How to Use fedora in a Sentence

fedora

noun
  • Pair this with a straw fedora, and you’re all set for the day.
    — Nneya Richards, Travel + Leisure, 11 May 2026
  • His look was finished off with a pair of cream work boots and a fedora.
    — Alexia Fernández, PEOPLE.com, 5 Aug. 2021
  • His look was finished off with a pair of cream work boots and a fedora.
    — Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE.com, 9 Aug. 2021
  • Her look was topped off with a layered fedora and leather gloves.
    — Michelle Lee, People.com, 26 Feb. 2025
  • So, who will be the next star to wield the worn fedora and bullwhip?
    — Yohana Desta, HWD, 5 Apr. 2018
  • Bald white heads poked above the seat backs, as did a few ponytails and fedoras.
    — Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 26 Sep. 2024
  • His mom, in sparkly green sneakers and a fedora, sat in the first row.
    — Sarah Stillman, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2023
  • Tom Landry was a coach; kids didn’t grow up hoping to wear a fedora.
    — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 28 Dec. 2020
  • As the movies rolled on, the fedora gained its own character arc.
    — Simon Ingram, Town & Country, 30 June 2023
  • Three piece suits, bowties, fedora hats, and, yes, even the turtleneck, are part of his new style.
    — Steff Yotka, Vogue, 29 Mar. 2018
  • Many of them were dressed as gangsters, in fedoras and suits with pocket squares.
    — Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 21 June 2024
  • My husband wore a suit and tie, a white shirt with cuff links, a black felt fedora, and a gray wool coat.
    — Beverly Beckham, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Jan. 2020
  • Because the right straw fedora can look good, one that's yours always looks great.
    — Liza Corsillo, GQ, 29 July 2017
  • Patrons lounged in a smoky daze; men wearing fedoras played mah-jongg.
    — Dennis Zhou, New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2025
  • Scale it up with leggings and heels, or go with a fedora and cozy booties for off-duty style.
    — Miles Walls, People.com, 26 Oct. 2024
  • Lopez, 53, looked on, and already had her hat game set with a white fedora.
    — Amethyst Tate, Peoplemag, 26 Aug. 2022
  • And now the actress is once again covering up in the same straw fedora.
    — Emily Kirkpatrick, PEOPLE.com, 7 Aug. 2017
  • On a coat hook by the door hangs a fedora, a bullwhip and a leather messenger bag.
    — Jack Armstrong, The Arizona Republic, 19 July 2024
  • Lopez, 53, dressed in all white, sporting a crop top with high-waist pants and a fedora.
    — Michael Gioia, Peoplemag, 25 Aug. 2022
  • Several times a week, men in worn coats and brown fedoras in search of food and work would knock on our back door.
    — Fran Moreland Johns, The Atlantic, 11 May 2026
  • The bucket hat has dethroned the fedora as the chapeau du jour.
    — Max Berlinger, The Seattle Times, 16 Aug. 2018
  • The back seats, as usual for this type car, will fit a fedora and a set of guitar strings and that’s about it.
    — Josh Max, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2021
  • While fedoras may not be required, Aidala does insist that his staff dress in suits.
    — Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Her husband, Norm Nixon, wears a three-piece white suit with a fedora.
    — Brendan Le, People.com, 6 May 2025
  • The woman behind the fedora may have also had a hand in the star on the team’s helmets.
    — David Moore, Dallas News, 23 Jan. 2021
  • The mom-to-be wore first wore the accessory with a white eyelet dress and pom pom fedora hat.
    — Isabel Greenberg, Harper's BAZAAR, 26 July 2018
  • Got here a 1/2 hr before the game and couldn't even get one fedora out of 3 tickets.
    — Rafi Kohan, GQ, 29 Sep. 2017
  • Later in the night, Robbie beamed in a hot pink suit, pink tie and polka-dot fedora.
    — Genevieve Cepeda, Peoplemag, 28 Nov. 2023
  • The man in the fedora was Jack Ruby, the febrile strip-club owner and cop buff.
    — Edward Kosner, WSJ, 30 July 2021
  • At the end, the actor puts on the Borsalino fedora, turns around, and walks off stage.
    — Jacquinn Sinclair, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Aug. 2023

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