Sunday best
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Journalists Leslie Ambriz, Krysta Fauria and Gary Gerard Hamilton helmed the red carpet coverage, chatting it up with Grammys attendees and nominees as they showed off their Sunday best.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 3, 2025
An exquisite portrait miniature of Rose Prentice, a domestic worker in her Sunday best, painted around 1837, joins the constellation of proud, self-possessed Black women to have served as muse to the artist Mickalene Thomas.
From New York Times ● Sep. 8, 2023
Or they’re reading in gardens to children dressed in their Sunday best — Dolly Parton’s “Coat of Many Colors” is a favorite book for performers and kids alike.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 3, 2023
It matched his lowest score ever at Augusta National - he shot 65 in the opening round in the 1996 Masters and was at his Sunday best.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 9, 2023
The children were dressed in their Sunday best, and I, in a flight of patriotism, had tied a red, white, and blue ribbon to my best hat.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
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