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• He was dressed in docksiders, khaki shorts and a pink polo shirt.From the entry docksider
• She wears a tacky T.A.R.D.I.S blue cardigan, buttoned to the max, over khaki slacks.2014, Emma Gray, Groupies, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 39. From the entry TARDIS blue
• A Ken doll, dressed in ironed khakis and his usual affectation: a brown felt Indiana Jones fedora.2013, Cherry Adair, Relentless. From the entry Ken doll
• The jeans were too blue, the khakis too crisp, the flannel shirts too stiff, the sweaters unpilled.1989, Arlene James, Dream of a Lifetime, page 25. From the entry unpilled
• She was dressed in khaki, khaki slacks and khaki shirt, practical and workmanlike.1957, Neville Shute, chapter 3, in On the Beach, New York: William Morrow & Co. From the entry workmanlike
• On the veranda of a Dak bungalow two men attired in khaki shirts and sweaters, sat smoking.1936, F.J. Thwaites, chapter XIV, in The Redemption, Sydney: H. John Edwards, published 1940, page 147. From the entry dak bungalow
• Of the seven new donners of the khaki, six were old service men.1919 July 3, “Seven Recruits Join Army on Wednesday”, in The Atlanta Constitution, volume LII, number 18, Atlanta, Ga., page twenty. From the entry donner
• The wild-dog, however, is harmless by himself; like the khakies, his strength lies in numbers.1902, Dietlof Van Warmelo, On Commando, Methuen, published 1902. From the entry khakies
• I’m an old man yelling at the clouds in my khakis and my tie, and I’m not even all that old.2022 September 18, Daniel Neman, “The many drawbacks of online shopping, awkward fits included”, in Sunday Post-Dispatch, volume 144…. From the entry old man yelling at the clouds
• He wore khakis slung so low that five inches of his underpants showed—dark blue boxers with big white polka dots.2011, Les Roberts, The Cleveland Creep: A Milan Jacovich Mystery, page 87. From the entry underpants
• Unfortunately, these khaki governments end up creating elitism and cultship as they ascend the thrones of the various African countries.2009, Kwame Badu Antwi-Boasiako, Okyere B, Traditional Institutions and Public Administration in Democratic Africa, page 119. From the entry cultship
• Fortunately I made a game-time decision to take off my Hilfiger jeans and put on some khakis right before I left.2004, Phillip Allen, Play Money, page 17. From the entry game-time decision
• I don't know why, but for some reason people who work undercover for department store security always wear rugbies and khakis.2003, B. Lawson Thornton, Misery Loves Company: The Diary of Kerri Mitchell, East River Press, →ISBN. From the entry rugby
• Roll ⅓ oz (10 g) khaki green fondant into a ball and flatten it to make the cap.2003, Carol Deacon, The Complete Step-by-Step Guide to Cake Decorating, →ISBN, page 80. From the entry khaki green
• He wore frayed khaki shorts, calf-high reefwalkers with tabi toes, and a grubby yellow t-shirt imprinted dalriada windsurfer racing team.1984, Julian May, The Adversary (Saga of Pliocene Exile; 4), Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, →ISBN, page 187. From the entry reefwalker
• Some are more popular than others - woolly rasta hats are high on the list, as are little floppy khaki ones.1980, Bill Oddie, Bill Oddie's Little Black Bird Book, page 61. From the entry rasta hat
• My father’s white shirt and khaki trousers were soon covered with orange oil and a delicious pickley smell.1973, Shankar’s Weekly, page 12. From the entry pickley
• She wore khaki shorts, scuffed hiking boots, and a lavender T-shirt with an open book on the front that read My patronus is a bookworm.2021, Jennie Marts, When a Cowboy Loves a Woman, Sourcebooks Casablanca, →ISBN. From the entry patronus
• Change your wardrobe so it is all earth shades: salmon, tans, umber, ocher, sienna, chestnut, khaki, russet, taupe, ecru, biscuit, camel, etc.2019 September 12, Gene Weingarten, “Gene Weingarten: Who said you have to sort the silverware, anyway?”, in The Washington Post…. From the entry foo-foo
• But Warren came with my mother the very next day, in his Bill Cosby sweater and pleated khaki pants, ready to meet his niece.2014, Sarah Healy, House of Wonder, New American Library, →ISBN. From the entry Bill Cosby sweater
