How to Use shirt in a Sentence

shirt

noun
  • The shirt stayed rolled up in my suitcase the rest of the trip.
    Rachel Chang, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Jan. 2023
  • The driver wore a plaid shirt and a day’s growth of beard.
    Mark Kennedy, Fortune, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Or the man might take off his shirt, but the woman won’t.
    The New Yorker, 14 Feb. 2023
  • Next to the fan—was that…? Name, a man in a white button-down shirt barked out.
    Hazlitt, 24 Jan. 2024
  • But then there was what looked like a footprint on the back of his shirt.
    Beatrice Hazlehurst, ELLE, 26 Apr. 2023
  • That Holy Grail shirt is now in even closer reach for the rest of us.
    Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR, 11 Oct. 2022
  • Gabriel is the one who's got his shirt off and showing his pecs.
    EW.com, 9 May 2024
  • He was last seen wearing a white shirt and red and black shorts.
    Isa Kaufman-Geballe, CNN, 20 Mar. 2023
  • In the snap, Jones wears a light-green velvet shirt and smiles wide for the camera.
    Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 14 July 2023
  • Saipov, in a dark jacket and white shirt, wore a mask over his face in court.
    Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 26 Jan. 2023
  • Dress them up with a button-down, or down with a white T-shirt.
    Christian Gollayan, menshealth.com, 5 Apr. 2023
  • The groom wore a black tuxedo with a white shirt and a black velvet tie.
    Elaine Witt, New York Times, 13 Oct. 2023
  • By the time he was called into the E.R. treatment area, his face and shirt were drenched with sweat.
    Lisa Sanders, M.d., New York Times, 16 May 2023
  • His shirt was untucked, his hair messy, and his voice shaky.
    Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 4 Oct. 2022
  • Video from the evening showed a man in a red shirt being carried out of the venue on a stretcher.
    Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 29 Sep. 2023
  • This shirt is available in more than a dozen colors and sizes small to 3XL.
    Tim Chan, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Sep. 2023
  • She was last seen wearing a black shirt, black pants, and white Nike shoes.
    Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 15 July 2023
  • Many of the cops wore the French-blue shirts of the Community Affairs squad.
    Ian Frazier, The New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2023
  • The shirt is long enough to keep the look decent, but not quite long enough to qualify as a dress.
    Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 20 Sep. 2023
  • Available in sizes up to XXL, the shirt has a comfortable roomy fit that won't cling to you.
    Isabel Garcia, Peoplemag, 30 Apr. 2023
  • This month, three shirts, two dresses, and a pair of shorts arrived at my door.
    Jamie Ducharme, Time, 12 June 2023
  • Want to find that pic of your friend skateboarding in their tie-dye shirt?
    Bernard Marr, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2024
  • The no shirt or no sleeves move in the cold is often seen as a way to display toughness.
    Kris Rhim, New York Times, 20 Jan. 2023
  • Fabio was someone who went out of his was to help anyone in need and would give you the shirt off his back.
    Travis Andersen, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Jan. 2023
  • Holmes was also decked out in Nike, with Nike sneakers and a Nike T-shirt.
    Andrea Wurzburger, Peoplemag, 11 Sep. 2022
  • For the first few months, Jon wore only one t-shirt, day after day.
    Amanda Ulrich, Outside Online, 12 Oct. 2022
  • He was seen wearing a beige baseball hat, beige shirt, and beige shorts.
    Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 29 May 2023
  • She was last seen wearing a striped shirt, blue skirt and white sneakers.
    Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 22 Apr. 2023
  • Miranda Haley, who wore pigtails and a long-sleeve shirt to protect her from the sun, got out and pushed a jug of water through an opening in the wall.
    Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2024
  • Becker was observed getting out of the vehicle wearing a yellow reflective shirt, a baseball cap and a belt equipped with a radio, and a Glock handgun.
    Jade Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 29 Oct. 2024

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