How to Use "Dress" with Example Sentences

dress (n): a one-piece item of women's clothing that covers the body from the shoulders to the legs; male or female clothing

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Used with adjectives:

"What a beautiful dress."
(beautiful, elegant, gorgeous, beautiful, fancy, plain, simple)

"She is wearing a knee-length dress."
(knee-length, long, short, skimpy, shapeless, backless, low-cut, revealing, strapless)

"She wore a skintight dress."
(skintight, tight, tight-fitting, loose-fitting, flowered, flowery)

"She spilled her drink on her cotton dress."
(cotton, silk)

"We need to buy a cocktail dress."
(cocktail, evening, party, prom, wedding, Easter)

"Everyone was in formal dress."
(formal, casual, informal, evening, modern, traditional, military, civilian)

Used with verbs:

"Can you help me unzip my dress?"
(unzip, zip, zip up, lift, pull up, pull down, smooth, straighten)

"Do these shoes go with this dress?"
(go with, match)

"Try not to rip your dress."
(rip, ruin, tear)

Used with nouns:

"I bought it in a dress shop."
(shop)

"She is a famous dress designer."
(designer)

"What is you dress size?"
(size)

"What is the dress code?"
(code)

"Where is your dress coat?"
(coat, pants, shirt, shoes, suit, uniform)

Used with prepositions:

"She showed up in a fancy dress."
(in)

dress (v): to put clothes on

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Used with adverbs:

"She quickly dressed her baby."
(quickly, slowly, carefully)

"She dressed beautifully for the occasion."
(beautifully, elegantly, fashionably, neatly, nicely, smartly, stylishly, well)

"Her neighbor dresses badly."
(badly, poorly, shabbily)

"Please dress appropriately for the interview."
(appropriately, suitably, properly, professionally, formally)

"I wish she would dress decently around my parents."
(decently, modestly, plainly, simply, causally, differently)

"The mother and daughter dress similarly."
(similarly, identically, alike)

Used with prepositions:

"Please dress professionally for this job."
(for)

"Her child was dressed as a clown."
(as)

"My son likes to dress like a pirate."
(like)

"They are all dressed in black."
(in)