How to Use dinner jacket in a Sentence

dinner jacket

noun
  • Think of it like a sleek dinner jacket that will never go out of style.
    — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 5 Sep. 2024
  • Then a white dinner jacket slowly flutters down from the sky.
    — Joyce Wadler, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2018
  • For men, make sure to pack a dinner jacket, as some restaurants require them.
    — Bridget Hallinan, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Feb. 2018
  • And a velvet a shawl-collar dinner jacket in a rich, jewel-tone green?
    — Jonathan Evans, Esquire, 18 Dec. 2017
  • To have some fun with color, midnight blue is a chic option, or try on a white dinner jacket.
    — Matt Ortile, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2025
  • Scott has been responsible for the dinner jackets and tux shirts Jagger wears in concert.
    — Phoebe Eaton, Harper's BAZAAR, 23 Mar. 2011
  • Love wore a Ralph Lauren peak lapel silk shantung cream dinner jacket with custom tuxedo pants.
    — Hedy Phillips, PEOPLE.com, 29 June 2022
  • Bill Nye Nye wore a floral silk dinner jacket by Nick Graham.
    — Scott Christian, Esquire, 4 Feb. 2017
  • Matching his dad, Prince Jacques sports a bow tie and dinner jacket while leaning against his mother's shoulder.
    — Peter Mikelbank, Peoplemag, 15 Dec. 2023
  • But his pearlescent, Cheshire Cat smile, matched by the white of his dinner jacket, was unmistakable.
    — Ben Reiter, SI.com, 25 June 2019
  • Naturally, the trousers of the evening suit match the fabric of the jacket (except when wearing a white dinner jacket).
    — Lois Fenton, Arkansas Online, 4 Apr. 2021
  • Here was a man who, faced with Britain’s imperial collapse, did not cower but dashed around the world with a dinner jacket and a pistol.
    — Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2024
  • The vibe of the place permits a LBD or dinner jacket, but doesn't frown on casual, either.
    — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2019
  • The lobby was crowded with Tory grandees, some in dinner jackets and others in pajamas, many coated in dust.
    — Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2023
  • Affleck was also in Ralph Lauren, wearing a couture tuxedo with a cream dinner jacket and black trousers.
    — Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 27 Aug. 2022
  • Despite his tail and his horns and his chartreuse dinner jacket, Hades isn’t an especially malicious fiend.
    — Justin Davidson, Vulture, 24 Nov. 2021
  • Regarding the origins of the eponymous dinner jacket, theories abound.
    — Ash Carter, Town & Country, 1 Jan. 2012
  • In addition to the ivory dinner jacket, Marchitelli crafted two other looks for Allen.
    — Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 3 June 2026
  • To speak of the January 6 insurrection, then, is like wearing a too-tight dinner jacket to a charity ball.
    — Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 6 Jan. 2022
  • The 50-year-old's look included a formal one-button peak cream dinner jacket with a black double-pleated trouser and narrow piqué bib shirt.
    — Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 1 Sep. 2022
  • Men sport tuxedos or dinner jackets, and while some women opt for evening dirndls in honor of Austrian tradition, most wear chiffon gowns in a rainbow of colors.
    — Emily Selter, Town & Country, 2 Dec. 2016
  • Williams wore a white peak-lapel dinner jacket trimmed in grosgrain, paired with a white silk evening shirt, black evening trousers and a white grosgrain cummerbund, all by Giorgio Armani.
    — Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Williams wore a white peak-lapel dinner jacket trimmed in grosgrain, paired with a white silk evening shirt, black evening trousers and a white grosgrain cummerbund, all by Giorgio Armani.
    — Hedy Phillips, PEOPLE, 5 May 2026
  • Instead of a sea of the same black tuxedos, this year's nominees and presenters opted for swanky velvet dinner jackets, piles of lapel pins, and even one Grimace purple tux.
    — Matt Sebra, GQ, 18 Sep. 2017
  • José, wearing a Giorgio Armani dinner jacket, waited for her under a flower arch of ethereal pastel blooms.
    — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 24 Nov. 2023
  • For the Golden Globes, Williams wore a peak-label dinner jacket trimmed in grograin paired with a white silk evening shirt, black trousers, and a white grosgrain cummerbund.
    — Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 11 Jan. 2026
  • The groom donned a custom Loro Piana ivory mohair dinner jacket with a satin shawl lapel collar tailored by Rudi Festari.
    — New York Times, 26 Mar. 2021
  • Gerwig’s sparkling gown and Peele’s velvet dinner jacket were both in line with the era of classic cinema the photo shoot was meant to evoke—chalky clapboards and saddle pants and the golden age of film.
    — Rebecca Keegan, HWD, 1 Dec. 2017
  • Mercer becomes a suspect when police find heroin in the dinner jacket that belongs to his artist boyfriend, William (Nico Tortorella).
    — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 May 2023
  • Bob Dylan was pictured smoking in his sunglasses, slumped against a radiator, looking so disheveled that no one would have a hope of getting him into a dinner jacket.
    — Olivia Williams, Town & Country, 1 June 2021

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