blousy
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The ruffly statement dress has blousy sleeves, a mock turtleneck and ribbed cuffs.
From Fox News ● Dec. 28, 2021
There were no blousy shirts with big bows like those from Michele’s debut runway show, which set off the Gucci disruption.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 14, 2020
Early on, Brown affected a showy persona: long hair, blousy white shirts with billowing sleeves, leather vests, velvet pants tucked into knee-high boots, and Byronic capes.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 30, 2019
Washington Post fashion columnist Robin Givhan called 2017 “the year of the sleeve” for Trump, who often appeared in public with blousy, fur-trimmed, or otherwise embellished sleeves on her dresses.
From Slate ● Apr. 20, 2018
Reverend Lanier looked intently there and then wiped the sweat off his forehead with the blousy sleeve of his robe.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
The last three times I paid calls in Harmouth," said poor Kitty, "I sported a cycling skirt, the blousiest of blouses, and a tam-o'shanter over my left ear.
From The Divine Fire by May Sinclair
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