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.

For WEAR, below is one of 371 sentences:
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.

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 Meanings and Examples of WEAR
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
wear
 v.  have on body as clothing
 n.  a covering on a person body
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1  Her "good" dress had been replaced by the black calico and brown knitted shawl which formed her daily wear, and with them she had put on her usual face and manner.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 Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
3  If her plans were successful, she would not wear that dress tonight.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
4  But there was nothing else to do but wear it.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
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 Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
6  We'll wear her down and get the horses yet.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
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 Mitche
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 Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
9  Men should either be clean shaven, mustached or wear full beards.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
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 Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
11  Everyone, soldiers, civilians, women, children and negroes, began to wear homespun.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
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 Mitche
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 Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
14  She'll wear herself out nursing and sewing.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
15  When our shoes wear out, there are no more shoes.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
Example Sentence: (161 in 11 pages)
16  She likes to wear short skirts to show off her legs.
17  The one who wants to wear a crown must bear the weight.
18  You can't wear the red pants.
19  In winter we wear woollen clothes to keep us warm.
20  Do yourself a favour and wear a helmet on the bike.
21  I wear blue-tinted glasses on sunny days.
22  Pipe smokers sometimes wear down the tips of their teeth where they grip their pipes.
23  The materials are soft and comfortable to wear.
24  It would dishonour my family if I didn't wear the veil.
25  He'll only wear clothes with a designer label.
26  This suit has been in constant wear for two years.
27  You should wear something light-coloured when you're cycling at night so that you're more visible.
28  The team is sponsored by JVC, so the players wear the letters JVC on their shirts.
29  God gave you them shoes to fit you, so put them on and wear them.
30  As soon as the bristles on your toothbrush begin to wear, throw it out.