How to Use smock in a Sentence

smock

noun
  • The children's smocks were covered with paint.
  • Staff wearing blue smocks, face masks and gloves tend to them around the clock.
    Jay Greene, Washington Post, 7 Mar. 2020
  • In the 1911 photo, Kriss wears a dirty smock and a weary grimace.
    Christina Tkacik, baltimoresun.com, 7 Nov. 2019
  • The client is in sanitized cape and smock and neck wrap.
    Charles Bethea, The New Yorker, 23 Apr. 2020
  • Scott gave him a fist bump through his smock, as the barber brushed off his neck.
    Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2021
  • The knit dress features puff sleeves and a smock front and back with a tiered skirt and is made in the United States.
    Kayleigh Roberts, Marie Claire, 28 Feb. 2021
  • Rego’s artist is wearing a purple smock and a big red skirt.
    Anna Russel, The New Yorker, 29 July 2021
  • Agents lined up dozens of workers, in white helmets and smocks.
    James Hohmann, Washington Post, 21 June 2018
  • Plus, the deep smock pockets are perfect for storing all of your on-the-go items.
    Nneya Richards, Travel + Leisure, 3 May 2023
  • And of course there’s the framed photo of him, seated in a black smock for his weekly buzz cut.
    David Abel, BostonGlobe.com, 17 June 2019
  • Tech Robyn Miller, clad in a blue smock, smoothed Robin’s fur, as the dog fell into a deep slumber.
    Vincent T. Davis, San Antonio Express-News, 28 June 2018
  • His white smock is now a rental, leased out in 15.7-minute increments.
    Clifton Leaf, Fortune, 3 July 2018
  • The Snatched star, 76, stepped out in a white smock dress with matching leggings and gray espadrilles.
    Stephanie Wenger, PEOPLE.com, 17 June 2022
  • They were bedecked with smocks, boot covers, gloves and masks.
    Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 17 July 2019
  • He’s exchanged his No. 34 jersey for a painter’s smock.
    Edward Lee, baltimoresun.com, 19 Aug. 2021
  • The collection was soon full of smocks, aprons, and long skirts layered over wide-legged pants.
    Christina Binkley, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2019
  • His brother says he was stripped and put in an anti-suicide smock in a padded cell.
    Michelle Theriault Boots, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Feb. 2023
  • And when Madisyn started grooming dogs, Scott gave her her first set of clippers and a smock.
    Sofia Krusmark, The Arizona Republic, 20 July 2021
  • Haley showed up in a full nurse’s get-up with smock and plastic stethoscope.
    Sherry Mendelson, WSJ, 15 Nov. 2022
  • In the corner of the photo is my husband Mohammed in his smock, laughing.
    Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 21 Jan. 2023
  • At the start of the series, Harmon is saddled with plain clothes: a collared shirt, a plain smock dress and a cardigan.
    Andrea Wurzburger, Peoplemag, 14 Nov. 2022
  • Brault has one more thing to show me: a photograph of Bonheur, seated, in her artist’s smock and pants.
    Claudine Doury, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Oct. 2020
  • Inmates there are housed alone in solitary rooms, naked except for a thick, heavy smock.
    Ali Watkins, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Aug. 2019
  • To her, LaLanne was just another head poking out from under the smock in her chair.
    Steve Rubenstein, SFChronicle.com, 12 Oct. 2020
  • This adorable costume can transform your dog into one of The Golden Girls, with arms, a gray wig, and smock dress to boot.
    Madison Yauger, Peoplemag, 18 Oct. 2022
  • Dornan — in a smock, mask and face shield — met her and handed Melanie a glass block onto which had been etched the snapshot of the couple in the sun.
    Robin Erb, Detroit Free Press, 23 Nov. 2020
  • Mack, 35, appeared in tan jail smocks for a brief court appearance.
    Washington Post, 24 Apr. 2018
  • Teixeira walked into court in a beige smock and pants with a black T-shirt underneath.
    Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 14 Apr. 2023
  • The men wore gold and white, the women bright two-piece garments consisting of hooded smocks and skirts, the hem of one matching the hem of the other.
    Aatish Taseer, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Some are full-grown women in suits and sneakers or heels or nurse’s uniforms or smocks with CVS name tags pinned on.
    Kimberly Cutter, Marie Claire, 24 Oct. 2018

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