Example Sentences

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"As I was dressing my son to hand him over to his foster parents who were on their way, I felt the most horrific heartbreak," Ulrik says.

From BBC • Nov. 21, 2025

“She was one of the first women who was dressing kind of like a boy, and I was so drawn to that. She’s the coolest.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 10, 2024

“All they were doing was dressing up and getting to go on stage in front of this crowd that is a part of their community and lip-sync some of their favorite pop songs.”

From Washington Post • Oct. 28, 2022

"I was playing a woman, who was dressing as a boy, who was playing Romeo and speaking verse with an English accent. It was sort of a lot to keep in the air."

From Salon • Apr. 9, 2022

“Quite right too,” said Giles, “Maxim is too superior altogether. The fact is he’s jealous, wishes he was dressing up like the rest of us, and doesn’t like to say so.”

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier