How to Use garb in a Sentence

garb

1 of 2 noun
  • The shot widens to reveal his full garb.
    — Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Some of the cast comes out, in alien garb, to support him.
    — Andy Hoglund, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Mar. 2026
  • Customers can come in sweaty gym clothes or date-night garbs.
    — Jenna Thompson march 26, Kansas City Star, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Kuo showed off her ice-queen garb and noticed a friend in the corner.
    — Jane Bua, New Yorker, 14 May 2026
  • He is dressed in native garb and has feathers on the back of his head.
    — Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Guides in period garb give tours about the historic rail line.
    — Patricia Harris and David Lyon, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Sep. 2023
  • His previous garb of nerdy suits gave way to sports coats and sneakers.
    — Eliza Griswold, New Yorker, 22 June 2026
  • But most politicians stick to the script, wearing muted garb.
    — Jay Stahl, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2025
  • The top portion of her garb looked to be a leather band while the rest of the gown appeared to be suede.
    — Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 16 Nov. 2023
  • In two of the photos, both men are seen wearing cultural garb.
    — CBS News, 19 Dec. 2025
  • What was the process like to get fitted for such authentic monster garb?
    — Devon Ivie, Vulture, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Gosling asks the cast members, who are dressed in a variety of silvery alien garb.
    — Pat Saperstein, Variety, 8 Mar. 2026
  • But multi-colored knits are not the usual garb of power-dressers.
    — Mattie Kahn, Vogue, 22 Jan. 2024
  • Hubbell, who appeared in court in red jail garb, will remain in the county lockup.
    — Kristine Phillips, IndyStar, 3 Oct. 2025
  • For the group date, the women trained to be knights, competing in medieval garb.
    — Dana Rose Falcone, Peoplemag, 13 Feb. 2024
  • At the show’s start, émigrés in the garb of many cultures mill about in a Kafkaesque waiting room.
    — Celia Wren, Washington Post, 21 Nov. 2023
  • Around him, men dressed in military garb shoot into the air as the vehicle speeds off.
    — Imogen Piper, Washington Post, 12 Oct. 2023
  • Her village is all in their traditional garb.
    — Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 26 May 2026
  • Then, locals dress in traditional garb and haul ancient grape carts around the steep town.
    — Tom Mullen, Forbes, 24 July 2022
  • As longhairs clad in cosmic-hippie garb, Crown Lands look the part too.
    — Matt Wake | [email protected], al, 25 Oct. 2022
  • How about being led by staff in prison garb to a table inside what’s designed to be a makeshift lockup?
    — Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2023
  • People in the local office garb of slacks and zip vests brushed past, thumbing their smartphones.
    — Nathan Heller, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2023
  • Musgraves took the stage with her band in old timey garb for an emotional performance of the album cut.
    — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 15 Mar. 2024
  • The hoods might just as well evoke the garb of Christian monks debating whether the soul is distinct from the body.
    — Dawn Chan, The New York Review of Books, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Sometimes a guitar player in old-timey garb wanders through the car and whips up a singalong.
    — Phil Kloer, ajc, 16 Aug. 2022
  • Over the summer, the school had a small leak, and the collection of graduation garb got wet.
    — Bo Evans, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026
  • As Meraj worked, a young man dressed in legal garb (black suit, white shirt) approached and ordered tea.
    — Nathan Heller, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Players are permitted to opt out of wearing the garb with Pride colors.
    — Susan Slusser, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 June 2022
  • Guides dress in period garb and spin sinister tales of spirits trapped between worlds.
    — Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Sir Lewis is oft spotted wearing designer garb, bling, and wrist candy to the track.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 20 Mar. 2023

