How to Use caped in a Sentence

caped

adjective
  • Pippa selected a caped Beulah midi dress featuring a ribbon tied at the waist.
    Hannah Malach, WWD, 14 July 2024
  • Markle wore a caped cream dress by the same French design house behind her wedding gown, Givenchy.
    Ashley Hoffman, Time, 14 June 2018
  • Iman on the Runway Iman turned heads while walking down the runway for the Bob Mackie spring 1983 show dressed in a striped caped creation.
    Brittany Natale, Redbook, 14 Aug. 2023
  • However, there’s no word yet on who would replace him as the third actor to play the caped crusader in less than a decade.
    Tyler McCarthy, Fox News, 12 Sep. 2018
  • Batgirl joins the caped crusaders to stop Mr. Freeze and Poison Ivy from wreaking revenge upon the world.
    Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2019
  • There were boxy blazers, caped jackets, and sculptural corsets, each look topped off with a nurse’s cap, side cap, or army helmet.
    Lauren Valenti, Vogue, 25 Sep. 2019
  • At the end, beyond meat appears, alongside the company's logo of a caped steer.
    Chris Ballard, SI.com, 24 Sep. 2019
  • The fashion designer, meanwhile, wore one of her own designs: a caped navy look with a matching hat and veil.
    Lauren Alexis Fisher, Harper's BAZAAR, 19 May 2018
  • The first stop is a zimarra, fascia and zucchetto (a caped version of the long soutane, a belt and skullcap) worn by John Paul II.
    Rosemary Feitelberg | Wwd, latimes.com, 7 May 2018
  • The caped crusader is being honored with his very own day soon, a tradition that dates to 2014.
    Dina Kaur, The Arizona Republic, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Kesha took on her third outfit of the night—an epic red caped look—and Camila Cabello did the same, choosing a short black dress for her night out on the town.
    Avery Matera, Teen Vogue, 30 Jan. 2018
  • Xochitl Gomez Xochitl Gomez in a waist-cinching monochromatic caped dress with rose epaulettes.
    Oscar Holland, CNN, 19 Feb. 2024
  • Meanwhile, the caped sleeves featured a split in each arm, and culminated in an impressive train.
    Amy MacKelden, Harper's BAZAAR, 24 Dec. 2019
  • There's even a crack or two about a certain former coach with an affinity for platitudes and caped crusaders.
    Chris Brodeur, courant.com, 7 Sep. 2017
  • Cut to a mysterious caped and armored figure seen from behind, looking at New York City from afar.
    Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 4 Aug. 2013
  • The light beige ensemble also featured a high neckline with caped shoulders.
    Dana Rose Falcone, PEOPLE.com, 14 June 2018
  • It’s that time of year in the Northern Hemisphere, when a certain non-caped crusader dominates the shelves of pharmacies and the blood streams of countless humans.
    Tree Meinch, Discover Magazine, 20 Jan. 2023
  • After a two-year hiatus from the event, Gaga returned wearing a voluminous hot pink caped gown with an extra-long train.
    Catherine Santino, Peoplemag, 16 Apr. 2024
  • Inside the venue, Gigi continued to work her caped outfit on the red carpet, and even teamed up with sister Bella Hadid for a few photos.
    Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 5 Apr. 2019
  • Keaton’s caped crusader, brought out of retirement via the reliable sci-fi magic of time travel, plays a supporting role in The Flash.
    Vulture, 25 Aug. 2023
  • Regardless of your age, gender, color or favorite Avenger, Comic-Con welcomes you with open-caped arms.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 July 2019
  • In an amusing nod to the album era, the show opened with a mysterious, caped man striding across the stage and placing a Hotel California disc onto a turntable.
    Melinda Newman, Billboard, 28 Sep. 2019
  • Equally as whimsical was the caped floral gown that Pamela Anderson donned, proving that a bold print certainly has its place at the Oscars.
    Christian Allaire, Vogue, 11 Mar. 2024
  • Complimenting her shimmery shoes was the silver jewel embroidery on the caped dress.
    Tracey Harrington McCoy, Peoplemag, 28 Feb. 2023
  • Macron has been especially daring with her style choices as of late, recently sporting a caped red frock and a cobalt blue dress in her trademark above-the-knee silhouette.
    Edward Barsamian, Vogue, 15 Sep. 2017
  • The game was announced via a brief teaser, which shows off a charming seaside village among some mountains before zooming out to reveal a caped character.
    Andrew Webster, The Verge, 9 Mar. 2023
  • The familiar shape will illuminate the sky above 11 cities across the world on Saturday, which is Batman Day, the caped crusader's 80th anniversary.
    Leah Asmelash, CNN, 20 Sep. 2019
  • But when thinking through 80-plus-years-and-counting of our favorite caped crusaders changing slightly with the times, their real world analogues become clearer and clearer.
    Theo Karasavvas, Ars Technica, 4 Jan. 2020
  • Lila walked the runway first in a sheer, silver beaded caped gown, followed by Kate, who wore an elegant pewter gown with embellishments at the hem and dramatic drop earrings.
    Catherine Santino, Peoplemag, 23 Mar. 2023
  • There's superhero fare that applies some version of the complicated anti-hero trope to a caped crusader, like Legion.
    Nathan Mattise, Ars Technica, 21 Oct. 2019

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