sports coat
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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He has brought that sports coat around the world in the last year, but was too protective of it to have it dry cleaned or have a tailor change a stitch of it.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026
Sometimes, he explained, what he really wanted to throw was a sports coat that he didn’t wear that Saturday.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 1, 2023
Bald and goateed, Buzz wore a shimmering, red-sequined sports coat that seemed, in places, to have been eaten by plastic-hungry moths.
From Slate • May 30, 2023
Beathard, a California surfer boy comfortable in shorts and T-shirts, arrived at Cooke’s Waldorf Astoria apartment in a sports coat and a loosely knotted tie he’d bought that morning.
From Washington Post • Apr. 28, 2023
There was sweat running down Coach Johnson’s cheeks during our time-out huddle; his sports coat was off and his armpits were soaked.
From "Here to Stay" by Sara Farizan
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