Example sentences for: britches

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

  • Complaining that Uncle Sam is too big for his britches is almost as popular an international sport as soccer itself.

  • Through happier times the village has built a reputation for weaving and embroidery — still sold in the lower town — as well as for its lyre players, and this is one place where you are sure to see men in their traditional costume of high leather boots, britches, and headdress.

  • He played Tom Powers, a street punk who gets rich running booze during Prohibition, grows too big for his britches, and winds up being shot.

  • Fans charge: You're too big for your britches!"


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