Sentence examples for wore spats from inspiring English sources

His words wore spats.

The New York Times observed that all the candidates for the male lead wore spats and had silk handkerchiefs in their breast pockets.

His father, Isaac Barnett Mailer, known as Barney, was a South African émigré, a snappy dresser — he sometimes wore spats and carried a walking stick — and a largely ineffectual businessman.

His father, Isaac Barnett, known as Barney, was a South African émigré, a snappy dresser — he sometimes wore spats and carried a walking stick — and a largely ineffectual businessman.

The mayor, wearing spats, is bumbling and good-natured.

In many cases the hyphen is probably an affectation — like wearing spats, say.

A couple of the men wear spats, and Mistress Overdone (Ms. Sandberg again) looks like a flapper.

From selling records to wearing spats, there seems little the Atlanta hip hop duo OutKast cannot do.

Saks produced something they called a cocktail show, suede-and-leather that makes you look as if you were wearing spats.

When he made his way to the stage, with the aid of two canes, she noticed that he was wearing spats".

As thin as an exclamation mark and just as excited, Dr. Facilier wears spats and a top hat emblazoned with a skull and bones.