swimming costume
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Meanwhile, Salvatore hopes to have surgery in the summer, so that, for the first time in years, he can wear a swimming costume without feeling self-conscious.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
My swimming costume hanging on the balcony railings going loose with chlorine and overuse, loose with two months of swimming.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 28, 2019
Lotte proved herself not only to be skilled but completely fearless, diving among sharks and manta rays clothed only in a swimming costume.
From BBC ● Feb. 3, 2015
“I see the glum faces under their umbrellas in the morning, and I’m thinking, ‘I have a swimming costume in my bag,’ ” said Maureen Ni Fiann, 61, a psychotherapist.
From New York Times ● Dec. 20, 2013
The air and her skin and her swimming costume are so wet that her leap into the pool doesn't come with the usual shock.
From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins
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