Example sentences for: pleats

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

  • Now, I like pleats, and I was consoled briefly in the changing room by the thought that this subtlest of fashion statements was all that a Slate guy needed.

  • Crisply radiating pleats and sumptuously layered folds of fabric were deftly manipulated into sweeping skirts, draped shawls, billowing bows--a universe of precious textiles, often embroidered or sequined, to spread out from the hourglass torso.

  • This year's lines are noted for representing a backlash against feminism--"fashion's new womanliness," Time 's Ginia Bellafante calls it--with a return to pinks, pleats, and furs.

  • I emerged to ask the salesman if he thought the pleats were pulling too much.

  • In the middle of the triangle are fashion-basic products, typically variants on a basic item but containing some fashion element (such as stonewashed jeans or khaki pants with pleats or trim).


How many words do you know? Try our free vocabulary size test!


Search

Search for example sentences

Loading Loading...
Quantcast