How to Use apron in a Sentence

apron

noun
  • The glowing eyes of a beaded black wolf stared from his apron.
    Doug MacCash | Staff Writer, NOLA.com, 15 Dec. 2020
  • An apron of gravel forms an uneven dike between ice and the sea.
    Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Feb. 2021
  • Nearby, an employee in an apron and a do-rag buffed a nearly finished slab.
    Micah Hauser, The New Yorker, 28 Dec. 2020
  • The tie that binds him to her may be emotional or financial, or those apron strings would have been severed decades ago.
    Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 8 Feb. 2021
  • Save this virtual cookbook of heirloom recipes in your apron pocket to keep you cozy all season long.
    Josh Miller, Southern Living, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The restaurant’s uniform look for staff — a crisp white shirt and green apron — has long been part of the employee handbook.
    Janelle Bitker, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Feb. 2021
  • The vest and a long waist apron have sequin embroidery in the shape of the Virgin of Guadalupe.
    Carmina Tiscareño, Dallas News, 11 Dec. 2020
  • Be sure to wear a solid color T-shirt under your apron to ensure the costume is accurate.
    Jalen Williams, Detroit Free Press, 31 Oct. 2024
  • The model can be seen rocking the same apron in Hailey's Instagram story where Kendall seems to be hard at work.
    Carolyn Twersky, Seventeen, 17 Dec. 2020
  • While Pennes works with hemp on all products, there’s a special poetry to his having created a gardening apron.
    Sunset Staff, Sunset Magazine, 12 Dec. 2020
  • After serving bags of takeout to people in the drive-thru lane, Trump leaned out of the window, still wearing the apron, to take questions from the media staged outside.
    Michelle L. Price, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2024
  • Hennings received a basket of Guinness with pint glasses, a kitchen apron, slippers, chocolate and the famous black stout, according to the home.
    Brittany Kasko, Fox News, 2 Nov. 2024
  • Jessica Korda, meanwhile, made an easy birdie after hitting a drive onto the front apron, and with two holes to play, the pair were tied at 23 under.
    Jeff Babineau, Star Tribune, 24 Jan. 2021
  • The dirndl consists of a bodice, blouse, full skirt and apron.
    Gere Goble, The Enquirer, 26 Aug. 2022
  • Novi wears googles, gloves, and a crown of corks, along with her apron.
    Liz Thach, Forbes, 6 June 2022
  • Then flip the crab over and cut off the apron — the little part that flips up — on the belly.
    Ann Maloney, Washington Post, 7 June 2022
  • The apron looks like a small baby bib that's worn down the back rather than down the front and chest.
    Parija Kavilanz, CNN, 26 May 2021
  • Marciano ends the fight with a right that sends Louis through the ropes and onto the ring apron.
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2023
  • So Thomas got the same money and the Heat got a cap (and tax and apron) break with the agreement.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 2 Aug. 2024
  • Insert your thumb under the shell by the apron hinge and pry off the top shell.
    Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 24 Mar. 2021
  • Each row of bits snaps out of the case, enabling me to hold them in my nail apron.
    Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 4 Nov. 2021
  • Clouds of flour dusted the counters, the floor, and the aprons of the women gathered there.
    Deborah Linder, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Oct. 2023
  • The sound could be heard coming from a part of the mobbed track apron, just east of the finish line.
    Los Angeles Times, 25 Dec. 2021
  • Like the name suggests, this dress looks kind of like an apron, but 10 times nicer.
    Sanah Faroke, Southern Living, 17 Mar. 2021
  • Danaë’s prison guard, an old crone, tries to catch the god’s golden sperm in her apron.
    Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2021
  • The cook, enraged by such notions, pulled off his apron and threw it on the floor.
    James R. Hagerty, WSJ, 18 Mar. 2022
  • The caller told Simms to have Ogborn drop the apron and to describe her.
    Andrew Wolfson, The Courier-Journal, 5 May 2022
  • Grab a few green aprons and a donut costume for your pup to get this adorable look.
    Courtney Campbell, Country Living, 9 Aug. 2023
  • We were each given an apron, a set of knives, a cutting board, and a task.
    Leila Milgrim, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 July 2023
  • Still, the loss of the taxpayer MLE could make the Bucks wary of going over the second apron.
    Bryan Toporek, Forbes, 4 May 2023

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