How to Use epaulet in a Sentence

epaulet

noun
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  • The uniforms had epaulets, braids, the whole nine yards.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 15 Feb. 2018
  • But the impact of what the witness wore didn’t come solely from the golden epaulets and shiny buttons and medals.
    — Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 19 Nov. 2019
  • Clarke’s four-star epaulets are standard for a chief of police or sheriff.
    — Philip Bump, Washington Post, 26 May 2017
  • A man wearing a dark green uniform, red epaulets, and dark sunglasses emerged.
    — Rebecca Boyle, The Atlantic, 17 Aug. 2017
  • None has any money—or any epaulets, in the case of one questionable officer.
    — Dan Hofstadter, WSJ, 25 May 2018
  • Outlier, a New York brand, makes perhaps the most minimal trench of the bunch—an epaulet-free, belt-free coat that swaps buttons for snaps.
    — Jacob Gallagher, WSJ, 16 Oct. 2018
  • British ship engineers wear purple stripes on their epaulets.
    — Ben Taub, The New Yorker, 10 May 2020
  • Earlier in his tenure, Bradshaw wore an epaulet on each shoulder, with five stars on each.
    — Anthony Man, sun-sentinel.com, 14 Oct. 2019
  • Some chefs brandish their accolades like striped epaulets.
    — Jason Tesauro, Esquire, 7 Dec. 2017
  • Its various elements — the lapels, epaulets, belt — were misplaced and reworked.
    — Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 12 Feb. 2020
  • On his eighth birthday, he was presented with a general's uniform, complete with gold buttons and epaulets and things.
    — CBS News, 19 June 2019
  • Railway employees are supposed to wear crisp, white Myanmar Railways shirts with epaulets.
    — Photographs and Text By Adam Dean, New York Times, 12 June 2017
  • There are the epaulets Hamilton wore after receiving a promotion.
    — John Kelly, Washington Post, 27 June 2018
  • Just throw on this jacket, with awesome dropped shoulders, biker epaulet detail, and asymmetric zips.
    — Lucy Wood, Marie Claire, 6 Mar. 2019
  • Hosting duties are handled by epaulet owning martinet and editor in chief Tony Quiroga.
    — John Pearley Huffman, Car and Driver, 30 June 2022
  • Dressed in a blue frock coat and epaulets with three stars on the shoulders, a black slouch hat and carrying a cigar, the Kenosha man looks like the general who led Union troops to victory and became America's 18th president.
    — Meg Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 28 May 2018
  • Queen Angela's escort was smartly dressed in regimental blue, with gold epaulets befitting high rank and renown, and the queen's train required four attendants.
    — Michael Dumas, AL.com, 7 Feb. 2018
  • The pictures show Charlotte, dressed in grey tights and a checkered smock dress with floppy epaulets, carrying bags of groceries, placing them in boxes and standing at someone's door ready to deliver.
    — Maria Puente, USA TODAY, 1 May 2020
  • The pièce de résistance: a veritable chandelier of crystal strands across her neckline, which also accented her shoulders as epaulets and draped down her back.
    — Carrie Goldberg, Harper's BAZAAR, 5 Mar. 2018
  • Williams likes to pose for photographs and make public addresses wearing his bright green sultan’s uniform, complete with faux military awards, golden epaulets and tinted sunglasses.
    — Richard Collett, CNN, 8 June 2023
  • Most mannequins were outfitted in supple (and seriously expensive) deerskin loafers; raincoats also came with deerskin epaulets (actual rain be damned).
    — Jacob Gallagher, WSJ, 18 June 2018
  • Jacket Taking its foundational shape from a classic military M-65 field jacket—marked by its below-the-waist length, epaulets and lots of pockets—Aspesi’s update features a midnight-blue shell material that’s lightly padded for a little extra warmth.
    — Isaiah Freeman-Schub, Robb Report, 8 Mar. 2023
  • However, some important parts of the collection — including a significant diamond, an elaborate brooch and an epaulet — are still missing and others are damaged or oxidized.
    — Christopher F. Schuetze, New York Times, 16 May 2023

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