How To Use Tights In A Sentence

Smith gave Mandy not only a new leotard, but tights and ballet shoes too.
I'd wear this dress with some thick woollen tights and ankle boots. The Sun
Tights are close fitting with elastic waist band.
These pumps have been around for years and as winter rolls in, the only way to wear them under trousers is in the darker colors (slightly scuffed), with opaque tights. Does the Shoe Fit? Finding the Perfect Flat
If you walk into a comic shop then all you will probably see at a glance is the men-in-tights-power-fantasies. Kicking The Dog

We reached rue Oberkampf, and the girl in the black tights was still complaining to her friend in the gray tights as they waited to jaywalk across the street, which was bustling with French students and artists whose bags, I imagined, held nineteenth century novels, or paperbacks with white covers; guitar strings, or paint brushes. Five Stops on Line 2, Ch 1: Qalb elouz
Besides, if you wear them with toning tights, cankle problem solved. Times, Sunday Times
Oh no, I've got a ladder/run/hole in my tights.
In our house, a clear-out involves binning the odd pair of tights with more ladders than Bob The Builder, or removing a bunch of long-dead flowers from a vase.
We do the stretch sateen, which is a heavier woven fabric, and we usually accessorize with tights," she said. Home - BostonHerald.com
I went in, and found there a stoutish, middle – aged person, in a brown surtout and black tights and shoes, with no more hair upon his head (which was a large one, and very shining) than there is upon an egg, and with a very extensive face, which he turned full upon me. David Copperfield
Sheer tights are becoming a viable option on summer days that aren't very summery. Times, Sunday Times
He still looks like the dancer he no longer is, after hanging up his tights in the spring of 2000.
It works for pottering around in barefoot at home or layered up with thermals, tights and a cardie for winter workdays.
He went from wrestling in tights and a feather boa to stumping across the state in jeans and a leather jacket discussing policy with legislators in suits and ties.
By the end of that century, the ballerina's long tutu and the premier danseur's tights, trunks and maillot became de rigueur and virtually standardized.
If your work compels you to wear nylon tights, then remove them as soon as you return home and wash your feet well. Stay Well This Winter
Getting rid of judges' wigs and tights, and the flummery and confusion surrounding the Lord Chancellor's role, appeals to the party's modernising instincts.
It was like listening to somebody trying to play a trombone at the bottom of a swimming pool, and meantime some bosthoon in black tights is skipping around the fountain tossing things into it.
They always look a little bit saucy and a long way away from school uniform tights. Times, Sunday Times
It has guys wearing makeup, tights, long frizzly hair, and screaming.
She seemed to be wearing tights, and slippers that struck the floor lightly in rhythm with the song she played.
His father worked all hours but didn't change into a red cape and blue tights to save the world. Times, Sunday Times
I will be mainly wearing sequins, tan tights and huge hair. The Sun
For most people, the appeal of pro wrestling is a mystery or is written off as something for kids, rural folks not smart enough to realize wrestling is fake, and guys dealing with the fact that they enjoy watching oiled up musclemen in tights grabbing each other. Jonathan Kim: Why I Still Love Pro Wrestling and Will Miss "Macho Man" Randy Savage
The man used tights and stockings to bind and gag his victims and it is believed the perverted attacker had a bizarre shoe fetish as in all but one of the cases the victims' shoes were stolen.
Running tights or leggings have the same effect on your legs as a fleece and, since most of your body heat escapes through your head, a hat is a must.
As Mami and Papi finished dressing, the girls watched, fussing at their tights, an uncomfortable new article of clothing.
He turned around, his metallic green tights glinting in the sunlight, his open vest with vines stitched on only one side.
Then you can still get away with dark tights or leggings when you want to look summery, without risking frostbite. Times, Sunday Times
Work with woolly tights and clogs for summer style now. Times, Sunday Times
Hopefully she might use the royalties to repair those tights. The Sun
Smith gave Mandy not only a new leotard, but tights and ballet shoes too.
If they are thick enough, tights can be used like leggings - just make sure your top covers your bottom. Times, Sunday Times
She snagged her tights on the rough edge of the chair.
Dislikes: Being left out, zits, runs in tights, platform flip flops, clumsiness, hand me downs, flared jeans, Jell-O.
Yet more of them leap up ever higher, their legs scissoring the air as they hover like so many hummingbirds in baggy T-shirts and tights, and a dozen or so pirouette dizzyingly, like human spinning tops.
Three utterly madcap men in tights and sneakers take the theatre by storm as they gallop through the tragedies, histories and comedies at a speed that will leave you gasping.
