How to Use pasties in a Sentence

pasties

plural noun
  • But Julie Christie takes her pasties and throws them off.
    Andrew Goldman, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2021
  • And best of all, the split top is ideal for hiding bras or silicone pasties.
    Sanah Faroke, Southern Living, 5 Mar. 2021
  • The model stepped out in nipple pasties, an open corset top, and a sheer skirt for the post-ball festivities.
    Alyssa Bailey, ELLE, 4 May 2022
  • The singer could be seen wearing pasties underneath the extremely sheer bra top.
    Amy MacKelden, Harper's BAZAAR, 14 Feb. 2021
  • And the latest in Utah food and alcohol news — from Cornish pasties to new bar licenses.
    The Salt Lake Tribune, 14 July 2022
  • Black thong underwear and black nipple pasties added even more of a head-turning element to the bold look.
    Jessica Booth, Peoplemag, 26 Aug. 2022
  • The hardest part of making pasties, Ken Roderman said, is creating the right dough.
    Stefene Russell, The Salt Lake Tribune, 10 July 2022
  • For the occasion, Delevingne wore a red suit Dior suit with nothing but gold body paint (and pasties) underneath.
    Carrie Wittmer, Glamour, 4 May 2022
  • There’s even an eco-friendly cafe on that sells Cornish pasties, fresh sandwiches, homemade cakes, and more.
    Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 28 Aug. 2022
  • There's a crotchless version of the undies, a pink ribbon harness, blue pasties with little pink bows, and full pink leg harnesses.
    Carrie Wittme, Glamour, 1 Sep. 2021
  • While belting out the Bowie classic, the seemingly loose bralette top began sliding to the side, revealing her breasts, which were adorned with shiny nipple pasties.
    Jack Irvin, Peoplemag, 30 Sep. 2022
  • Cornish pasties, from the other end of Great Britain, have their apocryphal roots in mines and on farms, a fortifying pocket meal with no cutlery required.
    Ruby Tandoh, The New Yorker, 19 Nov. 2021
  • Like how British pasties evolving into everyday little meatpies in the Caribbean and then spread into the States.
    Toni Tipton-Martin, Robb Report, 30 June 2021
  • About halfway through the song, Kesha played off a wardrobe malfunction as her bedazzled bra top broke, revealing silver star pasties.
    Ellise Shafer, Variety, 28 Sep. 2022
  • By the time the mermaids hit the pool for the only underwater burlesque show in the U.S. and slowly strip down to their pasties and G strings, the bar is vibrating with so much life, energy and good will the performers can hear it through the glass.
    Connie Ogle, orlandosentinel.com, 20 Mar. 2022
  • Rihanna has no such concerns, and as such, several outfits feature pasties, transparency, and the kind of skin reveals that would make censors faint.
    Janelle Okwodu, Vogue, 1 Oct. 2020
  • All over Europe, there are linguistic and culinary variations, including the Polish pierogi, the Greek piroska and Cornish pasties.
    Stefene Russell, The Salt Lake Tribune, 5 June 2022
  • At the venerable Red Rooster Cafe, the menu includes classic Cornish pasties, as well as figgy hobbin for dessert (an epic bundle of raisins, nuts, brown sugar, and cinnamon rolled up in a pastry crust).
    Raphael Kadushin, National Geographic, 7 Aug. 2020
  • Stylist Jason Rembert paired the dress with just matching underwear and tiny pasties to let the see-through design — and Lizzo's signature unapologetic attitude — do all the talking.
    Hanna Flanagan, PEOPLE.com, 13 Oct. 2021
  • Ramona is actually, surprisingly, on theme, with magenta and purple flowers and braids in her hair and a mesh body stocking over some crystal pasties.
    Brian Moylan, Vulture, 11 May 2021
  • Cornish pasties were popularized as a food for miners, but are now so beloved that they're protected by geographic origin.
    Casey Barber, CNN, 14 Mar. 2022
  • After videos appeared of drag queens wearing pasties and dollar bills flowing from a bikini bottom in the presence of children in the audience, the state is going after the restaurant’s liquor license to shut it down, the governor said Wednesday.
    Lisa J. Huriash, Sun Sentinel, 27 July 2022
  • Cyrus stirred some controversy following the release of her fourth studio album and its subsequent tour full of nipple pasties, provocative poses and phallic imagery.
    Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 14 Aug. 2020
  • These delicacies—wild-cherry-and-rhubarb pasties, plump whortleberry pies, potato-and-mushroom turnovers—make an appearance at every feast, and in every traveller’s knapsack.
    Ruby Tandoh, The New Yorker, 19 Nov. 2021
  • Our selections have innovative features to support while staying incognito, from tape to pasties to intricate styles that stay hidden.
    Emma Seymour, Good Housekeeping, 11 July 2022
  • Bassist Victoria De Angelis then sent the camera crew into panic mode, suddenly appearing shirtless and in nipple pasties.
    Starr Bowenbank, Billboard, 28 Aug. 2022
  • Calumet, population roughly 750, is known for its copper mining history, and pasties were commonly eaten by miners.
    From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 26 Aug. 2021
  • Atlantic Records president Ahmet Ertegun threw a party for Jagger featuring various celebrities, cocaine, marijuana and a birthday cake that saw a woman wearing pasties hop out of it.
    Troy L. Smith, cleveland, 21 Feb. 2021
  • Today, seeing Emily inexplicably receive an initial text from Doug is as disorienting as if Doug inexplicably wore nothing but pasties and a Kangol bucket hat.
    Zak Jason, Wired, 16 Feb. 2021
  • Thankfully, Zola already looks like a hilarious accurate execution of King's lawless original thread, glittery pasties and all.
    Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 1 Apr. 2021

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