its alcove; D, the tepidarium; E, the caldarium; and F, a specially hot room or sudatorium.
Thursday, the president addresses the Israeli Knesset, followed by a reception in honor of Israel's 60-year anniversary.
Is the thrill of washing his socks so great that you have to pay council tax from the same address? The Sun
I also have a goldenrod-colored scarf (you know, one of those pashmina-y things) that goes nicely with this, and about two weeks ago I was in "the city" (which seems to be what you call San Francisco, if you live near it) wearing this dress, that scarf, and an old denim Levi's jacket I swiped from my Dad in roughly 1987 (with bright pink leather gloves sticking out of the breast pocket) and a tourist actually STOPPED ME ON THE STREET and asked to take my picture. The Return (With Butterflies) - A Dress A Day
God answers our prayers because by addressing them to Him we acknowledge His Lordship and power.
Both men were dressed in suits and had briefcases with them containing miscellaneous business papers.
I fancied up the dress with some pearls.
The most important thing is to consider television and radio broadcast needs and any other issues that address coverage of the debate.
He loves me and appreciates my finer points - especially the fact that I don't make him dress like me in a black turtleneck and coordinating cable-knit sweater for a holiday portrait.
I finally managed to prise his new address out of her.
There was a label pasted on the lid, with an address, written in a business-like hand -- Henry Dunbar A Novel
All these glossy pamphlets are just window dressing - the fact is that the new mall will ruin the neighborhood.
What could stop two swashbuckling heroes from venturing in for another gruelling day larking around in fancy dress? The Sun
And of course the guests and limpets also had to be depilated, washed, and have their hair dressed in an order dictated by protocol. Wildfire
He gave the address of his hotel, making sure that Johnny, talking to another salesgirl a foot or two away, would have heard it. DISPLACED PERSON
For further information on the diet, write to us at this address.
The P. 's have now got the book, and like it very much; their niece Eleanor has recommended it most warmly to them -- _She_ looks like a rejected addresser. Jane Austen, Her Life and Letters A Family Record
He's a very conservative dresser - he always looks like he's wearing his father's clothes!
This service presents alternate addresses when Internet users mistype a URL. Internet News: Browsers Archives
Visitors are also to be told not to touch wound dressings, drips and monitors of the person they are visiting.
He turned his back to the refrigerator and addressed the shaken lawman. WILD JUSTICE
Anne took a tea-towel from the dresser drawer.
This can easily be addressed by finding the right clothes to flatter her figure. The Sun
Our world has changed; we must adjust our living habits as necessary to address the increased danger that the specter of terrorism brings.
Outside of what we term pit and dress circle is a partition, three or four feet high, dividing them from a promenade ten or fifteen feet wide. Shadow and Light An Autobiography with Reminiscences of the Last and Present Century
Nobody, not even the young actress girlfriend of the main detective, is dressed to impress. Tin Boxes
Once they'd been on the wrong end of a dressing-down in front of the other players they didn't ever want it to happen again.
The women, all middle-aged, were naked, masking their state of undress behind the banner.
We then found her a green patterned dress which flatters her figure. The Sun
The spirit of a soldier of the Truth entered into me; weary as I was, I rushed from the dusky corner where I had been hidden in the twilight, ran to the altar, and held up my hand with my hymn-book as I began to repeat an address that had often silenced the papistic mummers in England. In the Wrong Paradise
It is a cruel fashion irony, but a shapeless dress looks good only on a shapely body. Times, Sunday Times
The principle of the itinerary engine is simple: from a departure address and an arrival address, or from longitude/latitude coordinates, Maporama International's servers calculate an optimized itinerary, respecting several constraints: the shortest or the more rapid itinerary, a pedestrian or car itinerary, a multimodal itinerary Internet News: Travel Archives
The manager of a dressmaking factory noted with amazement that her employees all took Sunday for a gala day and not as a day of rest. A Renegade History of the United States
This continued in to the dressing rooms at half-time where coach Delio Rossi had no choice but to hook the emotional Azzuri international, claiming he was 'inconsolable'. Which club has put the most final nails in managerial coffins? | The Knowledge
The dressings are fairly minimal just enough to cover and protect the stitches. The A-Z of Beauty Treatment
They are issuing posters appealing for people to ring a new helpline number or send information to an email address. The Sun
Finally he pulled out a shirt from a drawer in his dresser.