With today's vending machines offering an ever wider range of products from fresh pizzas and toasties to women's tights, major companies are fast awakening to the commercial possibilities of vending machines.
For some reason she's wearing undercrackers over the top of her tights. The Sun
Dye your hair a funky color (blue, purple or green will do), wear a pair of shorts with tights underneath, a hipster hoody and a pair of goggles on your head. Friday List: 10 excellent celebrity and pop culture Halloween costumes
You may scoff at the idea of running tights, but they will keep you warm. Times, Sunday Times
Martin Ramin for The Wall Street Journal The Sarong Skirt: Pair a pareu with a chunky knit top The Sarong Skirt Layer an acid-color pareu under a chunky knit top with opaque tights and a funky sandal. Endless Summer
They always look a little bit saucy and a long way away from school uniform tights. Times, Sunday Times
It works for pottering around in barefoot at home or layered up with thermals, tights and a cardie for winter workdays.
You must choose your tights with care - they need to be opaque (as opposed to sheer) and of a high enough denier (thickness of the fabric) for the hairs not to show through.
There are some male dancers for whom tights, you feel, are a perk of the job.
He was the character, if you'll recall, who had issues with purchasing dancing tights for fear of looking foolish.
Sheer tights are becoming a viable option on summer days that aren't very summery. Times, Sunday Times
He is dressed as a jester in tights and a wide satin blue and white striped shirt.
These shorts will look equally stylish with thick grey tights, come winter. Times, Sunday Times
A Vettriano woman wears stockings and suspenders, never tights.
She was clad in purple fish net tights, a black skirt and a blood red baggy jumper.
The thick woolly tights make me think student. Times, Sunday Times
Erica wore a leotard and footless tights of luminescent green that shimmered like fishscales when she moved. AN OLDER WOMAN
On the day Deeon went missing, she was wearing black shoes, black tights and a knee-length black overcoat.
The colouring of his fur makes him look like he's wearing grey tights with white underpants over the top. The Sun
It’s not that they’re not SF writers; they’re just not slutty, slatternly Sci-Fi hacks in fishnet tights. In The Ghetto
Sheer tights are becoming a viable option on summer days that aren't very summery. Times, Sunday Times
She got dressed, miserably noticing there was a hole in her black tights.
After shoes, hats and headbands, we checked the tights.
He has to wear tights on his legs and long sleeves on his arms on a hot Missouri day so he doesn't scratch himself.
Have you any tights that won't ladder?
It just wasn't my day. the car wouldn't start, I was late for the meeting, and to top it all I laddered my tights!
I removed my cap to reveal a slipping hairstyle (going, going, almost gone) and did a pirouette, graceful as a walrus in ballerina tights. Million Americans in Mexico? Just guessing
He was horrified at the thought of his son prancing about on a stage in tights.
Eh? Mind you, it would be great to see in him his robes, tights, and full-bottomed wig down there at the jazz club, along with the guys in black polo necks and indoor sunglasses, the wings of his wig flopping in time to the off-beat. David Cameron – Listen with mother
He wore a dark blue outfit complete with tights and a large ruff around his neck.
Last time I checked 35000 people a year were killed or seriously injured each year in trouser related accidents (inc. tights), every one of them avoidable. Default Setting - We are sorry « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG
The Robin Hood legend has been a staple of Hollywood cinema since Douglas Fairbanks slapped on a pair of tights and pranced around a backlot Sherwood Forest in 1922. Movie Review: Robin Hood » Scene-Stealers
To winterize the look, add a pair of thick ribbed tights and cherry-red boots for an unexpected surprise to the classic '70s outfit.
Precious, has choreography by Lea Anderson who was the compere for the recent Channel 4 series Tights!
Enraged, she ripped the tights to shreds, convinced that they had hoodooed her husband. The Secret Life of Houdini
I have experimented with Suspender Tights, which are tights with all the bits cut out around the top of the leg, so that they are like stockings & suspenders all in one.
For day, wide tweed trousers, a crocheted sweater, a poncho and a hat is a great flamboyant look, or a wrap dress and a bright yellow or green tweed coat with blue tights and fabulous shoes.
To try it at home, you'll need three pairs of supersize flesh-coloured tights, the rubber teats of two baby bottles and the corner of an old doormat.
Attired in bronze tights and leotards, with absurdly bad wigs on their heads, the seven dancers seem simultaneously naked and sexless.
I never sweat and my body temperature drops as soon as I strip down to a leotard and tights after my warm up.
From tights and flight to the full-fledged legendary hero, Smallville brought Superman alive — and it was worth every minute of the 10-year wait. Clark Kent Takes to the Skies As Smallville Says Goodbye
Whether in tights or bare-legged, a dancer expects his body to be scrutinized.
