How to Use corduroy in a Sentence
corduroy
noun-
Last year both test teams loved the 108 on soft corduroy and powder.
— Marc Peruzzi, Outside Online, 9 Jan. 2022 -
Swaddle me in corduroy and nurse me with split pea soup.
— Tamara Fuentes, Seventeen, 22 June 2023 -
Above it a church spire stuck like a slate spike through a hill cloaked in a green corduroy of vineyards.
— Rick Steves, Chicago Tribune, 20 June 2023 -
The corduroy and workclothes techniques speak to the very roots of the tradition.
— Jeanine Hays and Bryan Mason, House Beautiful, 20 Sep. 2021 -
Kelce, for his part, looked stylish in a matching creme corduroy set and bright white Nikes.
— Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 16 Oct. 2023 -
The corduroy shoes come in baby blue, a deep chocolate brown, cream, and black.
— Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 22 Sep. 2023 -
There's something just so stylish about a good corduroy dress.
— Roxanne Adamiyatt, Town & Country, 20 Dec. 2022 -
That day, on groomers at Winter Park, much of the corduroy had been scraped clean by the afternoon.
— Dan Schwartz, Outside Online, 5 Mar. 2021 -
All the streets in Fairbanks are now ice roads grooved corduroy by grader blades.
— Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Jan. 2022 -
The lid, the palm rests, and the bottom of the deck all have a ridged corduroy-ish texture that’s hard to resist running your hands over.
— Monica Chin, The Verge, 26 Jan. 2021 -
Her look consisted of a breezy white crop top and corduroy trousers by Chloé.
— Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 8 June 2023 -
Of course, the brand brings the same characteristics to its pair of corduroy pants.
— Todd Plummer, Robb Report, 7 Sep. 2023 -
He’s drawn a diamond in the corduroy with his ski pole and is tapping at its top point.
— Washington Post, 12 Nov. 2021 -
Plus, Garner isn't the only celebrity to wear corduroy as of late.
— Nicol Natale, Peoplemag, 15 Jan. 2023 -
Dressed in corduroy overalls and a white T-shirt, the toddler plays with a toy as a flash of his red hair can be seen under the hat.
— Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 23 Feb. 2024 -
Dries Van Noten’s luscious padded corduroy button-downs are a good place to start.
— Madeline Fass, Vogue, 25 Sep. 2023 -
In turn, the groomers then turn the surface into corduroy for that day’s skiing and boarding.
— Tom Stienstra, SFChronicle.com, 19 Feb. 2020 -
The woman wears a floral dress, and the man has a rumpled mustache and a corduroy jacket.
— WIRED, 2 Sep. 2022 -
For those colder fall days, opt for the Floerns' High-Waisted Pants, which are made of a thick corduroy.
— Nicol Natale, Peoplemag, 29 Aug. 2022 -
Nothing says fall fashion quite like a rich brown corduroy jumper paired with a mock neck long-sleeve shirt.
— Corinne Sullivan, Woman's Day, 24 Oct. 2022 -
The nuts and bread give it richness and a texture that resembles thick corduroy.
— Washington Post, 14 Oct. 2021 -
Probably one of the best things about corduroy is its resilience.
— Morgan McMullen, Marie Claire, 8 Jan. 2020 -
An everyday, wear-to-the-office corduroy these are not.
— Todd Plummer, Robb Report, 7 Sep. 2023 -
After a moment, VanAcker flipped the corduroy over and leaned close to inspect it.
— Brooke Jarvis, The New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2021 -
Bloom wore an all-blue outfit, while Perry paired a tan corduroy jacket with pants, a white top, and a bag.
— Alyssa Bailey, ELLE, 28 Jan. 2022 -
Here, the wide-wale corduroy adds some substance to the retro camp collar shirt silhouette.
— Maverick Li, Men's Health, 25 Jan. 2023 -
The collection is full of corduroy slip-on shoes that remind us of our grandpas.
— Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 22 Sep. 2023 -
Wale Watching The soft pile of corduroy is cozier than jeans.
— Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 6 Feb. 2024 -
The vertical ribs that create the corduroy texture are known as wales.
— Austin Irwin, Car and Driver, 13 Sep. 2021 -
Double-face corduroy curtains blend with walls in a custom brown hue in the bedroom.
— Camille Okhio, ELLE Decor, 20 Apr. 2023
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