Sentence examples for ordinary attire from inspiring English sources
Emma Goldman, the noted radical, who was also there, remarked, "Among the array of professors, looking stiff and important in their caps and gowns, Sigmund Freud, in ordinary attire, unassuming, almost shrinking, stood out like a giant among Pygmies".
Walt Whitman, ever the Lincoln eyewitness, described Lincoln "coming to business" one morning at 8 30, riding tall down Vermont Avenue to the White House: "Mr. Lincoln on the saddle generally rides a good-sized, easy-going grey horse, is dressed in plain black, somewhat rusty and dusty, wears a black stiff hat, and looks about as ordinary in attire, etc., as the commonest man".
She is portrayed as strong, donning ninja clothes for battle, but yearns to be more carefree, and prefers ordinary schoolgirl attire.
▶ People used to wear ordinary clothes weekdays and formal attire on Sunday.
What you see starts innocently enough, and takes its time: ordinary people in mid-20th-century attire gather — some of the women wearing aprons — on what seems to be an ordinary day.
Some were attired in silks, embroidered belts, and glittering epaulettes, while others wore ordinary shirts and white caftans.
The patrons sport their own exotic attire of furs and feathers (although, unlike males in the wild, the men tend toward the ordinary; suit jackets abound).
Festive attire encouraged.
