Sunday best
Britishnoun
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Loudspeakers blaring out church songs competed with the cheers of thousands of well-wishers - some of whom were dressed in the church's blue-and-white uniforms, while others sported their Sunday best.
From BBC ● May 3, 2025
“You’re dressing up in your Sunday best and you’re going to be there for several hours.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 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
They wore their Sunday best — coats and ties for the men, dresses for the women.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 19, 2023
In his Sunday best and shaved, Dad was a fine-looking man.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
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