black tie
noun
a black bow tie, worn with a dinner jacket.
black ties
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pluralof black tie.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Dressed in identical white suits, with black ties and pink carnations, the band’s three women ran excitedly to the podium and gave emotional speeches.
From New York Times ● Feb. 4, 2024
This fall, Piccioli captured the gender fluid zeitgeist with a display that dissected the suit – with black ties, flashes of punk and gold earrings.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 5, 2023
“I don’t own a suit. I go to black ties in pajamas.”
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 19, 2019
They put on black ties, too, and proclaimed it Business Friday.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 15, 2018
The Eagle was wearing his only outfit, and I wondered whether he just had thirty identical white button- down shirts and thirty identical black ties in his closet.
From "Looking for Alaska" by John Green
