stonewashed
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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I laughed as my cheap television made it appear as if they were warming up wearing faux stonewashed denim jerseys.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
For many filmgoers though, he was simply the best-looking cinema star in the world - once described as "a chunk of Mount Rushmore levered into stonewashed denims".
From BBC • Dec. 31, 2025
Outside a yard where, a day earlier, relief workers had been distributing sacks of donated wheat to hungry townspeople, people hoisted aloft a fighter in stonewashed jeans and a leather grenade belt.
From New York Times • Jun. 29, 2021
Damaris appeared on the screens with chubby cheeks, stonewashed jeans and a black T-shirt that read “ ’Ello Darling.”
From Washington Post • Nov. 14, 2017
Gray stonewashed Levi’s with a sharp crease down the middle, an olive-green Members Only jacket, and an argyle sweater.
From "Like Vanessa" by Tami Charles
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