How to Use cravat in a Sentence

cravat

noun
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  • Well, in the 17th century, men's shirts were tied with thin laces rather than buttons, so the tie or the cravat at the time actually helped keep the shirt collar closed, helped keep you warm.
    — Brianna Scott, NPR, 1 Apr. 2024
  • In their defense, the pace of change must be dizzying for those stuck in the era of knee-length trousers, ruffled cravats and tweed jackets.
    — Karen Crouse, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2017
  • Just pair a red curly wig with a giant top hat, cravat, overcoat and mismatched socks.
    — Mariah Thomas, Good Housekeeping, 8 June 2022
  • There are the final touches: a silky black cravat, also the bandages.
    — CBS News, 13 Jan. 2023
  • RuPaul accepted the award in a silky pink double breasted suit and a fierce black cravat.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 22 Sep. 2019
  • Throughout the years, shirting and knot styles evolved around the growing variety of cravats, bandanas, and scarves.
    — Naomi Rougeau, Robb Report, 25 Aug. 2023
  • Standing nearby was Ross Hetrick, dressed as Thaddeus Stevens in a black frock coat, cravat and ill-fitting wig.
    — Washington Post, 10 June 2021
  • At the Collar For a dressier affair, consider a modern day cravat.
    — Marykate Boylan, Town & Country, 19 Jan. 2021
  • Will members of the president’s base start wearing longer and longer ties, until the cravats dangle between their knees?
    — Washington Post, 9 Feb. 2020
  • Spaghetti-thin shoelaces, sturdy hawsers, silk cravats — all are routinely tied in knots.
    — Quanta Magazine, 9 Dec. 2013
  • To top it all off, the King added a red scarf as a day cravat, instantly elevating his style into the realm of mod face aesthetic.
    — Tim Moffatt, EW.com, 6 July 2022
  • The necktie, which has its origins in the 17th-century cravat once worn as military garb, appears to be falling out of fashion in many parts of the world.
    — Natasha Frost, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Feb. 2021
  • Turner’s portrait, of a young man in a black cravat, belonged for many years to Denis Wirth-Miller, a bohemian landscape painter.
    — Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2022
  • The bear in question is the mural known informally as the Asbury Bear, a fuzzy, scruffy mascot with big koala ears, a body green as a rainforest, and a worldly cravat of dark red fur.
    — Nick Rallo, Dallas News, 14 Sep. 2021
  • But this show is not just about a fabulously gifted painter making hay with the shapes and colors of silk dresses, hunting attire, hats and cravats.
    — Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 20 Nov. 2023
  • Scott wears a cravat and circumnavigates the space coolly.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 17 Jan. 2024
  • Meanwhile, John’s studio sourced a cravat jacquard in mauve from Charvet, the storied Parisian men’s outfitter, and a selection of textiles in shades of grape and wisteria.
    — Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 8 May 2019
  • Anthony Bridgerton hoisting himself out of a lake, white shirt clinging to his body like Saran Wrap, removing his cravat as a stripper would a pair of tear-away pants.
    — Jenny Singer, Glamour, 30 Mar. 2022
  • Clad in black tails and a cravat, Felder begins with a rendition of a simple polonaise — a traditional form of Polish dance music — that Chopin wrote at age 7.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Sep. 2019
  • Oh, and a buttercup-yellow cravat, knotted and spotted.
    — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 18 Nov. 2022
  • Her neighbor, a personal chef, lent her his cooking outfit, complete with jacket and cravat.
    — Coralie Kraft, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2023
  • Details such as high and low collars, frills or lace on shirts, and diverse bonnets and cravats are small touches that differentiate each sitter along with their features.
    — Samantha Baskind, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Apr. 2023
  • Wolfe, presumably with hands in pockets, has pulled his pale jacket back to reveal the famed vestee, the wide damask tie skewered with a fancy cravat pin, pocket handkerchief fanning open like a magnolia in bloom.
    — Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 15 May 2018
  • The classic military triangular bandage, or cravat, is made of muslin cotton.
    — The Editors, Outdoor Life, 20 Feb. 2020
  • Wearing a blue workshirt, Vicente stands amid waist-high wildflowers, whereas Sorolla is seated at his easel under an umbrella in his garden, wearing vest and cravat.
    — Richard B. Woodward, WSJ, 21 Sep. 2022
  • Who wasn't wasting precious work time texting and posting pictures of themselves matched to obscure 18th-century portraits of cravat-wearing aristocrats with weird facial hair?
    — The Washington Post, cleveland.com, 19 Jan. 2018
  • They’re intentionally shaped like a cravat— the 17th century necktie worn by Croatian mercenaries during the Thirty Years’ War.
    — cleveland, 10 Dec. 2022
  • Where Freud found meaning in dream images of staircases and cravats, today’s researchers — reflecting a broader trend within psychology — look to neurochemistry and computer science for insights.
    — Linda Rodriguez McRobbie, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Mar. 2018

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