How to Use smock in a Sentence
- The children's smocks were covered with paint.
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Staff wearing blue smocks, face masks and gloves tend to them around the clock.
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Jay Greene,
Washington Post,
7 Mar. 2020
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In the 1911 photo, Kriss wears a dirty smock and a weary grimace.
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Christina Tkacik,
baltimoresun.com,
7 Nov. 2019
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The client is in sanitized cape and smock and neck wrap.
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Charles Bethea,
The New Yorker,
23 Apr. 2020
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Scott gave him a fist bump through his smock, as the barber brushed off his neck.
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Michael Schulman,
The New Yorker,
18 Oct. 2021
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The knit dress features puff sleeves and a smock front and back with a tiered skirt and is made in the United States.
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Kayleigh Roberts,
Marie Claire,
28 Feb. 2021
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Rego’s artist is wearing a purple smock and a big red skirt.
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Anna Russel,
The New Yorker,
29 July 2021
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Agents lined up dozens of workers, in white helmets and smocks.
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James Hohmann,
Washington Post,
21 June 2018
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Plus, the deep smock pockets are perfect for storing all of your on-the-go items.
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Nneya Richards,
Travel + Leisure,
3 May 2023
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And of course there’s the framed photo of him, seated in a black smock for his weekly buzz cut.
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David Abel,
BostonGlobe.com,
17 June 2019
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Tech Robyn Miller, clad in a blue smock, smoothed Robin’s fur, as the dog fell into a deep slumber.
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Vincent T. Davis,
San Antonio Express-News,
28 June 2018
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His white smock is now a rental, leased out in 15.7-minute increments.
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Clifton Leaf,
Fortune,
3 July 2018
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The Snatched star, 76, stepped out in a white smock dress with matching leggings and gray espadrilles.
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Stephanie Wenger,
PEOPLE.com,
17 June 2022
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They were bedecked with smocks, boot covers, gloves and masks.
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Cnn.com Wire Service,
The Mercury News,
17 July 2019
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He’s exchanged his No. 34 jersey for a painter’s smock.
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Edward Lee,
baltimoresun.com,
19 Aug. 2021
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The collection was soon full of smocks, aprons, and long skirts layered over wide-legged pants.
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Christina Binkley,
The New Yorker,
2 Sep. 2019
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His brother says he was stripped and put in an anti-suicide smock in a padded cell.
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Michelle Theriault Boots,
Anchorage Daily News,
19 Feb. 2023
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And when Madisyn started grooming dogs, Scott gave her her first set of clippers and a smock.
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Sofia Krusmark,
The Arizona Republic,
20 July 2021
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Haley showed up in a full nurse’s get-up with smock and plastic stethoscope.
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Sherry Mendelson,
WSJ,
15 Nov. 2022
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In the corner of the photo is my husband Mohammed in his smock, laughing.
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Matthew Gavin Frank,
Harper's Magazine,
21 Jan. 2023
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At the start of the series, Harmon is saddled with plain clothes: a collared shirt, a plain smock dress and a cardigan.
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Andrea Wurzburger,
Peoplemag,
14 Nov. 2022
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Brault has one more thing to show me: a photograph of Bonheur, seated, in her artist’s smock and pants.
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Claudine Doury,
Smithsonian Magazine,
20 Oct. 2020
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Inmates there are housed alone in solitary rooms, naked except for a thick, heavy smock.
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Ali Watkins,
BostonGlobe.com,
17 Aug. 2019
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To her, LaLanne was just another head poking out from under the smock in her chair.
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Steve Rubenstein,
SFChronicle.com,
12 Oct. 2020
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This adorable costume can transform your dog into one of The Golden Girls, with arms, a gray wig, and smock dress to boot.
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Madison Yauger,
Peoplemag,
18 Oct. 2022
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Dornan — in a smock, mask and face shield — met her and handed Melanie a glass block onto which had been etched the snapshot of the couple in the sun.
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Robin Erb,
Detroit Free Press,
23 Nov. 2020
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Mack, 35, appeared in tan jail smocks for a brief court appearance.
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Washington Post,
24 Apr. 2018
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Teixeira walked into court in a beige smock and pants with a black T-shirt underneath.
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Aaron Katersky,
ABC News,
14 Apr. 2023
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The men wore gold and white, the women bright two-piece garments consisting of hooded smocks and skirts, the hem of one matching the hem of the other.
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Aatish Taseer,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2023
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Superior Court as Moye, 46, sat a few feet to her right in an orange jail smock, waiting to be sentenced.
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Paul Duggan,
Washington Post,
15 Sep. 2023
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Throw a gray smocked piece from H&M over a slim white T-shirt.
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Liana Satenstein,
Vogue,
5 July 2017
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The iconic Herrera white shirt is rewritten in a myriad of ways: cropped, ruched, smocked, sleeveless.
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Chloe Malle,
WSJ,
6 Dec. 2018
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There’s really no occasion that doesn’t call for our little girls to don their cutest smocked dress with a matching hair bow on top.
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Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
8 June 2018
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In years past, a standard Easter ensemble might include a straw hat, smocked dress and pristine white kicks - but this is 2018, people.
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Amber Elliott,
Houston Chronicle,
28 Mar. 2018
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The traditional design which retails for $110 features a frilled collar and red embroidered hand-smocking with a waist bow.
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Monique Jessen,
PEOPLE.com,
11 Dec. 2017
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By season’s end, Maeve embarks on a quest that promises to take her deeper into the show’s universe, while Dolores takes up arms to lead the rebellion, a blue-smocked Liberty leading the humanoids.
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Daniel D'addario,
Time,
12 Apr. 2018
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Suddenly, smocking, quilting, knitting, and needlepoint are à la mode.
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Vogue,
19 Dec. 2017
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Rihanna has previously championed Goddard’s range of smocked, ruffled bodice and sheer designs.
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Karen Mizoguchi,
PEOPLE.com,
10 Oct. 2017
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These champions of Southern taste showcase some of our favorite things: timeless antiques, smocked dresses, and wedding traditions; as well as some things graceful Southerners just know: table manners, seersucker season, and grocery store etiquette.
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Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
8 June 2018
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Outlander's set is resplendent with designers painstakingly quilting and smocking material.
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Mehera Bonner,
Marie Claire,
7 Aug. 2017
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Outlander's set is resplendent with designers painstakingly quilting and smocking material.
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Mehera Bonner,
Marie Claire,
7 Aug. 2017
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Throw a gray smocked piece from H&M over a slim white T-shirt.
—
Liana Satenstein,
Vogue,
5 July 2017
-
The iconic Herrera white shirt is rewritten in a myriad of ways: cropped, ruched, smocked, sleeveless.
—
Chloe Malle,
WSJ,
6 Dec. 2018
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There’s really no occasion that doesn’t call for our little girls to don their cutest smocked dress with a matching hair bow on top.
—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
8 June 2018
-
In years past, a standard Easter ensemble might include a straw hat, smocked dress and pristine white kicks - but this is 2018, people.
—
Amber Elliott,
Houston Chronicle,
28 Mar. 2018
-
The traditional design which retails for $110 features a frilled collar and red embroidered hand-smocking with a waist bow.
—
Monique Jessen,
PEOPLE.com,
11 Dec. 2017
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By season’s end, Maeve embarks on a quest that promises to take her deeper into the show’s universe, while Dolores takes up arms to lead the rebellion, a blue-smocked Liberty leading the humanoids.
—
Daniel D'addario,
Time,
12 Apr. 2018
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Suddenly, smocking, quilting, knitting, and needlepoint are à la mode.
—
Vogue,
19 Dec. 2017
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Rihanna has previously championed Goddard’s range of smocked, ruffled bodice and sheer designs.
—
Karen Mizoguchi,
PEOPLE.com,
10 Oct. 2017
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These champions of Southern taste showcase some of our favorite things: timeless antiques, smocked dresses, and wedding traditions; as well as some things graceful Southerners just know: table manners, seersucker season, and grocery store etiquette.
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Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
8 June 2018
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Outlander's set is resplendent with designers painstakingly quilting and smocking material.
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Mehera Bonner,
Marie Claire,
7 Aug. 2017
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Outlander's set is resplendent with designers painstakingly quilting and smocking material.
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Mehera Bonner,
Marie Claire,
7 Aug. 2017
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