How to Use swishy in a Sentence

swishy

adjective
  • The colors were bold and the dresses big, with full, swishy skirts.
    Rhonda Richford, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 July 2018
  • Elsewhere in the exhibit, a swishy, stringy light rose dress glows in the dark.
    The Indianapolis Star, 15 July 2022
  • The v-neck, the halter, the swishy skirt, the very-2001 shades — all of it makes for the perfect summertime outfit, especially the hot pink hue.
    De Elizabeth, Allure, 13 July 2017
  • The swishy gym short has been rearing its airy head in luxe incarnations over the past few seasons now.
    Alexandra Gurvitch, Vogue, 5 June 2018
  • Even at the time, Buddy was criticized for embodying a swishy cliché.
    New York Times, 24 May 2022
  • In the new candid snaps, Hilton is seen wearing a chic Alice + Olivia cardigan sweater, a white tank and matching swishy skirt, and Rothys ballet flats.
    Christian Allaire, Vogue, 15 June 2021
  • The company’s swishy logo flashes past on vans and trucks and passes overhead on planes.
    New York Times, 18 Feb. 2021
  • Some of them are good—like Barry, a friendly, swishy aspiring fashion designer—and some of them are bad.
    Richard Lawson, VanityFair.com, 19 Jan. 2017
  • For circle-cut jackets, sweeping coats, swishy knit dresses, and flares by the young Irish designer from Wexford, step this way!
    Sarah Mower, Vogue, 21 Feb. 2018
  • The tail is more like a paddle than what’s seen in other carnivorous dinosaurs and would have been suited to swishy, side-to-side motions that propelled Spinosaurus through the water.
    Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Dec. 2020
  • A swishy skirt is pure fun, while twists on traditional tailoring add cool coverage to the equation.
    Craig McDean, Vogue, 23 June 2017
  • Last season's diaphanous, and celebrity-loved, feather dresses have transformed into long, swishy fringe for Spring.
    Steff Yotka, Vogue, 8 Sep. 2017
  • American Gods, in turn, speaks to those kids who loved Bowie, to those campy queens who revered Judy Garland, and even to those swishy interior decorators with a passion for opera.
    Manuel Betancourt, The Atlantic, 11 June 2017
  • Almost three decades before the pieces were elevated on the runways of Loewe and Chloé, Diddy was making the sets an integral part of his wardrobe, whether on-stage in a lush velour version or off-duty in a swishy nylon style.
    Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 6 Oct. 2017
  • New restaurants are everywhere, the sidewalk tables in swishy Coconut Grove overflowing with patrons.
    Washington Post, 8 May 2021
  • The swishy lightweight mesh is eco-friendly, yes, but also aesthetically pleasing.
    Bon Appétit, 28 Nov. 2021
  • Visitors can enter the lobby of the company’s main Whitacre Tower building — enveloped in swishy high definition video screens — and access a public gallery.
    Mark Lamster, Dallas News, 21 Apr. 2021
  • Kricket Kricket roared to prominence from a 20-seat shipping container in Brixton, opening its first permanent restaurant, in swishy Soho, last year.
    Jo Rodgers, Vogue, 17 Feb. 2018
  • The womenswear designers who showed collections at New York Fashion Week, which clomped into town at the end of last week, are proposing a lot of bold shoulders, padded into swishy power suits and pouffed into floral exoskeletons.
    Troy Patterson, The New Yorker, 10 Sep. 2019
  • Using a haircutting razor instead of scissors achieves a lighter feel and encourage swishy movement so that the finished result has a natural texture to it, rather than looking or feeling blocky.
    Jacqueline Kilikita, refinery29.com, 15 Apr. 2022

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