How to Use clothe in a Sentence

clothe

verb
  • The case in terms of the Ukraine misconduct is iron-clad.
    BostonGlobe.com, 24 Nov. 2019
  • Dunne even gave the prince, who was clad in his army uniform, a kiss on the cheek.
    Nicole Saunders, Harper's BAZAAR, 2 Apr. 2019
  • The girl’s been looked after and clothed and fed and sent to lovely schools.
    Dave Quinn, PEOPLE.com, 24 May 2018
  • The room is now lighter and brighter, with walls sheathed in rippling beech wood and the stage clad in white oak.
    Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2023
  • Egan didn't say whether the man was clothed or what led to the incident.
    Janine Puhak, Fox News, 16 May 2018
  • And the only noise in the Tampa arena was by the fans clad in red who’d made the trip north.
    Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 26 Apr. 2024
  • In the footage, Lopez, clad in a black suit and tie, can be seen telling a man to record him from behind.
    Erin Jensen, USA TODAY, 12 July 2018
  • About a dozen cousins sat a few feet from him, clad in campaign gear.
    Nick Corasaniti, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2019
  • These are the places that the elite gentlemen of the last two centuries went to shop and get clothed.
    James Powel, USA TODAY, 4 Aug. 2024
  • Men and women clad in church clothes line up their cars along the curb and make their way to a gravesite.
    Caren Chesler, Popular Mechanics, 8 Nov. 2019
  • All day with the chain gang for 30 days, feed and clothe us and everything.
    Claire Thornton, USA TODAY, 3 Nov. 2021
  • The clip shared on X—which used to be —showed the tot sat on the floor of a living room clad in a onesie.
    Julia Hunt, Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2024
  • The winning pair then go out on a date — fully clothed.
    Adela Suliman, Washington Post, 29 Sep. 2023
  • The main house, a long, low-slung black fortress clad in wood and glass, hunkers down on a windswept plateau.
    Mark David, Robb Report, 3 Feb. 2024
  • Click on to clothe your summer selves in the coolest, chicest fabric around.
    Kate Spencer, refinery29.com, 20 Apr. 2021
  • The singer attended the Met Gala for the first time this May, clad in custom Loewe.
    James Factora, Them, 27 Nov. 2024
  • Dozens of little faces swiveled around to watch the 6-foot-tall drag queen clad in teal and black lace glide through the space.
    NBC News, 19 June 2018
  • Our mascot will be a rabbi, clad in a black hat and a long coat.
    Jonathan Zimmerman, New York Daily News, 9 Feb. 2025
  • Many of them didn’t have tickets, and all were clad in some version of gold and black.
    Martin Rogers, USA TODAY, 29 May 2018
  • His sister’s body was found, partly clothed, in the woods.
    Heather Murphy, New York Times, 1 July 2019
  • The singer was clad in her signature cutout dress, knee-high boots and long braids.
    Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 1 Aug. 2024
  • The next, the test subjects might be clad only in underwear in the cold.
    Rachel S. Gross, The Atlantic, 15 Sep. 2019
  • Tiffani Evans laced her fingers with the women clothed in all black.
    Jasmine Hilton, Washington Post, 25 Nov. 2023
  • Gentry, clad in a vest and top hat, is believed to appear in the left half of the image.
    Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 7 Dec. 2019
  • The ceiling is clad in bamboo and walnut, and the light is custom.
    Zander Abranowicz, ELLE Decor, 2 July 2018
  • Dial was clad in a helmet, gas mask and body armor at the time.
    oregonlive, 12 Sep. 2019
  • Robin Williams, clad in a dowdy dress, prancing around with a British accent.
    Elena Nicolaou, refinery29.com, 13 June 2019
  • The exterior is clad in gray walls with a flat roof, clean lines, and panes of glass.
    Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 8 Aug. 2024
  • Video posted on social media shows the man, clad in black, climbing to the top of the fence as dogs on White House grounds run toward the fence.
    John Bacon, USA TODAY, 9 Mar. 2025
  • According to an affidavit for a search warrant, Hackman's body, which was fully clothed, was found in a different part of the home than Arakawa's.
    Liam Quinn, People.com, 28 Feb. 2025

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