Example sentences for: black-tie

How can you use “black-tie” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Afternoon tea and black-tie dinners are still served at the most elegant hotels.

  • The festivities began a few weeks ago with a black-tie gala for 1,700, at which Margaret Thatcher spoke on the topic of "Courage."

  • In another scene, he fits into a wedding ("There you are," the grandmother says); but at least he's not the groom--he's not yet dressed in one of those (rented) black-tie outfits that never seem to fit.

  • Fill in the blank as David Mixner, a gay rights advocate, praises President Clinton at a black-tie fund-raising dinner in Los Angeles: "Ever since 'The Canterbury Tales'--strange crew that was--people have been judged by their ____________.

  • He invited Larry Flynt to a black-tie dinner.


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