Example sentences for: well-dressed

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

  • When Beau Brummell said, "If you noticed me, I wasn't well-dressed," he put an end to purple feathers and crimson velvet for men all over the Western world, and that was that, right down to all the Similar Sober Suits at summit meetings.

  • The accompanying photograph reinforces the squeaky-clean image--the picture might have been the only one available, or one of a small handful, but it strikes a note that will carry through the spot: Harmon is always well-dressed, and he is always smiling.

  • This is the place for relaxed people-watching, from early morning when the shadow-boxers work out until the evening strolls of well-dressed courting couples.

  • In the modern West, progressive slackening of those rules came to permit naked hair for women, but only under visible control--not hidden, but very well-dressed in public.

  • Once, every well-dressed woman owned a buttonhook--a small, question-mark-shaped steel tool, often with an ivory handle.


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