wore
Americanverb
verb
Example Sentences
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“When All the Men Wore Hats” is most affecting when its author describes how her relationship with her father has deepened since his death.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025
With his swept-back hair, impressive jaw and lively eyes — he is still visibly the Computer Who Wore Tennis Shoes — Russell’s Shaw is commanding, and, like many characters here, sometimes hard to figure out.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 16, 2023
The blog What Meghan Wore, which tracked the wardrobe choices of Harry’s wife and informed consumers as to where they could buy identical or similar pieces, is now operating mostly on Instagram.
From Washington Post • Jan. 14, 2023
In 1993, she put out “The Way We Wore: Styles of the 1930s and ’40s and Our World Since Then,” a lavishly illustrated book of the fashions during her Hollywood heyday.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 10, 2022
“He bought it with his first big check. Wore it all the time.”
From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas
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