So we go shopping but can't find any item of clothing that both looks good and fits, and end up going home with a pair of tights and a half-eaten pasty.
Yes, I know I've got a ladder in my tights.
Finally she settled on a black corset dress, her skull necklace, black combat boots that went up to her shin and black fishnet tights.
Here's something you can take from the couture shows in Paris that you can actually wear and afford: Christian Lacroix's ombré tights.
My darling husband has recently taken to wearing my tights under his trousers. Times, Sunday Times
Today I was wearing a pair of black opaque footless tights.
She had her hair up and was dressed in a black leotard with pink tights.
He added that support tights, as opposed to proper compression hosiery, would not be beneficial.
I glanced down and took in my leotard and my tights and then raised a hand as if to acknowledge the comment.
She put on the long-sleeved black leotard and black tights, then admired the effect in the mirror. I.O.U. - SOMEONE HAS TO PAY
Time to hit the opaque tights. The Sun
With sinking hearts, we made a beeline for Buchanan Street and spent two hours buying a chunky-knit cardigan, three pairs of 60 - denier woolly tights and a luminous-yellow stripy vest (half-price).
To try it at home, you'll need three pairs of supersize flesh-coloured tights, the rubber teats of two baby bottles and the corner of an old doormat.
That she did so with aplomb is down to two key accessories: thick tights and a chauffeur-driven limo. Times, Sunday Times
If your work compels you to wear nylon tights, then remove them as soon as you return home and wash your feet well. Stay Well This Winter
A Vettriano woman wears stockings and suspenders, never tights.
Locals claim the secret ingredient is the crushed eggshells, added to the brew before it is filtered through what looks like an old pair of tights. Times, Sunday Times
Thus where other readers of my imaginings would be able to pinpoint the genesis of their love of Dries Van Noten or Armani, and speak movingly of their Granny's old ponyskin coat, I could only describe my 'Current Favourite Outfit' as River Island meets New Look meets slightly bonkers jewellery, set off by diamond patterned tights from Sainsburys. WalesOnline - Home
Sheer tights are becoming a viable option on summer days that aren't very summery. Times, Sunday Times
I'm going to get her some chocolate coloured tights and see if I can find some chocolate brown gloves for her to wear with it.
Erica wore a leotard and footless tights of luminescent green that shimmered like fishscales when she moved. AN OLDER WOMAN
These tights could - if the hype is to be believed - be the wonder product we've all been waiting for.
Right down to the knickerbockers and stripey tights. The Sun
Wear them over dance tights or leggings to keep your calves and ankles protected. The Sun
Suffiz to say that the two littery genlmn behaved very well, and seamed to have good appytights; igspecially the little Irishman in the whig, who et, drunk, and talked as much as a duzn. The Memoirs of Mr. Charles J. Yellowplush
I never sweat and my body temperature drops as soon as I strip down to a leotard and tights after my warm up.
Or take the track jacket and layer it beneath a slim, quilted vest, add a sporty camisole, a denim miniskirt with tights, and wellie boots for a chic take on a chilly outdoor day look. The Style Checklist
She wore the same gray dress, black tights, and white pinafore she'd worn almost everyday of her entire life.
Three utterly madcap men in tights and sneakers take the theatre by storm as they gallop through the tragedies, histories and comedies at a speed that will leave you gasping.
Mdlles.;" or else, from time to time, some josser, a friend of the manager's or an agent, prowling around among the flesh-colored tights. The Bill-Toppers
They snag your tights, wreck your calf muscles and make going to the loo down long flights of greasy stairs in restaurants absolutely terrifying. Times, Sunday Times
I want a pair of tights to go with this sweater.
Rather than High Renaissance men in tights, English Touring Theatre's Romeo And Juliet starts with men in fights.
And, unless you are adept at teetering in mules, wearing shoes without tights is uncomfortable, especially if you have to walk more than a few yards.
The 1970s were more earnest: health officials used advertising to caution against everything from the hazards of pregnancy, smoking and food hygiene to wrinkly tights.
Oh no, my tights have run!
It will be controlled by some rather fetching running tights. Times, Sunday Times
She wore an oversized military coat; a brightly-colored knit argyle skirt which featured an inappropriate slit; black tights; and black doc martens, untied, so that the tongues of the shoes bent over lazily.
A Vettriano woman wears stockings and suspenders, never tights.
She has put away her thermals, waterproofs and woolly hat to don a smart black suit, white shirt, black cravat, dark tights and low-heeled shoes as the Mayor's Attendant.
