How to Use fancy dress in a Sentence
fancy dress
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But, a quince isn’t just about the flashy party, the decadent cakes and fancy dress.
—Thalia Juarez, Washington Post, 15 June 2019
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Of course, some people never gave up on fancy dress in the first place.
—Lynn Yaeger, Vogue, 23 Nov. 2020
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The day of the event, which this year is May 5, is a festive party of large hats, fancy dress, mint juleps, and auctions.
—Michael Walsh, Courant Community, 1 May 2018
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Then again, maybe the key to saving his future is standing right next to him in a very fancy dress...?
—Andrea Park, Marie Claire, 12 Jan. 2021
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His funeral will call for fancy dress, and the men will have to dress like women and the women will have to dress like men.
—Taffy Brodesser-Akner, New York Times, 1 Nov. 2017
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But make no mistake – the fancy dress and formal tableware does not mean the tents aren’t festive.
—USA TODAY, 10 July 2023
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Ishmat thinks Fred wants a fancy dress but Fred longs to wear a powder-blue tuxedo.
—Amy Amatangelo, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2021
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What’s better than a red carpet moment in a fancy dress?
—Meagan Fredette, Teen Vogue, 22 May 2019
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That means fancy dresses, limos, corsages, and all-night dance parties with your best friends.
—Teen Vogue, 9 May 2018
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Then suddenly, what was naked became fancy dress in Cannes, in 1998.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 12 Jan. 2021
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This is before Victorian times with tons of black crepe and fancy dress.
—Kevin Dayhoff, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 16 Oct. 2021
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In the United Kingdom, fancy dress means wearing a costume.
—CNN, 28 July 2019
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The HerDress experience is more than posing for the camera in a fancy dress.
—Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 5 Jan. 2022
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The caftans gave way to fancier dresses, like a stunning embroidered moire gown in a peacock hue.
—Washington Post, 11 Sep. 2019
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His pictures of words go from logotypes dressed in native garb to free spirits in fancy dress to teams in uniform.
—Susan Tallman, The New York Review of Books, 2 Nov. 2023
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Florence Pugh as Amy Amy is often seen as the bratty sister who likes wearing the fancy dresses and gobbling up all the sweets.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 29 Oct. 2019
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Is this a normal way for younger brothers to react to seeing their sisters in fancy dresses and a lot of makeup?
—Morgan Baila, refinery29.com, 22 June 2018
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Speaking of movies with royalty and fancy dresses, here’s the trailer for a film that looks very weird in a very different way.
—Jacob Kastrenakes, The Verge, 8 Sep. 2018
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Girls with long hair and fancy dresses, their arms draped around one another’s shoulders, smiling wide.
—New York Times, 21 May 2020
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Cora asks to relieve herself and makes a joke about ruining the fancy dress, a middle finger to Ridgeway.
—Steffan Triplett, Vulture, 16 May 2021
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One of the most recent uploads involved photos of her first foray into fancy dress for Halloween.
—Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 23 Nov. 2023
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McCarthy brings most of the comedy in royal fashion, donning a fancy dress, pearls and a fascinator at one point and toasting her friend with a cup of tea.
—Christie D’zurilla Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2021
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All of the swells of Vienna are gathered for an intoxicating evening of fancy dress, fizzy wine and graceful waltzing.
—Kyle Smith, WSJ, 12 Jan. 2023
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Her grandmother used to make fancy dresses and clothing, her grandpa did sketches,and her mother is a quilter.
—Karen Pilarski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 15 Nov. 2019
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Ishikawa is often seen photographed wearing fancy dresses and flowing skirts paired with sneakers—a way to rebel against society’s rules.
—Vivian Rachelle, Quartz, 29 Aug. 2019
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All this means that the demand for bunting, tablecloths, fancy dress and food will create a peak opportunity for the nation’s retailers.
—Kate Hardcastle, Forbes, 26 May 2022
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But make no mistake – the fancy dress and formal tableware does not mean the tents aren’t festive in the 10-acre plot in the middle of campus that is a flurry of activity on football Saturdays.
—Erick Smith, USA TODAY, 29 Aug. 2023
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When 8 year-old Daisy Mason vanishes from her posh parents' fancy dress party in Oxford, no one notices.
—Laura Demarco, cleveland.com, 20 Mar. 2018
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Whether styled over your favourite fancy dress, or worn extra-long and solo, this is a sweater that’s going interesting places, but also works brilliantly for that WFH life.
—Truc Nguyen, refinery29.com, 24 Aug. 2020
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To give his men something to look forward to, and a connection to the outside world, celebrations like Christmas were marked with exuberant parties and fancy dress.
—Alex Lazarow, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2021
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