Example Sentences
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Cipriano, 35, a man of starched white shirts, neatly-parted hair and wire-rimmed glasses, resembles a Brooks Brothers mannequin.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026
“Kids are now wearing their botas to school or their tejanas and starched jeans.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2024
New York City police officers milled around in their caps and starched white shirts.
From New York Times ● May 31, 2024
History well told is rarely dry, yet so many tales of court intrigue either conflate seriousness with the stiffness of starched collars or bloat the action with too many anachronisms.
From Salon ● Apr. 5, 2024
Our sleep shirts crusted over during the night, drying and hardening with the hot air and dust like they had been lightly starched, the way Grandma did the collars of my dad’s dress shirts.
From "The Miseducation of Cameron Post" by emily m. danforth
