How to Use necktie in a Sentence

necktie

noun
  • Meanwhile, the groom donned a navy suit and beige necktie.
    Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 12 June 2017
  • At the match, George looked like Will's mini-me in a smart blue suit and a necktie.
    Kayleigh Roberts, Marie Claire, 18 July 2021
  • This isn’t the first time neckties have gotten a bad rap.
    Laura Newberry, latimes.com, 12 July 2018
  • Were Donald Trump a client, Weitz would go straight for the neckties.
    Jane Mayer, The New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2013
  • The New York Times loosened up its necktie for this one.
    Los Angeles Times Staff, latimes.com, 26 May 2017
  • The top of the two-piece featured a halter necktie and bustier cups.
    Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 30 July 2023
  • There are the usual neckties and socks or breakfast in bed.
    Benjamin Naughton, CNN, 14 June 2019
  • The 8-year-old hanged himself with a necktie in the bedroom of his Cincinnati home on Jan. 26.
    Mark Gillispie, chicagotribune.com, 11 May 2017
  • The tux itself is made of black and gold-colored duct tape, as is his necktie.
    Palak Jayswal, The Salt Lake Tribune, 10 July 2023
  • In late May, Brian Galindo walked to the front of the Coates library and slipped a necktie over his clothes.
    Karina Elwood, Washington Post, 24 June 2023
  • People have been predicting the death of the necktie for about 50 years, or most of my adult life.
    Kevin Fisher-Paulson, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Break out those green Adam Smith neckties hanging in the back of your closet.
    James Pethokoukis, TheWeek, 17 Jan. 2020
  • Do the servers’ Tom Ford suits have elastic waistbands and clip-on polyester neckties?
    Pete Wells, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2018
  • He was found bludgeoned with a brick and strangled with his own necktie.
    Sam Roberts, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2023
  • Those items included a necktie, dog leash, shirt, socks, shorts and a t-shirt.
    Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 13 June 2023
  • His mother found him in his bedroom, hanged by one of his neckties.
    Breanna Edwards, The Root, 12 May 2017
  • It’s been more than a year since Curtis Wilson tied a necktie.
    oregonlive, 20 Apr. 2021
  • Sage Nelsen’s line, which featured tops, bottoms and a full skirt, made from neckties.
    Palak Jayswal, The Salt Lake Tribune, 22 July 2023
  • Barron Trump saw a very long necktie on a heap of expired deli meat in a dumpster.
    Jennifer Wright, Harper's BAZAAR, 9 June 2017
  • Corporate Values Thought neckties were a thing of the past?
    Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 12 Mar. 2024
  • Videos demonstrate the donning of hijabs and saris, and the making of the Panama hat and the sevenfold necktie.
    Roberta Smith, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2017
  • The vinyl box contains a unique Green Day flag and a red necktie in the vein of the one featured in the American Idiot artwork.
    Spin Staff, SPIN, 9 Aug. 2024
  • But rather admit that the tail was wagging the dog, Anderson snipped the damn thing off and let his next hero wear it as a necktie.
    Indiewire Staff, IndieWire, 12 Aug. 2024
  • Use a cotton t-shirt as a blindfold and a necktie or pair of stockings to make handcuffs.
    Gigi Engle, SELF, 28 Sep. 2018
  • In a statement Kimmel said Philbin came to him in a dream and asked him to do the show with the promise of his own necktie collection.
    David Blank, CNN, 8 Apr. 2020
  • On May 7, an inmate grabbed Mitchell’s necktie and attempted to attack him through the bars on a cell.
    Ames Alexander and Gavin Off, charlotteobserver, 26 Oct. 2017
  • He was buried in one of his favorite neckties, featuring bulls, bears and stock quotes.
    James R. Hagerty, WSJ, 13 June 2019
  • Oscar Medrano donned a long-sleeve T-shirt that looked like a Christmas sweater and necktie.
    Elizabeth Zavala, San Antonio Express-News, 22 Dec. 2022
  • Fortunately, there is still one redoubt of the necktie in Manhattan.
    Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 6 July 2024
  • Rules include a ban on neckties for men and the representation of anyone in published material.
    Brittney Melton, NPR, 16 Sep. 2024

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