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• A gown should be gathered around the top so that it will remain shaped.From the entry gather
• On this gown, flutters of red on the shoulders and arms provide visual interest.From the entry flutter
• Hannah looked quite elegant in her gown until she snortled and champagne came out of her nose.From the entry snortle
• They even have matching his and hers slippers and dressing gowns.From the entry his and hers
• She spent the morning beading the gown.From the entry bead
• She bedecked her wedding gown with seed pearls.From the entry bedeck
• Her gown was a marvelous confection of lace and tulle.From the entry confection
• The flutter of that gown is characteristic of the designer's style. Its flutter means it looks best in a light breeze.From the entry flutter
• The 49-year-old put on an elegant display in a two-toned blue, one-shoulder gown.2019 September 7, Kellie Chudzinski, “Heather Graham cuts an elegant style in a one shoulder blue gown at the TIFF premiere of her film…. From the entry Yale blue
• Beneath the cape she wears a bell-sleeved purple gown with gold ceinture.2018, Will Eaves, Murmur, Canongate, published 2018, page 96. From the entry ceinture
• Emma stunned in the champagne pink off-the-shoulder gown, which featured an elaborately embroidered bodice.2018 July 2, Connie Rusk, “Emma Roberts looks ethereal in champagne pink gown as she attends star-studded Dior show in Paris”, in Daily Mail. From the entry champagne pink
• To emphasize that it was a Court proceeding the Court was gowned.2017 May 5, Kevin R. Aalto, “Gordon v. Canada, 2017 FC 454”, in CanLII, retrieved 23 Feb 2020. From the entry court
• She is portrayed as a young beautiful woman wearing a royal gown, sometimes riding a peacock.2016, Pamela Ball, “The Physical Practice of Tao”, in The Essence of Tao, London: Arcturus Publishing Limited, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 172. From the entry feng-huang
• His right hand was tucked inside the silken folds of the dressing gown.2015, Alex Howard, A Hard Woman to Kill (DCI Hanlon Series; 3). From the entry lupper
• On the forehorses rode two chariot men; and on the four others, four henchmen in black gowns.2013, Alison Weir, Elizabeth of York: A Tudor Queen and Her World. From the entry forehorse
• Bright yellow gowns fit them tightly and umbrellaed from their waist to just below the knees.2011, B. A. Rothwell, The Peaceful Queen, page 31. From the entry umbrella
• In her wedding portrait, Mary Tudor wears a nimbus-shaped French hood with her square-necked gown.2011, Alison Weir, Henry VIII: King and Court, page 186. From the entry French hood
• He had been to Yemen twice, once wearing the white ankle-length, collarless gown worn by most Omanis.2010 January 7, “Yemen's problems evident at the border”, in The Sydney Morning Herald. From the entry collarless
• “After the gown, we can go to the florist, then stop by the lingerie store.”2010, Cassie Miles, Hook, Line and Shotgun Bride, page 33. From the entry florist
• Increasingly the standard for medical gowns is spunbonded and meltblown layers.2010, R Chapman, Applications of Nonwovens in Technical Textiles. From the entry spunbonded
• She’s bringing in a couturiere from Paris to design our gowns.2010, Janet Quin-Harkin, Royal Blood, Berkley Prime Crime, →ISBN. From the entry couturiere
• At that time, it was customary for male college students in Peking to wear long gowns.2004, Pei Pin Han, “Friendship for 54 Years”, in Amy Lanping Sung, Hu Kung-Chung Chien, editors, Shu Chien: Tributes on His 70th Birthday…. From the entry slack
• Didn't get yer gown, did it, m'dear?" he asked Garnet, who stood nearest to Jason.2003, Yankee Earl, page 143. From the entry cow-handed
• With her elegant gowns and silvery ringlets, the delicate drow seemed the most unlikely of battlemasters.1995, Elaine Cunningham, Daughter of the Drow, TSR, Inc., →ISBN, page 295. From the entry battlemaster
• Undergraduates, their gowns aswing, were kicking a man into the mud.1994, Anthony Burgess, A Dead Man in Deptford, New York: Vintage, Part 1, p. 8. From the entry aswing
• Attending the bride in gowns of pastel green trimmed with white daisies were Mrs.1972, Zarja, page 8. From the entry bridesmatron
• She was cunningly dressed in a black, sheer gown with gold ornaments showing her figure to perfection.1966, James Workman, The Mad Emperor, Melbourne, Sydney: Scripts, page 53. From the entry figure
• Many girls continue to wear their wedding gowns later, as dance or dinner glamorwear.1955 January 1, The Cincinnati Enquirer, 114th year, number 267, page 6. From the entry glamorwear
• Lois Gill, B K, wore an enchanting bridal gown and Mrs.1954, The Adelphean, page 24. From the entry bridesmatron
• Fortunately Kathryn looks her most duchessy in evening gowns and Bo is unusually philosophical about boiled shirts.1945, Joseph Chamberlain Furnas, How America lives. From the entry duchessy
• Wearing a gown of white faille, voile, Miss Leona Floreana Bouley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.1941 July 7, “[State Social-⁠-Clubs-⁠-Features] Pelletier-Bouley”, in The Lewiston Daily Sun, volume XLIX, Lewiston, Me., →OCLC, page 5…. From the entry Floreana
• There was his duchess, wearing pearls and a fathered velvet gown.1936 June 5, Margaret Bell Houston, “Gypsy Weather”, in The Lincoln Star, volume 34, page 2. From the entry threemasted
• She was wearing a gown of Madonna blue and looked very fragile and ethereal.1932, Agatha Christie, Peril at End House, page 85. From the entry Madonna blue
• Her exquisite figure was enhanced by a wonderful gown of indigo charmeuse.1922, Agatha Christie, The Secret Adversary. From the entry charmeuse
• MacAndrew smoothed down the lap of her gown, and gold bangles fell over her wrists.1919, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, “ch. 15”, in The Moon and Sixpence, [New York, N.Y.]: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers […], →OCLC. From the entry bangle
• She was dressed in a lacey gown, a size too large for her.1914, Virginia Brooks, Little Lost Sister. From the entry lacey
• Morton was well known for her Americanisms, her swagger dinner parties, and beautiful Paris gowns.1908, Baroness Orczy, “An Unparalleled Outrage”, in The Old Man in the Corner. From the entry Americanism
• Gerard, stood there in carriage gown and sables, radiant with surprise. ¶ "Phil!1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter I, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC. From the entry fraternal
• Gerard, stood there in carriage gown and sables, radiant with surprise.1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, “His Own People”, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC, page 15. From the entry embrace

Meaning of gown

1. noun A loose, flowing upper garment.
2. noun A woman's ordinary outer dress, such as a calico or silk gown.
3. noun The official robe of certain professionals, clerics, and scholars, such as university students and officers, barristers, judges, etc.

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Questions about gown in a sentence

How do you use gown in a sentence?

Gown is used as a noun and verb. For example: “In the perennial town versus gown battles, townies win some violent battles, but the collegians are winning the war.”

What is a short sentence with gown?

“She spent the morning beading the gown.”

What does gown mean?

Gown means a loose, flowing upper garment.