How to Use shirtsleeve in a Sentence

shirtsleeve

noun

• Macron was in his shirtsleeves, an arm slung around the back of a black leather sofa.
  — Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 24 June 2019
• They were soon dismissed by a man in shirtsleeves and tie.
  — Juan Perez Jr., chicagotribune.com, 19 June 2019
• At the dim far end of the room, their backs toward us, sat six bald old men in their shirtsleeves, around a loud television.
  — Annie Dillard, The Atlantic, 20 Mar. 2015
• Sitting in the restaurant, Litwin pinches his arm through his shirtsleeve.
  — Soumya Karlamanglastaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2019
• The first image that many Cubans saw of the accident was a photo of Mr. Diaz-Canel, grim-faced and striding through the wreckage in shirtsleeves.
  — Andrea Rodriguez and Michael Weissenstein, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 May 2018
• The first image that many Cubans saw of the accident was a photo of a grim-faced Diaz-Canel striding through the wreckage in shirtsleeves.
  — Washington Post, 22 May 2018
• The group that night is a mixed bag: a few as old as Hank, some younger retirees, some mid-career professionals in slacks and shirtsleeves.
  — Matt Ormseth, courant.com, 22 June 2017
• Red-faced from the driving wind, Petersen is a real Icelander, outside in shirtsleeves despite the cold.
  — Cheryl Katz, Smithsonian, 17 Jan. 2017
• Red-faced from the driving wind, Petersen is a real Icelander, outside in shirtsleeves despite the cold.
  — Cheryl Katz, Smithsonian, 17 Jan. 2017
• The idea was to envision what baseball uniforms would look like in 2027, which meant backward caps, untucked backs and, uh, no shirtsleeves?
  — Si.com Staff, SI.com, 2 July 2018
• His jacket was off and his shirtsleeves were rolled, revealing his tan, muscular arms.
  — Kate White, Cosmopolitan, 3 Mar. 2010
• In the music video for the song, Underwood performs on stage wearing giant diaphanous shirtsleeves.
  — Rebecca Farley, refinery29.com, 7 May 2018
• In one of the closest towns, Kulusuk, the morning temperature reached 52 degrees Fahrenheit — warm enough for shirtsleeves.
  — Seth Borenstein, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2019
• In one of the closest towns, Kulusuk, the morning temperature reached a shirtsleeve 52 degrees Fahrenheit.
  — Seth Borenstein, The Denver Post, 21 Aug. 2019
• In a simpler gesture, those women could head into the House of Representatives with their shirtsleeves rolled up.
  — Brooke Bobb, Vogue, 23 June 2017
• Both were in their shirtsleeves and completely drenched, holding silver pistols.
  — Andrew Liptak, The Verge, 17 June 2018
• But last weekend, dressed in shirtsleeves and rubber waders, the freshman Democratic congressman from Turlock tried to buck that image.
  — Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2019
• Vapes are meme-ready, funny in a way that cigarettes never were: the black-and-white photograph of James Dean smoking in shirtsleeves has been replaced with paparazzi snaps of Ben Affleck ripping an e-cig in his car.
  — Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, 9 May 2018
• Summer is a time for night baseball games in shirtsleeves and shorts, for dining al fresco at your favorite restaurant and finishing a hot summer evening with an Italian ice from Johnnie’s in Elmwood Park.
  — Randy Blaser, chicagotribune.com, 6 June 2019
• On May 1 in Kiev, as invisible fallout rained down, children in shirtsleeves marched past reviewing stands that usually held Soviet officials.
  — Mona Charen, National Review, 7 June 2019
• This summer, the humble shirtsleeve blew up—literally and figuratively speaking.
  — Brooke Bobb, Vogue, 12 Nov. 2018
• Macron was in his shirtsleeves, an arm slung around the back of a black leather sofa.
  — Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 24 June 2019
• They were soon dismissed by a man in shirtsleeves and tie.
  — Juan Perez Jr., chicagotribune.com, 19 June 2019
• At the dim far end of the room, their backs toward us, sat six bald old men in their shirtsleeves, around a loud television.
  — Annie Dillard, The Atlantic, 20 Mar. 2015
• Sitting in the restaurant, Litwin pinches his arm through his shirtsleeve.
  — Soumya Karlamanglastaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2019
• The first image that many Cubans saw of the accident was a photo of Mr. Diaz-Canel, grim-faced and striding through the wreckage in shirtsleeves.
  — Andrea Rodriguez and Michael Weissenstein, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 May 2018
• The first image that many Cubans saw of the accident was a photo of a grim-faced Diaz-Canel striding through the wreckage in shirtsleeves.
  — Washington Post, 22 May 2018
• The group that night is a mixed bag: a few as old as Hank, some younger retirees, some mid-career professionals in slacks and shirtsleeves.
  — Matt Ormseth, courant.com, 22 June 2017
• Red-faced from the driving wind, Petersen is a real Icelander, outside in shirtsleeves despite the cold.
  — Cheryl Katz, Smithsonian, 17 Jan. 2017
• Red-faced from the driving wind, Petersen is a real Icelander, outside in shirtsleeves despite the cold.
  — Cheryl Katz, Smithsonian, 17 Jan. 2017

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