• Checking out her brother’s khakis, the gun propped in the corner, Olivia’s hiking boots and her wan expression, she wants to laugh.2013, Carter Dreyfuss, chapter 1, in The Prince of Temple Square: A Murder Mystery, Tucson, Ariz.: Wheatmark, →ISBN, pages 8–9. From the entry wan
• When he walked in on his first day, he wore longs made of coarse khaki and shirts that came off a supermarket peg.2013, Clement Mesenas, The Last Great Strike. From the entry longs
• This was accompanied by a khaki coloured shirt and tie worn with the Unit bere of black with the Unit badge and balkie in place.2009, Ross Hesom, From Boys to Men, →ISBN, page 102. From the entry balkie
• She explains: In high school, I made one or two desultory attempts at generally wearing black, varying from the established jeans or khakis.2008, Amy C. Wilkins, Wannabes, Goths, and Christians, page 32. From the entry gothdom
• He doesn't wear doctorish clothes, just his jeans and a khaki shirt with the sleeves rolled up, with some T-shirt on underneath.2007, Deb Caletti, The Nature of Jade, page 41. From the entry doctorish
• And for Italian sportswear giant MaxMara, the cornerstone of the show was a crisp khaki safari jacket shown over a pencil skirt.2004 November 1, Kate Betts, “Into the Wild”, in Time. From the entry pencil skirt
• You could go military with a khaki vest or, if you suffer from dinner-lady arms, a drill jacket, as beaten-up as possible.2003 August 15, Lowri Turner, “Dear Lowri”, in ES Magazine, London: Associated Newspapers Ltd, page 49, column 3. From the entry dinner-lady arm
• His well-bred clothes had disappeared; these day he wore khaki pants supported by a garrison belt, and boots which rattled when he walked.1959, John Knowles, chapter 9, in A Separate Peace. From the entry garrison belt
• There were only about a dozen officers in the great wardroom, six of them in the khaki gabardine working uniform of the U.S.1957, Neville Shute, chapter 1, in On the Beach, New York: William Morrow & Co. From the entry wardroom
• The morning was raw, yet he wore only summer khaki trousers, a light Army field jacket and, of all things, tennis shoes.1944, Ernie Pyle, chapter 15, in Brave Men, New York: Henry Holt, page 231. From the entry field jacket
• His beautiful tenor has won many friends for him both among his fellow donners of khaki and those civilians who have heard him.1918 August 31, “[The Concert & Opera Field] Singer in the Ranks”, in The Billboard, volume XXX, number 35, Cincinnati, Oh.: The Billboard…. From the entry donner
• On his head he wore a knit cap, pulled down onto his narrow forehead; on his lower body, khaki workpants; on his feet, rubber boots from Sears, Roebuck.2012, Joyce Carol Oates, Mudwoman, Ecco, →ISBN, page 61. From the entry workpants
• He idled at a red light, saw two yups in matching cranberry crewnecks and khaki cargo shorts sitting on the pavement outside what used to be Primo's Pizza.2010, Dennis Lehane, Mystic River, →ISBN. From the entry yup
• And yes, as he peers beyond a boulder, down in the hollow he can make out two figures in khaki moving around a fluoro orange tent.1999, Julia Leigh, The Hunter, Faber & Faber 2012, p. 150. From the entry fluoro
• To-day he has imitated Kerensky's fashion of appearing at Red Army concerts or parades in a semiuniform of khaki, and even his own friends have taunted him with Napoleonic designs."1919 May 10, “Trotzky, the fire-eater, and Lenine, the icy intellectual force of Bolshevism”, in The Literary Digest, volume 61, number 6…. From the entry semiuniform

Meaning of khaki

1. noun A dull, yellowish-brown colour, the colour of dust.
2. noun Khaki green, a dull green colour.
3. noun A strong cloth of wool or cotton, often used for military or other uniforms.

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Questions about khaki in a sentence

How do you use khaki in a sentence?

Khaki is used as a noun and adjective. For example: “He was dressed in docksiders, khaki shorts and a pink polo shirt.”

What is a short sentence with khaki?

“But being the right shade of khaki or shit-brown is not enough.”

What does khaki mean?

Khaki means a dull, yellowish-brown colour, the colour of dust.