He was thus involved in extensive travelling throughout the District, addressing meetings of branches, trade unions and co-operative societies.
Then they can be served simply with a honey and mustard dressed salad, or with some slices of gravadlax as a luxurious garnish.
The dress fitted badly and puckered at the waist.
The final question addressed was the need to institute a sensible programme for tourism.
Hold still a minute while I pin your dress up.
His father was a hairdresser and beautician, his mother an astrologer and former dancer who also acted as a promoter for women's wrestling. Times, Sunday Times
I'll send you my email address once I'm online.
he addressed her caustically
You, young man,” she proceeded, addressing Roland Graeme, and at once softening the ironical sharpness of her manner into good-humoured raillery, “you, who are all our male attendance, from our Lord High Chamberlain down to our least galopin, follow us to prepare our court.” The Abbot
This so-called "truncation" of the collection process calls for a redefinition of the duties incumbent on the holder and collecting and drawee banks and have been specifically addressed in the proposed legislation. ANC Daily News Briefing
Most women now wear their hair too short for traditional hairstyles, so they wear wigs to go with ritual dress.
Red cabbage's fresh, raw crunch is a great addition to salads (see today's recipe), though I quite understand that some of you may have been put off by its appearance in mediocre coleslaws dressed in gloopy, cheap mayonnaise, its pigment seeping into the dressing to create a rather unappealing mess. Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's red cabbage recipes
This person dressed always in blues and purples, softened by silvers.
Each is stamped on the bottom with the address of the house the wood came from. Times, Sunday Times
The dress is a stunning creation in green, gold, and white.
In addition to the scholarly work of the study, he wrote Horace's Compromise to address its findings to a broader audience.
This woman, dressed in a headscarf, long peasant dress and sweater, stands with her arms folded in front of her as if she is slightly cold or perhaps waiting for a tardy child.
The minutiae of meetings remains private, but the general gist is that it was a problem and it has been addressed.
This involved quite elaborate dressing-up, and the fun and laughter of those Boxing Day nights was a treasure indeed.
There was no water to drink or wash in and children were begging, dressed in filthy rags.
Quarter the potatoes and carefully peel off the skin from the larger broad beans, then add all of the veg to the dressing. The Sun
There is a layer of dust on the dressing-table. Clean it before the guest arrives.
Education at the primary and secondary levels has always been rules-based: raise your hand, get a hall pass, obey the dress code, show your work, double-space, check your chewing gum at the door. Dov Seidman: Breaking the Ruler
It did not seem necessary to emend the satires (‘I Want a Writing Director,’ 1992; ‘Initiation Rites, Initiation Rights,’ 1991) as long as the conditions they addressed hadn't changed-and alas, they hadn't.
He lies on a rock, a mountain looming above him and his naked body partially covered by a white dress.
They should be addressing their messages to the bulk of the American public that is unaware of the consequences of US foreign policy, not to each other.
She's wearing a print dress, low-cut of course, frilly sleeves, a quarter-inch of makeup, and her hair is dyed midnight black.
The inn we occupied had one of these porches: Madame Barbot, our landlady, and her maid, were both dressed in Breton costume, with lace-trimmed embroidered caps and aprons of fine muslin, clear-starched and ironed with a perfection which the most accomplished "blanchisseuse du fin" of Paris would find it difficult to surpass. Brittany & Its Byways
The matter of taste could be addressed in a number of curious ways. The Times Literary Supplement
I was addressing the issue of whether his deathbed activities that I read about could meaningfully be described as signs of repentance for his proabortion rights stance. Sen. Ted Kennedy's right to a Catholic funeral
Dressed in a silver-patterned silk shirt and tailored trousers, he exudes self-confidence.
I made a note of Mahoney's home address and returned the paper to the waste basket.
Agreeing to let a dressmaker sew you a blazer will only end in tears.
He was dressed in a worn tricorn, a dark homespun coat, knee-length breeches, dark stocking, and heavy brogue shoes.
As soon as the door closed behind her I hurried to the dirty window in the front room and I watched as she walked down the street looking remarkably out of place in the drab surroundings in her bright green dress.