garb

2 of 2 verb
  • Gray-haired men garbed in white bathrobes and angel wings descend the hill.
    — Anya Groner, Longreads, 9 June 2017
  • The modern au courant guest rooms are garbed in maritime shades of blue, gray and cream.
    — Laura Manske, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2023
  • He was garbed in prison attire and did not speak during the brief hearing.
    — Arkansas Online, 24 Jan. 2026
  • He was garbed in prison attire and did not speak during the brief hearing.
    — Julie Carr Smyth, Chicago Tribune, 23 Jan. 2026
  • By now, three or four big guys, all garbed in those white smocks, had popped out onto the Peacock’s front porch.
    — Charles Hammer, Kansas City Star, 22 Jan. 2025
  • Teams were garbed in matching uniforms with their business names or sponsor logos.
    — Jeff Forward, Houston Chronicle, 26 Sep. 2019
  • Floral sculptures appear throughout the store, including one that is garbed in a silk robe.
    — Kailyn Brown, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2024
  • The Qataris, garbed in white robes with red sashes, sat directly behind the goal in the lower bowl.
    — Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 13 June 2026
  • The streets are jammed for a concert of his, and people are garbed in Bruno Mars paraphernalia.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 7 Feb. 2018
  • Lukumuena, who was garbed head to toe in denim, hovered near the balcony, and used her phone as a mirror to check herself out.
    — Negar Azimi, The New Yorker, 9 Apr. 2017
  • Crisp’s and Blair’s characters go down with the ship, while Hindley’s grabs a seat in a lifeboat garbed as a woman.
    — Tom Titus, Daily Pilot, 12 Aug. 2019
  • The large-scale work shows two men, one richly garbed and another in religious dress, leaned against a table stuffed with objects.
    — Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 14 July 2023
  • Accordingly, the scientists are garbed in white onesies, gloves, booties and hairnets.
    — Jordan Wilkerson, Dallas News, 9 July 2019
  • As Harry participates in the games, Meghan, garbed in a chic navy dress and white blazer, cheers on her prince from the sidelines.
    — Morgan Evans, Town & Country, 18 May 2017
  • While there is plenty of modern machinery in the bakery, the white-garbed bakers on Maranto's floor straighten loaves and rolls by hand.
    — Dan Rodricks, baltimoresun.com, 29 Apr. 2017
  • Markle turned heads while garbed in a $595 black Judith & Charles plunge neck-line tuxedo mini dress and matching pumps.
    — Morgan M. Evans, Fox News, 31 Aug. 2018
  • One of the shots showed Collazos garbed in medical mask and scrubs next to dentistry tools and someone lying in a red recliner.
    — David J. Neal, miamiherald, 4 July 2017
  • Idris Elba and his girlfriend Sabrina Dhowre walked into the chapel hand in hand with garbed in black outfits.
    — Fox News, 19 May 2018
  • But the wildly garbed, 14-member Austin band owe their shtick to the late, great, free-jazz musician Sun Ra.
    — Cary Darling, star-telegram, 1 May 2017
  • As all the celebrities arrived at the chapel for the ceremony, garbed in their royal best, there was one star in particular who set himself apart from the crowd.
    — Fox News, 19 May 2018
  • Many of Furgeson’s subjects were displeased by his haughty musings, which would seem less out of place if he was garbed in a royal mantle and wielding a golden scepter.
    — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 4 June 2026
  • Other images show families huddled together garbed in the over-sized sweatshirts, along with kids and teens posing in an array of crop tops, hoodies and biker shorts.
    — Morgan M. Evans, Fox News, 13 June 2018
  • The actor donned his Jack Sparrow garb to surprise guests at the California theme park on Wednesday.
    — Richard Tribou, OrlandoSentinel.com, 27 Apr. 2017
  • Only baby food, baby bottles and toddler toys were found inside the home, where the teenage boys were discovered garbed in diapers, according to a law enforcement source.
    — Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 24 Jan. 2026
  • Bedlam favors a minimalist aesthetic, with few props and the cast mainly garbed in everyday attire rather than period costumes.
    — Don Aucoin, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Mar. 2018
  • In the commercial, Downey, garbed in a suit and sneakers, answers rapid-fire questions from casting directors about cybersecurity.
    — Bailey Allen, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Mar. 2023
  • But the visitors from Memphis were a husk of that outfit, a cavalcade of new faces and Golden State castoffs being observed by the ghost of Ja Morant garbed in street clothes.
    — Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2026
  • After about 15 minutes, the troopers separated and allowed the protesters to continue marching to a nearby street but were soon met by more law enforcement officers garbed in riot gear.
    — P. Kim Bui, azcentral, 29 May 2020
  • The heavily tattooed prisoners, garbed in boxer shorts, their shorn heads bowed, are pictured pressed together in precise formation only inches apart, as shotgun-wielding guards in full riot gear eye them ominously.
    — Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2020
  • The remaining members of the company (which numbers 10) are garbed in Cassidy Haley’s shiny black sci-fi outfits; most have character names, though what differentiates them is difficult to discern.
    — Allan Ulrich, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 May 2018

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