How to Use cravat in a Sentence

cravat

noun
  • Just pair a red curly wig with a giant top hat, cravat, overcoat and mismatched socks.
    — Mariah Thomas, Good Housekeeping, 8 June 2022
  • Spaghetti-thin shoelaces, sturdy hawsers, silk cravats — all are routinely tied in knots.
    — Quanta Magazine, 9 Dec. 2013
  • In the North American colonies, the cravat took on new meanings.
    — Camille Davis / Made By History, TIME, 1 Nov. 2024
  • The Friend dressed in a dark robe, a cravat of purple or white, and a silk skirt, adding a beaverskin hat in cold weather.
    — Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
  • In their defense, the pace of change must be dizzying for those stuck in the era of knee-length trousers, ruffled cravats and tweed jackets.
    — Karen Crouse, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2017
  • RuPaul accepted the award in a silky pink double breasted suit and a fierce black cravat.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 22 Sep. 2019
  • Throughout the years, shirting and knot styles evolved around the growing variety of cravats, bandanas, and scarves.
    — Naomi Rougeau, Robb Report, 25 Aug. 2023
  • Will members of the president’s base start wearing longer and longer ties, until the cravats dangle between their knees?
    — Washington Post, 9 Feb. 2020
  • My hero tenderly wrapped his snow-white daughter in a cravat; my heroine woke with a stab of fear, wondering where her stomach had gone.
    — Eloisa James, PEOPLE, 12 May 2026
  • Her neighbor, a personal chef, lent her his cooking outfit, complete with jacket and cravat.
    — Coralie Kraft, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2023
  • At the Collar For a dressier affair, consider a modern day cravat.
    — Marykate Boylan, Town & Country, 19 Jan. 2021
  • To top it all off, the King added a red scarf as a day cravat, instantly elevating his style into the realm of mod aesthetics.
    — Tim Moffatt, EW.com, 29 Mar. 2025
  • But this show is not just about a fabulously gifted painter making hay with the shapes and colors of silk dresses, hunting attire, hats and cravats.
    — Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 20 Nov. 2023
  • To top it all off, the King added a red scarf as a day cravat, instantly elevating his style into the realm of mod face aesthetic.
    — Tim Moffatt, EW.com, 6 July 2022
  • The classic military triangular bandage, or cravat, is made of muslin cotton.
    — The Editors, Outdoor Life, 20 Feb. 2020
  • The one flourish permitted in Brummell’s frock-coat ensemble was the cravat, perfectly tied.
    — Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 6 July 2024
  • Standing nearby was Ross Hetrick, dressed as Thaddeus Stevens in a black frock coat, cravat and ill-fitting wig.
    — Washington Post, 10 June 2021
  • Details such as high and low collars, frills or lace on shirts, and diverse bonnets and cravats are small touches that differentiate each sitter along with their features.
    — Samantha Baskind, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Apr. 2023
  • The necktie, which has its origins in the 17th-century cravat once worn as military garb, appears to be falling out of fashion in many parts of the world.
    — Natasha Frost, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Feb. 2021
  • Turner’s portrait, of a young man in a black cravat, belonged for many years to Denis Wirth-Miller, a bohemian landscape painter.
    — Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2022
  • Well, in the 17th century, men's shirts were tied with thin laces rather than buttons, so the tie or the cravat at the time actually helped keep the shirt collar closed, helped keep you warm.
    — Brianna Scott, NPR, 1 Apr. 2024
  • Do not let the dashing green velvet suit, the yellow leather gloves, the silk cravat or the pencil-thin mustache, a tonsorial touch that suggests the matinee idols of yesteryear, fool you.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Wolfe, presumably with hands in pockets, has pulled his pale jacket back to reveal the famed vestee, the wide damask tie skewered with a fancy cravat pin, pocket handkerchief fanning open like a magnolia in bloom.
    — Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 15 May 2018
  • For the next couple of centuries, the space around men’s throats was host to a bewildering array of cravats, stocks, scarves, kerchiefs, solitaires, jabots, and the style that eventually came to be called the ascot.
    — Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 6 July 2024
  • With his jaunty green party hat, oversized brown cravat and black gloves, Redmayne is both intriguing and imposing as the fascinating character.
    — Sabienna Bowman, Peoplemag, 15 Apr. 2024
  • Anthony Bridgerton hoisting himself out of a lake, white shirt clinging to his body like Saran Wrap, removing his cravat as a stripper would a pair of tear-away pants.
    — Jenny Singer, Glamour, 30 Mar. 2022
  • The bear in question is the mural known informally as the Asbury Bear, a fuzzy, scruffy mascot with big koala ears, a body green as a rainforest, and a worldly cravat of dark red fur.
    — Nick Rallo, Dallas News, 14 Sep. 2021
  • The singer’s classy pinstripe Marc Jacobs ensemble with a polka dot cravat and oversized hat celebrated the night’s theme of Black style and dandyism.
    — Jade Walker, CNN Money, 6 May 2025
  • Case in point, the cravat tie that Bridges wore was a direct reference to an image of Baldwin and it was knitted by Daley’s mother Maureen.
    — Hikmat Mohammed, Footwear News, 16 May 2025
  • The cravat eventually became a fashionable accessory among the French elite and was often crafted from luxurious fabrics such as lace or silk.
    — Kristopher Fraser, Robb Report, 20 June 2025

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