SHIRT in a Sentence

Learn SHIRT 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.
215 example sentences for SHIRT, such as:
1. The baby puked all down my shirt.
2. The neck of a shirt gets dirty easily.
3. Try not to dirty your new white shirt.
4. The top button of his shirt was undone.
5. I've upset a cup of coffee on my shirt.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of SHIRT
shirt
 n.  a garment worn on the upper half of the body
 v.  put a shirt on
Classic Sentence: (177 in 12 pages)
1  Andrew Hale was a ruddy man with a big gray moustache and a stubbly double-chin unconstrained by a collar; but his scrupulously clean shirt was always fastened by a small diamond stud.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IV
2  She had been on the front porch and he had ridden up the long avenue, dressed in gray broadcloth with a wide black cravat setting off his frilled shirt to perfection.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
3  Then he hastily set about smoothing his hair and settling his ruffled shirt and his cravat which had slipped awry behind one ear.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
4  Pork brought forth his favorite ruffled shirt, so inexpertly mended by the chambermaid as to be unwearable by anyone except his valet.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
5  He was well turned out in mustard-colored trousers and black coat and his pleated shirt was topped by the widest and most fashionable of black cravats.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
6  His hat was gone, his crisp long hair was tumbled in a white mane, his cravat was under one ear, and there were liquor stains down his shirt bosom.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
7  But she wanted to give him something more personal, something a wife could give a husband, a shirt, a pair of gauntlets, a hat.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
8  Don't forget to put a newspaper across your chest under your shirt.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
9  His shirt and trousers were as red as a butcher's and even the end of his iron-gray beard was matted with blood.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
10  His dress was as debonaire as if he were going to a ball, well-tailored white linen coat and trousers, embroidered gray watered-silk waistcoat and a hint of ruffle on his shirt bosom.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
11  Suddenly she was in his arms, her wet cheek against the starched ruffle of his shirt, her beating hands stilled against him.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
12  He stopped and smiled faintly, shivering a little as the cold wind went through his thin shirt.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXI
13  His tall hat was off in a deep bow when her eyes met his and his hand went to the bosom of a spotless pleated shirt.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
14  Melanie, strangely quick for one so recently in a faint, was rapidly cutting off his blood-soaked shirt with embroidery scissors.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLV
15  His shirt, opened to the waist, showed a brown chest covered with thick black hair.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLVIII
Example Sentence: (38 in 3 pages)
1  The baby puked all down my shirt.
2  The iron was too hot and he scorched the shirt.
3  The top button of his shirt was undone.
4  He was the type of person who would give you the shirt off his back.
5  She should wear a thinner shirt in summer.
6  The boy's white shirt was marked up with spots of ink.
7  My shirt is more ivory colour than white.
8  He had on a blue and white checked shirt and jeans.
9  Try not to dirty your new white shirt.
10  The police identified the murderess from a smudge of blood on the shirt.
11  I'm worried about washing that shirt in case it shrinks.
12  This shirt has certainly seen some service.
13  I matched the color of my sweater with the color of my shirt.
14  I've upset a cup of coffee on my shirt.
15  The neck of a shirt gets dirty easily.