Instead of getting too lost in my suddenly changed world, I remember she was wearing a green and blue plaid dress with some pastel shirring on the bib area, black Mary Janes and blue tights.
Outside, the green wellies were locked in battle with police musclemen as inside the sergeant-at-arms and his band of merry men in ladies' black tights, frock-coats and swords were chasing hearties around the Mace.
When found, she was wearing a pink floral dress, lilac tights, a white cardigan and black patent leather shoes.
The word yoga conjures up images of long-legged, loose-limbed babes in clingy tights.
Lots of girls we talked to said they liked the look of seamed mesh convertible tights.
Wear now with bare legs and flats, then all winter with thick grey tights and heels. Times, Sunday Times
Damn! That's the second pair of tights I've laddered today!
They always look a little bit saucy and a long way away from school uniform tights. Times, Sunday Times
Red tights are out of stock.
She wore the same gray dress, black tights, and white pinafore she'd worn almost everyday of her entire life.
She shucked off her shoes and tights, preferring to go au natural when it came to foot wear (always excepting when she was in a town.
It's a grand pageant set in elaborate 17th century costumes of wigs, breeches, tights and ruffs.
She was dressed in a short skirt over black tights and an embroidered waistcoat.
She had been wearing a red and black sweater, a black mini-skirt and maroon tights.
We're loving block colours worn with clashing tights and simple accessories. The Sun
I am in a red jumper, white blouse and tights and black Mary Janes with a small scuff on the left toe.
It is also a common sight to see him wearing light-colored tights (usually white or tan), although he has appeared barelegged in other games.
She took the bizarre step of covering her moneymaker from the cameras - with what looked like a pair of tights.
I put on my white tights and clasped my black patent leather Mary Jane's around my ankles.
Not knowing a pesade from a pirouette or a courbette from a capriole, I was seduced by the riders' dashing livery of black boots, white tights, brown dress coat and gilded bicorn hat, and the ambiance of aristocratic Vienna.
Do you prefer plain or ribbed tights?
So if you have an old fur piece kicking about, pop it on over a tweed skirt teamed with ribbed tights and court shoes.
Time to hit the opaque tights. The Sun
Yes, they are dressed in mini skirts and footless tights and they all have what look like orthopaedic boots on their unfeasibly large feet (probably to balance their unfortunate macrocephaly) and yet I would still say that they resemble My Little Pony, (which was manuafactured because little girls like hair and horses) far more than any human being, with perhaps the exception of a morphed Beyonce. The 7 worst sexy toys for children
Of course, I don't really know the importance of tights in a ballet dancer's budget -- Plissetskaya says she goes through three pairs in a night -- but perhaps that Soviet nylon is not so good -- or perhaps they are more energetic over there! The Soviet Challenge in Asia
No tights, no jeans and a t-shirt, nope, just a thong.
Beige tights, beige cardigan, beige scarf and coat, beige low-heeled, broad-fitting shoes. Times, Sunday Times
He first interviewed a costume researcher to find out where the tradition of wearing tights came from.
Which is why it's so alarming that opaque tights are in fashion. Times, Sunday Times
But he ends up dressed as an elf, complete with green tights and pointy shoes! The Sun
Underneath the translucent material was a white chemise and tights of a gleaming pastel gold.
Pictures of Western women in tank tops, short-shorts, and tights also attracted the attention of local photographers.
The princess is wearing a pale cardigan with matching tights and a floral dress with a white collar. Times, Sunday Times
Plus it can be worn with tights in winter and without in the spring so a good all-round 7 buy. The Sun
Sheridan said: ‘This is the 21st century and we have got people running about in garters and tights and that just doesn't fit with the modern world.
Which is why it's so alarming that opaque tights are in fashion. Times, Sunday Times
For day, you can layer it with knits and ribbed grey woolly tights - a key trend for legs this winter. Times, Sunday Times
And in a format where they're not in the hallway, snagging my tights. Times, Sunday Times
Her lithe body did little to dispel this image, even dressed as she was in a tight halter top over a blue thermal shirt, cut-off daisy dukes over black tights and beat-up Doc Martins.
I happily walk round with ladders in my tights and holes in my shoes. Times, Sunday Times
Part sandal, part clog, wear these with ribbed woolly tights. Times, Sunday Times
In another, she mingles with East Village punks in pink-and-orange hair, distressed biker jacket, shredded tights, and sleep-deprived eyes.
It works for pottering around in barefoot at home or layered up with thermals, tights and a cardie for winter workdays.
The advantages of opaque tights are so many, it's hard to know where to begin. Times, Sunday Times
The men donned spangly tights, glitter catsuits and bouffant wigs to get the party started and the marquee was packed to bursting point for the whole evening.
