How to Use white-tie in a Sentence

white-tie

adjective
  • Senior royals and esteemed guests donned their white-tie finery—and their tiaras—for a night celebrating the diplomatic ties between the two countries.
    — Isaac Bickerstaff, Glamour, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Keeping with the white-tie dress code for state banquets, Queen Camilla opted for a sapphire and diamond tiara to complete her look for the evening.
    — Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2025
  • His grandmother was the late Jane Dudley, who founded the Swan Ball, the annual white-tie gala.
    — Brad Schmitt, The Tennessean, 11 Aug. 2025
  • The dinner was organized by the Queen in return for a white-tie dinner, the first of its kind hosted by the Bush family at the White House.
    — Callum Sutherland, Time, 27 Apr. 2026
  • At the white-tie banquet that night were eight Trumps and 16 members of the royal family, spanning three generations − 170 guests in all.
    — Susan Page, USA Today, 24 Mar. 2026
  • The photographer has even captured glamorous portraits of the Prince and Princess of Wales at state banquets, sometimes sharing a behind-the-scenes look at the white-tie events that call for ballgowns and tiaras.
    — Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE, 24 Apr. 2026
  • The Princess of Wales, 43, joined Prince William, King Charles, Queen Camilla and more for the glamorous evening, which called for a white-tie dress code.
    — Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE, 3 Dec. 2025
  • The royal couple attended a white-tie state dinner, visited the Children's National Medical Center and laid a wreath at the World War II Memorial.
    — Kierra Frazier, CBS News, 27 Apr. 2026
  • After a white-tie dinner at The White House on Tuesday, King Charles and Queen Camilla headed north to New York City on Wednesday to visit the 9/11 Memorial, the New York Public Library, and other sites, before hitting the King’s Trust Global Gala.
    — Elise Taylor, Vanity Fair, 30 Apr. 2026

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