How to Use beret in a Sentence

beret

noun
  • To channel either Elphaba or Glinda, pick between sultry dark green or sweet light pink beanies, berets, wide-brim hats, and headbands.
    Victoria Montalti, refinery29.com, 16 Oct. 2024
  • Rhoda was the sass to Mary's spunk, the head scarf to Mary's beret.
    Ew Staff Updated, EW.com, 6 Mar. 2024
  • Time hasn't dulled the sharpness of their swagger; the leather jackets, the berets, and the guns.
    CBS News, 3 Sep. 2017
  • The star paired the look with a white beret, a small hot pink Chanel handbag and nude pumps.
    Jillian Ruffo, PEOPLE.com, 3 July 2018
  • Dig out that old Roots 2002 beret and find the green jello pin.
    The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 Feb. 2022
  • The uniforms came with cross-body white bags and bright red berets.
    Julia Teti, WWD, 28 June 2024
  • Brooks said that when the scene was filmed, the beret fell into the street and Moore had to scramble to find it.
    Penelope Green, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Nov. 2022
  • The cute photos show Ryan posing in a dress with a beret and her hair down.
    Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE.com, 11 July 2022
  • Mrs. Sliwa would, at times, wear the red beret that was the trademark of the Guardian Angels.
    Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 31 May 2017
  • The beret is both bohemian and genteel at the same time.
    Dave Schilling, Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2021
  • The clip that’s gone viral is Hortensia in the red beret.
    Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 8 Dec. 2022
  • The Duchess paired the red-brown coat with a navy beret and a Victoria Beckham bag.
    Chloe Foussianes, Town & Country, 18 Mar. 2019
  • The soldiers wore Army fatigues, white gloves and black berets.
    John Fritze, USA TODAY, 21 Nov. 2019
  • The Black Panthers wore black leather jackets and black berets.
    Hayley Krischer, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2018
  • Of course, take everything said in a pre-print with a red beret full of salt.
    Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2022
  • Just pile on all the faux leather in your closet, then top with a teddy coat and beret.
    Kelsey Stiegman, Seventeen, 12 Dec. 2022
  • The 5-foot-1 Clary sported a beret and a sardonic smile as Cpl.
    Lynn Elber, USA TODAY, 18 Nov. 2022
  • There’s a hippo on the subway and a chic ostrich crossing the road in a beret and tall boots.
    Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, 4 Aug. 2017
  • He’s pictured with daughter Tristyn, who is 1, and looks fierce in a knit beret.
    Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 18 June 2021
  • Streisand topped the look with a black beret with matching sparkle stitching and slipped on black leather gloves.
    Charlotte Phillipp, Peoplemag, 25 Feb. 2024
  • There are people in black leather jackets and black berets and black boots and black tights and black durags.
    Jason Parham, WIRED, 29 May 2018
  • The sloping beret was the hat of the season, showing up at Dior Men, Rhude and Kenzo.
    Jacob Gallagher, WSJ, 26 Jan. 2022
  • Next to me on the bench is Óscar, a librarian, in wool and a beret.
    Ingrid Rojas Contreras, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2023
  • Play up the look with polished accessories, like a beret and brogues.
    Glamour, 26 Mar. 2019
  • The actress wore a mesh-effect dress over a matching shorts and bra set, and topped it off with a Dior beret.
    Zizi Strater, Peoplemag, 15 May 2023
  • Two young men in matching berets and Rainbow Coalition tees are at the front of the little crowd.
    Seija Rankin, EW.com, 21 Apr. 2020
  • Meagan Good The stunner, who turned 42 this month, put on her best beret and enjoyed time in Paris.
    Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 29 Aug. 2023
  • Camilla wore this royal-in-more-ways-than-one blue beret to a 2014 event in Canada.
    Marci Robin, Allure, 6 Aug. 2018
  • Leather berets, cool-hunters, are très chic; the must-have accessory of the moment.
    Bree Coven Foster, The Seattle Times, 22 Feb. 2018
  • Mindy should know exactly how to dress, but her mismatched whites are bugging me, and her pearl beret feels … off.
    Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 12 Sep. 2024

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