He dresses in half-mourning always, and never wears any jewelry, but strictly shuns all society, and prefers uncivilized regions. Erema
And when he and his wife, Toni, go boating with friends, Andreas sticks to his dress code.
The skin wound was dressed with gauze, and sterile plaster wool was applied.
The best-known dressing-up dish is kimchee, vegetables pickled in sweetish but mostly hot red chili paste touched with garlic and ginger.
The evening dress is made out of pure silk.
For wear with battle dress beginning in 1939, tam o'shanters and balmorals were designated as field dress.
The first is a long, sleeveless silk dress, which has a looser cut that is "beachy, floaty and has movement" but which also has a slight air of "drama" due to its elegant, floor-dusting hemline. Packing Just Enough for a Weekend at the Beach
She's a plain girl, and dresses in what is best suited, not best looking.
Everyone stared at her as the young woman strutted into the room, fingering a spaghetti strap of her red minidress with plunging neckline.
Only in 1920 after Moscow cleared Russian chauvinists out of leadership of the Ukrainian Communist Party did the new Soviet administration seriously address aspirations for self-determination.
Gil probably should have thought about that and realized that a street address with the word rattlesnake in it was most likely a bad omen—that things probably wouldn’t turn out well if they tried living there. Fatal Error
Use this to mount your final challenge with an independent parking adjudicator - see the addresses, right. The Sun
I'd wear this dress with some thick woollen tights and ankle boots. The Sun
Too many people, though - many of them female - still seem to think that a woman demeans herself when she wears a revealing dress.
I dunno," said the plaguesome boy, looking at the address covertly. Janice Day at Poketown
the hem of her dress was stained
Both seek to address poverty in their countries, but within the framework of a free-market economy. Times, Sunday Times
The main course is best accompanied by baba ghanoush tahini and an onion-and-tomato salad dressed with peanut butter and olive oil.
Back in the mists of time, power dressing was a thing for women who had to appear more masculine to be taken seriously, like stealth camouflage. Times, Sunday Times
When she returned she redressed her hair, drawing it back across her ears, put in at a provocative angle a fan-like carved shell comb, and twisted a shawl of flame-colored silk -- it was a manton, she instructed him -- about her shoulders. Cytherea
The short flowered dress and the high-heeled sandals she was wearing when she arrived in the park that day were identical to the clothing worn by the kidnapper. I’ll Walk Alone
Don't forget Persian lamb, broadtail, goat and other furs that are light and casual, so you can "dress them up or down, with jeans," says Ms. Landau, adding, "It's an easy glamour that you can wear even in California. Restyling Full-Length Mink Coats
I couldn't read the address on the envelope.
The government may finally find itself forced to address a subject that it has previously found uncomfortable. Times, Sunday Times
I wanted to tell the lady in Cairo that she was exaggerating her dress, that it was unnatural and abnormal.
She tells me she is just back from the hairdresser and the coiffure will revert to ragged ringlets as soon as it hits rain.
SNOW (voice-over): With his wife Silda by his side, New York Governor Eliot Spitzer, the man once known as Mr. Clean, addressed his fall from grace. CNN Transcript Mar 12, 2008
She said, It hath reached me, O auspicious King, that when Kamar al-Zaman, son of King Shahriman, went to the Hammam, his father in his joy at this event freed the prisoners, and presented splendid dresses to his grandees and bestowed large alm-gifts upon the poor and bade decorate the city seven days. The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
A woman is approached in the street by a scruffily dressed youth who opens his mouth - and asks for directions to the local mosque.
Then several wardresses came in, stripped me, put me into prison clothes and took me to another cell. Lost Voices of the Edwardians: 19011910 in the words of the Men & Women Who Were There
We won't wear "bloomers," or make any attempt to imitate you in our dress, manners, or occupations; we will do nothing to offend the most fastidious, we will be women still. The Womans Advocate
Stop putting words in my mouth - I didn't say you looked fat in the red dress - I merely said you looked very slim in the black!
Go in dressed as a Bond character and you'll just look pretty suave. Times, Sunday Times
A new industry association has arisen to address security-related aspects of geospatial technologies and information.
She slips on a bright red party dress and she becomes a fun teenager.
