Example Sentences

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It must indeed have been serious," he said, "for you to have had your hair cut and your beard trimmed, and to have attired yourself in the garments of civilization.

From Jeanne of the Marshes by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)

When the performances are over, and I have attired myself in the costume of the country, I join my friends in the front of the house.

From The Pearl of the Antilles, or An Artist in Cuba by Goodman, Walter

When living persons come together and have attired themselves beautifully, it is for the interchange of what is best in them, not for the spilling of gall and the raising of a hubbub.

From Woman by Marx, Magdeleine

At all events, it was almost past the belief of all that Ivan Nikiforovitch could, in so brief a space of time, have attired himself like a respectable gentleman.

From Taras Bulba and Other Tales by Gogol, Nikolai Vasilievich

I have attired myself like a very civil citizen, To draw fourscore pound from a couple of fools.

From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 6 by Hazlitt, William Carew