How to use finery in a sentence

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• Not a church-load of people in their finery with all their expectations.2019, Kate Atkinson, Big Sky, →ISBN, page 338. From the entry church-load
• Also, do not use this occasion to bejewel yourself in all your finery.2002, Cassandra Hayes, Black Enterprise Guide to Building Your Career. From the entry bejewel
• The open hearths of finery and chafery are surmounted each by a huge chimney.1957, H. R. Schubert, History of the British Iron and Steel Industry, page 224. From the entry chafery
• Me scut of a daughter puttin' it on her back in finery.1947, Paul Vincent Carroll, The Wise Have Not Spoken: A Drama in Three Acts (French’s Acting Edition; no. 308), London: French, →OCLC…. From the entry scut
• Iris went away to boil water or something, and Claire had time to investigate the shabby finery of the room.1990, Mary Ann Kelly, chapter 11, in Park Lane South, Queens (A Thomas Dunne Book), New York, N.Y.: St. Martin’s Press, →ISBN, page 177. From the entry Havishamesque
• Benches and tables are set up for the workers headed by professional assistants like the wirebenders on whose expertise so much of the finery of Carnival costumes depend.1992, Adrian Curtis Bird, Trinidad sweet: the people, their culture, their island, page 41. From the entry wirebender
• Steerpike derived as much pleasure in watching these anile and pitiful creatures, dressed in their purple finery, as they crawled beneath the carpet as he got from anything.1950, Mervyn Peake, chapter 8, in Gormenghast, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode. From the entry anile
• From the half-open drawers of this chiffonnier hung laces, ribands, stockings, ladies' underclothing and an abdominal brace, which gave the impression that the feminine finery had suffered venery.1936, Djuna Barnes, Nightwood, Faber & Faber, published 2007, page 71. From the entry chiffonier
• Three women got down and standing on the curb they made unabashed toilets, smoothing skirts and stockings, brushing one another's back, opening parcels and donning various finery.1931, William Faulkner, Sanctuary, Vintage, published 1993, page 111. From the entry toilet
• They sit among the flowers and look for all the world like young London lasses who have come to the village to astonish the country folks with their town finery.1904 September, George R. Sims, “Off The Track in London V.--Round Hackney Wick”, in The Strand Magazine, London: George Newnes, Ltd.…. From the entry toodle-oo

Meaning of finery

1. noun Fineness; beauty.
2. noun Ornament; decoration; especially, excessive decoration; showy clothes; jewels.
3. noun Fine point; minute characteristic.

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Questions about finery in a sentence

How do you use finery in a sentence?

Finery is used as a noun. For example: “The city also shone through the luxury of the higher castes: in the fineries of their dress, the rich manner of their living, their many servants, silver table services, and showy furnishings.”

What is a short sentence with finery?

“Me scut of a daughter puttin' it on her back in finery.”

What does finery mean?

Finery means fineness; beauty.