And they do tights, shapewear and jewellery, too, so it can be a one-stop shop for a whole outfit. Times, Sunday Times
Their men's suits, as brief of leg-tights and skirts, fitted them as snugly, but were sleeveless after the way of men's suits, the arm-holes deeply low-cut and in-cut, and, by the exposed armpits, advertiseful that the wearers were accustomed to 1916 decollete. THE KANAKA SURF
As Mami and Papi finished dressing, the girls watched, fussing at their tights, an uncomfortable new article of clothing.
She has put away her thermals, waterproofs and woolly hat to don a smart black suit, white shirt, black cravat, dark tights and low-heeled shoes as the Mayor's Attendant.
He pulled the top of the tights just over the elastic of his Y-fronts and let it ping into place. PROSPECT HILL
The girl had her hair in pigtails or plaits and was wearing a purple coat, black shoes, white tights and a dark skirt.
But just last week, songstress Kylie Minogue wore the same frock sans tights and with strappier sandals to the UK premiere of "The Kid. Kylie Minogue & Chanel Iman Don Feathered Gucci Dress: Who Wore It Better? (PHOTOS, POLL)
Wear some woolly tights with your sandals. Times, Sunday Times
By the end of that century, the ballerina's long tutu and the premier danseur's tights, trunks and maillot became de rigueur and virtually standardized.
Her face and neck are moist with sweat, and she has pulled a pink practice tutu over her leotard and tights.
Time to hit the opaque tights. The Sun
Agree with Beld again (this has become my habit!) … that anushka in tights is the best thing about this horrid song and 'picturization'. NAACHGAANA
She was wearing a black tank top and a red tartan mini-skirt with fishnet tights and black, leather, knee high boots.
The lights go down, the curtain comes up and we're back in variety, all caked panstick, female dancers in fishnet tights and cutaway tunics, high kicks, sequins and sparkles.
Footwear: running shoes from Joya by Karl Muller, men's dress shoes and accessories from Oliver Sweeney, athletic socks by Experia; bootights -- a socks-meets-tights legwear designed to be worn under your fashionable boots. Zorianna Kit: 2011 Emmy Awards Gifting Suites
I am struggling to comprehend why someone invented toeless tights. Times, Sunday Times
No wonder dancers always wore "footless tights," which became today's leggings. Martha Rosenberg: Before You Bash the Fashion Industry, Remember It Gave Us Leggings
Then you can still get away with dark tights or leggings when you want to look summery, without risking frostbite. Times, Sunday Times
And being so close to the stage I could see the darns in the showgirls' tights, so much for the glamour of Show Biz!
You can’t even be sartorially ironic about pantyhose: downtown punk chicks wear shredded tights, Harajuku girls wear Hello Kitty knee socks and urban vintage cool hunters reference the 40’s in fishnet stockings. Today’s post brought to you by the letter P | Her Bad Mother
The store is the go-to place for bras, pants and tights. Times, Sunday Times
However, just the thought of waking up, to find some Xbox-ing berk on the next pillow, asking if he can use the phone to tell his mum where he is, is surely enough to make the most voracious cougar want to retire quietly to the next room and hang herself with her support tights. Good luck to Caroline Flack. She'll need it | Barbara Ellen
Beside him stood a devil in red tights with horns and a forked tail.
For day, you can layer it with knits and ribbed grey woolly tights - a key trend for legs this winter. Times, Sunday Times
Almost all ballet schools require pink, footed tights for girls and black tights and white socks for boys.
For day, wide tweed trousers, a crocheted sweater, a poncho and a hat is a great flamboyant look, or a wrap dress and a bright yellow or green tweed coat with blue tights and fabulous shoes.
It was all very serious, with a constant fear of getting some nuance wrong, of revealing the gauche suburban soul beneath the fishnet tights.
How will he react when the tights are peeled away, it all bursts out and he realises that your figure is less hourglass, more beached whale? Times, Sunday Times
I happily walk round with ladders in my tights and holes in my shoes. Times, Sunday Times
And New Look are doing a bomb with their Rihanna-style "laddered" tights. Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph
They work better with opaque tights than bright boots do, and will look great with bare legs and a floaty dress in the summer. Times, Sunday Times
In interviews with police officers I wore a skirt, blouse, tights, shoes with a slight heel, and a little make-up.
Perhaps a larger codpiece is required, and tights in a richer and more noble shade of purple.
Her hair was a mess and there was a ladder in her tights.
Feeling so rushed it was all too difficult for her to pull her black tights over her legs.

How To Use Tights In A Sentence

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