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• She had worn a soft, sheer malmal sari to sleep in for the night.2015, Tridip Suhrud, translating Govardhanram Madhavram Tripathi, Sarasvatichandra I, Orient BlackSwan 2015, p. 329. From the entry mulmul
• She wears only white khaddar saris and white khaddar blouses beneath which is her coarse bandage-tight bodice.1988, Bapsi Sidhwa, Ice-Candy Man, Daunt Books (2016), page 6. From the entry khaddar
• At recent parades of nations women on the Indian team have worn saris, and on the Nigerian one geles.2024 July 25, Jason Farago, “Why the Olympics’ Parade of Nations Is the World’s Costume Party”, in The New York Times, →ISSN. From the entry gele
• Shantamma, a Dalit smallholder, once said to me, “People like us, people like you, everyone wears poonams (polyester saris) these days”2014, Leela Fernandes, Routledge Handbook of Gender in South Asia, →ISBN. From the entry poonam
• They too revert to simpler, non-western clothes—saris, dhotis, and pyjamas.2010, Lucy Norris, Recycling Indian Clothing: Global Contexts of Reuse and Value, Indiana University Press, page 34. From the entry pyjamas
• Female dress, for example, immediately establishes race: sarongs for Malays, cheongsams and samfus for Chinese, and saris for Indians.1973, Alvin Rabushka, Race and Politics in Urban Malaya, page 26. From the entry samfu
• In towns the sari is not passed between the legs, but hangs in loose folds so as to hide the trousers.1911, “India”, in Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th edition, New York, N.Y.: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.. From the entry polka jacket
• Dressed in a simple grey cotton sari, her head covered with the pallu, she sat on a platform behind a table with a microphone.2004, Khushwant Singh, Burial at Sea, Penguin, published 2014, page 116. From the entry pallu
• Corinne Antell, exotic in an East Indian sari I had not seen before, a gold lamé creation that reflected her unschoolmarmish affluence, was politely demure.1974, Kay Martin, Vanessa, New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, page 209. From the entry unschoolmarmish
• Some regional variations exist: brides from Maharashtra often look to green, while in Kerala a white and gold sari drape has long been part of some wedding dress codes.2026 April 4, Sujata Assomull, “India: And the bride wore white”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd.…. From the entry Maharashtra
• She was very graceful with a very Aryan face, Ringa observed, and the red and white silk sari she was wearing blended exquisitely with her small daintiness.1957, Tom [i.e., Thomas] T[heodore] Chamales, Never So Few, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →LCCN, page 69. From the entry Aryan
• A group of old Indian women in bright coloured saris were waiting for the tassa group to finish their performance so that they might start singing the traditional wedding songs.2013, King Liar, →ISBN, page 106. From the entry tassa

Meaning of sari

1. noun The traditional dress of women in the Indian Subcontinent; an outer garment consisting of a single length of cotton or silk, most often with one end wrapped around the waist to form a skirt, the other draped over the shoulder or head.

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How do you use sari in a sentence?

Sari is used as a noun. For example: “She had worn a soft, sheer malmal sari to sleep in for the night.”

What is a short sentence with sari?

“They too revert to simpler, non-western clothes—saris, dhotis, and pyjamas.”

What does sari mean?

Sari means the traditional dress of women in the Indian Subcontinent; an outer garment consisting of a single length of cotton or silk, most often with one end wrapped around the waist to form a skirt, the other draped over the shoulder or head.