How to Use costume in a Sentence

costume

1 of 3 noun
  • That tells you what the costume was like.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2025
  • But none of this work feels like costume.
    — Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes.com, 6 June 2026
  • The best part about this group costume?
    — James Factora, Them., 17 Oct. 2025
  • But the costume wasn’t just for show.
    — Killian Baarlaer, Louisville Courier Journal, 28 Mar. 2026
  • The costumes are what bring the dances to life.
    — Iris Sanchez, Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Whose job was it to come up with their costumes?
    — Danielle Parker, CBS News, 14 Apr. 2026
  • Whose job was it to come up with their costumes?
    — Danielle Parker, CBS News, 19 June 2026
  • So many catchy hooks, so many cute costumes.
    — Jennifer Day, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025
  • News how his costume took a toll on his body.
    — Michelle Lee, PEOPLE, 23 June 2026
  • My job’s not just to go, here’s a costume, wear it.
    — Kristen Tauer, Footwear News, 24 Oct. 2025
  • This method worked well for me, and the costume fit her well.
    — Rachel Trujillo, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2025
  • The costume is meant to reflect the pawns in a game of chess.
    — Olivia Wakim, AJC.com, 23 Apr. 2026
  • How about the head from an adult-size bunny costume?
    — Janice Phelan, Kansas City Star, 23 Apr. 2026
  • So, maybe the costume had some magic in it.
    — Max Bultman, New York Times, 11 Jan. 2026
  • Each day a new costume, a new scenario.
    — Danielle Parker, CBS News, 8 Mar. 2026
  • The costume design alone makes this film a must-watch.
    — Madeleine Janz, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Sewing my costumes, making my evening gowns for pageants.
    — Michael Schneider, Variety, 26 Feb. 2026
  • The team dressed up in medieval costumes.
    — Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Last year, the couple wore not one, not two, but three costumes.
    — Danielle Sinay, Glamour, 30 Oct. 2023
  • My costume is not your culture.
    — Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2026
  • The weight of holding both her own head and the costume's proved too much.
    — Ralphie Aversa, USA Today, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Myers didn’t stop at the costume.
    — Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Black-and-white makeup, wigs, costumes, and sets.
    — Robert Eggers, HollywoodReporter, 17 Oct. 2025
  • This is the first time he has been shown in full costume, and fans are going wild.
    — James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Avoid baggy or overly long costumes that can cause trips and falls.
    — Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
  • This one could be a gender neutral costume as well.
    — Dina Kaur, AZCentral.com, 23 Oct. 2025
  • The time has never been better for this costume.
    — James Factora, Them., 17 Oct. 2025
  • And, there’s a costume contest.
    — Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 30 May 2026
  • There will also be a costume contest with prizes.
    — Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Fans of the franchise have been very vocal about the costumes seen on set so far.
    — Michelle Lee, People.com, 28 Aug. 2025

costume

2 of 3 verb
  • See Halloween costumes through the decades.
    — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 17 Oct. 2025
  • There’s so much more to costume design than just a passion for fashion.
    — Mary Sollosi, EW.com, 29 Aug. 2020
  • Most of these ideas also work for a best friend, group, or couples costume scenario too.
    — Laurren Welch, Country Living, 9 Sep. 2019
  • There’s not a ton of money in costuming, but there’s enough to make the business work.
    — John Wenzel, The Know, 4 Aug. 2019
  • Of course, no amount of costuming could hide Aguilera’s voice.
    — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE.com, 15 June 2018
  • The post also features a poster for the prequel and a photo of her costumed as Tigris.
    — Michelle Lee, Peoplemag, 21 Nov. 2023
  • For the most angelic punny costume out there, attach black cow spots to an all-white outfit.
    — Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day, 28 July 2022
  • Mackie, an icon in costuming, kept his acceptance speech brief.
    — Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com, 9 June 2019
  • These Halloween costumes for kids are all under $45.
    — Katrina Cossey, Parents, 1 Oct. 2025
  • One of Schley’s favorite parts of costuming this show was dressing up the men.
    — Sophia Scorziello, Variety, 9 Sep. 2023
  • Critcheloe has always had a keen eye for costuming and set design.
    — Rachel Hahn, Vogue, 2 July 2018
  • More recently, the city has shied from costuming the founder of the commonwealth.
    — Rob Tornoe, Philly.com, 23 Jan. 2018
  • Here are the 36 most iconic celebrity couples costumes.
    — Nicole Briese, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Male actors have a habit of going commando to costume fittings.
    — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 21 Oct. 2025
  • This also makes a great couples costume if your partner dresses up as the Vicount!
    — Katarina Avendano, Good Housekeeping, 12 May 2022
  • The costuming on Maisel is one of the more joyful revelations of this year.
    — Rachel Syme, The Cut, 13 Dec. 2017
  • Have your date go as Darrin Stephens for the ultimate couples costume.
    — Amina Lake Abdelrahman, Good Housekeeping, 28 July 2020
  • At Spirit Halloween, costumes for all three main characters come in both adult and kids' sizes.
    — Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Well, there's really nothing sweeter than handing out candy to costumed trick-or-treaters, is there?
    — Diana Pearl, Peoplemag, 23 Oct. 2023
  • The room houses costumes for performances for the entire year, and there are about 40 years of costumes in the room.
    — Najahe Sherman, CBS News, 22 Dec. 2025
  • The production is costumed by British fashion house Paul Smith.
    — Greg Evans, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Pearce rocks the house with her powerful high note and silky singing, and her costuming boosts the illusion of androgyny.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Sep. 2019
  • As in the first two seasons, the acting, costuming and production design are highlights of the series.
    — Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 15 Nov. 2019
  • For a full list of costuming events, visit Phoenix Comic Fest's website.
    — Garrett Mitchell, azcentral, 23 May 2018
  • That attention to detail was present across all of the show’s departments, from sets and costuming to the cameras that captured it all.
    — Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 15 June 2026
  • Keller costumed as the Wicked Witch of the West and was accompanied by two flying monkeys.
    — Ann Benoit, NOLA.com, 31 Oct. 2017
  • The most notable feature of the regional was not the golden chick that sat, costumed in feathery yellow, among the spectators.
    — Christopher Schultz, PEOPLE.com, 31 May 2018
  • Jade Roper Tolbert's birthday boy wasn't feeling the dinosaur costume his parents got for him.
    — Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE.com, 31 July 2021
  • The group, known for its grisly staging, costuming and theatrics, is in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
    — Lauren Beale, latimes.com, 1 July 2019
  • The aura of celebrity, and the sense that the guests often seem costumed rather than in fashion, creates a feeling of outright celebration.
    — Rachel Tashjian, BostonGlobe.com, 1 May 2023