Gotta love Nadeem's email address too - anorexy at auburnsign dot com. I know nothing about Clare Grogan's scar
She has spent so much time in there, her entourage have been forced to speak to her stylist and hairdresser to find out how she is. The Sun
I'd use Italian dressing because you need less Italian to spread over your salad compared to ranch dressing.
Her dress is of dark blue silk with a low-cut neck and a wide embroidered collar. PERDITA: The Life of Mary Robinson
Our letter will give you the name, address and telephone number of the employee dealing with your complaint.
The brothers, both of no fixed address, are accused of the murders of Gary Pettitt and Jean Larkin.
This dress moves in all the right places, so you can shake your thing on the dance floor all night long. The Sun
When you buy a new dress, be sure you have shoes and other accessories to go with it.
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Upon these interjections, placable flicks of the lionly tail addressed to Britannia the Ruler, who expected him in some mildish way to lash terga cauda in retiring, Sir Willoughby Patterne passed from a land of alien manners; and ever after he spoke of America respectfully and pensively, with a tail tucked in, as it were. The Egoist
Background - Few data are available that address the impact of athletic training on aortic root size.
Critics warn that the new hedges were often overvalued, allowing banks to minimise how much the redress scheme costs them. Times, Sunday Times
She had to struggle into the tight dress.
We were dressed in bizarre costumes and did a talk and then fielded questions.
Would you don the powdered wig, the tweed dress and the pearls? Times, Sunday Times
In the mean time they pass for the mandatories of the popular sovereign, with full power in all directions, because he has delegated his omnipotence to them, and the sole power, because their investiture is the most recent; under this sanction, they stalk around somewhat like supernumeraries at the Opera, dressed in purple and gold, representing The French Revolution - Volume 2
My fault for being such an eejit as to give a charlatan a fortune for dressed-up tripe.
Hiroshima -- As a mountain range rises angularly in the background, two Japanese misses, one in modern dress, the other clad in a traditional Japanese kimono, pose beside the Peace Bridge in Hiroshima during a day of remembrance, the ninth anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima with atomic bombs. Archive 2009-01-01
Agencies that have thought their only remit was to address minority issues must reassess the way they work. Times, Sunday Times
The dress was modest, a medium cut top, three quarter sleeve, tight bodice and a moderate skirt.
Chief among the grievances I identify as providing primary justifying grounds for secession are these: persistent and serious violations of individual human rights and past unredressed unjust seizure of territory.
Useful for quick dressings and sauces. Times, Sunday Times
His blue dress uniform was unwrinkled and perfect.
The men are dressed in shabby, quilted jackets; they are bareheaded and barefoot.
We'll show you how to dress for maximum impact at the all-important audition.
The dressmaker gathered the cloth to the narrowest part of the waist.
Illuminating Fashion: Dress in the Art of Medieval France and the Netherlands" includes over 50 illuminated medieval and Renaissance manuscripts, as well as printed books, and will tell you what a gipser and kirtle were. Don't Miss: June 4-10
I was not, for once, wearing my battledress trousers, but had put on my uniform skirt with my battledress top.
To avoid another crisis we must address this flaw in our regulatory system.
My sister's taste in dresses is contrary to my own.
That penchant for dressing bald rats in sequins and leather is a different story altogether.
She usually wore a dress of dark gray stuff, with immense pockets, a black silk neckerchief folded over her shoulders, a white tamboured muslin cap, with a black ribbon passed two or three times round the crown. Helen and Arthur or, Miss Thusa's Spinning Wheel
Print your name and address on a postcard and send it to us.
Dressed in a sheer teddy, a very personable smile painted across her white face, she returns to the stage carrying a small basket.
All who remember this "beatitude" will be helped to solve many perplexing problems of dress, diet, play, education, philanthropy, morals, and civics. Civics and Health
Unfinished hems and bulky vertical exterior seams retained an air of elegance, their rough finish somehow marrying perfectly with the slinky lines of dresses and skirts. Times, Sunday Times
Sibling-year observations are weighted to address the underrepresentation of high-mortality families in population-based surveys following the general methods proposed by Gakidou and King, where Bf is the original sibship size and PLoS Medicine: New Articles
Legislation is needed because existing criminal law does not adequately address upskirting. Times, Sunday Times
‘You didn't tell me I was going to have to cross-dress for this,’ I muttered.
