How to Use guayabera in a Sentence

guayabera

noun
  • The guayabera is the answer, no bothering with a tie or jacket.
    Connie Ogle, miamiherald, 10 Nov. 2012
  • Sando, who is fifty-eight, ambled among them in a white guayabera shirt, untucked at the waist.
    Junot Díaz, The New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2018
  • Hecho showed an elegant cream robe shirt, while David Hart updated the guayabera in a soft shade of pink.
    Alexa Eschert, Vogue, 27 July 2017
  • Nothing lasts in fashion, not even Miami's love affair with the guayabera.
    Rob Wile, miamiherald, 17 May 2018
  • Back in the day, politicians would breeze into Miami wearing a guayabera, eat a Cuban sandwich and promise to free our beloved island.
    Alfredo Estrada, NBC News, 19 June 2017
  • His mother embroiders designs on his guayaberas and does his laundry.
    Diana Spechler, Longreads, 28 Oct. 2017
  • The manager in charge of the waiting list one recent night — reservations aren’t taken — had on a guayabera embroidered with a Yankees logo.
    Pete Wells, New York Times, 20 June 2017
  • Known for his deft use of color, Hart’s lineup included a mint suit over a riotous banana-print shirt, a pink guayabera worn with cantaloupe trousers, and an espresso-hued tuxedo that would be a good bet for the upcoming Emmy Awards red carpet.
    Vincent Boucher, The Cut, 14 July 2017
  • Rosado, sweating in his yellow campaign guayabera, steps into Jose and Estrella Ruiz’s living room, where lettuce is on the chopping board and family, not so much politics, is la tema del dia.
    David Smiley, miamiherald, 20 Oct. 2017
  • Jenovese and his wife run Y.A. Bera Clothing, a company that focuses on the classic guayabera shirt but remixes it with modern touches such as snap-down collars, roll-up sleeves and hip decorations.
    Mimi Whitefield, miamiherald, 17 May 2018
  • Fans come dressed in Chanel finery, gleaming guayaberas, or Stetsons color-coordinated with cinto piteados — leather belts stitched with arabesque designs.
    Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2019
  • Feldenkreis found work as a manufacturer’s representative and began importing auto parts and clothing such as guayaberas, the comfortable shirts popular in the Caribbean.
    Cindy Krischer Goodman, miamiherald, 30 Apr. 2017
  • Fortuitously, Feldenkreis was importing guayaberas at a time when large numbers of Cuban immigrants were arriving in Miami, providing him with an entry into a rapidly growing market.
    Cindy Krischer Goodman, miamiherald, 30 Apr. 2017

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