Example Sentences

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She is standing behind a table stacked high with blue jeans; most of the milling crowd is dressed in lungyis, Myanmar’s skirt-like national dress.

From Economist • Jul. 18, 2017

With the exception of one Burman, who wore formal morning dress, the delegates wore gay silk lungyis and scarlet headdresses.

From Time Magazine Archive