ball gown

noun

: a long dress that is worn to large formal parties for dancing

Examples of ball gown in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The 31-year-old pop superstar, nominated for Best Supporting Actress, arrived in a pale pink Schiaparelli ball gown covered in 190,000 sequins and rhinestones. —Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Mar. 2025

Taking to the navy carpet (accented with a gold background, show streamer Netflix’s background of choice), celebrities leaned into the power of an LBD (or suit), with stars like Elle Fanning, Lilly Singh, and Baby Reindeer’s Jessica Gunning donning a variety of black ball gowns. —Katherine Singh, refinery29.com, 24 Feb. 2025

Image Givenchy remade for Ms. Trump the famous white sleeveless organdy ball gown with black embroidery that Hepburn wore in the movie, complete with a floating bustlelike overskirt. —Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2025

For the pink ball gown Glinda wears during the opening musical sequence, Tazewell designed the silk organza into Fibonacci spiral shapes. —Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 15 Jan. 2025

Rhymes for ball gown

• adown
• blowdown
• breakdown
• countdown
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• crosstown
• downtown
• drawdown
• dropdown
• facedown
• godown
• hometown