costume

3 of 3 adjective
  • You're invited to a costume party!
  • The theme this year is costume art.
    — Alyssa Goldberg, USA Today, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Each era comes with its own stage props, costume changes and visual effects.
    — Ramon Padilla, USA TODAY, 27 Apr. 2023
  • So that was kind of cool to get basically a flip side of a costume coin.
    — Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 26 May 2026
  • There are a lot of costume shop ones that are really cheapie.
    — Valli Herman, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2023
  • There are also costume sketches, props and behind-the-scenes looks.
    — Alyson Rodriguez, Dallas Morning News, 26 Feb. 2026
  • There are also costume sketches, props and behind-the-scenes looks.
    — Alyson Rodriguez, Dallas Morning News, 19 Mar. 2026
  • There are also costume sketches, props and behind-the-scenes looks.
    — Alyson Rodriguez, Dallas Morning News, 5 Mar. 2026
  • There are also costume sketches, props and behind-the-scenes looks.
    — Alyson Rodriguez, Dallas Morning News, 19 Feb. 2026
  • There are also costume sketches, props and behind-the-scenes looks.
    — Alyson Rodriguez, Dallas Morning News, 5 Feb. 2026
  • There are also costume sketches, props and behind-the-scenes looks.
    — Alyson Rodriguez, Dallas Morning News, 29 Jan. 2026
  • There are also costume sketches, props and behind-the-scenes looks.
    — Alyson Rodriguez, Dallas Morning News, 15 Jan. 2026
  • Halloween season is in full effect and most of us are still scrambling for costume ideas.
    — Kamren Curiel, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2023
  • However, this costume space has been a new and exciting thing for us.
    — Kyle Lamar Rice, Rolling Stone, 5 July 2023
  • There are costume changes — for both — and a spare setting dominated by foil.
    — Gia Kourlas, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2024
  • So, a day after Halloween, there were costume changes in hopes of a program makeover.
    — Noah White, Miami Herald, 2 Nov. 2025
  • In Milan, suits are never costume.
    — Alejandro Badia, Footwear News, 20 Jan. 2026
  • But the range of costume options extends as far and wide as kids' imagination!
    — Alesandra Dubin, Good Housekeeping, 27 Jan. 2023
  • These Halloween costume ideas are inventive, easy, and won't take a ton of time or money to make.
    — Jill Gleeson, Country Living, 10 Oct. 2022
  • This costume idea is for the polycules that just have a single really hot girl at their nucleus.
    — James Factora, Them., 17 Oct. 2025
  • There will be a costume contest and live music by Death Cat, 1magine and others.
    — Brendel Hightower, Detroit Free Press, 7 Jan. 2023
  • Gabriela Reumer is costume designer and Jens Bartram leads on hair and make-up.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Hiltner was a costume designer before joining the exodus of artists forced out by low pay.
    — New York Times, 6 July 2022
  • At times, the score blends scratchy strings with static, a sound more likely to accompany a horror movie than a costume drama.
    — Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 3 Dec. 2022
  • From your littlest trick-or-treaters to the oldest folks in your crew, these family Halloween costume ideas are sure to be a hit this year.
    — Shanon Maglente, Good Housekeeping, 13 Oct. 2022
  • Don’t wait until the last minute to pick a joint costume — scroll on for family-friendly costume ideas that will get everyone in on the fun.
    — Kaitlin Stanford, Parents, 5 Oct. 2023
  • See more costume photos, courtesy of Smilebooth, below.
    — Them, Them., 31 Oct. 2025
  • The opaque fabric keeps things breathable, which makes these tights perfect for trick or treating outside or turning up at a costume party in your bestie's dorm.
    — Jasmine Washington, Seventeen, 27 July 2022
  • What to Consider It’s designed for costume use and might not be as comfy as other options on our list.
    — Kaitlyn McInnis, Travel + Leisure, 7 Apr. 2023
  • The costume designer Emilio Sosa has dressed everyone in bright, poppy hues.
    — Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 1 Sep. 2022

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