She was dressed in gray.
Put the dressing ingredients in a small bowl and whisk together. The Sun
Her dress still appeared neatly in place, with no rips or tears in its fabric.
She wiped off any lingering raindrops on her face, toweling her hair and dress lightly, and placing her handbag next to her coat on the floor.
He looked a complete mess - dressed anyhow with hair sticking up on end.
Thousands of leaflets had been given to motorists passing through and 1,000 had been hand-delivered to addresses in the city centre.
McKinnon looked consideringly at Ulbricht, then addressed himself to Dr Sinclair. SAN ANDREAS
First came a wonderfully tooled pair of soft doe-skin boots, delicate enough to wear with nice dresses, but sturdy enough to wear in everyday use.
Police cars were parked outside the address yesterday as forensics officers examined the scene. The Sun
I wrapped his toes in gauze torn from my underdress, and tucked one foot under my arm and held the other in my left hand, and gave him heat. Wildfire
She appeared in a slinky satin dress.
This is the first time that the use of dressed stone masonry is made, a major step in the evolution of building construction.
If you are perusing the buffet table, skip the items that are loaded with calories and fat, such as dressings and gravy. Durangoherald.com
Holiness answers audience questions addressing the situation of Tibet, goal of bodhicitta, nature of enlightened mind, future of the Dalai Lama institution, compatibility of Buddhist practices with theistic faith, universal purpose of human life, practice of patience towards harm-doers, subtle energy and mind, and the Heart Sutra mantra. Nagarjuna's Bodhichitta Commentary
Whatever additional value they may have as companions, from this perspective, is beyond the purview of the law to address.
About four teaspoons seems to do the trick, so you have be fairly liberal with a low-calorie dressing containing vinegar on your salad to get the benefit. Times, Sunday Times
Also on the program that night were the Marshall Dancers from the Lower Yukon, dressed in sumptuous headdresses that were trimmed with wolf and beaver fur.
Finally at half-past three I went upstairs to dress as a grammar-school arriviste. ABSOLUTE TRUTHS
The invention addresses this problem by visualizing an intervention (caused by a user) to an object of interest without the requirement of an interactive input by the user.
He's very correct in his dress/speech/manner, isn't he?
Zilkha did however produce a graceful match of polka dots and floral patterns in drop-waist dresses which will make for a very wearable ensemble when the sun comes back next spring.
Although one of China's richest men,[sentence dictionary] he dresses inexpensively and lives in a modest Beijing apartment.
Dressed in a leopard print hijab she collected belongings and her cat. The Sun
There are different ways in which to address a member of the royal family.
In phone calls you make in various states of undress interchange the word scrip, script, equity, stock, pscyhed, cash and stock, earnout, and synergy but minimise use of terms cash and upfront. Archive 2006-06-01
This unique gelling action enables the dressings to lock in exudate and its harmful components* (4,5,6). New In Vitro Study Data Shows Importance of Dressing Conformability to Action of...
Watching their hand-holding shadows, she was embarrassed at being dressed for church.
The first uses what AirTight now alternately refers to as a "vulnerability" or a "limitation" in the 802.11 specification: a shared encryption key called the group temporal key (GTK), shared by all clients connected to the same access point, can't detect an address spoofing attempt (the pairwise keys, which are used to scramble data between a given client and the access point, can). AirTight defends Wi-Fi WPA2 'vulnerability' claim
The plain green dress was a good few sizes too big for her and hung off her petite frame like a big shapeless sack.
Thank you for that magnificent speech yesterday, and it is my pleasure to ask you to address the assembled gathering.
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She wore black, and dressed in long skirts with shirt collars buttoned at the throat.
The guest host has their dressing room across from the band, so we were huge fans of Raging Bull and Goodfellas, the Scorsese, Pesci, and De Niro movies. Mike Ragogna: Kryptonite's 20th Anniversary: Chatting with Spin Doctors' Chris Barron Plus Keb Mo and More
To write about the Donner Party, one has to address this aspect of the tale; but I haven't dwelled on it in Snow Mountain James Houston discusses Bird of Another Heaven
On Sunday enjoy a farewell breakfast with your new friends, it will give you a chance to exchange names and addresses with your fellow guests.

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