How to Use tailcoat in a Sentence

tailcoat

noun
  • Tuxedos with tailcoats and floor-length gowns.
    — Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026
  • There, men were required to wear an ascot tie with a tailcoat jacket.
    — Stacey Leasca, Southern Living, 9 May 2018
  • Her husband William wore breeches with his tailcoat and white tie.
    — Simon Perry, PEOPLE.com, 11 Dec. 2019
  • In society, a handsome man who talks well and has a good tailcoat can go anywhere.
    — Brent Lang, Variety, 21 Mar. 2022
  • For men, black tie permits a suit or a tuxedo, while white tie demands the black tailcoat and white bowtie brief as explained above.
    — Vogue, 27 Mar. 2026
  • On a break between takes, Harland, wearing a leather tailcoat, steps outside to get some fresh air.
    — K.j. Yossman, Variety, 29 Mar. 2024
  • Men are expected to wear white ties and tailcoats, while women don designer gowns and jewels.
    — Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Importantly, white tie requires an evening tailcoat, not a morning coat.
    — Vogue, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Meanwhile, Charles donned a black tailcoat tuxedo and white bow tie for the diplomatic dinner.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 30 Mar. 2023
  • In the Royal Enclosure, that also means a top hat and a vest or waistcoat and tailcoat.
    — Simon Perry, PEOPLE.com, 17 June 2022
  • Men came dressed in tailcoats and top hats, while women paired fascinators with colorful dresses.
    — Cara Zimmerman, Harper's BAZAAR, 22 June 2017
  • The dance’s energetic moments did have flecks swirling around the floor and clinging to Astaire’s tailcoat.
    — Brenda Cronin, WSJ, 25 May 2023
  • Holes aside, the Duke of Sussex looked quite dapper in his tailcoat, vest, pinstripe pants, and sunglasses.
    — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 7 Aug. 2018
  • Harry, 33, looked dapper in his traditional tailcoat and top hat.
    — Simon Perry, PEOPLE.com, 19 June 2018
  • Since the early nineteenth century, suits have evolved from tailcoats and pantaloons to frock coats and top hats to modern suit jackets and neckties.
    — Literary Hub, 25 June 2026
  • The actor, who plays Van Palmer on the beloved show, wore a tuxedo tailcoat typically worn with white tie and tuxedo shirt.
    — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 16 Jan. 2024
  • Your synapses will be safe again when the British mentalist Derren Brown hangs up his tailcoat and blindfold.
    — Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 22 June 2017
  • Your synapses will be safe once again when the British mentalist Derren Brown hangs up his tailcoat and blindfold.
    — Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 15 June 2017
  • Men’s and women’s looks referenced the tailcoat and top hat traditionally worn by that circus performer.
    — Adam Tschorn, latimes.com, 13 June 2018
  • For women that meant tailcoat bodysuits worn with fishnet stockings and and for men that meant tuxedos with cutaway jackets accessorized with floppy bow ties.
    — Adam Tschorn, latimes.com, 13 June 2018
  • The bold red finish channels Mozart’s signature tailcoat, a detail often captured in his portraits.
    — Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 11 June 2025
  • The rapper looked the part in a competition-ready black tailcoat featuring six-button fastening over a white polo and matching trousers.
    — Charlie Carballo, WWD, 3 Aug. 2024
  • The 52-year-old entered the Palace of Versailles, Paris, on a golf cart, dressed in breeches, a dressage tailcoat, and hard hat.
    — Bruce Haring, Deadline, 3 Aug. 2024
  • Featuring guides in Victorian hoop skirts and gentlemen in tailcoats.
    — Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 20 Nov. 2024
  • For its Fall 2018 collection, Sonia Rykiel gives the tailcoat a modern spin.
    — Vogue, 3 Oct. 2018
  • At the time, members of the diplomatic corps — practically all men — were expected to own a cutaway tailcoat and striped trousers for formal receptions.
    — Washington Post, 27 Aug. 2021
  • Come September, George will become the latest royal to don Eton’s iconic black tailcoat, waistcoat and pin-striped trousers.
    — Erin Hill, PEOPLE, 25 June 2026
  • Guests at the St Albans ball were invited to wear 17th Century period dress - with ladies in full length gowns, and men in tailcoats.
    — Robbie Griffiths, NPR, 20 July 2025
  • This type of hummingbird has a long beak that appears to examine flowers the way a doctor might examine a patient; further, the black crest and tails of the bird resemble the top hat and long tailcoats doctors once wore.
    — Pam Lolley, Southern Living, 22 Nov. 2023
  • For the latter track, Madonna sports a punky tailcoat by Findikoglu, inspired by an archival blazer that the singer wore for a performance in Japan back in the ’80s.
    — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 16 Oct. 2023

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