CLOTHES in a Sentence

Learn CLOTHES from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
408 example sentences for CLOTHES, such as:
1. I immerse my clothes in the water.
2. Jill crammed her clothes into the bag.
3. She usually wears smart/casual clothes.
4. Truth hath a good face, but ill clothes.
5. She managed a clothes shop two years ago.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of CLOTHES
clothes
 n.  clothing in general
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  He was getting into his clothes in fumbling haste.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In I
2  And they'd all be sorry when I came back here to visit in a fine carriage and with lots of pretty clothes and a house of my own.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
3  He was tall and gaunt and wore a pointed beard of iron gray, and his clothes hung on his spare figure as though blown there by a hurricane.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
4  Just a little over a year ago, she was dancing and wearing bright clothes instead of this dark mourning and was practically engaged to three boys.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
5  He spent money freely, rode a wild black stallion, and wore clothes which were always the height of style and tailoring.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
6  Frequently Rhett pointed out to Scarlett the inconsistency of her wearing black mourning clothes when she was participating in all social activities.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
7  Starved for the sight, much less the touch, of new clothes, it seemed the loveliest bonnet she had ever seen.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
8  Already the house was full of the acrid smell of clothes boiling in homemade black dye for, in the kitchen, the sobbing cook was stirring all of Mrs. Meade's dresses in the huge wash pot.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
9  The muscles of his big body rippled against his well-tailored clothes, as he got in beside her, and, as always, the sense of his great physical power struck her like a blow.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
10  The room was an oven and Scarlett's sweat-drenched clothes never dried but became wetter and stickier as the hours went by.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXII
11  Wake Wade up and dress him and pack some clothes for all of us.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
12  Her clothes were crushed and wrinkled from sleeping in them and she had never felt more acutely tired and sore in all her life.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
13  In silence she carried them to the bedside and, turning down the sheet, began pulling up the night clothes of Suellen and Carreen.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
14  Corn and cotton seed for next spring's planting, and new clothes too.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
15  She knew it would be risky business sending Pork south to buy clothes, when the horse might be captured by either Yankees or Confederates.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
Example Sentence: (198 in 14 pages)
1  She managed a clothes shop two years ago.
2  Our new stock of winter clothes will arrive soon.
3  The clothes are available in warm natural colours.
4  To avoid confusion, please write the children's names clearly on all their school clothes.
5  I get broody when I see baby clothes in shop windows.
6  He hastily stuffed a few clothes into a bag.
7  Jill crammed her clothes into the bag.
8  She laid out all her new clothes on the bed.
9  Trouble is only opportunity in work clothes.
10  Truth hath a good face, but ill clothes.
11  We got so wet that our clothes clung to us.
12  She usually wears smart/casual clothes.
13  The clothes blend with her color of skin very much.
14  I immerse my clothes in the water.
15  In winter we wear woollen clothes to keep us warm.