GOWN in a Sentence

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155 example sentences for GOWN, such as:

1. She dressed herself in a gown.
2. She bought an evening gown for the party.
3. The folds of her evening gown hang gracefully.
4. She looked incredibly sexy in a black evening gown.
5. She had changed her gown for a house dress as fresh and elegant as the other.

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 Meanings and Examples of GOWN
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
gown
 n.  loose, flowing upper garment; ordinary outer dress of woman; official robe of certain professional men
Classic Sentence: (143 in 10 pages)
1  That is to say, she was now wearing a gown of some dark colour, and lacked her nightcap, and had swathed her neck in something stiff.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER III
2  Ascending the narrow wooden staircase to the upper floor, and arriving upon a broad landing, Chichikov found himself confronted with a creaking door and a stout old woman in a striped print gown.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER IV
3  Next, she took a seat upon the sofa, drew around her her merino gown, and sat thereafter without moving an eyelid or an eyebrow.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER V
4  Her fair hair was rather dishevelled; she wore a silk gown, not perfectly tidy, heavy bracelets on her short arms, and a lace handkerchief on her head.
Fathers and Children By Ivan Turgenev
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
5  An ample white gown hid her completely in its soft folds; even the tips of her feet, also crossed, were hardly seen.
Fathers and Children By Ivan Turgenev
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
6  Bazarov followed her quickly, not raising his eyes, and only with his ears catching the delicate swish and rustle of her silk gown gliding before him.
Fathers and Children By Ivan Turgenev
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
7  She had changed her gown for a house dress as fresh and elegant as the other.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER VII
8  When Prince Andrew entered the study the old man in his old-age spectacles and white dressing gown, in which he received no one but his son, sat at the table writing.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XXVIII
9  Hardly had Prince Andrew gone when the study door opened quickly and the stern figure of the old man in the white dressing gown looked out.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XXVIII
10  She was no longer in the loose gown she generally wore in the morning, but had on one of her best dresses.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER III
11  said the prince rapidly, and thrusting his feet into his slippers and his arms into the sleeves of his dressing gown, he went to the couch on which he slept.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER V
12  One adjutant, nearest the door, was sitting at the table in a Persian dressing gown, writing.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER IX
13  Yet it was she, dressed in a new gown which he did not know, made since he had left.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4: CHAPTER I
14  Rostov hurriedly put something on his feet, drew on his dressing gown, and went out.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4: CHAPTER I
15  Though she came upon the count in his dressing gown every day, he invariably became confused and begged her to excuse his costume.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4: CHAPTER II
Example Sentence:
1  The fairy godmother's magic charm turned Cinderella's rags into a beautiful gown.
2  She looked incredibly sexy in a black evening gown.
3  She bought an evening gown for the party.
4  The folds of her evening gown hang gracefully.
5  She dressed herself in a gown.
6  The costume designer can embellish the leading lady's ball gown with yards and yards of ribbon and lace.
7  I told him in a new series of whispers, that he might as well buy me a gold gown and a silver bonnet at once.
8  "What is all this?" demanded another voice peremptorily; and Mrs. Reed came along the corridor, her cap flying wide, her gown rustling stormily.
9  George was dressed in an elaborate lace and satin christening gown that's a replica of one made in 1841 for the christening of Queen Victoria's eldest daughter.
10  Compared to the sophisticated young ladies in their elegant gowns, tomboyish Jo felt gauche and out of place.
11  Current fashion decrees that evening gowns be decollete this season; bare shoulders are again the vogue.
12  Such scenes were once unthinkable in England's courtrooms, where magistrates can be called "your worship" and some judges sport gowns and wigs.