Sentence examples for dressing from inspiring English sources

The word "dressing" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it as a noun or a verb. Example Sentence: I added a vinaigrette dressing to the salad.

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dressing

verb

Present participle of dress

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Perhaps it's his youthful manner, the way Boyle seems to fizz with energy when he speaks, dressing like a thirtysomething – and sufficiently trim to get away with it – but the word that comes to mind when meeting him is one rarely applied to a man in middle age.

Ten years earlier, when she transitioned for the first time, Lynn approached NatWest with the same request and they complied without issue, though she decided to go back to dressing as a man three years later due to public hostility – even threats of violence – as a result of her gender transition.

The question around his homophobic comments, which famously earned him a public dressing down from 30 Rock creator Tina Fey, surfaced near the end of his Reddit Ask Me Anything discussion: "If you do have any issues with the gay community, why?" "If you love me, I love you back," Morgan wrote.

The dressing down he got from Leanne Wood for seeking to scapegoat immigrants suffering with HIV for soaking up the NHS budget generated one of the few spontaneous rounds of applause of the night.

Hardy has revealed that he prepared for the role by dressing in Elton John's clothes (source: Daily Mail) and that he "can't sing to save his life".

And I went through a stage of dressing like that and actually, when I was in my 20s, everyone called me Margot.

Hitherto, the debate around a new system of care and support for elderly and disabled people in England had made no discernible distinction between the costs of bed and board and those of help with washing, dressing, eating and drinking.

Among the geopolitical strife and outrageous offerings from contestants such as Conchita Wurst – the cross dressing drag queen representing Austria – it could be a struggle for the UK's entrant, Molly Smitten-Downes, to stand out from the crowd.

The baby is born – a mass of limp, tumbling limbs, he has no tone - and you cradle him gently, washing him and dressing him until his parents are ready to cuddle and touch him.

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She got dressed up, went backstage after a gig, and knocked on the dressing room door.

Government insiders insisted the reshuffle was tantamount to window-dressing, aimed at placating the bodies that had blamed Varoufakis for the lack of headway.

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