WEAR in a Sentence

Learn WEAR 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.
371 example sentences for WEAR, such as:
1. If the cap fits, wear it.
2. If the shoe fits, wear it.
3. Better wear out than rust out.
4. Better wear out shoes than sheets.
5. Few Englishmen wear frock coats now.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of WEAR
wear
 v.  go to pieces
 v.  deteriorate through use or stress
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  Her "good" dress had been replaced by the black calico and brown knitted shawl which formed her daily wear, and with them she had put on her usual face and manner.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VII
2  Mother, the lace is loose on my new ball dress and I want to wear it tomorrow night at Twelve Oaks.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
3  If her plans were successful, she would not wear that dress tonight.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
4  But there was nothing else to do but wear it.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
5  Between the two evils, it was better to have Scarlett wear an afternoon dress at a morning barbecue than to have her gobble like a hog.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
6  We'll wear her down and get the horses yet.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
7  If there had not been a war, Scarlett would have had third-day and fourth-day and fifth-day dresses to wear to the Fontaine and Calvert and Tarleton parties in her honor.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VII
8  He tells Aunt Pitty when it's too cold or too wet for her to go calling and when she should wear a shawl.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
9  Men should either be clean shaven, mustached or wear full beards.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
10  And to think I'll never wear that color again, not even when I do get out of mourning.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
11  Everyone, soldiers, civilians, women, children and negroes, began to wear homespun.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
12  And better taste than to wear that veil to advertise a grief I'm sure you never felt.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
13  But she was not listening, for she was regarding herself pleasedly in the mirror again, thinking she would wear the bonnet to the hospital this very afternoon and take flowers to the convalescent officers.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
14  She'll wear herself out nursing and sewing.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
15  When our shoes wear out, there are no more shoes.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
Example Sentence: (161 in 11 pages)
1  Few Englishmen wear frock coats now.
2  It is said that a cat hath nine lives, yet care would wear them all out.
3  American footballers wear shoulder-pads for protection.
4  Please wear trainers in the gym, to avoid scuffing the floor.
5  The workers wear masks to avoid inhaling the dust.
6  In some countries it is traditional for a bride to wear white.
7  I don't usually wear much make-up.
8  When setting out on a long walk, always wear suitable boots.
9  If the cap fits, wear it.
10  Better wear out shoes than sheets.
11  It is better to wear out than to rust out.
12  If the shoe fits, wear it.
13  Better wear out than rust out.
14  I will not wear this dress if you object to it.
15  She should wear a thinner shirt in summer.