How to Use smoking jacket in a Sentence

smoking jacket

noun
  • Think of the old tradition of the housecoat or smoking jacket.
    Isiah Magsino, Robb Report, 2 Dec. 2021
  • The man rides horses, wears smoking jackets and has two servants who attend to his every need.
    Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 16 Oct. 2019
  • Plus, a pair of velvet smoking slippers looks great with a smoking jacket.
    Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 19 Sep. 2023
  • This means everything from short- and long-sleeved t-shirts to soccer jerseys and a smoking jacket.
    Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 7 June 2021
  • Short is a former cast member and Martin has made 15 appearances on the show, which earned him an honorary SNL smoking jacket.
    Dallas News, 7 May 2022
  • Week 16 winner CeeDee Lamb looked cool, calm and collected in this velvet smoking jacket.
    Victoria Hernandez, USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 2023
  • Brandy still suffers from a stuffy image of snifters and smoking jackets, and thousand-dollar bottlings in crystal decanters.
    Jason Wilson, New York Times, 18 Dec. 2017
  • In the images, Goode models a highlighter orange smoking jacket with matching boxer shorts, as well as a sheer, black bra-and-jock-strap set embroidered with rainbows.
    Eliza Huber, refinery29.com, 1 June 2021
  • This is followed by another moment with Cage’s present-day monster character gliding in a red satin smoking jacket, with blood smeared around his mouth.
    Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Mar. 2023
  • And that includes the Ralph Champagne record where, in spite of the crooning vocals, there’s an underlying current of dark humor and cynicism – it’s still a punk record, but wearing a smoking jacket and slippers.
    Gen Handley, SPIN, 16 Sep. 2022
  • There are lots of fanciful touches: a sundial that can remove years from one’s life, a character in a red velvet smoking jacket who offers tea and sugar to his captive.
    Samantha Laine Perfas, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Sep. 2022
  • High-leg bikinis, cutout dresses, and a crisp white linen smoking jacket and pleated trousers inspired by ’90s dancehall star Shabba Ranks’s signature suits round out the summer-ready offerings.
    Ariana Marsh, Harper's BAZAAR, 30 Apr. 2021
  • The achievement often includes a club smoking jacket and the acknowledgement that the host is still inferior to those who have hosted more, including Hanks and Steve Martin.
    NBC News, 19 Dec. 2021
  • British supermodel and singer-songwriter Karen Elson, 43, walked in the show, casually smoking a cigarette in a smoking jacket.
    Emily Burack, Town & Country, 1 Mar. 2022
  • One of the most iconic outfits the two worked together on was a colorful ensemble anchored by a velvet purple smoking jacket embroidered with Cumming's initials.
    Rebecca Aizin, Peoplemag, 3 Feb. 2023
  • Dressed in a sumptuous velvet cutaway that’s part ringmaster’s outfit, part smoking jacket, Will Thomas McFadden — who’s also the show’s director — portrays him with twinkling eyes and a mischievous smile.
    Daryl H. Miller, latimes.com, 13 Oct. 2017
  • The makeup and costumes, like Dracula’s black velvet smoking jacket with the dark glitter lapels, liberate Cage to give an outlandish but layered performance, one that draws on the entire hallowed history of big-screen Draculas.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 10 Apr. 2023
  • For a high-level negotiation with a potential buyer for Susan’s small publishing house, her midnight blue ensemble features a balloon-sleeve blazer that could double as a smoking jacket and flowing trousers.
    Emma Fraser and Sophie Brookover, Town & Country, 21 Dec. 2022

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