Sentence examples for dressed for something from inspiring English sources
A ghost of French formality lingers from half a century ago you always feel as if you should be getting dressed for something social, or possibly undressed for something social.
"It's really fun when you're getting dressed for something.
It's really nice to see all these guys dressed for something besides court," said longtime patients' advocate Tracy Curley, known as Weed Woman Canada, who donned a flowy, bright green frock and matching spectacles that contrasted sharply with her red hair.
Clearly no one had any idea how to dress for something most commonly depicted in animated features from the 1990s (although Beauty and the Beast would be a great theme for next year).
And, most important, we dress for ourselves, something the first lady does so effortlessly it's hard to imagine that there had ever been any dress code for her position.
Furthermore, Solange writes her own lyrics, something my mom as a child of '60s and '70s ("real music with real soul") values highly, and, the crown jewel, she also doesn't insist on wearing a leotard and "dressing for men," something my mom also despises about our current batch of pop divas.
There is a finely comic scene in which the artist, "becomingly clad in mouse-coloured velveteen", presides over a tea-and-cocktail party in his fashionable studio, where Undine, now Mrs Ralph Marvell, glittering with diamonds and dressed for the sitting "in something faint and shining", embarks on an intrigue with the man whom she intends for her second victim.
In the next booth, 50-somethings dressed for a black-tie benefit waved their hands as a woman who looked like Carmela Soprano gyrated to Joan Jett's "Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah)" with a go-go dancer on a nearby platform.
When I do get the chance to dress up for something like a party or wedding, I spend weeks trying on outfits and experimenting with hair styles because I look forward to the chance to feel pretty.
Not surprisingly, the crowd was 20-something and dressed for a ball game.
A beefy, twenty-something man dressed for success in a smart wool topcoat shouldered his way through the growing throng and inserted himself in front of Viesturs.
