How to Use sari in a Sentence

sari

noun

• Hema, a thin woman in a purple sari, sat on the stairs.
  — Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 25 July 2022
• Priyanka stunned in a red sari for the party, while Nick wore a sharp blue suit.
  — Kayleigh Roberts, Marie Claire, 29 June 2018
• The richness was about the setup: the beautiful home, the girl in a pure chiffon sari with pearls.
  — Neha Prakash, Marie Claire, 7 Oct. 2020
• Chopra looked dazzling in a glittering red sari at the event, her hair parted to the side.
  — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE.com, 29 June 2018
• The man from the URA grabbed at his sari with his knotty fingers and his eyes rolled back into his head.
  — Vladimir Sorokin, Harper’s Magazine , 20 July 2022
• Sahera, her face turned away from me, wept silently under the hood of her sari.
  — New York Times, 15 Sep. 2021
• The male branches of the M.C.’s wear a cross over the heart, and the sisters wear a cross on the shoulder, which serves the purpose of holding the sari together.
  — Laurie Goodstein, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2016
• Meanwhile, the second shot showed Chopra Jonas in a similar sari as a young girl.
  — Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE.com, 20 July 2021
• There are over 100 ways to wear a sari, but the most common style is the Nivi, worn with a fitted bodice and a loose end, called the pallu, draped over the shoulder.
  — Frances Solá-Santiago, refinery29.com, 16 Sep. 2021
• Chopra stunned in a green sari with a scalloped trim and gold floral embroidery.
  — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 3 Dec. 2018
• A guest room's custom bed is dressed with a silk sari, the floor is rosewood and the marble side table is by Mathieu.
  — Kathleen Hackett, ELLE Decor, 22 Dec. 2016
• The sari was ?, as were, elsewhere, garlic, parachute, stethoscope, and sloth.
  — Virginia Heffernan, WIRED, 28 June 2018
• Eliza’s ball gown, designed by Charlotte Palmer-Lane, borrows from a sari.
  — Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2018
• Shiva, dressed in a burgundy sari and a shawl the color of rust, was a formidable sight.
  — Keith Kloor, Discover Magazine, 18 Aug. 2014
• The new Americans, dressed in suits and saris, veils and vests, came from 89 different countries.
  — Casey Tolan, The Mercury News, 5 May 2017
• Design is less about capturing the pure form of the car or the jug or the sari, but about making iterations of those things.
  — Josephine Livingstone, New Republic, 3 Nov. 2017
• Gone was the colorful sari, replaced by a white one with small, subtle flowers.
  — Author: John Branch, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Dec. 2017
• The picture shows Chopra posing in a flowing, baby pink sari with a pair of round sunglasses.
  — Vogue, 18 July 2019
• It’s hard to imagine this free spirit starting a life with the silent girl in a sari who comes round to his house with her parents to get acquainted.
  — Deborah Young, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 July 2019
• At Kanha, there also will be the chance to take cooking classes, learn how to drape a sari and even help bathe the elephants used by park staff in the Banjar River.
  — Phil Marty, chicagotribune.com, 25 Aug. 2017
• On the back cover, there was a photo of a stately woman with fair skin and a sharp nose wearing a sari the color of watermelon flesh.
  — Mayukh Sen, Bon Appetit, 27 June 2018
• Anchal, which refers to the edge of a sari used to wrap around a child or a woman's head to provide love and comfort — sells its products online and in over 60 stores nationwide.
  — Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 13 July 2018
• In Syrian Christian weddings in Kerala, the priest puts the rings on the fingers of the bride and the groom, and the mother-in-law places a bright sari over the bride’s shoulder to symbolise that the union is complete.
  — Manavi Kapur, Quartz, 4 Mar. 2022
• Chopra was photographed at the nuptials alongside her husband Nick Jonas while wearing the prettiest pink sari.
  — Amy MacKelden, Harper's BAZAAR, 3 July 2019
• The uproar around Carrie Bradshaw’s sari–lehenga mixup has taken a life of its own on the internet.
  — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 21 Jan. 2022
• The sculpture is wrapped in a sari, a Bangladeshi revision of the usual representation, the Greek goddess Themis blindfolded and clad in a gown.
  — The Associated Press, The Seattle Times, 27 May 2017
• The portrait depicts a young Indian woman dressed in a purple sari, her long, black braid dangling over her shoulder.
  — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 4 May 2017
• Konkani brides typically wear a traditional sari with green glass bangles and often wear a white sash, known as a khol.
  — Danya Issawi, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2020
• My mom would walk down the driveway with a sparkly new sari, while my father donned traditional Indian pants and a long shirt for the occasion.
  — Washington Post, 25 Oct. 2019
• Their parents found out about Nitin’s new career path, and their gender identity, after seeing a photo of them in a sari on Facebook.
  — Aamina Khan, Vogue, 31 Jan. 2022

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024